PM on BlackRock in MAHB privatisation: Please don't politicise it
In response to criticism over Israeli-linked investment firm BlackRock's role in the privatisation of Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim urged all quarters to stop politicising the issue and remain united in defending the rights of Palestine in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
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00:00The second one is about Black Rock.
00:05Okay.
00:06The Muslim community, especially the Malaysians,
00:10are united.
00:12We, as a government, and I myself,
00:16do our best
00:19in front of the big powers
00:22to meet the leaders of Hamas.
00:25We have done our best.
00:28I believe that some of the opponents
00:32have their reasons and sincerity.
00:35Some of them want to support politics.
00:38Don't use this issue.
00:40Because this issue has to unite us.
00:44You can criticize me. I don't have a problem with that.
00:49But if you use this issue to show that you are more powerful.
00:53Who allowed the Israeli company to operate here first?
01:00Which ship was allowed to enter?
01:02By the former Prime Minister in 2002.
01:05Continued by all the governments, all the leaders,
01:09including the current former ministers.
01:13That is the Israeli company.
01:16I decided to cancel the cooperation
01:20with all the Israeli companies that operate in Israel.
01:24Okay.
01:25What about the companies that operate in America, Germany, and China?
01:30But there is a connection with Israel.
01:32There is no effort to cancel it now.
01:36Because it will affect the country's economy.
01:39We discussed with the GIP first.
01:42At the end of last year, Black Rock withdrew.
01:46Black Rock has a company in Kelantan,
01:53in Selangor, in Sarawak, all over the country.
01:56And in the stock market.
01:58So, I will fight for the people of Palestine to come to Gaza.
02:06No matter who they are.
02:08But I don't want to weaken the country's economy.
02:13Tell me, what else can I do for Gaza?
02:16To restore it.
02:18Two days ago, I talked to President Tayyip Erdogan.
02:21The question is Gaza.
02:23Before that, the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
02:26The question is Gaza.
02:28With the former Prime Minister of China yesterday,
02:30I still press the question of Gaza.
02:33So, if there is a suggestion to strengthen it, it can be done.
02:37But don't use it.
02:40This is because the people who gave the lesson of truth
02:44for the Israeli ship to sink,
02:46now they want to be good.
02:48I don't want to raise this issue.
02:50Let it be.
02:51But I hope we can unite.
02:55We can discuss other issues.
02:57We can fight the Gaza Strait.
02:59But in the question of Gaza,
03:02the Muslims of Malaysia, let's unite.
03:04People are dying.
03:06They are sick.
03:08We have to find a way to save them.
03:10If we want a political point,
03:12this is not the place.
03:14So, I want to clarify this.
03:16Thank you.