As Malaysia’s thirteenth general elections draw near, the ghost of Altantuya appears to haunt the Prime Minister.
On 19 April, 2012, a Paris court began inquiry into the Scorpene submarine deal from when Najib Razak was the Defense Minister:
Suaram (Malaysia’s leading human rights organisation) has announced that an inquiry into the alleged corruption linked to the purchase of the two Scorpene class submarines, back in 2002 will commence on Thursday, 19 April 2012, at the Paris Tribunal de Grande Instance (TGI), a court that deals with civil litigation matters.
John Berthelsen, the editor of Asia Sentinel, has extensive coverage of the intricasies of this case in this article:
French investigating magistrates probing the US$1.2 billion sale of submarines to the Malaysian Defense Ministry are targeting, among other things, a Hong Kong-based company called Terasasi (Hong Kong) Ltd., whose principal officers are Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak’s close friend and the friend’s father.
Investigators believe that at least some of the тВм36 million funneled through Terasasi ended up in the pockets of Najib, who was Malaysia’s defense minister and deputy prime minister when the two Scorpene submarines were purchased from Thales International or Thint Asia. The state-owned defense giant DCN, later known as DCNS, and Thales established a joint company named Armaris to manufacture the submarines in 2002.
Most shocking to date has been this article by Roger Mitton in the Phnom Penh Post:
Soon after meeting her in Hong Kong, Razak took her off to tour Europe in his red Ferrari, wining and dining at all the best spots and finally ending up in Paris where they met Najib.
Multilingual Tuya, as well as being drop-dead gorgeous, was also smart and quickly learned about the huge bribe for the sub deal and doubtless envisaged a handsome cut for herself.
But succumbing to “fatal attraction syndrome”, she clung relentlessly to Razak, and he, fearing that her indiscretions might bring him down, tried to end the affair.
She would not have it, and in desperation, he spoke to Najib and the police were called in to keep her away.
Two aggressive Special Branch officers took their assignment literally and kidnapped her.
Then they raped her, shot her in the head and blew up her body with C4 explosives from Najib’s defence ministry — and for good measure, erased her entry into Malaysia from immigration records.
While it is unlikely that the court case in Paris and the media reports will have much influence on the United Malays National Organisation’s (UMNO) hard core supporters as well as large traction of rural poor and indigenous people at the coming general elections, the case itself will have far reaching implications for Malaysia’s leadership and its international relations, if Prime Minister Najib Razak is ultimately found guilty.
” . . .Then they raped her, shot her in the head and blew up her body with C4 explosives from Najib’s defence ministry . . .”
‘But that does not make sense’ Sherlock himself could have said. If her body had been blown up with C4 explosives, how could they prove the ‘rape and shot her in the head’ claim? Coerced confession perhaps.
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Coerced confession indeed Vichai – why else would two members of Malaysia’s special/elite security force, tasked as security detail to the Prime Minister’s family, take the rap for a murder which they had nothing to benefit from.
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It will be a big surprise to me if this post will goes without any comments.
This sucka….dhukka is unbelievable!!!.
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What would happen if the Paris Court subpoena’s Prime Minister Najib Razak or Ahmad Zahid, Malaysia’s current Defense Minister to testify at the trials?
This article discusses the legal aspects of that possibility.
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Malaysian politics is certainly no less interesting than Thai politics.
At a court hearing some time ago, lawyers representing Altantuya also revealed that Malaysian immigration data on her had been deleted/erased under the order of you know who, meaning to say that Altantuya had never set foot/visited Malaysia.
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Hai Greg #3,
Though I would love to see Malaysian politicians (BN) appear in courts outside of Malaysia, it would be appaling for a foreign court to “request” Malaysian ministers to appear as witness. It is the “sovereign right” of Malaysia to refuse co-operation.
Imagine for a moment – A Malaysian accuses an American or in this case a French company of bribery, then request that Obama or the French president to appear as witness….. doubt that would fly….
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Hi Neptuanian #5,
The issue here that differentiates Obama or Sarkozy, is that Najib Razak is privy to corrupt practises that used tax payers money.
If Obama and Sarkozy were involved in corrupt practises that involved a foreign country, they should also be held accountable, and international law provides for it (The article that I linked provides the legal arguments.)
If it actually occurs, is of course, altogether a different matter.
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Does being a Minister of a Government put that person above the Law, local or International? I don’t think so. There may be diplomatic issues involved but there have been precedence to have corrupt ministers brought to justice where mass corruptions have been involved
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Embarrassment all around for the Prime Minister at the United Malays National Organisation’s final general assembly before the upcoming election. John Bethelsen of Asia Sentinel reports:
A key figure involved in the cover-up of the spectacular 2006 murder of Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu appears to have gone off the reservation, giving interviews to opposition media hinting at the involvement of Rosmah Mansor, the wife of Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, in the conspiracy.
http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5006&Itemid=178
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Shocking and breaking news – the man who organised the cover-up of the murder of Altantuya has come clean provinding the clearest ever links between the Prime Minister and the cover-up.
http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/216532
http://youtu.be/rfVOEorRQsk
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