The MACC Tapes: Said Awang Had Already Revealed How The Special Branch Fabricates Evidence

All this will be revealed in court once the “maker” of that illegal wiretapped audio recording of Najib’s phone conversations testifies in court. This happened back in 1998 when the Special Branch head testified in Anwar Ibrahim’s trial. A lot of secrets involving how the Special Branch operates was revealed in court. And this will happen again if they want to introduce those wiretaps of Najib’s phone conversations in court as new evidence in the ongoing trial.

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Raja Petra Kamarudin

The illegal wiretapping of what is supposed to be a number of conversations involving Najib Tun Razak discussing the 1MDB matter was revealed by Latheefa Koya yesterday in a MACC press conference.

Latheefa did not reveal how she obtained those wiretaps and only said they were given to her over the last few days. Nevertheless, we know the identity of the person from Bukit Aman who had given those audio recordings to her, who is also the person that had conducted the illegal wiretaps.

This was what we revealed yesterday:

“The person who gave the MACC the illegal wiretapping involving Najib Razak is a certain Ketua Penolong Pengarah in Bukit Aman who is lobbying to become the next Special Branch Director once Hamid Bador retires later this year. This chap is hoping Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad will give the post as a reward for this ‘explosive expose’.”

The person behind the MACC tapes is a certain Ketua Penolong Pengarah in Bukit Aman who is lobbying to become the next Special Branch Director

We have left out the name of this person but his name is already being viralled through WhatsApp messages by others who also know the identity of the person behind the wiretapping.

Anyway, what will this MACC-Gate expose achieve? Other then tarring Najib Tun Razak’s and Rosmah Mansor’s image, and get them “convicted” in the court of public opinion in a trial by media, what else can they achieve?

Very little, actually.

First of all, there are ongoing trials so this is definitely sub judice or contempt of court. Next, the wiretapping was done illegally plus it is an invasion of privacy. According to the transcripts of the recording, there is nothing in the conversation that shows what was being discussed is a threat to national security or that a crime was being plotted.

So, again, what has this MACC-Gate expose achieved? And, again, very little, actually.

Can they use this wiretapping as evidence in court to strengthen the prosecution’s case against Najib? To do that they will have to introduce the audio recordings in to the trial as new evidence. The “maker” of those audio recordings will need to testify as to how, when and why he or she procured those audio recordings. Then he or she can be cross-examined by the defence.

Najib’s lawyer, Shafee, hopes the MACC tapes will be introduced as new evidence in Najib’s trial so that the “maker” can be cross-examined

The Malaysian Special Branch monitors all VIPs and VVIPs, plus “persons of interest”. Their movements, meetings, phone conversations, and many more, are spied upon. This was how they obtained audio recordings of Najib’s phone conversations.

Umno once revealed an e-mail between Zaid Ibrahim and me regarding his trip to Manchester back in 2009 plus confirming the hotel where he would be staying. It was a Gmail account, which I have since closed. Hence, they were actually reading all my e-mails since way back.

Every office in Malaysia has a Special Branch operative or agent. They are either in direct service or “privateers” paid RM1,000 or RM2,000 a month to spy on their colleagues and report about their activities, what they say, etc.

The clerk over the counter you are dealing with at the EPF or Tabung Haji office could be a Special Branch operative or agent. The person delivering your KFC or MacDees takeaway could be Special Branch. Your barber could be Special Branch.

The Special Branch read the exchanges of emails between Zaid Ibrahim and me and then gave them to Umno to expose in a press conference

The Special Branch has a slush fund that runs into billions, which Parliament approves in its annual budget based on a lump sum figure with no breakdown details required. This money is used to pay the tens of thousands of operatives and agents that spy on Malaysians.

No one other than those at the very top in Bukit Aman know the real numbers and cost involved but the numbers are large and the cost is huge. Officially, there are about 1.6 million Malaysians employed in the civil service and defence/security services, which cost RM100 billion a year, pensions included. But this does not include the “shadow” or “underground” Special Branch that costs a few billions more.

I was once arrested back 2000 and when I was in the police station being interrogated I spotted a Telekoms chap who I knew walking around the place. He was talking to the other police officers and after that he came over to me to chat. We chatted and smoked (his cigarettes) and then I pounced on him and said I know he is with Telekoms. At first, he denied it but when I pressed him further and told him I know who he is he just smiled and walked away.

All this will be revealed in court once the “maker” of that illegal wiretapped audio recording of Najib’s phone conversations testifies in court. This happened back in 1998 when the Special Branch head testified in Anwar Ibrahim’s trial. A lot of secrets involving how the Special Branch operates was revealed in court (READ BELOW). And this will happen again if they want to introduce those wiretaps of Najib’s phone conversations in court as new evidence in the ongoing trial.

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Said Awang revealed the Special Branch’s dirty linen during Anwar Ibrahim’s abuse of power trial in 1998

(The Independent UK, 7 November 1998) –  The case against Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysia’s dissident leader and former deputy prime minister, suffered another blow yesterday when his lawyers obtained a secret police report concluding that sex charges against him were fabricated as part of a smear campaign.

“The allegations made are baseless and are dependent more on imagination and assumption,” said the report, prepared by the head of the Malaysian special branch, Mohamed Said Awang, and given to the Prime Minister, Mahathir Mohamad, in August 1997.

“Through our sources, the allegations do not have, [or] contain, any proof.”

The report was read out to the court by Mr Mohamed, a witness for the prosecution, whose sensational testimony – full of contradictions, evasions and admissions about police procedure – has done more to strengthen the defence.

On Wednesday, Mr Mohamed described ordering officers to intimidate two witnesses and “neutralise” their claims that Mr Anwar had had sex with two of his male associates.

The following day, he admitted that he might lie under oath if asked to do so by a senior politician, and that he did not believe the sodomy accusations made against Mr Anwar.

The document provides the strongest support so far to Mr Anwar’s claim that the case against him is a conspiracy.