بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Assalamu Alaikum,
A Sealed with a Kiss Poem for Najib intercepted by Romanis de Man'sora
My Secret Friend—I may never see you,listen, talk, or love you.Maybe someday you will look up,and find the sky like an empty cup*.—You and I are nothing more,than pieces on a chessboard;Parts of a puzzle design,made by the same Divine.—Talk, shout, or whisper, let me know,break the barrier and let it flow.Ask me your questions, tell me your secrets,Trust my heart and we will talk until the sun sets.—Hold my hand and let us embrace,no matter what it is we’ll face,no one ever said it would be so easy or hard,Now come with me and let us go back to the start.
I hope who ever you are, you read this and somehow communicate to me.
*Cup–cup means a lot of things to me–or in general– empty cup=ignorance. Empty cup=opportunity to learn to ‘fill’ the cup. Philosophy and cup–everything is like a cup–the cup had a creator and an idea had an originator. etc. etc.
  PART1 GHOST ALTANTUYA SAYS: ” I’M BACK. THIS TAXIDRIVER PICK FRIGHTENED ZUL NOORDIN WHO TOLD THE WHOLE TRUTH TO THIS TAXIDRIVERNeither Najib nor his chief of staff, Musa Safri, has been questioned nor summoned to testify despite the fact that Baginda, in a sworn statement in November 2006, said he had contacted Musa for help in dealing with Altantuya, his jilted lover who was demanding money. That statement raised suspicions that all sides in the court – prosecution, defense and judiciary – are struggling to keep the case under wraps. The trial has been subject to numerous delays for reasons that are unclear. She had accompanied Baginda to France when he was involved in negotiating the purchase of two Scorpene submarines and a used Agosta submarine produced by the French government through a French-Spanish joint venture, Armaris, for the Malaysian defense ministry, which was headed by Najib as minister. The submarines were bought through a Kuala Lumpur-based company, Perimekar Sdn Bhd, which at the time was owned by yet another company, Ombak Laut, which was wholly owned by Abdul Razak Baginda. The €1 billion (RM4.5 billion) contract to buy the submarines was non-competitive and netted Perimekar €114 million. Although Najib has sworn an oath to Allah that he had never met the woman, he was in France at the same time as Najib, one of his best friends, was there, dealing with matters over the submarine. A cousin of Altantuya’s testified at the trial that she had seen a picture of Najib together with the dead woman, but she was quickly hushed up by both defense and prosecution lawyers about the matter and the picture has not been produced. C4 Murder: Malaysian Police will be calling up Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Kamaruddin to investigate allegations in his recent statutory declaration on purported facts related to the murder of Altantuya Shaariibuu. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan said the three individuals named in the document filed on June 18 would also be called up. In an explosive statutory declaration to a Malaysian court, one of Malaysia’s most prominent web journalists has alleged that the wife of Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak as well as a Malaysian Army officer and the officer’s wife were directly involved in the murder of Mongolian translator Altantuya Shaariibuu on October 19, 2006, and that people at the very top of the Malaysian government are aware of the fact. Raja Petra Kamaruddin states: Malaysian police found fragments of bone, later verified as hers, in forested land near the Subang Dam in Puncak Alam, Shah Alam. Police investigation of her remains revealed that she was shot twice before C-4 explosives were used on her remains, although there has been later suggestion that the C-4 explosives may have killed her. When her remains were found their identity could only be confirmed with DNA testing. The provenance of the C-4  Altantuya says: ” I’m Back.” this taxidriver pick frightened Zul Noordin who told the whole truth to this taxidriver Zul Noordin is unwittingly doing the nation agreat favour by digging a hole big enough to entomb himself with Big Pussy With each twist and turn the noose gets tighter while he is committing hara kiri with the 3rd force. Just watch him shut up real soon and drop out of the limelight when the word goes out that he must not re-hash and dig up skeletons from the closets. Moron Zul seems to be roaring like a tiger right he saidNajib and his inflatable doll will soon have their day in court and then the rest of their lives in Kamunting. After this I will be able to go home and Make Malaysia My First Home again….Ahhhhhh nothing like Home Sweet Home. Somehow I think Najib shares the same sentiments except his idea of home sweet home and mine seems to differ somehow. See he knows he came into this world from in-between the legs of a woman and guess where home is for him… Altantunya was an unfortunate holiday home that perhaps was demanding too excessive rental charges and so had to be dispensed off. And oh, don’t feel too pitiful for the two sentenced to death for their roles. They will never hang. Why? Put yourselves in their shoes. If you were on death row would you not reveal to your family as to who placed the C4 orders and wouldn’t your loved ones reveal it all esp to PKR. Zul, only DPM has enough money to pay you lah to implicate N.A.J.I.B. (Nice,Another Jab In Bum)…how come not reading much about DPM…waiting in the sidelines for NAJIB to fall on his own sword I guess zul saidThe decision of the Attorney-General not to file an appeal against Razak’s acquittal was definitely not a wise decision. It has left many questions unanswered. C4 Murder: Malaysian Police will be calling up Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Kamaruddin to investigate allegations in his recent statutory declaration on purported facts related to the murder of Altantuya Shaariibuu. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan said the three individuals named in the document filed on June 18 would also be called up. In an explosive statutory declaration to a Malaysian court, one of Malaysia’s most prominent web journalists has alleged that the wife of Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak as well as a Malaysian Army officer and the officer’s wife were directly involved in the murder of Mongolian translator Altantuya Shaariibuu on October 19, 2006, and that people at the very top of the Malaysian government are aware of the fact. Raja Petra Kamaruddin states:
He further alleged that he has also been ‘reliably informed’ that Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi knows of Najib’s wife alleged involvement. Najib and Rosmah have repeatedly denied they are linked to the killing of Altantuya, describing the widely-known allegations was nothing more than ‘slander and concocted stories’. The declaration, by Raja Petra Kamaruddin, a well-connected journalist who edits the web publicationMalaysia Todayand is on trial for sedition charges stemming from a commentary on the case. There is no independent confirmation of Raja Petra’s allegations, and the declaration was ignored by Malaysia’s government-linked mainstream media and one Kuala Lumpur-based lawyer with connections to top United Malays National Organisation figures expressed doubt about it. In the declaration, Raja Petra claimed that the trio – one of them a prominent woman – were present at the scene during the murder of the Mongolian translator in October 2006. Copies of the two-paged declaration together with the identity of the trio have been posted on various blog sites. In the document, Raja Petra said he was “reliably informed” of these allegations. An aide to Najib also said they were aware of this latest claim made by Raja Petra. The aide however refused to comment if any action could be taken against Raja Petra. Musa said the matter could be sub judice as the Altantuya murder case was still being heard. He also said Raja Petra must be “brave enough to face the consequences if he is bold enough” to make the allegations. Meanwhile, the Attorney-General’s Chambers has lodged a police report against Raja Petra over the statutory declaration. Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail said the allegations were “highly defamatory” and if found untrue, those making the allegations would have to face the consequences. “We want to investigate because we want the truth. As far as I am concerned, we have to look at it seriously.” “If it’s true, we will act accordingly. If not, the writer will be investigated,” he said, adding that the report was lodged in Putrajaya on Saturday. Raja Petra said he expected to be called up. He said he was bold enough to face the consequences. This is not the first time he is alleging that Najib was involved in Altantuya’s murder, but he has failed to produce any solid proofs besides empty talks so far. The story adds considerable chaos to the country’s political mix. The Barisan Nasional, the national ruling coalition, is reeling from the loss of its two-thirds majority in March elections. Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, taking the brunt of criticism over the loss, has already promised to step down at some future date to cede the premiership to Najib. District elections are due in July in the United Malays National Organisation and there are suspicions that the verdict in the Altantuya murder trial is being delayed until the elections are completed. Raja Petra wrote that Najib’s wife, Rosmah Mansor, and Acting Colonel Aziz Buyong and his wife, Norhayati, Rosmah’s aide-de-camp, were present at the scene of the murder and that Aziz Buyong was the individual who placed C4 plastic explosive on Altantuya’s body and blew it up. Both Najib and his wife have repeatedly denied any involvement in the case although Kuala Lumpur has been buzzing for months with rumors of their complicity. Shaariibuu was executed by two shots to the head and her body was blown up with military explosives in a patch of jungle near the suburban city of Shah Alam. One of Najib’s closest friends, Abdul Razak Baginda, once the influential head of a political think-tank, and two of Najib’s bodyguards, Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri and Corporal Sirul Azhar Umar of the elite Unit Tindak Khas or Special Police Action Unit, are the subjects of a marathon murder trial that got underway more than a year ago. Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has ordered the police to conduct a thorough probe into the murder of a beautiful Mongolian freelance model. The Prime Minister said Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan informed him about the murder of 28-year-old Altantuya Shaariibuu. “I told the IGP he had to investigate the case thoroughly and properly. “Nobody is above the law. That should be remembered,” he said when asked to comment on the high-profile murder that took place about two weeks ago. The police have detained a 46-year-old prominent political analyst who heads a local think-tank and remanded him for five days from yesterday to facilitate investigation. On the involvement of police personnel in the murder, Abdullah, who is also Internal Security Minister, said action must be taken against anybody found guilty under the law. Three police personnel — a chief inspector, a lance corporal and a constable — have also been remanded to assist investigation into the gruesome killing of Altantuya, who was shot before her body was blown up to bits in a secondary jungle in Puncak Alam, Shah Alam. The woman arrived in Kuala Lumpur on Oct 9 with her sister and a cousin in search of the political analyst whom she claimed fathered her 16-month-old son. Altantuya’s case came to light after her sister lodged a police report following her disappearance on Oct 21. Police identified the political analyst, who is said to have befriended the deceased a few years ago, as a suspect. Earlier, Abdullah launched the Royal Professor Ungku Aziz Chair and the Centre for Poverty and Development Studies at Universiti Malaya. Neither Najib nor his chief of staff, Musa Safri, has been questioned nor summoned to testify despite the fact that Baginda, in a sworn statement in November 2006, said he had contacted Musa for help in dealing with Altantuya, his jilted lover who was demanding money. That statement raised suspicions that all sides in the court – prosecution, defense and judiciary – are struggling to keep the case under wraps. The trial has been subject to numerous delays for reasons that are unclear. Raja Petra himself is due to go on trial in October on sedition charges that were filed against him for writing an article titled “Let’s Send Altantuya’s Murderers to Hell.” In that piece, he accused Najib, his wife and others of complicity in the murder. He amplified the statement considerably in his statutory declaration, made last Wednesday, in which he also said that Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi had seen a full report by military intelligence on the involvement of the deputy premier’s family. Badawi gave the intelligence report to his son-in-law, Khairy Jamaluddin, for safekeeping, according to Raja Petra’s statement. Raja Petra, a member of the Selangor royal family, also wrote that one of the country’s sultans had been given a full report on the matter. He didn’t identify the sultan, but if his statements are true it means that at least one member of royalty may be able to back up his declaration, which was not made under oath. From the time Altantuya’s body was discovered, the case has raised dark questions about the possible involvement of top government figures. Others also believe that the 28-year-old mother of two may have been involved in a much bigger controversy than a jilted relationship. She made several trips to Kuala Lumpur to attempt to confront Baginda, at one point standing in front of his house and screaming “Razak, bastard, come out!” The last time she was seen alive was again in front of his house, when she was bundled into a car and taken away. She had accompanied Baginda to France when he was involved in negotiating the purchase of two Scorpene submarines and a used Agosta submarine produced by the French government through a French-Spanish joint venture, Armaris, for the Malaysian defense ministry, which was headed by Najib as minister. The submarines were bought through a Kuala Lumpur-based company, Perimekar Sdn Bhd, which at the time was owned by yet another company, Ombak Laut, which was wholly owned by Abdul Razak Baginda. The €1 billion (RM4.5 billion) contract to buy the submarines was non-competitive and netted Perimekar €114 million. Although Najib has sworn an oath to Allah that he had never met the woman, he was in France at the same time as Najib, one of his best friends, was there, dealing with matters over the submarine. A cousin of Altantuya’s testified at the trial that she had seen a picture of Najib together with the dead woman, but she was quickly hushed up by both defense and prosecution lawyers about the matter and the picture has not been produced. Altantuya admitted in a letter discovered after her death that she had been blackmailing Abdul Razak, presumably to keep his family from finding out about their relationship. But in his statement to the police, Baginda said he had already informed his family of the relationship; he said she was pressuring him for US$500,000. Her father, Setev Shaariibuu, a psychology professor in Ulan Bataar, has said she was killed because she “knew too much,” although he has never elaborated on that statement. Given the close relationship between the two men, and that Najib was reported as presenting jackets made available by Perimekar to the submarine crews training in France, and that Altantuya was traveling with Baginda, it is difficult to understand why the court has not pursued the issue of whether they met. It is also difficult to understand, given published reports, plus the fact that the accused Azilah Hadri and Sirul Azhar Umar were members of Najib’s own bodyguard unit, that neither Najib nor Musa has been questioned about how the bodyguards came to be accused of Altantuya’s murder. There have been many other discrepancies as well. Prosecutorial setbacks over the course of the trial have endangered the case. Sirul’s purported confession has been thrown out. The prosecution has attempted to impeach one of the prosecution’s star witnesses, Rohaniza Roslan, a 28-year-old policewoman and Azilah’s girlfriend. Rohaniza said she had seen the victim bundled into a red Proton car and taken away. Later, in court, she said she had been “tortured and coaxed” by police interrogators into signing that statement; she then offered the court a version of events that differed considerably from her initial account. “The Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, the Deputy Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak and his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor cannot remain silent on the latest bombshell,” wrote Lim Kit Siang, leader of the opposition Democratic Action Party. “The credibility and legitimacy of the Abdullah premiership and government will suffer a mortal blow if Abdullah, Najib and Rosmah remain silent on Raja Petra’s bombshell allegations.” Raja Petra Kamarudin has made a serious statutory declaration on June 18 alleging that Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Najib’s wife, was at the murder scene of Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu in 2006. Whether the allegation is truth or not is not known… in fact only very few people would know at the moment. RPK has shown his courage over the years, some say he is abusing his influence to bully the politicians. Altantuya was last seen on Oct 19, 2006 as she was being bundled into a car outside Abdul Razak’s home. ANWAR TO NAJIB: “Nothing personal!” (Courtesy of MalaysiakiniTV 29 June 2007) Deputy Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak has been asked to explain the claim made in a court testimonial today that he had been photographed with murdered Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu. PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim said it was all the more compelling for the deputy premier to explain since he had previously denied having met her. THE MONGOLIAN PM WROTE TO THE MALAYSIAN PM BUT NEVER GOT A RESPONSE… Shaariibuugiin Altantuyaa (Mongolian language: Шаарийбуугийн Алтантуяа; sometimes alsoAltantuya Shaariibuu; 1978 – 2006), a Mongolian national, was a murder victim who was either murdered by C-4 explosives or was somehow killed first and her remains destroyed with C-4 in October 2006 in a deserted area in Shah Alam, Malaysia near Kuala Lumpur. Altantuyaa was born in 1978. Her parents raised her and her sister while they worked in Russia where Altantuyaa started first grade elementary school. She was reportedly fluent in Mongolian, Russian, Chinese and English. Altantuyaa moved back to Mongolia in 1990 and a few years later, married a Mongolian techno singer, Maadai. They had a child in 1996 but the marriage ended in divorce and the child went to live with Altantuyaa’s parents. Despite training as a teacher, Altantuyaa briefly moved to France where she attended modeling school before returning to Mongolia. She only modeled part-time, for a brief time also opening a tour business in Mongolia. Altantuyaa remarried and had another child in 2003 but the second marriage also ended in divorce (this is questionable). The second child also lives with Altantuyaa’s parents. Her mother said she never been a model. She moved to Hong Kong in 2005, it was around this time she met Abdul Razak Baginda, a defense analyst from the Malaysian Strategic Research Centre think-tank, reportedly beginning a relationship with him. Initial reports of Altantuya having a child with Abdul Razak have been proven to be untrue. Some sources allege that Altantuya came to Kuala Lumpur with a cousin in early October 2006 intending to confront Abdul Razak. When she went missing on Oct 19, her cousin lodged a police report and sought help from the Mongolian embassy in Bangkok. Malaysian police found fragments of bone, later verified as hers, in forested land near the Subang Dam in Puncak Alam, Shah Alam. Police investigation of her remains revealed that she was shot twice before C-4 explosives were used on her remains, although there has been later suggestion that the C-4 explosives may have killed her. When her remains were found their identity could only be confirmed with DNA testing. The provenance of the C-4 . Abdul Razak and three members of the police force were arrested during the murder investigation. The two murder suspects have been named as Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri, 30 and Corporal Sirul Azhar Umar, 35. They had been members of the elite Unit Tindakan Khas (the Malaysian Police Special Action Force or counter-terrorism unit) and were both assigned to the office of the Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, who was also the Defence Minister at the time of the murder. Abdul Razak has been charged with abetment in the murder. Altantuya’s brutal murder received wide, detailed coverage in Malaysia, Mongolia and other Asian countries. The trial was originally going to be held in March 2007, but was postponed until the 4th of June 2007. Due to controversial and last-minute changes in the prosecution and defence teams, and the presiding judge, the trial was again postponed until 18 June 2007. The pre-trial preparations have seen both the prosecution and defence teams level accusations of evidential impropriety at one another. During the trial there was an incident between Baginda’s wife and the victim’s father. In a statutory declaration in his sedition trial in October 2008, Raja Petra accused Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor (the wife of Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak) of being one of three individuals who were present at the crime scene when Altantuya Shaariibuu was murdered on Oct 19, 2006. He wrote that wrote that Najib’s wife, Rosmah Mansor, and Acting Colonel Aziz Buyong and his wife, Norhayati, Rosmah’s aide-de-camp, were present at the scene of the murder and that Aziz Buyong was the individual who placed C4 plastic explosive on Altantuya’s body and blew it up. The refusal to appeal implies that the decision of the High Court was so strong that there was no room for appellate interference. If this is the excuse given by the government our short answer will be — do not insult our intelligence. Since when has the A-G been easily convinced by a decision of the court in the first instance in a crime of murder. Since when has an appeal become an expensive enterprise for the A-G. If Haneef Basri’s acquittal in Norita Samsudin’s murder prompted the A-G to appeal against such an acquittal, why is Razak’s case different? Why was Razak given preferential treatment vis a vis other murder cases? Altantuya’s murder was not a run-of-the-mill crime. The fact that C4 explosive was used in the murder depicts the ugly picture of the crime. By using C4 explosive, the crime has strong elements of washing away the evidence. Apart from C4, the crime also involved a powerful individual who has close and strong connections with the Deputy Prime Minister. The reputation and the integrity of our administration of justice has been closely attached to this trial. If the prosecution of Razak brought a glimmer of hope to our justice system, the government’s decision not to file an appeal has thrown that little hope into the drain. The government’s decision has once again brought our justice system into disrepute. It seems that our justice system will forever become a laughing stock. The people have a right to know the actual and truthful reasons behind the decision not to appeal. Is it because the decision of the High Court judge was so powerful? Or was it the pressure by the ruling elite that led to the decision of the A-G not to appeal? One twist to this murder is PI Balasundram’s revised Statutory Declaration (SD) and Raja Petra’s SD that attempted to implicate Rosmah. Two police officers name were mentioned but both denied with their own Statutory SD.what is particularly revealing and troubling is that the counsel,this observation is strengthened by najib’s message to shafee on 16 november 2006: “pls do not say anything to the press today. i will explain later. rb will have to face a tentative charge but all is not lost.” this message raises a lot of questions about najib’s role in this case. why did he mention “tentative” charge and that “all is not lost” for rb (razak baginda)? how would najib know this before razak was charged? is there already a deal in place that will see razak aquitted? these are important questions which will have ramifications not just on this case but far beyond. RPK’s SD and his willingness to face the consequences made his words believable to certain segment of the public. But the strange part is his SD is a mentioned in third party i.e. declaration based not on his own information and filled with the term “reliably informed”.razak did call on najib’s ‘men’ to assist him After being held for questioning by police, Bala declared the next day that his revised SD is incorrect and disappeared. Words from sceptics of Najib is that Bala was taken away to some oceanic island nation and monetarily rewarded by Najib and Rosmah.harapkan pagar pagar makan padi,we can have the best legal framework, systems and procedures, but if we put crooks in charge, nothing will change. a “bunga taik ayam” by any other name will not smell like a rose. God knows, but the act of hiding away seemed more consistent with the manner Elizabeth Wong and V Arumugan disappeared temporarily. The exception would be the failed attempt to “kidnap” the two defected PKR Perak State Assemblymen. No one should dismiss the possibility that it is a PKR attempt to dismiss Bala’s original SD. Bala has committed perjury and is liable in court. All his statutory declaration is now inadmissable in court. Another equally bizarre twist to the Rosmah off-shoot of the Altantunya murder is another SD supposedly by Bala claiming Rosmah was into Hindu practices. Then there was the Malaysia Today report of charms found in Pak Lah’s office but none found in Najib’s office. [Am I too familiar with such style of fabrication?]the truth that refuses to surface,now ”abuse of power like text message correspondence is between yab dato’ sri mohd najib tun abdul razak, deputy prime minister of malaysia, and dato’ shafee abdullah“tentative” charge and that “all is not lost” can cost his ‘prime minister job come 30 may Scorpene padded commission? When Anwar first made an issue of Altantunya, he was judiciously careful as to not touch the Altantunya murder case and end up committing contempt of court. Off course, he became bolder later in particular during the Permatang Pauh by-election. At the Ijok by-election in 2007, he began his name smearing of Najib by raising suspicion of corruptices of padded commission in the purchase of Sukhoi and Scorpene. To make his story believable, he claim to have documents, just like he claim he is in possession of six boxes of documents proving Mahathir’s corrupt practices. In the millitary business, pricing information is highly classified. Try visit any millitary exhibitions and ask for the pricing of equipment, they will never reveal, not even the ballpark figure. How did Anwar claim to have information and document? Or is it another drama? By virtue of the different equipments, specs, and config, there is no common pricing for a similar model of millitry asset. For instance, our two frigates – KD Tuah and KD Jebat – are the most expensive built for its models due to its “multiple role” capability. Perhaps, Anwar can dig up for corrupt practices from his British contacts. It was purchased during his tenure at MOF. Supposed Anwar is saying the truth and he has the documents, how did he get such clasified documents? Who derived the analysis for the spending? Could it be he was provided by some intelligence organisation friendly to him?so is najib when when he sent the abuse of power liketext message correspondence is between yab dato’ sri mohd najib tun abdul razak, deputy prime minister of malaysia, and dato’ shafee abdullah“tentative” charge and that “all is not lostis not immune from action under the law. investigation can be made if he had acted beyond the scope of his official duties,” macc’s legal and prosecution division director datuk abdul razak musa told reporters. Coming back to Primekar, it is the only third party outsourcing contractor to the submarine program. The detrators of Najib are accusing Najib of receiving commision and without any known contractor and agent available, Primekar is conveniently accused as the conduit to receive some RM500 million commission.“the biggest mistake we ever did was to free anwar now is difficult for new president rob the people’s money to feed us a foreign defense attaché privately at the time, “i hope to god malaysia never gets into a war. they couldn’t get out of their own footprints. corrupt payments can generate a demand for weaponry where none should exist, potentially diverting resources from social needs, including health and development. Lets recall that MINDEF issued a clarification two years ago that both Sukhoi and Scorpene are G-to-G deals i.e. no go-betweens and brokers involved in the sales and purchase to receive commissions. For Primekar’s role as project management, how much can one pad the project management fee, especially with all the items specified and auditable? Sources close to certain personnels in Cherboug, where the first submarine is being built, claimed that Primekar operates on a tight budget. Why would they be cutting corners, if they had secured a RM500 million commission? The same source revealed that the project management fee is a fraction of the alleged RM500 million commission (The information could be under OSA). Some seriously troubling questions in Malaysia 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. Deliverance prayers..Save the World Online Church Prayers against evil spirits June is a month of War: 10 evil spirits you must fight against 1. Declare a Holy War in the name of Jesus against all powers that have been resisting your take off. 2. Declare a Holy War against all sins that have been taking you away from the Grace and mercy of God 3. Declare a war against battles at the edge of breakthrough 4. Declare against the spirit of delays – that have been delaying your miracles. 5. Declare a War against the spirit of emptiers and wasters. 6. Declare a war against all powers that vowed that you will not leap forward in this leap year. 7. Declare a way against all spirit of spiritual docility, laziness, pretensions, and procrastinations. 8. Declare a way against the spirit of sudden and untimely death. 9. Declare a war against the spirit of confusion. 10. Lastly declare a war against all powers that have refused to vomit your blessings and let you go. Babatope Babalobi    ON VICTORY, CONSENSUAL LEADERSHIP AND REVERSION TO FORM WRITTEN BY RAZALEIGHHAMZAH FEBRUARY 23, 2009 AT 6:10 PM I WAS RECENTLY ASKED TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS FOR AN AUSTRALIAN NEWS PROGRAMME:REJECT MR. NAJIB,THE MOST HIGH-PROFILE SCANDAL TO TARNISH MR. NAJIB’S REPUTATION IS THE MURDER OF THE MONGOLIAN WOMAN, ALTANTUYA SHAARIIBUU, THE MISTRESS OF MR. NAJIB’S FOREIGN POLICY ADVISER. HER LIFE AND DEATH, A MIX OF SOAP OPERA AND HORROR MOVIE, HAVE CAPTIVATED AND SHOCKED THE PUBLIC. PROSECUTORS SAY MS. SHAARIIBUU WAS KILLED IN OCTOBER 2006 BY GOVERNMENT COMMANDOS WHO ALSO SERVE AS BODYGUARDS TO THE COUNTRY’S TOP LEADERS. MR. NAJIB HAS NOT BEEN CHARGED WITH ANY CRIME, BUT LAWYERS SAY THE HANDLING OF THE CASE HAS BEEN IRREGULAR AND CRITICIZE THE PROSECUTION FOR FAILING TO CALL MR. NAJIB TO TESTIFY. WHEN SHE WAS MURDERED, MS. SHAARIIBUU WAS REPORTEDLY SEEKING HER SHARE OF A COMMISSION — THE OPPOSITION CALLS IT A BRIBE — WORTH €115 MILLION, OR $155 MILLION, PAID BY A FRENCH COMPANY AS PART OF THE GOVERNMENT’S DEAL TO BUY SUBMARINES. MR. NAJIB, WHO IS DEFENSE MINISTER AS WELL AS DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER, HANDLED THE SUBMARINE PURCHASE. THE HUGE SIZE OF THE COMMISSION — ABOUT 10 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL COST OF THE SUBMARINES — IS NOT BEING INVESTIGATED DESPITE AN OFFICIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT BY THE MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT THAT IT WAS MADE TO A COMPANY LINKED TO MR. NAJIB’S AIDE, WHO WAS ACQUITTED IN CONNECTION WITH MS. SHAARIIBUU’S MURDER. PERHAPS MORE WORRYING FOR THE COUNTRY IS THE STANDOFF IN PERAK, A STATE WHERE SINCE EARLY FEBRUARY THE POLICE HAVE BARRED LAWMAKERS WHO OPPOSE THE GOVERNING PARTY FROM ENTERING GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS. ROSNOCKING,T Khe truth must be revealed regardless of what may happen.     |
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