GIVEN that Datuk Seri Rafizi Ramli has solved the riddle by publicly naming HighTech Padu Bhd’s executive director Sandraruben Neelamagham (Ruben) as the “Mr R”, the onus now is on PKR to probe if any of its 31 lawmakers have received the RM9.5 mil “service fee” from corporate raider Victor Chin Boon Long.
To re-cap, the former PKR deputy president and Pandan MP is certain that the NexG Bhd executive director and lawyer is the “Mr R” cited by on-the-run Chin who was also previously NexG’s chief operating officer (COO).
“The allegations made by Victor Chin against Ruben or Mr R were actually made publicly and reported by the media before,” penned the former economy minister in a social media rant.
𝗠𝗥 𝗥 𝗔𝗗𝗔𝗟𝗔𝗛 …..
Netizen masih lagi kecoh siapa Mr R yang dituduh oleh Victor Chin terkait dengan geng mafia korporat.
Walaupun saya dah terangkan semalam isu Mr R dan ahli parlimen PKR yang menerima RM9.5 juta itu dua isu berbeza, teka-teki siapa Mr R ini masih… pic.twitter.com/82EeL8qPvp
— Rafizi Ramli (@rafiziramli) March 26, 2026
“In fact, NexG’s executive chairman and CEO Datuk Abu Hanifah Noordin had on March 10 revealed the same matter about Ruben’s role in the effort to hand over part of the NexG contract to HeiTech Padu.”
Recall that speculation surrounding “Mr R” had sent PKR vice-president Datuk Seri R. Ramanan into a frenzy on Tuesday (March 25) by calling for a media conference to clear his name, only to be accused of turning the event at his Sungai Buloh service centre into a Rafizi-bashing session.
This is despite Chin having drawn the distinction between the unidentified PKR MP whom he accused of soliciting RM9.5 mil from him and one “Mr R” whom he claimed to have acted as an intermediary and worked closely with the deemed “corporate mafia” who has been harassing him.
As it is, PKR which is a core Pakatan Harapan (PH) ally is seemingly in denial that none of its 31 lawmakers is involved in corrupt practice or simply, just brushed aside Chin’s allegation as something that he made up to cover his guilt.
On this note, instead of launching an internal probe, the party’s secretary-general Dr Fuziah Salleh has instead warned that PKR will initiate legal action against any party that tries to link the party’s leadership to allegations of receiving money to resolve the “corporate mafia” scandal.
“The allegations are a desperate attempt by certain parties to cover up their own mistakes or misconduct by dragging down the party’s reputation,” she hit out in a media statement.
“PKR would like to emphasise that such allegations are very easy to make, especially by parties who are desperate to escape their own mistakes or misconduct.
Even if Chin has denied that the said RM9.5 mil is a “bribe” but merely “to be passed to the Corporate Mafia gang in order to make them happy”, doesn’t the action itself constitute a form of graft?
Therefore, as the March 30 deadline looms before Chin spills the beans, it is better for PKR to launch an internal probe to be doubly sure that all its lawmakers come out clean.
Wouldn’t this be better than for Chin or Rafizi for that matter to prove otherwise? – March 27, 2026
