It’s Ramadan, So Stop The Scam and Release The Innocent
Din Merican
Starting with the press conference by YB Salahuddin Ayub, Member of Parliament for Kubang Kerian, who also sits as an independent member in the MACC Special Committee on Corruption, Malaysians were informed that the MACC had failed in its duty to stamp out real corruption.
The MACC had failed in its duty to stamp out real corruption.
Fighting Real Corruption means Going after the Real Crooks
Fighting real corruption means going for the real crooks. Real crooks mean those who have been identified by a specialist law enforcement agency to have committed multiple crimes in the plundering of our nation’s asset. YB Salahuddin called on the MACC, particularly its Chief Commissioner Dato’ Abu Kassim, to explain why he had refused to investigate the complicity of the Police and the A-G Chambers in closing the case against Tajudin Ramli, Malaysia Airlines (MAS) former Chairman, who was once touted to be the New Economic Policy’s (NEP) Great White Hope (or is it Pahlawan Melayu?).
Why MACC had refused to investigate the complicity of the Police and the A-G Chambers in closing the case against Tajudin Ramli
YB Salahuddin Ayub is the Lone Voice in chiding MACC
What is most glaring is that YB Salahuddin Ayub appears to be the lone voice in chiding the MACC and Abu Kassim for its failures. What, may we ask, is the role and views of the other members of the 5 Panels which were established to give MACC some semblance of transparency? There are 12 distinguished Tan Sri,s Dato Seris and what not titled persons in the Advisory Panel including a former Chief Justice, and yet not a single whine nor whimper is heard from them. Tan Sri Ramon Navaratnam and Tan Sri Robert Phang who sit in yet another of that 5 Panels and who are always portrayed as roaring lions have suddenly become purring pussycats. Why are they so muted? Their silence is deafening!
What makes it so nauseating is that only during the recent 15th Malaysian Law Conference, Dato’ Abu Kassim had made a pledge that he would resign if it can be shown that the MACC has failed to investigate any report against any big fish or Cabinet Ministers. By big fish, presumably he is referring to someone powerful or something big. Abu Kassim was being boastful because just at the same time as that law conference, AG Gani was seen strutting in the court’s corridors in Putrajaya to chargeTun Dr Lin Liong Sik for the PKFZ scandal. Now that’s a big fish. Is it?
Abu Kassim was being boastful because just at the same time as The 15th Malaysian Law Conference, AG Gani was seen strutting in the court’s corridors in Putrajaya to chargeTun Dr Lin Liong Sik for the PKFZ scandal. Now that’s a big fish. Is it?
Or was that just a public relations spin by APCO to show Abu Kassim as a serious corruption buster. To show that the Najib government has the political will to stamp out crimes and corruption. To show that the Rakyat’s aspiration will be fulfilled. Indeed, it was all just a show. If it was not, then how come Abu Kassim has declined to investigate the MAS scandal, whereas in value, the MAS scandal which happened earlier would be bigger than PKFZ because RM 8 billion was worth a lot then than now.
