Reaching the depths of injustice
By Chua Jui Meng
HOW low and
shameless can the Najib Abdul Razak led-Barisan Nasional (BN) federal
government lead Malaysia’s integrity into the cesspool.
It
now appears to be bottomless with a clear breakdown in the rule of law.
The
rule of law just does not exist in Malaysia anymore. It is the rule of
lawlessness of the prime minister, BN-Umno and a lapdog government.
Yes!
The government is now guilty of abetting rogue BN-Umno politicians led by the
highest scoundrel, Najib.
How
does the rakyat deal with such a
disgraceful state of affairs in their country?
The
answer is in the coming 13th General Election (GE13) and the
decision is solely in the hands of the majority of the rakyat.
Malaysians
are clearly at a political crossroad after 55 years of BN (formerly Alliance
Party) misrule and power abuses.
The
55 years of uninterrupted governance has made BN-Umno arrogant, giving its
leaders a false sense of super demi-God power, that they are infallible.
Come
the next general election, for which the 222-seat Parliament is set for
automatic dissolution on April 28, it is not just about electing a government
of integrity, it is certainly about the future of generations of Malaysians.
Divided
they fall, united they heal and prosper. They have only two choices. The super
corrupt and evil racist Umno-led BN or the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) which have
displayed integrity in the governance of the four states since 2008?
The
abuse of power, corruption and a complete breakdown in the rule of law due to a
cowed judiciary and its law enforcing agencies, as displayed in the Perak power
grab in 2009, show how ugly and dangerous the rakyat are today in the hands of the merciless BN villains.
Whatever
arguments or attempts to distract and disunite the rakyat are the strengths
that had kept BN-Umno in power for 55 years.
It
has reached a stage that it is not just enough for PR to win the next general
election. It must win big, if possible, win with a convincing two-thirds
majority.
A
simple majority win for PR may not mean PR will get to govern and heal
Malaysia, as displayed by the fall of Perak on 2009 to BN.
PR
has a daunting task if it is given a strong mandate to rule after GE13.
The
unofficial federal debt of Malaysia is more than RM800 billion.
The
PR would be taking over a country that is on the verge of bankruptcy but the
task of healing our economy and to bring about socio-economic progress and
prosperity to Malaysians and Malaysia is possible – fight the corrupt and
corruption at all cost.
The
following is a well written piece by Kim Quek, a senior citizen:
Are Malaysia’s law-enforcing
institutions paralysed?
By
Kim Quek
09.01.2013
The
total impotency of law-enforcing institutions across the full spectrum of the
Malaysian polity to deal with high corruption and criminal activities of the
ruling elite is mercilessly exposed in through the serial unfolding of scandals
by Deepak Jaikishan – one time close associate of the Prime Minister’s wife.
First,
it was the police, Malaysian Anti-Corruption Agency (MACC) and the Attorney
General who have remained steadfastly silent despite a series of swirling
expose’ for more than one month of Prime Minister Najib Razak family’s alleged
acts to cover up the PM’s alleged link to the murder of Mongolian beauty
Altantuya. In addition to accusing the
family for committing bribery and criminal coercion in order to come up with a
false statutory declaration to protect the PM, Deepak also accused the family
for having accepted bribery from him for facilitating his participation in a
scandalous Defence Ministry (Mindef) project – the construction of the RM100
million National Defence Education Center (Puspahanas). The PM and his family have also remained
strangely and inexplicably silent.
Now,
even the Securities Commission, watchdog of the securities market, is also
found wanting in protecting the integrity of the Malaysian Stock Exchange when
it fails to haul up a Defence Ministry linked company embarking on a dubious
deal, which was apparently designed to quell the politically explosive
Deepak-Najib scandal. Listed company
Boustead Holdings Bhd, an investment arm of the military pension fund entity
(LTAT) under Mindef, is playing the Santa Claus to dish out millions of ringgit
in cash to silence whistle-blower Deepak and the Mindef project recipient,
Selangor Umno women wing’s chief Raja Ropiaah Raja Abdullah, who was sued by
Deepak over alleged breach of trust in their ill-fated partnership in the
project.
MINDEF TO THE PM’S RESCUE
Boustead
is buying up Deepak’s company Astacanggih Sdn Bhd for RM30 million, and at the
same time also buying the disputed 200 acres of land from Ropiaah’s company
Awan Megah (M) Sdn for RM130 million.
Upon this announcement by Boustead, Deepak instantly withdrew his law
suit against the Umno leader, presumably appeased and refrained from further
blowing his trumpet.
However,
behind the Boustead maneuver that resulted in this lightning development are
facts that are perhaps stranger than fiction – the goods that Boustead are
chasing after are in truth illusionary
to its shareholders. For Astacanggih is
but an asset-less shell company that has never filed its accounts with the
Companies Commission, and the 200 acre land, which was intended as Mindef’s
part payment to Awan Megah for undertaking in 2005 to complete the Mindef
project, is still vested with the government, as the project is never
constructed. Furthermore, the 200 acre land is designated for building military
camp, and Awan Megah is prohibited from conveying it to any third party. In
addition, the Selangor State government, which is the administrator of all
lands in the state, has also declared that it will not approve any transfer of
the said land unless it is used to build military camp. Hence, Boustead is
effectively barred by law to acquire the land.
With
this land transaction being a castle in the air, Boustead is, in truth, paying
out RM160 million, for which it gains nothing.
So
shouldn’t the Securities Commission as well as the MACC have stepped in to
probe the directors of Boustead and LTAT respectively over this outrageous
fraud and betrayal of the welfare of military personnel and veterans, who have
obviously become sacrificial lambs at the altar of political expediency of the
political masters?
And
shouldn’t the Defence Minister, who has apparently initiated such a political
move to save Najib’s skin, be also investigated by MACC over such abuse of
power, corruption and bribery on his part?
PM ABUSED POWER TO GRANT PROJECT
As
a further blow to the image of PM Najib, he happened to be the Defence Minister
who approved in 2005 the award of the project to Awan Megah, which is now found
to be a company that has remained dormant since 2003, certainly without the
wherewithal to design and construct the RM100 million Mindef facilities. This is clearly an act of abuse of power and
corruption.
In
any democratic country where the government is popularly elected, the prime
minister would have stood up to face these serious and unyielding allegations
by either denying or acting to reclaim his dignity; and the law-enforcing
institutions would also have swung into action – one after another – to uphold
the law. But in Malaysia, we have only
eerie silence, save the noises made by the opposition, mainly through the
Internet, as the relative news are blacked out in the mainstream media.
Obviously,
our institutions, including the mainstream media (all newspapers and TV channels),
have either being neutered or reduced to serving as lapdog of the political
masters; and unless these institutions are thoroughly reformed, the plundering
and breach of law by the ruling elite with impunity will only get worse – a
path that will lead eventually to state bankruptcy and national catastrophe.
For peace-loving Malaysians who yearn for the
restoration of rule of law, what alternative do they have other than to seek a
change of government by granting a new mandate – through the coming election –
to the opposition alliance, whose corruption-free leadership has demonstrated the ability to administer
the state governments under its control with integrity and prudent financial
management?
Kim
Quek
