Perimekar merely a travel agency

Comment by Kua Kia Soong

Having had the privilege of looking at some of the Paris Papers on the Scorpene submarine scandal recently, it behoves me to give anxious landlubbers a ‘hitchhiker's guide' to this convoluted mesh of payments that have gone on to grease this most expensive (more than RM7 billion) arms purchase in Malaysia's history.

Since Suaram lodged its complaint with the French courts for a judicial review of the Scorpene contract in November 2009, the French prosecutors have certainly been busy with their investigations.

Razak Baginda top witness in Scorpene probe

The close confidant of PM Najib tops the list of human rights group Suaram's potential witnesses to testify in the French judicial probe.

PARIS: Abdul Razak Baginda’s name topped human rights group Suaram’s list of potential witnesses to testify at the French judicial probe into the controversial Scorpene submarines deal.

The defence analyst, a close confidant of Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, was acquitted in abetting the murder of Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu, which had been linked to the submarines contract.