Remember everyone: Saudi. Arabia. This is like, idk, who is the boogeyman these days? This is like the United States giving China a huge donation that almost perfectly matches the monetary damage done in the Tianjin explosions.
Report: Saudi minister doesn't think Najib's RM2.6b is a donation
Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir has been reported saying he does not think the RM2.6 billion deposited into Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak personal bank accounts was a political donation, or that it originated from the Saudi government.
Instead, the minister said the money was from an unspecified "investment".
"It is (from) a private Saudi citizen, I believe, and the funds went to an investment in Malaysia," Al-Jubeir was quoted as saying in a report by The New York Times yesterday.
Saudi confirms 'genuine' $681M donation to Malaysian PM
"It is a genuine donation with nothing expected in return. And we are also fully aware that the attorney general of Malaysia has thoroughly investigated the matter and found no wrongdoing," Al-Jubeir said. "So, as far as we are concerned, the matter is closed."
Saudi Foreign Minister Says He Was Aware of Donation to Malaysia’s Najib
Malaysia’s attorney general has said the money was a legal political donation from the Saudi royal family
Here are the planes that went missing to jog your memory:
Missing AirAsia Flight Is Third Malaysia Air Disaster in 2014
MH370: The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 on March 8 triggered one of modern aviation's most perplexing mysteries. Flight 370 with 239 people aboard from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing vanished without trace, sending searchers across vast areas of the Indian Ocean. An initial multi-national operation to locate the wreckage far off Australia's west coast turned up empty-handed, without a single piece of debris found.
MH17: All 298 passengers and crew aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 were killed when the Boeing 777 was shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine on July 17.
AA8501: An Indonesia AirAsia flight with 162 people aboard, most of them Indonesians, disappeared on Sunday over the Java Sea, triggering a search involving several Southeast Asian nations.
And now the planes themselves
Why a Boeing 777 costs $320 million
Boeing 777s range from $261.5 to $320.2 million.
Airbus A320 specs and review
Airbus A320s are about $97 million.
Now simple math:
Two Boeing 777s: $523 to $640.4 million
One Airbus A320: $97 million
Final total: $620 to $737.4 million
Saudi "Donation:" $681 million
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dildonkers ago
The nature of the MH370 disappearance would lead me to believe it was training for a more advanced 9/11 style hijacking whereby the plane becomes untraceable. The Saudis obviously gain by ruining relations between Russia, a rival oil trading nation, and Europe as the MH17 event did.
I would not be surprised if this was engineered by them. The Saudis basically have hundreds of millions of Muslims working for them now via Islamic State and its sympathizers. Malaysian Airlines staff are all probably Muslim.
Onlio ago
They also have a United States president working for them. He actually bows down to the Saudi king