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  • Najib Razak Was My Hope But He Broke His Promise – Dr Mahathir Mohamad

    Najib Razak Was My Hope But He Broke His Promise – Dr Mahathir Mohamad

    Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has unleashed a scathing attack against Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, saying that the Prime Minister broke his promise to build a crooked bridge between Johor Baru and Singapore.

    In a five-part interview uploaded on a blog, Din Turtle, two days after Najib’s television interview, Dr Mahathir responded that the Prime Minister had supported the project when he took over office from Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

    “He was my hope after Pak Lah (Abdullah) resigned. He said he would build the bridge when he became the prime minister even if Singapore opposes to it. But he didn’t do,” claimed the former premier.

    Dr Mahathir said he was unhappy when Najib broke his promise and appeared to “kowtow” to Singapore for not proceeding with the project.

    “If Singapore does not agree to this, it is not my fault. It is our sovereign right, it is in our own territorial area, territorial waters. Half of that Causeway belongs to us. I’m not touching Singapore’s side.

    “He (Najib) said he made an agreement with Singapore, where is our independence? Are we part of Singapore?” questioned Dr Mahathir.

    In a special interview with TV3 on Thursday, Najib said Dr Mahathir’s attacks against him could have been triggered due to their disagreement on the crooked bridge and the 1Malaysia People’s Aid (BR1M) cash handouts.

    On BR1M, Dr Mahathir insisted that “feeding people with free money” was not an answer, but creating jobs and providing education to the people was what the country needs.

    “We should create jobs for the people, give them education, train them so that they can live and make money for themselves. You can give welfare, but only to the people who are in need of welfare,” he said.

    On the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) controversy, Dr Mahathir said it was better for Najib to resign now to prevent Barisan Nasional from losing in the next general election as the investigations to the company could take years to complete.

    “It has to be now because we still have two years to recover. If he doesn’t go now, the Public Accounts Committee and others will be investigating the matter for the next two or three years and come GE, if he is still around, we will lose.

    “I think there will be a lot of trouble for everyone. And those who cover up, they will have to pay the price,” he said, adding that there should be ‘two or three’ independent commissions to look into the matter.

    “We need ‘neutral’ people to do a thorough investigation as to where the money went. Who was handling the money? Who is this Jho Low? Suddenly he became very important. He is not a civil servant, suddenly he has such power,” said Dr Mahathir.

    On former police commando Sirul Azhar Umar, who was convicted of the murder of Mongolian model Altantuya Shaariibuu, Dr Mahathir said that every person who was sentenced to death has the privilege to appeal to the King or to the Sultan.

    “I was formerly a prime minister, you know. My duty is to advise the King (on whether the appeal should be granted or not),” he said.

    Dr Mahathir, who met Sirul’s mother recently, insisted that the issue was not about politics.

    He said that Sirul as a policeman would not kill unless he was attacked or instructed by someone.

     

    Source: www.thestar.com.my

  • Malaysian Opposition Wants Police To Question Najib Razak Over Murder Of Mongolian Mdel Altantuya Shaariibuu

    Malaysian Opposition Wants Police To Question Najib Razak Over Murder Of Mongolian Mdel Altantuya Shaariibuu

    The police should investigate Datuk Seri Najib Razak over the murder of Altantuya Shaariibuu, ‎the PKR and DAP said today‎, after the prime minister rejected claims by convicted former police commando Sirul Azhar Umar that there was an order to kill the Mongolian woman.

    “Datuk Seri Najib Razak statement today that it was ‘utter rubbish’ for Sirul to have acted under orders to kill Altantuya Shaariibuu was premature, suspicious and must be investigated by the police,” said PKR communications director Fahmi Fadzil in a statement today.

    Fahmi questioned how Najib could issue such a statement if he knew nothing about Altantuya.

    “And does he have more information than the public knows to make such a conclusion? His comments have raised the perception among the public that there is something not right in this issue,” he said.

    In a separate statement, Klang MP Charles Santiago said the judiciary should issue a stay of execution for Sirul and Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri, who was also convicted for the murder, until Najib was questioned.

    The DAP leader said Najib’s “strong reaction’ to Sirul’s claim implied he knew details of the case.

    He said that despite his denials, Najib had always been linked to Altantuya as she had worked as a translator during a defence deal involving Najib, then the defence minister, and his associate, Abdul Razak Baginda.

    “Although Najib has always maintained he does not know Altantuya, expose by a private investigator and the recent information leaked by Sirul have always looped in the prime minister,” said Charles.

    “And if necessary, this case should also be re-investigated in the interest of the nation as it involves a man who has the top job in the country.”

    He said the police should not attempt to protect Najib as Sirul’s threat to expose the details of the murder was explosive.

    “Malaysia’s internal security may well be compromised following Sirul’s statement as it raises suspicion that we may have a premier who could be involved in a criminal case,” said Charles.

    Najib today rubbished Sirul’s claims that he was under orders to kill Altantuya, but refused to elaborate further.

    “It’s total rubbish, total rubbish,” he told reporters after attending MCA’s Chinese New Year open house at Wisma MCA today.

    N‎ajib was asked on Sirul’s claim in a Malaysiakini report that he had orders to kill Altantuya.

    On Tuesday, Sirul (pic, left), now detained in Australia, said that the “real” murderers were still free.

    “I was under orders. The important people with motive are still free,” he told Malaysiakini in an interview.

    Sirul also said that his superior officer, then deputy superintendent Musa Safri, should have been called to give evidence in the Altantuya murder trial.

    At the time of the murder, Musa was the aide-de-camp of Najib, then the deputy prime minister.

    “He should have been put on the witness stand by the prosecution,” Sirul was quoted as saying by Malaysiakini.

    The 43-year-old said he never knew Altantuya or even Razak, who was acquitted with abetting the Mongolian’s murder.

    Altantuya’s father Dr Setev Shaariibuu had previously claimed that his daughter had come to Malaysia specifically to meet Najib.

    In 2013, the Court of Appeal acquitted Sirul and Azilah, saying there was serious misdirection by trial judge Datuk Mohd Zaki Yasin, including the decision not to call Musa as witness.

    The three-man appellate court said the failure to put Musa on the witness stand was important to the prosecution to unfold the narrative of its case.

    On January 13, a five-man Federal Court bench led by Chief Justice Tun Arifin Zakaria sentenced the men to be hanged, overturning the Court of Appeal’s decision. – February 19, 2015.