Suruhanjaya Siasatan diRaja skandal Scorpene dan pembunuhan Altantuya

Nampaknya selera semasa dalam negara adalah untuk mendesak penubuhan Suruhanjaya Siasatan diRaja atau RCI (Royal Commission of Inquiry).

Sejajar dengan selera ini, mungkin masanya amat sesuai untuk mendesak kerajaan menubuhkan suruhanjaya siasatan diraja untuk menyiasat skandal rasuah Scorpene dan pembunuhan kejam Altantuya Shaariibuu.

Skandal Scorpene, terutamanya pembunuhan wanita Mongolia tersebut masih belum terjawab sepenuhnya. 

Rasuah bernilai ratusan juta ringgit dalam urusniaga pembelian kapal selam Scorpene masih dalam siasatan pihak berkuasa di Perancis, walaupun terdapat pelbagai desakan dan lobi diplomatik supaya kes itu ditutup. 

Badan bukan kerajaan dari Malaysia, SUARAM juga sedang mengikuti perkembangan kes ini dengan lebih dekat.

Individu-individu yang dinamakan dalam siasatan pihak Perancis termasuk orang-orang yang berstatus VIP dan VVIP dari Malaysia. Laporan media antarabangsa menyatakan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak pun akan dipanggil untuk memberi keterangan dalam masa terdekat. 

Mungkin pihak berkuasa dinegara kita mahu menunggu keputusan siasatan di Perancis sebelum mengambil apa-apa langkah siasatan disini atau membuka fail siasatan rasuah yang sudah berhabuk.

Walaupun demikian penubuhan suruhanjaya siasatan diraja untuk merungkai skandal rasuah dan pembunuhan ini penting kerana banyak persoalan yang masih belum terjawab. 

Perbicaraan pembunuhan Altantuya membebaskan Abdul Razak Baginda (teman Altantuya dan pemegang saham terbesar dalam syarikat berkepentingan dalam pembelian Scorpene) dan menghukum dua anggota Polis yang didapati bersalah membunuh wanita Mongolia itu dan meletupkan mayatnya. 

Seorang daripada dua anggota Polis itu telah berjaya melarikan diri ke Australia (ketika kes dalam proses rayuan) manakala seorang lagi masih merenguk dalam penjara.

Antara persoalan yang harus dirungkai menerusi Suruhanjaya Siasatan DiRaja adalah :- 

1. Mengapa Altantuya dibunuh? Motif pembunuhan masih belum dikenalpasti sehingga hari ini.

2. Apa pertalian diantara Abdul Razak Baginda dan Altantuya dalam urusniaga pembelian kapal selam Scorpene? 

3. Apakah hubungan sebenar antara Altantuya, Razak Baginda dan Najib Razak?

4.  Bagaimana seorang individu yang telah dihukum gantung kerana membunuh boleh melarikan diri ke Australia ketika kes masih dalam proses rayuan. Ketika penuntut yang gagal membayar balik pinjaman PTPTN pun tidak dapat melepasi sempadan negara bagaimana Korporal Sirul Azhar Umar boleh terlepas sampai ke negara lain? 

5. Siapa yang membantu, melindungi dan membiayai Sirul dan anak beliau di Australia ?  

Bila ditubuhkan nanti banyak lagi soalan yang boleh dikemukakan pihak suruhanjaya siasatan diraja berdasarkan siasatan dan pemantauan yang dilakukan pelbagai pihak, termasuk pihak berkuasa Perancis. 

Mungkin pihak berkuasa Singapura juga boleh membantu siasatan suruhanjaya ini dengan mengemukakan bukti-bukti bergambar akan hubungan sebenar Altantuya dengan VVIP dari Malaysia, jika bukti itu masih wujud.

Anggota suruhanjaya siasatan diraja juga boleh diterbangkan ke Australia untuk mendapatkan kenyataan Sirul tanpa apa-apa bentuk gangguan. 

Besar kemungkinan pihak SUARAM juga mempunyai maklumat yang masih belum didedahkan setakat ini.


p/s 

Nak suruhanjaya sisatan khas untuk merungkai skandal artis digulung dalam tikar di SiRusa Inn Port Dickson? Rasanya tidak perlu tumpu pada skandal peribadi lagi. Kita cuba rungkaikan dulu skandal rasuah dan pembunuhan kejam Altantuya.

Malaysian scandals from Australia

Australian police investigators sprung into action almost immediately when news of an alleged high level corruption ring involving locals and a few prominent Malaysians broke. 

We must salute the Australian police for their admirable professionalism and urgency in striving to nail the crooks, no matter who they are. 

This latest Australian episode gives us an inside to not only the level of professionalism but also the Australian authorities' strict adherence to the maxim 'not leaving any stone unturned in seeking truth'. 

Questions have now been raised if the Australian police had in fact notified their Malaysian counterparts before the scam was exposed by The Age newspaper. This is another affirmation that the Australian authorities are always 'on the ball'. 

I'm certain the relevant authorities on our side would be responding to the queries to avoid any allegation of attempts to sweep things under the carpet. 

Sweeping under the carpet? 

We must also take cognisance that one of our former UTK policeman who has a noose hanging over his head here for the murder of Mongolian model Altantuya Shaariibuu has been under the protection of Australian authorities since his arrest. 

It has been more than FIVE months since Sirul Azhar Umar was detained in Brisbane. In five months Sirul has met and spoke with countless Australian officers and some Malaysians.  

It was learned that the Australians have been moving the convicted murderer of Altantuya between a few detention centers and Australian intelligence units safe-houses for safety reasons, while regularly recording fresh inputs and statements. 

It seems an individual with the initial RB has been highlighted in some latest detailed statements. 

The investigators, it was learned, have also got hold of a few Statuory Declarations which were made in relation to the murder of Altantuya, including a sworn statement by a fugitive blogger that is said to have corroborated Sirul's statement. 

Legally, this is all hearsay.      

An exclusive video interview has also been recorded on Sirul's own request, says a Melbourne-based journalist who is currently pursuing the Australian culprits in the Mara-linked property scam.

Could we now expect the Australian media to come up with an expose of yet another long-running Malaysian scandal?

Lindsay Murdoch - South-East Asia correspondent for Fairfax Media

We must put an immediate stop to all such humiliation. We have #Nothing2Hide 

Guess its high time for Kuala Lumpur to put its foot down and demand Canberra to deport Sirul Azhar on the next available flight to Kuala Lumpur. 

Otherwise every convicted killer and conman would be making his/her way to Australia. 

Can you do that Mr Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak or are you too busy with the 1MDB scandal?

c.c 
Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Anifah Aman

p/s Fairfax Media investigated the Mara-linked scam for about six months before the expose and Fairfax Media's investigative journalists have been working on Sirul's case from day one of his arrest... or even before that.  

Malaysia needs a new leader

1. I was born some 58 years ago.

2. I have seen PM comes, PM goes.

3. All PMs were inperfect albeit certain degree of difference

4. However, the 1st to 4th PM admittedly lived up to their standing as Presidents of Umno and Perikatan/BN, leaders of the muslim malays and harmonious malaysians

5. When 5th PM took office, whilst maintaining the momentum be it policy or approach, he saw no rush in executing the established agenda. Instead, he expounded his hadharical approach, put his administration in auto mode, and fell into deep slumber without much problem. This has resulted in him given rude awakening only to find himself being shown the exit door.

6. All hopes were pinned onto 6th PM. With much regret, instead of making corrections on the wrong tracks left behind by 5th PM, he compounded the mistakes by abolishing ISA and since then irresponsible rakyat came out with insults to the malays and the muslims, unprecedented before this.

7. Not only ISA was abolished, he even promised to repeal the Sedition Act only to be met with strong resistence and polemic ensued by umno veterans, ex chief judge, ex kpn and the likes. Feeling the heat, he decided to withdraw but the critics are still cynical as whether he might took it up again when the best opportunity arises in the near future.

8. Still being critically examined and spoken are the 1MDB and BRIM payout issues. Whilst najib and his men's response on 1MDB is still hazy with unanswered questions, the BRIM payouts are carried without any feeling of guilt and responsibility albeit use of tax payers money and in the light of
decline in revenue due to lower crude price.

In short, i would still agree that najib is no better if not worse than paklah. - Anonymous

The above is the latest (unedited) comment on my Jan 8, 2014 posting - Najib worse than Pak Lah?

Do read the more-than-a-year-old posting for a better understanding of the issue at hand. I read it again following an email alert of the above comment. 

Lately a few concerned friends have been warning and advising me against presenting unvarnished comments against the leadership of Prime Minister Najib Razak. 

A close acquaintance of the man, a businessman, said 'you're just lucky that the ISA has been abolished' while another retired media personality told me with his eyes wide open at a tea-stall that 'the boss said you're vicious and he is very angry at you'.

Don't know whether to feel honoured or to go into hiding due to such messages and other hidden threats that comes in many forms and phrases. I believe the truth must be told, especially when its in the best interest of my country.

Just look at the unfolding 1MDB scandal. It has now been proven beyond any doubt that 1MDB is in trouble. Our nation could slide into serious financial trouble due to this scandal.

Well, let the unfolding saga of the debt ridden fund tell the hidden tales and expose those criminals whom, I strongly believe, have siphoned billions of ringgit out for them.  

More than a year ago I still harboured hopes that the Prime Minister would take note of the criticisms and mend his ways. That hope has now faded away, completely. It has been six years or so since Najib took office as the 6th PM of Malaysia.

Najib appears worse than any other Prime Minister this blessed nation has had. If Najib is allowed to remain in the PM's seat and nothing is done about the deteriorating state of race relations, religious extremism and abuse of power, this nation will go down the drain in less than a decade. 

This may sound vicious to some or bitter to others but Najib Razak is simply no longer fit to be Prime Minister of Malaysia. Najib Razak has lost the plot and he appears increasingly oblivious to the happenings in our society. 

With the 1MDB scandal hanging like the proverbial sword of Damocles over his head plus the sudden resurrection of the ghost of Altantuya. 

With an exUTK policeman's son threatening to 'reveal all that would bring down the Malaysian Government' from Australia while his father continues to give statements to Australian intelligence agencies in detention. 

With the PM increasingly appearing like a Western apologist who is more concerned about scandalous rating agencies than hard truths on the ground.

When certain personal extravagances appear worse than the Wolf of Wall Street storyline, something is certainly wrong. It cannot be accepted when the abuse is carried out with absolute impunity. 

This country and the ruling government led by Barisan Nasional have never circled around one individual and his/her family. As an individual Najib Razak cannot be more important than this country and her people. 

Those in Umno who are still able to use their grey matter must repent and realign their loyalty to this blessed nation and not blindly support someone who appears lost in his own web. Bertaubat dan kembalilah ke pangkal jalan sebelum kita kehilangan segalanya.

Menyerang mereka yang mengkritik dan percubaan memperbodohkan rakyat dengan menyalahgunakan media arus perdana tidak mungkin dapat bertahan lama. Rakyat lebih bijak sekarang. Jika tak percaya sila teruskan strategi serangan berasaskan pembohongan dan kita akan sama-sama lihat kesudahannya.

Pemimpin Umno, bermula dari tahap tertinggi hingga ke Ketua Bahagian dan barisan pelapis harus berhenti sejenak berfikir tentang kemelut dan krisis dalaman masakini. Apakah punca segalanya?

Apakah Umno dan BN akan terkubur jika Najib Razak ditamatkan perkhidmatan sebagai presiden dan pengerusi atau apakah situasi sebenar adalah sebaliknya? 

Walaupun tangan mungkin telah menerima dan terus menerima habuan yang dihulur hati jangan dibiarkan buta. Jika hati dibiarkan buta, Umno dan BN tidak akan selamat. 

We can't afford to have a leader who COULD possibly be threatened or held at ransom for any given reason or reasons. (This is not an accusation, merely stating observation partly based on widespread perception)

Malaysia needs a leader who should be more focused in serving us and leading this nation to greater heights. We used to be more united and flew high on the global scene. Now we appear to be often floated for the wrong reasons.

Abolishing the ISA is one big blunder for which we are paying for very dearly now. Lack of leadership is simply compounding the problem while increasing the price we pay.

Extremists who dared not lift their heads since Malaya came into being in1957, and even during the aftermath of those dark days in 1969, are now poisoning the society from every possible angle. Why is it that they only come into being in recent years? 

Lack of a strong, sensible leadership appears like the root cause of this malaise. Engineered NGOs and parrots cannot possibly convince the people or hold you up if there is no substance. 
Remember, those 'below the surface' operatives would only remain relevant as long as you're in one problem or another. When you're constantly in trouble their 'direct-nego' deals would constantly expand in value. Living in denial is an early sign of lunacy.

This failure of not feeling or living in denial of the pulse could kill BN. Some have started believing that only a defeat in the next elections and only by losing the Federal Government to the Opposition would Umno and BN come to their senses. It is the injury the nation and society could suffer before the defeat that is worrying. 

There would be no use of a new Opposition-led government if our daily staple continues to be racial and religious loaded politics of hatred. We cannot possibly head anywhere but down if we are constantly at each others throats. Even an Opposition-led government can't move ahead if, by then, we are a bankrupt nation with debts running into hundreds of billions. 1MDB itself has for now accumulated debts of about 40billion, if not more.

The nation can't afford to be held back by a leader who is busy clearing his own personal mess while we slide towards the dungeon. 

Malaysia needs a new leader and in my opinion Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin is more than qualified to shoulder this responsibility. 

I hope Muhyiddin the Deputy Prime Minister loves this nation, her people and the future generation enough to step up to the plate. 

InsyaAllah. 

p/s This is my view and there is nothing vicious about telling or writing about what I feel is the current state of affairs in my country. 
Dear Prime Minister, I'm truly sorry if this posting of mine offends you in any way or appears vicious. I'm just stating my opinion based on prolonged observation as a journalist with considerable exposure to current affairs and latest developments. I did the same during the final lap of the previous PM's tenure before you took the seat from him. I criticised Pak Lah and agreed that he should be replaced because of his lack of competence and the infamous Fourth Floor plus the abuses that came with them. We harboured high hopes on the new PM but you should know better of your own performance and failures by now. You should know better that there cannot be two sets of rules, one for Pak Lah and another for you. My advice - Don't overstay your welcome. Nothing personal and certainly not meant to appear vicious. Nothing but in the best interest of our beloved nation Malaysia and her colorful people. 

Dr Mahathir urges Asian leaders to stop "kowtowing" to the West

Once a soldier, always a soldier

A lesson from history - Oct 11, 2004 

SINGAPORE, Oct 11 (AFP) - Former Malaysian
prime minister Mahathir Mohamed urged Asia’s leaders
on Monday to stop “kowtowing” to Westerners, warning
continued subservience would lead to domestic
uprisings and terrorist attacks.

Mahathir, whose anti-Western rhetoric often caused
controversy during his 22 years in power, told a
university lecture in Singapore on democracy and
Asian leadership that Asian minds were still
“colonised” by Western influence.

“Asian leaders and Asians in general have yet to
achieve freedom of thought, freedom to look
critically at the ideas and idealogies coming from
outside Asia,” Mahathir, 79, said.

“They are still beholden to the ethnic Europeans.
They are still Euro-centric. Many are apologetic
because they believe they have fallen far short of
the standards that the ethnic Europeans expect of
them.”

Mahathir said Asians were “waiting for a
leader, a credible leader from a credible nation”.

“Those who kowtow too much to the ethnic Europeans
should not be surprised if their people will rise
against them, will commit acts of terror, or
whatever,” he said.

“Asian leaders have a choice. Assume and assert
true leadership, seize the initiative in terms of
ideas and thoughts, and restore self-respect. Or face
the humiliation of foreign hegemony and the contempt
of their own people.”

Mahathir peppered his speechand ensuing question-and-answer sesssion with
pro-Asian, anti-Western references, such as: “Asians
were civilized long before Europeans were civilized.

They should learn from us.” “When the ethnic
Europeans were still clothed in animal skin, Asians
were already ruling vast areas under complex
government systems,” he said.

While conceding that democracy was the best
governance model in theory, Mahathir devoted much of
his 30-minute speech to the pitfalls of Western
democratic systems.

“There is evidence that many Asians have not
understood what democracy is all about and what can
result from the democratic process,” he said, warning
“liars” and the “cunning few” often rise to the top.

While saying that democracies unique to Asia should
evolve gradually, he also lauded the efforts of a
host of regional dictators to develop their nations.

“Undemocratic Asian leaders in the distant and
recent past have actually been instrumental in
dragging their countries and their people kicking and
screaming into the modern world,” he said.

Mahathir cited China’s Deng Xiaoping and South
Korea’s Park Chung-Hee as undemocratic leaders who
had advanced their nation, and quipped whether
Thailand’s late-19th, early-20th century monarch
Chulalongkorn would have achieved his reforms with a
one-seat parliamentary majority.

Mahathir was in power in Malaysia from 1981 to
October last year, and the United Malays National
Organisation coalition he led has ruled the nation
since independence from the British in 1957.

His tenure was often criticised by human rights
groups and opposition politicians for undemocratic
techniques such as muzzling the press and the jailing
of political opponents, but he oversaw strong economic
development.

kma/mba/th Singapore-Malaysia-Mahathir AFP

Malaysia defends deportation

Xenophone KICKED OUT!

Controversial Australian senator Nicholas Xenophone is persona non grata in Malaysia. THANK YOU!

Nicky Xenophony as he is popularly known among proponents of LGBT culture here and in Australia is being kicked out from the cheap airlines terminal in Sepang for breaching his travelling conditions as a visitor to this sovereign nation. 

Basically the sovereign Government of Malaysia has put a stop to seedy characters from another country to have unbridled rights to enjoy our hospitality, weather and environment while demonising the 'voice of the majority'.

If I'm not mistaken this seedy character took part in an unlawful street demonstration during 'his/her' visit here in May 2012. That is good enough a reason for the Malaysian Immigration Department to kick Nicky out at the entry point. 

Well done Home Minister. Enough of our Malaysian hospitality for such undesirable characters. Even the Australian senate doesn't give two hoots to Nicky boy...or girl. 

Australian Senate says NO to Ambiga and Nick X

P/s Guess the 100 odd guys from the Sulu Sultanate who is in Lahad Datu (Sabah) enjoying Malaysian hospitality there will also be deported today. That is the ultimatum. We got to kick em' OUT before they become a pain.