Wanita misteri yang dikaitkan dengan kes pemilikan akaun induk berjumlah RM3 bilion oleh Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim hari ini muncul menafikan menjadi proksi kepada Penasihat Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) itu.
Zaliah Zakaria, 56, bagaimanapun mengakui mengenali isteri Anwar, Datin Seri Dr. Wan Azizah Wan Ismail ketika memegang jawatan Presiden dan juga pemilik Syarikat Wira Tangkis Sdn. Bhd.
Katanya, syarikat itu banyak memberi sumbangan dalam kejohanan badminton Badan Amal dan Kebajikan Tenaga Isteri-Isteri Menteri (Bakti) pada akhir 1990-an semasa Anwar menjadi Timbalan Perdana Menteri.
Beliau turut mengakui pernah menaja aktiviti sukan air salah seorang anak Anwar di Pulau Pinang semasa Ketua Pembangkang itu dalam penjara selain menerima kunjungan Wan Azizah yang baru pulang dari mengerjakan umrah semasa menetap di Dubai, Emiriyah Arab Bersatu (UAE).
"Hubungan kami sekadar kawan kerana saya juga meminati sukan badminton. Saya tidak mengenali Anwar malah tidak pernah terlibat dalam politik.
"Oleh itu saya hairan bagaimana nama saya dikaitkan dengan Anwar dan berita ini pernah berlaku pada 13 tahun lalu tetapi saya biarkan.
"Namun kali ini disebabkan wajah saya disiarkan (Mingguan Malaysia) saya tiada pilihan selain untuk tampil menjelaskan perkara sebenar," katanya ketika ditemui di sini hari ini.
Wajah Zaliah dipaparkan di muka depan Mingguan Malaysia hari ini berikutan pendedahan ahli perniagaan, Ummi Hafilda Ali berhubung seorang wanita yang dikatakan sangat dikenali oleh Anwar.
Dalam pendedahannya, Ummi Hafilda mendakwa, Anwar kenal sangat dengan wanita tersebut yang bukanlah seorang istimewa atau ahli korporat tetapi cukai pendapatan mencecah RM50 juta.
Selain itu, Ummi Hafilda mendakwa, wanita itu memiliki atau mempunyai kaitan dengan 62 hartanah mewah berupa kondominium dan banglo kebanyakkan di Pulau Pinang.
Berikutan dakwaan itu, Zaliah meminta Ummi Hafilda agar tampil bersama bukti-bukti bagi membersihkan nama beliau dan keluarganya.
Selain itu, beliau juga meminta Anwar mengeluarkan kenyataan segera bagi menafikan hubungan mereka seperti didakwa pihak tertentu.
Dalam pada itu, Zaliah mendakwa memiliki aset berbentuk wang tunai dan hartanah berjumlah RM100 juta hasil daripada perniagaan lumba kuda yang dijalankannya pada akhir 1990-an.
Menurutnya, bagaimanapun kesemua asetnya bertukar hak milik semasa beliau ke Dubai untuk melupakan kesedihan ekoran kematian anak lelakinya pada Januari 2000.
"Seminggu semasa berada di sana (Dubai), pegawai Lembaga Hasil Dalam Negeri (LHDN) membuat serbuan di rumah saya dan menyita 10 buah peti besi di Bukit Jambul, Pulau Pinang mengandungi wang tunai, barangan kemas dan dokumen penting.
"Pada masa sama, saya dinasihatkan oleh peguam supaya tidak pulang sehinggalah setahun baru saya pulang ke tanah air namun mendapati semua aset termasuk wang tunai berjumlah RM26 juta di dalam bank telah dipindah milik," jelasnya.
Beliau berkata, harta-hartanya yang lain termasuk empat buah rumah di Pulau Pinang bernilai kira-kira RM3.68 juta.
Katanya, pada masa itu beliau turut diburu Lembaga Hasil Dalam Negeri (LHDN) berkaitan dengan cukai pendapatan berjumlah lebih RM50 juta hingga beliau diisytiharkan muflis tidak lama selepas itu.
Sementara itu, Ummi Hafilda ketika dihubungi memberitahu, beliau tidak pernah mendakwa mengenali Zaliah secara peribadi.
Katanya, pendedahan yang dibuat adalah bertujuan semata-mata mahukan Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) menyiasat kaitan antara wanita berkenaan dengan Anwar.
"Ini bukan isu kenal atau tidak kenal. Saya sendiri tidak pernah mendakwa bahawa saya mengenal perempuan berkenaan (Zaliah) secara peribadi.
"Pendedahan yang saya lakukan itu bertujuan untuk membantu siasatan SPRM berhubung kes pemilikan akaun induk bernilai RM3 bilion oleh Anwar. Saya telah serahkan bukti dan sekarang tugas SPRM menyiasat apa kaitan, hubungan atau penglibatan perempuan itu dengan Anwar," katanya.- utusan online .com
'Mystery woman' denies link with Anwar...
The
‘mystery woman’ linked to the claim that Anwar Ibrahim held 20 master
accounts containing RM3 billion while he was in government, has denied
that she was his proxy.
Zaliah Zakaria, 56, said she used to know Anwar's wife Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (left).
This was when Zaliah was president and owner of Wira Tangkis Sdn Bhd.
Malay daily Utusan Malaysia quoted Zaliah as saying that Wira Tangkis had contributed to charity badminton tournaments organised by the Association of Wives of Ministers and Deputy Ministers in the late 1990s when Anwar was deputy prime minister.
Zaliah also said she had sponsored water sports involving one of Anwar's daughters in Penang, while he was in Sungal Buloh jail.
“Our relationship is just a friendship because I also love badminton. I wonder how my name could have been linked to Anwar. (Furthermore) this (is said to have) happened 13 years ago, but I ignored it (then),” she was quoted as saying.
“But this time, because my photo was published (in Mingguan Malaysia, the Sunday edition of Utusan), I have no choice but to come forward to explain the truth.”
Yesterday Mingguan Malaysia had cited a pro-Umno blog as having originally published the photo, after Umno member Ummi Hafilda submitted ‘evidence’ to a Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission officer at a meeting several weeks ago.
According to the paper, Ummi (below) had claimed that Anwar was very close to Zaliah, who paid income tax of RM50 million.
She was further reported as saying that Zaliah owned or was linked to 62 luxury condominiums and bungalows, most of these located in Penang.
On this allegation, Zaliah demanded that Ummi furnishes evidence. She also wants Anwar to immediately issue a statement denying her link to the allegation.
Zaliah claimed that she had once owned cash and properties worth RM100 million as a result of her horse-racing business but that she was later tracked down by the Inland Revenue Board and forced to declare bankruptcy.- malaysiakini
Zaliah Zakaria, 56, said she used to know Anwar's wife Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (left).
This was when Zaliah was president and owner of Wira Tangkis Sdn Bhd.
Malay daily Utusan Malaysia quoted Zaliah as saying that Wira Tangkis had contributed to charity badminton tournaments organised by the Association of Wives of Ministers and Deputy Ministers in the late 1990s when Anwar was deputy prime minister.
Zaliah also said she had sponsored water sports involving one of Anwar's daughters in Penang, while he was in Sungal Buloh jail.
“Our relationship is just a friendship because I also love badminton. I wonder how my name could have been linked to Anwar. (Furthermore) this (is said to have) happened 13 years ago, but I ignored it (then),” she was quoted as saying.
“But this time, because my photo was published (in Mingguan Malaysia, the Sunday edition of Utusan), I have no choice but to come forward to explain the truth.”
Yesterday Mingguan Malaysia had cited a pro-Umno blog as having originally published the photo, after Umno member Ummi Hafilda submitted ‘evidence’ to a Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission officer at a meeting several weeks ago.
According to the paper, Ummi (below) had claimed that Anwar was very close to Zaliah, who paid income tax of RM50 million.
She was further reported as saying that Zaliah owned or was linked to 62 luxury condominiums and bungalows, most of these located in Penang.
On this allegation, Zaliah demanded that Ummi furnishes evidence. She also wants Anwar to immediately issue a statement denying her link to the allegation.
Zaliah claimed that she had once owned cash and properties worth RM100 million as a result of her horse-racing business but that she was later tracked down by the Inland Revenue Board and forced to declare bankruptcy.- malaysiakini
'Rafizi, Faekah issues no blot on Selangor'
Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim has downplayed the issue of two recent incidents linked to the Selangor administration led by Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim of the PKR.
Anwar does not see the sudden resignation of PKR director of strategy Rafizi Ramli from his Selangor government position and the signing of a recommendation letter by Khalid's political secretary's as a political crisis.
Anwar, who is also Selangor's economic adviser, said Rafizi resigned from his state post as he wants to focus on party work.
Rafizi had been speaking about resigning since last year, saying his departure from the post should not be viewed as something controversial.
Rafizi would be making a statement today to clarify the situation, Anwar added.
"He is now full-time with the party. He does not think he should be serving the state. Rafizi was already thinking of leaving since last year," Anwar told journalists in Penang yesterday.
'Issues manipulated by Umno media'
The PKR de facto leader also said the issues surrounding Pakatan Rakyat's administration of states are manipulated by the Umno-linked media, where everything "suddenly becomes a major political matter".
"Rafizi did not resign from the party but from the state post because he thinks it is an ethical question," said Anwar, who was on a one-day working trip to Penang.
"He could take it when doing party work for a few hours a day but now he is being dragged all over the country," he added.
"I was with him in Perak recently and he clarified the situation of his resignation."
Rafizi tendered his resignation from his Selangor government post last week, citing he needed to rest.
Rafizi said his decision to quit as chief executive officer at the Selangor economic adviser's office "has no political dimension to it".
He brushed off claims by sources in the Selangor government that he resigned over disagreements with Khalid.
Anwar looking into Faekah's case
Anwar was also asked about the correspondence between Khalid's political secretary Faekah Husin, a law firm and a Selangor government-linked company.
Khalid sees it as normal and not ethically wrong, saying Faekah's letter was forward to Permodalan Negeri Selangor Bhd for consideration.
"The next course of action is that of the company, to either accept or reject," Khalid had said.
But Anwar said Khalid had issued instructions that no political leader should write recommendation letters.
He said he had yet to see Faekah's clarification on the matter, but was certainly looking into it.
Asked whether this 'controversy' would tarnish the PKR-led administration in Selangor, Anwar shot back: "One letter of recommendation and you think it can cause the state to collapse?
"What about the RM250 million losses (of National Feedlot Corporation) by those linked to an Umno leader? Is it of no concern?" he asked.
"One letter of recommendation and it becomes a major political crisis!" - malaysiakini
Anwar: Isu Rafizi & Faekah bukan krisis...
Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim berkata, isu peletakan jawatan Pengarah Strategi PKR Rafizi Ramli daripada pejabat penasihat ekonomi Selangor dan isu sekitar pegawai kanan menteri besar Faekah Husin bukanlah krisis politik.
Menurut Anwar - penasihat ekonomi Selangor - Rafizi meletakkan jawatan bagi memfokuskan tenaganya kepada kerja-kerja parti.
Rafizi akan membuat kenyataan bagi menjelaskan situasi sebenar, kata Anwar yang juga ketua pembangkang dan ketua umum PKR.
Rafizi kini berkhidmat sepenuh masa untuk parti setelah menimbangkan tindakan itu sejak tahun lalu, kata Anwar kepada pemberita di Pulau Pinang.
Rafizi pada 21 Jun membuat keputusan mengejut itu atas alasan perlu berehat, memberi tumpuan kepada ibadat dan ia "tiada sebarang dimensi politik".
Beliau juga berkata, semua pertanyaan selepas itu hendaklah ditujukan kepada kerajaan negeri atau Anwar sendiri.
Sementara itu, Anwar juga ditanya tentang surat menyurat antara Khalid dan Faekah, sebuah firma guaman dan syarikat berkaitan kerajaan Selangor. - malaysiakini
Surat Faekah Tidak Arah GLC Terima
300 ex-BN members to join PKR...
About 300 former members of Gerakan, the Indian Progressive Front and MIC have applied to join PKR.
De facto leader Anwar Ibrahim accepted their forms at a ceramah last night in Nibong Tebal, from Solidariti Anak Muda Malaysia chief Badrul Hisham Shaharin, better known as Chegu Bard.
"This should come as a big shock to (Penang) Umno chief Zainal Abidin Osman," said Badrul.
In front of a 5,000 strong multi-racial crowd Anwar thanked the applicants for joining the "PKR family".
He later apologised for having selected Tan Tee Beng to represent the Nibong Tebal parliamentary constituency in the 2008 general election.
"This time around, do not threaten or ask me to give in during the selection of candidates," he said in his hour-long speech.
"We will only choose those who are qualified, good, and are firm in defending the principles of a clean and fair government for the people.”
Tan, a former Gerakan leader who had joined PKR, had quit the party in 2009 and became an Independent candidate before joining Parti Kita as its Penang chief. He has since been sacked for challenging party chief Zaid Ibrahim.
'Principles, integrity to be upheld'
Anwar expressed regret over the departure of several PKR leaders due to personal interest.
Among them were former Penang PKR chief and Bayan Baru MP Zaharin Mohd Hisham, who was “merely seeking projects to enrich himself”.
Zahrin had quit the party about the same time as Tan, citing irreconcilable differences with Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, whose administration he had openly criticised.
"I am with Guan Eng on this, based on principles and integrity. Whoever is not in line with this, we will reject," Anwar said.
He repeated Pakatan Rakyat's pledges on free education, reduction in the price of petrol and the abolition of toll charges for motorcycles in Penang.
The night ended with a display of fireworks.- malaysiakini
Merdeka Rakyat Nibong Tebal...
(gambar ehsan anak sungai derhaka)
cheers.
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