[NEW UPDATE] Rosmah: US Jeweller Said Rosmah Did Not Buy The Ring
Datin Seri Rosmah's 180-page biography, written by journalist Noraini Abdul Razak and playwright Siti Rohayah Attan, was launched by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad on 19 March 2013. The book takes us through her life as a youth to present day wife of Datuk Seri Najib Razak, her whereabouts on the day Altantuya Shaariibuu was murdered, and that RM24mil ring. Do you think her biography will help Malaysians embrace the first lady a little more?
By Judith Yeoh — 20 Mar 2013, 11:09 AM — Updated over 10 years ago
US jeweller says Rosmah did not buy the RM24mil ring
American jeweler Jacob & Co has come out to refute allegations that Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor bought a RM24 million diamond ring from it in 2011.
malaysiandigest.comIn a video uploaded by blogger Raja Petra, an employee from the New York-based jewellery firm said Rosmah had only inspected the ring, which was later sold to an unnamed client.
The 30.11-carat blue-grey diamond ring worth US$8 million (RM24.8 million) in question.
Image via blogspot.comPhilip Nassimi, the director of fine jewellery of Jacob & Co, also backed Rosmah’s version of events that a diamond ring was indeed shipped under her name to Kuala Lumpur.
It was shipped for the purpose of showing the ring to Maira Nazarbayev, whose son is engaged to Rosmah and Najib Tun Razak’s daughter.
The diamond ring was said to be shipped from New York to Malaysia on 15/4/2011, but was returned to Jacob & Co on 13/5/2011, and was never purchased by Rosmah.
“It was shipped for exhibition and inspection purposes only, not for sale, to the attention of Maira Nazarbayev in care of Madam Rosmah Mansor,” the director of fine jewellery at Jacob & Co said.
yahoo.comRosmah says the expensive jewelries were sincere gifts
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.
“When people give you something, of course it’s not nice to reject it. Why would you want to just keep them in a safe when the items were given sincerely, are beautiful and can be used?"
malaysiandigest.comMaira Nazarbayev -yang bakal menjadi besan beliau, menghadiahkan Rosmah 30.11 karat cincin berlian biru-kelabu di rumahnya semasa persiapan sempena acara pertunangan anaknya.
"Some are angry because the government had allocated a big budget for Permata when in fact, not a single sen goes into my pocket,” she added.
What Rosmah's biography says about Altantuya
KUALA LUMPUR, March 19 – Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor has denied any involvement in the 2006 murder of Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu, in her biography launched by former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir…
“I will run even if a lizard falls in front of me. I am also afraid of the dark. What more me climbing a hill at the place of murder?” Rosmah said in the book.
“I was at the Tabung Haji building from evening till midnight. There were many eyewitnesses there,” she says on page 140 of the biography.
Asked why the public associated her with Altantuya’s murder, Rosmah said it was because “they want (prime minister) Najib’s (Razak) seat”.
“When they cannot get to the husband, they attack the wife because I cannot defend myself,” she said.
She also states that she was "questioned" for six hours in Bukit Aman as a result of the "slander" against her.
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What Rosmah's biography says about the RM24mil ring
"I am willing to swear that the ring is not in my hands. The ring came into the country through the customs to be seen by Maira Nazarbayev who at that time was at my home..
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Rosmah went on to defend her alleged extravagant lifestyle, claiming that as a leader's wife, she is invited to many countries and subsequently is given many token gifts by those who receive her.
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"I wouldn't want to go around telling everyone that this person gave me a watch, that person gave me a bag and so on. That's like showing off."
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What Dr M says about the importance of Rosmah's biography
The biography should be distributed to schools as a guide for future generations “100 or 200 years from now”. “This is to make sure that our children are able to read from the other side as well."
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“I hope this book will explain everything about her,” he said here yesterday. “I sympathise with her. I myself have written a memoir but the lies still continue.
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Other highlights of Rosmah's biography
Written in an informal style, the book features stories from her school days at Tunku Kursiah College, Negri Sembilan, and includes interviews with her friends.
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Rosmah also insisted that she doesn't see anything wrong with the title of First Lady of Malaysia (FLOM)- something that has been disputed by the opposition in the past.
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Beliau mempunyai empat rakan yang digelar pengetuanya sebagai ‘the giddy group’, mereka nakal tetapi cerdik dan pintar dan kebanyakan mereka ini adalah orang yang berjaya."
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About the 180-page biography
Menurut Pengerusi YAPM, Tuan Haji Shamsulbaharin Ludin, idea untuk menerbitkan buku setebal 164 tersebut timbul selepas dia bertemu dengan PM Najib dan Rosmah sendiri di London pada 14 Mei 2012.
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The book was scheduled to be released in January but suffered printing delays.
Yayasan Amanah Perdana Malaysia chairman Shamsulbahrin Ludin, the book's publisher, said the biography would give readers a glimpse into Rosmah's life from her childhood to the present.
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It was authored by Siti Rohayah Attan and Noraini Abdul Razak and publisher Yayasan Amanah Perdana said sales have reached RM500,000 to date.
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Other recent Rosmah stories
Malaysian Chronicle: If UMNO is fanatically pitching Rosmah as a "First Lady" of great prudence and passion for charitable work, it would bode well for its propaganda department to address the public’s curiosity and valid questions regarding the Birkin handbags that accompany Rosmah wherever she goes -- whether she bought them with her own money, or they were given to her as gifts, or they are in fact just imitations bought from Petaling Street vendors.
Image via imageshack.usDakwaan Cincin Rosmah Mansor Rm24 kembali hangat apabila di bawa ke parlimen & menteri mengatakan cincin Rm24 juta memang wujud tetapi tiada pembeli
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