Bayangkan senarionya,sekiranya wang tunai RM40 juta yang diseludup oleh Michael Chia ke Malaysia dari Hong Kong untuk Anwar Ibrahim...

Ahli parlimen pembangkang hari ini merasa kesal apabila Umno dan Barisan Nasional (BN) ‘membisu’ apabila Ketua Menteri Sabah Datuk Musa Aman telah bebas dari tuduhan menyelewang wang, dan mengatakan sekiranya ia melibatkan Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim atau Pakatan Rakyat (PR), sudah pasti akan dituduh sebagai “pengkhianat”.

 

“Cuba bayangkan apa akan terjadi sekiranya wang tunai RM40 juta yang cuba diseludup oleh Michael Chia ke Malaysia dari Hong Kong untuk Anwar atau mana-mana parti PR,” kata Lim Kit Siang hari ini.

“Pemimpin dari pelbagai peringkat dalam parti komponen BN dan media arus perdana akan berhari-hari menyerang, dan meminta tindakan dari pihak berkuasa termasuk mendakwa kami dalam kes rasuah atau penyeludupan wang.”

Semalam, parlimen diberitahu bahawa Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) hari ini telah membebaskan Musa dari tuduhan rasuah dan menyeludup wang selepas mendapati 16 juta dolar Singapura (RM40 juta) telah disalurkan ke ketua menteri Sabah kerana ia bermaksud untuk kegunaan Umno Sabah.

Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Aziz berkata, peguam negara menyiasat perkara ini dan mendapati tidak ada kaitan rasuah dalam kes ini seperti yang dibangkitkan oleh laman Sarawak Report awal tahun ini.

April tahun ini, Sarawak Report telah mendedahkan beberapa dokumen yang didakwa dari Suruhanjaya Bebas Pencegahan Rasuah (ICAC) mendapati peguam Sabah itu memegang  30 juta dolar Amerika di dalam Bank Swiss untuk Musa.

Laporan itu juga mengatakan bahawa terdapat matawang euro, dolar Hong Kong, dolar Singapura dan selain dolar Amerika telah disalurkan dari beberapa firma yang diuruskan oleh syarikat perdagangan balak dari Hong Kong, Michael Chia ke akaun di syarikat British Virgin Island dan ke akaun Bank Swiss.

Musa yang menafikan sebarang hubungan dengan Chia, yang telah ditangkap dan didakwa atas kesalahan menyeludup wang berjumlah 16 juta dolar Singapura (RM40 juta) ke Malaysia pada tahun 2008.

Menurut laporan media, Chia dalam masa sama berkata bahawa pihak berkuasa Hong Kong memberitahu itu adalah wang untuk Musa.

Lim berkata layanan berat sebelah dari pihak berkuasa adalah amat membimbangkan.

“Persoalan dari orang Sabah dan Malaysia untuk Perdana Menteri ialah wang RM40 juta ini — sama ada untuk ketua menteri Sabah atau Umno Sabah (di mana Musa ialah pengerusinya) — adalah tidak terdedah seperti kerajaan Malaysia sepatutnya mendedahkannya,” katanya.

Musa sebelum ini berkata Sarawak Report juga memfitnah beliau dengan tuduhan menipu wang itu adalah sebahagian dari konspirasi untuk menjatuhkan BN di negeri Malaysia Timur itu.

Beliau mengatakan akan memberi kerjasama kepada pihak berkuasa jika diperlukan, tetapi dalam masa sama fokusnya adalah untuk mentadbir negeri daripada “mengambil tahu tentang tuduhan ini”.- malaysian insider

Maka raya sakanlah media2 tempatan, berita disiarkan dan diulang tayang 40 hari 40 malam disertai dengan ulasan2 Profesor kangkong dan komen2 dari pemimpin2 penjilat punggong UMNO...

Imagine the senario if the RM40 million cash Michael Chia was caught trying to smuggle into Malaysia from Hong Kong were meant for Anwar Ibrahim...

An opposition lawmaker expressed his regret today over the ‘pin-drop silence’ of Umno and Barisan Nasional after Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Musa Aman was cleared of graft allegations, and pointed out that the ruling coalition would have gone to town with accusations of “treachery and traitors” if the money involved was meant for Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim or Pakatan Rakyat (PR).

“Malaysians could just imagine what would have happened if the RM40 million cash Michael Chia was caught trying to smuggle into Malaysia from Hong Kong were meant for Anwar or anyone of the PR parties,” Lim Kit Siang from the DAP said today.

“The leaders at various levels of Barisan Nasional component parties and their mainstream mass media would have competed, day-in day-out for weeks, demanding full accounting and action by the authorities, including throwing the books at corruption or money laundering.”

Yesterday, Parliament was told the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) had cleared Musa (picture) of graft and money-laundering allegations after finding that the over S$16 million (RM40 million) allegedly channelled to the Sabah chief minister through corrupt means was meant for Sabah Umno’s use.

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Aziz said the Attorney-General’s Chambers had shelved the matter after finding no element of corruption in the case, which was first raised by whistleblower site Sarawak Report earlier this year.

In April this year, Sarawak Report had revealed documents allegedly from the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) showing that a Sabah lawyer was holding some US$30 million in a Swiss bank account for Musa.

The report also claimed that a paper trail showed that the millions in euro as well as US, Hong Kong and Singapore dollars had been channelled from several firms managed by Hong Kong-based timber trader Michael Chia to a number of British Virgin Island companies and subsequently to the lawyer’s Swiss account.

Musa has since denied any link with Chia, who was arrested and charged with money laundering after attempting to smuggle S$16 million (RM40 million) back to Malaysia in 2008.

According to media reports, Chia had at the time allegedly told the Hong Kong authorities that the money belonged to Musa.

Lim said today the utter indifference and unconcern shown by the authorities to the case was disturbing.

“The question Sabahans and Malaysians are entitled to ask the prime minister is whether the case of the RM40 million dirty cash — whether for Sabah Chief Minister or Sabah Umno (of which Musa is Chairman) — is now fully closed as far as the Malaysian government is concerned,” he said.

Musa had previously accused Sarawak Report of defaming him, claiming the graft allegations were likely part of a conspiracy by his detractors who wanted to topple Barisan Nasional (BN) in the east Malaysian state.

He had said he would offer full co-operation to the authorities if he was required to but stressed that in the meantime, his focus was on serving the state instead of “entertaining these frivolous allegations”.- malaysian insider

 

 Reveal sources of RM40mil 'contribution', gov't told...

Transparency International Malaysia (TI-M) is calling for authorities to reveal the sources of the RM40 million “political contribution” to Sabah Umno, that a Sabah businessman was caught trying to smuggle into the country from Hong Kong.

Referring to Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Mohd Nazri Abdul Aziz's parliamentary written reply to Batu MP Tian Chua, its secretary-general Josie M Fernandez said TI-M was “appalled” that Nazri has stated “no elements of corruption was proven” in the case.

“Nazri (above) has stated that the funds were contributions to the Sabah Umno liaison body. He further stated that the MACC has concluded that ‘no element of corruption was proven’ in the case. However, the MACC must investigate if corruption was a factor in the political contribution of RM40 million,” she said in a statement.

Nazri’s written response, she pointed out, raises many serious questions on the transparency and accountability of party finances.

She added that TI-M has been urging the Malaysian government to regulate political financing and to fully disclose financing of politics in the country, even submitting a memorandum on reforming political financing to Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak last year.

Mother of corruption

“TI-M calls for the full disclosure of the sources of the RM40 million as a 'political contribution' to Sabah UMNO.

“Absolute transparency is essential in political contributions to rule out the possibility of influence peddling in the political process.

“Money politics contributes to the cancer of corruption. Political corruption is the mother of all corruption,” Fernandez (right) said.

On Aug 14, 2008, businessman Michael Chia was caught in Hong Kong with Singapore currency amounting to RM40 million and was charged with money laundering and trafficking by the Hong Kong Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC)

The money was reportedly earmarked for Sabah Chief Minister Musa Aman and were part of funds being deposited into a Swiss bank account containing US$30 million allegedly being held in trust for Musa by a lawyer.

These claims were followed by allegations by whistleblower website Sarawak Report that linked the monies to timber kickbacks for the chief minister for approving timber licences. The allegations were later denied by Musa.

However, in his written reply yesterday, Nazri said the money was “not for the personal use of the chief minister” but was meant for the Sabah Umno liaison body and that MACC had found “no element of corruption”, which he claimed led the ICAC to take no further action in the case. - malaysiakini

'MACC's reply on Musa Aman creates more questions'

Umno terlibat seludup wang ke Hong Kong...

Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz mengakui wujudnya wang sebanyak RM40 juta milik seorang ahli perniagaan yang diseludup melalui Hong Kong adalah untuk sumbangan kepada Umno Sabah.

Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri mengenai hal ehwal undang-undang itu mengaku berlakunya kejadian ini di Dewan Rakyat semalam, demikian menurut Ketua Penyelaras Solidariti Anak Muda Malaysia (SAMM) Kebangsaan, Badrul Hisham Shaharin.

Badrul Hisham @ CheguBard(kiri) berkata, seorang ahli pernigaan bernama Micheal Chia telah ditahan Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Hong Kong pada 14 Ogos 2008 dengan matawang Singapura berjumlah RM40 juta di dalam bagasinya sebelum menaiki pesawat menghala ke Kuala Lumpur.

“Namun berita ini diselindung sebaik mungkin dan tidak mendapat liputan dari media tempatan,” katanya dalam satu kenyataan media hari ini.

Menurut beliau, terbaru semalam apabila hal ini dibangkitkan semula oleh Ahli Parlimen Batu Tian Chua ekoran jawapan bertulis yang diperolehinya dari Menteri terbabit yang mengatakan ia bukan wang untuk Ketua Menteri Sabah Tan Sri Musa Aman tetapi untuk Umno Sabah.

Bankrap negara

“Apa yang harus disedari ialah mungkin dalam keghairahan regim pertahan pemimpin mereka maka mereka tidak sedar secara tidak langsung diakui bahawa penyeludupan wang RM40 juta itu memang wujud.

Makanya apa tindakan undang-undang terhadap kejadian yang diakui wujud itu?

CheguBard yang juga Ketua PKR Cabang Rembau menegaskan, untuk membela Musa, Nazri mengakui wang itu bukan untuk Musa secara peribadi tetapi untuk Musa selaku Ketua Umno Sabah maka ini bermakna sahlah Umno Sabah terlibat dalam penyeludupan wang.

Kata beliau, menurut satu sumber, wang tersebut ada kaitan dengan kawasan balak yang diluluskan di Sabah dan adalah amalan biasa sebahagian keuntungan harus dipulangkan sebagai dana politik untuk komponen Barisan Nasional (BN) atau terus kepada pemimpin tertentu.

“Bukan sedikit wang negara diseludup keluar berkaitan kepentingan pemimpin BN,” jelas CheguBard.

Contoh katanya sebelum ini terbongkar bagaimana Menteri Besar Negeri Sembilan Mohamad Hasan dikaitkan dengan penyeludupan wang RM10 juta ke London dan setelah didapati sahih berlaku, hanya syarikat penghantaran yang dihukum dengan lesennya ditarik.

“Inilah pengkhianat sebenar menjejaskan ekonomi negara. Sudahlah terlibat merompak wang rakyat terlibat pula melarikan wang keluar negara.

“Yakinlah jika regim ini terus berkuasa pasti tidak akan ada antara mereka yang diambil tindakan, lebih penting kegiatan mereka ini akan pasti membankrapkan negara,” ujar beliau.- FMT

 

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