Surat ICAC tak nyatakan Musa Aman bersih dari rasuah RM40 juta...

Saya merujuk kepada laporan The Malaysian Insider bertajuk “ICAC Letter Shows Musa Aman Cleared of Graft Last December” pada semalam.

Laporan itu memetik kenyataan Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan, Ahli Parlimen Kota Belud bagi pihak Datuk Seri Musa Aman bahawa kes telah ditutup oleh ICAC Hong Kong berdasarkan satu surat yang dihantar secara peribadi kepada Datuk Seri Musa Aman.

Berdasarkan laporan tersebut, saya ingin menegaskan beberapa fakta berikut:

1. Surat yang diutuskan oleh ICAC itu sekali-kali tidak menyatakan bahawa Datuk Seri Musa Aman dibersihkan dari tuduhan rasuah, atau membayangkan bahawa ICAC yakin Datuk Seri Musa Aman bersih dari rasuah seperti yang cuba diwar-warkan oleh Umno Barisan Nasional.

2. Surat itu hanya memaklumkan bahawa berdasarkan maklumat-maklumat yang ICAC perolehi setakat itu, ICAC mengambil keputusan untuk tidak meneruskan siasatan terhadap Dato’ Seri Musa Aman.
Jika Dato’ Seri Musa Aman tidak bersetuju dengan fakta-fakta ini, maka wajarlah beliau mendedahkan kandungan keseluruhan surat tersebut, bukannya menggunakan Dato’ Abdul Rahman Dahlan untuk menyampaikan secara lisan sahaja kepada wartawan.

Keputusan ICAC untuk tidak meneruskan siasatan berdasarkan maklumat-maklumat yang mereka perolehi setakat itu menimbulkan lebih banyak persoalan. Ia juga menguatkan pandangan beberapa pihak bahawa ICAC tidak mendapat kerjasama sepenuhnya dari pihak berkuasa Malaysia untuk meneruskan siasatan kerana mereka tidak mempunyai kuasa menyiasat dan mengumpulkan bukti.

Oleh yang demikian, mereka bergantung sepenuhnya kepada Peguam Negara dan Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) untuk mendapatkan bukti.

Kenyataan Ketua Pendakwaraya Hong Kong, Kevin Zevros baru-baru ini bahawa pihak berkuasa Hong Kong mengambil keputusan untuk menghentikan siasatan berdasarkan maklumat pihak berkuasa Malaysia mengesahkan bahawa tangan ICAC terikat dari meneruskan siasatan.

Oleh yang demikian, saya menegaskan pendirian saya bahawa surat yang disebut oleh Dato’ Abdul Rahman Dahlan itu tidak membersihkan nama Dato’ Seri Musa Aman, sebaliknya menguatkan pandangan bahawa ICAC terpaksa menghentikan siasatan kerana tidak mendapat kerjasama pihak berkuasa Malaysia.

Saya dan pasukan dari KEADILAN (YB William Leong, YB Hee Loy Sian dan YB Chang Lih Kang) sedang giat mengumpulkan bukti termasuk penyata-penyata kewangan dan urusniaga di Hong Kong untuk dilaporkan kepada ICAC agar siasatan baru dibuka, seperti persetujuan dengan ICAC baru-baru ini.

Rombongan kami akan menemui ICAC pada 11 Disember 2012 dalam kunjungan yang kedua.

Saya juga menggesa Dato’ Seri Musa Aman supaya tidak terus mengheret Umno ke dalam permasalahan peribadi beliau. Cara terbaik untuk membersihkan nama beliau adalah dengan mengisytiharkan secara terperinci maklumat sumbangan RM40 juta yang diterima beliau, termasuklah:

Siapa yang menderma/memberi sumbangan?

Apa hubungan penderma/penyumbang ini dengan beliau dan Umno?

Apa kontrak-kontrak atau konsesi yang pernah diberikan kepada penderma/penyumbang ini?

Di mana wang itu disimpan dan atas nama siapa?

Saya percaya maklumat-maklumat di atas bukan sahaja dituntut oleh rakyat Malaysia, malah turut ditanya oleh pimpinan Umno sendiri.

Apabila Umno/Barisan Nasional menyerang pimpinan KEADILAN bersabit sumbangan (termasuklah isu bas jelajah Merdeka Rakyat dan penggunaan jet peribadi), pimpinan KEADILAN yang terbabit dengan segera mengisytiharkan butiran penyumbang, supaya rakyat dapat menilai sendiri sama ada berlaku unsur salah guna kuasa.

Sikap yang sama perlulah juga ditunjukkan oleh Dato’ Seri Musa Aman, jika beliau benar-benar yakin tidak ada unsur rasuah dan salah guna kuasa di dalam kes sumbangan RM40 juta kepada beliau/Umno seperti yang didakwanya.

Kegagalan beliau berterus terang akan terus memanjangkan kes ini dan saya akan terus menumpukan perhatian untuk mendapatkan maklumat dan bukti baru untuk dibentangkan kepada rakyat.

Sebab itu, saya tidak sedikit pun merasa tergugat dengan ancaman tindakan undang-undang seperti yang disebut oleh Dato’ Abdul Rahman Dahlan. Saya yakin saya hanya menjalankan tanggungjawab sebagai seorang rakyat dan bersedia untuk mempertahankan kes yang saya bawa di mahkamah pada bila-bila masa.

Persoalannya: Apakah Dato’ Seri Musa Aman bersedia untuk bertemu di mahkamah dan mendedahkan butiran penderma-penderma beliau di mahkamah seperti mana bersedianya saya? Rafizi Ramli,Pengarah Strategi KEADILAN-keadilandaily

'ICAC letter does not clear Musa Aman of graft'...

The letter issued by Hong Kong's Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) does not absolve Sabah Chief Minister Musa Aman of corruption, says PKR strategy director Rafizi Ramli.

"The letter sent by the ICAC never stated that Musa Aman is cleared of corruption cases or implies that Musa Aman is clean from corruption, as touted by Umno/BN.

"The letter just informs that based on the information obtained by ICAC so far, ICAC has decided not to pursue the investigation on Musa Aman further," Rafizi said.

He made this statement today in response to Sabah BN secretary Abdul Rahman Dahlan's interview with The Malaysian Insider that ICAC in a letter to Musa said it would not make further investigations on him.

Rafizi also said that ICAC’s decision to discontinue the probe has raised more questions.

“It also strengthen certain parties’ views that the ICAC has not been receiving full cooperation from the Malaysian authorities in the probe as they do not have the power to investigate and gather evidence,” he asserted.

In the interview, Abdul Rahman revealed the letter to the news portal and mentioned that Sabah Umno is considering using the letter to take legal action against Rafizi.

“It is definitely an option on the table. Rafizi has violated some laws,” said Abdul Rahman, alleging defamation as well as an alleged breach of Section 29(4) of the MACC Act 2009 which protects the identity of an accused.

In reply, Rafizi said that he does not feel threatened by the possible lawsuit and called for Musa to reveal the letter himself instead of using Abdul Rahman as his mouthpiece.

“I’m confident as I’m only fulfilling my responsibilities as a citizen and am prepared to defend my case if I am brought to court at any time.”

He also stated that the best way Musa can clear his name is to declare the details of the supposed RM40 million contribution 

- who gave the donation; the relationship of the of the contributor to him or Umno; 

- what contracts and concessions have been given to the donor; 

and where is the money kept and under whose name.

“If Musa fails to provide the answers truthfully, it will continue to prolong the case and I will continue to focus on collecting new information and evidence to be presented to the people,” he said.-malaysiakini

Rafizi dares Musa Aman to clarify RM40m donation in court

 

 cheers.

Deepak Jaikishan - Wanita's Raja Ropiaah 'stole' land while Najib's family made 'millions' ...

It looks like Deepak Jaikishan, known for his close ties to Rosmah Mansor the wife of Prime Minister Najib Razak, is no longer so happy with the controversial first couple or their Umno party mates.

Deepak, a carpet trader who is branching out into bigger business, has accused Umno women's wing leader Senator Raja Ropiaah Abdullah of 'stealing' land from his company Astacanggih Sdn Bhd and reselling a portion of it to a third party.

In his exposures to Malaysia Chronicle at an exclusive interview, Deepak also alleged that a member of Najib's family had taken a 'commission' worth millions for Najib's role in getting the land owned by the Ministry of Defense privatized to Raja Ropiaah in 2005 under a project called Puspahanas.

"Ropiaah has no previous experience at all but based on Najib's recommendation, she got the deal," Deepak told Malaysia Chronicle.

He declined to name who in Najib's family had allegedly pocketed the 'commission' but speculation is rife that it may have been Rosmah herself as she usually takes care of Najib's business matters.

Puspahanas, which stands for Pusat Pengajian Pertahanan National, is a project granted to Ropiaah's firm Awan Megah (M) Sdn Bhd. Awan was granted the land to build and set up a research centre akin to Britain's intelligence unit MI5 for the Malaysian Defense Ministry.

Made millions

Deepak, who burst into national prominence following a shock revelation related to Najib's scandalous purchase of two Scorpene submarines and the mysterious murder of a Mongolian translator, denied harboring any political motives.


"No, this is for me. I am not acting for any factions inside Umno who want to attack Najib or Raja Ropiaah. Neither am I acting for the Opposition," said Deepak.

He further accused Najib, who was then the Defense minister, of "not taking responsibility" for the transaction which is now "stuck".

"I have had enough of all this. I am a businessman and this is taking to long. I have written letters to Najib but he is not doing a thing. He is just sitting on it," said Deepak.

"As for Raja Ropiah, she is just like her mentor Shahrizat Jalil. The difference is that Shahrizat didn't put her name on anything but Ropiaah did."

Just like her mentor?

Deepak was referring to former Women's Minister Shahrizat Jalil, whose husband has been charged for criminal breach of trust over the RM250mil National Feedlot Corp debacle.

Shahrizat remains the Umno Wanita chief but her Senator's appointment was not renewed and was given to Raja Ropiaah in April. There are many within Umno's women's wing who refer to Ropiaah as the 'de-facto' chief following Shahrizat's disgrace and fall from power.

Meanwhile, Raja Ropiaah declined comment other than to say that her lawyers will look into the matter.
"At this point, I don't wish to comment but will let my lawyers handle it. Deepak has been going around saying all sorts of things. We want to know what his accusations are and take the next step from then on," Raja Ropiaah told Malaysia Chronicle.

Ropiaah's lawyers to handle matter

Deepak has lodged a police report against Raja Ropiaah and her company Awan Megah. His company is also suing the Ministry of Defense, the land and mining office Pejabat Tanah dan Galian, Raja Ropiaah and Awan Megan for specific performance, not releasing the titles and for "stealing the land".  (scroll below for scans of the documents)

According to Deepak, the land involving 223 acres in Bukit Raja Selangor was sold to Raja Ropiaah at RM7 per sq ft, sold again to Deepak at RM12 per sq fit. It is now worth about RM40 per sq ft or RM400 million.

Deepak also alleged that Raja Ropiaah sold a portion of this acreage to GuppyUnip Sdn Bhd at RM16 per sq ft.

"As far as we are concerned, she's a thief and we are suing her for stealing our land," said Deepak

 source- malaysian chronicle

Deepak regrets getting involved in Bala's SD

Deepak Jaikishan - Rosmah Mansor pelanggan kedai karpet saya...

Hasil desakan perwakilan Muktamar agar wartawan bertanya Datuk Seri Najib siapa dia, Deepak Jaikishan (gambar) dengan sukarela menghubungi Harakahdaily untuk menceritakan siapakah dia sebenarnya.

Deepak J Tekwani, pengarah kepada Carpet Corporation menghubungi Harakahdaily untuk memberikan cerita sebenar di sebalik hubungan beliau dengan keluarga Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

Dalam pertemuan berdepan kira-kira setengah jam di sebuah hotel terkemuka itu, Deepak menceritakan apa sebenarnya hubungan beliau dengan keluarga Perdana Menteri khasnya Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, isteri Najib.

Ia bermula apabila Rosmah menjadi pelanggan kedai karpet beliau di Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman. Selepas itu hubungan mereka baik dan Deepak diperkenalkan kepada Najib.


Ketika itu, Najib adalah Menteri Petahanan.

Namun persahabatan mereka berakhir apabila Deepak diminta menolong keluarga Najib ekoran akuan bersumpah (SD) yang dibuat oleh penyiasat persendirian P Balasubramaniam.

Ia berakhir apabila Bala tidak berpuashati dan Deepak dipersalahkan oleh keluarga Najib.

"Cara dia bertindak bukan sebagai kawan yang menolong kawan, tetapi dia hantar 50 orang penguatkuasa datang ke ofis saya, rumah, dan kilang saya dengan niat memberi amaran untuk saya tidak mendedahkan perkara sebenar & menutup cerita sebenar SD," cerita Deepak kepada Harakahdaily.

Ikuti pendedahan siapa Deepak Jaikishan sebenarnya melalui temubual wartawan Harakahdaily dengan beliau.

Apa tujuan saudara mahu bertemu dengan Harakah (daily)?

Saya tertarik dengan pertanyaan Harakah (daily) minggu lepas, siapa saya (Deepak Jaikishan). Saya sebenarnya terlibat dalam perniagaan karpet dan perniagaan hartanah.

Saudara dikaitkan dengan Datuk Seri Najib. Sebenarnya bagaimana hubungan saudara dengan keluarga beliau?

Hubungan...saya memang kenal Datuk Seri dan Puan Seri. Saya sebagai pembekal karpet dan terlibat dalam perniagaan. Kalau ada peluang bisnes, kita mintak sokongan dari pihak beliau.

Sudah lama hubungan itu. Bagaimana saudara kenal dia?

Ia hanya bisnis karpaet. Mungkin 2004 atau 2005, Datin Seri (Rosmah) datang ke kedai kita di Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman. Dia datang kedai beli karpet, so kita berkenalan dari situlah. Kamudian Datin Seri perkenalkan kepada suami dia. Masa itu dia (Najib) adalah Menteri
Pertahanan.

Bisnes apa yang saudara buat dengan dia?

Mungkin tidak sesuai saya dedahkan hari inilah. Mungkin sessi lain. Sebab saya hanya mahu jawab apa yang saudara tanya dalam akhbar saudara. Apa hubungan saya dengan mereka. Bisnis saja, tidak ada yang bukan-bukan. Ia hanya bisnis sahaja. Dia isteri orang, tidak ada yang bukan-bukan, tidak baik. Ia benar-benar bisnes sahaja.

Ada laporan dalam Malaysiakini yang saudara berkata, ia hubungan kakak adik sahaja, tanpa lain-lain?

Ya boleh dikatakan begitu.

Pada pandangan saudara, kenapa saudara dipopularkan sangat?

Saya pun rasa. Dulu tidak ada macam itu. Mungkin kesalahan saya bila saya tolong dalam kes Bala (P Balasubramaniam). Semasa kita dengan tidak sengaja terlibat dalam kes Bala untuk menolong keluarga Perdana Menteri. Masa itulah nama kita naik.Sememangnya kita tidak suka, kita suka low profile.

Sebelum ini tidak ada apa-apalah?

Takda, kita senyap-senyap buat bisnes kita. Di Malaysia, kalau kita high profile bukan senang kita nak buat bisnes.

Macamana pulak saudara terlibat dalam kes Bala. Ia menjadi persoalan kepada orang ramai?


Ini kes mahu tolong kawan. Pada kita dia kawan yang setialah. Jadi kita tolong. Contohnyalah, saya dengan saudara dekat kolam renang. Saya tidak tahu berenang. Tetapi saya lihat saudara jatuh ke dalam kolam dan tenggelam. Jadi saya pun masuk dalam kolam untuk menolong saudara. Jadi saya rasa pada masa itu, kita saja yang ada dan kita diminta menolong. Kita bukan terlibat secara langsung. Lawyer pun lawyer dia (keluarga PM), kita saja tolong koordinat. Reporter pun dia yang panggil. Kita fikir ketika itu ada kawan yang terdesak minta pertolongan. Dia pun dah ada hubungan baik dengan kita.  Kita tak anggap perkara ini akan menyusahkan kita dan melibatkan kita secara langsung dalam kes Altantuya inilah.

Maksuk Encik Deepak, saudara baik dengan Bala ke, saudara tolong Bala ke atau...

Saya tolong keluarga Datuk Seri Najib.

Saudara memang kenal Bala?

Saya tidak kenal secara langsung, ada kenalan melalui komuniti yang sama, perkara ini terjadi. Saya dipanggil waktu tengah malam, "You boleh tak selesaikan masalah ini...its a big problem". Saya pun ada seorang saudara yang kenal dia (Bala), seorang anggota polis juga. "Tanya dia boleh tak you uruskan orang ini, minta dia jumpa wakil keluarga Datuk Seri." Dia setujulah. Kita perkenalkan dia. Kita bukan terlibat dengan apa-apa proses lain, kita tidak terlibat.

Jadi selepas itulah nama saudara menjadi popular?

Ya ini memang kesalahan kitalah. Kalau perkara ini terjadi sekali lagi, saya tidak boleh berenang, saya tengok saudara tenggelam, saya akan biarkan tenggelamlah. Saya tak boleh nak tolonglah sebab manusia tidak mengenang budi.

Adakah selepas itu hubungan dengan Bala bermasalah?

Sebenarnya dia (Bala) bukan marah dengan kita. Dia marah orang yang telah janji dengan dia. Bukan saya.

Apa berlaku kepada hubungan saudara dengan Datuk Seri selepas itu?

Saya rasa selepas semua inilah, apabila ia sudah terdedah, kita telah dianggap bersalah kerana tidak dapat memuaskan semua kehendak Bala. Sebenarnya bukan kita yang terlibat dalam masalah ini, bukan kita yang terlibat dalam kes Altantuya. Kita pada malam itu menolong saja tetapi dipersalahkan kerana tidak dapat memenuhi kemahuan-kemahuan Bala. Bala ini bekas Pi. Seminggu cerita itu, seminggu lagi cerita ini. Kita tidak mahu terlibat dengan semua itu. Kita orang bisnes tidak mahu terlibat dengan dunia James Bond inilah.

Apa berlaku selepas itu. Saudara dilihat senyap sedikit selepas itu?

Kita pun mahu cerita ini senyap tetapi tidak begitu. Saudara juga terlibat bangkitkan lagi cerita ini. Saya rasa kes ini tidak akan senyap sehingga kes Altantuya selesai dengan adil. Bagi saya, dunia ini dikuasai oleh Tuhan Yang Maha Esa. Saya rasa selagi kes ini tidak selesai, perkara ini tidak akan terhenti. Kita tidak bersalah, tangan kita bersih. Kita tidak mahu dikaitkan dengan benda yang libatkan kes-kes yang sebegini kejam, Kita nak bercakap benar dengan semua orang. Memang satu masa dulu kita telah menolong kawan tetapi kita tidak bersalah. Kita tak terlibat dan tidak ada motif untuk melibatkan diri.

Selepas apa yang berlaku dengan Bala, adakah masih baik dengan keluarga Datuk Seri?

Sebenarnya, selepas perkara ini berlaku, mereka telah mengambil tindakan cuba mensenyapkan saya. Cara dia bertindak bukan sebagai kawan yang telah menolong kawan, tetapi hadiah yang dihantar adalah hantar 50 orang penguatkuasa kerajaan datang melawat, masa kes Bala terdedahlah. Jadi kita pun tahulah pada ketika itu, Najib is sitting Prime Minister. Dihantar pula 50 orang penguatkuasa datang dan angkut lima enam lori.  

Jadi apa tindakan saudara?

Kita tunjuklah ketidakpuasan hati kita, perniagaan kita terjejas. Kalau you anggap saya sebagai kawan, you besar atau kecil, kawan tetap kawan, kita mesti tolong. Kalau tidak boleh tolong, jangan susahkan. Jangan makan kawan. Jadi tindakan yang dibuat untuk kawal situasi dengan hantar 50 penguatkuasa untuk menyeyapkan kita, supaya kita senyap, jangan cakap. Kita tahulah, ini bukan kawan. Kalau macam ini, baik hari itu bagi dia tenggelam.

Apa tindakan selepas itu?

Kita duduk diam-diam. Yang hangus tidak boleh diganti. Jadi sekarang saja nak bersihkan nama saya. Kita pun tak libat bisnes dengan mereka lagi. Dah dua tahun tidak libat lagi bisnis dengan dia tetapi masih cerita ini keluar. Bagi saya cerita ini tidak akan selesai sehingga Altantuya dibicarakan dengan adil dan mendapat hak dia. Kita tidak mahu dilibatkan. Sangat jelas  penglibatan kita pada malam itu hanya tolong kawan dan SD itu sendiri dibuat oleh peguam mereka.- harakahdaily

 Deepak - saya terlibat dgn Bala atas permintaan seorang "teman wanita"...

Ahli perniagaan Deepak Jaikishan kesal dengan penglibatannya dalam usaha membuat pengakuan bersumpah kedua yang menggugurkan pengakuan bersumpah pertama yang mengaitkan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak dengan mendiang Altantuya Shaariibuu.

Dalam satu wawancara dengan Malaysiakini lewat malam tadi, Deepak berkata beliau hanya terlibat dalam usaha berkenaan atas permintaan seorang "teman wanita" yang didakwanya mempunyai hubungan dengan satu pihak yang mungkin akan terjejas dengan pengguguran pengakuan bersumpah pertama itu.

"Saya diminta membantu oleh seorang teman, saya bersetuju untuk membantu beliau kerana saya boleh lihat akibat yang akan dialami keseluruhan kumpuan itu. Itulah bagi saya – terlibat dalam keseluruhan masalah Bala ini – satu masalah.

""Saya tiada kena mengena (untuk terlibat). Saya seorang ahli perniagaan. Saya kecewa kerana membantu seorang rakan yang saya anggap setia... Saya tidak sepatutnya terlibat dalam filem James Bond ini," katanya.

Deeepak bagaimanapun enggan menjelaskan identiti teman wanitanya itu.

Deepak diketahui mempunyai hubungan rapat dengan isteri perdana menteri Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, yang disifatkannya sebagai seorang "kakak".

Ditanya mengenai kekesalannya itu, Deepak selepas berfikir panjang berkata: "Tidakkah anda akan kesal apabila terlibat dengan sesuatu yang amat keruh, yang melibatkan pembunuhan, yang melibatkan begitu banyak perkara yang amat negatif, tidakkah anda akan mengesalinya? Siapa saya akan mengesalinnya". 

Usahawan permaidani itu menambah, masalah tersebut memberi "aura negatif" ke atasnya sebagai seorang ahli perniagaan.- malaysiakini

Zackry Wak - siapakah wanita misteri itu tunggguuuu...deepak nie pandai main tarik tali saja-saja buat gempak taknak bagitau siapa wanita misteri tu dengan harapan akan berguling-guling la projek akan masyuk untuk tutup mulut..
Illa Nur - skrip terbaru ke ni.. teman wanita tu siapa ye Deepak .. bg tau je la kat rakyat Malaysia .. kalau tak salah apa nak takut....

B.s. Lim - Tapi Siapa yg belakang episode kali ni pula?? Jangan jangan Dari org yg baru baru kata 100/100 sokong tu hah?atau Lagi dashat, nanti Deepak hilang macam Bala eh!

Adi Putra - Keseluruhan kes altantunya menimbulkan banyak persoalan, najib dan rosmah serta puak2 umnongok termasuk polis seboleh2nya nak tutup peristiwa sebenar yg berlaku, yg betul2 salah dan membunuh telah terlepas, malu sungguh Malaysia di mata dunia, menutup perkara2 yg penting sebegini, tiada keadilan, tiada ketelusan, org jahat boleh hidup gembira senang lenang sampai mampus.

AkuMelayuIslam - Will be a nice gosip di cofee house,sepanjang perhimpunan UMNO... cerita yang melibatkan kawan isteri presiden, kawan baik beserta isteri kawan baik presiden, adik presiden... menjelma lagi roh ALTANTUNYA bagi menghadiri perhimpunan umno kali ini.
 

Deepak regrets getting involved in Bala's SD...

Businessperson Deepak Jaikishan regretted his involvement in getting private investigator P Balasubramaniam to make a second statutory declaration (SD), which reversed an earlier one linking Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak to murdered Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu.

In an interview with Malaysiakini last night, Deepak (left) said he had only become involved at the request of a "female friend" associated with the parties who would be affected by the fallout of the first statutory declaration.

“I was asked to help by a friend, I agreed to help her because I could see the repercussions will affect their entire group. It was to me - getting involved in this whole Bala fiasco - a mistake," he said.

“I had no business being there, I am a businessman. I regret helping a friend whom I thought was true... I am not supposed to be involved in this James Bond movie."

Deepak declined to elaborate on the identity of the female friend.

He is, however, known to be closely linked to the premier's wife Rosmah Mansor, whom he said was like an "older sister" to him.

Asked to elaborate on his regrets, after a long pause, Deepak replied: “Would you not regret getting involved in something so murky, that involves murder, that involves so many things which are so negative, would you not regret it? Anybody would regret it.”

The carpet merchant said the fiasco had created a “negative aura” for him as a businessperson.

Balasubramaniam, who had gone public with the first SD on July 3, 2008 had abruptly withdrawn it at another press conference the following day.

Accompanied by lawyer M Arulampalam that day, Balasubramaniam had produced a second SD, claiming that he had made the first one under duress and fled the country the next day.

Balasubramaniam (left in photo) re-emerged on Nov 12, 2009 in the form of a five-part YouTube video interview - believed to be shot in India - retracting his second SD and claiming that he had only made it after being offered RM5 million by Deepak.

Deepak, who only addressed the controversy on April 6, 2011 after whistleblower Raja Petra Kamarudin revived the matter, dismissed his links to Balasubramaniam as a mere clubbing mate.

'I brought everyone together for SD 2.0'

However, in the interview yesterday, Deepak said there was a “tinge of truth” to what the private eye had been claiming in the SD saga.

Explaining his role, Deepak said he was responsible for facilitating the meeting between Balasubramaniam and the party that was implicated by the first SD.

“It was damage control to stop the problem... I was tasked - don’t ask who tasked me - with getting him to agree to sign another SD, not because of the (first) SD itself but because of the repercussions that will happen the next day if that (first) SD was not reversed,” he said.

“For today, let’s just put it this way, we assisted, we did not draft (the second SD)... it was not (drafted by) the same lawyer that appeared (at the press conference) the next day, it was (by) a completely different lawyer.

“We assisted in getting everybody together but the first lawyer was not mine, it was sent by the people who were in the group (implicated in the first SD) that we merely put in the same room,” he said.

Asked if the RM5 million incentive Balasubramaniam claimed he was offered for doing the second SD was true, Deepak replied: “Knowing Bala, he would not have done it for nothing.”

However, when pressed if the money came from him or from the parties implicated by the first SD, Deepak declined to elaborate, stating that this may be revealed in future interviews.

In July this year, Balasubramaniam, who briefly re-emerged in Kuala Lumpur, had told Malaysiakini that Deepak had tried to bribe him a second time, this time with RM200,000 and an apartment at Times Square (right), for the private eye to produce a video recording implicating opposition figures for making him retract his second SD.

For this, Balasubramaniam claimed that an intermediary by the name of Suresh had banked in RM100,000 in advance into the account of the former’s wife, but he later had the money transferred to his lawyer, asking that it be returned to Deepak.

‘No one returned any money to me’

Responding to this, Deepak said: “I read about this in the papers, about him wanting to return money to me, but I never got any money from him or his lawyer - that’s the truth.

“I don’t know where this RM100,000 scenario came into play, because out of the blue he came and mentioned about this RM100,000 he wanted to return to me.

“Of course, if he has taken money from me and he wants to return (it to me), very good lah."

Deepak refused to respond further to repeated questions on Balasubramaniam’s second round of allegations, stating that he may do so another time.

“I also want to get the Bala matter off my chest. I think as a businessman, I don’t want this cloud hanging over my head and it is best that it is resolved at the right time, (but) not tonight,” he said.

Asked if he has decided to go public on this because of a particular business dispute over land with the powers-that-be, he replied: “Nothing... We have done other bigger building transactions through the same group and the same people.”

However, asked if the “same people” meant Najib, Deepak nodded silently, and when queried for details, he replied: “Not today”.- malaysiakini

 Gerard Lourdesamy - Hopefully Deepak does not "retract" his statements tomorrow after the "Najib & Rosmah" gang promise him some new "deals"! I suggest that he goes under the radar before he ends up being blown up like the unfortunate Altantuya. But these revelations are stunning in that they corroborate in material respects what Bala had been saying about the 2nd SD. And in effect it means that the contents of the 1st SD were probably true. Why is the AG and the MACC keeping quiet now with this new compelling evidence literally from a party involved in a criminal conspiracy to pervert the course of justice? This is a bonus for the PR. What man proposes, God disposes. The timing was superb coming after Rosmah's comments about public morality yesterday. Now Fat Mama has egg all over her face!
 
Pemerhati - This Najib and Rosmah don’t seem to be very clever and are really very ‘kedekut’ and do not keep their promises. They don’t seem to realise that if you are doing something illegal and wrong with the help of other people then you must keep these people happy by giving them the rewards you promised them for doing your dirty work.They would not be in such a difficult position now if they and their friend Razak Baginda, after collecting about RM400 million from the Scorpene deal had just given Altantuya the small sum of less than a million that she demanded for her services. Subsequently it looks like Bala was promised RM5 million for signing the second affidavit but they made him angry by giving him only a fraction of that amount and probably that is why Bala come out and spilled the beans. Now it looks like Najib and Rosmah for some similar reason have made Deepak angry and he is going to spill some more beans. Knowing what happened to Altantuya, Deepak better look after his safety.

chew wee chai - Mr. Deepak,I wish you had kept your mouth shut .By making such statements now you are breaking the heart of all malaysians.Either you should have come out much much earlier and since you have appeared on the scene now, why come out in riddles and piece meals revealations. Why not come out with the whole truth and nothing but the truth. This is a vital period with the elections looming over our head. We want to elect a person whom we can trust and put our hopes and future of our children in the hands of an honourable man and not in the hand of a person with a shadowy background. I hope by going piece meal revealations you are not hoping for an OFFER. Please come out with the truth and do a service to this beautiful nation.

Humblevoice - This carpet man revealed a little bit, but kept a lot in reserve. Clearly he is playing an extortion game, waiting for an offer to stop him from revealing further - or a counter offer to goad him from revealing more. Obviously he has gone out of favour, but would not allow himself to be discarded like a piece of used toilet paper. He has gone rouge, acting like a free agent like what Bala has been doing. It is going to be another headache for that lady friend of his and the powers-that-be. It looks like there is no way to contain this Altantuya/Scoprene scandal. With so many parties willing to pay handsome 'rewards', who knows who will be the next coming forward with yet another explosive revelations?
  
SKT - "I help you, you help me"...this Deepak obviously knew what he was getting involved into, now he is just regretting that he couldn't get what he thought he could get from his female friend by helping her.
 
Carpet dealer says Wanita Umno leader cheated him in land deal



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Pasai dengaq ceramah Anwar, guru ini dipecat...

Kerana menghadiri ceramah Pakatan Rakyat, seorang kakitangan sementara Jabatan Agama Islam Wilayah Persekutuan Qatrun Nada Latfi (gambar), yang bertugas sebagai guru sementara di Labuan telah menerima notis pemecatan sebulan.

Beliau menghadiri ceramah Pakatan Rakyat yang disampaikan oleh Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim pada 15 September 2012.

Qatrun Nada telah disiasat dan menerima notis pemecatan yang akan berkuatkusa pada 1 Disember ini.

Walau bagaimanapun, notis yang diterima beliau pada 24 Oktober itu tidak menyatakan sebab-sebab pemecatan secara terperinci.

Sebelum pemecatan tersebut, Qatrun Nada menerima panggilan daripada individu yang memperkenalkan diri sebagai orang kuat UMNO Labuan pada 9 Oktober 2012.

Dalam panggilan itu, individu berkenaan memberi amaran kepada Qatrun Nada agar tidak terlibat dengan kegiatan politik pembangkang.

Tidak lama selepas panggilan itu, Qatrun Nada dipanggil ke pejabat JAWI Labuan untuk disiasat mengenai kegiatan luar beliau pada 22 Oktober 2012.

Sehubungan itu, NGO Inisiatif Selamatkan Insan Tertindas (INSAN) menentang sekeras-kerasnya campur tangan politik dalam pengurusan Jabatan Agama Islam Wilayah Pesekutuan.

Sebagai sebuah agensi awam, JAWI sepatutnya bersifat neutral dan profesional dalam tatakelola pengurusan, kata Koordinatornya, Mohd Faris Abdullah.

Bagi beliau, campur tangan ini hanya mencemarkan imej JAWI sebagai sebuah badan kerajaan yang berteraskan Islam.  

Katanya, kegagalan JAWI memberikan sebab yang munasabah di atas pemecatan ini menguatkan dakwaan bahawa JAWI telah dipengaruhi oleh kepentingan Politik UMNO sehingga sanggup menzalimi kakitangan sendiri.

Perkara ini jelas bertentangan dengan Visi JAWI sendiri yang ingin menjadi badan peneraju dalam memartabatkan Hal Ehwal Islam, tambah beliau.

"INSAN  juga mengecam tindakan UMNO yang menggunakan agensi kerajaan bagi mengekang kemaraan politik parti lawan.

"UMNO sebagai sebuah parti politik sepatutnya lebih faham bahawa hak untuk berpolitk adalah hak setiap rakyat Malaysia yang dijamin Perlembagaan Persekutuan," katanya.

Sehubungan dengan itu,  INSAN akan menghantar satu memorandum kepada Pengarah Jabatan Agama Islam Wilayah Persekutuan, YBhg Datuk Hj Che Mat Bin Che Ali pada 29 November 2012 bagi mendesak beliau membebaskan JAWI daripada sebarang campur tangan politik sempit.

INSAN juga akan mengadakan sidang media  bagi mendedahkan penglibatan UMNO dalam isu ini.

"INSAN memiliki bukti kukuh yang akan menunjukkan penglibatan UMNO sebagai dalang yang menzalimi rakyat hanya kerana kepentingan politik," katanya.

Qatrun Nada binti Mohd Latfi merupakan seorang guru yang bertugas di Sekolah Rendah Agama Islam Rancha-rancha, Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan.
 
Beliau dilantik sebagai guru sementara di bawah Jabatan Agama Islam Wilayah Persekutuan (JAWI).

Beliau merupakan bekas penuntut di Universiti Malaysia Sabah Kampus Antarabangsa Labuan.

Beliau juga merupakan bekas Ahli Majlis Perwakilan Pelajar yang terlibat dalam demonstrasi menuntut Air bersih di UMS Labuan pada tahun 2009.-harakahdaily

Guru dakwa dipecat selepas hadir ceramah Anwar

Lebih 6,000 keluar bertemu Anwar di panas mentari...

Lebih 6,000 penduduk Sabah keluar beramai-ramai di Kudat hari ini bagi bertemu dengan Ketua Pembangkang, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

Ia melambangkan sokongan kepada Pakatan Rakyat yang disifatkan oleh para penganalisis amat menggerunkan Umno.

Kalau selama ini Sabah dianggap deposit tetap untuk BN, pertemuan hari ini meleyapkan segala anggapan itu.

"Pertemuan di tengah panas mentari ini menggoncang Umno Sabah," kata seorang penganalisis yang menghubungi Harakahdaily.

Sebelum ini, seorang bekas bekas timbalan menteri menganggarkan, Pakatan akan menang sekurang-kurangnya 16 dari 24 kerusi Parlimen di Sabah.

Ia terdiri dari 13 kerusi-kerusi KDM (Kadazan Dusun dan Murut) serta tiga kerusi Melayu Islam.- harakahdaily

Teacher sacked for attending Anwar's ceramah...

A part-time religious teacher has claimed that the Federal Territory Islamic Affairs Department (Jawi) sacked her after she attended a ceramah given by PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim.

Qatrun Nada Mohd Latfi, who teaches in Labuan, said the Federal Territory Islamic Affairs Department (Jawi) served her a notice of dismissal after receiving instructions from a local Umno leader.

"I attended Anwar's political talk on Sept 15. Following that, an Umno leader contacted me. He (the Umno leader) told me that since I am civil servant, I should not be involved in politics."

After the conversation with the Umno leader, Qatrun said, she was summoned to meet with the Labuan Jawi assistant director-general and her school principal.

"They wanted to know about my activities," she added.

According to her, there was no mention at the meeting about her attending the talk given by Anwar.

However, she did admit that she was actively involved in an NGO called Nisa.

Grounds for dismissal not stated
 
Qatrun subsequently received a letter from Jawi dated Oct 24, informing her of the termination of her service with effect on Dec 1.

She appealed a week ago and asked for the grounds of her dismissal.

However, a Jawi officer replied that based on her part-time contract, the department could terminate her service anytime without providing any reason, and this was confirmed by Qatrun.

Meanwhile, Inisiatif Selamatkan Insan Tertindas (Insan), an NGO fighting the political harassment of civil servants, slammed the sacking of Qatrun.

"Insan condemns Umno for exerting its influence on a public institution to go against someone who is sympathetic with the opposition," the NGO's coordinator, Mohd Faris Abdullah, said in a press statement.

Faris, who is also Labuan PAS Youth council member, said Insan would on Thursday send a protest memorandum to Jawi director-general Che Mat Che Ali on the matter.- malaysiakini

Mighty Bear - In Malaysia, a teacher who slaps students still holds on to the job, but a teacher who attends a talk given by the opposition is dismissed. With what face can the prime minister claim the elections are going to be held fairly if every civil servant is going to be threatened with prospects of losing their job? I don't see anything political in attending a talk. It goes towards extending one's mind to be free in selecting the government of their choosing. It is clear the government doesn't want this, they want its people to remain ignorant and subservient.
 
Senior - Civil servants are UMNO 's beneficiaries ....& no politics except UMNO politics....yes the real fear is that when there is a change ...Will the civil servants obey anyone else except UMNO ?(see perak before the frogs jumped)
 
ksn - Civil servants, I hear, are not supposed to take active part in politics. Is attending a ceramah active politics? Just hearing what the politicians have to say about the country, governance, what is being done properly and improperly, about corruption etc If this criteria is applied impartially, most civil servants have to be sacked because most of those attending UMNOBARU ceramahs are civil servants, is it not. Civl servants are not UMNOBARU's servants, they are public servants, to serve the public. The 1.2 million servants should take notice of this injustice to the lady to draw their own decisions.

zar - Mereka yang terlibat dalam umno kakitangan awam bermaharajalela.. Saya pernah berkhidmat dalam perkhidmatan awam.. Memang sial mereka ini.. Dalam pilihanraya nanti jangan nak fikir apa lagi undi dan jatuhkan umno/bn ini biar lah satu kerajaan baru dibentuk untuk memulihkan segalanya yang telah berlaku lebih 50 tahun ini... Dan kepada kerajaan baru nanti ambi semula mereka yang pernah teraniayai oleh umno ini. Yang penting bersihkan pengaru ini dalam perkhidmatan awam dan lain2... Lantik mereka yang berpengalaman dlm perkhidmatan awam sebagai pegawai khas untuk kerja2 ini nanti.. Itu sahaja yang boleh membetulkan segala pengaruh ini....




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Kes Scorpene - Taklimat dibuat di Singapura,selepas speaker halang...

Taklimat kes Scorpene yang sepatutnya diadakan di Parlimen esok dipinda ke Hotel Changi di Singapura berikutan arahan daripada Speaker Dewan yang enggan membenarkan kehadiran peguam Perancis.

Taklimat akan bermula pada 11 pagi sehingga 2 petang esok dan dijangka akan dihadiri majoriti ahli Parlimen Pakatan Rakyat.

Tambahan, taklimat yang sepatutnya dilakukan oleh dua peguam Perancis, William Bourdon dan Joseph Brohem terpaksa dibatalkan dan hanya diwakili peguam bersekutu mereka, Apoline Cagnatn.

Cagnatn dikatakan sudah berlepas daripada Perancis pukul 3 petang tadi (waktu Malaysia) dan dijangka tiba di Singapura pada pukul 7 pagi esok.

Speaker Dewan Rakyat Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia dalam responnya berkata, keputusan itu dibuat beradasarkan kuasa mutlaknya untuk menentukan, memberi kebenaran atau arahan bagi membolehkan seseorang masuk ke kawasan Parlimen.

Menurut Pandikar, keputusan itu turut dilakukan kerana mendapat bantahan rasmi daripada Majlis Ahli Parlimen Barisan Nasional (BNBBC) demi menjaga kedaulatan dan nama baik institusi Parlimen supaya kekal terpelihara.

“Kalau pun ada bukti baru yang perlu diperjelaskan kepada mana-mana pihak khasnya ahli Parlimen, pada hemat saya, ia masih juga berstatus tuduhan, bersifat fan berunsur politik yang bukan ‘bipartisan’.

“Sehubungan itu, saya amat bersetuju dengan pendirian BNBBC jika agenda peribadi ini hendak diperjelaskan, bolehlah menggunakan ruang lain seperti ibu pejabat parti, pejabat Suaram atau lain-lain premis awam yang bersesuaian tanpa melibatkan institusi Parlimen Malaysia.

“Keputusan muktamad ini juga sejajar dengan keputusan saya dalam Majlis Mesyuarat Dewan Rakyat pada 8 November 2012 mengenai ‘Isu

Keselamatan Parlimen Malaysia dan Penggunaan Ruang Sidang Media’ dengan mengambil kira keistimewaan dan hak ahli Parlimen dibawah Peraturan Mesyuarat 93 dan 94 demi memastikan tahap integriti, keluhuran dan kedaulatan institusi Parlimen Malaysia terpelihara sepanjang masa,” katanya.

Tambah Pandikar, setakat ini tiada sebarang permohonan rasmi yang diterimanya, sebaliknya hanya surat makluman mengenai hasrat untuk membawa tetamu undangan (peguam Perancis) masuk ke Parlimen.

Pandikar berkata demikian dalam satu surat jawapan rasmi kepada pejabat Ketua Pembangkang Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim hari ini.

Sementara itu, Ahli Parlimen Batu Tian Chua dalam sidang media berkata, William dan Joseph tidak dapat hadir kerana enggan mengambil risiko yang tinggi apabila Kementerian Dalam Negeri (KDN) tidak memberikan sebarang jaminan keselamatan kepada mereka.

“KDN kata tertakluk kepada syarat-syarat imigrasi yang akan ditentukan Jabatan Imegresen…tugas mereka hanya nak masuk dan buat taklimat ringkas. Mereka tak berminat nak buat kecoh pun,” katanya.

Sehubungan itu Tian Chua berkata pihaknya mengalu-alukan kehadiran ahli Parlimen BN termasuk ahli Senat ke Singapura esok dan berusaha untuk menyiarkan taklimat tersebut secara langsung termasuk melalui laman sosial Facebook.

Sementara itu, Ahli Parlimen Subang R Sivarsa berkata keputusan Speaker itu merupakan langkah terbaru untuk mengurangkan ruang bagi rakyat menyuarakan pendapat dalam Parlimen.

“Secara langsung menunjukkan adaperkara yang tak mahu didedahkan. Ada perkara yang mereka tak mahu rakyat tahu,” katanya.- FMT

 

 Permohonan Khairy dalam kes saman fitnah RM100j Anwar ditolak...

 Mahkamah Tinggi Kuala Lumpur hari ini menolak permohonan Ketua Pemuda Umno, Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar untuk mengetepikan perintah berhubung pembelaan beliau dalam kes saman fitnah RM100 juta terhadapnya oleh Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

Hakim Datuk Hue Siew Kheng, yang membuat keputusan itu dalam kamar, menolak permohonan Khairy dengan kos RM30,000.

Peguam Datuk Sulaiman Abdullah yang mewakili Anwar dipetik Bernama berkata, dalam keputusannya, mahkamah berpendapat afidavit Khairy tidak mempunyai merit.

Beliau berkata, mahkamah juga berpendapat Khairy mengambil mudah prosiding pada 13 Ogos dan menetapkan 26 Disember untuk perbicaraan kes saman itu.

Khairy mengemukakan permohonan itu berikutan kegagalan beliau, selaku defendan, mematuhi perintah mahkamah pada 29 Jun lepas agar memfailkan beberapa dokumen termasuk senarai saksi dan ringkasan kes.

Pada tarikh itu, Hakim Hue berkata, jika Khairy gagal berbuat demikian, beliau akan membuat perintah bagi menghalang Anggota Parlimen Rembau tersebut membuat pembelaan dalam saman berkenaan.

Bagaimanapun, Khairy gagal mematuhi perintah itu malah peguamnya turut tidak hadir ke mahkamah pada 13 Ogos lepas, yang ditetapkan untuk pengurusan kes, menyebabkan Hakim Hue mengeluarkan perintah tersebut.

Pada 7 Mac 2008, Anwar memfailkan saman selepas mendakwa Khairy, yang ketika itu Timbalan Ketua Pemuda Umno, mengeluarkan perkataan berbaur fitnah dan menyebabkan klip video bertajuk ‘Anwar and kin no threat’ disiarkan di laman web termasuk Malaysiakini.com.

Ketua Pembangkang itu juga mendakwa klip video dalam Malaysiakini.com mengandungi kata-kata yang diucapkan Khairy pada satu ceramah di Lembah Pantai pada atau kira-kira 20 Februari 2008.- keadilandaily

Speaker halang, taklimat Scorpene di Singapura

French lawyers' Scorpene briefing moved to S'pore...

The planned briefing for parliamentarians on the Scorpene scandal by French lawyers will now be held in Singapore tomorrow.

This decision was made following the failure of human rights NGO Suaram to obtain an assurance from the government that it would guarantee the security of the two lawyers.

The two-hour briefing will be held about noon at Hotel Changi Village by lawyers William Bourdon (left) and Apoline Cagnate, said Subang MP Sivarasa Rasiah, at the Parliament lobby today.

The lawyers representing Suaram in the French judicial inquiry had sought a prior assurance because Bourdon had been deported when he was in Malaysia last year.

Suaram had invited him to brief its supporters at several fund-raising dinners in Penang, Perak and Kuala Lumpur.

Speaker: New evidence mere 'allegations'
 
Nevertheless, the Bourdon and his team were invited again to Malaysia by Anwar Ibrahim in his capacity as Dewan Rakyat opposition leader to brief MPs in Parliament.

Bourdon was tasked with keeping MPs abreast with the French investigating judge's progress on the alleged kickbacks involving the sale of two Scorpene submarines to Malaysia. 

Batu MP Tian Chua said that the venue had to be changed because Dewan Rakyat Speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia (left) would not allow the briefing to take place in Parliament's compound following a complaint by the BN Backbenchers Club (BNBBC). 

Pandikar's letter to Anwar on the rejection also stated that the Scorpene issue was "a matter that is still being investigated and considered by the relevant authorities". 

He added that BNBBC had stated their objections in order to safeguard the sovereignty and reputation of Parliament. 

"Even if, as claimed by the Machang MP, that there are new evidence which must be briefed... to the MPs, in my opinion, it is still allegations that has political elements that is not bi-partisan," wrote Pandikar. 

Chua added that written requests to Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein for a promise that the two lawyers will be allowed to enter the country were not met with a positive reply.
'Hell-bent on hiding the truth'
 
When contacted, Suaram secretariat member Cynthia Gabriel said the NGO was not surprised at the government's response, but expressed extreme disappointment that the briefing could not take place as scheduled.

"It is such a shame that the briefing cannot happen in Parliament as the lawyers planned to speak to both sides of the divide," Cynthia (right) told Malaysiakini.

"Several BN MPs have also expressed interest to listen in on the briefing and ask questions regarding the case in France. Surely, many are interested in the development surrounding this case," she added.

Cynthia said the government's actions are clearly an indication that those involved are "hell-bent on hiding the truth" and preventing it from surfacing.

This, she added, contradicts de facto Law Minister Mohd Nazri Abdul Aziz's comment that Malaysia is a free country, and that he has no problems with the lawyers conducting the briefing in a room in Parliament.-malaysiakini

 Khairy precluded from Anwar's defamation trial...

Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar has been precluded from defending himself in the RM100 million defamation suit filed by Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim in 2008.

The ruling means the Rembau MP and Umno Youth leader will not be allowed to say anything in his defence.

However, the court also ordered both parties to submit on whether the Khairy's counsel would be allowed to cross-examine witnesses.

In dismissing Khairy's application to appeal the Aug 13 order against him, High Court judge Hue Siew Kheng also ordered Khairy to pay RM30,000 as costs.

According to Anwar's lawyers Sulaiman Abdullah and J Leela, the court found Khairy and his lawyers to have "adopted a cavalier" attitude during the case management of the suit.

"The purpose of case management is for the just and economical disposal of the case. The excuses meted by them in the affidavit to this case are without merit," Justice Hue ruled in chambers.

"They adopted a cavalier and contumelious attitude towards the case," said the judge.
Stay bid rejected

Justice Hue also rejected an application made by Khairy's counsel, Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, for a stay of proceedings and fixed Dec 26 for hearing to begin.

At its last session, Khairy appealed the Aug 13 ruling to preclude him from defending himself after he and his lawyers had, since January this year, contumeliously failed to file the various documents.

The documents included their witness list, statement of agreed facts, statement of dispute and opening statement, which were supposed to be provided to the court before trial.

Shafee said after today's proceedings that he would appeal the decision.

Leela indicated they would call Anwar and a Malaysiakini reporter to testify when hearing begins on Dec 26.

Anwar had on March 7, 2008, filed the suit against Khairy, or KJ as he is widely known, for uttering defamatory words against him and causing the posting of a video clip titled ‘Anwar and kin no threat' to be uploaded on websites, including in Malaysiakini. Khairy then was Umno Youth deputy chief

The opposition leader claimed that the video clip on Malaysiakini contained defamatory words spoken by Khairy at a ceramah in Lembah Pantai in Kuala Lumpur on Feb 20, 2008.

Khairy, in his statement of defence filed on Oct 8, 2010, said he relied on the defence of justification and qualified privilege.

On Aug 9, the Court of Appeal ordered the case to proceed for trial after Khairy failed to get the suit summarily struck out.-malaysiakini

 

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DBKL tiba2 katop Dataran Merdeka, kini Polis di keliling dataran...

 

Dataran Merdeka tiba-tiba ditutup dipercayai untuk menghalang kemaraan pejalan kaki Anti-Lynas dari memasuki perkarangan tersebut yang dijangka tiba kira-kira jam 4.00 petang ini.

Kembara Himpunan Hijau yang memasuki hari ke-12 semalam telaj memecahkan rekodnya sendiri dengan kehadiran hampir 2,000 orang berjalan kaki dari Taman Rimba Templer ke plaza tol Gombak, Lebuh Raya Kuala Lumpur-Karak, lapor malaysiakini.

Perjalanan sejauh hampir 10 kilometer itu yang pada asalnya dijadualkan bermula jam 9 pagi diawalkan setengah jam apabila ia menerima penyertaan lebih ramai peserta hari daripada 11 hari lepas, kata pengerusi Himpunan Hijau, Wong Tack.

Kembara Himpunan Hijau sejauh 300 kilometer dari Kuantan ke Kuala Lumpur ini bermula pada 13 November lalu sebagai kembara protes Wong Tack untuk mewujudkan kesedaran politik dan alam sekitar menentang loji memproses nadir bumi Lynas.

Keazaman beliau turut disambut empat lagi NGO alam sekitar lain - Jawatankuasa Membantah Sianida Raub, (Ban Cyanide Committee), gabungan NGO Pengerang, dan NGO anti-empangan Murum.

Kumpulan pejalan kaki ini sedang berehat di plaza tol Gombak sebelum berjalan sejauh lapan kilometer lagi ke Markas Tarbiyah PAS Taman Melewar.

Esok, mereka akan meneruskan perjalanan ke Dataran Merdeka dari Gombak sebelum menyerahkan memorandum kepada ahli parlimen yang digesa turun bertemu mereka di dataran.

"Hati kami sudah berada di Dataran Merdeka, kerana itulah langkah kaki kami akan menuruti suara hati kami sekarang ini," kata Wong Tack yang kelihatan penat tetapi masih bertenaga.
 

Dataran sealed again due to 'renovation work'...

As the Himpunan Hijau marchers head towards Dataran Merdeka today, DBKL has once again sealed the iconic square, saying that this is because of on-going renovations and upgrading works.

At the same time, about 100 police personnel and 30 Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) enforcement officers showed up this early morning.

City Hall have set up roadblocks at both ends of Dataran Merdeka, which connect to Jalan Tun Perak and Lebuh Pasar Besar respectively, similar to what it had done during the Bersih 3.0 rally on April 28 this year.

A notice, issued by the Kuala City mayor Ahmad Phesal Talib himself, has been placed in the middle of the roadblock, stated that “this place is closed for any activities”.

According to DBKL, the closure is due to renovation and upgrading works at Dataran Merdeka. A banner hung at the square provides the information that the work started from Sept 13 this year and will be on-going until Feb 11 next year.

Although the works only involve the green field and fountain next to it, DBKL has sealed the whole road which passes alongside the square.

However, the authorities are not stopping tourists from visiting and snapping pictures at Dataran Merdeka.

When approached, a DBKL enforcement officer said that DBKL had sealed the road since 7pm yesterday, and claimed that the road is sealed regularly during weekends.

A police officer claimed that the authorities had decided to seal the road because of worries that as the renovation works are on-going, many nails and hard objects would drop on the road and hence puncture the tyres of vehicles passing through.

However, when asked whether the blockade has anything to do with the green marchers, he didn’t respond directly, saying that he was only following orders.

According to a report in Sin Chew Daily today, DBKL had issued a statement disallowing the green marchers from setting up camp at the Dataran, given that such activities do not fulfill the requirements by City Hall.

The statement noted that the renovation work had started since October this year and will only be completed around December next year, and seven other applications to hold event at Dataran Merdeka had been rejected as well.

The green marcher have resumed their journey from PAS’ former headquarters at Gombak, and are scheduled to reach Dataran Merdeka at 4pm. In between, they will have a short break at Kapung Railway, Sentul at 2pm.

The green marchers are planning to set up camp at Dataran Merdeka tonight and wait for the MPs to meet them the next morning.
DBKL had done similar actions during the Bersih 3.0 rally this year, as it barricaded the entire square and set up roadblocks to prevent the protesters from holding the planned sit-in.-malaysiakini

Depa sampai KL dan berehat di markas PAS,Taman Melewar, Dataran Merdeka...

Mungkin kepentingan kita tidak sama dengan sekumpulan pejalan kaki yang sanggup berjalan kaki beratus batu kerana memprotes projek Nadir Bumi (Lynas) di Kuantan Pahang, namun ia bukan sesuatu yang elok diketawakan. Mereka ada keperluan dan terdesak berbuat demikian kerana memikirkan masalah masa depan mereka jika projek itu diteruskan. 

Mungkin ada dikalangan kita juga tertawa dan anggap kerja mereka itu memenatkan badan saja.

Sebahagian peserta sedang berihat di Taman Melewar.

Itu pendapat kita yang belum sampai ke tahap standard pemikiran politik mereka. 

Namun pun begitu usaha kira-kira 2,000 orang anti Lynas dan beberapa Ngo lain tersebut perlu dihormati. Setidak-tidaknya kegigihan mereka berjalan kaki bagi menyatakan bantahan seluas-luasnya penerusan projek itu perlu dihormati dan boleh diambil iktibar dari sudut-sudut tertentu.

Tidak timbul soal apakah projek Lynas yang kontroversi itu mendatangkan bahaya atau tidak. Yang penting usaha dan kesungguhan mereka dalam menyuarakan hak dan kepentingan mereka adalah sesuatu yang munasabah dan serius.

Walaupun kedua-dua pakar baik di sebelah pembangkang dan kerajaan memberi jaminan ianya selamat ia tidak bermakna protes seperti itu untuk sejagat tidak diperlukan. Mereka sebenarnya sedang mencatat sejarah dan rekod baru di negara ini.

Esok kalau berlaku apa-apa musibah pakar yang memberi jaminan itu perlu bertanggugjawab kerana memberi perakuaun projek nadir bumi itu selamat. Jika projek itu meragut nyawa ataupun mendatang malapetaka kepada manusia sehingga membawa maut dan sebagainya mereka juga harus dihukum setimpal dengan musibah itu. Dunia akan menyaksi dan menjadi saksi.

Rombongan pejalan kaki yang bermula dari Kuantan Pahang menuju ke Dataran Meredeka sejauh lebih 300 kilo mter kini sudah pun sampai di Kuala Lumpur sebelum Asar tadi. Mereka memulakan membuka langkah menuju ke Kuala Lumpur 13 November lalu berjalan selama 12 hari siang dan malam.

Baru sekejap tadi saya menjenguk mereka, yang kini sedang berihat di Koleh Universiti Zulkefli Muhammad (KUIM) di Taman Melawar Gombak. Kebanyakan masih keletihan tetapi gembira dan ceria kerana kembara mereka akhirnya hampai sampai ke destinasi. Esok mereka akan memasuki memulakan cabaran klimeks memasuki Dataran Mereka dan membuat aksi demonstrasi di sana.

Seorang peserta dikenali dengan nama Chen 50, dari Kuantan Pahang memberi tahu perjalanan itu sungguh memenatkan tetapi seronok. Seluruh kedua telapak kakinya pecah dan betis merasa pegal-pegal. Namun katanya bila sampai sini semua hilang.

"Sakit, rasa tidak mahu meneruskan lagi, kaki dua-dua sakit ... tetapi anih bila sampai sini semua baik," katanya sambil menunjukkan kedua belah kakinya yang melecur dan kemerah-merahan.

Chen: Akan terus berjalan...

Ditanya apakah sepanjang perjalanan ada masalah, halangan ataupun ada peserta yang pengsan, menurutnya tidak ada apa-apa berlaku, semua sihat... kalau sakit pun kaki dengan betis macam dia saja.

Ditanya lagi apakah sekiranya ada lagi progam seperti itu dia akan ikut, katanya dia akan ikut sambil menegaskan; "untuk rakyat kita akan buat apa saja. Bukan kita saja-saja suka berjalan kaki tetapi kita minta itu Lynas di hentikan. Siapa mahu jalan begitu jauh ho?" katanya.

Sebahagian besar peserta kini sedang berihat dan ada yang nyenyak ketiduran di dewan besar Fadzil Noor di KUIM itu. Mereka akan bermalam di sana dan esok akan berarak memasuki Dataran Merdeka.

Beberapa orang kanak-kanak kecil juga kelihatan berada di situ. Seorang perta bila ditanya mengenai kanak-kanak itu memberi tahu mereka juga ikut berjalan kaki sama.

"Saya nampak mereka berjalan kaki, tetapi mungkin lebih banyak mereka menaiki kereta, kerana ada beberapa buah kereta mengiringi perjalanan kami," ujarnya sambil mengemaksan Facebooknya.

Malam ini satu cermah ringkas akan diadakan di Melawat di mana ia melibatkan Timbalan Presiden Pas, Muhammad Sabu, Yang Dipertua Pas kawasan Batu, Ishak Surin dan ketua rombongan pejalan kaki itu, Wong Tack.- Mohd.Sayuti Omar@msomelayu.blogspot.com

Himpunan Hijau: Hati kami sudah di Dataran Merdeka

Participants swell to 2,000 as long march reaches KL...

The heavy downpour early this morning failed to dampen the spirit of the Himpunan Hijau marchers, who resumed their journey from the outskirt of Kuala Lumpur today as their numbers swelled to about 2,000 people.

It rained since 5am at Taman Rimba, Gombak, where the marchers set up camp the previous night. Nevertheless, the participants pressed on, armed with umbrellas, straw hats and rain coats.

The marchers kicked off their journey at 8.30am with about 500 people in tow, and the number soon multiplied with more joining in when the rain stopped three hours later.

According to Himpunan Hijau Facebook page, the marchers formed a 2km-long line as they walked towards the capital city.

Some vehicles which passed the marchers repeatedly blew their horn as a show of support.

The team reached the Karak Highway’s Gombak toll plaza at around 11.30am after walking 10km, where they took a short break, occupying a small lane next to the toll. 

They then continued their journey to their next stop - the former PAS headquarters at Taman Melewar, Gombak.

Fifteen kilometres and three and a half hours later, the crowd got there by late afternoon. 

They were welcomed with food and drinks prepared by PAS members. 

The marchers will stay overnight in the main hall of the building before making their final leg of their long march tomorrow.

Final 300 metres ‘too much’

Speaking to the press at the toll plaza, Himpunan Hijau chairperson Wong Tack said the organisers decided to kick off today’s journey half an hour earlier as the rain would slow down the marchers.

In respond to Kuala Lumpur City Hall’s requirement for Himpunan Hijau to apply for permission to camp at Dataran Merdeka - the final destination - Wong (left) insisted that the marchers have the right to gather there.

“They should allow citizens to express their view. 

After all, that's the real meaning of ‘merdeka’,” he said, adding that the people are not afraid of potential harassment from the police when they finally get there.

The marchers are scheduled to arrive at the iconic Dataran at 4pm tomorrow, where they hope to hold a meeting with members of parliament the next day. 

Wong has requested the parliamentarians to walk to Dataran from Parliament House to meet the marchers at 9am on Monday.

According to him, the final 300 metres would be “too much” for those who have already walked 300km over the past two weeks to get to Kuala Lumpur.

“In fact, 9am is considered late... they can see us at 9pm in the evening (on Sunday). That's a better time as the people can then rest and have a nice evening,” he said.- malaysiakini

 

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