“Enough with the lies, enough with defaming people!”
That was the sharp response from Angkatan Muda Keadilan (AMK) executive council member Amira Alias, who hit back at Datuk Seri Rafizi Ramli over allegations concerning her father’s political background.
Amira said she had no issue with Rafizi criticising or personally attacking her, but strongly objected to him allegedly suggesting that her father had joined politics to make a living.
She described the remarks as an insult to her father’s sacrifices and contributions to Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), which he had supported since 1999.
According to Amira, her father had previously served as the Marang Keadilan Youth chief and treasurer of Terengganu Keadilan Youth between 1999 and 2002.
She said he was appointed treasurer because of his business background, which included operating a transport company and businesses involving precast cement and plaster ceilings.
“For Rafizi’s information, my father joined Keadilan in 1999. He was previously the Marang Keadilan Youth chief and the Terengganu Keadilan Youth treasurer,” she said in a video uploaded to TikTok.
Amira also claimed that her father had business dealings with Malaysian Tobacco Company, the Malaysian Handicraft Development Corporation and Telekom Malaysia, while providing factory worker bus services.
However, she stressed that these were private business arrangements and not government contracts secured through her father’s position in the party.
She further alleged that her father had spent his own money to support the party’s activities when Keadilan was still outside the government and had limited financial resources.
According to Amira, her father kept receipts and payment records showing that his personal contributions exceeded RM52,000.
She questioned how his sacrifices could be portrayed as an attempt to make money through politics, claiming that he had never demanded reimbursement or sought recognition from the party for the expenses.
Amira also revealed that her father had gone through a difficult period between 2012 and 2016, when her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer before the disease progressed to stage four bone cancer.
She said her father spent four years caring for his wife until her death in 2016, without using the family’s hardship to seek sympathy or assistance from the party.
Turning her attention back to Rafizi, Amira questioned why he had allegedly become increasingly vocal in attacking fellow Keadilan members, including those who had stood with the party since the Reformasi movement.
She suggested that his recent remarks could be linked to his defeat in the party elections, questioning whether those who disagreed with him were now being treated as enemies.
“The party elections are over. Learn to accept the results. Just because you lost a political contest, it does not mean you should punish the entire party membership with your words.
“Keadilan is not a private company. Reformasi does not belong exclusively to Rafizi Ramli, and you are not the only person who has sacrificed for this party,” she said.
Amira added that the party’s struggle should not be measured solely by popularity or publicity, pointing out that many members had made sacrifices quietly without expecting recognition.
She stressed that neither she nor her father needed Rafizi’s acknowledgement to validate his contributions.
“I am not asking you to recognise my father, and my father does not need your recognition to prove his history of service.
“But I want you to stop speaking as though you know everything. Do not use my father as a political weapon.
“I can defend myself, but when it comes to my father, I will speak up. I will not allow someone who sacrificed so much for this party to be insulted by anyone, regardless of how high their position is,” she said.
