PETALING JAYA, April 19 — Supermax Corporation Bhd managing director Stanley Thai said today caretaker prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s administration was not the intended target of his previous criticism of Barisan Nasional (BN).
Malaysiakini reported Thai saying in a press conference in Kuala Lumpur today that despite his apology to the prime minister, he did not meant to critique the ruling coalition leadership.
“This is election season, so it is time for me to clear the air that during the last general election, [the remarks I made were] not referring to the current administration,” he told a press conference at a hotel in Kuala Lumpur.
“Those people like me who were born in the 1960s and 1970s were affected by policies of the previous administration. So, I think it would be appropriate for me to apologise to him,” he said.
Thai however refused to acknowledge which prime minister he was disagreeing with, when pressed by the media.
“The election is coming, [so] I don’t want the other side knocking at my door to get me involved again,” he said.
Last Saturday, Thai made a public apology to Najib as he had supported the opposition in the 2013 general election.
He stated that he regretted getting involved in the elections and believed that he had been influenced by the opposition.
In 2013, Thai gave an interview with Bloomberg, citing that he supported the Opposition to protect the future of his children.
Thai’s statement, however, has earned the ire of former minister Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz who later resigned as chairman and director of Supermax effective April 14.
