“That is why there have been so many unconfirmed news reports about highly-placed individuals close to Musa Aman being arrested. The leaks are coming from the MACC. It doesn’t want to show its hand yet, but it wants to send a very strong message to Gani and to IGP Musa Hassan,” a source told Malaysia Chronicle.
According to the source, Prime Minister Najib Razak – who has direct control over the MACC – does not want to offend Musa Aman. He is afraid of stirring up a huge negative political reaction from Sabah Umno should he press too swiftly and too hard.
“Obviously Najib is not doing this because he is really out to fight corruption but these people have gotten out of hand,” the source said.
“They have been manipulating the timber concessions and deals from Yayasan Sabah for themselves rather than channeling the money back to Umno HQ. If he doesn’t put a stop to it, there won’t be anything left for him. It is as simple as that.
Lending credence to the talk of trouble brewing between Najib and Musa Aman is the recent call by Sabah Umno Youth to give Khairy Jamaluddin a cabinet post. Khairy – the national Youth chief – is also the son-in-law of former premier Abdullah Badawi, and Musa Aman is a Badawi loyalist.
The highly unusual call to the PM was seen as a signal from the Sabah leader that he would retaliate if the federal government kept pressuring him.
“The PM, the AG and the MACC must come clean on this matter because it involves Malaysia’s good name. The money laundering activities are just too high-profile to be suppressed and the ICAC is already hot on the trail,” PKR Youth chief Shamsul Iskandar Akin told Malaysia Chronicle.
“It is shameful to hear stories out of Sabah and even Hong Kong that being a fellow Sabahan, the AG wants to help Musa Aman. Gani must answer to Malaysians: is this true, did he or did he not meet with the Hong Kong ICAC and was he trying to persuade them not to probe further into the case?”
Indeed the rumors have spread like wild fire. Names like Michael Chia and his Gang of 14 including senior lawyer, Richard Barnes, have been splashed in various blogs and online portals. Chia – who is widely believed to be one of Musa Aman’s top aides -was detained at the Hong Kong airport two years ago for allegedly trying to smuggle through some RM16 million in cash.
Last year, Shamsul went to Hong Kong to give evidence that Chia was indeed a nominee for Musa Aman. Shamsul told the ICAC that public funds were being illegally obtained and siphoned out from Malaysia and deposited into various accounts in Hong Kong at UBS AG, Bank of East Asia Limited, HSBC, Credit Suisse and Citibank. He also named four other people believed to have embezzled and laundered money belonging to the Sabah state government and its subsidiaries.
“Just like the French submarines case where Suaram had to go to Paris, we had no choice but to go to Hong Kong and lodge a report with the ICAC so that investigations could be carried out because back home, the MACC was refusing to budge,” Shamsul said.
“I believe the Hong Kong probe is now quite advanced, so even if the MACC still refuses to act, the ICAC will. They have come over to Sabah several times and the whole case can really blow up in Malaysia’s face. Money laundering is a big-time crime and if our country is tainted, there goes the credibility of our banking and financial system, not just the political.”
At the Putrajaya end, IGP Musa Hassan is believed to have thrown in his lot with Gani in this matter. The police chief was recently involved in a public spat with Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein, who is Najib’s cousin.
“It is time for the authorities to clear the air rather than use underground methods. Too many questions have popped up including is the IGP related to the AG and where is his stand in this matter?" the source said.
"It is also well known in Umno circles that Najib favours Shafie Apdal as the new Sabah Chief Minister. But even though Najib is PM, Musa Aman is very powerful in Sabah. He is also very wealthy. At the end of the day, these factors may matter more."
http://malaysia-chronicle.blogspot.com/2010/06/ag-igp-and-musa-aman-vs-najib-shafie.html
10 comments:
i find that its a bit confusing with what the 'source' said in this article..the 'source' said there's so many unconfirmed news report about the highly-placed which said close to Musa Aman being arrested..and the information was from MACC.. well, unconfirmed means not a facts with no evidences..the leaks claimed by this 'source' was from MACC, for me, its also unconfirmed report..to me this is just another rumor because it was unconfirmed news reports as the 'source' said... :p
Looks like everything is spreading around rapid fast. Crazy man. With the World Cup on, I doubt everybody will read all this stuffs on Najib, CM, Shafie, AG and IGP and MACC..
Like i said in previous blogs. This are still rumours without confirmation. The wind blows the story every directions. MACC still investigating and lets just wait for the outcome..
Oh my. Looks like a "war" will break out soon. i hope everything cools down and calms down. There's no need for war. I hope those who spread unconfirmed rumours to stop mixing all the flavours in.
Siapa ba sourcenya ni... Berani kerana benar, so apa tunggu lagi tampil lah. hehhee
Pedulilah siapapun si 'source' ni. Yang penting hal ni belum diketahu sejauh mana kebenarannya, jadi janganlah mana2 pihak asyik perbesarkan isu ni k.
Politik jugalah yang paling membinggungkan.. ada lagi kah yang paling binggung dari ni. hehehe
Tunggu dan lihat saja lah. Cakap banyak2 pun takda guna juga kalau takda bukti.
Tapi saya tetap yakin dan berharap agar CM takda kaitan dengan hal ni.
No worry CM :)
Sebagai sabahan kita perlu menyokong dan mempercayai CM kita seadanya. Hal ni belum dibuktikan lagi, jadi janganlah kita memikirkan yang buka2 pasal CM kita k.
Obviously this is just rumors. The news report are rather vague. How sure are we that Musa is involve.
Astaga...blum selesai lagi ka nie kes? Balik2x kes ini juga..mana kes yang lebih panas...????
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