Former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak has urged DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang to explain why he did not show interest in the death of Ewein Bhd founder Ewe Swee Kheng.
Taking to Facebook today, Najib appeared to take offence with Kit Siang for today suggesting that the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) should interview two former police personnel Sirul Azhar Umar and Azilah Hadri.
“Why is it that ‘uncle’ (Kit Siang) is so interested in deaths that (occurred) more than 10 years ago which has been investigated multiple times but uncle is not interested in the mysterious death of a famous listed company owner?
“He was friends of your son (and died) just a month before he was due to testify in court,” wrote Najib.
Ewe was found dead at the ground floor of a luxury apartment on Oct 5 last year. Ewe and his family lived on the 17th floor penthouse. He was assumed to have fallen to his death.
His wife Seet Chin Leng told the Kuala Lumpur High Court on Nov 29 last year that he last saw him on the day of his death at 1am. Ewe was declared dead at 5.37am.
The court would eventually be told that the MACC recorded statements from Ewe four times and excerpts of his final statements to the graft buster (Aug 14, 2021) was read out on March 24.
Therein, Ewe said he met then Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng in 2011. Ewe said he wanted to develop a piece of reclaimed land and had promised to gift several pieces of real estate to Guan Eng if the plan succeeded.
Guan Eng is currently facing trial for allegedly using his position as then chief minister to obtain a bribe of RM3.3 million in exchange for helping a company owned by Zarul Ahmad Mohd Zulkifli secure a construction project worth RM6.3 billion.
Guan Eng is also facing a charge of soliciting bribes amounting to 10 percent of the profits to be earned by Zarul Ahmad’s company.
Earlier today, Kit Siang had issued a statement urging the PAC to interrogate Sirul and Azilah in view of the French authorities launching formal investigations against Thales Group over the 2002 sale of two naval submarines to Malaysia.
The PAC’s explicit mandate is to investigate matters concerning government finance. However, Altantuya was linked to at least one person involved in the procurement of the submarines.
Altantuya was murdered on Oct 18, 2006. When Sirul and Azilah were tried for murder, it was revealed that Altantuya was in an affair with Abdul Razak Baginda, the owner of several companies involved in the scorpene submarine deal.
Both Sirul and Azilah have been convicted. Azilah is currently on death row while Sirul has fled to Australia. - Mkini
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