does not matter what the grounds are for the acquittal of political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda.
It does not matter that he is now a free man and should enjoy the benefits of being a free man discharged and acquitted of abetting in the murder of his former lover Altantuya Shaariibuu.
Ultimately, today's decision by the Shah Alam High Court leaves more unanswered questions and will only become fodder for the conspiracy theorists.
The fact that the two policemen, Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri and Cpl Sirul Azhar Umar, will continue to face the murder charge will almost certainly ensure many Malaysians will be suspicious of the whole affair.
Regardless of whether it is fair or not, Razak's acquittal will only go further to fuel rumours and speculation about the involvement of Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.
That has become the nature of politics in Malaysia.
Razak is, of course, a close associate of Najib.
When the political analyst was first arrested in 2006, Najib was, of course, quite concerned with what was happening to his friend.
The DPM's subsequent involvement with securing legal counsel for Razak has become the subject of recent allegations that he may have interfered in investigations.
A recording of text messages between Najib and prominent lawyer Datuk Shafee Abdullah was published on blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin's Malaysia Today website in what was a clear attempt to tarnish the DPM's name and link him with improper behaviour.
But that was just the latest in a series of hammer blows sustained to the reputation of Najib since the murder in 2006.
It has not helped Najib's reputation that a private investigator made a statutory declaration that Najib knew the murder victim and then retracted it the next day before disappearing.
Doctored photographs and other wild allegations also made their way to the Internet.
In all fairness, Najib has conducted himself with a certain degree of dignity considering the allegations thrown at him.
But two years of mud-slinging and some of it has stuck in the mind of many Malaysians.
This is the thing — you say something often enough, even if it is not true you will start believing it.
As Razak left the court house today he was surrounded by hordes of press photographers and reporters whom he calmly told to move aside so that he could go home.
After nearly two years the ordeal is finally over for him.
But for his close friend Najib, this will be a bitter-sweet moment.
His friend is acquitted, but the acquittal will almost certainly give rise to more allegations ?
On 11th October, Malaysia Today carried a post entitled ‘Abuse of power by the Deputy Prime Minister’that laid out a series of sms’es alleged to have passed between Najib and senior lawyer Shafee Abdullah in relation to Razak Baginda’s arrest and remand in the days before Baginda was charged. Najib was publicly asked to comment about these sms’es and he never denied the authenticity of the same. Now, there’s one other exchange of sms’es, this time allegedly between Razak Baginda and Najib. I do not recall Najib himself having ever addressed or denied or admitted the correctness or otherwise of these sms’es directly, as he did with the series of sms’es referred to in the MT posting. I am referring to the 2 sms’es mentioned at paragraphs 51 and 52 of the first statutory declaration of private investigator Balasubramaniam. Let me reproduce below both paragraphs 51 and 52 of that first statutory declaration. 51. On the day Abdul Razak Baginda was arrested, I was with him at his lawyers office at 6.30am. Abdul Razak Baginda informed us that he had sent Najib Razak an SMS the evening before as he refused to believe he was to be arrested, but had not received a response. 52. Shortly thereafter, at about 7.30am, Abdul Razak Baginda received an SMS from Najib Razak and showed, this message to both myself and his lawyer. This message read as follows: “ I am seeing IGP at 11am today … matter will be solved … be cool”. Like all of you, I am aware of Bala’s second statutory declaration contradicting the first, but we also have to acknowledge that the circumstances surrounding the making and public announcement of the second statutory declaration, and the subsequent disappearance of the maker of both, might make it prudent for us to defer adjudging which of the two statutory declarations narrates the truth until such time that Bala is available to fully disclose andexplain the circumstances surrounding the making of both statutory delcarations.AS THE TAXI DRIVER SAW...ALTANTUYA'S LAST HOURS.
What she told about own P.I WHO abandon her at the last moment, she was helpless? As the taxi stop she was grabbed and bundled into that car and driven off. If only they had waited, for the taxi go then they had grabbed her, they could have pull off the perfect encounter.
With her name erased from the immigration entries, she will be in the missing persons list. But god was on her side that day, because she had to be scarified, in order to bring to open the evil forces that are planning to rule this country. But to PAS PRESIDENT it just a murder why we have to make it an issue out of it?
The taxi driver went back to the stand at hotel Malaya to be confronted by the victim’s cousin sister to whom he gave the vital informations. The Rest is history…………………………
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