Why, then, did Pak Lah and Mahathir make Najib PM?
Izack Chin
Eight years and six months since Altantuya was C4-ed to death mercilessly, the chronology of events from the discovery of her remains until today puzzles even excellent investigators.
Today, Lim Kit Siang and Tun Dr Mahathir gave two mind-boggling statements about Altantuya.
LKS argued, “Two former Prime Ministers, Tun Mahathir and Tun Abdullah should be sent on a national mission to Australia to find out from Sirul who gave the order to kill Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu.”
TDM questioned, “Who ordered the killing of Altantuya?” besides expressing how it would be very cruel for Sirul to die for just following orders.
It baffles the ordinary citizen why both are still raising such mundane issues after 8.5 years.
Tun Haji Abdullah bin Haji Ahmad Badawi was Prime Minister when Altantuya died in 2006. Surely he would have privy to the most sensitive, delicate and confidential information pertaining to the murder of Altantuya.
Surely Tun Abdullah Badawi would not have allowed Najib to become Prime Minister if he had known Najib was implicated in the murder. It would be utterly inconceivable and preposterous to endorse a murderer as his successor. Well, Tun Abdullah Badawi stepped down and Najib became PM.
In the same vein of thought, surely if Mahathir had known at that time that Najib was implicated in Altantuya’s murder, he would not have handpicked Najib to succeed Tun Abdullah Badawi (whom Mahathir personally handpicked but later told him to step down).
The fact is Mahathir never questioned Najib then, and even selected him to succeed Badawi. Eight and a half years down the road, Mahathir is demanding answers to a very pertinent question he should have asked Najib in 2006 before endorsing him as the sixth Prime Minister of Malaysia.
Why are LKS and TDM not asking how Sirul managed to escape to Australia and how Mahfuz Omar allegedly made contact with Sirul?
Surely authorities should query Mahfuz on what he knows! Why are all guns pointing only at Najib whereas many other mysteries and grey areas about the case remain either concealed or reverberating in haunting silence?
Why can’t mature political leaders, the police and all authorities in the case come together and talk?
And that includes TDM, Tun Badawi and PM Najib.
Reveal the truth openly instead of running down leaders and in the process, erode our country’s international standing and business confidence.
