Tun Daim is a Malaysian politician, businessman and former Minister of Finance from 1984 to 1991.
Tun Daim Wife
Toh Puan Na’imah Abdul Khalid, the wife of former finance minister Tun Daim Zainuddin, was charged today with failing to declare her assets to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).
The 66-year-old pled not guilty in the Sessions Court.
“I claim trial,” she said after the charge, made under Section 36(2) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act, was read out to her.
Tun Daim Biography
Tun Daim was born on 29 April 1938 in Alor Setar, Kedah
He received his early education at the Malay Primary School in Alor Setar, then he later attended a Special Malay Class at the Sultan Abdul Hamid College, an English-medium school and finally finished his upper secondary education at St. Xavier’s Institution, George Town, Penang.
In May 2023, he was investigated for corruption of RM2.3 billion (approximately US$500 million) by the Malaysian authorities related to the expose of the Pandora Papers. which led to some bank accounts and assets controlled by him or his family being seized or frozen.
If convicted, she can be punished with a maximum five-year jail term and a maximum fine of RM100,000.
Na’imah was accused of having on December 13, 2023, at the MACC headquarters in Putrajaya, willfully given a written statement on oath that did not comply with the terms of a MACC notice dated November 8 the same year that was served on her on November 14.
She was alleged to have committed the offence by not declaring assets as stated in a list
His child is Asnida Daim.
A net worth of RM50 billion, which is equivalent to US$10.7 billion based on the current exchange rate, would have put Daim at the top of the rank
His first business venture was in salt production, where he went to Thailand, Taiwan and Japan to study salt production, weather forecasts and soil conditions. During the start-up they proceeded to clear 600 acres (2.4 km2) of the coastal land of Kuala Selangor, but because the rain came unseasonably early just when the salt had begun to crystallise, they were almost bankrupted by it.
In 1971, he decided to venture into land and property development. Together with two other partners, he formed a company, Syarikat Maluri Sdn Bhd of which he held a 60% majority control. The company bought and developed Taman Bukit Maluri, Kepong and Daim became the first full-fledged Malay property developer in Kuala Lumpur.
In 1971, Prime Minister Tun Daim Abdul Razak introduced the New Economic Policy which was an ambitious and controversial socio-economic restructuring affirmative action program. The NEP targeted a 30% share of the economy for Bumiputera. Hence, being only a handful of Bumiputeras involved in this sector, Daim naturally gained advantages from the government over his Chinese counterparts.
Apart from business, politics have always interested Daim. His earliest exposure was as a student in London whereby though not actively involved in politics, he shared his fellow student’s interests in the political issues of the day particularly independence and post-independence implications on the socio–economic and religious mosaic of pluralistic Malaysia.
Daim resigned as Finance Minister in March 1991, and the news caused a stir in Malaysia. He resigned as he felt he had improved the country’s financial position.
On 5 May 2018, Daim was sacked from UMNO together with party veterans; Rafidah Aziz and Rais Yatim for supporting Mahathir Mohamad and the opposition, Pakatan Harapan (PH).
In 2019 at the age of 81, worked on the thesis regarding the New Economic Policy for 11 years, where he obtained his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree from Universiti Malaya (UM)
Tun Daim’s father, Zainuddin Affan was a clerk in the Kedah State Civil Service whilst his mother, Hasimah Hassan was a homemaker.
Tun Daim is the youngest of thirteen siblings.
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