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Sarcasm, jokes and other tweets to #DearNajib after RM2.6 billion donation report

Malaysian social media users have started a Twitter hashtag #DearNajib and are reacting with wit and sarcasm to news that the anti-graft agency has cleared Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak of corruption in relation to RM2.6 billion in his personal accounts. The jibes ranged from asking Najib to donate a portion of the funds for university fees, to scrapping the goods and services tax (GST) since donations were "easily available", and to asking the prime minister his "secret" in getting people to donate such large sums of money. Andrew Ng using the Twitter handle @andrewnyh posted: "#DearNajib can you donate some of your donation money to my PTPTN account?" Azira @ladymissazira sounded a sombre note from history: "#DearNajib remember Ferdinand Marcos. It looks like history is repeating itself", in reference to the former president of the Philippines. Netusha Naidu @NetushaNaidu posted: "#DearNajib Could you make my dream to read law in UK come true and clear my father's debts? You've robbed not just money, but our dignity". Twitter user @NelsonAG7 said: "#DearNajib can you teach me the secret how to make people donate RM2.6 billion to my account". While @guoshyang sounded a sarcastic note with "#DearNajib Congratulations on setting a new World Guinness Record for highest donor receiver in history!" Datin Paduka Marina Mahathir, the daughter of former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mahathir posted using her handle @netraKL: "#DearNajib, could you help out this guy please?", along with a news article on bankrupt American rapper 50 cent who admitted to spending US$108,000 a month. Social media users were reacting to the announcement by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) last night that no funds from debt-ridden state investor 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) had been put into Najib's accounts at AmBank, saying the US$700 million (RM2.6 billion) had come from donors instead. Allegations of RM2.6 billion in Najib's accounts first surfaced in a report by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on July 2, citing documents from Malaysian investigators. WSJ said the source of the funds were unknown, but had flowed through 1MDB-linked entities in various tranches, the largest of which, US$681 million, was channelled to Najib's accounts in March 2013, ahead of the general election in May that year. – August 4, 2015.