By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal - The Malaysian Insider
Orders were given to link Najib and Rosmah (right) to the Altantuya trial, an MP claimed today. — file pic
During his inaugural speech as an Independent MP, he told the House that he was one of the lawyers involved in the murder case, and that he withdrew from it because there was a “third force” behind the scenes.
Initially, he was a lawyer for Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri, one of the three accused.
“I was asked to implicate the prime minister and [his] wife in the murder case. I was asked to get their sworn statements and I was asked to make a sworn statement,” the Kulim-Bandar Baharu MP told the Dewan Rakyat.
“The reward that was offered could definitely shake one’s faith, so I withdrew from acting on the case because there is a third force acting on the case,” he said.
He went on to accuse a key witnesses in the Mongolian model’s murder case, private investigator Balasubramaniam Perumal, of being an “opportunist” whose testimony should not be accepted without an investigation.
“I was one of the lawyers involved in the Altantuya case. Bala is only an opportunist taking advantage... a devil in disguise,” claimed the former PKR member.
He asserted that Najib had acted correctly by disavowing any involvement with the murder and its victim.
“The PM has sworn he was not involved in the murder. Take it in good faith as it is how it should be done in Islam.”
The Kulim-Bandar Baharu MP then warned that if he were to reveal more details, it would make Bayan Baru MP Datuk Seri Zahrain Mohd Hashim’s revelation in Parliament unimpressive.
“If I were to say any more, Bayan Baru’s explosive claims would be like a silent fart.”
Outside Parliament, Zulkifli did his best not commit to further claims, stating that the Speaker Datuk Ronald Kiandee did not give him extra time for him to continue.
When asked what he was offered to implicate the PM and his wife, Zulkifli sidestepped by saying: “I cannot say these things outside of Parliament, you should ask me inside Parliament.”
“The offer came in many forms, not necessarily money,” he said.
He hinted that he had been directed to do similar deeds in the past, and that since becoming an Independent he had gone and apologised personally to whomever he had slandered in the past.
“I will meet the PM, that is, if he wants to see me; I am small fry,” said Zulkifli.
Zulkifli also neither confirmed nor denied if the directive to taint Najib and Rosmah came from his previous party.
“I am not saying that it is PKR. PKR is a party that fights for a cause for reform. It is the little pharaohs within the party who have their own agendas and are running the party.”
He said that he would bring up the matter again if he is given a chance to do so in the coming parliamentary proceedings.
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