Truth in bits and pieces

If carpet man Deepak Jaikishan is lying, then Najib should use the full force of the law to protect the sanctity of the office of the prime minister.

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By Toffee Rodrigo

Why is the truth coming out in instalments? Weren’t these people once trusted lieutenants? Now they are being looked upon as conniving opportunists working together with the opposition to oust Najib Tun Razak for no rhyme or reason. Does that make sense?

Thus far everyone who has given testimony against the powers-that-be has been branded a liar. Musa Hassan, of all people, has now come out.

And former home minister Syed Hamid Albar, together with his successor Hishammuddin Hussein, have successfully revealed the level of common sense that prevails in Umno now.

Both have said that the disclosures by Musa is all an opposition ploy.

What he did to Anwar Ibrahim must surely have been at the request of his superiors including former Umno chieftains. In which case it surely must be seen that he was a player in a whole scheme to rid the country of Anwar.

Anwar was the man who knew too much and who had publicly declared that there would be no more nepotism, cronyism and corruption in Umno.

But in Umno this can never happen. No one could get into Umno and declare such “nonsense”, so Anwar had to go at all costs, and they made sure he did.

So now, when the Truth is coming out there is fear in the corridors of power, Umno power.

For Musa to come out in the open and say the government intervened with his work, then it really happened and he must have some really compelling reasons to say so.

No Malaysian in his proper frame of mind would have accepted that private investigator P Balasubramaniam was forced to come out with the statutory declaration to implicate Najib.

Everyone believed him when he said that the carpet man (Deepak Jaikishan) was involved and that the carpet man has now come out and is revealing the truth, albeit in instalments.

Political ploy?

The key to the truth lies somewhere in the home of our prime minister and even a moron knew this.

It is the duty of the home minister to direct a full investigation, unless it was his office that ordered murdered Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu’s entry records by the Malaysian immigration removed.

Surely if they could get a former deputy prime minister (Anwar) on trumped-up charges, they can easily get this cop and they will for their own convenience.

So why is Syed Hamid claiming that this is all a political ploy by the opposition? And why did Hishammuddin say that all the revelations were meant to divert the political gathering (Umno)?

The only reason is, it has to be the truth.

Deepak was a close friend of Najib’s wife, Rosmah Mansor. The question now is, why did he suddenly turn against her and Najib?

If Deepak is lying, then Najib should use the full force of the law to protect the sanctity of the office of the prime minster because the attacks are personally targeted on Najib and this, too, while he was in office as the minister of defence.

With all the implications derived from the interview with Deepak, will Rosmah at least subject herself to an interview with the press, both international and local, on these issues since there seems to be so much directed towards her too?

After all, she is said to be very eloquent, been overseas, held meetings with so many other “first” ladies and even visited heads of states. Surely she must have the ability, the eloquence and the presence of mind to handle the media.

The fact is if the government goes for them, the truth will come out. But that is something they can’t afford.

Toffee Rodrigo is a businessman who spends his free time writing to create awareness. He blogs at Toffee’sTurn.