What really happened in the 48 hours after PI Bala unveiled his first SD on 3 July 2008? Why did he sign a second SD that contradicted his first SD barely a few hours later? And where did he disappear to for more than a year just hours after signing his second SD? And which SD was signed under duress, the first or second? Today, Malaysia Today will answer all those questions that have been on the minds of Malaysians since July last year.
THE CORRIDORS OF POWER
Raja Petra Kamarudin
Q 1. After the press conference held at the PKR headquarters on the 3rd July 2008 you returned to the office of your lawyer where you stayed until about 4.30 pm.
A. Yes that is correct
Q 2. Who was with you in your lawyer’s office at that time?
A. My lawyer Americk Sidhu, ASP Suresh and my ex-assistant Suras Kumar.
Q 3. What time did you leave your lawyers office?
A. About 4.45 pm. I left with ASP Suresh and Suras Kumar. ASP Suresh had his car parked underneath the office. Suras left on his own motorcycle.
Q 4. Where were you intending to go?
A. I had a conversation over the telephone with ASP Tonny from the Brickfields police station earlier that afternoon. He wanted to meet me to discuss the contents of my 1st statutory declaration which I had released at the press conference that morning. He told me he was off-duty at 6.30 pm and suggested we meet informally at an ‘ikan bakar’ stall near the police station. I agreed. ASP Suresh was to drive me there after leaving my lawyers office.
Q 5. What did ASP Tonny want to see you to discuss?
A. He sounded glad that I had released my 1st statutory declaration as he was the investigating officer in the Altantuya murder trial and was therefore involved in the case. I think he just wanted to have an informal chat with me.
Q 6. So you had met him before?
A. Yes, he had interviewed me in relation to the Altantuya murder previously (during the murder investigation).
Q 7. Did you manage to meet with ASP Tonny?
A. No. After leaving my lawyers office, ASP Suresh suggested we go to Cheras instead. I informed ASP Tonny that I could not make it that evening and that I would see him the next day.
Q 8. Why did ASP Suresh want to go to Cheras?
A. He had some business dealing in copper wires and he needed to do some work at his scrap yard there.
Q 9. Was ASP Suresh a police officer at that time?
A. He was an officer with the IPK D9 division CID but had been suspended pending some internal investigations conducted by the ACA.
Q 10. Where did you go after leaving Cheras?
A. ASP Suresh needed to go to Rawang to burn some of his scrap wires. We left Cheras at about 7.30 pm on the way to Rawang. We were still in ASP Suresh’s car.
Q 11. What happened on the journey from Cheras to Rawang?
A. ASP Suresh received some calls on his hand phone from persons I subsequently discovered were Dinesh and Deepak. They apparently wanted ASP Suresh to arrange a meeting with me. At first ASP Suresh did not agree to any meeting but finally agreed to meet in a Bak Kut Teh shop in Rawang.
Q 12. Did you go straight to the Bak Kut Teh shop?
A. No, we first went to the Kuala Garing area to burn some cables and wires. After that we went to the Bak Kut Teh shop where both Deepak and Dinesh were waiting for us.
Q 13. What did you discuss?
A. Deepak started talking to me to try and persuade me to withdraw my 1st statutory declaration. He mentioned to me that there was a red car outside my house in Rawang with military intelligence personnel in it, and that they knew my wife and children were at home.
Q 14. What was your reaction to this piece of information?
A. I was very concerned about this as my wife had called me on my hand phone while I was on my way to Rawang with ASP Suresh to inform me that there was a suspicious looking red car parked opposite our house and that the persons inside appeared to be watching the house. She had been informed of the presence of this car by a neighbour. I told her to lock the gates and to remain inside.
Q 15. What else did Deepak say?
A. He talked to me about the virtues of the present government and what a wonderful woman Rosmah was. He told me he was very good friends with Rosmah and how she visited his shop all the time. He then offered to pay me RM4 million to withdraw my 1st statutory declaration. I was rather stunned but before I could say anything ASP Suresh signaled me to refuse this offer. I said I was not interested in money and so Deepak said he could also organise the release of 5 Hindraf leaders in Kamunting, he could arrange for 528 Tamil schools to become fully-aided schools by the government, that he could get ASP Suresh’s job back and also give him RM4 million as well. He wanted to take me to Putrajaya and kept persisting but I refused to go.
Q 16. What happened next?
A. ASP Suresh asked Deepak to raise the offer to RM5 million and he agreed straight away. He also told me he was willing to organise a monthly payment of RM20,000.00 and that if there was anything else I wanted to put this in writing. He then made a few phone calls on his handphone and then told ASP Suresh to drive me to The Curve near One Damansara Utama.
Q 17. Were you negotiating with Deepak?
A. No, I did not say anything. ASP Suresh was doing all the talking and negotiating. I was more concerned with the safety of my family as I did not know what was going to happen to them.
Q 18. What happened next?
A. Deepak left by himself leaving his brother Dinesh with us. After about half an hour we all left in ASP Suresh’s car. Dinesh was seated in the front passenger seat and I sat in the rear seat. We reached The Curve about half an hour later. The time now was 11.45 pm.
Q 19. Why were you going to The Curve?
A. ASP Suresh told me we were going to meet a VIP there. When we reached the curve I suggested we go to the MacDonald’s restaurant but ASP Suresh said that was not a good idea because there were CCTV cameras there. We then proceeded to the Volkswagen showroom where a Malay gentleman arrived with his pregnant wife and Deepak.
Q 20. Who was this Malay gentleman?
A. I did not recognise him. I was just told he was a VIP Datuk. I did however recognise his wife.
Q 21. Did you speak to this Malay Datuk?
A. Yes, I was introduced to him by Deepak. I was very surprised when I realised who he was.
Q 22. What did this Malay Datuk talk to you about?
A. He told me he knew I had a family and asked me whether I loved them. I replied saying of course I loved my family. He then told me I should take good care of them as anything could happen to them. He then told me that if I wanted to avoid any problems with my family I should just follow Deepak’s instructions and everything would be OK. He told me I had to retract the contents of my 1st statutory declaration. This Malay Datuk then left immediately with his wife.
TO BE CONTINUED
Translated into BM at: http://gomalaysian.blogspot.com/2009/11/raja-petra-part-1-misteri-terbongkar.html
written by apanama, November 18, 2009 17:06:00
unless you own the showroom and has the key to the locks and alarms.
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written by hklee, November 17, 2009 17:02:03
AG be prepared to charge. Adio.............
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written by Super Admin, November 17, 2009 14:04:14
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written by Alice, November 17, 2009 07:34:32
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written by bitterzone, November 17, 2009 04:17:11
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written by bitterzone, November 17, 2009 04:09:51
NEVER READ SUCH CRAP IN ALL MY LIFE, BRING ON THE LITTLE GREEN MEN FROM OUTER SPACE. You want my proof, ask yourself if some old man - Datuk- threatened your family would you say "thank you sir, have a pleasant evening" NO WAY. Put it this way if anyone threatened my family, they would be the very last words they would speak, even if Datuk had 20 men with guns and C4 I can safely say that he would not have made it back to his car alive. I rest my case, RUBBISH UTTER RUBBISH. P.s If you believe this then let me tell you George Bush is a muslim!
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written by bitterzone, November 17, 2009 03:58:16
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written by Sabahfan, November 16, 2009 19:58:29
Anyway, this story sure should be made into a movie... whether true or not... no need for qualified hollywood scriptwriter.
yes many logical questions to be asked but thats what movies are all about isnt it?
Can offer RM 5 million but cannot give altantuya just 500,000
Of course, threats to family or your own safety, YES the mafia PDRM is very capable of doing that.
Remember the story i told you guys when a bunch of trigger happy cops in Sabah opened fire with M16 to a hapless submanager of a fast food shop? He was lucky when bullets missed him by inches when his car was riddled with bullets.
When he tried to sue, most of the sabah senior lawyers tried to talk him out saying that the police will harass him for life.
But a young daredevil fresshie lawyer took the case and he managed only rm25K for the car, nothing for his near death experience and mental suffering.
even then the court tried to coverup the story from the press until the very end.
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written by my2cents, November 16, 2009 18:43:50
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written by biggun129, November 16, 2009 17:28:22
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written by Mirage, November 16, 2009 16:05:43
Soon the Malay part of the drama of who I know, what i know and the twist will begin and what I want will come out before moving into the last scene. Very soon the Indian song and dance will come out in celebrating the agreement before the wallaping and the sound effect come in. Here we GO.
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written by mikewang, November 16, 2009 14:44:54
Anyway, we trust RPK will reveal all in Malaysia-Today as per Free Malaysia today report.
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written by KUMON, November 16, 2009 14:10:32
An article appeared in Free Malaysia Today on the 12th Nov and was later deleted. 'PI Bala surfaces to drop bombshell 3' It also mentioned that an exclusive interview will be published the next day but it never appeared. Looks like unseen hands at play.
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written by KUMON, November 16, 2009 14:00:42
There was an article in the Free MalaysiaToday blog on 12th November,which was removed almost immediately titled 'PI Bala surfaces to drop Bombshell 3. The same blog was suppose to publish an exclusive interview with Bala the following day, but it never appeared. Some hidden hands are at work to keep this from surfacing.
In the article , Bala said that Najib's younger brother Nazim had met Bala and threatened Bala to withdraw the SD 1.
The plot is getting thicker.
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written by optimusP, November 16, 2009 13:56:08
i like this part "I said I was not interested in money and so Deepak said he could also organise the release of 5 Hindraf leaders in Kamunting, he could arrange for 528 Tamil schools to become fully-aided schools by the government, that he could get ASP Suresh’s job back and also give him RM4 million as well" . - Bala the malaysian indian's hero; he is not interested in money so deepak had to use hindraf & tamil schools as baits. Ohh... what an irresistable offer. and I really envy that lucky ASP Suresh, just for being there, he got RM4 mil. You stupid Deepak, you just double your cost just by doing the offer infront of another person (an ASP under suspension pending some internal investigations conducted by the ACA.). wow indeed
here is another one: "...where a Malay gentleman arrived with his pregnant wife..." and then "He told me he knew I had a family and asked me whether I loved them. I replied saying of course I loved my family. He then told me I should take good care of them as anything could happen to them. He then told me that if I wanted to avoid any problems with my family I should just follow Deepak’s instructions and everything would be OK. He told me I had to retract the contents of my 1st statutory declaration. This Malay Datuk then left immediately with his wife." again, so stupid of this datuk to threaten other people's family infront of his pregnant wife. Why can't he just go there alone and why he had to drag his pregnant wife along just puzzles me. another wow!
and some people actually believe this tamil movie script? wow! wow! wow!
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written by elmo world, November 16, 2009 13:43:44
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written by elmo world, November 16, 2009 13:40:02
how can they be so cruel, to threaten to harm the family.. (of course as expected when Bala disappeared without a word, leaving behind his car & dog.....)
Bala, u are very brave man.. please please take good care of yourself & your family.......... you all are so innocent..... & had no choice but to be the victims of this bunch of inhuman creatures.......
May God bless you all & us the RAKYAT (S).......
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written by chebella, November 16, 2009 13:29:25
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written by Daryl, November 16, 2009 13:29:19
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written by BennyG, November 16, 2009 13:19:44
I voted "I don't buy".
Wish I could add why. I would like to say because of articles like this in MT is much more believable than NST rubbish!
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written by Rainbowseahorse, November 16, 2009 13:18:33
Why would a PI, like Bala, dare to take on the second most powerful man in Malaysia like Najib & wife Rosmah who have absolutely no qualm in doing away with people who are a nuisance to them (like Altantuya)?
And having been in the police force for 17 years, PI Bala must know that the police works for the people in power and not for the Rakyat.
So why...oh why...does PI Bala thinks he can defeat the system without endangering himself & his family?
One possible answer keep popping up, and that is, PI Bala must have in his possession HARD evidence that Najib & the police just cannot get access to at the moment, and that if PI Bala & family dies suddenly, these HARD evidence will surface miraculously in some international newspaper.
I think Bala & family are being kept by Najib & gang for the moment until they can figure out a way to remove or to neutralize the hard evidence against Najib & wife.
So the question now remains: What does PI Bala really wants? Sure, he can take the money from Najid & wife and run somewhere with his family. But he knows Rosmah is not the forgiving type, and will mst probably use her enormous resources to track down and eliminate PI Bala & family no matter where they go.
I surmise that PI Bala priority now is no longer money, but the very survival of himself and his family. He needs people like our dear RPK and MT supporters.
PI Bala played with fire, and now he finds himself being scorched bad by Najib & Rosmah.
So what should we do for him? Indeed, what can we do for him as I see his days are numbered without a change in our government? It's just a matter of time, and Najib & wife have plenty of that...and to spare!
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written by peter, November 16, 2009 12:33:29
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written by Counterpointer, November 16, 2009 11:12:55
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written by 2012, November 16, 2009 10:35:22
Burn some cables and wires mean scraps copper wire that needs to be stripped by burning before the copper wire inside is being retrived and sold to scrap metal dealers
They pile them up at a secluded place and burn them to get the copper wires inside instead of stripping the rubber insulation by hand or machine which is very tedious and oh boy, the putrid toxic black smoke gonna gives you lung cancer
I had seen huge cables being burn this way, no wonder tenaga is losing cables all the time.....
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written by SCM, November 16, 2009 10:30:05
You are Mahathir's crony and you own the VW showroom at the Curve. Are you the Malay Dato in question here? I say you are.
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written by batsman, November 16, 2009 10:27:36
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written by wishuponastar, November 16, 2009 09:47:39
Dr George I feel you should reserve your words for the real rascals behind Bala's second SD.
Read RPK's revelations and you would be ashamed how a learned man like you could make such rash statements.What would you do if some brother or sister of the most powerful entity in Malaysia were to tell you that you won't have a family ,home or a house if the 1st SD is not withdrawn.Whatmore if the guy is a qualified architect from Britain?Wouldn't your foundation rattle,wouldn't you flee after seeing how Altantuya vanished along with her immigration records?
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written by Jilo, November 16, 2009 09:28:14
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written by batsman, November 16, 2009 09:01:31
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written by batsman, November 16, 2009 08:43:21
Malaysia is a communist country.
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written by NSTPravda, November 16, 2009 08:35:08
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written by mick_err_stan, November 16, 2009 07:29:00
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written by educationist, November 16, 2009 05:32:17
What does burn some cables and wires mean? - these are not usual things we burn, they will need a furnace!
Please do not get me wrong - i do not doubt the essence of the information, just that I'm trying to understand the information divulged.
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written by lunas oh lunaih, November 16, 2009 04:39:53
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written by corpuscavernosa, November 16, 2009 04:24:10
This revelation is orgasmic, cant wait for part 2, 3....
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written by my2cents, November 16, 2009 04:02:40
From a simple SD, PI Bala thought he was doing his civil duty to tell the truth. Only did he know that the real truth was that he was dealing with a regime that would do anything to stay in power. His whole world is turned upside down, money, treaths, bribes and rewards were thrown his way. Would he take it and live the life that others could only dream of, or would he do what millions are hoping he would?
A novel written by Rakyat Malaysia.
T[i]hroughly his best work, Rakyat Malaysia knows how to tell a story ...... J Howard, New York Times
Its almost like its not fiction ........ Sunday Times
A real page turner, I couldn't put it down ..... Spectator
You almost feel like its happening to you ...... L.A Review
So lyrically written, I could almost smell his andrenalin ........... Montreal Daily
Truly a work of Fiction ........... Utusan
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written by Semut Jantan, November 16, 2009 01:00:39
The culprits would sell their souls just to appease the 'power that be', but not for long.
Just imagine there is no internet, people would be literally worshipping Najis. It is getting hardr to be politicians and get away with evil deeds nowadays, sighed a famous ex-politician who got away with rakyat's tax RM, many times over; and he is goyang kaki and enjoys his ill gotten money. At the back of his mind, he knows his ultimate fate.
Can't give away his name 'cos we are buddy but I am keeping my distance.
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written by arazak, November 16, 2009 00:55:29
What do you call scumbags who extorted others to cover-up a murder case? Or to rephrase that question; what do you call a murderer and an extortionist? I guess no words can describe such despicable person(s)!
Pete, you do not have to tell us this Datuk, we had already figured it out.
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written by panca, November 16, 2009 00:51:05
Party Burok sekali!
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written by imanj, November 16, 2009 00:50:26
The offer to retract was not so lucrative for all Indians...None of it can make a difference for me at least.
While I don't encourage name calling,I don't see why anyone wouldn't call an Indian a 'snake'...this Deepak & Dinesh 'unnei' thought themselves Indian heroes in some Tamil movie?
Pete,this late night thriller is fantastic....keep it coming.....will see you gets to the X-Files first....!!!
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written by storm62, November 16, 2009 00:47:02
Deepak and his brother, Dinesh...Najis and his brother, Nazim?
i can't sleep....i'm waiting for part 2.
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Najib is coming down and it would be interesting to know who are his sacrificial companions ?
But wait, as long as that Tilam IGP is still in charged, NFA lah...