Editor’s Note: Late yesterday (Nov 1) evening, Khazanah Nasional Bhd clarified its divestment in loss making FashionValet Sdn Bhd, contending that its decision to invest RM27 mil to acquire a 9% stake in the company in 2018 was anchored on the theme of offline-to-online e-commerce as well as a commitment to support Malaysian entrepreneurs and promising early-stage companies.
Back then, FashionValet was a promising home-grown e-commerce fashion platform with more than 400 brands and 15,000 products on its platform and expecting revenue growth of ~60% annually.
“We believe that the start-up ecosystem is a vital engine for innovation, economic growth and job creation in Malaysia,” justified the sovereign wealth fund.
“Despite the higher inherent investment risks and challenges with early-stage companies, Khazanah is fully dedicated to supporting local start-ups and will continue to promote their success and expansion.”
HAVING made her the most despicable woman overnight for burning RM43.9 mil of taxpayers’ money via investment losses incurred by Khazanah Nasional Bhd and Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB), Malaysians are now training their guns on the husband of entrepreneur, influencer and founder of FashionValet Sdn Bhd (FV) Datin Vivy Sofina Yusof.
As the trolling on Vivy has yet to subside in the court of public opinion, netizens have seemingly begun to switch their attention to the 36-year-old Datuk Fadzarudin Shah Anuar whom they deemed as “the brain” behind the demise of the early e-commerce pioneer and Malaysian start-up poster-child.
“(Am) not a Vivy fan at all but people tend to give her husband; the actual CEO of this cursed company this whole time a pass,” lambasted Friend of Free Palestine🍉🍉🍉(@friendsofadik) on the X platform.
Not a v1vy fan at all but ppl tend to give her husband; the actual CEO of this cursed company this whole time a pass.
— Friend of Free Palestine🍉🍉🍉 (@friendsofadik) October 30, 2024
So as the wife is left to front the entire ordeal on her own as “the face” of FV, the husband whom netizens believed “was calling the shots behind the curtain” has his reputation remained unscathed. Here’s a sample of what netizens think of Vivy’s hubby:
Not enough with debating who should be faulted in the business disaster, the trolling episode got extended to include parents and family members of the couple.
“Are you sure he’s (Fadzarudin) the one behind all this? How about Vivy’s dad? The couple is a nobody without Vivy’s dad running behind them and lobbying stuffs for them,” argued one commenter.
Aside from her own father, even Vivy’s father-in-law is unable to escape the radar of netizens who are profusely conducting a post-mortem on the ill-fated FV business – pending if the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) sees it as valid to intervene.
This came about in a viral tweet by FWB et cætera (@BMVFM) who posed the question “is Fadzarudin’s father Datuk Seri Anuar Abd Aziz a scammer”, thus prompting the son to work behind the scene to avoid adverse publicity.
1. “Vivy ialah wajah syarikat. Saya lebih puas bekerja di belakang tabir kerana tidak selesa dengan publisiti meluas,” ujar Datuk Fadzarudin Shah bin Datuk Seri Anuar Abd Aziz, 36, kepada Tatler Malaysia pada 2017.
Benarkah Datuk Seri Anuar Abd Aziz seorang scammer? pic.twitter.com/D1RyGAka5V
— FWB et cætera (@BMVFM) November 1, 2024
This was when a commenter revealed that Vivy’s sister Intan Safina Yusof was hauled to the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court on July 23, 2020 over criminal breach of trust (CBT) involving RM200,000.
According to the charge sheet, Intan as one of the directors of Arena Abadi Sdn Bhd, had committed CBT by transferring the RM200,000 entrusted to her from the company’s account into her personal account.
This is despite an both Vivy and her husband having issued a statement that they would take “full responsibility for failure of the investment”.
“As the two people who were responsible for managing the company, the buck stops with us – and the fact is that we failed our investors,” the statement read. “We’re disappointed in ourselves and regretful that tit has come to this. We’re truly sorry.”
Well, another netizen hafiz #FreePalestine (@cygaraga) further exposed that a simple Google search about “Tn Hj Anuar GPLF” would answer questions surrounding the background of Fadzarudin’s father.
“Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, does it?” asked the netizen. – Nov 2, 2024
Vivy Yusof’s husb stay off the radar coz he wants to avoid the heat. Fadza Anuar the sneakiest little bastard who gives marching orders behind the curtain
a simple google search abt “Tn Hj Anuar GPLF” would answer your questions
apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, does it ? https://t.co/S4PRIU7nc0
— hafiz #FreePalestine (@cygaraga) November 1, 2024
