Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor mendakwa dalam biografinya beliau berat hati untuk terima hadiah barang kemas yang mahal dari kerajaan asing sebagai tanda penghargaan.
Isteri perdana menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak itu menafikan membeli cincin berlian berharga RM24 juta seperti didakwa pembangkang dua tahun lalu.
"Apabila orang memberi kita sesuatu, sudah tentu tidak manis untuk menolaknya," kata Rosmah dalam biografinya yang dilancarkan semalam oleh bekas perdana menteri Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
"Dan apabila telah diberi, saya pun memakainya. Takkan nak simpan saja dalam peti besi sedangkan barang-barang yang diberikan itu dengan ikhlas, cantik dan sesuai untuk digunakan. Adalah satu pembaziran jika ia disimpan kaku dalam kotak simpanan," katanya lagi.
Rosmah (gambar) berkata Maira Nazarbayev - yang bakal menjadi besan beliau - menghadiahkan beliau 30.11 karat cincin berlian biru-kelabu di rumahnya semasa persiapan sempena acara pertunangan anaknya, Nooryana Najwa dan anak Maira, Daniyar Nazarbayev.
Keduanya bertunang di sini pada 2011. Rosmah berkata Maira adalah pelanggan tetap Jacob & Co., penjual intan berlian yang berpangkalan di New York.
"Memang cincin itu masuk (melalui kastam) untuk dilihat Maira Nazarbayev yang pada ketika itu berada di rumah saya bagi persiapan majlis pertunangan anaknya dan anak saya.
"Ia diuruskan oleh Malca Amit Malaysia dan Singapura, kemudian ia dikembalikan ke ibu pejabat Jacob & Co. di New York pada 13 Mei 2012," kata Rosmah.
Isteri PM juga mengakui beliau sering menerima hadiah seperti cincin dan jam tangan apabila bersama Najib melawat ke luar negara, sesetengah daripadanya mahal dan rekaan terhad. Rosmah menambah, adalah penting untuk kelihatan cantik.
"Memang ada barang perhiasan dan pakaian itu saya beli dengan duit sendiri, apa salahnya? Sebagai seorang wanita dan seorang isteri pemimpin, saya mesti kelihatan kemas dan menjaga penampilan diri.
"Saya tidak mahu kelihatan selekeh kerana jika saya kelihatan selekeh, akhirnya saya akan dikritik," katanya lagi.
Rosmah turut berkata beliau tidak mempunyai masalah dengan panggilan "Wanita Pertama".
"Mereka memanggil 'Wanita Pertama' kerana suaminya diberi tanggungjawab dan dipilih rakyat untuk memimpin negara.
"Saya rasa ia tidak sepatutnya dipertikaikan," katanya lagi.
"Untuk sesetengah negara seperti Amerika Syarikat dan Perancis, ketua negara dan kerajaan mereka ialah presiden, oleh itu isteri presiden digelar Wanita Pertama. Jika kita panggil Queen sebagai Wanita Pertama, itu bermakna kita merendahkan martabat baginda," kata Rosmah lagi.
Dalam biografinya setebal 180 muka surat, Rosmah turut berkata orang ramai mengharapkan beliau untuk menjadi lebih menonjol kerana peranan sebagai isteri PM sudah berubah.
"Apabila semuanya berubah, harapan orang ramai mengenai isteri perdana menteri turut berubah.
"Mereka mengharapkan sesuatu yang lebih menonjol seperti di luar negara, ini kerana peranan dan fungsi wanita dalam memastikan keharmonian negara berkembang," katanya lagi.
Rosmah juga menafikan sebarang penglibatan tentang pembunuhan model Mongolia Altantuya Shaariibuu pada 2006, dan berkata beliau berada di majlis berbuka puasa bersama Persatuan Kebajikan Anak-Anak Yatim Islam di Kuala Lumpur pada 19 Oktober, 2006, tarikh Altantuya dibunuh.
Biografi, yang ditulis oleh Siti Rohayah Attan dan Noraini Abd Razak, menerangkan tentang zaman kanak-kanak dan zaman sekolah Rosmah, serta cabarang beliau berkahwin dengan perdana menteri.
Buku tersebut, termasuk menunjukkan beberapa gambar beliau semasa remaja dan dewasa, diterbitkan oleh Yayasan Amanah Perdana Malaysia.-malaysian insider
Rosmah: Tak manis tolak hadiah mahal
Sana sini...
Azmi Mohd - Setahun baru pulangkan? Maksud apa? pinjam tengok? pinjam pakai? Jual balik?
Senyum PakKam MakKam - Dulu cakap lain cincin dah pulangkan selepas show....sekarang kate setahun kemudian.....pegawai kerajaan x bolih terima hamper diabolih pulak terima hadiah kalau dah kepala berulat...dia berulat sampai kekaki....
Masa Kini...
Dulu cakap cincin juta2 tu bawa masuk Msia untuk pameran je.
Siap sumpah bukan milik dia.
Pastu simpan duit dari kecil.
Pastu nak tunjuk bisan plak.
Pastu hantar pulang kat pengeluar.
Lepas PRU13 cincin tu ada kat penjara sungai buloh sebab kena curi & tak sempat hantar pulang
Saufi Bustamam Fiamri - Te bukak mulut luas2 kak mah, nak tengok lidah becabang ke tak....dulu kata dia beli dgn duit dia menabung dari kecik....ni kata untuk dilihat oleh bakal bisan pulakkkkk.....setahun bebbbb bakal bisan tu tengok cincin....kak mah kak mah, kalau setakat nak tengok jee seminggu dah leee...lagi pun tak payah bawak masuk msia, suruh je bisan tu gi tengok kat new york....
Mind Power - Inilah wanita pertama yang disanjung oleh penyamun penyangak dan penyokong UMNGOK, sebab inilah wanita pengikis harta rakyat yang paling tak tau malu.
Al Fansuri - Kalau isteri penjawat awam terima hadiah lumayan dari pihak tertentu - salah. Tapi kalau isteri PM - Tak salah.
Rosmah says obliged to accept pricey jewellery...
Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor has said in her biography that she was compelled to accept expensive jewellery as gifts from foreign governments out of courtesy.“When people give you something, of course it’s not nice to reject it,” Rosmah wrote in a self-titled biography launched yesterday by former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
“And when I’m given the gifts, I wear them. Why would you want to just keep them in a safe when the items were given sincerely, are beautiful and can be used? It’s a waste if they’re just kept in a safety deposit box,” the wife of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak added.
In the just-released book, Rosmah also denied buying a RM24-million diamond ring as alleged by political opponents two years ago.
Instead, she said the ring had only been brought in for a private viewing.
Rosmah said that Maira Nazarbayev ― the mother of her future son-in-law ― had viewed the 30.11-carat blue-grey diamond ring at her house during preparations for the engagement ceremony between her daughter, Nooryana Najwa, and Maira’s son, Daniyar Nazarbayev. The two were engaged here in 2011.
She pointed out that Maira was a regular customer of New York-based jeweller Jacob & Co.
“It (the ring) arrived here (in Kuala Lumpur) on April 16, 2011. After it was seen by Maira, the ring was returned and taken out from Malaysia through the Singapore port on April 20, 2011.
This was managed by Malca Amit Malaysia and Singapore. It was then returned to the Jacob & Co headquarters in New York on May 13, 2012,” said Rosmah.
The PM’s wife also said that she frequently received gifts like rings and watches, some of which were expensive and custom-made, as gifts on official visits with Najib to other countries.
Rosmah added that it was important to be well-groomed.
“Of course there are some jewellery and clothes that I buy with my own money. What’s wrong? As a woman and the wife of a leader, I need to look groomed and maintain my image. I don’t want to look unkempt because if I look unkempt, I will be criticised,” she said.
Rosmah also said she saw no issue with her being called the “First Lady”.
“They are called ‘First Lady’ in the context of their husbands being given the responsibility and being chosen by the rakyat to govern the country. I don’t think it’s something that needs to be disputed,” she said.
“For certain countries like the US and France, the head of government and country is the president, therefore the wife of the president is the First Lady. If we call the Queen the First Lady, it means that we have downgraded her status,” added Rosmah.
In the 180-page biography, Rosmah also said that people expected her to be more prominent as the PM’s wife given that women’s roles were evolving.
“When everything changes, the people’s expectations about the role of the prime minister’s wife also change. They hope for something that is more prominent, like what is happening overseas.
That is because the roles and functions of women in ensuring national harmony have expanded,” she said.
Rosmah also denied any involvement in the 2006 murder of Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu, pointing out that she had been attending a breaking of fast session with the Islamic Orphans Welfare Association in Kuala Lumpur on Oct 19, 2006, the day Altantuya was killed.
The biography, which is written by Siti Rohayah Attan and Noraini Abd Razak, details Rosmah’s childhood and schooldays, as well as the challenges of being married to the prime minister.
The book, which features several photographs of Rosmah in her youth and adulthood, is published by Yayasan Amanah Perdana Malaysia.-malaysian insider
Here and there...
Kee Thuan Chye: Rosmah is not supposed to keep the presents given to her by dignitaries of other countries. She is supposed to give them back to the state. If she keeps them, it amounts to corruption. As for the Altantuya Shaariibuu murder, does she rebut the allegations made by carpet trader Deepak Jaikishan that she asked him to help after the late private investigator P Balasubramaniam's first statutory declaration came out?We are not saying she is involved in the murder, but if Deepak's claim is true, although that hasn't been established, we should know why she sought his help.
Malaysiawatch4: Yes, if she attends functions officially as the wife of the PM, those gifts presented to her do not belong to her but to the nation - it is not personal items for her to use.
Louis: Rosmah, you are either naive or imbecile to give such simple rebuttal to all the allegations.You were alleged to be involved in Altantuya's murder. True, I might believe in your denial. But for information sake, a murderer needed not to be at the scene, especially when he/she is a person of influence. All he/she can do is to direct his/her henchmen to finish off the job.
Secondly, why must Maira see the diamond ring in Kuala Lumpur? She could see it at her own home. On top of that, a mere denial on such allegations is never enough to clear your name.
Geronimo: This woman needs help, and fast before she ends herself in Loonyville. To me, the Raja Permaisuri Agong is our First Lady, period.Rosmah is on such an ego trip that she has to award the title to herself, and quite frankly, not even one person, locally or internationally, recognise the 'title', if you can call it that. Most people will find it difficult to talk about their achievements without sounding pompous, but this woman really takes the cake. If this is not enough, she is nothing more than a full blooded bourgeois.
Changeagent: Rosmah once received RM7 million 'reward' from a Saudi prince after she ‘found' a precious box belonging to him in a cruise boat.
pikiaq2 mai... agak2 kat sapa yang dimaksudkan...
Semua di Jemput Hadir
cheers.
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