Keystone Cops galore

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The first document is a charge sheet against the one-time Director of the Commercial Crime Division, Ramli Yusuff. The charge sheet is dated 14 January 2008. According to this charge sheet, Ramli was alleged to have purchased 20,000 Telekom Malaysia shares without declaring them. The asset declaration, according to the charge sheet, was made on 17 September 2007.

This means, in short, on 17 September 2007, Ramli declared his assets but did not declare the 20,000 Telekom Malaysia shares as being part of his assets. But then, if you look at the next document (BURSA MALAYSIA DEPOSITORY: Statement of accounts for the period 9 January 2007 to 18 September 2007), you will see that the 20,000 Telekom Malaysia shares were purchased on 18 September 2007.

So, if the asset declaration by Ramli was made on 17 September 2007, how could he have declared shares he bought the following day, on 18 September 2007, when he had not bought them yet? He was being asked to declare assets he owned and not assets he suspects he might own in future.

Interesting is it not? And if this is the quality of Malaysia's prosecution team and the stupidity they display, then I would like to apply for the job of Attorney-General because I am absolutely, 100% confident I am smarter and would certainly not make blunders such as these. more...

Trojan Horses in the opposition ranks

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PKR, of course, is not spared this same problem either. Take the case of Nallakarupan. He was almost allowed to contest the recent Ijok by-election. At the eleventh hour he was dropped in favour of Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim. No doubt, many thought that an Indian should have contested that seat and the fact that the Indian was sidelined in favour of a Malay attracted allegations of racial discrimination. But Nallakarupan is a known pimp who procures women for the rich and powerful, in particular rich and powerful politicians who walk in the corridors of power. And he is an Umno Trojan Horse. Dropping him was probably the best decision Anwar Ibrahim has ever made in four years.

Nallakarupan now has his own 'Indian' party that is backed by no less than Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak. Rosmah would be best advised to limit contacts between Nallakarupan and her husband lest she wants to see some Bollywood bombshells land on her doorstep. It is no secret that Nallakarupan was almost sent to the gallows ten years ago if not for the fact that he has a fat bank account and was able to pay all and sundry a total of RM100 million to be allowed to walk free. But RM100 million is a fraction of the money he has stashed away in Singapore and staying alive to enjoy the balance of your money is a better proposition than being hanged by the neck until you die.

Barisan Nasional is in trouble. Umno is being torn apart by internal bickering. MCA too is, yet again, going to be split into two. The Team A and Team B factions that ripped MCA apart awhile back has now become Team A, Team B and Team C. And the Chua Soi Lek pornographic DVD controversy has not ended the political career of the one-time Minister of Health. Instead, it has just made him more determined to oust the MCA leadership and he has embarked on an aggressive nationwide campaign to take over the leadership of the party -- which will happen later this year and thereby place him in a strategic position to succeed the Presidency in 2012.

The MIC veterans of the pre-Samy Vellu days have got together and are accumulating 100,000 signatures to prove that the Indians no longer support the MIC leadership. MIC Youth has been ordered to embark on a nationwide road-show to regain Indian support. At the meeting with MIC members in Kulim on 6 January, 2,000 angry Indians booed the MIC Youth leader and pelted him with eggs. The police had to be brought in to restore order and prevent what was going to become a riot if left to its own devices.

The Indians have made it very clear they no longer support MIC. Abdullah Badawi agreed to meet the Indians to listen to their grievances but he wanted Samy Vellu in attendance. Samy Vellu is the problem. The problem can never be the solution. The Indians realise they do not have the sympathetic ear of the Prime Minister and the only way they are going to get justice would be to take matters into their own hands. MIC or the Prime Minister are not going to help them. They have to help themselves. More...