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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Pro Govt groups bid to bar inquiry on Scorpene deal


Several pro-establishment groups have urged the authorities to stop plans by human rights NGO Suaram to organise a speaking tour for French lawyers involved in France's inquiry into Scorpene deal.

The groups' spokesperson Dzulkarnain Taib, who lodged a police report on the matter today, said Suaram's plans were akin to inviting foreigners to meddle in Malaysia's affairs.

"As a sovereign state, Malaysia is capable of taking care of its own affairs. We don't need foreigners to judge us," said Dzulkarnain, who is president of Kelab Wartawan Muda Malaysia.

As such, he said the Home Ministry must ensure that the two lawyers - William Bourdon and Joseph Breham - are barred from entering the country.

According to Suaram executive director Cynthia Gabriel, Bourdon and Breham will be in Malaysia in November and that their visa applications are pending.

Their purpose is to brief Malaysian lawmakers on the progress of French investigations into alleged corruption in the sale of two Scorpene submarines to Malaysia.

Others involved in filing the police report were Malay Consultative Council member Shahbudin Embun and Jaringan Melayu Malaysia president Azwanddin Hamzah.

On Oct 5, Dzulkarnain lodged a police report against opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim and three Pakatan parliamentarians on the same issue.

Last week, the same groups claimed that French judiciary had "completely rejected" Suaram's application as a plaintiff, thus the group did not have the right to bring up the matter.

However, Bourdon had declared that the Tribunal de Grande Instance convened a criminal inquiry, in which (Malaysian human rights group) Suaram has been accepted as a civil party since March 2012.

Lu Wei Hoong Malaysiakini

26 comments:

  1. UMNO is corruption! Corruption is UMNO!

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  2. Anwar suah pun memiliki Jet eksekutif, bas mewah dua tingkat, treler untuk jelajah merdeka, banglow rm7 juta, kenderaan mewah dan sebagainya.. tidak lama lagi ada la tu kapal selam yang terpampang besar wajah Anwar Ibrahim dengan mesej jelas "Jelajah Merdeka"..

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    1. Boleh tahan la Anwar. daripada sumber duit Anwar tu. Duit dana luar atau dari negeri2 pembangkang

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    2. Anwar tk ada jawatan pun.. mampu naik jet peribadi.

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    3. pasti banyak dana luar yang diperolehi oleh pembangkang sampai ada juga yang bermurah hati bagi pinjam jet.

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  3. SUARAM kini tidak lagi dapat menafikan bahawa pertubuhan itu menerima dana dari NED dan OSI yang diterajui Yahudi Zionis dan penyangak matawang George Soros yang mempunyai matlamat yang sama iaitu menjatuhkan kerajaan berdaulat untuk digantikan dengan pemimpin boneka pilihan mereka.

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    1. NGO yang ada sekarang ni bukan lagi pertubuhan bebas tanpa pengaruh luar tapi bertindak ikut telunjuk pihak2 yang lebih berkuasa.

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  4. Di masa yang sama juga Pakatan Rakyat (PR) pula tidak mampu menafikan bahawa begitu ramai pemimpin-pemimpin mereka yang menjadi peneraju SUARAM.Maka terbuktilah bahawa PR dan SUARAM adalah satu dan jika SUARAM menerima dana asing maka ia juga bermakna bahawa PR yang menerima dana asing.

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    1. Jadi Yang UMNO terima SUMBANGAN RM40 Juta dari siapa kenapa harus di bawa secara HARAM dari luar negara ? Terrorist pa pendapat kau sebab itu SUMBANGAN dari Terorist luar negara kah ? bagi UMNO semua Sumbangan Halal ka ?

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    2. Tiada bukti tu duit dibawa secara haram. MACC dan ICAC pun tiada bukti semua tu.

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    3. Sama juga Jingga 13, mereka pun di bawah PKR yang mana buat laporan polis tnetan isu RM40 juta tu.

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  5. The Opposition slandered the Armed Forces when it claimed the Scorpene submarines weren't able to submerge, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

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    1. “The Navy had actually been asking for a submarine since 30 years ago and made an in-depth assessment before buying the Scorpene.

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    2. “It was not something that we did in a rush,” he said during his visit to the Lumut Navy Base .

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    3. Najib said that when claims that the submarines could not submerge were proven wrong, the Opposition alleged the price was too high.

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    4. The company that sold us the submarines belongs to the French government and the price quoted was a standard price.

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    5. “Unfortunately the issue was politicised. The submarines' capabilities have been fully tested and it is one of the best conventional submarines in the world,” he said before joining Navy personnel and their family for breakfast.

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    6. Also present were Defence Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir, Transport Minister and Lumut MP Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha, Minister in the Prime Minister's Depart-ment Datuk Seri G. Palanivel, Navy chief Admiral Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Jaafar and Vice-Admiral Datuk Abdul Hadi Rashid.

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    7. In TELUK INTAN, Najib said people had no confidence in Pakatan Rakyat's agenda.

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    8. He said Pakatan had not been able to clearly prove its plans for the country were better than Barisan Nasional's.

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    9. “Pakatan does not have the experience or track record to govern the country,” he said when addressing the people at a gathering at the Manjung Municipal Council Stadium.

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    10. He pointed out that the Opposition pact comprising three political parties were willing to pretend among themselves purely to topple the Barisan Government.

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    11. “That is their only objective. This does not mean that they can be trusted to lead our country,” he said, adding that in reality, members of the pact were at loggerheads with each other and that was why they dared not form a shadow Cabinet or contest in the general election using a common symbol.

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    12. He also reminded the people not to be deceived by the Opposition's sweet promises.

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    13. “The general election is not about the oratory skills. If we want to choose good orators, then we should choose the medicine sellers by the roadside who claim that their medicine can cure various ailments,” he said tongue-in-cheek.

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