Bushisms over the years

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President George W. Bush will leave behind a legacy of Bushisms, the label stamped on the commander in chief's original speaking style. Some of the president's more notable malaprops and mangled statements:

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• "I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully." — September 2000, explaining his energy policies at an event in Michigan.

• "Rarely is the question asked, is our children learning?" — January 2000, during a campaign event in South Carolina.

•
"They misunderestimated the compassion of our country. I think they
misunderestimated the will and determination of the commander in chief,
too." — Sept. 26, 2001, in Langley, Va. Bush was referring to the
terrorists who carried out the Sept. 11 attacks.

•
"There's no doubt in my mind, not one doubt in my mind, that we will
fail." — Oct. 4, 2001, in Washington. Bush was remarking on a
back-to-work plan after the terrorist attacks.

• "It would be a mistake for the United States Senate to allow any kind of human cloning to come out of that chamber." — April 10, 2002, at the White House, as Bush urged Senate passage of a broad ban on cloning.

•
"I want to thank the dozens of welfare-to-work stories, the actual
examples of people who made the firm and solemn commitment to work hard
to embetter themselves." — April 18, 2002, at the White House.

•
"There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in
Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me —
you can't get fooled again." — Sept. 17, 2002, in Nashville, Tenn.

•
"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never
stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and
neither do we." — Aug. 5, 2004, at the signing ceremony for a defense spending bill.

•
"Too many good docs are getting out of business. Too many OB/GYNs
aren't able to practice their love with women all across this country."
— Sept. 6, 2004, at a rally in Poplar Bluff, Mo.

• "Our most abundant energy source
is coal. We have enough coal to last for 250 years, yet coal also
prevents an environmental challenge." — April 20, 2005, in Washington.

• "We look forward to hearing your vision, so we can more better do our job." — Sept. 20, 2005, in Gulfport, Miss.

•
"I can't wait to join you in the joy of welcoming neighbors back into
neighborhoods, and small businesses up and running, and cutting those
ribbons that somebody is creating new jobs." — Sept. 5, 2005, when Bush
met with residents of Poplarville, Miss., in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

•
"It was not always a given that the United States and America would
have a close relationship. After all, 60 years we were at war 60 years
ago we were at war." — June 29, 2006, at the White House, where Bush
met with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.

•
"Make no mistake about it, I understand how tough it is, sir. I talk to
families who die." — Dec. 7, 2006, in a joint appearance with British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

• "These are big achievements for this country, and the people of Bulgaria ought to be proud of the achievements that they have achieved." — June 11, 2007, in Sofia, Bulgaria.

• "Mr. Prime Minister, thank you for your introduction. Thank you for being such a fine host for the OPEC summit." — September 2007, in Sydney, Australia, where Bush was attending an APEC summit.

• "Thank you, Your Holiness. Awesome speech." April 16, 2008, at a ceremony welcoming Pope Benedict XVI to the White House.

• "The fact that they purchased the machine meant somebody had to make
the machine. And when somebody makes a machine, it means there's jobs
at the machine-making place." — May 27, 2008, in Mesa, Ariz.

• "And they have no disregard for human life." — July 15, 2008, at the White House. Bush was referring to enemy fighters in Afghanistan.

• "I remember meeting a mother of a child who was abducted by the North Koreans right here in the Oval Office." — June 26, 2008, during a Rose Garden news briefing.

• "Throughout our history, the words of the Declaration have
inspired immigrants from around the world to set sail to our shores.
These immigrants have helped transform 13 small colonies into a great
and growing nation of more than 300 people." — July 4, 2008 in
Virginia.

• "The people in Louisiana must know that all across our
country there's a lot of prayer — prayer for those whose lives have
been turned upside down. And I'm one of them. It's good to come down
here." — Sept. 3, 2008, at an emergency operations center in Baton Rouge, La., after Hurricane Gustav hit the Gulf Coast.

• "This thaw — took a while to thaw, it's going to take a while to
unthaw." Oct. 20, 2008, in Alexandria, La., as he discussed the economy
and frozen credit markets.

The Origins of the Kelantanese

Following the search for the origins of the Malaysian
constitutional “malays”, my journey brings me to Vietnam. There, I meet
up with the Cham people. After all, every Kelantanese I've met claim to
be descendants of the Mighty Champa Kingdom.

Just who are the Cham? I met up with Dr.
Hang, an Anthropologist at Saigon University, Ho Chi Minh City.
According to him, the Champa Kingdom is a 2nd Century Kingdom in
Central Vietnam. From 1487, they were continously driven by the Kinh
(read as Mongoloid Vietnamese) from Hanoi till Phan Thiet today. Proof
of this lies in the fact that there were hundreds of Cham Towers from
Hanoi till Phan Thiet (near Mui Ne Beach).

 If
you'd observe very carefully, you might notice how similar the Cham are
to the Kelantanese. The Austronesian Cham of Vietnam look extremely
similar, and wear identical headgear to almost everyone in Kelantan.
Both male as well as female. Not surprising. The Champa Kingdom had
long established trading ties with both the present-day Malaya,
Pattani, Aceh as well as Java since the 4th Century. Multiple wars also
broke out between the Kingdom of Champa with Java. Migration was simply
inevitable.

The Chams were Hindus.
They still are today. In fact, all the towers of the Champa Kingdom are
of Hindu Origin. One may visit any Museum, from Saigon to Danang till
Hanoi. They all have on display, hundreds, if not thousands of
Artefacts of this mighty Ancient Hindu Kingdom. It is however, so sad
to see the Chams today, getting the short-end of the stick. Since they
were driven by the Kinhs (Hanoi) down south, they live in the most
hostile parts of the country. Barely getting rain, the land is almost
Savannah-like in nature. Large cacti live in abundance on
non-cultivated land.

Visiting the
Cham produced mixed feelings. On the one hand, one comes face-to-face
with the remnants of a mighty empire. On the other hand, one wonders
why the Vietnamese government does little to improve the living
conditions of these “bumiputras”. I proposed new theories; that the
Cham were in fact the actual people of the Dong Song, Hoabinhian and Sa
Hyunh Culture, much to the surprise, but delight of these Saigon
Anthropologists. Previously, they only assumed that those cultures
belonged to “someone else”, and that Cham History only started in the
2nd Century. Proof being the Temples and Towers. I also highlighted
that the Champa Kingdom would have been the second Kingdom of the
Hindunization of South East Asia. The first, being Malaya, in the site
near Penang called Lembah Bujang, of the 2nd Century.

Upon
further scrutiny, there seems to be a lot more than just distant
historical similarities between the Cham people, and the Kelantanese.
My transalator informed me that there were twin towers located in Qui
Nhon. “Much like that in Malaysia”. I was dumbfounded !! I immediatle
made the 300km journey. In total, I travelled over 2,000 km by road,
boat, and every other imaginable transport available, visiting over 30
major Cham Tower sites along the entire coast of Vietnam.
 
Furiously
making notes, I also found that the similarities did not stop at the
fact that there were just twin towers. Cross-examining schematic
diagrams of the Cham Towers and KLCC was astounding! For example, the
top and side view schematics, when overlayed, was an identical match.

The
similarities did not end there, even a side profile view of the Cham
towers and KLCC was a match. I could barely contain my excitement when
I made these cross-comparisons. Even the Saigon Anthropologist
Professors were dumbstruck. No one had ever imagined that there was any
correlation between an apparently “Muslim-built Design” with that of an
Ancient Hindu one. Add to that, it was located in isolated Vietnam. For
those who have visited these sites before, pull out your private photo
boxes, and confirm for yourself that the pictures I have displayed here
have not been doctored in any way.

Considering
that Mahathir was of Indian Origin, it does not completely surprise one
that he took inspiration from his ancestry in Kerala. However, one
might think that it is strange that he took inspiration from 2
apparently incompatible religions to build his monumental icon. It is
even stranger that despite using a Hindu-derived icon to symbolize
Malaysia, the Hindraf are swept aside and marginalized. Of course, it
is even stranger that Najib takes the trouble to fly in from India,
Hindu Priests into his home and office to perform covert rites, as per
ascertained by the Driver's Sworn Affidavits.

Can
seemingly incompatible religions be jointly practised? No? Read on.
This might change your mind. Think for a moment of Sai Baba's concept
of “All religions lead to God” Concept. The clue lies in Vietnam. There
is a Religion called CaoDai-ism. It is very widely practised. CaoDai is
a merger of Confusianism, Taosim, Buddhism, Catholism, and Islam. This
is a unifying and endemic religion. So is the Cham-Bani religion, which
is a merger of Hinduism & Islam. Then, there are The Balinese,
practising a merger religion of Animism & Hinduism. Of course, most
of Java practices Kejawen which is a combination religion of Animism
& Islam. So in reality, Najib's merger of Hinduism & Islam
would be merely a copycat version of the Cham-Bani-type of religion of
Vietnam. To add to it, he is Bugis, which makes him part Mongolian,
part Arab. (No reference intended of his involvement with Altantuya).
Hence his pale Mongoloid-type appearance.

Surprisingly,
UMNO today has turned to worshipping a Chinese God. And that God, is
called the God of Money. So, the combination religion which unites
worshiping Corruption and Allah, is called BN (Blatant Narcisism).
Since inter-faith combination-worship is now a known Asian trait, is it
not strange that UMNO was so quick to dispense with The Sky Kingdom in
Terengganu? Perhaps Sky Kingdom Worshippers were not into worshipping
Corruption as UMNO fervently does. I wonder what went on in UMNO's
minds. I also wonder what Hadhari actually is. (or not...)

Take
heart, my Hindraf friends. You now have an World Famous Icon, built by
an Indian, who took direct inspiration from Hinduism. Not just one
building, but a pair of twins, financed with Malaysian Petroleum money.
Be proud. This is the best Hindu Representation of Malaysia, the world
has ever seen; something which even Semi Value did not anticipate.
Hence, his Political Demise. (or should I have said Allaryahum Semi
Value??) I can imagine him going “Aiyo yoyoyo..” while smacking his
forehead.
I'll part, leaving you with a composite picture. Two
World-Famous icons “photoshoped” together to illustrate my point.
Please do not let the Khmers see this, or they would sue the pants off
Malaysia like the Indonesian Parliament almost did with Rasa Sayang.
Maybe the Khmer Rouge did discuss this blatant copyright infringement,
maybe they did not. But I doubt Pol Pot lost any sleep over this. I'll
keep Malaysia posted at the end of my research in Cambodia.

 

Happy Deepavali 

- Michael Chick

PI retracts declaration (updated) ..............

KUALA LUMPUR: Political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda's private
investigator P. Balasubramaniam on Friday retracted the statutory
declaration which he made less than 24 hours ago.

In a startling
turn of events Balasubramaniam revealed in a second statutory
declaration that he wished "to retract the entire contents of my
statutory declaration dated July 1 2008. I was compelled to affirm the
said statutory declaration under duress".

The document also read that all statements made were inaccurate and not the truth.

A
visibly perturbed Balasubramaniam remained mum on Friday when met by
pressmen who had rushed to a hotel here where his new lawyer
Arulampalam Mariam Pillai accompanied him for the brief press
conference.

Private
investigator P.Balasubramaniam (left) talking with his new lawyer
Arulampalam Arulampalam Mariam Pillai after the press conference Friday
where he retracted the earlier statutory declaration, denying that
Abdul Razak Baginda said anything to him that linked the Deputy Prime
Minister to Mongolian murder victim Altantuya Shaariibuu. - Bernama

Dressed
in a cap and T-shirt Balasubramaniam refused to answer questions posed
to him and left quickly after his lawyer distributed the second
statutory declaration to reporters.

Arulampalam also refused to
entertain pressmen, giving only a brief statement that his client was
under duress and that he was upset.

The new statutory
declaration withdrew all statements that Balasubramaniam had revealed
to a packed press conference organised by PKR de facto leader Datuk
Seri Anwar Ibrahim at party headquarters on Thursday.

This
included the fact that he had informed police what political analyst
Abdul Razak Baginda had purportedly told him prior to Altantuya's
murder.

The 10 statements highlighted in the second statutory declaration dated July 4 were:

* At no material time did Razak inform him (Balasubramaniam) that the former was introduced to Altantuya Shaariibuu by a VIP;

*
At no material time did Razak inform him that Najib had a sexual
relationship with Altantuya and that she was "susceptible to anal
intercourse";

* At no material time did Razak inform him that
Najib instructed Razak to look after Altantuya as he did not want her
to harass him since he (Najib) was the Deputy Prime Minister;

*
At no material time did Razak and/or Altantuya inform him that Najib,
together with Razak and Altantuya had met and all been together at a
dinner in Paris;

* At no material time did Altantuya inform him
that she wanted money in the sum of US$500,000 as a commission for a
submarine deal she "assisted" with in Paris;

* At no time whatsoever did Razak and/or Altantuya inform him that Najib met with Altantuya in Singapore;

* At no time whatsoever did Altantuya inform him that she wanted Balasubramaniam to arrange to see Najib;

*
At no time did he tell the police during the course of their
investigations about any relationship between Najib and Altantuya as no
such relationship existed to his knowledge;

* At no time did Razak inform him that he had sent Najib an SMS the evening before he (Razak) was arrested; and

*
At no time did Razak inform him that Najib has sent him an SMS on the
day of his (Razak) arrest to the effect that he was going to see the
IGP that day and that the matter should be resolved and for Razak to
remain calm.

PI’s statutory declaration implicates Najib and IGP

http://politics101malaysia.blogsome.com/2008/07/03/pis-statutory-declaration/

The following is the
full 16-page statutory declaration sign by Abdul Razak Baginda’s
private investigor P Balasubramaniam on July 1.

I, Balasubramaniam a/l Perumal … do solemly 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 attached to the police
   field force. I was then promoted to the rank of lance corporal and
   finally resigned from the police force in 1998 when I was with the
   Special Branch.

2. I have been working as a freelance private investigator since I left the police force.

3. Sometime in June or July 2006, I was employed by Abdul Razak
   Baginda for a period of 10 days to look after him at his office at the
   Bangunan Getah Asli, Jalan Ampang between the hours of 8am to 5pm each
   working day as apparently he was experiencing disturbances from a third
   party.

4. I resigned from this job after 2½ days as I was not receiving any proper instructions.

5. I was however re-employed by Abdul Razak Baginda on the Oct 5,
   2006 as he had apparently received a harassing phone call from a
   Chinese man calling himself ASP Tan who had threatened him to pay his
   debts. I later found out this gentleman was in fact a private
   investigator called Ang who was employed by a Mongolian woman called
   Altantuya Shaaribuu.

6. Abdul Razak Baginda was concerned that a person by the name of
   Altantuya Shaaribuu, a Mongolian woman, was behind this threat and that
   she would be arriving in Malaysia very soon to try and contact him.

7. Abdul Razak Baginda informed me that he was concerned by this as
   he had been advised that Altantuya Shaaribuu had been given some powers
   by a Mongolian ‘bomoh’ and that he could never look her in the face
   because of this.

8. When I enquired as to who this Mongolian woman was, Abdul Razak
   Baginda informed me that she was a friend of his who had been
   introduced to him by a VIP and who asked him to look after her
   financially.

9. I advised him to lodge a police report concerning the
   threatening phone call he had received from the Chinese man known as
   ASP Tan but he refused to do so as he informed me there were some
   high-profile people involved.

10. Abdul Razak Baginda further told me that Altantuya Shaaribuu was
    a great liar and good in convincing people. She was supposed to have
    been very demanding financially and that he had even financed a
    property for her in Mongolia.

11. Abdul Razak Baginda then let me listen to some voice messages on
    his handphone asking him to pay what was due otherwise he would be
    harmed and his daughter harassed.

12. I was therefore supposed to protect his daughter Rowena as well.

13. On Oct 9, 2006 I received a phone call from Abdul Razak Baginda
    at about 9.30am informing me that Altantuya was in his office and he
    wanted me there immediately. As I was in the midst of a surveillance, I
    sent my assistant Suras to Abdul Razak Baginda’s office and I followed
    a little later. Suras managed to control the situation and had
    persuaded Altantuya and her two friends to leave the premises. However
    Altantuya left a note written on some Hotel Malaya notepaper, in
    English, asking Abdul Razak Baginda to call her on her handphone
    (number given) and wrote down her room number as well.

14. Altantuya had introduced herself to Suras as ‘Aminah’ and had
    informed Suras she was there to see her boyfriend Abdul Razak Baginda.

15. These three Mongolian girls however returned to Abdul Razak
    Baginda’s office at the Bangunan Getah Asli, Jalan Ampang again, the
    next day at about 12 noon. They did not enter the building but again
    informed Suras that they wanted to meet Aminah’s boyfriend, Abdul Razak
    Baginda.

16. On Oct 11, 2006, Aminah returned to Abdul Razak Baginda’s office
    on her own and gave me a note to pass to him, which I did. Abdul Razak
    Baginda showed me the note which basically asked him to call her
    urgently.

17. I suggested to Abdul Razak Baginda that perhaps it may be wise
    to arrange for Aminah to be arrested if she harassed him further, but
    he declined as he felt she would have to return to Mongolia as soon as
    her cash ran out.

18. In the meantime, I had arranged for Suras to perform
    surveillance on Hotel Malaya to monitor the movements of these three
    Mongolian girls, but they recognised him. Apparently they become
    friends with Suras after that and he ended up spending a few nights in
    their hotel room.

19. When Abdul Razak Baginda discovered Suras was becoming close to Aminah he asked me to pull him out from Hotel Malaya.

20. On the Oct 14, 2006, Aminah turned up at Abdul Razak Baginda’s
    house in Damansara Heights when I was not there. Abdul Razak Baginda
    called me on my handphone to inform me of this so I rushed back to his
    house. As I arrived, I noticed Aminah outside the front gates shouting
    “Razak, bastard, come out from the house”. I tried to calm her down but
    couldn’t, so I called the police who arrived in two patrol cars. I
    explained the situation to the police, who took her away to the
    Brickfields police station.

21. I followed the patrol cars to Brickfields police station in a
    taxi. I called Abdul Razak Baginda and his lawyer Dirren to lodge a
    police report but they refused.

22. When I was at the Brickfields police station, Aminah’s own
    private investigator, one Mr Ang arrived and we had a discussion. I was
    told to deliver a demand to Abdul Razak Baginda for US$500,000 and
    three tickets to Mongolia, apparently as commission owed to Aminah from
    a deal in Paris.

23. As Aminah had calmed down at this stage, a policewoman at the
    Brickfields police station advised me to leave and settle the matter
    amicably.

24. I duly informed Abdul Razak Baginda of the demands Aminah had
    made and told him I was disappointed that no one wanted to back me up
    in lodging a police report. We had a long discussion about the
    situation when I expressed a desire to pull out of this assignment.

25. During this discussion and in an attempt to persuade me to
    continue my employment with him, Abdul Razak Baginda informed me that:

1) He had been introduced to Aminah by Najib Razak at a diamond exhibition in Singapore.

2) Najib Razak informed Abdul Razak Baginda that he had a sexual
relationship with Aminah and that she was susceptible to anal
intercourse.

3) Najib Razak wanted Abdul Razak Baginda to look after Aminah as he
did not want her to harass him since he was now the deputy prime
minister.

4) Najib Razak, Abdul Razak Baginda and Aminah had all been together at a dinner in Paris.

5) Aminah wanted money from him as she felt she was entitled to a
US$500,000 commission on a submarine deal she assisted with in Paris.

1. On Oct 19, 2006, I arrived at Abdul Razak Baginda’s house in
   Damansara Heights to begin my night duty. I had parked my car outside
   as usual. I saw a yellow Proton Perdana taxi pass by with three ladies
   inside, one of whom was Aminah. The taxi did a U-turn and stopped in
   front of the house where these ladies rolled down the window and wished
   me ‘Happy Deepavali’. The taxi then left.

2. About 20 minutes later the taxi returned with only Aminah in it.
   She got out of the taxi and walked towards me and started talking to
   me. I sent an SMS to Abdul Razak Baginda informing him “Aminah was
   here”. I received an SMS from Razak instructing me “to delay her until
   my man comes”.

3. Whist I was talking to Aminah, she informed me of the following:

1) That she met Abdul Razak Baginda in Singapore with Najib Razak.
2) That she had also met Abdul Razak Baginda and Najib Razak at a dinner in Paris.

3) That she was promised a sum of US$500,000.00 as commission for assisting in a submarine deal in Paris.

4) That Abdul Razak Baginda had bought her a house in Mongolia but
her brother had refinanced it and she needed money to redeem it.

5) That her mother was ill and she needed money to pay for her treatment.

6) That Abdul Razak Baginda had married her in Korea as her mother is Korean whilst her father was a Mongolian/Chinese mix.

7) That if I wouldn’t allow her to see Abdul Razak Baginda, would I be able to arrange for her to see Najib Razak.

1. After talking to Aminah for about 15 minutes, a red Proton
   Aeroback arrived with a woman and two men. I now know the woman to be
   lance corporal Rohaniza and the men, Azilah Hadri and Sirul Azahar.
   They were all in plainclothes. Azilah walked towards me while the other
   two stayed in the car.

2. Azilah asked me whether the woman was Aminah and I said “Yes”.
   He then walked off and made a few calls on his handphone. After 10
   minutes another vehicle, a blue Proton Saga, driven by a Malay man,
   passed by slowly. The drivers window had been wound down and the driver
   was looking at us.

3. Azilah then informed me they would be taking Aminah away. I
   informed Aminah they were arresting her. The other two persons then got
   out of the red Proton and exchanged seats so that lance corporal
   Rohaniza and Aminah were in the back while the two men were in the
   front. They drove off and that is the last I ever saw of Aminah.

4. Abdul Razak Baginda was not at home when all this occurred.

5. After Oct 19, 2006, I continued to work for Abdul Razak Baginda
   at his house in Damansara Heights from 7pm to 8am the next morning, as
   he had been receiving threatening text messages from a woman called
   ‘Amy’ who was apparently ‘Aminah’s’ cousin in Mongolia.

6. On the night of Oct 20, 2006, both of Aminah’s girlfriends
   turned up at Abdul Razak Baginda’s house enquiring where Aminah was. I
   informed them she had been arrested the night before.

7. A couple of nights later, these two Mongolian girls, Mr Ang and
   another Mongolian girl called ‘Amy’ turned up at Abdul Razak Baginda’s
   house looking for Aminah as they appeared to be convinced she was being
   held in the house.

8. A commotion began so I called the police who arrived shortly
   thereafter in a patrol car. Another patrol car arrived a short while
   later in which was the investigating officer from the Dang Wangi police
   station who was in charge of the missing persons report lodged by one
   of the Mongolians girls, I believe was Amy.

9. I called Abdul Razak Baginda who was at home to inform him of
   the events taking place at his front gate. He then called DSP Musa
   Safri and called me back informing me that Musa Safri would be calling
   handphone and I was to pass the phone to the inspector from Dang Wangi
   police station.

10. I then received a call on my handphone from Musa Safri and duly
    handed the phone to the Dang Wangi inspector. The conversation lasted
    3-4 minutes after which he told the girls to disperse and to go to see
    him the next day.

11. On or about Oct 24, 2006, Abdul Razak Baginda instructed me to
    accompany him to the Brickfields police station as he had been advised
    to lodge a police report about the harassment he was receiving from
    these Mongolian girls.

12. Before this, Amy had sent me an SMS informing me she was going
    to Thailand to lodge a report with the Mongolian consulate there
    regarding Aminah’s disappearance. Apparently she had sent the same SMS
    to Abdul Razak Baginda. This is why he told me he had been advised to
    lodge a police report.

13. Abdul Razak Baginda informed me that DPS Musa Safri had
    introduced him to one DSP Idris, the head of the criminal division,
    Brickfields police station, and that Idris had referred him to ASP
    Tonny.

14. When Abdul Razak Baginda had lodged his police report at
    Brickfields police station, in front of ASP Tonny, he was asked to make
    a statement but he refused as he said he was leaving for overseas. He
    did however promise to prepare a statement and hand ASP Tonny a
    thumbdrive. I know that this was not done as ASP Tonny told me.

15. However ASP Tonny asked me the next day to provide my statement instead and so I did.

16. I stopped working for Abdul Razak Baginda on Oct 26, 2006 as this was the day he left for Hong Kong on his own.

17. In mid-November 2006, I received a phone call from ASP Tonny
    from the IPK Jalan Hang Tuah asking me to see him regarding Aminah’s
    case. When I arrived there I was immediately arrested under Section 506
    of the Penal Code for criminal intimidation.

18. I was then placed in the lock up and remanded for five days. On the third day, I was released on police bail.

19. At the end of November 2006, the D9 department of the IPK sent a
    detective to my house to escort me to the IPK Jalan Hang Tuah. When I
    arrived, I was told I was being arrested under Section 302 of the Penal
    Code for murder. I was put in the lock up and remanded for seven days.

20. I was transported to Bukit Aman where I was interrogated and
    questioned about an SMS I had received from Abdul Razak Baginda on Oct
    19, 2006 which read “delay her until my man arrives”. They had
    apparently retrieved this message from Abdul Razak Baginda’s handphone.

21. They then proceeded to record my statement from 8.30 am to 6pm
    everyday for seven consecutive days. I told them all I knew including
    everything Abdul Razak Baginda and Aminah had told me about their
    relationships with Najib Razak but when I came to sign my statement,
    these details had been left out.

22. I have given evidence in the trial of Azilah, Sirul and Abdul
    Razak Baginda at the Shah Alam High Court. The prosecutor did not ask
    me any questions in respect of Aminah’s relationship with Najib Razak
    or of the phone call I received from DSP Musa Safri, whom I believe was
    the ADC for Najib Razak and/or his wife.

23. On the day Abdul Razak Baginda was arrested, I was with him at
    his lawyers office at 6.30am. Abdul Razak Baginda informed us that he
    had sent Najib Razak an SMS the evening before as he refused to believe
    he was to be arrested, but had not received a response.

24. Shortly thereafter, at about 7.30am, Abdul Razak Baginda
    received an SMS from Najib Razak and showed, this message to both
    myself and his lawyer. This message read as follows: “ I am seeing IGP
    at 11am today … matter will be solved … be cool”.

25. I have been made to understand that Abdul Razak Baginda was
    arrested the same morning at his office in the Bangunan Getah Asli,
    Jalan Ampang.

26. The purpose of this Statutory declaration is to:

1) State my disappointment at the standard of investigations
conducted by the authorities into the circumstances surrounding the
murder of Altantuya Shaaribuu.

2) Bring to the notice of the relevant authorities the strong
possibility that there are individuals other than the three accused who
must have played a role in the murder of Altantuya Shaaribuu.

3) Persuade the relevant authorities to reopen their investigations
into this case immediately so that any fresh evidence may be presented
to the court prior to submissions at the end of the prosecutions case.

4) Emphasise the fact that having been a member of the Royal
Malaysian Police Force for 17 years, I am absolutely certain no police
officer would shoot someone in the head and blow up their body without
receiving specific instructions from their superiors first.

5) Express my concern that should the defence not be called in the
said murder trial, the accused, Azilah and Sirul will not have to swear
on oath and testify as to the instructions they received and from whom
they were given.

1. And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the
   same be true and by virtue of the provisions of the Statutory
   Declaration Act 1960.
   
   Balasubramaniam a/l Perumal
   July 1, 2008

Breaking News: Najib and Altantuya Links

Soon Li Tsin

July 3, 2008

Private investigator P Balasubramaniam has made shocking claims that
Deputy Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak had links with murdered
Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu.

He revealed that Najib had also informed his close associate Abdul
Razak Baginda that Inspector General of Police Musa Hassan was ‘taking
care’ of the murder case which implicated Abdul Razak.

He further revealed that his evidence linking Najib to the murdered
Mongolian was removed by the police and prosecutors during the murder
trial - a move seen to protect the DPM

These shocking revelations were made by Balasubramaniam in a statutory declaration which he filed on July 1 and was revealed by PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim in a packed press conference this morning.

Balasubramaniam was the PI hired by Abdul Razak to ‘handle’
Altantuya, who had apparently come over to Malaysia in 2006 to settle
some issues with Abdul Razak.

Soon after Altantuya was found murdered in an isolated site in Shah Alam, Selangor.



‘Matter will be resolved … be cool’

In the statutory declaration, Balasubramaniam said he was told by Abdul Razak on Najib’s links with Altantuya. These include:

• Abdul Razak had been introduced to Altantuya by Najib at a diamond exhibition in Singapore.

• Najib informed Abdul Razak that he had sexual encounters with Altantuya and that she was partial to anal intercourse.

• Najib wanted Abdul Razak to look after Altantuya as he did not want her to harass him since he was now the DPM.

• Najib, Abdul Razak and Altantuya had all been together at a dinner in Paris.

• Altantuya wanted money from Abdul Razak as she felt she was
  entitled to a USD$500,000.00 commission on a submarine deal she
  assisted with in Paris.

Meanwhile, during the course of his investigation, Balasubramiam said Altantuya made some disclosures including:

• She met Abdul Razak in Singapore with Najib.

• She also met Abdul Razak and Najib at a dinner in Paris.

• She was promised a sum of USD$500,000.00 as commission for assisting in a submarine deal in Paris.

• Abdul Razak Baginda had initially bought her a house in Mongolia
  but her brother had refinanced it and she needed money to redeem it.

• Her mother was ill and she needed money to pay for her treatment.

• Abdul Razak had married her in Korea as her mother is Korean whilst her father is a Mongolian/Chinese mix.

• Since Balasubramaniam disallowed her from meeting Abdul Razak, she hoped that he could arrange for her to meet Najib instead

The former special branch officer also revealed that Abdul Razak had
SMSed Najib on the day he was arrested over Altantuya’s killing and had
received a reply stating, “I am seeing IGP at 11.00 am today … matter
will be solved … be cool”, from Najib indicating that the matter will
be taken care by the IGP.

Details that implicate Najib

According to Balasubramaniam, he had informed all of these to the
police and the prosecution team when they took his statement but was
surprised that all mention of Najib were eventually removed from the
police statement which he reluctantly signed.

Asked why he signed the police statement if it did not contain details that implicate Najib, he said he did so under duress.

“If you have experience in the cell, you will definitely sign the statement. I wanted to go out, I have three children.

“For no reason they put me in the lock up Why was I arrested when
they can just call me in to take a statement from me,” he said.

His lawyer, Americk Singh Sidhu, told reporters that the reason why
Balasubramaniam made the statutory declaration two days ago was because
the prosecution has wrapped up their case against Abdul Razak without
raising his revelations.

Balasubramaniam who was the first prosecution witness in the trial,
was not asked about Altantuya’s connection with Najib when the hearings
began in June last year.

“He was waiting for prosecution to ask but they never did so that’s
the reason why he’s surprised and that’s why he came up with the
statutory declaration.

“This press conference is to bring into light the available evidence
and to tell the police and prosecution that Balasubramaniam is at their
disposal at anytime,” Americk said.

Americk stressed that the statutory declaration is not a statement
of the truth but a statement of what was said to him by Abdul Razak and
Altantuya.

“We’re not saying what he heard is absolute gospel, this must be
distinguished. Balasubramaniam is not in the position to determine what
is true or not,” he said.

Najib had previously said that he never knew and had never met Altantuya.



Frenzy of conspiracy theories

Meanwhile, Anwar said that it was evident that the police and the
prosecution team, especially IGP Musa Hassan and Attorney General Abdul
Gani Patail, have hidden relevant information in the Altantuya murder
case.

He was worried that they would do the same in the ongoing probe into
the sodomy allegation made against him by his former aide Saiful
Bukhari Azlan.

Last Saturday, Saiful lodged a police report alleging that Anwar had
sodomised him which sparked of a frenzy of conspiracy theories among
the public especially after photos of the former with Najib’s special
officer Khairil Anas Yusof surfaced online.

“Najib believes that I am doing this (to bring him down) which is
not true. He fears that I would continue to use the Altantuya case to
embarrass him and lead to his downfall.

“That’s why I suggested that I strongly believe that the AG, IGP and
Najib are involved in these new attacks against me,” he said.

Two days ago, Anwar lodged a report against Musa and Gani for fabricating evidence in his trials 10 years ago.

Pressed whether he had more concrete evidence suggesting actual
links between Najib and Altantuya, Anwar answered in the affirmative.

“We will adduce further evidence soon. This is not the end. I just
want to test not only the nerve but the commitment by Prime Minister
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi that everything should be (professionally
investigated).

“I want to reiterate. There is nothing personal here. I have
evidence, I will submit it, be it evidence against Najib or Abdullah,”
he added.

Anwar took the opportunity to point out that he has been informed
that mainstream media have been told to black out negative news
mentioning Najib.

“We will see tonight whether his name will appear in the news
tonight. If it does not appear, it shows that all top level officials
are relieved from any offences and those who do not like Umno and
Barisan Nasional will be made to look like criminals,” he asserted.

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