KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 9 — In an expletive-ridden rant today, the Malay Economic Action Council (MTEM) castigated Petronas chief Tan Sri Shamsul Azhar Abas over the alleged mistreatment of the state oil firm's former adviser Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
The Malay business lobby group later retracted part of their emotional descriptions of Shamsul in a news conference, but related allegations of high-handed action against the former prime minister within 24 hours of Dr Mahathir's departure from the Petronas office here last month.
“Is this how a national oil company treat a man who was very instrumental at turning Petronas into a Fortune 500 company and equipped with undeniable contribution in his 27 years and to date tenure?
“Are they really that glad to let him go?” Nizam Mahshar, chief executive of MTEM told reporters here.
MTEM representatives railed against Shamsul in the news conference, with Tengku Putra Tengku Ahmad, the council's Oil and Gas Cluster chief, using a derogatory word on Shamsul.
Moments after uttering it however, Tengku Putra said he retracted the word, claiming he made it in an emotional state.
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