This show of wealth is utterly vulgar

The images you see here are not from some English castle, belonging to some white lord.

It is actually from much closer to home - in Klang to be precise. This is the humble abode that the late Zakaria Deros built.

One does wonder where he got the money from?

His day-time job was a state assemblyman (until he was dropped), Klang council member (until he was forced not to accept nomination) and a satay seller (a successful one as well until his illegal satay stall was demolished).

So how did he manage to build this mansion (read: palace)? Was he a true NEP success story?

The previous BN government had been silent on Zakaria’s wealth. I hope the new PKR-led government would look into how he became so vulgarly rich.

The fact that he is dead (just days after the GE) should not stop the state government to look into any possibilities of corruption, cronyism and also if all papers are in order to build a palace in a low-cost housing area.

Illegally gained money should be accounted for; illegally built structures should be torn down (remember the many Hindu temples?).

p/s: these are just some sample images of the palace. There’s more in the Internet.

(pls click on the image for bigger view)