This is a Community Service Message -- running an important statement from PKR adviser Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, a potential Prime Minister looking to contest the next General Elections if held after April 15, 2008. As the Press Statement is bilingual, it also is one way to help some Malaysians, including Desi, to improve their Bahasa Malaysia, yes!:)
KENYATAAN MEDIA
22 Oktober 2007
Pada hari ini tiga orang pegawai dari Badan Pencegah Rasuah mengunjungi pejabat saya buat kali kedua dalam tiga minggu berikutan siasatan mereka terhadap rakaman video yang telah saya siarkan kepada awam pada 19 September 2007.
Saya menghargai kerjasama BPR yang berterusan tetapi saya ingin menegaskan kegusaran saya bahawa kerajaan menggunakan BPR untuk melambatkan siasatan sebenar dan mengalihkan perhatian orang ramai dari isu-isu penting berkaitan salahlaku kehakiman yang ditimbulkan oleh video tersebut.
BPR merakam sebuah kenyataan lanjutan dari saya hari ini. Saya memaklumkan kepada mereka bahawa klip video 14 minit yang asal bersama dengan sumber yang membawanya kepada saya. Saya memberikan mereka jaminan saya bahawa saya akan membekalkan salinan sebenar yang mana mereka boleh menentukan kesahihan klip video tersebut pada Khamis 25 Oktober. Namun selepas habis mengambil kenyataan serta mendapat jaminan saya, pegawai BPR menerima arahan untuk mengarah saya menyerahkan klip asal rakaman video tersebut, termasuk segmen 6 minit yang belum dikeluarkan kepada orang ramai, pada atau sebelum Khamis. Arahan ini dikeluarkan meskipun saya sudah memaklumkan bahawa salinan asal ada dengan sumber. Kegagalan memenuhi arahan ini mungkin akan berakhir dengan pendakwaan.
Adalah langsung tidak munasabah bahawa BPR terus menumpukan perhatian mereka terhadap kesahihan video tersebut sedangkan VK Lingam, Ahmad Fairuz, Vincent Tan dan Tengku Adnan yang disebut di dalamnya masih belum disiasat atau memberi kenyataan awam menafikan perbualan di dalam video tersebut.
Justeru, saya menyeru BPR untuk memenuhi matlamat mereka untuk membanteras rasuah dan menyiasat salahlaku pegawai awam dan bukan sekadar siasatan terhadap pendedah rasuah.
Saya juga amat prihatin dengan kebajikan individu atau individu-individu yang telah meminta saya membawa video ini ke perhatian umum. Permintaan kami untuk jaminan terhadap keselamatan peribadi mereka dan perlindungan dari tindakan undang-undang masih lagi belum dijawab. Ini merupakan persoalan yang mesti dijawab sebelum kami mengeluarkan baki rakaman video tersebut.
Penubuhan sebuah Suruhanjaya DiRaja yang bebas untuk menyiasat tuduhan serius rasuah di dalam video ini terus mendapat sokongan Majlis Peguam Malaysia, parti-parti politik dari pembangkang dan juga di dalam kerajaan, serta badan-badan bukan kerajaan. Saya hanya ingin mengulangi desakan saya agar langkah-langkah ini diambil agar siasatan ini dapat disempurnakan segera.
Rombongan BPR tersebut diketuai Tuan Sazali bin Salbi, Ketua Cawangan Tindakan Khas merangkap Timbalan Pesuruhjaya BPR Putrajaya.
ANWAR IBRAHIM
MEDIA STATEMENT
22 October 2007
Today three representatives of the Anti-Corruption Agency visited my office for the second time in three weeks in relation to its investigation of the videotape that I released to the public on 19 September.
I appreciate the continued cooperation of the ACA but must reiterate my solemn concern that the government is using the ACA to delay a proper investigation and to divert the public's attention from the critical issues of judicial misconduct that are raised by the video.
The ACA recorded a further statement from me today. I informed them that the original of the 14 minute video clip is with the source who initially brought it to me. I gave them my undertaking however that I would supply them a genuine and proper copy which they could use to authenticate the video clip on Thursday 25 October 2007. However after completing the statement and despite my undertaking, the ACA officers received an instruction to issue an order to me compelling me to submit the original complete videotape recording, including the six-minute segment of the video that has yet to be viewed by the public, on or before Thursday. This was done despite my informing them that the original was still with the source. Failure to meet their demands may be met with prosecution.
It is an anathema that the ACA would be so concerned about the tape's authenticity when those featured in it, VK Lingam, Ahmed Fairuz, Vincent Tan and Tengku Adnan, have not been investigated or issued any public denial of the conversation that is featured in the videotape.
I therefore call upon the ACA to adhere to its mission in rooting out corruption and investigating the misconduct of public officials and move beyond what can only be described today as a witch-hunt for the whistleblowers.
I also remain deeply concerned over the welfare of the individual or individuals who have asked me to bring this videotape to the public's attention. The guarantee of their personal safety and immunity from legal action are yet unanswered questions that must be addressed in order for the remainder of the tape to be released.
The establishment of an independent Royal Commission to investigate the serious allegations of corruption that the videotape raises remains an option favoured by the Malaysian Bar Council, political parties from the opposition and from within the government, and other civil society organisations. I would simply reiterate my call for these measures to be taken so that the investigation can proceed in a timely manner.
The ACA delegation was headed by Tuan Sazali bin Salbi, Head of Special Tasks Branch cum Deputy Commissioner, ACA Putrajaya.
ANWAR IBRAHIM
DESIDERATA: I'm reserving my comments because the writing is so clear on the wall. Sometimes we Malaysians ae justified to dream that we have a "V" around to help us!
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