Carpet businessman Deepak Jaikishan has postponed the launch of his tell-all book called 'Black Rose' - linking the wife of the prime minister, Rosmah Mansor, with the saga of murdered Mongolian woman Altantuya Shaariibuu - to tomorrow.

In an SMS message cancelling today's event, he said that the book publisher had yet to release copies of 'Black Rose' to him.
NONEIn addition to the launch of the book, Deepak also vowed to disclose evidence of alleged payment to private investigator, P Balasubramaniam to make him retract his initial statutory declaration linking Prime Minister Najib Razak to Altantuya.
Meanwhile, he is expected to go to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office in Putrajaya in the coming week.
Deepak said the meeting was supposed to be held yesterday, but the officer who has been asking for him to come to the MACC was occupied.

“Hence, he has asked me to go there within this week. I will be informing the media further on this as I will require the media's assistance before going in.”

He however refused to divulge details on what he is being called for, only saying more will be revealed before he enters the MACC office.

Bala or land deal?

Deepak, who had previously acknowledged helping to get Balasubramaniam retract his first statutory declaration, had recently revealed that Najib had a role in the affair.

The MACC had then considered the Balasubramaniam probe closed unless there is new evidence.

The carpet businessman was also embroiled in a legal tussle involving his company Astacanggih Sdn Bhd, which was being bought over by a Defence Ministry agency last week after the case had been withdrawn from the Kuala Lumpur High Court.

Boustead Holding Bhd, the investment vehicle of Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera (LTAT), an agency under the Defence Ministry, had announced on Bursa Malaysia that it would be acquiring an 80 percent stake in Astacanggih, owned by Deepak.

Boustead purchased the stake through its wholly-owned subsidiary Bakti Wira Development Sdn Bhd, and said it will also acquire 80.94 hectares of freehold land in Klang from Awan Megah (M) Sdn Bhd for RM130 million.

The legal battle follows Awan Megah having sought Deepak’s help when it failed to secure a land bond after it was tasked by the government through a privatisation project to construct the National Defence Research Centre (Puspahanas) in Putrajaya for which the Defence Ministry would pay the company RM27 million, and 223 acres or 90.24ha of land in Klang worth RM72.5 million.

Deepak’s Astacanggih had managed to secure and issue the RM72.5 million land bond for Awan Megah, where in return, 200 acres of the land will be given to him.

However, he has alleged that Awan Megah, owned by Selangor Umno senator Raja Ropiaah Raja Abdullah, has reneged on her end of the deal resulting in the legal tussle which was eventually withdrawn last week.