Tuesday, June 22, 2010

The Defence Minister said More pleasant surprises and shocking heartbreaks


The Defence Ministry today revealed that it had spent a total of RM6.7 billion (1.34 billion euros) on the purchase of two Scorpene submarines.

Then Conscience spoke and asked.

“Who will secure the starved, beseiged and dispossessed?”

Silence.

“Accountability!”


Corrupt political leadership does not attractive men of outstanding integrity; neither can it be expected to enact effective laws to maintain high integrity in government. That truism has practically reduced our options to only one – a change of political leadership. That is, if we are still serious about restoring the rule of law and the pursuit of excellence for the country. ”He is not immune from action under the law. Investigation can be made if he had acted beyond the scope of his


official duties,” MACC’s Legal and Prosecution Division Director Datuk Abdul Razak Musa told reporters.

MURDER, LAWYERS AND A WHOLE LOTTA CRAP


Update! The AG says the trial is postponed ‘cos Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Salehuddin Saidin who was leading the prosecution team had been seen playing badminton with trial judge Datuk Mohd Zaki Md Yasin. - Bernama

Aiyo!! Why laa? One little badminton game between two legal types, a giant mistake culminating in postponement of trial. Thing is, why was this not brought to the AG’s attention earlier.

However, I “like” this sudden attention to ethics on the judiciary and AG’s Chambers’ parts. There was a time in the Malaysia’s recent past lawyers and judges could on a holiday together.

What the bloody hell is going on with the Altantuya Shaaribuu murder trial? The trial was supposed to start today but an update from The Star says this…

The Shah Alam High Court has postponed the Altantuya Shaariibuu murder trial to June 18 to allow the new prosecution team time to prepare its case.

Here are the cast of the big drama that started who knows when and came to an explosive first climax with the blowing up of a Mongolian national’s body.


First there was a slew of changes in the defence teams of the three accused. On the eve of the trial, a new prosecution team comes into the picture. Why at this late juncture?

there was a slew of changes in the defence teams of the three accused. On the eve of the trial, a new prosecution team comes into the picture. Why at this late juncture?
I have abstained from speculating about the case on my blog since it first broke, juicy though the gossip was and the conspiracy theories that came up was worthy of international thrillers.
However, a trial date in 2008 that was brought forward, baffling outbursts by accused Abdul Razak Baginda’s wife, lawyer Shafee Abdullah’s initial steadfastness over his client’s (Razak) innocence and later discharging of himself (all these were reported in the media mind you) ….all these posed too much questions that I can’t ignore.
So now the trial is postponed for a month. Am not surprised if at the next trial date some more glitches will come up and more postponements happen. So are you surprised by the second para in The Star’s report today?
In the meantime, her family has filed an RM100mil civil suit against the Government of Malaysia as well as the three defendants in her murder trial which began Monday.
Altantuya murder trial: Court rejects move for Najib, private eye to testify
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posted by James, source from nst news, 24/07/08
SHAH ALAM: Private investigator P. Balasubramaniam and Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak will not be called to testify in the Altantuya Shaariibuu murder trial.
High Court judge Datuk Mohd Zaki Md Yasin yesterday rejected counsel Karpal Singh’s application to reopen the case and recall witnesses.
(The prosecution had closed its case on June 23.)
Karpal, who is holding a watching brief for Altantuya’s family and the Mongolian government, also sought to call three others mentioned in Balasubramaniam’s statutory declaration, which was filed earlier this month, to give evidence.
They include Deputy Superintendent of Police Musa Safri, lawyer Dhiren Rene Norendra and a police officer identified only as DSP Idris.
Karpal’s application which was filed on Monday, was supposed to be heard yesterday before the submissions at the end of the prosecution stage.
Deputy public prosecutor Tun Abd Majid Tun Hamzah, however, raised preliminary objections saying the motion should not be heard.
“The two statutory declarations in question are hearsay. If anyone were to file this motion to reopen the case, it should be the person who made the statutory declaration,” said Tun Abd Majid.
“Besides, the statutory declarations are not public documents. Therefore they should not be used.”
Mohd Zaki said the two statutory declarations were being investigated and questioned Karpal if he had locus standi to file the affidavit to reopen the case as he was merely holding a watching brief.
Karpal argued that he had locus standi as he was representing the victim’s family.
Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri, 32, and Corporal Sirul Azhar Umar, 36, both Special Action Squad members, are charged with murdering Altantuya at Mukim Bukit Raja, Selangor, between 10pm on Oct 19 and 1am the next day. Political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda, 47, is charged with abetting them.
Azilah’s counsel Datuk Hazman Ahmad adopted the prosecution’s arguments, while Sirul’s counsel Kamarul Hisham Kamaruddin said it was always the purview of the prosecution to decide whom to call as witness and what part of the evidence is credible. Razak’s counsel, Wong Kian Kheong, said Karpal should have gone through the prosecution or the defence counsel to decide to use the statutory declarations.
Later, Hazman who was submitting at the end of the prosecution’s case, said witness Lance Corporal Rohaniza Roslan’s evidence should not be impeached. (The prosecution had applied to impeach Rohaniza’s credibility after they found her evidence in court contradicted her police statement. Rohazniza was Azilah’s ex-girlfriend).
Meanwhile, counsel J. Kuldeep Kumar, who is also representing Azilah, argued that the court should exercise its discretion in favour of Azilah to exclude testimony by witnesses, alleging that Azilah had showed them where the Mongolian woman was shot and blown up.
Submissions continue today.
The delay in trial is not only unfair to the victim’s family but also the three accused, whose innocence is to be presumed until they are proven guilty.
Wasn’t it William Gladstone who who said that Justice Delayed, is Justice Denied? Well, I’d like to add this. Justice Postponed isJustice Perverted!Seditious or Not; You be the JUDGE

In a written reply to PKR MP Chua Tian Chang, the ministry stated that the acquisition was completed last year, during the 2009 LIMA exhibition.

The reply listed down the cost of the two submarines as well as the price of buying 40 SM-39 Block 2 torpedoes from France and 30 Black Shark torpedoes from Italy.

According to the ministry, the purchase of two Scorpene submarines cost 1.084 billion euros, while the cost of the submarine “support and test” equipment amounted to 37.5 million euros.

The total cost of the torpedoes amounted to 219.265 million euros.

“If you add all this up, the total cost is RM6.7 billion. But this does not include maintenance fees for the submarines,” said Chua.

The Batu MP claimed that DCN, the French company which supplied the submarines to the ministry, had quoted additional costs of RM600 million for the maintenance of the submarines for a six-year period.

“This figure was quoted by DCN prior to its joint venture with Boustead Holdings, a Malaysian company.

“After the venture, Boustead told the Defence Ministry that RM270 million would be needed for maintenance of the submarines each year. The RM600 million is the top ceiling cost for all six years,” said Chua.

The PKR man explained that if the RM600 million were to be added to the RM6.7 billion, the total cost would be RM7.3 billion.

“While we are facing financial problems, with subsidies here and there, the government is having two white elephants which keep expanding in cost. We are not sure whether this will be the end of the payments, or will there be more,” said Chua.

The politician, popularly known as Tian Chua, alleged that DCN had a history of shady business deals, citing newspaper reports of corruption links to Pakistan as well as Taiwan.

“I also heard that the prosecutor in France, where they are investigating DCN, has also decided to combine Pakistan’s case together with Malaysia. Malaysia’s case is the third incident of corruption with regards to the purchase of weapons from DCN,” said Chua, who did not elaborate on what he meant by allegations of corruption.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2009

Is Najib more important than securityof Malaysia that they hold back the news UMNO will put the whole Malaysia on sale in eBay




The treachery of the invertebrate Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi VS NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH bloggers

Defence Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said action will be taken against the high-ranking officials in charge during the time the RMAF jet engines went missing.



“Action taken will be decided during the next meeting of the Malaysian Armed Forces Council of which I am the chairman,” he told a press conference at the Defence Ministry here.

He also said those involved in the missing engines have been identified and gave the assurance that action would be taken against the “traitors”.
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