SHAH ALAM: Pakatan Rakyat senior leaders want a Royal Commission of Inquiry to probe a cover up of events surrounding the murder of Altantuya Shariibbu following the latest revelations of private investigator P.Balasubramaniam.“It is time to set up a RCI (Royal Commission of Inquiry) which can probe this whole episode in a fair and independent manner in the name of justice not just for Altantuya but also Bala,” said Xavier Jayakumar of the Parti Keadilan Rakyat (National Justice Party) said.
Xavier said there were still too many unanswered questions with regard to Altantuya murder in October 2006.
“There has to be an independent investigation and this can only happen by tabling a White paper in Parliament and having a Royal Commission of Inquiry,” Xavier said.
Lawyer Sivarasa Rasiah, another member of the party’s executive council, echoed Xavier’s views and said an independent investigation, including into the alleged links between Prime Minister Najib Razak and Altantuya was “paramount “.
“Bala is a key witness in this whole episode. There is evidence to show he was forced to retract his first SD and now he himself is saying he was offered money to do it,” Siva said. “We need to get to the bottom of the matter and the best way is to have a Royal Commission of Inquiry.
PAS vice-president Sallehuddin Ayob said Bala’s latest testimony clearly showed that a Royal Commission was appropriate to uncover the truth regarding the Scopene deal and the murder of the Mongolian .
He also said there was enough evidence from Bala to re-open criminal investigations into the murder.
“For the of sake of justice to be done, the case should be re-opened. It is very clear that there are grounds for the Attorney-General to order a review,” he said.
DAP Publicity Secretary Teresa Kok said Najib should be more forthcoming about his involvement in the whole episode.
“If there are such allegations by Bala, then as Prime Minister Najib Razak is duty bound to explain from A to Z,” he said.
Bala was hired by political strategist Abdul Razak Baginda, an aide of Prime Minister Najib to check on Mongolian model Altantuya when she arrived in Malaysia to confront Razak over RM500,000 commissions in the French-Scopene submarine deal .
Bala went missing on July 4 last year, a day after releasing a second statutory declaration refuting his first issued the day before, in which he exposed alleged links between Najib and Altantuya who was the lover of Razak.
In the first part of the interview, filmed overseas, Bala said he was offered RM5 million by a carpet businessman named Deepak, who is said to be an associate of Rosmah Mansor, wife of Prime Minister Najib Razak .
A search with the Registrar of Companies lists Deepak Jaikishan as a director of Carpet Raya Sdn Bhd with registered addresses in Ampang, Selangor and Cheras Kuala Lumpur.
The company reportedly recorded an income of RM122million.
Efforts to contact Deepak for comment were unsuccessful.
Some parties have alluded Deepak as a “Mr Fix-it” who carries out certain tasks for Rosmah from time to time.
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