Abdul Razak Baginda’s private investigator P Balasubramaniam retracted his statutory declaration which he made less than 24 hours ago, stating that he was compelled to affirm the said statutory declaration under duress. [Thestar]
I am speechless, really.
What other bloggers (and commentors) are saying…
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Razak Baginda’s former private investigator, P Balasubramaniam, has made a statutory declaration on July 1 regarding Altantuya’s murder case.
The details of the SD is available on Nat’s blog. To cut it short…
a. Balasubramaniam was hired by Abdul Razak Baginda (ARB) in October 2006 to deal with a threat calling him to pay his debts. He later identified that person as Ang (or ASP Tan), a private investigator employed by Mongolian woman Altantuya Shaaribuu.
b. Altantuya, identified herself as Aminah, claimed that she was there to see her boyfriend Abdul Razak Baginda. She (or Mr Ang) was demanding USD$500,000 commission owed to Aminah from a (submarine) deal in Paris.
Raja Petra Kamarudin has made a statutory declaration on June 18 alleging that Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, Deputy Prime Minister Najib’s wife, was at the murder scene of Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu. [Malaysiakini]
The news is not picked up by the main media yet, but the blogosphere has been heated up with all sorts of discussions.
Whether the allegation is truth or not, I don’t know… in fact only very few people would know at the moment. RPK has shown his courage over the years, but frankly, sometimes he is abusing his influence to bully the politicians.
PKR information chief Tian Chua is in turmoil for his French Dinner doctored photo that poked fun at Deputy Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.
I am not sure what Tian Chua was trying to show… awareness, humour or whatever… he failed miserably regardless.
What Chua did was stupid, but what caught my attention is the amount of criticism he received for his act… I somehow felt that the criticism he received could be more than the condemnations for the Altantuya’s murderer or any other crimes that have been rising recently.
BN leaders in particular have been critical about this photo but rather quiet in voicing about Altantuya’s murder case… it’s a pathetic situation.
Besides, it’s very obvious that the picture is being doctored; it’s so blatantly fake that people need to be really stupid to believe that it is something real… and the sad thing is, some Malaysians are that stupid indeed.
Update - A Muslim friend told me that in Islamic teaching, defamation is more sinful than murder (in his exact Malay words… “Fitnah dosanya lebih besar daripada membunuh”)… and that’s probably why Tian Chua has received those harsh criticisms.
I won’t go against any religious teaching, but the words reminded me of ISA where people are arrested without trail… and some of them might be innocent. Aren’t those wrongful accusations by ISA being counted as “fitnah” as well?