Even as new revelations surface about MACC thwarting investigations in Sabah, infighting within Sabah Umno is threatening Najib's influence.
KUALA LUMPUR: Sabah’s most influential men – Attorney-General Abdul Gani Patail, Chief Minister Musa Aman and his brother Foreign Minister Anifah – allegedly blocked the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s (MACC) investigations into tens of millions of ringgit worth of secret timber concessions and money laundering.
Leaked MACC documents revealed that Gani had allegedly shelved files on the investigation and refused to prosecute.
MACC’s investigation into Musa nominee Michael Chia’s arrest in Hong Kong in 2008 had allegedly thrown up details of the secret timber concessions within the family and Gani’s close ties to the Aman family.
Gani himself is from Lahad Datu, one of many entry points for illegal immigrants in Sabah. Gani’s wife is connected to Musa’s close associate, Johan Abdul Samad, who is also the deputy director of Yayasan Sabah.
Anifah’s wife is Johan’s sister. Musa himself is chairman of Yayasan Sabah, which holds monopoly over Sabah’s forest.
MACC investigations into the Chia case led to the revelations of tens of millions of ringgit worth of timber concessions which Musa had awarded his brother Anifah and nephew Hairul from the time he assumed power in 2003.
Chia was detained by the Hong Kong authorities at the Hong Kong International Airport for alleged money trafficking. He was caught trying to smuggle out of Hong Kong some S$16 million (RM40 million).
Apparently when he was caught, Chia told the Hong Kong authorities that the money was for Musa.
Gani’s “protective” instinct and the fact that Musa himself had a “close” relationship with former premier Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and his son-in-law Khairy Jamaluddin has kept Musa above the law.
At the time of the incident, rumours were that Musa had promised Abdullah the money in time for the Permatang Pauh by-election which saw Anwar Ibrahim return as MP.
However, such comfort has long since vanished. Musa and Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak are not pals. The only link between them is Najib’s wife Rosmah Mansor, who is said to be “close” to the Aman family.
Najib losing control in Sabah
Najib, however, prefers to put his own man Shafie Apdal – Umno vice-president – at the top seat if he can squeeze Musa out and this is no longer a closed-door secret.
Infighting within Sabah Umno is now rumoured to be at a “dangerous” level that even Najib is said to be losing control.
According to Sabah blogger Selvarajah Somiah, the 2009 allegation listed out by PKR Youth in its report lodged with Hong Kong’s Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) “threatened not only Musa but Najib’s credibility as well”.
“The central core of the exposé is Musa’s corruption of the state and the many questionable business deals linked to his relatives and cronies.
“The infighting in Sabah Umno is now in the open and numerous factions within are plotting to overthrow him. It’s all to do with money, ” he said.
In its 2009 complaint to ICAC, opposition Youth chief Shamsul Akmar had revealed that four Musa nominees had been linked to “corrupt and shady practices” involving funds belonging to the Sabah state government and several government-linked companies including Innoprise Corporation Sdn Bhd, Rakyat Berjaya Sdn Bhd and the Yayasan Sabah group.
“The public funds were illegally obtained and were siphoned out from Malaysia. They were deposited into various accounts in Hong Kong at UBS AG, Bank of East Asia Ltd, HSBC, Credit Suisse and Citibank,” Shamsul had reportedly said.
Revealing the depth of the “secret” deals, online portal, Sarawak Report, posted that Gani had refused to allow charges to be brought against Musa and Najib was “scandalously turning a blind eye to the affair”.
“Gani had forced the MACC to shelve its entire investigation in Sabah, which was one of the largest and most extensive ever undertaken by that body and involved sums amounting to billions of ringgit, siphoned out of the state by corruption at the highest level,” said the portal.
Laporan tu tidak semestinya betul. SPRM pun belum sahkan lagi.
ReplyDeleteberita2 yang disebarkan oleh Sarawak report tak boleh dipercayai, sebelum ini pun byk cerita palsu mereka sebarkan.
DeleteKalau laporan ini betul, saya rasa CSI pun campur tangan ba:P hahhahaha
DeleteTiada sesiapa yang dilindungi daripada undang-undang. Ini termasuklah Datuk Musa Aman. Jika MACC betul betul ada bukti, sudah lama mereka mendakwa Musa Aman. Buat apa tunggu sehingga sekarang?
ReplyDeleteTepat sekali. Pendek cerita, hal ini tidak betul lah:P
DeleteSudah lam kes ini bukan semalam sahaja yang dibangkitkan, takkan sehingga sekarang MACC tidak dapat apapa bukti? Jikalau begitu, mungkin betul tiada bukti untuk didapati.
ReplyDeleteIsu penggelapan wang haram yang dikaitkan dengan Musa Aman tu hanya dakwaan yang 'dikitar semula' oleh pihak2 yang cuba menjatuhkan pemimpin2 kuat BN di Sabah ni. Tidak hairan mereka menggunakan apa saja cara bagi mencapai matlamat mereka.
DeleteMemang takda bukti lah tu. Isu ini sengaja direka bagi mencari ruang utk jatuhkan Musa dan Anifah.
Deleteby using this unconfirmed issue showing that opposition was in a desperate attempt to seize the government..
ReplyDeletebefore this, Sarawak Report had failed to defame Taib's sister using the MODIFIED DOCUMENTS when their readers has doubts in the documents revealed by them.. now they attacked Musa Aman brother using the same tactics and also using the same source of document..
ReplyDeleteThe documents may be modified. If MA and his family were really involved, MACC would have catch them already.
ReplyDeleteyup, just like what the SR have done to Taib and family.. once their lies are exposed, then the articles will be removed immediately from their portal..
DeleteEven with the "documents" being leaked to public, MACC still didn't take any action towards MA and his family.
ReplyDeleteThe document might be fake and there's still no evidence to prove that MA and his family involved in.
DeleteMusa Aman sendiri dah menafikan bahawa dia mempunyai sebarangn hubungan dgn Michael Chia. kes Chia tak perlu nak dikaitkan dgn beliau. lagipun tiada bukti yang mengaitkannya?
ReplyDeleteDatuk Musa Aman once again denied, he has no business association whatsoever with an individual named Michael Chia.
Deletemalah Musa sendiri telah buat kenyataan bahawa beliau akan memberikan kerjasama sepenuhnya jika ada pihak yang mengkehendakinya berbuat demikian..
Deleteisu seperti ini selalunya dibuat utk cuba memburukkan seseorang pemimpin.
ReplyDeletejika mereka ada bukti tunjukkanlah..sekarang ini isu ini dimainkan tanpa ada bukti kukuh, jadi ianya sukar untuk dipercayai..
ReplyDeleteAnifah Aman telah menjelaskan bahawa beliau tidak tahu menahu mengenai dakwaan bahawa Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM). mendapati beliau secara rasuah telah menerima lesen balak daripada abangnya yang juga ketua menteri Sabah, Datuk Seri Musa Aman.
ReplyDeleteitulah yang peliknya, sedangkan yang empunya badan sendiri tidak tahu yang beliau mempunyai kes yang sedang dalam siasatan pihak SPRM.. bagaimana pula Sarawak Report yang berpusat di luar negara ini boleh menimbulkan tuduhan seolah2 merekalah yang menyiasat kes itu.. mengalahkan SPRM pula..
Deleteselagi belum ada bukti, kita jgnlah mudah percaya pada berita seperti ini.
ReplyDeleteagaknya pembangkang akan lebih suka jika mereka tidak mempunyai bukti kukuh kerana mereka akan berpeluang memanjangkan tuduhan mereka kepada pihak SPRM dan PDRM..
DeleteBukti adalah penting bagi mengelakkan kita membuat kesimpulan yang salah. Jadi tunggu sajalah perkembangan hal ini.
Deletekalau Sarawak Report benar2 mahu membanteras rasuah dan penyalahgunaan kuasa, mereka juga patut membantah atau mendedahkan skandal pasir di selangor, pemberian lesen pembalakan oleh YTL kepada 265 kroninya dan banyak lagi yang selama ini disembunyikan oleh puak2 hipokrit..
ReplyDeleteKalau skandal pasir di Selangor itu Pembangkang pura-pura tidak tahu saja. Kawan mereka kan jadi tutup mulut sajalah. Sama juga kes Anwar menyokong Isreal. PAS tidak dapat berbuat apa-apa sehinggakan sanggup melindungi Anwar dengan kata-kata yang baik-baik. Apa sudah jadi dengan PAS. Kerana kawan seperjuangan begitulah kesimpulan untuk parti PR. Yang mana sanggup mengenepikan kebenaran hanya kerana kawan.
Deletenothing evidence and truth fact that corruption. So why need we believing it if we don't see with our self the fact. If media picture fact I guess is still not the strong fact because can edit the picture. So please think carefully.
ReplyDeleteYang kita tahu Datuk Anifah Aman menafikan sekerasnya mengenai dakwaan tersebut. Ini kerana beliau tidak pernah pun disiasat oleh SPRM selama ini. Ini menunjukkan isu terdesak seseorang itu untuk kepentingan politik semata-mata.
ReplyDeleteIf we saw that all the Chief Ministers before Musa Aman were spending the state funds as though there was no tomorrow. The treasury had a deficit of about RM3 Billion at that time. But after Musa Aman took over the reins of the state government the state treasury was having a surplus of more than RM500 million every year.
ReplyDeleteDatuk Musa dan Datuk Anifah memang tidak menyangka sehinggakan ada pihak sanggup menkotor sebegini. Kalau benar ini berlaku sudah lama dua pemimpin ini disiasat dan dikenakan tindakkan. Tapi masalahnya sekarang tidak ada buktiyang dapat mendakwa mereka. Ini kerana semua ini sememangnya tidak tepat sama sekali.
ReplyDeleteMungkin juga sekarang ini kita tunggu penjelasan daripada SPRM mengenai perkara ini. Kerana SPRM yang lebih tahu daripada apa yang media ini katakan.
ReplyDeleteDisiasat tidak bermakna seseorang itu bersalah mungkin ada aduan yang diterima daripada pihak lain oleh pihak berkuasa mengenai perkara ini. Maka kita tunggu saja apa keputusan atas siasatan daripada MACC itu. Penduduk Sabah yakin yang ini hanya tuduhan yang buruk untuk menjatuhkan imej Datuk Musa Aman dan Datuk Anifah Aman. faham-faham sekarang masa hangat membara Pilihanraya.
ReplyDeleteGood job Datuk Musa Aman and other members party. So BN can do the best under Datuk Musa Aman. Can we imagine the past story that YS have not enough money to pay contractors because state reserves down to RM168m. So this mean the situation that time is to bad.
ReplyDeleteBut different right now that YS can stand and changed dramatically with Musa Aman held the state goverment. Musa Aman changed the image of YS and make the excellent business operation and financial.
Khabar angin mengenai Datuk Anifah Aman disiasat dibawah kes Rasuah pembalakkan. Khabar angin ini sebenarnya direka-reka saja. Yang terbaru Datuk Anifah Aman telah membuat penafian berhubung kenyataan ini yang mana beliau tidak pernah pun disiasat oleh SPRM. Tambahan lagi beliau terkejut dengan kenyataan tersebut. Memang isu terdesak oleh seseorang yang sengaja memainkan isu ini.
ReplyDeleteICAC adalah pencegah rasuah yang sangat tegas, tidak ada belas kasihan dan teliti dengan kes sebegini. Maka kalau benar Datuk Musa terbabit dengan kes Micheal Chia yang berhubung RM16juta wang haram itu sudah lama Datuk Musa dibawa ke mahkamah kerana bagi ICAC tidak ada yang terkecuali. Kerana Datuk Musa tidak bersalah menyebabkan ICAC tidak buat begitu.
ReplyDeleteIni menandakan yang mana Datuk Musa Aman tidak terlibat dan tidak bersalah dengan kes Michael Chia. Semua itu cuma permainan dari politik pihak lain yang ingin menjatuhkan Datuk Musa Aman. Sehingga sekarang Datuk Musa tetap berjuang walaupun pelbagai permainan fitnahdi buat. Kerana beliau tahu orang yang tidak bersalah akan terus mendapat jalan yang betul.
ReplyDeleteKenapa Sarawak Report tidak pernah dedahkan salahguna kuasa oleh pemimpin2 pembangkang? Nampaknya SR ni memang 'rakan subahat' terbaik buat PR. Mungkin Sarawak Report juga mendapat habuan dari pembangkang untuk dedahkan dokumen2 seperti tu.
ReplyDeleteMACC pasti akan bertindak jika hal ini memang betul2 berlaku. So tanpa bukti mcm mana nak percaya ya:P
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