Ahli parlimen pembangkang hari ini merasa kesal apabila Umno dan
Barisan Nasional (BN) ‘membisu’ apabila Ketua Menteri Sabah Datuk Musa
Aman telah bebas dari tuduhan menyelewang wang, dan mengatakan sekiranya
ia melibatkan Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim atau Pakatan Rakyat (PR), sudah
pasti akan dituduh sebagai “pengkhianat”.
“Cuba bayangkan apa akan terjadi sekiranya wang tunai RM40 juta yang
cuba diseludup oleh Michael Chia ke Malaysia dari Hong Kong untuk Anwar
atau mana-mana parti PR,” kata Lim Kit Siang hari ini.
“Pemimpin dari pelbagai peringkat dalam parti komponen BN dan media
arus perdana akan berhari-hari menyerang, dan meminta tindakan dari
pihak berkuasa termasuk mendakwa kami dalam kes rasuah atau penyeludupan
wang.”
Semalam, parlimen diberitahu bahawa Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah
Malaysia (SPRM) hari ini telah membebaskan Musa dari tuduhan rasuah dan
menyeludup wang selepas mendapati 16 juta dolar Singapura (RM40 juta)
telah disalurkan ke ketua menteri Sabah kerana ia bermaksud untuk
kegunaan Umno Sabah.
Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Aziz
berkata, peguam negara menyiasat perkara ini dan mendapati tidak ada
kaitan rasuah dalam kes ini seperti yang dibangkitkan oleh laman Sarawak
Report awal tahun ini.
April tahun ini, Sarawak Report telah mendedahkan beberapa dokumen
yang didakwa dari Suruhanjaya Bebas Pencegahan Rasuah (ICAC) mendapati
peguam Sabah itu memegang 30 juta dolar Amerika di dalam Bank Swiss
untuk Musa.
Laporan itu juga mengatakan bahawa terdapat matawang euro, dolar Hong
Kong, dolar Singapura dan selain dolar Amerika telah disalurkan dari
beberapa firma yang diuruskan oleh syarikat perdagangan balak dari Hong
Kong, Michael Chia ke akaun di syarikat British Virgin Island dan ke
akaun Bank Swiss.
Musa yang menafikan sebarang hubungan dengan Chia, yang telah
ditangkap dan didakwa atas kesalahan menyeludup wang berjumlah 16 juta
dolar Singapura (RM40 juta) ke Malaysia pada tahun 2008.
Menurut laporan media, Chia dalam masa sama berkata bahawa pihak berkuasa Hong Kong memberitahu itu adalah wang untuk Musa.
Lim berkata layanan berat sebelah dari pihak berkuasa adalah amat membimbangkan.
“Persoalan dari orang Sabah dan Malaysia untuk Perdana Menteri ialah
wang RM40 juta ini — sama ada untuk ketua menteri Sabah atau Umno Sabah
(di mana Musa ialah pengerusinya) — adalah tidak terdedah seperti
kerajaan Malaysia sepatutnya mendedahkannya,” katanya.
Musa sebelum ini berkata Sarawak Report juga memfitnah beliau dengan
tuduhan menipu wang itu adalah sebahagian dari konspirasi untuk
menjatuhkan BN di negeri Malaysia Timur itu.
Beliau mengatakan akan memberi kerjasama kepada pihak berkuasa jika
diperlukan, tetapi dalam masa sama fokusnya adalah untuk mentadbir
negeri daripada “mengambil tahu tentang tuduhan ini”.- malaysian insider
Maka raya sakanlah media2 tempatan, berita disiarkan dan diulang tayang 40 hari 40 malam
disertai dengan ulasan2 Profesor kangkong dan komen2 dari pemimpin2
penjilat punggong UMNO...
Imagine the senario if the RM40
million cash Michael Chia was caught trying to smuggle into Malaysia
from Hong Kong were meant for Anwar Ibrahim and PR....!!
An opposition lawmaker expressed his regret today over the ‘pin-drop
silence’ of Umno and Barisan Nasional after Sabah Chief Minister Datuk
Musa Aman was cleared of graft allegations, and pointed out that the
ruling coalition would have gone to town with accusations of “treachery
and traitors” if the money involved was meant for Datuk Seri Anwar
Ibrahim or Pakatan Rakyat (PR).
“Malaysians could just imagine what would have happened if the RM40
million cash Michael Chia was caught trying to smuggle into Malaysia
from Hong Kong were meant for Anwar or anyone of the PR parties,” Lim
Kit Siang from the DAP said today.
“The
leaders at various levels of Barisan Nasional component parties and
their mainstream mass media would have competed, day-in day-out for
weeks, demanding full accounting and action by the authorities,
including throwing the books at corruption or money laundering.”
Yesterday, Parliament was told the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) had cleared Musa (picture)
of graft and money-laundering allegations after finding that the over
S$16 million (RM40 million) allegedly channelled to the Sabah chief
minister through corrupt means was meant for Sabah Umno’s use.
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri
Aziz said the Attorney-General’s Chambers had shelved the matter after
finding no element of corruption in the case, which was first raised by
whistleblower site Sarawak Report earlier this year.
In April this year, Sarawak Report had revealed documents allegedly
from the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) showing that a
Sabah lawyer was holding some US$30 million in a Swiss bank account for
Musa.
The report also claimed that a paper trail showed that the millions
in euro as well as US, Hong Kong and Singapore dollars had been
channelled from several firms managed by Hong Kong-based timber trader
Michael Chia to a number of British Virgin Island companies and
subsequently to the lawyer’s Swiss account.
Musa has since denied any link with Chia, who was arrested and
charged with money laundering after attempting to smuggle S$16 million
(RM40 million) back to Malaysia in 2008.
According to media reports, Chia had at the time allegedly told the Hong Kong authorities that the money belonged to Musa.
Lim said today the utter indifference and unconcern shown by the authorities to the case was disturbing.
“The question Sabahans and Malaysians are entitled to ask the prime
minister is whether the case of the RM40 million dirty cash — whether
for Sabah Chief Minister or Sabah Umno (of which Musa is Chairman) — is
now fully closed as far as the Malaysian government is concerned,” he
said.
Musa had previously accused Sarawak Report of defaming him, claiming
the graft allegations were likely part of a conspiracy by his detractors
who wanted to topple Barisan Nasional (BN) in the east Malaysian state.
He had said he would offer full co-operation to the authorities if he
was required to but stressed that in the meantime, his focus was on
serving the state instead of “entertaining these frivolous allegations”.- malaysian insider
Reveal sources of RM40mil 'contribution', gov't told...
Transparency
International Malaysia (TI-M) is calling for authorities to reveal the
sources of the RM40 million “political contribution” to Sabah Umno, that
a Sabah businessman was caught trying to smuggle into the country from
Hong Kong.
Referring to Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Mohd Nazri Abdul Aziz's parliamentary written reply to Batu MP Tian Chua, its secretary-general Josie M Fernandez said TI-M
was “appalled” that Nazri has stated “no elements of corruption was
proven” in the case.
“Nazri (above) has stated that the
funds were contributions to the Sabah Umno liaison body. He further
stated that the MACC has concluded that ‘no element of corruption was
proven’ in the case. However, the MACC must investigate if corruption
was a factor in the political contribution of RM40 million,” she said in
a statement.
Nazri’s written response, she pointed out, raises
many serious questions on the transparency and accountability of party
finances.
She added that TI-M has been urging the Malaysian
government to regulate political financing and to fully disclose
financing of politics in the country, even submitting a memorandum on
reforming political financing to Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak last
year.
Mother of corruption
“TI-M calls for the full disclosure of the sources of the RM40 million as a 'political contribution' to Sabah UMNO.
“Absolute
transparency is essential in political contributions to rule out the
possibility of influence peddling in the political process.
“Money politics contributes to the cancer of corruption. Political corruption is the mother of all corruption,” Fernandez (right) said.
On
Aug 14, 2008, businessman Michael Chia was caught in Hong Kong with
Singapore currency amounting to RM40 million and was charged with money
laundering and trafficking by the Hong Kong Independent Commission
Against Corruption (ICAC)
The money was reportedly earmarked for
Sabah Chief Minister Musa Aman and were part of funds being deposited
into a Swiss bank account containing US$30 million allegedly being held
in trust for Musa by a lawyer.
These claims were followed by allegations by whistleblower website Sarawak Report
that linked the monies to timber kickbacks for the chief minister for
approving timber licences. The allegations were later denied by Musa.
However,
in his written reply yesterday, Nazri said the money was “not for the
personal use of the chief minister” but was meant for the Sabah Umno
liaison body and that MACC had found “no element of corruption”, which
he claimed led the ICAC to take no further action in the case. - malaysiakini
Umno terlibat seludup wang ke Hong Kong...
Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz mengakui wujudnya wang
sebanyak RM40 juta milik seorang ahli perniagaan yang diseludup melalui
Hong Kong adalah untuk sumbangan kepada Umno Sabah.
Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri mengenai hal ehwal undang-undang
itu mengaku berlakunya kejadian ini di Dewan Rakyat semalam, demikian
menurut Ketua Penyelaras Solidariti Anak Muda Malaysia (SAMM)
Kebangsaan, Badrul Hisham Shaharin.
Badrul Hisham @ CheguBard(kiri) berkata, seorang ahli pernigaan bernama
Micheal Chia telah ditahan Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Hong Kong pada
14 Ogos 2008 dengan matawang Singapura berjumlah RM40 juta di dalam
bagasinya sebelum menaiki pesawat menghala ke Kuala Lumpur.
“Namun berita ini diselindung sebaik mungkin dan tidak mendapat
liputan dari media tempatan,” katanya dalam satu kenyataan media hari
ini.
Menurut beliau, terbaru semalam apabila hal ini dibangkitkan semula
oleh Ahli Parlimen Batu Tian Chua ekoran jawapan bertulis yang
diperolehinya dari Menteri terbabit yang mengatakan ia bukan wang untuk
Ketua Menteri Sabah Tan Sri Musa Aman tetapi untuk Umno Sabah.
Bankrap negara
“Apa yang harus disedari ialah mungkin dalam keghairahan regim
pertahan pemimpin mereka maka mereka tidak sedar secara tidak langsung
diakui bahawa penyeludupan wang RM40 juta itu memang wujud.
Makanya apa
tindakan undang-undang terhadap kejadian yang diakui wujud itu?
CheguBard yang juga Ketua PKR Cabang Rembau menegaskan, untuk membela
Musa, Nazri mengakui wang itu bukan untuk Musa secara peribadi tetapi
untuk Musa selaku Ketua Umno Sabah maka ini bermakna sahlah Umno Sabah
terlibat dalam penyeludupan wang.
Kata beliau, menurut satu sumber, wang tersebut ada kaitan dengan
kawasan balak yang diluluskan di Sabah dan adalah amalan biasa
sebahagian keuntungan harus dipulangkan sebagai dana politik untuk
komponen Barisan Nasional (BN) atau terus kepada pemimpin tertentu.
“Bukan sedikit wang negara diseludup keluar berkaitan kepentingan pemimpin BN,” jelas CheguBard.
Contoh katanya sebelum ini terbongkar bagaimana Menteri Besar Negeri
Sembilan Mohamad Hasan dikaitkan dengan penyeludupan wang RM10 juta ke
London dan setelah didapati sahih berlaku, hanya syarikat penghantaran
yang dihukum dengan lesennya ditarik.
“Inilah pengkhianat sebenar menjejaskan ekonomi negara. Sudahlah
terlibat merompak wang rakyat terlibat pula melarikan wang keluar
negara.
“Yakinlah jika regim ini terus berkuasa pasti tidak akan ada antara
mereka yang diambil tindakan, lebih penting kegiatan mereka ini akan
pasti membankrapkan negara,” ujar beliau.- FMT