"When I condemned the currency traders at the height of their attack on the East Asian countries I was punished by having the currency of my country devalued further. I was told to cease and desist. I did not and the currency and the stock market and the image of Malaysia suffered. What I have said today may attract other punitive actions. That is a risk that I have to take. That is a risk that my own country will take. But I have to say what I have to say." - Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammed, in his speech during The IX Summit of the G-15, Montego Bay, Jamaica on 10th Feb 1999.(Terjemahan: "Apabila saya menyalahkan 'penyangak' (pedagang) matawang ketika kemuncak serangan mereka ke atas negara-negara Asia Timur, saya dihukum dengan nilai matawang negara saya disusutkan lagi. Saya disuruh berhenti (meneruskan tindakan). Tapi saya tidak (berhenti) dan matawang, bursa saham dan imej Malaysia terjejas teruk. Apa yang saya katakan hari ini mungkin akan menimbulkan lebih banyak hukuman. Itu adalah risiko yang terpaksa saya tanggung. Itu adalah risiko yang terpaksa negara saya hadapi. Tapi saya kena cakap apa yang perlu saya cakap")
Sumber: Razali Kidam and Amidah Hamim (compilers) (1999) Collections of Mahathir's Speech 1999. Information Department of Malaysia. KL. pp16.
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