the ghost Altantuya is after deepak
By Kim Quek
Raja Petra Kamarudin’s interview by TV3 last night is undoubtedly a piece of political propaganda aimed at cleansing Prime Minister Najib Razak’s taint with the Altantuya murder case ahead of the Sarawak elections two days from now.
Raja Petra’s interview was centered on an affidavit he signed on 18the June 2008, in which he claimed he was reliably informed by his informer that Najib’s wife Rosmah Mansor was at the scene of the crime, witnessing the blasting of Altantuya’s body. Raja Petra now claims that he no longer believes what he believed then.
Let us be very clear on this issue at the very outset. The veracity or otherwise of that affidavit as well as whatever belief or disbelief Raja Petra may have over the Altantuya case does not add or subtract one bit to the dark clouds that have persisted to hound Najib over this murder case.
FAILURE OF INSTITUTIONS
Such negative perceptions of Najib do not arise from so-and-so says this or that. Rather, they have accumulated over Najib’s own failure to conduct himself appropriately as well as the overtly protective shield provided by our law-enforcing institutions to keep Najib out of bound to due legal process – to the point of dereliction of duty, bordering on criminal collusion. It is these flagrant institutional failures as well Najib’s clumsily evasive conduct that has deepened public suspicion of his involvement.
These instances are too many to enumerate, but we will mention a few to refresh public memory.
Starting with the police, there is no reason whatsoever why the police should have left Najib and his aide-de-camp Musa Safri out of its loop of investigation, when all the three accused were closely linked to Najib and it was Musa who instructed the first two accused to tackle Altantuya.
Police failure was even more glaring when it failed to act on private investigator P. Subramaniam’s all three affidavits and video interview by three senior lawyers. The information provided by Bala in these documents not only incriminated Najib (in first affidavit), but also accused Rosmah and Najib’s brother Nazim of forcing Bala and his family to flee the country with bribe and threats (recorded in video interview and submitted via the third affidavit). The third affidavit was in reply to Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s (MACC) written questions, and submitted in July 2010. There has been no response from MACC, despite written reminders by Bala’s lawyer.
What possible reason is there for the police and MACC to remain silent over these serious accusations, backed by factual details, against the Prime Minister and his family? If Najib and family is innocent, wouldn’t these law enforcing bodies have sprung to action in the first instance to clear the PM and family of such horrible stigma?
BIZARRE IRREGULARITIES
The scenario in the court is even more bizarre. Revealing and critical evidence exposed in court was quickly smothered, instead of being pursued in the cause of truth and justice. The extra-ordinary part is that the attempt to bury these new evidences was not engendered by one or two parties but by all the three parties acting in concert – prosecutor, defence and judge.
These evidences included the erasure of immigration record of Altantuya and her Mongolian companions, and an alleged photograph of Najib, Altantuya and the third accused having a meal in a restaurant. The former evidence would have yielded important lead to some high power involvement in the case, while the latter would have nailed Najib (if proven) who had repeatedly sworn that he had never known nor met Altantuya.
This grotesque phenomenon of confluence of interest of all the judicial players to suppress new evidence can have only one explanation - Najib must be kept out of this case.
That justice might not have been fully served through the sentencing of the first two accused to death should be obvious, when the court never bothered to probe into the motive of executing the girl – and in such cruel fashion. It is not difficult to fathom why motive of murder was never mentioned in court. The simple answer is: there is none.
The two convicted killers, who were bodyguards to Najib, and trained to execute order rigidly without question, had no motive on their own to kill someone they had never met. And since the third accused, who was accused of instigating the killing, was set free due to lack of evidence, then the remaining question must be: who ordered the killing? Is it conceivable that the bodyguards had killed without order and without motive? Isn’t it logical to deduce that the mastermind and real culprit may still be lurching somewhere beyond the realm of the court?
It is clear that major questions and swirling doubts over the handling of the case are still unresolved. Until these are satisfactorily answered through a just court and an honourable police force, which can only be brought into existence through a complete change of political leadership, it is naïve to hope for the return of justice to the Altantuya family and the nation. And until such time, Premier Najib Razak cannot expect to be free from the haunt of Altantuya’s murder.
Anwar Ibrahim urged the police to interrogate current Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak on the murder case of Altantuya Sharribuu and the submarine deal.
Anwar further urged Najib to cooperate with the police on the matter.
He did not know who murdered Altantuya, however there were many questions which needed answers.
He (Najib) needs to be asked: how can a person assigned and worked under you commit or alleged to have committed such a heinous crime?.
Is it true that Altantuya only knew Baginda, and she did not know Najib personally? Or is it true that the DPM did not know about the murder case until the taxi driver lodged the police report? He must be called up for both accounts.
Anwar said from his own experience, a UTK?s job?was to protect the DPM and follow the instruction of the DPM.?
There are some nagging questions on why would the Special Forces personnel currently charged want to murder the victim and then take such a drastic action in an attempt to destroy the evidence? Were they acting on their own volition or were they really carrying out instructions? Who authorized the use of the C4 explosives???
He stated that it is vital that whilst those who pulled the trigger are brought to justice, all those who were responsible for directing the killing must be made known.
In fact, such persons bear greater responsibility for the crime.
Besides, Anwar also mentioned that there was the very disturbing issue about the sudden disappearance of travel documents regarding Altantuya’s movements in and out of Malaysia.
This was also reported in my story here .
Are the immigration authorities aware of this? Were there instructions from persons higher up to have these records deleted???
He said it was too early a date for the prosecution to suggest that there was no other accused to be charged on this case.
Who?do these prosecutors take orders from???
Anwar said, it is certainly unbecoming, clearly irresponsible, not transparent of the prosecution, who with malicious attempt condemn the junior officers – poor and downtrodden – but seem to immediately protect the rich and powerful?
Anwar also expressed his feeling of disgust at the conduct of investigation directed against a few junior police personnel.
There is no transparency of the investigation conducted and it is not healthy and worrying for a country that respects the rule of law.
Anwar alleged that the entire conduct of investigation of Altantuya murder case is to protect a very important personnel.
He said unless those questions were answered, no one can deny that there is an attempt to cover up the matter.
Anwar said that the public and media called upon the government to put an end of malicious prosecution and attempt to cover up the murder case.
We are appealing to the authority to change it, you can’t fool the public on this matter.
It was established that Altantuya Shariibuu was appointed or assigned by Baginda in the submarine deal, he said.
[Updated]
Anwar said there were questions over the role of Altantuya in the government?s purchase of the Scorpene and Agosta submarines from France in a deal costing nearly 1 billion euros (RM4.6 billion).
According to a report,last December, the Defence Ministry denied having paid a Malaysian-owned company US$100 million (RM370 million) as a commission for a multi-billion ringgit deal involving submarines.
However Anwar said:
We find it totally unacceptable the reasons given by the government that there is no question of corruption or accountability because the commission that was paid was between the seller and a third party, and did not involve government funds.
Anwar called it a blatant lie because no manufacturer would give such a huge commission unless?it has already been factored into the pricing of the purchases of the submarines.
He described the payment of commission of 114 million euros (RM530 million)?as exorbitant by any standard.
The public has the right to know who are the real beneficiaries of this massive payout?
Far Eastern Economic Review has reported in 2002 that Perimekar Sdn. Bhd would receive 8% of the total contract value over the next six years. Review also reported that Perimekar is owned 100% by Ombak Laut, a company wholly owned by Baginda and his associates. Later Ombak Laut sold 40% of Perimekar to LTAT and a sister company.
How could a relatively unknown company secure such a major weapons procurement deal?
The fact that Baginda of a think tank linked closely with the DPM and Defense Minister raises a great number of questions.
Anwar said massive corruption had happened but people are reluctant to report, due to?the climate of fear and harassment, people are not able to speak up.
Why didn’t the relevant authorities such as ACA and the Commercial Crime Division begin the investigation on this matter???
He said he has waited for a long time to deliberate the murder case of Altantuya, as he felt compelled to speak out.
?I speak to the people, I look at the record from Mongolia. I don?t want to be irresponsible or to turn it into a purely political thing. It involves people?s live and future. I?ve gone through the malicious prosecution or persecution.? I don?t want it to happen to the rest.?
IT IS ALSO TIME WE HAD MORE SEVERE PUNISHMENTS WHICH WILL ACT AS DETERRENTS. OUR COURTS ARE FLAWED.ALTHOUGH BINT CLAIMS, “IF I COULD GO BACK 25 YEARS AND START AGAIN I WOULD,” HISINTERVIEW HITS SOME UNREPENTANT NOTES AS WELL. “WHAT I’VE DONE IS TURNED A LOT OF MY DREAMS INTO REALITY,” HE TOLD THE DAILY MAIL. “I’VE GONE THAT EXTRA STEP. INSTEAD OF FANTASIZING WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO OWN A FERRARI I WENT OUT AND GOT ONE.” DEALBREAKERHYPOTHESIZES ABOUT WHICH IS THE MOST PLAUSIBLE BINT LIE HERE.)SO, NOW THAT BINT’S (SECOND) JAIL TERM IS BEHIND HIM, WILL HE PLAY BY THE RULES? “…I CAN’T SAY NEVER AGAIN. LET’S BE HONEST, NOBODY WOULD BELIEVE ME IF I SAID WAS GOING STRAIGHT,” HE TOLD THE DAILY MAIL.MANY MORE DETAILS OF HIS OUTRAGEOUS LIES AND MANIPULATIONS CAN BE FOUND HEREBBC’S CRIMEWATCH HAS PUT TOGETHER AN INGENIOUS RENACTMENT OF BINT’S DOWNFALL. IT BEGAN IN A TAXI CAB.
IT IS ALSO TIME WE HAD MORE SEVERE PUNISHMENTS WHICH WILL ACT AS DETERRENTS. OUR COURTS ARE FLAWED.
ALTHOUGH BINT CLAIMS, “IF I COULD GO BACK 25 YEARS AND START AGAIN I WOULD,” HISINTERVIEW HITS SOME UNREPENTANT NOTES AS WELL. “WHAT I’VE DONE IS TURNED A LOT OF MY DREAMS INTO REALITY,” HE TOLD THE DAILY MAIL. “I’VE GONE THAT EXTRA STEP. INSTEAD OF FANTASIZING WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO OWN A FERRARI I WENT OUT AND GOT ONE.” DEALBREAKERHYPOTHESIZES ABOUT WHICH IS THE MOST PLAUSIBLE BINT LIE HERE.)
SO, NOW THAT BINT’S (SECOND) JAIL TERM IS BEHIND HIM, WILL HE PLAY BY THE RULES? “…I CAN’T SAY NEVER AGAIN. LET’S BE HONEST, NOBODY WOULD BELIEVE ME IF I SAID WAS GOING STRAIGHT,” HE TOLD THE DAILY MAIL.
MANY MORE DETAILS OF HIS OUTRAGEOUS LIES AND MANIPULATIONS CAN BE FOUND HERE
BBC’S CRIMEWATCH HAS PUT TOGETHER AN INGENIOUS RENACTMENT OF BINT’S DOWNFALL. IT BEGAN IN A TAXI CAB.
AS THE TAXI DRIVER SAW...ALTANTUYA'S LAST HOURS.
The Mongolian connection
Her last journey starts at night when she gives a slip to bala’s men watching her movements, she took her last taxi ride from hotel Malaya to bagindas house. What could have been the topic of her discussion with the taxi driver? Was he the one who took down the car registration no, which was used in a grab at bagindas house?.
What she told about own P.I WHO abandon her at the last moment, she was helpless? As the taxi stop she was grabbed and bundled into that car and driven off. If only they had waited, for the taxi go then they had grabbed her, they could have pull off the perfect encounter.
With her name erased from the immigration entries, she will be in the missing persons list. But god was on her side that day, because she had to be scarified, in order to bring to open the evil forces that are planning to rule this country. But to PAS PRESIDENT it just a murder why we have to make it an issue out of it?
The taxi driver went back to the stand at hotel Malaya to be confronted by the victim’s cousin sister to whom he gave the vital informations. The Rest is historyreadmore http://malaysiaevilforces.blogspot.com/2011/02/discovering-intrinsic-and-enchanting.html
Written by Kim Quek | |
TUESDAY, 03 JULY 2007 | |
An unbelievable spectacle took place in the bizarre murder trial of Mongolian beauty Altantuya Shaaribuu on June 29. Karpal Singh, the lawyer for the victim’s family, attempted to ask a question about a “government official" allegedly seen in a photograph with the victim. At that point, both the prosecutor and the defense lawyer sprang to their feet in unison to block the question. This resulted in a shouting match, with Singh on one side, the victim’s cousin on the stand, and the combined forces of the prosecution and defense blocking the line of questioning. Earlier, a similar division of forces occurred when a Mongolian witness – a girlfriend of the victim told the court that immigration entry computer records of the deceased and her two Mongolian companions, including the witness, had been mysteriously erased. When Singh asked the court to take proper note of this highly irregular event, both the prosecution and defense objected to the evidence as irrelevant, and insisted that it be expunged. Now, isn't that a strange phenomenon? A prosecutor is supposed to seek justice for the deceased victim's family against the murderers, so how come the prosecutor is now ganging up with defense lawyers to oppose the victim's family lawyer? Is this a case of prosecutor vs. defense or a case of prosecutor plus defense vs. victim's family? Obviously, the prosecution and defense seem to have plenty of common interests. What are those common interests? The answer may lie in the identity of that "government official" that allegedly appeared in the photograph with Altantuya that both prosecution and defense tried so hard not to allow into court. The pictureOn Day 10 of the trial, Altantuya's cousin Burmaa Oyunchimeg testified that after Altantuya returned from France, she went to Hong Kong to meet Burmaa, and showed her a photograph of Altantuya and her lover, Abdul Razak Baginda, who is accused of conspiring in her murder, and "a government official" taking a meal together. Answering Singh later, after the shouting match in the court had subsided, she said this "government official" was Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak. She could distinctly remember the name, she said, because it bears a similarity to Altantuya’s acknowledged lover's name, and she even asked Altantuya whether they were brothers. Burmaa further added that the photo had also been shown to Altantuya's father. Now, the revelation of Najib in the photo would not have caused such a sensation if not for the deputy prime minister's oft-repeated denial of any knowledge of Altantuya, including a public denial during a recent by-election, when even the name of Allah was invoked. What does Najib have to say now that his denial is directly contradicted by the witness Burmaa? His press secretary Tengku Sarifuddin Tengku Ahmad issued a brief statement on June 30 saying that the deputy prime minister had declined to comment for two reasons. One, any comment might be sub judice, since the case is in court, and, two, Najib had already repeatedly denied an acquaintance with the girl in the past, "as such, the issue over the picture does not arise,” the spokesman said. Sub judice? That’s ridiculous. How could a simple statement like "I have never had my photo taken with Altantuya" be sub judice? In fact, being the number-two leader in the government, Najib is absolutely duty-bound to say outright whether he was ever photographed with Altantuya, in view of the serious implications of Burmaa's allegation. The issue over the picture does not arise? Equally ridiculous. In fact, the opposite is true. Precisely because of Najib's past denials, it is all the more imperative that Najib must stand up now to clarify. Guilty conscience? There is only one explanation for Najib's past denials and his present silence: A guilty conscience. If Najib's conduct with respect to the case had been above-board, there would be no reason for him to deny an acquaintance with his friend Abdul Razak’s friend Altantuya. Similarly, if the allegation of the picture is false, it is inconceivable and totally incomprehensible that Najib should have chosen not to refute Burmaa's allegation. In fact, Najib seems so worried about the publicity of the picture that his secretary called editors in the local press and requested them not to blow up the issue. This resulted in the explosive story being absent from the local headlines the next day. (In one Chinese paper – Guang Ming – the Najib story hit the front page in the evening edition, but disappeared completely by the next morning). And of course, Anwar Ibrahim's criticism of the trial and his specific call on Najib to clarify the issue of the picture during a press conference was generally blacked out. However, despite such new suppression, irreversible damage is done. There is little doubt that Najib is deeply troubled and his political position seriously weakened. ManipulationThat this murder case has been subjected to serious political manipulation has been obvious from the very start, when the police commenced their highly questionable investigation, right through to the present trial when the conduct of lawyers for both sides appear increasingly dubious. Instead of the prosecutor seeking the truth and the defense lawyer fighting for the accused, both seem preoccupied with an overriding mission – to prevent the whole truth from emerging. Their combined efforts to cover up the issue of the immigration record and the identity of Najib Razak in the picture are just two examples of such conduct. The highly irregular nature of this case was also marked by frequent and mysterious changes of legal personnel, resulting in a complete change-over of the defense team, the prosecutors and the judge even before the hearings began. These weird phenomena were crowned by the shock appearance of a new team of prosecutors who were appointed only hours before the hearing was supposed to begin, thus necessitating an impromptu postponement of the trial for two weeks. None of these changes of legal personnel has been properly explained, except for the resignation of Abdul Razak’s first lawyer; Zulkifli Noordin, quit, he said, because of "serious interference by third parties". Under these circumstances, the public must brace itself for more aberrant scenarios from this court, while Najib and his supporters may have to keep their fingers crossed in the days ahead when many more witnesses have yet to walk through what must appear to Najib as a minefield. On a more serious note, this unseemly trial does not exactly add credit to Malaysia’s system, whose already wretched image has just been further mauled by the shameful finale of another sham trial – that of Eric Chia of Perwaja Steel fame. After seven long years of investigations and three years of court hearings, that case was thrown out due to lack of prima facie evidence. With that, the long-drawn out Perwaja Steel saga ended without finding any culprit for the mountain of losses (more than RM 10 billion) suffered by taxpayers. There has been a spate of criminal cases being dismissed of late due to inadequate investigations and poor prosecution, indicating that the downward slide of our criminal justice system, which began in the Mahathir era, has gotten worse under Abdullah Badawi's leadership. With the criminal justice system in a shambles, the rule of law is in jeopardy. And that is an important benchmark to judge the efficacy of Abdullah's administration vis-à-vis his reform agenda.Kim Quek is a Malaysia-based commentator. |
WHY DID ALTANTUYA HAVE TO DIE?Corrupt political leadership does not attractive men of outstanding integrity; neither can it be expected to
Corrupt political leadership does not attractive men of outstanding integrity; neither can it be expected to enact effective laws to maintain high integrity in government
It matters not anymore who instructed who; or whoever is behind the murder; or even who declared himself innocent of any involvement. What matters most is, two more lives will be lost due to greed, lust and corruption.
The underlying question will be – what started the whole episode? It will be the procurement of the two submarines which by itself claimed one life and these subsequent two even before being commissioned to enter service.
The greed over the RM440 million in commission for the procurement, the steps taken to cover up ‘lustful’ adventures of the high-flyers involved and the most despicable disease of corruption of the people in the high office are the reasons for this sorry episode.
I, and anybody else with a sane mind for that matter, find it hard to comprehend that these two scapegoats, CI Azilah and Corp. Sirul would embark on a murderous spree if it was not for some orders from the people holding high office and/or perhaps for some irresistible RM reward for accomplishing the task given.
The murder and further death does not just come out of the blue. It is the resulting act of CORRUPTION. The toll and price to pay for this despicable disease are now much higher than it was before, where it used to be some jail sentence or some punishment by fines. This disease is now claiming lives!readmorehttp://malaysiaevilforces.blogspot.com/2011/02/discovering-intrinsic-and-enchanting_02.html
Politicians can learn about change from rosmah the lady whochange her life by snatching husbandAtlantuya wants Prime Minister as company.She is feeling lonely because Razak Baginda jilted her to pursue his Ph.D in England.Her children in Mongolia still thinking that their mother will come back someday with lot of cookies and sweets from Malaysia . Unfortunately, PM did not mentioned about sweets and cookies for them yesterday.
WHAT DID HE MEAN BY ‘TENTATIVE CHARGE BUT ALL IS NOT LOST’?
On 11th October, Malaysia Today carried a post entitled ‘Abuse of power by the Deputy Prime Minister’ that laid out a series of sms’es alleged to have passed between Najib and senior lawyer Shafee Abdullah in relation to Razak Baginda’s arrest and remand in the days before Baginda was charged.
Najib was publicly asked to comment about these sms’es and he never denied the authenticity of the same.
Now, there’s one other exchange of sms’es, this time allegedly between Razak Baginda and Najib. I do not recall Najib himself having ever addressed or denied or admitted the correctness or otherwise of these sms’es directly, as he did with the series of sms’es referred to in the MT posting.
I am referring to the 2 sms’es mentioned at paragraphs 51 and 52 of the first statutory declaration of private investigator Balasubramaniam. Let me reproduce below both paragraphs 51 and 52 of that first statutory declaration.
51. On the day Abdul Razak Baginda was arrested, I was with him at his lawyers office at 6.30am. Abdul Razak Baginda informed us that he had sent Najib Razak an SMS the evening before as he refused to believe he was to be arrested, but had not received a response.
52. Shortly thereafter, at about 7.30am, Abdul Razak Baginda received an SMS from Najib Razak and showed, this message to both myself and his lawyer. This message read as follows: “ I am seeing IGP at 11am today … matter will be solved … be cool”.
Like all of you, I am aware of Bala’s second statutory declaration contradicting the first, but we also have to acknowledge that the circumstances surrounding the making and public announcement of the second statutory declaration, and the subsequent disappearance of the maker of both, might make it prudent for us to defer adjudging which of the two statutory declarations narrates the truth until such time that Bala is available to fully disclose andexplain the circumstances surrounding the making of both statutory delcarations.
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Rosmah,murdered Altantuya, because she “knew too much,”
OCTOBER 5, 2009
part3 Najib his 2nd wife rosmah,murdered Altantuya, because she “knew too much,”while working as a translator in a secret deal to help the Malaysian government cried her father setev shaariibuu, a psychology professor
The spectre of murdered Mongolian model Altantuya Shaariibuu today followed Datuk Seri Najib Razak all the way from home to his first official trip to Europe as prime minister in what clearly is an attempt to embarrass him publicly.
Altantuya, who suffered a gruesome death on Malaysian soil three years ago, was a former mistress to political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda, who is a close associate of Najib.
In an emailed statement to The Malaysian Insider said to be from Altantuya’s father, Dr Shaariibuu Setev expressed his regret that he could not be in Paris today to greet Najib because he was sick and in hospital.
“I had so wished to speak to Mr Najib and send him this message and to shake his hand,” Shaariibuu wrote.
“I hope PM Mr. Najib Razak enjoys his trip to France, where a deal with a French company which his close friend Abdul Razak Baginda help broker led to the circumstances surrounding my daughter’s murder,” he claimed.
Shaariibuu demanded Najib, who took over as prime minister in April, take full responsibility for his then 28-year-old daughter’s death.
He claims she had died while working as a translator in a secret deal to help the Malaysian government buy French submarines worth billions of Euros.
He highlighted two reports saying that Najib’s aide-de-camp, Musa Safri, had ordered two policemen to “deal with Altantuya” when she had approached her lover over her share of commissions.
The Shah Alam High Court last year found the two policemen guilty of blowing up Altantuya’s body in a Shah Alam jungle three years ago and sent them to the gallows, but cleared Abdul Razak of abetting in the murder.
Their appeal against the death sentence is pending in the Court of Appeal.
Shaariibuu last month dropped a suit against the federal government to push them to appeal against Abdul Razak’s acquittal.
However, he is still suing the government as well as Abdul Razak and the two cops for RM100 million over Altantuya’s death.
His lawyer, Karpal Singh, told reporters previously that Shaariibuu has indicated that he is willing to settle the matter out of court.
He is worried for the future of Altantuya’s two young sons who are currently living with him and his equally ill wife.
“With so many closely linked to Najib in this murder, it is impossible and irresponsible for Najib to now wash his hands off this mater (sic) and act as if none of this tragedy has befallen my daughter and my family,” Shaariibuu wrote.
“The French company involved in the Malaysian deal also cannot escape with impunity,” he added, stressing that Altantuya would have been spared if the “deal had been transparent and fair.”
The spectre of murdered Mongolian model Altantuya Shaariibuu today followed Datuk Seri Najib Razak all the way from home to his first official trip to Europe as prime minister in what clearly is an attempt to embarrass him publicly.
Altantuya, who suffered a gruesome death on Malaysian soil three years ago, was a former mistress to political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda, who is a close associate of Najib.
In an emailed statement to The Malaysian Insider said to be from Altantuya’s father, Dr Shaariibuu Setev expressed his regret that he could not be in Paris today to greet Najib because he was sick and in hospital.
“I had so wished to speak to Mr Najib and send him this message and to shake his hand,” Shaariibuu wrote.
“I hope PM Mr. Najib Razak enjoys his trip to France, where a deal with a French company which his close friend Abdul Razak Baginda help broker led to the circumstances surrounding my daughter’s murder,” he claimed.
Shaariibuu demanded Najib, who took over as prime minister in April, take full responsibility for his then 28-year-old daughter’s death.
He claims she had died while working as a translator in a secret deal to help the Malaysian government buy French submarines worth billions of Euros.
He highlighted two reports saying that Najib’s aide-de-camp, Musa Safri, had ordered two policemen to “deal with Altantuya” when she had approached her lover over her share of commissions.
The Shah Alam High Court last year found the two policemen guilty of blowing up Altantuya’s body in a Shah Alam jungle three years ago and sent them to the gallows, but cleared Abdul Razak of abetting in the murder.
Their appeal against the death sentence is pending in the Court of Appeal.
Shaariibuu last month dropped a suit against the federal government to push them to appeal against Abdul Razak’s acquittal.
However, he is still suing the government as well as Abdul Razak and the two cops for RM100 million over Altantuya’s death.
His lawyer, Karpal Singh, told reporters previously that Shaariibuu has indicated that he is willing to settle the matter out of court.
He is worried for the future of Altantuya’s two young sons who are currently living with him and his equally ill wife.
“With so many closely linked to Najib in this murder, it is impossible and irresponsible for Najib to now wash his hands off this mater (sic) and act as if none of this tragedy has befallen my daughter and my family,” Shaariibuu wrote.
“The French company involved in the Malaysian deal also cannot escape with impunity,” he added, stressing that Altantuya would have been spared if the “deal had been transparent and fair.” all the way from home to his first official trip to Europe as prime minister in what clearly is an attempt to embarrass him publicly.
Altantuya, who suffered a gruesome death on Malaysian soil three years ago, was a former mistress to political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda, who is a close associate of Najib.
In an emailed statement to The Malaysian Insider said to be from Altantuya’s father, Dr Shaariibuu Setev expressed his regret that he could not be in Paris today to greet Najib because he was sick and in hospital.
“I had so wished to speak to Mr Najib and send him this message and to shake his hand,” Shaariibuu wrote.
“I hope PM Mr. Najib Razak enjoys his trip to France, where a deal with a French company which his close friend Abdul Razak Baginda help broker led to the circumstances surrounding my daughter’s murder,” he claimed.
Shaariibuu demanded Najib, who took over as prime minister in April, take full responsibility for his then 28-year-old daughter’s death.
He claims she had died while working as a translator in a secret deal to help the Malaysian government buy French submarines worth billions of Euros.
He highlighted two reports saying that Najib’s aide-de-camp, Musa Safri, had ordered two policemen to “deal with Altantuya” when she had approached her lover over her share of commissions.
The Shah Alam High Court last year found the two policemen guilty of blowing up Altantuya’s body in a Shah Alam jungle three years ago and sent them to the gallows, but cleared Abdul Razak of abetting in the murder.
Their appeal against the death sentence is pending in the Court of Appeal.
Shaariibuu last month dropped a suit against the federal government to push them to appeal against Abdul Razak’s acquittal.
However, he is still suing the government as well as Abdul Razak and the two cops for RM100 million over Altantuya’s death.
His lawyer, Karpal Singh, told reporters previously that Shaariibuu has indicated that he is willing to settle the matter out of court.
He is worried for the future of Altantuya’s two young sons who are currently living with him and his equally ill wife.
“With so many closely linked to Najib in this murder, it is impossible and irresponsible for Najib to now wash his hands off this mater (sic) and act as if none of this tragedy has befallen my daughter and my family,” Shaariibuu wrote.
“The French company involved in the Malaysian deal also cannot escape with impunity,” he added, stressing that Altantuya would have been spared if the “deal had been transparent and fair.”
Beautiful Mongolian model Altantuya Shaariibuu was Shot in the Head Twice and Then She was blown to pieces with C4 Explosive in a Gruesome Murder inMalaysia Allegedly by Top Level Officials and Political Elites.
Malaysia’s Ruling Party is on the Ropes and Things are Getting Ugly Real Fast:An influential Malaysian blogger alleges that Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s wife was present when a Mongolian translator/model was murdered in 2006. Can somebody say ‘cover-up’?
I am sure when suspensions get serious they will find a “fall person” usually some local idiot and have that person convicted and executed real fast if this is a crime by the Political Elites. And people will forget about it real soon, thats the way cover ups usually work.
- what about crime in higher places?
Rosmah-in-graffiti trial set for December |
Tarani Palani | Jul 13, 09 2:29pm |
- Two Universiti Malaya undergraduates will have to be in the KL Sessions Court from Dec 7-11 to answer charges of trespass, arson and scrawling derogatory graffiti about the premier’s wife.
The police will give priority to to stamping out street crimes, in line with the government commitment to reduce crime and corruption, Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Musa Hassan said.
Drastic measures would be taken to address the problem to ensure public safety and security, he said.
“Street crimes like snatch thefts and robberies have a big impact as people are afraid to go outdoors, thus limiting their movements.
“Police want to reduce such crimes which have become rampant,” he said when commenting on Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s statement that the government would take measures to check crime.
Musa said PDRM would increase manpower and beat base in public places known to be risky due to the many crimes committed there.
Some seriously troubling questions in Malaysia
Kim Quek, Asia Sentinel
An unbelievable spectacle took place in the bizarre murder trial of Mongolian beauty Altantuya Shaaribuu on June 29. Karpal Singh, the lawyer for the victim’s family, attempted to ask a question about a “government official” allegedly seen in a photograph with the victim. At that point, both the prosecutor and the defense lawyer sprang to their feet in unison to block the question.
This resulted in a shouting match, with Singh on one side, the victim’s cousin on the stand, and the combined forces of the prosecution and defense blocking the line of questioning.
Earlier, a similar division of forces occurred when a Mongolian witness – a girlfriend of the victim told the court that immigration entry computer records of the deceased and her two Mongolian companions, including the witness, had been mysteriously erased. When Singh asked the court to take proper note of this highly irregular event, both the prosecution and defense objected to the evidence as irrelevant, and insisted that it be expunged.
Now, isn’t that a strange phenomenon? A prosecutor is supposed to seek justice for the deceased victim’s family against the murderers, so how come the prosecutor is now ganging up with defense lawyers to oppose the victim’s family lawyer? Is this a case of prosecutor vs. defense or a case of prosecutor plus defense vs. victim’s family? Obviously, the prosecution and defense seem to have plenty of common interests. What are those common interests?
The answer may lie in the identity of that “government official” that allegedly appeared in the photograph with Altantuya that both prosecution and defense tried so hard not to allow into court.
Graphics courtesy Michael Chick
The picture
On Day 10 of the trial, Altantuya’s cousin Burmaa Oyunchimeg testified that after Altantuya returned from France, she went to Hong Kong to meet Burmaa, and showed her a photograph of Altantuya and her lover, Abdul Razak Baginda, who is accused of conspiring in her murder, and “a government official” taking a meal together. Answering Singh later, after the shouting match in the court had subsided, she said this “government official” was Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak.
She could distinctly remember the name, she said, because it bears a similarity to Altantuya’s acknowledged lover’s name, and she even asked Altantuya whether they were brothers. Burmaa further added that the photo had also been shown to Altantuya’s father.
Now, the revelation of Najib in the photo would not have caused such a sensation if not for the deputy prime minister’s oft-repeated denial of any knowledge of Altantuya, including a public denial during a recent by-election, when even the name of Allah was invoked.
What does Najib have to say now that his denial is directly contradicted by the witness Burmaa? His press secretary Tengku Sarifuddin Tengku Ahmad issued a brief statement on June 30 saying that the deputy prime minister had declined to comment for two reasons. One, any comment might be sub judice, since the case is in court, and, two, Najib had already repeatedly denied an acquaintance with the girl in the past, “as such, the issue over the picture does not arise,” the spokesman said.
Sub judice? That’s ridiculous. How could a simple statement like “I have never had my photo taken with Altantuya” be sub judice? In fact, being the number-two leader in the government, Najib is absolutely duty-bound to say outright whether he was ever photographed with Altantuya, in view of the serious implications of Burmaa’s allegation.
The issue over the picture does not arise? Equally ridiculous. In fact, the opposite is true. Precisely because of Najib’s past denials, it is all the more imperative that Najib must stand up now to clarify.
Guilty conscience?
There is only one explanation for Najib’s past denials and his present silence: A guilty conscience. If Najib’s conduct with respect to the case had been above-board, there would be no reason for him to deny an acquaintance with his friend Abdul Razak’s friend Altantuya. Similarly, if the allegation of the picture is false, it is inconceivable and totally incomprehensible that Najib should have chosen not to refute Burmaa’s allegation.
In fact, Najib seems so worried about the publicity of the picture that his secretary called editors in the local press and requested them not to blow up the issue. This resulted in the explosive story being absent from the local headlines the next day. (In one Chinese paper – Guang Ming – the Najib story hit the front page in the evening edition, but disappeared completely by the next morning). And of course, Anwar Ibrahim’s criticism of the trial and his specific call on Najib to clarify the issue of the picture during a press conference was generally blacked out.
However, despite such new suppression, irreversible damage is done. There is little doubt that Najib is deeply troubled and his political position seriously weakened.
Manipulation
That this murder case has been subjected to serious political manipulation has been obvious from the very start, when the police commenced their highly questionable investigation, right through to the present trial when the conduct of lawyers for both sides appear increasingly dubious. Instead of the prosecutor seeking the truth and the defense lawyer fighting for the accused, both seem preoccupied with an overriding mission – to prevent the whole truth from emerging. Their combined efforts to cover up the issue of the immigration record and the identity of Najib Razak in the picture are just two examples of such conduct.
The highly irregular nature of this case was also marked by frequent and mysterious changes of legal personnel, resulting in a complete changeover of the defense team, the prosecutors and the judge even before the hearings began. These weird phenomena were crowned by the shock appearance of a new team of prosecutors who were appointed only hours before the hearing was supposed to begin, thus necessitating an impromptu postponement of the trial for two weeks. None of these changes of legal personnel has been properly explained, except for the resignation of Abdul Razak’s first lawyer; Zulkifli Noordin, quit, he said, because of “serious interference by third parties”.
Under these circumstances, the public must brace itself for more aberrant scenarios from this court, while Najib and his supporters may have to keep their fingers crossed in the days ahead when many more witnesses have yet to walk through what must appear to Najib as a minefield.
On a more serious note, this unseemly trial does not exactly add credit to Malaysia’s system, whose already wretched image has just been further mauled by the shameful finale of another sham trial – that of Eric Chia of Perwaja Steel fame. After seven long years of investigations and three years of court hearings, that case was thrown out due to lack of prima facie evidence. With that, the long-drawn out Perwaja Steel saga ended without finding any culprit for the mountain of losses (more than RM 10 billion) suffered by taxpayers.
There has been a spate of criminal cases being dismissed of late due to inadequate investigations and poor prosecution, indicating that the downward slide of our criminal justice system, which began in the Mahathir era, has gotten worse under Abdullah Badawi’s leadership. With the criminal justice system in a shambles, the rule of law is in jeopardy. And that is an important benchmark to judge the efficacy of Abdullah’s administration vis-à-vis his reform agenda.
Kim Quek is a Malaysia-based commentator.
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