The first statutory declaration linked Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak to the murder of Mongolian national Altantuya Shariibuu.
SEPANG
Former private investigator P Balasubramaniam returned to Malaysia
today and immediately declared that the first statutory declaration (SD)
he made in 2008 on the murder of Mongolian national Altantuya Shariibuu
was the truth.
Holding up a Hindu holy book Bhagavad Gita, he swore that the
allegation linking Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak to the murder
contained in the first SD was a fact.
“I swear on this holy book that the first SD was the truth. But the
circumstances that happened to me that night [after I produced the first
SD] forced me to change.
“I m very sorry. But the truth can only be the truth. My lawyer and I
sat for two months to draft the first SD,” he told reporters on arrival
at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport here.
Balasubramaniam was greeted by more than 50 people, mostly from PKR including Subang MP R Sivarasa.
PKR Rembau division chief Badrul Hisham Shaharin (Chegubard)
garlanded the emotional Balasubramaniam while the crowd chanted “Welcome
Bala, Long Live Bala”.
In his first SD announced on July 3, 2008, Balasubramaniam claimed
that he was engaged by Abdul Razak Baginda in 2006 to deal with the
Altantuya’s harassment. He was also told that Najib had a sexual
relationship with Altantuya.
Balasubramaniam alleged that Najib was involved in the murder of
Altantuya and the then Inspector-General of Police Musa Hassan was asked
to “take care” of the case for Najib.
However, he produced the SD the next day and retracted all his allegations against Najib.
He has since disappeared from public view and has reportedly been staying in India.
Balasubramaniam said his return was hassle-free as the Immigration
Department officials did not harass him and only asked him about his
address.
He also confirmed that carpet trader Deepak Jaikishan was the one who
persuaded him to retract his first SD, but added that he would not team
up with Deepak for a series of exposé on the Altantuya murder case
“Let
me do my thing myself. I won’t specially go and do [a press conference]
with him. I have full knowledge of the first SD. I can do it myself,”
he said.
He also said he would not be overly worried about his safety, because
should anything happen to him, it would paint the perpetrator in the
Altantuya murder case in a bad light.
“If something happen to me tomorrow, where would you point your
finger? There was already the first murder, do you want a second
murder?” he said.
Balasubramaniam left for his home in Rawamg.
His first ceramah will be held at the Kuala Lumpur and Selangor
Chinese Assembly Hall at 8pm on Feb 27. He will be sharing the same
stage with Badrul Hisham and national laureate A Samad Said.
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