Former finance minister Tun Daim Zainuddin will always be remembered as one of the architects of Malaysia who had brought the country out of the doldrums after the Asian financial crisis in 1997 and 1998.
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00:00We have lost a figure, the architect of our country.
00:11I have a close relationship with Mr. Daim.
00:17I always meet him unofficially.
00:23He always invites me to talk and so on.
00:26His house is not far from my house in Malawati.
00:29I live in Kaki Bukit, Malawati.
00:34He has a surau in his house.
00:37In the month of Ramadan, there is always a tarawih prayer.
00:42So, in short, I can say that Malaysia's success
00:53In the time of Tun Mahathir as Prime Minister, 22 years ago,
00:57the person behind him was Tun Daim, the main architect.
01:01So that's why I'm not surprised when Tun said
01:06that he has lost a very close and close friend
01:11and has contributed a lot to the country.
01:14So, to all of us, the people of Malaysia, especially him,
01:20and the question of who he is more than that,
01:23only Allah SWT knows.
01:26For us, what we see is that his contribution is not a little to the country.
01:33So, congratulations and let's pray together.
01:38May Allah SWT forgive his sins
01:42and also put his soul among the surahs in Alam Barzah.
01:49I and him, together with Tengku Razali, Tan Sri Syed Hamid,
01:57and several other parties,
02:02shared a challenging time at that time.
02:08And I once worked with him in UMNO,
02:14in the field of finance or accounting,
02:19and we were able to accumulate some experiences
02:24related to his character.
02:27One of them is that Tun Daim is a very meticulous person
02:34in terms of managing party finances
02:37and also as a finance minister.
02:43I still remember in the challenging times of 1997 and 1998,
02:54he has explained what I consider as capital inclusion
03:02without inspection and without burden
03:06to overcome the financial crisis at that time.
03:10And that crisis was a crisis that led to a conflict
03:15between Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Tun Dr. Mahathir.
03:20On one hand, Tun Daim, at that time,
03:25Mr. Daim, who is respected,
03:28ensured that Malaysia allowed the capital of the place to be brought in without interest.
03:35So all the savings of foreign investors
03:39went back to Kuala Lumpur without any questions.
03:44And this money amounted to almost Rp. 28 billion at that time.
03:51That is why Malaysia did not borrow from the International Monetary Fund.
03:59Another thing is that I can say that Daim does not like publicity.
04:06He prefers to work.
04:08And we say,
04:10وَإِنَّ اللَّهُ طَيِّبًا
04:12for Daim.
04:13And we hope with his soul in the mercy of Allah.
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