Americk Singh’s fellow member of an historically noble profession

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By MT Webmaster On Mar 16, 2013

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On 20 December 2012, in The Malaysian Insider’s news report Cecil is a lawyer of the highest integrity – Americk Singh Sidhu, the lawyer of the late Perumal Balasubramanian (Bala), Americk Singh, stated:

Deepak has gone on record to say that the lawyers involved in the preparation of that 2nd SD were in fact a ‘Tan Sri and his son who is also a lawyer’.

This statement has, in the circumstances, publically perpetrated, by insinuation and deduction, the identification of Tan Sri Cecil Abraham and his son Sunil as the possible culprits due to a strange series of coincidences, which in themselves are indeed unfortunate.

I wish to place on record that I find these allegations extremely surprising as I know Cecil personally. He is a barrister of the highest integrity with at least 40 years of impeccable service to the Malaysian Bar and is held in high esteem by all those who have had the privilege of making his acquaintance, both personally and professionally.

It is therefore unthinkable that someone who possesses such an ingrained sense of dignity, integrity and professionalism and who has dedicated over 40 years of his life in upholding all that is sacrosanct to the honour of being a member of an historically noble profession, would in any way so blatantly compromise those ideals by partaking in something as undignified and as irresponsible as knowingly formulating a false statement to be sworn by someone he had never met, under circumstances of obvious duress and coercion, knowing at all times that I was representing Bala.

I recall that last year the Bar Council had also dismissed the notion of Cecil Abraham being the lawyer who drafted the 2nd SD.

But today, FMT reported in its ‘Najib instructed Cecil to draft Bala’s SD2′ that Americk Singh told the Malaysian Bar during its annual general meeting PM Najib had instructed Cecil Abraham to prepare the 2nd SD for Bala.

Americk Singh revealed that Cecil Abraham told him so. I liek to know when Cecil told him.

Of course, PKR vice president R Sivarasa also of the “historically noble profession” as Americk Singh Sidhu and known as The missing man in the Altantuyaa story tweeted: “Americk Singh Sidhu, PI Bala’s lawyer reveals in Bar AGM that Cecil Abraham told him he did the 2nd SD on instructions from PM Najib.”

Nice!

By now, I wonder about Americk Singh’s ‘revelation’ of Abraham Cecil as the author of the 2nd SD, given that less than 3 months ago he effusively enthused about Cecil Abraham as a barrister of the highest integrity with at least 40 years of impeccable service to the Malaysian Bar and is held in high esteem by all those who have had the privilege of making his acquaintance, both personally and professionally … etc etc etc.

But this is not the first time Americk Singh Sidhu has confused me somewhat.

On 26 Nov 2009, we read Malaysiakini’s PI’s lawyer: ‘Anwar not behind Bala tapes’ which I commented on that same day in my post Bala’s SD – Americk Sidhu clears Anwar Ibrahim from involvement how Americk Singh asserted that:

“… Anwar had nothing to do with the release of the first SD except to deliver a speech prior to the press conference at the PKR headquarters last July. I have had no communication with Anwar at all, and neither has he or any PKR member tried to contact me.”

Then I was somewhat puzzled that despite having no communication with Anwar or any PKR member whatsoever (except of course for an encounter with Sivarasa Rasiah at ‘The Backyard’ pub) Americk Singh was able to further assert that:

“… Many people think Anwar Ibrahim is behind all this. That is absolutely untrue. Anwar has no idea about this whole episode except what he may have read in the blogs and on Malaysiakini.”

I commented that I was in a somewhat similar position as Americk, sharing with him a status where I too “…have had no communication with Anwar at all, and neither has he or any PKR member tried to contact me” – indeed wakakaka.

Thus I too would definitely not accuse Anwar Ibrahim of being behind Bala’s 1st SD … Absolutely NOT!

But precisely for that very reason, that I was and am not in communication with Anwar, I wouldn’t be able to claim whether Anwar was involved or not involved.

In other words, I was and am not able nor entitle to speak on behalf of Anwar Ibrahim on this issue. Thus I would not be able to assert Anwar did or did not do this or that.

But strangely Americk Singh was able to assure us Anwar Ibrahim had nothing to do Bala’s 1st SD.

I could go on and on about the confusion I obtained from reading Americk Singh’s various release of information including his claim to be neutral and yet authoring a piece for Malaysiakini claiming and virtually damming Najib (as) ‘linked’ to Bala’s disappearance.

Anyway, hearkening back to RPK’s The Deepak-Bala marriage: in Deepak’s own words we have already learned from that article (an early unauthorised version of what Deepak told MACC) that:

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