DEAR ESteemedReaders, treat this post as PART II of my post dated:
Tuesday, July 07, 2015
THE UNRAVELLING OF 1MDB CONTINUES -- almost reaching its peak! Don't be like DESi -- lots of CUt&PAStrying these past few months, C! -_- go read the first part before you continue reading a borrowed piece from mGf -- myGOODfriend, knot gal! -- KIM QUEK, viz:
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Freedom or totalitarianism?
By Kim Quek
29.07.2015
It is all
too apparent that Prime Minister Najib Razak’s lightning move to remove the
Attorney General and reshuffle his cabinet on July 28 was done for the singular
purpose to neuter criminal investigations and impending prosecution arising
from the 1MDB scandal and the RM2.6 billion in Najib’s personal bank accounts.
By removing
AG Gani Patail and offering cabinet positions to members of the PAC (parliamentary
account committee), Najib hopes to avert impending prosecution and postpone
imminent PAC hearings on key players in 1MDB, which in all certainty, will
expose the massive multi-billion heist that will grievously hurt Najib.
SACKING OF AG HIGHLY DUBIOUS
The
so-called sacking of Gani is heavily tainted with unconstitutionality,
illegality, deceit and malicious intent.
The circumstances
of the announcement immediately aroused suspicion. It was announced on July 28 by
national news agency Bernama through a one-sentence tweet stating that Gani’s services as AG was
terminated on July 27 due to health reasons, quoting the Chief Secretary of the
government.
When asked
on July 28, Gani said he had no idea that he had been sacked.
Questions
galore: Why wasn’t Gani informed? Why wasn’t there a letter of termination from
the Head of State Agong, who is the only authority to appoint or to remove the
AG? If Gani had to stop work due to health reasons, why were we told that Gani
would still continue to serve as a legal staff till his statutory retirement date
in coming October? And why had Gani never complained of ill health? And why didn’t PM Najib announce that he had “sacked”
Gani?
As the AG is
designated by the Constitution as the sole decision-maker as to whether a
person should prosecuted, the independence of his position is guaranteed by
mandating his termination through a tribunal appointed by the Agong. Hence, the
currently unceremonious “dumping” of Gani is obviously an unconstitutional move.
SABOTAGING INVESTIGATIONS AND PROSECUTIONS
Conspiracy
theories abound as to why Najib had to act like a desperado. Is it to avert an immediate prosecution which
only the AG had the power to execute – keeping in mind that there have been a
series of arrests arising from the investigations of the Special Task Force
probing the twin scandals of Najib’s RM2.6 billion and the 1MDB fiasco? The task force is made up of the chiefs of police,
MACC and Bank Negara, co-ordinated by the AG.
Another body
hot on the heels of these scandals is the PAC, which is due to grill the
current and former CEOs of 1MDB starting from Aug 4, and also to hear two former
directors of 1MDB who resigned in indignation over the theft of US$700 million
immediately after signing a bogus joint venture agreement with PetroSaudi in
September 2009.
Immediately
after the cabinet reshuffle on July 28, where PAC chairman Nur Jazlan and three
other members were offered positions in the cabinet, Nur announced a suspension
of PAC hearings pending appointment of new members in the next parliamentary
session commencing in October.
Thus in one lightning
swoop, Najib had apparently incapacitated the pursuers of the scandals and immunise
himself from harm, and perhaps hopefully, to bury these scandals.
If Najib
succeeds, Malaysians will have to bury their heads in shame, and the
credibility of this country will suffer a grievous and irreparable blow.
Who would
still trust a country where the prime minister can escape unscathed with unaccounted
for RM2.6 billion in his bank accounts and tens of billions of ringgit of
public funds evaporated into thin air through a so-called sovereign wealth
fund, of which he is personally responsible?
Can our institutions
– the police force, the anti-corruption commission MACC, Central Bank and the
attorney general’s chambers – stand the shame of being cowed and neutered by a
tyrannical hand in contempt of our constitution and law?
MUST
DEFEND AGAINST TOTALITARIANISM
No, we must
not allow this to happen, because we have too much too lose and too much to
defend.
The Special
Task Force must continue to discharge its sacrosanct duties honourably and
diligently until the whole truth is uncovered and the culprits punished – with or
without Gani Patail as AG. They owe this
to themselves and to the future generations of Malaysians.
As
for the
PAC, it should immediately resume hearings under the leadership of
deputy
chairman Dr.Tan Seng Giaw who shall act as chairman in the absence of
Nur Jazlan. With 9 remaining members in PAC (out of a total
of 13), there is more than enough members to make up a quorum (minimum
is 3).
This is the
hour when all Malaysians must stand up to defend themselves against an
onslaught, which if not repulsed, will turn the country into a failed state of
corrupt dictatorship.
Kim Quek
DESIDERATA: I will now highlight from my first post on this subject reproducing the following:
from THE MALAYSIAN-CHRONICLE.COM:~~~~
KUALA LUMPUR - Amid plunging public confidence and a massive
sell-off in the Malaysian shares and currency markets, Opposition
Members of Parliament unanimously agreed to adopt demands made by NGOs
and social activists following news that Prime Minister Najib Razak had
allegedly 'bought' the country's 13th general election held in May 2013,
and had some RM2.6 billion of 1MDB-linked funds illicitly transferred
to his personal accounts.
"Najib has become a tremendous liability to Malaysia, yet his Umno party refuses to chastise him or take action to restore confidence such as demanding he go on leave to allow for a neutral probe," MP for Batu Tian Chua told Malaysia Chronicle.
"This sort of attitude and corruption are no longer tolerated by the people or investors and Umno must heed the wishes of the people or be held culpable for helping Najib destroy Malaysia's economy."
The Opposition MPs, led by PKR president Wan Azizah and DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang, had gathered at Parliament house this morning in a meeting that Najib's office had tried to foil by cancelling their booking for a meeting room.
from THE MALAYSIAN-CHRONICLE.COM:~~~~
Tuesday, 07 July 2015 20:36
NAJIB TRIGGERS MARKETS BLOODBATH: MPs, civil society demand new polls as ringgit hits shock 3.81 level
Written by Malaysia Chronicle
"Najib has become a tremendous liability to Malaysia, yet his Umno party refuses to chastise him or take action to restore confidence such as demanding he go on leave to allow for a neutral probe," MP for Batu Tian Chua told Malaysia Chronicle.
"This sort of attitude and corruption are no longer tolerated by the people or investors and Umno must heed the wishes of the people or be held culpable for helping Najib destroy Malaysia's economy."
The Opposition MPs, led by PKR president Wan Azizah and DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang, had gathered at Parliament house this morning in a meeting that Najib's office had tried to foil by cancelling their booking for a meeting room.
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FRom the malaysianinsider.com:~~~
Bersih
2.0 chairperson Maria Chin Abdullah (centre) speaks during a press
conference at the group’s headquarters in Petaling Jaya, Selangor,
today. – The Malaysian Insider pic by Seth Akmal, July 29, 2015. Electoral
watchdog Bersih 2.0 will lead Malaysians in an overnight street rally
from August 29 to 30 to call for Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's
resignation over his handling of 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), the
group announced today.
Its chairman, Maria Chin Abdullah, said the rally – to be held Kuala Lumpur, Kuching and Kota Kinabalu – would also demand for institutional reforms to end "prime ministerial corruptions" which it said had begun since the time of former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
"All Malaysians are now paying a huge price for the RM42 billion scandal of 1MDB among other incidences of corruption, leakage and mismanagement.
"We invite all patriotic Malaysians to join the rally to demand for Najib to step down and the institutional reforms to be implemented so as to end prime-ministerial corruption," she said. Maria, speaking at a press conference in Petaling Jaya today, said Najib was covering up alleged corruption and had crushed the people's hopes for justice and integrity.
"Najib is taking every possible move to protect corruption. He arrogantly ignores the humble wish of Malaysians for integrity and justice. He has lost every ounce of legitimacy to stay in office," she said.
Dubbed the "Bersih 4" rally, the coming demonstration will be the movement's fourth. Its earlier rallies in 2007, 2011 and 2012 were to press for electoral reform.
Maria noted recent "political moves" by Najib which "virtually ruled out all possibilities for truth on the 1MDB scandal to be unearthed and criminals to be brought to justice".
These were changes to the cabinet as announced by Najib yesterday, as well as the removal of Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail.
She said replacing Gani, while he was in the midst of probing 1MDB as a member of a special government task force, was "meant as a warning signal to the other three agencies" in the team.
She added that Gani's removal was being rejected or questioned by many parties who had doubts over its constitutionality.
Another move to prevent the truth about 1MDB from being uncovered, Maria added, was the "co-optation" of four members of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) by promoting them into the government administration.
"As PAC members cannot be holding executive positions, these appointments are Najib's unscrupulous plot to disable PAC, the only other public institution which is pursuing the 1MDB scandal with the support of the Auditor General's Office."
Maria also said Najib was concentrating power in himself by appointing Home Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi as deputy prime minister, noting that Zahid had just ordered the suspensions of The Edge publications for exposes on the 1MDB scandal.
"That Najib and Zahid simultaneously hold two powerful ministries of Finance and Home Affairs depletes any hope of independent investigations without more attempts to cover up corruption and silence critics," she said. – July 29, 2015. - See more at:
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/bersih-to-march-on-august-29-for-najibs-resignation#sthash.dLxUsU7f.dpuf
Bersih to march on August 29 to demand
Najib’s
resignation
BY HASBULLAH AWANG CHIK
Published: 29 July 2015 2:30 PM
Bersih 2.0 chairperson Maria Chin Abdullah (centre) speaks during a press
conference at the group’s headquarters in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, today. – The
Malaysian Insider pic by Seth Akmal, July 29, 2015. (DESi apologises for failure to reproduce pic of MARia CHin ABdullah
speaking at the PREss COnference yesterday in PJ-- YL, DESi)
Electoral watchdog Bersih 2.0 will lead Malaysians in an overnight street rally from August 29 to 30 to call for Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's resignation over his handling of 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), the group announced today.
Electoral watchdog Bersih 2.0 will lead Malaysians in an overnight street rally from August 29 to 30 to call for Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's resignation over his handling of 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), the group announced today.
Its chairman, Maria Chin Abdullah, said the rally – to be held Kuala
Lumpur, Kuching and Kota Kinabalu – would also demand for institutional
reforms to end "prime ministerial corruptions" which it said had
begun since the time of former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
"All Malaysians are now paying a huge price for the RM42 billion
scandal of 1MDB among other incidences of corruption, leakage and
mismanagement.
"We invite all patriotic Malaysians to join the
rally to demand for Najib to step down and the institutional reforms to be
implemented so as to end prime-ministerial corruption," she said.
Maria, speaking at a press conference in Petaling Jaya today, said Najib
was covering up alleged corruption and had crushed the people's hopes for
justice and integrity.
"Najib is taking every possible move to protect corruption. He
arrogantly ignores the humble wish of Malaysians for integrity and justice. He
has lost every ounce of legitimacy to stay in office," she said.
Dubbed the "Bersih 4" rally, the coming demonstration will be
the movement's fourth. Its earlier rallies in 2007, 2011 and 2012 were to press
for electoral reform.
Maria noted recent "political moves" by Najib which
"virtually ruled out all possibilities for truth on the 1MDB scandal to be
unearthed and criminals to be brought to justice".
These were changes to the cabinet as announced by Najib yesterday, as well
as the removal of Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail.
She said replacing Gani, while he was in the midst of probing 1MDB as a
member of a special government task force, was "meant as a warning signal
to the other three agencies" in the team.
She added that Gani's removal was being rejected or questioned by many
parties who had doubts over its constitutionality.
Another move to prevent the truth about 1MDB from being uncovered, Maria
added, was the **** "co-optation" (DESi believes the right word here is COOPTION, YL)of four members of Parliament's Public
Accounts Committee (PAC) by promoting them into the government administration.
"As PAC members cannot be holding executive positions, these
appointments are Najib's unscrupulous plot to disable PAC, the only other
public institution which is pursuing the 1MDB scandal with the support of the
Auditor General's Office."
Maria also said Najib was concentrating power in himself by appointing
Home Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi as deputy prime minister, noting
that Zahid had just ordered the suspensions of The Edge publications for
exposes on the 1MDB scandal.
"That Najib and Zahid simultaneously hold two powerful ministries of
Finance and Home Affairs depletes any hope of independent investigations
without more attempts to cover up corruption and silence critics," she
said. – July 29, 2015.
- See more at:
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/bersih-to-march-on-august-29-for-najibs-resignation#sthash.dLxUsU7f.dpuf
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DESIDERATA2: MAy I Seek thy forebearance quoting from the OPENING PARA of a FOUR-PART ESSAY SERIES:~~~
The Impending Unravelling of IMDB could lead towards the UNRAVELLING OF NAJIB RAZAK, described by many quarters as the "weakest PM" Negaraku ever had, including by none-other-than Dr Mahathir Mohamad -- love or hate hime PM who ruled Malaysia for 22 years, no joke! As a journalist-blogger for past 10 years, Desi takes Mahathir seriously, at least he quotes Shakespeare occasionally! Mahathir's nemesis now in-jail-on-trumped-up-sodomy-charges second time around, Sdr Anwar Ibrahim -- also quotes Shakespeare often enough, more than the good doctor around the Putajaya house!
Now the Opposition Leader once oppressed by Mahathir, continues to be persecuted by the current UMNO regime, but Anwar's salvation may come from a surprising quarter -- from the infighting within UMNO. The almigthy Vitamin M may save Najib from the EGM called by his "bodeking" division heads/supporters for tomorrow, but the looming national crisis brought on by the falling world oil prices, (and casuing Petronas to report its first loss of some RM8billion in the closing quarter of 2014), and the concurrent dwindling ringgit excahnge rate, is now compunded further by the UNRAVELLING OF THE FIVE-YEAR OLD 1MALAYSIA DEVELOPMENT BERHAD.
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WIth reference to this word,
**** "co-optation" in the news report about MARia CHIn's press conference: where I Noted that (DESi believes the right word here is COOPTION, YL), I had written in several pocts about UMNO"S political process as control via the 3 Cs: COoperation, COoption, COpulation, and the process of CORRUPTION by UMNO IS COMPLETE!
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DESIDERATA2: MAy I Seek thy forebearance quoting from the OPENING PARA of a FOUR-PART ESSAY SERIES:~~~
Saturday, March 07, 2015
Why I say Malaysia Is Moving Towards the Abyss...
The Impending Unravelling of IMDB could lead towards the UNRAVELLING OF NAJIB RAZAK, described by many quarters as the "weakest PM" Negaraku ever had, including by none-other-than Dr Mahathir Mohamad -- love or hate hime PM who ruled Malaysia for 22 years, no joke! As a journalist-blogger for past 10 years, Desi takes Mahathir seriously, at least he quotes Shakespeare occasionally! Mahathir's nemesis now in-jail-on-trumped-up-sodomy-charges second time around, Sdr Anwar Ibrahim -- also quotes Shakespeare often enough, more than the good doctor around the Putajaya house!
Now the Opposition Leader once oppressed by Mahathir, continues to be persecuted by the current UMNO regime, but Anwar's salvation may come from a surprising quarter -- from the infighting within UMNO. The almigthy Vitamin M may save Najib from the EGM called by his "bodeking" division heads/supporters for tomorrow, but the looming national crisis brought on by the falling world oil prices, (and casuing Petronas to report its first loss of some RM8billion in the closing quarter of 2014), and the concurrent dwindling ringgit excahnge rate, is now compunded further by the UNRAVELLING OF THE FIVE-YEAR OLD 1MALAYSIA DEVELOPMENT BERHAD.
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WIth reference to this word,
**** "co-optation" in the news report about MARia CHIn's press conference: where I Noted that (DESi believes the right word here is COOPTION, YL), I had written in several pocts about UMNO"S political process as control via the 3 Cs: COoperation, COoption, COpulation, and the process of CORRUPTION by UMNO IS COMPLETE!
Bersih to march on August 29 to demand Najib’s resignation
Bersih
2.0 chairperson Maria Chin Abdullah (centre) speaks during a press
conference at the group’s headquarters in Petaling Jaya, Selangor,
today. – The Malaysian Insider pic by Seth Akmal, July 29, 2015. Electoral
watchdog Bersih 2.0 will lead Malaysians in an overnight street rally
from August 29 to 30 to call for Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's
resignation over his handling of 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), the
group announced today.Its chairman, Maria Chin Abdullah, said the rally – to be held Kuala Lumpur, Kuching and Kota Kinabalu – would also demand for institutional reforms to end "prime ministerial corruptions" which it said had begun since the time of former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
"All Malaysians are now paying a huge price for the RM42 billion scandal of 1MDB among other incidences of corruption, leakage and mismanagement.
"We invite all patriotic Malaysians to join the rally to demand for Najib to step down and the institutional reforms to be implemented so as to end prime-ministerial corruption," she said. Maria, speaking at a press conference in Petaling Jaya today, said Najib was covering up alleged corruption and had crushed the people's hopes for justice and integrity.
"Najib is taking every possible move to protect corruption. He arrogantly ignores the humble wish of Malaysians for integrity and justice. He has lost every ounce of legitimacy to stay in office," she said.
Dubbed the "Bersih 4" rally, the coming demonstration will be the movement's fourth. Its earlier rallies in 2007, 2011 and 2012 were to press for electoral reform.
Maria noted recent "political moves" by Najib which "virtually ruled out all possibilities for truth on the 1MDB scandal to be unearthed and criminals to be brought to justice".
These were changes to the cabinet as announced by Najib yesterday, as well as the removal of Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail.
She said replacing Gani, while he was in the midst of probing 1MDB as a member of a special government task force, was "meant as a warning signal to the other three agencies" in the team.
She added that Gani's removal was being rejected or questioned by many parties who had doubts over its constitutionality.
Another move to prevent the truth about 1MDB from being uncovered, Maria added, was the "co-optation" of four members of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) by promoting them into the government administration.
"As PAC members cannot be holding executive positions, these appointments are Najib's unscrupulous plot to disable PAC, the only other public institution which is pursuing the 1MDB scandal with the support of the Auditor General's Office."
Maria also said Najib was concentrating power in himself by appointing Home Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi as deputy prime minister, noting that Zahid had just ordered the suspensions of The Edge publications for exposes on the 1MDB scandal.
"That Najib and Zahid simultaneously hold two powerful ministries of Finance and Home Affairs depletes any hope of independent investigations without more attempts to cover up corruption and silence critics," she said. – July 29, 2015.
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