PRESS STATEMENT BY P. BALASUBRAMANIAM'S LAWYER IN RESPONSE TO ZAHRAIN MOHAMED HASHIM

The money P. Balasubramaniam is using to pay for his trip to London and his hotel accommodation there is derived from the funds he has received from Deepak Jaikishan at the behest of Rosmah Mansor.

By Americk Sidhu

I refer to the statement made by Independent MP Datuk Zahrain Mohamed Hashim in the lobby of Parliament this evening and reported in The Star online portal.

In this statement Datuk Zahrain has suggested that the "individual involved in sponsoring Bala in London" be investigated by the MACC.

I have instructions from my client to say that he fully supports the suggestion made by Datuk Zahrain for the simple reason the money he is using to pay for his trip to London and his hotel accommodation there is derived from the funds he has received from Deepak Jaikishan at the behest of Rosmah Mansor, who ultimately and unwittingly, is his sponsor.

Americk Sidhu

Counsel for P. Balasubramaniam