S Manikavasagam is the elected MP of Kapar(P.109).He stood under the PKR ticket.He is also in the Environmental Committee(opposition).
The Primeship race getting excited with Najid Lead while Anwar Follow closely. In less the 24 hours Altantuya murder accused Abdul Razak Baginda’s private investigator P. Balasubramaniam retract his Statutory Declaration and replaced with new one.
What Anwar claims seems to be valid now. After meeting Police personnel yesterday afternoon Balasubramaniam decided to release another Statutory Declaration with all claims Linking Najib with Altantuya including his alleged affairs with her.
Malaysiakini reported that Balasubramaniam seen with new lawyer while his other lawyer Americk Sidhu seems unaware on latest development.
Police action seems to be very much one sided. Whenever it’s involve Anwar Ibrahim immediate actions taken while when comes to Najib and team all reference been strike out. Najib using his position and might having other informations to hold police force within his control while Anwar only has Rakyat support. It’s not same level playing ground. Najib must be suspended from all his official duties until his name cleared.
Meanwhile at a press conference in Kuala Lumpur Balasubramaniam clarify his new position. “I wish to retract the entire contents of my statutory declaration dated July 1, 2008. I was compelled to affirm the said statutory declaration under duress,” Balasubramaniam said in his new statutory declaration dated today.
His new lawyer M. Arulampalam, Balasubramaniam told reporters that the statements contained in his previous statutory declaration were inaccurate and not the truth.
However, Balasubramaniam didn’t r reveal who forced him to affirm the first declaration and whether police forced him to change the declarations.
Let’s waiting Anwar reactions.
The following is the new statutory declaration released by P Balasubramanian today at a press conference in Kuala Lumpur. (extracted from Malaysiakini.com)
I, Balasubramaniam Perumal, do solemnly and sincerely declare as follows:
1. I have been a police officer with the Royal Malaysian Police Force having joined as a constable in 1981. I was subsequently promoted to the rank of lance corporal and finally resigned from the Royal Malaysian Police Force in 1998.
2. I currently work as a freelance private investigator.
3. I wish to refer to the statutory declaration I affirmed on July 1, 2008. I refer specifically to paragraphs 8, 25, 28, 49 and 50 to 52, wherein I have stated inter-alia that:
a) Abdul Razak Baginda informed me that he was introduced to Altantuya Shaariibuu by a VIP;
b) Najib Razak informed Abdul Razak Baginda that he had a sexual relationship with Altantuya Shaariibuu and that she was susceptible to anal intercourse;
c) Najib Razak instructed Abdul Razak Baginda to look after Altantuya Shaariibuu as he did not want her to harass him since he was the deputy prime minister;
d) Najib Razak, Abdul Razak Baginda and Altantuya Shaariibuu had met and all been together at a dinner in Paris;
e) Altantuya Shaariibuu wanted money in the sum of US$500,000 as a commission for a submarine deal she assisted with in Paris;
f) Altantuya Shaariibuu met Najib Razak in Singapore;
g) Altantuya Shaariibuu wanted me to arrange to see Najib Razak;
h) I told the police about the relationship between Najib Razak and Altantuya Shaariibuu but when it came to sign my statement this detail was left out;
i) The prosecutor during the course of the trial in the High Court of Shah Alam did not ask me any questions in respect of Altantuya Shaariibuu’s purported relationship with Najib Razak or of a phone call I received from one DSP Musa Safri, whom I believe was the ADC to Najib Razak and/or his wife;
j) Abdul Razak Baginda informed me that he had sent Najib Razak an SMS the evening before he was arrested but did not receive a response; and
k) Najib Razak sent an SMS to Abdul Razak Baginda on the day of his arrest to the effect that he was going to see the IGP that day and that the matter should be resolved and for Abdul Razak Baginda to remain calm.
4. I wish to retract all the statements that I have made in paragraphs 8, 25, 28, 49 and 50 to 52 of my statutory declaration dated July 1, 2008. The statements contained in paragraphs 8, 25, 28, 49 and 50 to 52 of my statutory declaration dated July 1, 2008 are inaccurate and not the truth. I wish to expressly state that:
a) At no material time did Abdul Razak Baginda inform me that he was introduced to Altantuya Shaariibuu by a VIP;
b) At no material time did Razak Baginda inform me that Najib Razak had a sexual relationship with Altantuya Shaariibuu and the she was susceptible to anal intercourse;
c) At no material time did Abdul Razak Baginda inform me that Najib Razak instructed Abdul Razak Baginda to look after Altantuya Shaariibuu as he did not want her to harass him since he was the deputy prime minister;
d) At no material time did Razak Baginda and/or Altantuya Shaariibuu inform me that Najib Razak, together with Abdul Razak Baginda and Altantuya Shaariibuu had met and all been together at a dinner in Paris;
e) At no material time did Altantuya Shaariibuu inform me that she wanted money in the sum of US$500,000 as a commission for a submarine deal she assisted with in Paris;
f) At no time whatsoever did Abdul Razak Baginda and/or Altantuya Shaariibuu inform me that Najib Razak met with Altantuya Shaariibuu in Singapore;
g) At no time whatsoever did Altantuya Shaariibuu inform me that she wanted me to arrange to see Najib Razak;
h) At no time did I tell the police during the course of their investigations about any relationship between Najib Razak and Altantuya Shaariibuu as no such relationship existed to my knowledge. Accordingly, the statement I signed before the police is complete;
i) At no time did Abdul Razak Baginda inform me that he had sent Najib Razak an SMS the evening before he was arrested; and
j) At no time did Abdul Razak Baginda inform me that Najib Razak had sent him an SMS on the day of his arrest to the effect that he was going to see the IGP that day and that the matter should be resolved and for Abdul Razak Baginda to remain calm.
5. In addition, I wish to retract the entire contents of my statutory declaration dated July 1, 2008. I was compelled to affirm the said statutory declaration dated July 1, 2008 under duress.
And I make this solemn declaration voluntarily and conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the provisions of the Statutory Declarations Act 1960.
Balasubramaniam a/l Perumal
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Jul 4, 2008 at 18:26:38
If ppl who in power they can manipulate or buy over the justice. Where is the justice? Why police not investigate on this. As what I read in RPK site, for Najib issue, police act like ‘Kura-kura’ and for dsai case, police like ‘harimau kelaparan’
Reformasiiiiiiiiiiii!!!!!
Jul 7, 2008 at 15:21:26
Anwar gains upper hand as Najib is put on the defensive
KUALA LUMPUR, July 7 ─ Malaysians may be left confused by the political mud-slinging last week, but one thing seems clear ─ opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has come out a winner in public perception.
And Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s reputation has been left somewhat dented after this bruising battle with Anwar, seen as his closest rival for the premiership of Malaysia.
The accusations and counter-accusations kept Malaysians agog with its twists and turns last week, and has polarised the country almost as bitterly as it did in 1998, when Anwar was first accused of sodomy.
Then, it was former premier Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad who sacked him over allegations that he had sodomised his employees.
Last week, it was Anwar’s aide Saiful Bukhari Azlan who made the accusation in a police report. The police have not made known their findings.
But many Malaysians have made up their minds. According to an independent survey last week, nearly 60 per cent believed it was part of a political conspiracy.
“It is no longer about who is telling the truth, or who is right or wrong. It is about public perception, and what people believe or want to believe,” political commentator Joceline Tan wrote in her column in The Star newspaper yesterday.
She noted that it was amazing how Anwar had managed to dictate events. He proved again just how astute he is at playing this political game.
His dawn rush to the Turkish Embassy for refuge on June 29 over alleged death threats immediately cast him as a victim.
The release of a photograph of Saiful with an aide of Najib further cemented the impression of a political conspiracy, and this was compounded by the deputy premier’s admission that the young man had seen him after the alleged sexual assault.
No doubt, Anwar already knew of this meeting. It is believed that his wife Datin Seri Dr Wan Azizah Ismail had informed Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi about this when she saw him to ask for a guarantee of her husband’s safety.
Najib had, in fact, volunteered information on his meeting with Saiful without being asked during a press conference.
Anwar upped the stakes when he released a statutory declaration by a private investigator alleging that Najib had sexual relations with a Mongolian woman who was later murdered. Najib denied the claims.
The woman’s lover, Abdul Razak Baginda, who is on trial for abetting her murder, is a close associate of Najib.
Anwar lost some of his gains, however, when the private investigator, P. Balasubramaniam, retracted his allegations a mere 24 hours later.
By the end of the week, the episode is less about Anwar’s alleged wrongdoing than him being seen as a victim of political conspiracy yet again.
“After all, politics is all about perception,” Wong Chun Wai, a top editor of The Star, wrote in his column.
A political analyst, who thinks that the truth may never be fully known, agrees that it has left Anwar with a distinct, even if unplanned, advantage.
“It gives him the upper hand, and has put the Barisan Nasional even more on the defensive,” he said.
The timing could not have been better for Anwar, so much so that some have accused him of orchestrating the whole sodomy accusation.
His repetitive claims that he was about to seize power through defections from the BN ranks were beginning to wear thin. Anwar’s credibility was increasingly being strained, and this was compounded by his inexplicable reluctance to contest a by-election that would allow him to re-enter Parliament.
He became eligible to contest in April after the expiry of a legal ban which arose from his conviction for corruption in 1999. One of his party’s MPs was meant to resign his seat to force a by-election.
He had claimed that he was about to do so when the sodomy accusation arose.
“Without this week’s events, Anwar may have lost momentum. But now, he has regained upper hand,” said the political analyst.
It may not bring him any closer to Malaysia’s top post ─ which he is eyeing ─ but it has weakened the BN. And put his closest rival Najib at a disadvantage.
Abdullah, who has been under pressure to resign after the March 8 polls left his administration severely weakened, has said he would hand over the job to Najib.
But while Najib has been left on the defensive, his strength within Umno appears to be intact.
The main setback for him now is that it has become untenable for him to take power until he regains credibility. ─ Singapore ST