Paper: Bala links Najib’s family member to Altantuya cover-up
Tue, Nov 17, 2009
MORE damning details implicating a member of the Prime Minister’s family have emerged in private investigator P. Balasub-ramaniam’s allegations of a cover-up in the Altantuya murder.
The allegations include blackmail with threats against Bala’s family, forcing him to withdraw his statutory declaration and sign another that he never read.
Immediately after the second declaration was released to the media on July 4, Bala claimed, arrangements were made for him and his family to flee Malaysia. He said he was told to remain in hiding until Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak was sworn in as Prime Minister.
Details of the threat by the VVIP and the already reported RM5 million bribe, along with the involvement of military intelligence in strengthening the threat has added more intrigue–and speculation–about the gruesome murder of Altantuya Shaariibuu in 2006.
Suara Keadilan, the Parti Keadilan Rakyat newspaper, carried in its latest edition a report on the alleged involvement of Najib’s family member and a carpet businessman named Deepak Jaikishan in the forced exile of Bala and his family. Bala, his wife and children travelled to Singapore, Bangkok and Kathmandu before ending up in India.
That and other details of Bala’s 15-month ordeal of living as a fugitive are expected to surface in the coming days as the opposition parties call for a Royal Commission of Inquiry.
Suara Keadilan quoted Bala as saying that he was forced to retract his first statutory declaration of an alleged link between Najib and Altantuya, who had a sexual relationship with Najib’s adviser Abdul Razak Baginda.
Razak Baginda confessed in an affidavit that Altantuya was his lover, while Najib has denied knowing the Mongolian model.
The paper quoted Bala as saying that the member of Najib’s household teamed up with Deepak in using a carrot and stick approach to persuade him to withdrawing the first statutory declaration.
Deepak, who is said to be associated to Najib’s wife, Rosmah Mansor, allegedly offered the private investigator RM5 million to retract the declaration, said Suara Keadilan. The paper claimed it had obtained a transcript of an interview Bala had with a group of lawyers.
Deepak ordered Bala to be brought to see a “Datuk” on the same day he made public his first statutory declaration, according to the paper.
It said Bala, a former Special Branch officer, identified the Datuk as a member of the Prime Minister’s family.
He told the lawyers the first statutory declaration, in which he claimed that Najib had a relationship with Altantuya, was true but that he signed a second declaration to contradict the first after he was taken to see the Datuk at the Curve in Damansara on July 3, 2008. At that meeting, the Datuk allegedly told him to “follow Deepak’s instructions if he (Bala) loves his family,” Suara Keadilan reported.
Bala said the specific instruction to him was to withdraw the July 3 and leave Malaysia immediately. Hours later, he signed the contradicting declaration, which had been prepared for him.
He and his family were then taken by road to Singapore before being flown to Thailand and Nepal and eventually to India, where he has been hiding, but where he was on numerous occasions contacted by Deepak or his associates.
According to Suara Keadilan, Bala concluded the startling account by saying: “As a family man, I want to have a normal life. I want to put a stop to all this. ”
In the course of their many exchanges, Bala said Deepak told him how he came to know Rosmah and even offered to arrange a breakfast meeting with the Prime Minister’s wife.
Although Najib’s smooth ascension to power took place as scheduled in April this year, Bala saw little to suggest that he would be allowed to return to Malaysia to lead a normal life with his family, according to the report.
November 17th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
with God’s permission, one big day will come for the killers of the poor lady, altantuya. some people r trying very hard to cover the whole story, but justice will prevail in the near future. my suggestion, if PR comes to power in the next GE-13, PR should declassify all the records of the corrupted bn leaders especially regarding the altatuya case, purchase of scorpene, sukhoi, judiciary revamp, lingam ‘correct’ case as it is practised by the Selangor Statet Government!! as a Sabahan, I salute Tan Sri Khalid and his State Government for the goliatch move to expose the corruption and nepotism of bn. Bravo!!! to PR and People’s Power!!!may bn R.I.P.
November 17th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
Who is the falily member of Najib that threaten Bala? We all would like to know.
November 17th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
PM Najib must be peeing in his pants.Note that PM stands not for Prime Minister but Presumed Murderer.
November 17th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
I have lost confidence in the people who govern this country, thief, murderer, crook…
November 17th, 2009 at 4:26 pm
Main punya jam syiok,tengok sekarang apa dah jadi ? This idiot still got the gut to face foreign dignitaries as if no one knows his stories.Muka tembok dan kulit unta,tebaaaaaaaaaaaaaal !
November 17th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
I am no sleuth but the way BALA was smuggled out of the country revealed the whole set-up was rather amateurish and not well thought through. You would think that a special task force would be formulated to contain the damage following SD1 but it would appear that Najis and Roastmeat were already on panic mode.
And to rope in a amateur confidante cum toyboy to do her dirty deeds can only mean it is a matter of time for our RPK to untangle the process which he has duly done.
Looks like the self appointed 1stLady is absolutely G U I L T Y!!!
November 17th, 2009 at 4:59 pm
No action so far by police or MACC. Usually they act very fast if this involves an opposition member. Bet police won’t even dare to ask PM about this matter. Even the newspaper is not giving coverage to this news. Reporters all dead or editor lost their balls??
November 17th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
James Kim, you asked who was the member of Najib’s family that met Bala at the Curve and threatened him into agreeing to sign the 2nd SD. I provided the straightforward answer – but the editor of FMT deleted my comment. So you’ll just have to do some research at Malaysia Today where the name is published for all to see and with the correct spelling too. Next you asked: “Reporters all dead or editor lost their balls??” Ha ha. Reporters can report whatever they like but as soon as they submit their stories they have no more control what goes to print or gets broadcast. Editors where got balls? Some more, quite a few are women these days.
November 17th, 2009 at 9:23 pm
James Kim , where have you been all these years?
November 18th, 2009 at 8:26 am
Altantulya is back in hunting for few Malaysians..
Lets welcome her..
November 18th, 2009 at 10:43 am
True enough ! so far all these murderous acts eg mongolia and teoh were amaturish. Anything that MT can deciper must be ! Najib has been inextricately linked , this proves that his present leeches/hangers on are stupid and no match for clever MT
November 19th, 2009 at 2:44 pm
hahahaha..caught you
November 22nd, 2009 at 9:48 pm
their days are numbered im sure.najib take it easy bro…tapi lu pandai makan tak brapa pandai simpan plak.have u ask fat mama any advise?????
January 30th, 2010 at 10:07 pm
kupu kupu…. no nit to ask fat roast duck for advise..!! She already know what is happening. As long there is money for here to spent and being called the “First lady”. She is already there. The only thing she is lack is the LOS(lack of s**) syndrome. Look at Najib ‘hamsup’ face and look at roast duck face macam nak makan olang. In public they have to put up a brave front and potrayed a pretendious smile. At home the spin doctor are planning their next move. Leave them where they are right now. They are having nightmare nightly. They also know their days are numbered. If not, why the ‘allah’ issue.
We will do what we do when the time comes.!! Just vote them out.!!