Weird!

First my former interrogator is hauled up on corruption charges (face on the front page of theSun no less!)

Now, his big boss is being investigated in some huge RM 27 million scandal.

I guess morale did seem a little low when I last stopped by.

Is it some grand conspiracy? Or are they really all corrupt crooks (in addition to being at least mildly inept) ? Some turf war within the cops?

I don’t know, I don’t know..

Malaysiakini:

Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) director Ramli Yusuff has confirmed that he is the police officer being investigated for having RM27 million in undeclared assets.

“Although the name of the officer was not disclosed, it is public knowledge that I was the officer referred to in these widely sensationalised news,” said Ramli in an explosive press statement today.

The media had earlier reported that an unnamed senior officer was being probed by the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) for abuse of power and failure to declare assets.

Reports also claimed that the officer had failed to declare his position as a director in a company and that he accumulated his RM27 million worth of assets illegally.

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Sigh, first an uncouth minister, then a blur, lame duck panelist. Malaysiakini:

Haidar, the former chief judge of Malaya, said he was “not sure” when asked who the report would be submitted to, and turned to ask a secretariat staff - from the Prime Minister’s Department - for the information.

“PM keh? (To the prime minister?) I have to check. It depends-lah, whoever is free to (receive the report), whether the prime minister (Abdullah Ahmad Badawi) or the deputy prime minister (Najib Abdul Razak),” he answered.

Don’t even know who they’re reporting to?…… O_O

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Inilah taraf menteri-menteri BN.

NST:

Q: Is there anything wrong in walking for your beliefs?

A: No. But that is the way of the opposition. If you are a political party, we can understand. But if you are a respectable society, that’s not an honourable way to do it — not when the government accords you respect.

How can you bring yourself so low? The moment you do that, we don’t respect you.

If I say to you, “M****r*****r you!”, can you say, “Eh, let us sit down, we’ll talk about it.” No!

You are lawyers, man! People respect you. So, do it in an honourable way.

I’m just trying to imagine the poor reporter.

Take note that Nazri cannot possibly have sat there and said said “M asterisk asterisk asterisk asterisk r asterisk asterisk asterisk asterisk asterisk r you!” now can he?

Call it nitpicking, but really, a full-fledged minister, highest political office in the land, saying “Motherfucker”… Is he in the cabinet, or is he in some Eminem posse?

sigh, it’s the kind of mindblowing truth that is ever stranger than fiction :P

I would like to say too, that if you called me a motherfucker, I would personally still be more than happy to sit down and talk about it. Why be hot-blooded when one can be mature?

Oh, just one other bit I loved -

Q: Do you read blogs?

A: I don’t. I don’t waste my time. The few pieces that people print for me are just rubbish.

I’d rather spend my time to do things that are constructive; that go down directly to the people who are really in need of the help of the government.

Our bloggers are really not up to standard. When they put up something, it’s not something that they want to discuss in a very intellectual way.

It’s more because of their anger - the language they use. Why should I read all this rubbish?

Anger? Language? Hmm…. let’s see what history dregs up…..

PERKAUMAN! PERKAUMAN!!

BODOH!! BODOH!!!

and now: motherfucker.

:P

Polytikus wisely mentioned that she refuses to give Nazri any more publicity. All the well-deserved responses on the bigger issues he touched on are being well articulated out there (great job everyone!), and it’s late, so I won’t add more for now.

Just remember, directly or indirectly (especially indirectly), this is the measure of ‘dignity’ and ‘class’ you can expect from an Umno led government, and a BN coalition who doesn’t have the guts to stand up to them.

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An appointment is made to hand over evidence.

The appointment is broken by the ACA (see Malaysiakini).

We ask why, they say “err.. never mind, never mind”

We offer to meet them at a neutral location, ten minutes or so away, they still say “err… no needlah.. never mind..”

And today, the media is instructed to vilify Anwar for ‘refusing’ to hand over evidence.

Wtf?

It was there, in his hand:

We were sitting, waiting, an appointment had been set.

They too lazy or too scared to get off their butts, come over and pick it up, then they say we’re withholding evidence?

Well, one obvious possible interpretation is that they’re dead set on charging Anwar, and will use any low down, dirty trick in the book to do it.

We’ll have to wait and see.

Ps- there’s another solidarity gathering tonight.

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Malaysiakini (heh, lt actually <3 ) was nice enough to ask for some comment regarding the return of my belongings, which happened yesterday (at last!! :)

Sorry I didn’t blog about it yet, but wanted to keep the focus on the Lingam/Fairuz crisis.

I never feel I say it enough, so thanks once again to everyone for all your love and support - I truly appreciate it! :D

Here’s the statement I put together in full. Background info in my earlier statement. Do note the pretty unexpected part about the cop who turned up on theSun frontpage on corruption charges today - strange coincidence!

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On Monday, October 22nd, I received a phone call from DSP Victor Sanjos notifying me that the police intended to return my belongings. The main items included one desktop, one laptop, my handphone, some CDs and some documents.

On Wednesday, October 24th, I went to the Commercial Crimes Department with my lawyer Amer Hamzah to meet DSP Victor.

It was an odd feeling, walking through the building for the first time with footwear and without handcuffs.

DSP Victor was polite but surprised at the presence of the lawyer, feeling that it was unnecessary.

The meeting was cordial, but all business, as DSP Victor proceeded to go through the checklist of materials.

He appeared to indicate that there would be no further action against me, but obviously, no guarantees were given.

I met a number of people that were involved in my detention, including ASP Nordin, who had overseen my remand hearing. He seemed a little more pleasant now that he was no longer attempting to block my access to legal counsel.

My items have all been marked with liquid paper, and it is likely that I will keep them there as a reminder of how fragile our freedoms are under the present repressive government.

I am also hesitant to begin using my electronic applications just in case they have been bugged or otherwise tampered with. I may seek expert assistance and advice in this matter.

Incidentally, one of the two police officers featured in today’s front page of theSun, ASP Hong Ken Hock, was one of the many police officers who interrogated me in the course of my detention.

He has now been charged with falsifying witness statements. I dearly hope that my statements and belongings have not been tampered with in any such way.

While the High Court has dismissed the challenge to the remand order, we have filed an appeal to the Appeals Court and are still hoping for a positive judgment to ensure that a precedent is set preventing any such kidnapping as I experienced from happening to anyone else.

There may also be some legal precedent showing that the manner in which the police held my belongings for such a long time was in fact illegal. My lawyers are continuing to study this matter.

In the wake of the Abdul Malek decision, we also cannot rule out the possibility of filing a civil suit against the government.

By far the most important consideration is how to ensure such irresponsible arrests and confiscations never again happen to any Malaysian citizen.

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Apparently they’re not interested in authentic copies.

Or just scared of a few reformists.

Anwar’s statement is on the KeADILan website and his blog. News being updated on SuaraKeadilan.com as well.

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