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| Posted: 20 Dec 2012 08:08 PM PST
And not all these property buyers in the UK are Malays or Malays from Umno. Many are Chinese and many are Chinese who support Pakatan Rakyat (I know because I am acting for some of them as their property agent). So in what way can we blame the government? And will all these people be happy if the Malaysian government demonetises the Ringgit and make it worthless outside Malaysia? THE CORRIDORS OF POWER Raja Petra Kamarudin RM200b outflow Najib's best achievement as Finance minister, says PAS Youth chief (Harakah) - The high ranking recently given to Malaysia among developing countries suffering illicit funds outflow means the country's Finance minister Najib Razak has broken a records of sorts, according to PAS Youth leader Nasrudin Hassan. "It is something which has surprised many. What is not surprising is the fact that mainstream media do not report it," he said, adding that the public would eventually come to know details of the damning report issued by Washington-based Global Financial Integrity. Nasrudin reminded that Najib himself had admitted during UMNO's recent congress that young Malaysians were now more equipped with information due to information technology. In its latest report on illicit funds outflow released on Tuesday, GFI ranked Malaysia second only to China among other Asian economies in terms illicit funds outflow, while it is placed third globally. Noting that some 80 percent of illicit financial flows were due to trade mispricing and 20 per cent due to corruption, GFI said that between 2001 and 2010, a total of US$285 billion was transferred out of Malaysia illegally. Nasrudin compared the figure for illicit funds outflow provided by Najib last year - RM135.4 billion between 2000 to 2009 - with GFI's figure of RM662.6 billion for the same period. He added that one should not be surprised if the government denies the figure by GFI. He also said the revelation reflected badly on giant government-linked companies such as Khazanah Nasional and Petronas. "It proves the existence of illegal acts to avoid taxes and siphoning out the country's revenue through property investment, foreign bank accounts and others to shore up personal wealth," said Nasrudin, who cited the recent revelation of unusual wealth owned by the family of Sarawak chief minister Abdul Taib Mahmud, when some RM100 million was demanded for a divorce settlement involving the latter's son. Nasrudin also reiterated the urgency for public office bearers to declare their assets. Earlier today, Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said he would write to Bank Negara Malaysia governor Zeti Akhtar to participate in a discussion on how to weed out illicit funds outflow. "Urgent steps must be taken to finalise an action plan, not by avoiding the issue as the case has been so far with Najib Razak," said Anwar. **************************************************** While it is good that we reveal the transgressions and excesses of the government, plus the mistakes it makes, we should also be prepared to offer a solution to the problems. If we just point out that the government is no good and that we must change the government without mentioning in what way it is no good and what we need to do to make it a better government it is no bloody good. I mean most Malaysians know that the government is no good but they do not really understand in what way it is no good. Then they think that the solution to this is to just change the government without a second thought on whether by changing the government we shall be a getting a new government or the same type of government, sort of like old wine in a new bottle. That is why I sometimes shy away from writing these types of articles. As much as I try to take the middle road and not be seen as propagating one side or the other, because I do not scream ABU that is interpreted as I am pro-government. If I do not support the 'death to Israel' war cry does that mean I am a Zionist? Not all Muslims believe that the Middle East solution is to drop a nuclear bomb on Israel. Do you know that many Muslims danced on the streets in November 2001 when the New York Twin Towers was brought down? They openly celebrated the destruction of the Twin Towers, a symbol of American capitalism. But how many Muslims died in that tragedy? And how many Zionists died? It was like the discussion on the social problems amongst Malaysian youths (I think it was two years or so ago). Invariably, how strict Islam may be, the biggest social problem is amongst the Muslims. So who has failed here? Has Islam failed? Or have the parents failed? If Islam has failed then in what way has Islam failed? Islam is strict enough as it is so it must be the implementation that is the problem then. Okay, just for the sake of this discussion, let us say that the implementation or the enforcement of Islam has failed. And that is why we have a big social problem amongst Muslim youths. Can we then solve the social problem amongst Muslim youths by tightening the rules? And let us look at some examples from other Muslim countries. To start of with, no female can leave her home un-chaperoned. When a girl or woman leaves her home she must be chaperoned by a male member of her family. If she leaves her home alone she will be arrested and jailed. She also cannot drive or work. It is easy to scream about the social problems amongst youths and then blame Islam, Umno, the government, or their parents. But what is the solution to this problem? That, no one is talking about. And most times the solution may be worse than the problem. Let us not blame Islam. Let us blame the government. Why is the government not doing anything about the problem? Let's therefore change the government. So a new government takes over. But what is the new government going to now do? Can the new government impose a curfew on kids? All those below 18 must be at home by 7.00pm. If after 7.00pm they are still outside their home they will be rounded up and then their parents will be arrested and will be jailed up to a maximum of three years. Is this too draconian? If that is not done then how to solve the problem? And if the problem is not solved you will blame the government, whether Barisan Nasional or Pakatan Rakyat. Hence screaming about the problem and blaming the government is not going to solve anything. Are you prepared to suffer the consequences of the solution? Take the bad driving habits of Malaysians and the extremely high death rate on Malaysian roads as one more example. How do we solve that problem other than blame the government for it? Can we ban those under 21 from driving? Then can we install number plate recognition cameras all over Malaysia and on every street and every street corner of Malaysia like in the UK? And when drivers commit a traffic offence their driving licence is endorsed and they get banned from driving for two years the first time, five years the second time, and for life for the third time? All this would be done by computer (the number plate recognition cameras all over Malaysia are computerised), which means we can eliminate the human element (no policemen involved). This means we will also eliminate corruption since the entire process is fully computerised like in the UK. Probably more than half Malaysian drivers will lose their right to drive. That will for sure reduce the problem. It will also reduce the number of drivers and the number of car owners. It will also mean half of Malaysians will need to hop onto a bus to move around. No doubt this will make life very difficult for most Malaysians but at least the government can no longer be blamed for the problem. Okay, now what about the problem of funds outflow? Who is to blame for that and how would the government solve that problem? Anwar Ibrahim wants to meet the Bank Negara Governor to suggest a solution. That is good but maybe Anwar can give us an insight into what his solution is going to be. Pakatan Rakyat makes it sound like the entire problem should be blamed on the government and that the opposition has a solution to this. Okay, say Pakatan Rakyat was the government and Anwar was the Prime Minister, how would he solve the problem? Trust me, never mind who forms the government and who becomes the Prime Minister the solution is not as easy as they try to make it sound. So what are they going to do? Are they going to demonetise the Ringgit? That would mean the Ringgit cannot be exchanged for any other currency and will only be worth in Malaysia. Outside Malaysia the Ringgit would be worthless. How would Malaysia trade? We can't exchange Ringgit for any other currency. Zambia did this by delinking its currency. In turn inflation increased like crazy and the country's economy collapsed. But at least their money stayed in the country. One of the strongest economies in the world is the US. And there are more US Dollars floating outside America than in America. Do you know that property prices in Australia are higher than in the UK? And that is because the Chinese are buying up property there, mostly in cash. The Australian property market is benefiting from the huge outflow of funds from China. But local Australians are suffering because property prices are beyond their reach. Malaysians are the second largest buyers of property in London. Because of that I live in Manchester. London property prices are too expensive for my taste. I can buy three or more houses in Manchester for the price of one in London. And not all these property buyers in the UK are Malays or Malays from Umno. Many are Chinese and many are Chinese who support Pakatan Rakyat (I know because I am acting for some of them as their property agent). So in what way can we blame the government? And will all these people be happy if the Malaysian government demonetises the Ringgit and make it worthless outside Malaysia? Janganlah semua salahkan kerajaan! In some of those things we are talking about we are actually the culprits. And if they government was to act against us we will get angry. But when the government does not act we also scream. Susahlah rakyat Malaysia! Ini pun salah. Itu pun salah. |
| Posted: 13 Dec 2012 03:59 PM PST
What your lame brain cannot figure out is that whatever all these people are saying today I have already said in the past. These people are just repeating almost word-for-word what I had already said before. However, in the beginning, when I said all this, they said I was lying. Now, they have done a U-turn and are repeating what I said in the past. THE CORRIDORS OF POWER Raja Petra Kamarudin Have you been following the interviews, press statements, news reports, videos, allegations, counter-allegations, denials, threats of civil suits, etc., that have been all over the news and the Internet the last few weeks or so? Carpetman cum bagman Deepak Jaikishan, ex-private investigator cum ex-police hit squad member P. Balasubramaniam, ex-IGP cum underworld boss Musa Hassan, ex-CCID chief cum lawyer Ramli Yusuff, whistleblower cum PKR leader Rafizi Ramli, Sabah Chief Minister cum Umno Sabah chief Musa Aman, philanthropist Robert Phang, Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein, Opposition Leader cum Prime Minister-forever-in-waiting Anwar Ibrahim, etc., have all come out to sing like canaries. And they are all also accusing each other of lying. Actually, for most of you who are recipients of a Malaysian and/or a mother-tongue education, I am sure all those 'facts' are just too much for your feeble minds to follow. I mean you can't even understand the difference between the word 'reiterate' and 'withdraw'. When I said in my mainstream media interview that I reiterate what I signed in my June 2008 Statutory Declaration, many of you insist that 'reiterate' means to do a U-turn. Even Anwar Ibrahim who is supposed to have written a great book called The Asian Renaissance can't understand what 'reiterate' means. And he wants to lead the country as the next Prime Minister? Pleeeezzzz. Anyway, let's cut a long story short. Never mind what all these people are saying. Whatever long grandfather's story or cock-and-bull story they are telling us, all that can be summarised into just one short and simple sentence. And that short and simple sentence is: whatever Raja Petra Kamarudin has been saying over the last five years plus since 2007 is correct, he was not wrong, he did not lie. What your lame brain cannot figure out is that whatever all these people are saying today I have already said in the past. These people are just repeating almost word-for-word what I had already said before. However, in the beginning, when I said all this, they said I was lying. Now, they have done a U-turn and are repeating what I said in the past. Hence, instead of repeating everything I have already said and confuse people by making it appear like this is a new revelation, just make it simple. Cut a long story short and say: whatever Raja Petra Kamarudin said in the past is true and I would just like to confirm that he told the truth and did not lie. Kan ke senang macam tu? By the way, a certain prominent lawyer met up with an ex-IGP in Australia this week (not Musa Hassan though) to discuss many issues. However, just to punish you for being stupid, I am not going to reveal the names of these people or what they discussed. Wow, I just love being able to do that. |
| Posted: 09 Dec 2012 12:00 AM PST
Musa Hassan has many grievances against the government, the present IGP, as well as the Minister. First of all, Musa had requested an extension of service but it was rejected. He then asked to be made the Malaysian High Commissioner to Brunei and that too was rejected. Instead, he was given just a teaching job, which to him is a great insult when other retired IGPs before him were given 'good' posts. THE CORRIDORS OF POWER Raja Petra Kamarudin This was what an anonymous website published more than five years ago in 2007: This Deputy Minister is the most powerful Deputy Minister because firstly he works under a very busy minister so all power has to be delegated to him. Secondly, he has got the prerogative of executive power to order a person to be detained without trail or to be released on his own fancy. Here are three classic cases we can see how YB Dato Johari Bin Baharum, the Deputy Minister of Internal Security, had abuse his power and breach the trust from his boss, i.e., the Prime Minister. His abuse of power must be seen as interfering in police investigations and to a larger extent had also jeopardised the police effort in maintaining peace as well as law and order in the country. The abuse of power by YB Dato Johari must tantamount to corrupt practice and must be stopped immediately. The Anti-Corruption Agency should be called upon to investigate both the money transactions and also abuse of power that amounting to corrupt practice. Kong Cho Heng Kong Cho Heng, also known as Panjang from Setiawan, Perak, was arrested in December 2006 under Sec 3(1) Emergency Ordinance. Panjang is the leader of a Chinese Secret Society. He leads a gang collecting protection money from businessmen in Setiawan. His gang members often use threats, criminal intimidation, as well as force and violence to achieve their objective. They are responsible for several cases of assault and causing severe injuries in Setiawan. Panjang is the younger brother of YB Dato' Kong Cho Ha, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology. Sources said police applied to detain Panjang under Sec 4(1) Emergency Ordinance was rejected in the mid-January 2007 and he was ordered by YB Dato Johari Bin Baharum to be released immediately with no further reasons. Chin Shui On Chin Shui On, also known as Robin or Tian Wong from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, was arrested in December 2006 under Sec 3(1) Emergency Ordinance. Robin is involved in organising illegal gambling and book keeping in the district of Penampang and Kota Kinabalu. Robin is the leader of a gangster group and often uses threats and violence to retain control over his illegal business empire. Sources said police applied to detain him under Sec 4(1) Emergency Ordinance but unfortunately it was rejected in Mid-January 2007 and he was ordered released with immediate effect. It was believed that a CEO of a private medical centre in Kota Kinabalu had made a payment of RM3 million to Dato Johari Bin Baharum for his unconditional release. Moo Sai Chin Moo Sai Chin, a.k.a. Ah Yau from Cemor, Perak, was arrested in October 2006 under Sec 3(1) Emergency Ordinance. Ah Yau is a well-known leader of a secret society in the state of Perak. His gangsters often use force and violence to gain control of territories. Ah Yau also runs the vice business by using threats and force against foreign women working in massage parlours known as Big Sister Massage Parlour, Jalan Kampar, Ipoh, Perak. Sources said that police applied to detain Ah Yau under Sec 4(1) Emergency Ordinance but failed. He was later ordered detained under restricted residence in Tampin Negeri Sembilan for 1 year under Sec 7B(1) Emergency Ordinance. Subsequently, in the mid-January 2007, the restricted residence order was cancelled by YB Dato Johari Bin Baharum, the Deputy Minister of Internal Security, and Ah Yau was ordered released immediately. Sources and close associates of Ah Yau confirmed that he 'settled' with YB Dato Johari Bin Baharom for a sum not less than RM2.5 million. *********************************************** Many of you have probably forgotten that particular episode of more than five years ago or maybe you had not been reading Malaysia Today yet at that time. That expose above, published in a one-page anonymous website, got the Deputy Minister, Datuk Johari Baharum, into a whole load of trouble. Johari was actually summoned to the Anti-Corruption Agency office and was interrogated at great length like a common criminal. Luckily he was not 'mysteriously' found dead on the ground floor of the ACA office like some other unfortunate victims. Finally, ACA investigations proved that Johari was innocent of all allegations. Investigations were then conducted as to the person behind that anonymous website and the trail eventually led to the Director of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Christopher Wan Sooi Kee. Christopher Wan actually confessed that he had set up that website at the behest of the IGP, Musa Hassan. Christopher Wan was just carrying out the IGP's orders to fix up the Deputy Minister on allegations of corruption. About a year later, Christopher Wan was sent into retirement, as reported by government mouthpiece, Bernama, "after 38 illustrious years in the force". The file regarding the allegation of 'under-the-table' payment of RM5.5 million to release the three underworld bosses was finally closed. The person who ordered the release of the three underworld bosses and who benefited from the RM5.5 million was not the Deputy Minister, Johari Baharum, but the IGP himself, Musa Hassan. Surprisingly, however, no action was taken against Musa. The then Prime Minister, Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, saw fit to not rock the boat lest some of his own shit hits the fan, which Musa promised would happen if anything were to happen to him. Musa Hassan has always been the 'Mister Fix It' of the police force. Back in 1998, Musa was the one who informed Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad that Anwar Ibrahim had punched himself. Hence Anwar's black eye was self-inflicted. Dr Mahathir confidently announced this to the world, which was later, of course, proven to be a lie. Musa, at that time, was serving under Datuk Ramli Yusuff. To redeem himself, Musa engineered the tilam (mattress) incident. In this drama, the mattress that Anwar was alleged to have used to have sex was paraded in and out of court every day for all and sundry to see. Eventually, however, the mattress was rejected as evidence. Fortunately for Musa, though, Ramli testified at the Royal Commission of Inquiry and fingered the then IGP, Rahim Noor, as the person who had beaten up Anwar (hence it was not self-inflicted). That resulted in Ramli being sent into 'cold storage' and Musa going up to become the IGP. But there was a clear and present danger that Ramli was going to make a comeback after his stint in cold storage. That would make Ramli a threat to Musa. For that reason Musa had to fix Ramli up as well. And that was when the allegations of corruption against Ramli first surfaced -- which the court later threw out and actually called the allegations nonsense and the IGP a liar. Judge Supang Lian in Kota Kinabalu called Musa an incredible witness (another way of calling him a Liar) in these words: "This involves an assessment of the credibility of the witness called by the prosecution. His evidence is unreliable and is to be disregarded and whatever he says in court lends to his discredit. I am in total agreement with the case for the defence that this lack of support of the evidence of PW75 (IGP Musa Hassan) on this point lends to his discredit. In this regard I should mention that PW75 in his evidence gave an interpretation that is contrariwise to the testimonies of PW17, PW19, PW57 and PW73. I found however that the evidence of PW75 on this to be unreliable and to be disregarded." Musa Hassan has many grievances against the government, the present IGP, as well as the Minister. First of all, Musa had requested an extension of service but it was rejected. He then asked to be made the Malaysian High Commissioner to Brunei and that too was rejected. Instead, he was given just a teaching job, which to him is a great insult when other retired IGPs before him were given 'good' posts. Before he retired, Musa made sure that he promoted and transferred the 'right' police officers, those who can kautim with the underworld and the crime syndicate. The Minister, Hishammuddin Hussein, however, as Musa alleges, 'interfered' in this exercise. And this 'interference' by the Minister is causing a lot of problems for the Chinese underworld and crime syndicate. And that is why Musa recently gave his interview -- alleging interference by the politicians in the running of the police force. It is true that the Minister blocked Musa's every move. But that is only because by allowing Musa to do what he wanted would have had a backlash on Umno. They know that the voters are unhappy with the police force and that may cost Umno a lot of votes. Hence if the Minister does not rein in the police then there is a danger that Umno could lose a sizeable number of votes. The fact that the recent Bersih 3.0 rally turned out the way it did is evidence that the top does not know what the bottom is doing. The Prime Minister gave very clear instructions that there must not be any police violence at all costs and this instruction was made clear to the IGP. However, as we all know, the reverse happened. And many suspect that Musa's hand is at play here. Musa wants to undermine the present IGP, Ismail Omar, and to prove to the government that they made a great mistake in not extending his (Musa's) service. And what happened during the Bersih 3.0 rally is proof of this -- or so Musa wants us to believe. According to Musa, Ismail Omar is not capable and just can't do his job. And the only way the government can solve this would be to retire the IGP and replace him with someone else -- someone who is aligned to Musa and who will not 'disturb' the Chinese underground and crime syndicate. Musa Hassan is toxic of the first degree. And for the opposition to flirt with him is quite puzzling. Is the opposition that desperate that it needs to court people like Musa? Surely amongst the 28 million or so Malaysians there are many others of better calibre whom the opposition can work with. READ MORE HERE: Musa Hassan: The Janus-Faced Lying Fraudster *********************************************** (Malaysiakini, April 2012) - It is learnt that Musa's former aide de camp, ASP Noor Azizul Rahim Taharim, had brought this troubling matter to the attention of then minister in the Prime Minister's Department Mohd Radzi Sheikh Ahmad and deputy internal security minister Johari Baharum. Another informant told Malaysiakini that Tengku Goh, whose real name is Goh Cheng Poh, had met Musa at his hotel room in Johor Baru sometime in 2005 or 2006, and this was confirmed by Noor Azizul. Musa was accused to have promoted officers who were loyal to him as well as those who tacitly support his close cooperation with the alleged underworld figures. The line of succession was allegedly orchestrated to ensure Musa could continue his tenure as the country's police chief. Musa held the post for four years, from 2006 to 2010. He was reported to have been upset when his term was not extended further, and at one time describing his potential successor, Ismail Omar, as not ready to occupy his seat. Ramli told Malaysiakini yesterday that Musa's aide Noor Azizul had informed him about his boss' alleged underworld links. "ASP Noor Azizul Rahim told me about this, and this confirmed my suspicion of Musa that he together with the AG was out to fix me. This was to ensure I would be eliminated from the police hierarchy," he said. "All my fears and suspicions have been proven true by the flimsy charges laid against me. Musa even went to the extent of appearing as the 75th witness in my Sabah case. In the end, Musa was regarded an untruthful witness when he tried to contradict the evidence of all the other police witnesses," he said. Ramli also recalled how Noor Azizul had met several senior police officers, including Musa's deputy Mohd Najib Abdul Aziz and two members of the Police Force Commission, for help but to no avail. Following this, the frustrated Noor Azizul, who was Musa's personal aide from 2005 to 2007, made a statutory declaration on the matter sometime in 2009, said Ramli. A copy of Noor Azizul's SD was published in blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin's Malaysia Today website four years ago. In his SD, Noor Azizul said he was aware of the sworn declarations of several police officers and police informants and their actions in revealing Musa's links with Tengku Goh and Tan. "Based on my personal knowledge and involvement as the ADC (aide de camp) to the IGP, I can confirm the statements made by these deponents concerning Musa are true and do correctly reflect the events as described by them..." "I have personal knowledge and involvement in that I was asked as ADC to compile and coordinate such posting orders based on the drafts and proposals made by Tan. A copy of the draft was subsequently implemented as police posting orders," he said in his statutory declaration. Noor Azizul said the transfers were justified as part of a campaign to root out corruption in the force. It included entrapment to make the affected officers appear guilty of wrongdoing. "This gave the impression that Musa was eradicating corruption and abuses within the force whereas it was the farthest from the truth. The credibility of these officers would be demolished to such an extent that whatever information they had gathered about the IGP would be discredited. These officers would suffer hardships, like being transferred away from their family and home base," he said. "Some of the other agonies inflicted on them were being by-passed for promotions, subjected to disciplinary action minus due process; subordinates with unproven records promoted over them and victimised officers serving as visible warnings of the consequences of defying the 'established' order." The former ADC said the 'mencantas' (trimming the opposition) campaign had led to low moral in the force, resulting in the crime rate soaring during Musa's time. "Not long after that the AG ordered Tengku Goh's release. Many in PDRM (Royal Malaysian Police) became demoralised seeing how a criminal was released by resorting to legal niceties whereas our own brother officers were dragged to court," he lamented. "I hope the minister and the government give me protection for this disclosure as it is made with the hope of improving the force in expectation of a new leadership era under Ismail Omar (the present IGP)," he said in his SD. Former Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission panel member Robert Phang, when contacted by Malaysiakini, confirmed that Noor Azizul had approached him when he was Musa's aide de camp, and together they met a former IGP, seeking his help on the matter. READ MORE HERE: Underworld determined police transfers and promotions |
| Always consistently inconsistent Posted: 07 Dec 2012 05:10 PM PST
But why is no one talking about this? Is it true that the MAS multi-billion scandal is linked to the RM30 billion Forex losses? And why say that the RM30 billion Forex losses is an old issue? Yes, it is 20 years old. I agree. But are not the Sabah and Tanjung Kupang air crashes and the Jalil Ibrahim murder even older than that? Yet you want me to talk about those issues, which are even older than the RM30 billion Forex losses episode. And the MAS issue is still current. It is not an old issue. THE CORRIDORS OF POWER Raja Petra Kamarudin There are some readers who have demanded to know why I have not written about this issue or that issue. They have even mentioned some of the issues I should be writing about such as the Sabah air crash, the Tanjung Kupang air crash, the Jalil Ibrahim murder in Hong Kong, and so on. Why do they want me to write about issues of days gone by? And why pick on these issues in particular? The answer is simple. These issues would be extremely unfavourable to those who walk in the corridors of power. Hence, anything that is unfavourable to those who walk in the corridors of power would be favourable to those in the opposition who aspire to be the ones to walk in the corridors of power. If I were to write about those issues, would this see justice for the victims of the air crashes or for the family of Jalil Ibrahim? Is there anything new I can write about, which you do not yet know, or will I merely be rehashing the same old story, which everyone already knows about anyway? In short, what do you hope to achieve by me writing about this 'old story' other than to embarrass certain people who may have been involved in those incidences, assuming some of these people are still alive? There is a question of motive here. You are the very same people who always question motive. When Deepak Jaikishan makes his revelation you question his motive. Why now? What is his motive? When ex-IGP Musa Hassan makes his revelation you question his motive. Why now? What is his motive? Motive appears to be at the top of your list of ten questions. Should that not also be what we ask you? Why now? What is your motive in asking me to write about this, that or the other? When I do write about something that happened in the past and by coincidence it involved someone who was then in the government but now in the opposition, you lament that that is an old story. You do not want to read about an old story. You want to read about something new. So, when do you want to read about an old story and when do you not wish to read about an old story? You demand that I write about an old story. And when I do write about an old story this angers you and you pose questions like 'why now?' and 'what is your motive?' and so on. You may not have noticed this, because it takes an intelligent mind to be able to notice it, but I normally write about something that no one talks about. And when every man and his dog start talking or writing about that issue, I lay off the issue. I do not jump onto the bandwagon and scream the same thing that others are screaming. How many of you had even heard the name Deepak Jaikishan until Malaysia Today revealed that name and identified who he is in relation to the 'First Family'. Now he is a 'household' name so I do not need to talk about him any longer. Today, people the length and breadth of Malaysia, are talking about him. How many of you had heard about Birkin handbags until Malaysia Today revealed that the First Lady has a collection of those bags in all the different colours? Many people did not even know about the existence of Birkin and I bet many of you till today have not even seen one 'in the flesh' other than the photographs that Malaysia Today published. Today, you know about ex-IGP Musa Hassan's links with BK Tan and 'Tengku' Goh, the underworld bosses. Had you ever heard of BK Tan and 'Tengku' Goh before this? And Malaysia Today did not just make a wild allegation of these links, we published eight Statutory Declarations, two by underworld figures, one by the IGP's ADC, and five more by serving (not retired) police officers confirming what Malaysia Today alleged. So, yes, today, everyone is discussing these issues. But you are able to discuss these issues only because Malaysia Today exposed these issues. If not you would never have known about these issues. And that was the reason why Malaysia Today revealed these issues. We wanted you to know about these stories. We wanted you to talk about the matter. And now that you know, and now that you are talking about them, our job is done. We can then sit back and allow you to talk about the matter and then come to your own conclusion as to what you should be doing about it. Most of the issues being discussed today came from Malaysia Today. I admit that the NFC issue is not ours. That was one expose that we missed so we do sometimes miss one or two. But missing one or two out of 20 or 30 is not too bad a track record, though. But what about the many other issues that we raised which no one seems to be talking about? For example, we revealed that the MAS multi-billion fiasco is linked to the RM30 billion foreign exchange losses of 20 years ago. And we published Tajudin Ramli's Affidavit that he filed in court as evidence to support our allegation. Tajudin Ramli filed an Affidavit in court. If he lied in that Affidavit he can be sent to jail. Hence, until and unless the court can prove that he lied (which they did not) then we have to assume that what he said in that Affidavit is the truth. Since then, MAS has settled its case with Tajudin Ramli 'out of court'. This gives an impression that Tajudin Ramli's case is strong and that MAS realises it may not win. Or maybe MAS is worried that if it proceeds with this case then the truth about what Tajudin Ramli said in his Affidavit might surface. Hence better they 'kill' this case and allow it to go no further. But why is no one talking about this? Is it true that the MAS multi-billion scandal is linked to the RM30 billion Forex losses? And why say that the RM30 billion Forex losses is an old issue? Yes, it is 20 years old. I agree. But are not the Sabah and Tanjung Kupang air crashes and the Jalil Ibrahim murder even older than that? Yet you want me to talk about those issues, which are even older than the RM30 billion Forex losses episode. And the MAS issue is still current. It is not an old issue. I have not written anything in this column for the last ten days or so. I thought I would sit back and monitor your comments below the news items and articles written by others, which I published in Malaysia Today. And one thing that is very clear is: you regard anything that is not right with this country as Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak's fault. He is to be blamed and he must be accountable for all the ills facing the country. In other words, the buck stops at the top man's table. I can buy that. After all, someone has to take responsibility when something goes wrong. And the person who should take that responsibility must be the top man. But then who should take responsibility when something goes wrong on the other side? The Selangor, Penang, Kelantan and Kedah State Governments have come out with certain policies and have done certain things that have upset the people. Who must take responsibility for this? When something goes wrong under the Barisan Nasional administration, whether at federal or state level, the Prime Minister must take the blame. But when something goes wrong under the Pakatan Rakyat administration, the Opposition Leader cum Prime Minister-in-Waiting is not to be blamed. When the Local Council demolishes Hindu temples, Dr Xavier screams sabotage. It is not Pakatan Rakyat's fault. It is not the Advisor to the Selangor State Government cum Opposition Leader's fault. It is sabotage. What about the confiscation of beer at the 7-Eleven? Is this also sabotage? What about the ruling regarding the segregation of males and females in the cinema? Is this also sabotage? If all this happened in a Barisan Nasional run state then Najib must take the blame and Najib must resign because of it. But when it happens in the Pakatan Rakyat run states who should take the blame and who should resign? Today, Selena Tay wrote an article in Free Malaysia Today called Political blockbuster: Dragon vs Dinosaur. In that article, she compared Malaysia's economic growth during the time when Anwar Ibrahim was the Finance Minister from 1992 to 1997 to the time when Najib is Prime Minister from 2009 to 2011. Basically, what Selena says is that Malaysia performed better when Anwar was the Finance Minister compared to when Najib is Prime Minister. Note, and I repeat, the analysis that Selena did compares Anwar as Finance Minister to Najib as Prime Minister. Now, when Anwar was Finance Minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad was the Prime Minister. So, should not Dr Mahathir be credited for the good performance instead of Anwar Ibrahim? Okay, let us assume that Dr Mahathir had no hand in this. Let us assume that it was the Finance Minister, Anwar Ibrahim, who should be credited for this good performance. However, during that same period, 1992 to 1994, Malaysia also lost RM30 billion 'playing' the Forex market. So, who is to be blamed for this? Since the good economic performance of the country during the period when Anwar was the Finance Minister must be credited to Anwar, should not Anwar, therefore, also take the blame for whatever bad that happened? In this case, no! The RM30 billion Forex losses are Dr Mahathir's fault. Dr Mahathir was the Prime Minister so he must take all the blame -- just like Najib, the present Prime Minister, must take all the blame for whatever happens to Malaysia today. Who, therefore, is at fault here? Najib is both Finance Minister and Prime Minister. When something bad happens to Malaysia we blame Najib. But do we blame him because he is the Prime Minister or because he is the Finance Minister? If we blame Najib because he is the Prime Minister and hence the Prime Minister must take all the blame -- and hence take all the credit as well -- should not Selena credit Dr Mahathir rather than Anwar for Malaysia's good economic performance from 1992 to 1997? Assuming Selena feels that the Finance Minister, Anwar Ibrahim, and not the Prime Minister, Dr Mahathir, should be credited for Malaysia's good economic performance from 1992 to 1997, then why is Dr Mahathir and not Anwar being blamed for the RM30 billion Forex losses during that same period? We need to be clear as to who we put the blame on -- or give credit to -- for what happens in Malaysia. On the one hand we say that the blame must go all the way to the top. On the other hand we say that the buck stops at the bottom and the top is not to be blamed. Why do we change the rules as and when it suits us? |
| Posted: 28 Nov 2012 05:55 PM PST
No, I am not going to write about this matter. I just want you to read what the news portals reported (below) and for you to form your own opinion and come to your own conclusion. What I want you to take special note about, though, is to compare what was reported below to what I have been saying for more than five years since early 2007. THE CORRIDORS OF POWER Raja Petra Kamarudin 'Criminal elements present in police, politics' (FMT) - Criminal elements have infiltrated the police force and even politics, the former Inspector-General of Police Musa Hassan suggested when he kick-started a new anti-crime NGO, MyWatch. "Looking at the present situation, where there is a lot of illegal activities, do you think there is no links? You can answer yourself," he told a press conference where he was named patron and advisor to MyWatch yesterday. He revealed that there are cases where the links are too high up and "nobody dares talk about it". He cited a case of a high-ranking police officer he did not name who was brought overseas for golfing by a "shady businessman". "Sometimes I feel they can even dictate officers, sometimes even spend [money] on police officers," he said. "It is very bad now. Later on the Mafia will be ruling this country, we don't want that to happen, it took 30 years to clean up the Mafia in America," he said. Musa himself has been accused of such links, especially in the case of Johor kingpin Goh Cheng Poh a.k.a. 'Tengku' Goh but has repeatedly dismissed the claims as attempts to bring him down. "During my time, there was a professional way of doing things if we needed to get close to underworld characters. That is undercover work. When I was in narcotics, my relationship would be to purely gather evidence. There must be a line drawn," he explained. Musa named Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein and his deputy as the people who would usually try to give instructions to the force, and that this bad trend was still occurring. "During my time whenever I arrested some crooks, there will be phone calls from top people. They even ask us to release. I will ask for an instruction in black and white," he said, adding that the politicians would usually back off after being asked for a written order. He also said that aside from ministers and deputy ministers, there were also "others" who attempt to give orders to the police, including opposition politicians. ************************************** 'Bala's U-turn foiled Anwar-Umno's Altantuya expose' (Malaysiakini) - Because there was a concentrated effort. There were two factions here - you had Bala sitting down with (opposition leader) Anwar (Ibrahim) and you had another faction (in Umno) that didn't want the people named in the first SD to come to power. They were determined, although they were from different sides, to work together to achieve this and both had the power to do so. Hence the absolute concern. ************************************** Deepak to reveal more dirt from under the carpet (FMT) - "The SD was not just about the opposition. There was a concentrated effort of two factions here. You had Bala sitting down with Anwar and you had another faction who didn't want the people named in the first SD to come to power. They were determined, although they were from different sides, to work together to achieve this. Both had the power to do this," he said, adding that the other side came from Umno itself. He said that the side that wanted to push for the second SD and overturn the original SD was the one that protected or ensured that Najib became prime minister. "I got involved in the second SD to protect the interest of Najib. There is no other logical reason, is there?" he said.
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