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- From: fajack@cc.usu.edu
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- Subject: Re: Discussion on Malaysian sultanate amendments
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.153759.63175@cc.usu.edu>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 15:37:59 MDT
- References: <1993Jan25.172314.3498@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu>
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- In article <1993Jan25.172314.3498@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu>, dyip@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu (dawei yip) writes:
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- > By the end of last week, Dr Mahathir had moved forward the big guns. In
- > future, he said, funds would be given to the royalty only in strict
- > accordance with regulations. In effect, this means the withdrawal of
- > many millions of dollars from the royal purses.
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- > Each day fuller stories of alleged royal misdemeanours have emerged.
- > One sultan is said to have been in the habit of opening fire on vehicles
- > careless enough to come close to royal motorcades. Another is said to
- > have sold timber concessions worth millions of dollars to pay debts.
- > There have been tales of manslaughter and in one case, murder, with
- > allegations made in parliment that a sultan killed his golf caddie.
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- Expect to see more grants of "Datuk", "Tan Siri", "JP" etc. as a source
- of income of the Sultan to maintain their living standards :).
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- Jack Teh
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