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| Posted: 19 Dec 2012 01:17 PM PST
The truth, as bitter as it is, remains that carpet trader Deepak is livid at how 'ungrateful' both Najib and Rosmah have been to him. The "I want to clear my conscience drama" came about after Deepak lost millions in government contracts. He had a 20-year contract to build 16 1Malaysia Mara hostels abroad worth RM2 billion but the deal was suspended. Jeswan Kaur, FMT A wealthy carpet trader has after four years decided to "clear his conscience" and hopes the real perpetrator/s behind the murder of Altantuya Shaariibuu will not go unpunished. Deepak Jaikishan, whose carpets once adorned the residence of Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, is now crying foul, implicating the premier in the Mongolian interpreter's death. In 2008, Deepak was said to have paid private investigator P Balasubramaniam (Bala) RM5 million for the latter to retract his first statutory declaration which directly linked Najib to Altantuya's death. But on Nov 12, 2009, Bala via YouTube disclaimed the second SD, saying he was paid by Deepak to withdraw the first SD. Deepak, meanwhile, said he did so at the behest of a "female friend" who later turned out to be Rosmah Mansor. The "I want to clear my conscience drama" came about after Deepak lost millions in government contracts. He had a 20-year contract to build 16 1Malaysia Mara hostels abroad worth RM2 billion but the deal was suspended. Deepak claimed subsequent to his involvement in 2008, he has been pressured by the "powers that be" to be silent. And between 2010 and 2011, his home and his offices had been raided by various agencies sent by the government to intimidate and silence him. Deepak is now considering legal action against the government, including Najib. The "Deepak-Rosmah/Najib" drama unfolded after whistleblower Raja Petra Kamarudin revived the matter in April 2011. Now Deepak decided to reveal all. But then was it really a case of wanting to "clear his conscience and seek justice for Altantuya" or is it all about vendetta for the billions lost in government contracts? For Deepak's sake, one hopes it is all about giving conscience a priority. Nevertheless, this businessman is angry for having been taken for granted by both Najib and Rosmah, the latter whom Deepak regarded as his "elder sister". What's Deepak up to, really? It is unfortunate that Deepak got himself entangled with the "crooks", but then did he not know from day one just whom he was dealing with? Was Deepak that naïve that he had no idea of the machinations of Rosmah and Najib? Where was Deepak's conscience when he "rewarded" Bala with RM5 million to tell a lie and save both Najib's skin and his political career? The truth, as bitter as it is, remains that Deepak is livid at how "ungrateful" both Najib and Rosmah have been to him, especially after he agreed to help the couple escape blame for Altantuya's gruesome murder in the jungle of Puncak Alam, Shah Alam, in October 2006. Two members of an elite police unit were later convicted and sentenced to death for the crime. What was Deepak thinking when Rosmah asked him to look for Bala the very day when the PI's SD was made public? Is it wrong to deduce that Deepak willingly jumped in to help when everyone else Rosmah contacted turned her down because he was hoping for a "quid pro quo"? He played accomplice to crooks and suffered in the process. What would be unacceptable is for Deepak to use "conscience" as an excuse to seek revenge against Rosmah and Najib. The fact is that Deepak's ties with Rosmah turned sour following a land dispute involving him and Umno senator Raja Roopiah Abdullah. Deepak claimed that his company, Asta Canggih Sdn Bhd, was the nominee company or third party vehicle in the acquisition of 223 acres of land after he struck an agreement with Raja Roopiah. Under the agreement, he was supposed to get all but 23 acres of the land, which would be returned to Raja Roopiah. Deepak claimed that Najib had bypassed the Cabinet in deciding to pull back the land from him. Read more at: http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/opinion/2012/12/20/seeking-justice-or-vendetta/
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| Pakatan to win with 118 seats? Posted: 18 Dec 2012 02:38 PM PST The EC is BN's last bastion to cling to power and the only way to curb its shenanigans is for the rakyat to come out in droves to monitor vote tallying Selena Tay, FMT A neutral Chinese political analyst who is a friend of this columnist has informed that it is possible for Pakatan Rakyat to win the 13th general election by 118 seats, with BN getting 104. The total number of parliamentary seats is 222. However, he also cautioned that hooligans may disrupt the general election campaign or the vote-counting process, thereby making it possible for the Election Commission (EC) to annul the polls results. Certainly, anything can happen in the current political scenario and therefore the rakyat are encouraged to come out in full force to vote besides volunteering their time to monitor the election process, to prevent foreign workers from voting and also to prevent extra ballot boxes from being brought in to sabotage the results. The situation here is such that the rakyat must work hard to usher in the change that they want. Indications are already at hand that Pakatan has enough support to win the 13th general election and the figure of 118 seats had already factored in the phantom/dubious/foreign voters. However, the EC is Barisan Nasional's last bastion in its attempt to hold on to power and the only way to curb the EC's shenanigans is to come out in droves on the night the results are being tallied. Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has in fact already lost the general election, in a manner of speaking, and that is why he does not seem to have the sense of urgency to hold the polls. "The rakyat have to be prepared to face any eventuality. Najib has even now lost much of the Indian support," said M Manogaran, DAP's Teluk Intan MP. "Perhaps all this is happening because people are just fed up of BN. The RM500 cash aid can only sustain most of the urban poor for one month but what about the rest of the 11 months?" asked Manogaran. DAP blogger Aspan Alias opined that there are people who are still contented with getting chicken curry without the chicken meat because the chicken curry still has the chicken meat's flavour. In BN's desperation to stay in power, all sorts of tactics will be used. So do not be surprised if your name is missing from the electoral roll on polling day. Klang MP, DAP's Charles Santiago, has already pointed out that 5,000 names have disappeared from the electoral roll in his constituency. BN has lost Malay/Indian support This simply means that BN will do anything and everything in order to stay in power. After its victory at the polls, you can be sure that the price of fuel will go up, GST (goods and services tax) will be imposed and the cost of living will shoot up drastically. Reports from all the grassroots who are friends of this columnist now show that BN has lost much of the Malay and Indian support although still holding on strong in Sabah and Sarawak due to the lack of information in those areas. Many of those who do the groundwork surveys told this columnist that people are now curious and want to see what the new federal government is like. Therefore Umno leaders these days sing the old tune of Malay supremacy by saying that if Umno falls, the Malays will fall, too, while at the same time conveniently forgetting to mention that PAS is also Malay. The battle is on for the Malay vote. It is BN's practice to divide and rule.
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