1MDB - Timbalan Perdana Menteri desak penjelasan Najib Razak

Dengar dengan teliti apa yang diperkatakan oleh Timbalan Perdana Menteri berkenaan krisis politik, ketirisan kepercayaan umum terhadap kerajaan serta pemimpin dan yang paling penting tentang skandal 1MDB. 

Ini sebahagian daripada ucapan Timbalan Presiden Umno ketika menutup persidangan perwakilan Umno Bahagian Cheras di-ibu negara malam tadi.

Sebenarnya kenyataan Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin ini sudah lama dinanti-nanti. Lebih kurang dua bulan lalu Muhyiddin telah pun membangkitkan kerisauan beliau akan 'bencana 1MDB' tetapi malangnya nasihat beliau hilang begitu sahaja seperti daun keladi disiram air. - Luahan hati Timbalan Presiden Umno - 1MDB 

Antara inipati desakan kali ini demi kesinambungan Umno serta Barisan Nasional adalah agar Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak tampil merungkai sendiri skandal 1MDB yang kini semakin hanyir. 

Muhyiddin secara terus terang berkata Najib harus tampil menjelaskan laporan akhbar The Wall Street Journal yang menyatakan bahawa wang tunai berjumlah lebih kurang RM2.6 billion ringgit telah dimasukkan kedalam akaun peribadi Perdana Menteri. 

Selain penjelasan penuh berhubung hutang mencecah RM42 billion yang ditanggung 1MDB, umum sudah tidak sabar untuk mendengar penjelasan Mohd Najib Bin Tun Abdul Razak berkenaan duit berbillion dalam akaun peribadi beliau. 

Jika fitnah katakan fitnah, berdiam diri bukan lagi pilihan. 

Sebaliknya jika laporan WSJ itu benar maka mungkin sudah tiba masanya untuk Mohd Najib Bin Tun Abdul Razak untuk dihadapkan kemuka pengadilan. Tidak mungkin ada apa-apa bentuk penjelasan bagaimana duit berbillion ringgit boleh disalurkan kedalam akaun peribadi seorang penjawat awam berstatus Perdana Menteri. 

Mungkin juga sudah tiba masanya untuk pihak berwajib memulakan siasatan serta tindakan yang sewajarnya terhadap sesiapa sahaja, terutamanya penjawat awam serta anggota kabinet, yang disyaki cuba melindungi jenayah terhadap negara. 

Individu-individu yang berkomplot untuk melindungi jenayah dengan kenyataan dan laporan palsu bertujuan untuk mengelirukan pihak berkuasa tidak harus terlepas. Media yang berhempas pulas mengelirukan rakyat dengan pembohongan juga tidak harus terlepas dari tindakan sewajarnya. 

Hanya ini langkah penyelesaian bagi skandal yang telah merosakkan nama negara diperingkat antarabangsa. Dunia sedang perhatikan kita.

P.S. Kita harus ambil maklum akan laporan bahawa beberapa badan penyiasatan jenayah merentasi sempadan, termasuk dari Singapura, Britain, Hong Kong, Amerika Syarikat dan Switzerland juga sedang menyiasat skandal 1MDB serta beberapa syarikat dan individu berkaitan untuk kesalahan pengubahan wang haram, pemalsuan dokumen serta penipuan cukai. Pihak berkuasa Singapura juga telah membekukan dua akaun bank berkaitan 1MDB di republik itu.

1MDB scandal - Should the Prime Minister be barred from leaving the country ?

Must be the first time in modern history that a multi-agency task force led by none other than the Attorney General himself has started an extensive probe into some 'wild allegations'.

We shall place our full confidence and trust in the task force and on the shoulders of the no-nonsense Attorney General Tan Sri Gani Patail.

While the AG and his task force are conducting their extensive probe that includes poking their nose deep into those personal accounts in local banks, the Malaysian currency is taking a bad hit. 

Ringgit has hit a 16-year low against the US Dollar followings news of Najib's 'wild allegations' making world headlines. 

News Alerts today read :-
- 'Malaysian Ringgit hit a 16-year low on Monday as political tensions mounted over a report that linked Prime Minister Najib Razak to probes into alleged corruption involving state fund 1MDB' 

- The Ringgit fell to as low as 3.8070 per US dollar, its weakest since May 1999. Two of Malaysia's main Opposition parties on Sunday demanded an emergency sitting of Parliament to discuss Mr Najib's future - Straits Times Singapore.

The share market is not spared by Najib's 'wild allegations' either. Slightly before noon the KLCI was down 21.02 points to 1,713.22. 

MIDF research reports that - Foreign selling persists, Year-to-day outflow stood at RM9 billion.

Wild allegations or not a friend from Bangkok called this morning saying that some newspapers in Pattaya have been speculating that Najib might do a Thaksin to save himself. 

I didn't ask him exactly what he meant, simply not wanting to discuss our domestic scandal with a foreigner but 'doing a Thaksin' at this point of time could not mean too many things.

I hope the Attorney General and the special multi-agency task force probing Najib's 'wild allegations' have taken the necessary steps to prevent anyone 'doing a Thaksin' while graft and or abuse of power investigations are underway. 

To prevent speculation and allegations of cover up and such, it would be wise for the powerful task force to freeze, with immediate effect, all local and foreign assets/properties plus bank accounts linked to the prime suspects in this major investigation. 

We must accept the fact that this investigation into the 'wild allegations' against the Prime Minister of Malaysia is being followed internationally. What was local has gone global i.e. glokal. 

In view of the seriousness of the 'wild allegations' against Najib, the task force must also prevent the Prime Minister and his close family members from leaving the country until the investigation is done with. 

All official foreign assignments of the Prime Minister could be handled by the Deputy Prime Minister and/or other relevant ministers. Unofficial assignments could wait.

If the Prime Minister and family are not barred from leaving Malaysia, 'wild allegations' and speculations will just gain momentum and take its toll on the ringgit and KLCI.

For those Malaysians who are still stuck in their own web, this is not about politics. This is about putting the interest of the nation and the 30-odd million people who depend on her before any other interests or considerations. This is about saving Malaysia from further slide and ridicule. This is about arresting the sliding level of confidence in us, Malaysia and Malaysians.

Thank you. 

p/s THAKSIN