'You Can’t Erase the Good’ – Nizar on Dad, Najib Razak - Video Dailymotion

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In this emotional episode of Top News Podcast, Dato' Nizar Najib opens up about his father, former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and the strength his family draws from him during difficult times.  Despite ongoing court cases and public criticism, Dato’ Nizar highlights his father's calm resilience and lasting impact on many communities - from introducing BR1M, which helped small traders start their businesses, to championing the Pan Borneo Highway and supporting the Orang Asli and Indian communities.  Tune in for a heartfelt reflection by Nizar on Najib's legacy, hardship and respect many still has for him despite his imprisonment.   WATCH FULL VIDEO: FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/sinardaily/videos/461468987023896  YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfJWUEdA3YQ  #TopNewsPodcast #SinarDaily #PoliticsMeetProgress #DatoNizarNajib #Nizar #PoliticsInMalaysia #Legacy #Leadership

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00:00There's still a lot of goodwill towards my dad. I mean, he's detractors, his critics. They can call him whatever name, so I can call him

00:07Clap, Tokrat, or Orang Jahat, or whatever. But you can't erase the good that you've done in the past.

00:14I think we have to take it into stride. I mean, we gather strength from my dad himself. I mean, he's such a resilient person.

00:23I mean, although he's dealing with a lot of challenges, court cases, what have you, you know, accumulated in public media and all that.

00:31But he's still very, very stoic, very, very calm, and very patient in the face of adversity.

00:40So we draw strength from that. And another thing is there's still a lot of goodwill towards my dad.

00:47I mean, he's detractors, his critics. They can call him whatever name, so I can call him Clap, Tokrat, or Orang Jahat, or whatever.

00:55But you can't erase the good that you've done in the past.

00:59There's still a lot of Malaysians who still respect and love my dad for whatever he's done in the past.

01:05I mean, for instance, he's popular with the Indian community.

01:08Very, very.

01:09Even some leaders in the other political parties, they quietly say to me that,

01:13actually, your dad has done a lot for the Indian community.

01:16And for other Malaysians, for that matter, he's popular with the Orang Asli.

01:21He's helped them a lot in the past, try to bring them the development agenda in Pekan and elsewhere in Malaysia.

01:28He's popular with the Sabah Sarawak people for advancing the idea of Pan Borneo Highway.

01:34And he's the prime minister who visited Sabah Sarawak the most during his tenure.

01:40And he's done a lot to try to bring down the cost of living while he was in charge.

01:48And the last puasa, I remember one trader at the local Bazaar in Pekan came up to me crying to say that,

01:58you know, under Barisan National Government, between 2009 and 2018, they introduced BRIM.

02:06And from that BRIM allocation, she managed to start her own small catering business or trading business

02:15through that BRIM allocation which was used as seed money.

02:19Wow, okay.

02:20Yeah, so he's done a lot, he's abolished.

02:24ISA gave freedom of speech to some extent.

02:27There's still a lot of goodwill, despite what these critics would say.

02:31So you're truly a bad person, and if you won't see all this goodwill, you won't see this kind of feedback, right?

02:37If it was truly bad, I think we'd be condemned universally around Malaysia.

02:41But that's not the case with my dad, so we draw strength from that.

02:44So we have to pick up from there, push forward.

02:48Good night.

'You Can’t Erase the Good’ – Nizar on Dad, Najib Razak

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