CM: My son’s wedding was not lavish

Original article from thestar

MALACCA: Malacca Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam has dismissed talk about the lavishness of his son’s wedding banquet.

When contacted, Mohd Ali, who is on a working trip to Indonesia, said it was not extravagant.
“It was cheap to organise. The wedding just looked grand because of the number of people who attended,” he said.

Meanwhile, Mohd Ali’s special secretary Datuk M. S Mahadevan said people just wanted to congratulate the bridegroom Mohd Ridhwan, 26, and his wife Nur Azieha Mohd Ali, also 26.

“No one was forced to attend the event, including state government employees,” said Mahadevan yesterday.

About 130,000 people were said to have attended the wedding banquet on Sunday at the Dewan Tun Ali Bukit Katil here.

It has entered the Malaysia Book of Records for the huge turnout.
Opposition lawmakers have demanded that Mohd Ali reveal how much he spent on the wedding and where the funding came from.

“This is the first wedding ceremony for the Chief Minister’s family and every Malaccan wanted to take part.

“Even estate workers wearing slippers stood in line to shake hands with the bride and bridegroom,” noted Mahadevan, adding that 500 people had volunteered to help out at the event.

“Not a single sen was paid to these volunteers,” he added.

Mahadevan said many of the caterers and other businesses provided their services for free.

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Just like my number of tweets about this issue, OPPONENTS don't have job, that's y they are playing with this issues! This is a SPONSORED wedding reception, the caterers gave free food to Malaccan, why u jealous opponents? RM20million wedding u said? What a bullshit! Dato' Ali got more important thing to do for Malacca with the RM20m rather than spending for his son's wedding! I'm not on either side of the political parties, BUT, please be realistic! This is his 1st son, most of Malaccan loves Dato' Ali, so many people came to the wedding becoz they r happy for Dato' Ali and YET it becomes a big bullshit NATIONAL issue brought by the opponent!