Najib, Rosmah chicken out of Sodomy II?

Posted by admin on August 3rd, 2011

As expected Prime Minister Najib Razak and wife Rosmah Mansor have refused to be interviewed for the sodomy trial of Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim. Although government prosecutors say the first couple will oblige if they are subpoenaed, few Malaysians believe that given the current weakened state of the judiciary, no judge would dare make such an order.

Even Anwar complained on his Twitter, why should the first couple deserve special treatment when they were part of a witness list provided by the prosecution itself. Two others are following in their wake are former Inspector General of Police Musa Hassan and former Malacca police chief Mohd Rodhwan.

“These are the protected ones. It enforces the perception of a conspiracy at the very highest levels and now that they have been pressed to the corner, they dare not face questioning in court, otherwise why refuse?” PKR vice president Tian Chua told Malaysia Chronicle. He does not expect the court to command any of the four to testify.

Meanwhile, trial judge Mohd Zabidin Mohd Diah has set August 8 to decide on the witness list.

How can the court refuse to subpoena Najib

Anwar has accused Najib and Rosmah of plotting the sodomy conspiracy against him. The police chiefs are the key officers who played their parts in getting Saiful Bukhari Azlan, a former staff in Anwar’s office, to lodge a police a sodomy complaint against him.

Very glaringly and one reason why the judge should not refuse to issue a subpoeona order is that Najib himself had met Saiful just before lodging the police complaint and very suspiciously, Najib had denied ever knowing Saiful – as he has done over a other case, the Altantuya Shaariibuu murder.

However, when photos emerged , the PM had no choice but to U-turn. “He wants to shirk his responsibility. Imagine the signals he is sending out when he is already involved in so many scandals,” said Tian

He was referring to the Altantuya case, where Najib’s bodyguards – Azilah Hadri and Sirul Umar – were sentenced to hang for killing her even though they had just met her and no motive .

Despite statements that linked Najib to the case, the court had steadfastly diverted and stopped all questioning that related to Najib. It sparked a comment of concern by the US embassy here about the “questionable justice” being meted out, based on a recently leaked US cable.

Same “NO” to Parisian courts

Najib is also involved in the Scorpene submarines corruption case, in which Altantuya is tied in to. An investigation is now in the final phase and open court hearings due to begin in September. As Defense minister who sanctioned the deal with French vendor DCN, Najib is bound to be called as a witness. However, judging by his response to the sodomy case, he is expected to chicken out of the Scorpenes hearing too.KL Hig

On Wednesday, the KL High Court was told they have refused to co-operate. Interviews are usually conducted to determine whether a witness will be called to testify in a trial.

“They have refused to come to court, to be interviewed by the defence unless they were served with a subpoena,” Solicitor-General II Mohd Yusof Zainal Abiden told the court.

The poor response of the first couple will only add to the image that they are involved in the sodomy II case. Just as when Najib deported French lawyer William Bourdon, who came to give briefing on the Scorpenes case, he was immediately perceived to be guilty.

“A very irresponsible first coupe. Instead of extending the greatest co-operation, they are extending the greatest obstacles. In the sodomy case, Anwar can go to jail for 20 years if found guilty. And yet, they can turn down – why if they are not guilty? In the Scorpenes case, it involves RM7.3 billion of Malaysian taxpayers money and Najib was the one who sanctioned the deal. How can Najib say no, how can they have so little social conscience,” said Tian.

- Malaysia Chronicle

http://www.kl-today.com/2011/08/najib-rosmah-chicken-out-of-sodomy-ii/

Peguam: Cukup mudah untuk salah guna EO

Peguam: Cukup mudah untuk salah guna EO

Hafiz Yatim
Jul 26, 11
6:10pm

Peguam Baljit Singh Sidhu berkata 20 hingga 30 peratus tahanan EO adalah mereka yang tidak bersalah tetapi merengkok di penjara kerana tidak mampu mendapatkan khidmat perundangan.

Kebanyakan mereka yang ditahan itu, kata Baljit (kanan) dicekup antara tahun 2008 hingga 2010 ketika Tan Sri Musa Hassan adalah Ketua Polis Negara.

"Saya tidak tahu alasan bagi penahanan itu, tetapi ini berdasarkan pengamatan saya sejak beberpa tahun lalu, kata peguam yang juga penulis buku Criminal Litigation Process.

Sebelum ini pelbagai pihak mendakwa EO sering-kali disalah gunakan oleh pihak berkuasa.

Terdapat kes di mana seseorang ditahan mengikut EO hanya kerana saingan perniagaan di mana individu tertentu didakwa mempunyai hubungan rapat dengan pihak polis.

Ada juga kes di mana seseorang dituduh sebagai seorang bookie bolasepak meskipun tidak mempunyai sejarah seumpama itu ataupun pernah ke luar negara meskipun dakwaan EO mengatakan sedemikian.

Pelajar berusia 21 tahun, Mohd Faiz Sarparim, ditahan mengikut EO kerana didakwa mencuri motosikal meskipun bukti tidak menunjukkan demikian.

Faiz kemudiannya dibebaskan tetapi hanya selepas usaha berterusan tanpa mengenal putus asa oleh ibu-bapanya bagi membersihkan nama anak mereka.

Terbaru, enam anggota Parti Sosialis Malaysia, termasuk ahli parlimen Sungei Siput Dr D Jeyakumar, ditahan mengikut EO sejak 2 Julai lalu.

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http://malaysiakini.com/news/171124

PAS wants duo on trial, info cascade by rally goers

Harakahdaily KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 11: PAS has condemned the brutality which accompanied the crackdown on Bersih protesters last Saturday, and urge Inspector General of Police Ismail Omar and his deputy Khalid Abu Bakar (pics right) to resign and face a tribunal.

“With so many images and video clips shown, the devious statement from the IGP and his deputy alleging that the police were assaulted and provoked forcing them to act only serves to expose their own lies.

"PAS strongly condemns the police’s barbaric actions which also caused the death of Baharudin Ahmad and injured dozens of people. Hundreds had been kicked, beaten and dragged into trucks, showing a very disgusting side of the security personnel,” said PAS information chief Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man in a statement today.

The massive rally which attracted some 50,000 people at several locations in the city centre was attacked by thousands of police who released tear gas, with hundreds of video clips making their way online showing police brutality on peaceful protesters.

Hours after the protest, a visibly shocked Ismail quickly downplayed the rally, claiming only 5,000 to 6,000 people had attended. Based on such a claim, it would mean, albeit incredulously, that for any group of four people, one was arrested.

Information cascading

Tuan Ibrahim, who was among the thousands at the rally, stressed that Bersih participants were peaceful unlike the government propaganda in the run up to the July 9 rally.

The Pahang PAS commissioner urged said those who attended the rally should spread information about the rally and share their experience to friends and families to counter UMNO's divide and rule tactic.

“If each of the 50,000 people spreads their experience of (joining) Bersih to ten persons, we will have 500,000 who will know and feel. This 500,000, if each of them share to five, then 2.5 million Malaysians who couldn’t be with us on that day can be part of the feeling of being a united Malaysia.

"We will then realise that the attempt to portray that Malaysians were divided is just a ploy of UMN and Barisan Nasional to stay in power,” explained Tuan Ibrahim.

Tuan Ibrahim was however quick to remind his earlier caution to Pakatan Rakyat parties not to take for granted the massive turnout in support of Bersih.

“The people support Bersih 2.0 solely to make sure their votes are not offset illegally by phantom voters or unverified postal votes, as well as to ensure they are allowed to make an informed decision," he stressed.

“The people who supported Bersih 2.0 will not vote for us if we perform poorly and failed to instil confidence in our ability to govern," he warned.

On the death of Baharudin Ahmad, he offered the Islamic party's condolences to the family.

“We hope that this tragedy will further ignite the rise of the people to change this tyranical government,” he added.

Related:

Bersih's first martyr as another 50,000 defied threats

http://en.harakahdaily.net/index.php/headline/3116-pas-wants-duo-on-trial-info-cascade-by-rally-goers.html

Kejam: PAS desak KPN, timbalan letak jawatan

Harakahdaily

KUALA LUMPUR, 11 Julai: PAS hari ini mendesak Ketua Polis Negara dan timbalannya, Tan Sri Ismail Omar dan Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar supaya meletak jawatan ekoran kekejaman dan keganasan yang dilakukan oleh pihak polis terhadap para peserta Bersih 2.0 kelmarin sehinggakan seorang terkorban dan puluhan lagi tercedera.

“PAS mengecam keras tindakan biadab polis ini sehingga menyebabkan kematian seorang peserta Saudara Baharuddin Ahmad dan puluhan lagi yang cedera semata-mata tindakan ganas mereka. Ratusan yang tercedera kerana dipukul, disepak dan diheret ke dalam trak adalah pandangan jijik anggota keselamatan, yang tidak sepatutnya berlaku.

"PAS mendesak agar Ketua dan Timbalan Ketua Polis meletakkan jawatan dan dihadapkan ke tribunal di atas jenayah yang dilakukan,” kata Ketua Penerangan PAS Pusat, Datuk Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man (gambar) dalam satu kenyataannya hari ini.

Tindakan ganas dan melampau polis, kata Tuan Ibrahim langsung tidak mencerminkan slogan mereka Mesra, Cekap dan Betul – jauhlah lagi terpesong dengan piagam pelanggan mereka, Tegas, Adil dan Berhemah.

“Polis sepatutnya menjaga keselamatan rakyat dan bukannya menyebabkan mereka cedera secara sengaja.

"Kebiadaban anggota polis dan FRU dapat dilihat dengan jelas dari beberapa rakaman video rakyat yang dirakamkan oleh pelbagai sumber samada peserta Bersih 2.0 ataupun media antarabangsa telah membuktikan kegagalan mereka dalam menjamin keselamatan rakyat,” tambah beliau.

Perhimpunan aman Bersih 2.0 yang berlangsung 9 Julai yang lalu dicemari oleh tindakan polis yang agresif dengan serangan gas pemedih mata bertubi-tubi dan water cannon barangkali atas arahan kerajaan persekutuan pimpinan Barisan Nasional telah menyebakan seorang mangsa terkorban dan puluhan tercedera.

Mangsa terkorban ialah Allahyarham Baharudin Ahmad, 58. Antara yang cedera termasuk Ketua Pembangkang Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Ahli Parlimen Shah Alam Khalid Samad. Di samping itu, polis juga telah menahan 1,667 orang sebelum melepaskan kesemuanya pada jam 9.30 malam hari Sabtu yang lalu.

Bagaikan spring yang melantun akibat ditekan, seramai 50,000 telah menghadiri perhimpunan Bersih 2.0 walaupun bermacam-macam cara yang digunakan kerajaan Barisan Nasional untuk menghalangnya.

Angka tersebut mungkin lebih kerana ada kumpulan-kumpulan yang tidak berjaya bergabung dengan kumpulan utama.

Ironisnya, ia merupakan satu senario yang kerajaan cuba nak elakkan dengan melancarkan pelbagai tangkapan awal dan satu serbuan terhadap segala yang berwarna kuning.

Tuduhan kerajaan dan polis bahawa Bersih 2.0 mungkin cuba membuat huru-hara di sekitar Kuala Lumpur juga dibuktikan palsu apabila ketegangan diwujudkan polis sendiri setelah menjadikan kawasan sekitar Kuala Lumpur bagaikan medan perang sebelum perhimpunan bermula.

“Dalam perhimpunan aman Bersih 2.0, langsung tiada kejadian ganas oleh para peserta sebagaimana yang cuba digembar-gemburkan media arus perdana sebelum ini.

"Oleh itu, kezaliman dan keganasan polis yang menggunakan gas pemedih mata atau tembakan air asid sepatutnya tidak berlaku, kerana tiada langsung sebab untuk mereka menggunakannya,” bidas Tuan Ibrahim yang juga menyertai perhimpunan tersebut kelmarin.

Tuan Ibrahim, yang juga Pesuruhjaya PAS Pahang turut menyelar kenyataan Ismail yang kononnya mendakwa bahawa polis hanya bertindak ganas sedemikian selepas diprovokasi para peserta Bersih 2.0.

Dengan pelbagai gambar dan video yang terpapar, Tuan Ibrahim berkata kenyataan songsang Ismail and timbalannya sebaliknya hanya dapat berfungsi untuk mendedahkan pembohongan mereka sendiri.

Kepada para peserta Bersih 2.0, beliau mengucapkan syabas bagi pihak PAS dan mengingatkan mereka kuasa menentukan masa depan negara sudah berada di tangan mereka sekarang.

“Andaikan 50,000 dan setiap seorang menyebarkan pengalaman Bersih 2.0 mereka kepada 10 seorang – maka 500,000 rakyat akan terasa – dengan 500,000 setiap seorang berkongsi lagi dengan 5 orang – maka hasilnya 2.5 juta rakyat yang tidak dapat bersama dapat merasai bagaimana kita semua bersatu sebagai rakyat Malaysia pada 9 Julai yang lepas.

"Dengan perkongsian sedemikian, kita akan sedar bahawa permainan politik yang cuba gempar-gemburkan bahawa rakyat Malaysia berpecah hanyalah taktik licik Umno Barisan Nasional untuk mengekalkan kuasa mereka,” terang beliau.

Dalam kenyataannya, Tuan Ibrahim juga mengulangi peringatannya kepada Pakatan Rakyat bahawa sokongan rakyat terhadap Bersih 2.0 bukanlah petanda sokongan mereka kepada pakatan pembangkang negara.

“Rakyat menyokong Bersih 2.0 hanya semata-mata untuk memastikan undi-undi mereka tidak di’offset’kan secara tidak sah oleh pengundi hantu, pengundi pos yang tidak sah dan juga memastikan mereka mendapat maklumat yang tepat sebelum mengambil keputusan untuk mengundi siapa-siapa.

"8 tuntutan Bersih 2.0 adalah untuk memastikan wakil yang dipilih menang nanti di pilihanraya akan datang betul-betul adalah pilihan rakyat dan bukannya pilihan parti pemerintah yang memanipulasi sistem pilihanraya negara untuk kekal berkuasa,” terang beliau.

Pakatan Rakyat, katanya juga tidak harus terlalu yakin bahawa dengan pilihanraya yang lebih bersih, kita bakal dapat menewaskan Umno Barisan Nasional.

“Rakyat yang menyokong Bersih 2.0 tetap tidak akan mengundi kita sekiranya prestasi kita lemah dan tidak dapat memberikan keyakinan kepada mereka untuk menerajui negara,” kata beliau.

PAS juga merakam takziah kepada keluarga Saudara Baharuddin Ahmad, di atas kemalangan yang menimpa beliau.

“Semoga tragedi ini akan menyemarakkan kebangkitan rakyat bagi menukarkan kerajaan yang zalim ini,” tambahnya.

http://bm.harakahdaily.net/index.php/berita-utama/4288-kejam-pas-desak-kpn-timbalan-letak-jawatan