Anwar's secret accounts.

Anwar Ibrahim is accused of having 20 secret accounts all over the world. The amount of money in these accounts totalled RM332 million. In exchange for that money, what has Anwar given in return? According to the BN storyline- our national security may have been exposed. We are not told how. Because that is the usual BN style- they create a storyline and ask us to deal with it. So, we will humour the storytellers.

Is Anwar selling secrets about the country to foreign powers? The BN people want to believe that is what Anwar is doing and therefore Anwar has committed treason. Anwar is a traitor. Has Anwar Ibrahim done an Edward Snowden feat?  Which is, expose some highly sensitive and secretive government covert action and by so doing, compromised our security?

Razak Baginda sold military secrets to the French firm that sold our scorpene submarines. He has committed treason. But he is free enjoying a life of perpetual salad days in England. Why isn’t he tried for treason?  He sold navy secrets to French submarine makers. He also got more than RM500 million in commissions which is more than RM332 million.

Yes let’s persecute and prosecute Anwar Ibrahim for treason so that we can bring back Razak Baginda and try him on charges of selling Malaysian Navy’s secrets. Let us humour the BN people on attempts to goal Anwar Ibrahim and see where it ends.

On the 18^th of July, the BN MPs voted against the motion to commit the MP from Simpang Renggam to the Rights and Privileges Committee. They have claimed ownership over a wrong doing and therefore must defend it at all cost.

To me the MP has misled parliament. The acid test would have been straight forward. Ask Wikileaks to verify whether they published the story about the accounts. Because the MP claimed that is his source of information. If they have not then clearly the MP has lied. He did not even read Wikileaks but to lend some legitimacy to his claim, he cited Wikileaks as his source of information.

The last time when Anwar Ibrahim accused the government of copying the concept of 1Malaysia from Israel, the government did the straightforward thing. They asked Apco the PR con-sulting firm that advised Najib to use 1Malaysia to verify. All they need do was to publish a denial. Because of that, Anwar was suspended from parliament for 6 months.

So, parliament can do the same this time. Ask Wikileaks whom the MP of Simpang Renggam claimed to be his source to verify his claim. If Wikileaks says they didn’t publish, then the MP must be subjected to the same treatment as Anwar. This must be done if only to demonstrate that parliament is consistent. Otherwise, parliament is guilty of selective committals.

My DAP colleague from Jelutong , Jeff Ooi, moved a motion to have the MP from Simpang Renggam referred to the Rights and Privileges committee. We believed the MP from Simpang Renggam misled Parliament and his accusations said under protection of parliamentary immunity is just another part in the never ending series to discredit Anwar Ibrahim.  

Of course the BN MPs will say Anwar Ibrahim no longer has credibility. The MP from Tanjung Karang has even cynically called Anwar Ibrahim as maksum or infallible. We Muslims know the hidden insinuations expressed by Tanjung Karang. Anwar Ibrahim is not infallible and we know what Tanjung Karang is referring to. The matter which he is referring to and imputing Anwar’s participation therein, is also done with equal vigour by the BN people including the PM. But I don’t have time to discuss the finer qualities of the PM in that aspect.

We believe the opposite to be true. In the end, the cause represented by Anwar will triumph for the simple reason the weight of the march of history seems to favour the cause which Anwar represents. The government lost the popular vote. Najib performed worse than Abdulah Badawi despite attempts to alleviate and reduce the damage by his minions.

The government has done everything inhumanely possible including incarcerating Anwar Ibrahim and subjecting the wife and family to all sorts of humiliations and indignations. He has managed to survive. For all those who have a little faith, this can only mean that the cause Anwar is representing will triumph eventually.

And we know, Najib’s pontificating about national reconciliation is all just cheap political rhetoric. He missed one crucial point- if you want to reconcile, you talk to your adversary. Mandela wanted reconciliation with De Klerk, he talked to De Klerk not impose preconditions. Like I first said in parliament, I can’t help those who have wet dreams when describing the leadership of Najib Razak. Najb is just buying time and trying to show to the public especially to the UMNO audience, that he is big hearted and is offering the olive branch.

Najib wants to do the classic divide an d rule and sow the seeds of suspicion. He wants to talk to Anwar without Hadi and Kit Siang. He wants to talk to Hadi, without Anwar and Kit Siang. He wants to talk to Kit Siang without talking to Hadi and Anwar. Does he want to talk to all three simultaneously?

It is plain to everyone that the MP from Simpang Renggam knows at all material time, that the accusations were not true. The party that has capacity to investigate the existence of the secret accounts is the government. They would not waste a single second if they have evidence to pounce on Anwar. The fact they did not, means they are just fabrications. Just like the fabricated story about an ex Bank Negara assistant governor making a statutory declaration that he oversaw Anwar’s RM3 billion war chest. The government wasted a lot of taxpayers’ money chasing the story and found all those to be false.

The MP from Simpang Rengam urges the government to investigate Anwar because he is concerned the security of our beloved country may be compromised. Perhaps his concern springs from an overwhelming love for our country and we are happy to tell him, that that emotion isn’t exclusive to BN MPs only. We too love this country that is why we fight against corruption, against abuse of power and against bad governance. We attack the real enemies not go chasing after windmills which we think and imagine are dragons.

The problem here is this. The Simpang Renggam MP  has misled parliament by using dubious sources of information. The Government cant act on dubious source of information as it will lead to nothing  and in the end, embarrass the government. He has indirectly admitted that his accusations were not based on any publications from Wikileaks but from a number of blogs written by prom umno supporters.

My point then is, if we are ready to lend credibility to these blogs, then we must also be equally ready to lend credibility to some similar internet material that exposed secret funds held by some of our leaders. All one needs to do is Google Najib’s secret accounts and voila- you have the following expose done several years ago.

1. Name : Mr. Mohammad Najib Bin Abdul Razak Post : Minister of Education Passport No. : D 371981 (M) Bank : American Express Bank Type of Account : Current Account No : E-7194-303-45- G Amount : USD 7,500,000.00 Date of opening account : 22/12/95

Withdrawal : USD 2,500,000.00 on 10/01/96 Cheque No. F1742330; Withdrawal : USD 1,000,000.00 on 16/03/96 Cheque No. F1742331 ; Withdrawal : USD 1,000,000.00 on 01/07/96 Cheque No. F1742332;  Withdrawal : USD 500,000.00 on 11/06/97 Cheque No. F1742333

2. Name : Mr. Muhyuddin Bin Yassin Post : Minister of Youth and Sports Passport No. : D 512717 (M) Bank : American Express Bank Type of Account : Fixed Deposit (Foreign Currency) 5 years Account No : AF- 3712-229-33- Y Amount : USD 7,700,000.00 Date of opening account : 15/06/96 Date of Maturity : 15/06/01

3. Name : Mr. Mustapa Bin Mohamed Post : Minister of Entrepreneur Second Finance Minister Passport No. : D 862411 (M) Bank : American Express Bank Type of Account : Fixed Deposit 3 years Account No : CA-5098-344- 66-D Amount : S $ 5,000,000.00 Date of opening account : 12/06/96 Date of Maturity : 12/06/99

4. Name : Mr. Mustapa Bin Mohamed Post : Minister of Entrepreneur Second Finance Minister Passport No. : D 862411 (M) Bank : Citibank Type of Account : Fixed Deposit (Foreign Currency) 2 years Account No : DD-2141-7922- 549-F Amount : USD $ 5,000,000.00 Date of opening account : 21/04/97 Date of Maturity : 21/04/99

5. Name : Mr. Mohamed Nazri Bin Aziz Post : Deputy Minister PM Department Passport No. : D 871945 (M) Bank : Israeli National Bank Type of Account : Fixed Deposit (Foreign Currency) 2 years Account No : BD 5211-7925-8716- 51 MA Amount : USD 6,500,000.00 Date of opening account : 08/06/97 Date of Maturity : 08/06/99

6. Name : Mr. Mohamad Isa Bin Abdul Samad Post : Chief Minister of Negeri Sembilan Passport No. : D 831569 (M) Bank : American Express Bank Type of Account : Fixed Deposit (Foreign Currency) 3 years Account No : E- 6654-662-719- M Amount : USD 5,000,000.00 Date of opening account : 09/07/96 Date of Maturity : 09/07/99

7. Name : Mr. Mohamad Isa Bin Abdul Samad Post : Chief Minister of Negeri Sembilan Passport No. : D 831569 (M) Bank : American Express Bank Type of Account : Fixed Deposit (Foreign Currency) 3 years Account No : J-5152-6161- 311-D Amount : USD 5,000,000.00 Date of opening account : 24/01/97 Date of Maturity : 24/01/00

Now, will the government believe in all these? If they don’t, then they must admit the Simpang Renggam MP has not told the truth.