THE cyberspace is filling up with voices of incredulousness as the solidarity fund for Najib steadily builds up.
Some find it hard to believe that people would donate money to a person who the majority painted as an elite, and a corrupted one too.
While it is unsurprising that members of UMNO or its supporters might step up to help with the funding, here comes a Chinese man to prove that perhaps, Najib appeals to other racial demography too.
The humble tau fu fah seller also made quite the statement by making a sizable RM10,000 donation.
Identifying himself as Sunnycoco, he said his contribution was not about politics but about repaying what he regarded as a personal debt of gratitude to Najib Razak.
According to a post from @mynewshub, Sunnycoco said he had been placed under restricted detention in Manjung in 2009 following what he described as his own mistake.
Peniaga Tau Fu Fah Sumbang RM10,000 Kepada Najib Demi Balas Budi
Oleh Mynewshub
KUALA LUMPUR – Kisah seorang peniaga tau fu fah berbangsa Cina yang menyumbang RM10,000 kepada Tabung Solidariti Najib menyentuh hati netizen selepas beliau mendedahkan sebab di sebalik… pic.twitter.com/1sfyKWNH6K
— MYNEWSHUB (@mynewshub) September 21, 2026
Things apparently changed in 2012, when Najib, then prime minister, attended a programme in Manjung.
The seller said he wrote an appeal letter, with help from a local penghulu, asking for his restricted detention to be ended early so he could return home to care for his parents.
He later received notification from the Home Ministry that he was allowed to end his detention early.
For him, that was more than just paperwork. It was an opportunity to start life again.
He subsequently returned to his family and started selling tau fu fah, gradually building up his business.
Fast forward to today and Najib is seeking to serve the remainder of his sentence under house arrest, while a solidarity fund has been established to help with his RM50 mil fine.
That prompted Sunnycoco to reach for his wallet. The seller donated RM10,000 to the fund despite saying he was not a wealthy man.
His calculation was remarkably straightforward: he makes roughly RM1 profit from each bowl of tau fu fah. So RM10,000 means a whopping total of 10,000 bowls.
His story has since grabbed quite the attention on the cyberspace, although netizens’ opinions were mixed.
According to netizen @Alexis831012, a sincere donation should be done quietly.
Netizen @by2020 also questioned why Sunnycoco was detained in the first place.
“Crook help crook. Crook repay crook,” claimed @DroidofMars.
But @mir0630 countered that this was proof that Najib has done many good deeds in the past.
@JesseAaron543 further pointed out that it was okay for a non-muslim to donate, but haram for muslims to help a corrupted person.
Sunnycoco stressed that his contribution was not intended to make a political statement.
Instead, he described it as his personal way of returning a favour he received years ago.
For him, a favour given in the past was worth remembering, even if repaying it meant selling 10,000 bowls of dessert. Forget crowdfunding. This is literally dessert-funding.—Sept 22, 2026
Main image: Utusan Malaysia
