TREASON – BUT NAJIB TURNS EVEN MORE SHIFTY: EX-PM SAYS CIA LETTER ‘A GOVT SECRET, NOT OUR POLICY TO REVEAL SUCH LETTERS OR IT WON’T BE A SECRET ‘ AS IF HE’S STILL THE GOVT – WHILE GUAN ENG, WHO’S NOW IN GOVT, DEMANDS FULL PROBE

Former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak has maintained that he had no knowledge about one of his departments sending a letter to the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) prior to the May 9 general election.

However, he said such matters should have remained as government secrets.

“I don’t know (about the letter), it was done by our intelligence agency. It is not our policy to reveal such letters.

“This is a government secret. If we reveal it, it means nothing can be considered a government secret,” Najib told reporters at the Parliament lobby today.

Previously, Malaysiakini reported that the letter was penned by the Prime Minister’s Department Research Division director-general Hasanah Ab Hamid.

It had sought US’ support in the event BN wins the May 9 general election with a narrow margin.

Najib maintains he does not know what was in the letter, and that it would be a bad precedent for him to comment on such leaks, he said. – MKINI

Guan Eng wants probe on letter to CIA seeking foreign support for Najib

KUALA LUMPUR — Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng called today for an investigation into a government letter to the US intelligence agency that purportedly sought support for Datuk Seri Najib Razak just days before the May 9 general election.

Lim who is also Bagan MP said there were many questions surrounding the issuance of such a letter as it concerned Malaysia’s sovereignty.

“Was this letter sent to other countries? Are there any more letters?” Lim told reporters in the Parliament lobby here.

The letter to the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was supposedly written by a senior government official in the Prime Minister’s Department during the Najib administration. – MALAY MAIL

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