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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Now: First Lady’s ‘diamond bangles’

A day after the whopping RM73 million diamond ring allegation, comes a new glittering charge. This time its Zebra-print diamond bangles from Jacob & Co.

KUALA LUMPUR: Another glittering allegation has surfaced about the prime minister’s wife, this time over a set of diamond bangles which industry experts claim may be worth a fortune.

Yesterday, several pro-opposition bloggers claimed that Rosmah Mansor had acquired a ring from the New York-based fine jeweller Jacob & Co worth RM73 million.

The bloggers identified the item as a “Natural Fancy Blue Gray Cushion Cut Diamond Ring”. It had supposedly passed through the Kuala Lumpur International Airport customs in April this year.

Screenshots of the alleged customs computer displays also revealed that the ring did not have import duties imposed on it.

Today, another blogger called “Semut and Papan Kekunci” published photographs of Rosmah wearing bangles that were strikingly similar to Jacob & Co’s “Zebra Safari Collection”.

The fine jeweller’s website stated that the Zebra print pave diamond bangle from its Safari collection, “features white and black pave diamonds total carat weight 65.77 in 18k white gold.”

When FMT checked with a local diamond merchant, the latter said the price for top quality stones could be worth as much as RM100,000 a carat, but a gemologist, who declined to be named, opined that certain designer items could be worth much more.

“Furthermore, when the item comes from an esteemed organisation like Jacob & Co, the price could be much higher because of the brand name,” he said.

Meanwhile, the blogger also pointed out that Jacob & Co was owned by a Jewish businessman, Jacob Arabo.

In view of this, the blogger criticised Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak for branding Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim as an Israeli agent, while “his wife spent millions in Jewish jewellery.”

By B Nantha Kumar

12 comments:

  1. Bagus lah.Sekurang-kurangnya Malaysia ada 'Imelda Marcos in the making.' Siapa terpedaya sekarang? Rakyat bodoh hanya membantu pemimpin atasan,isteri dan keluarga mereka menjadi kaya raya.Dalam pilihanraya rakyat lagi bodoh kerana melaungkan 'Hidup BN' untuk mendapat $50.00.Sudah menang muka rakyat di lihat seperti najis.Maseh belum sedar lagi? Masalah.

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  2. Berbelanja begitu boros tidak seharusnya menjadi amalan bg sesorang isteri pemimpin negara, lbh2 lg jika dia itu isteri PM. Perbelanjaan jabatan perdana menteri sahaja sudah mencecah berbilion ringgit. itupun masi perlukan peruntukan tambahan. takkan semua2lah wang rakyat nak masuk kocek sendiri. jika benarlah harga cincin mencecah rm73juta, ia memang melampau. tambah lg dgn harga gelang yg mungkin berharga rm66juta. wow.... jalan p kampung sia suda halus lo mcm itu litar sepang kalu pakai itu duit bikin itu jalan. jalan p masuk kg sia baru kira2 6 ke 7 kilometer dari jalan utama. 1km buanglah dlm 5 juta. 7km baru pakai 35juta. kalau buat perparitan yg serba lengkap dan cangeh, 7 km pakai baru 14juta. nak tambah pembekalan air awam, 7km buanglah dlm 40juta. masi ada baki 50juta. baki rm50juta masi boleh pakai utk kasi rumah sama urang muskin. 1 biji rumah dianggar berharga rm40k. rm50 juta buli buat dlm 1250 unit rumah o. maknanya 1250 unit rumah.

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  3. Kaya betullah isteri PM kita.

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  4. Rosmah harus beri penjelasan akan hal ini, jika tidak, dia akan terus dikecam.

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  5. setuju dengan junta, sebaiknya penjelasan diberikan bagi mengetahui pekara yang sebenar.

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  6. Come on Rosmah, come forward to give explanation. You can do it! Maybe you can give some tips on how to be so filthy rich. Hahaha..

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  7. membazirlah...tak bolehkah pakai barang kemas plastik saja?

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  8. sebaiknya biarlah Rosmah memberikan penjelasan dari mulutnya sendiri mengenai perkara ini. tak baik menuduh tanpa mengetahui keadaan sebenar.

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  9. mana2 pihak yang tidak setuju dengan tuduhan ini, tolong tampil beri penjelasan.. kalau diam tu maknanya betul la...

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  10. Mungkin itu cuma yang ciplak bukan yang benar-benar ori..hahahaaa :D

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  11. If Rosmah continue to remain silent, then it only means that she really did use our money!

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  12. I hope its not true that she use out money. RM 73 million should be used to benefit the people!

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