All the whores and the Uniten man could not put poor C4-ed Najib together again

Posted on July 3, 2008

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Moderator’s note : Forgot to mention that, in answer to a reporter’s question whether Bala’s SD was the only evidence, Anwar said that more would be released in due course.

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Big Dog, in his post ‘Why not in court?’, quotes from a Star sms that Bala had declared through his SD today that ‘the police omitted the information between a senior politician and Altantuya in his statement’, and then asks :

“if any of these were true, why Balasubramaniam chose to talk about this on PKR platform? Why did he not do it on the stand in court, since he was a prosecution witness?’

This question from Big Dog I can well understand, he not being a lawyer and all.

The following question from this most unfortunate conception is unforgivable.

‘Is this the HINDRAF thingy that PKR enjoyed so much from Indians, lately?’, Big Dog asks.

And I always thought the only problem with this canine was an excess of blubber and nothing else. Didn’t know he also had a mean racist streak in him. Almost regret now for having apologised for having called him a low-down piece of excreta before.

Sorry, I digress.

Big Dog’s first question belies his ignorance of court proceedings.

Yes, Bala was a prosecution witness.

It was for counsel for the prosecution to ask the questions that would have enabled Bala to say in court what he has disclosed through his SD.

The prosecution never asked the questions.

And so Bala never got to share in court when he testified what he shared with us today.

And this, then, was the culmination of the suppression of evidence to protect people in high places that Anwar spoke of.

When asked why he was only coming forward now and not earlier to disclose what he had just disclosed, Bala’s lawyer, Americk, explained that only after the prosecution closed its case did it became clear to Bala that the details that he had rendered to police whilst he was remanded and being investigated and which are now contained in the SD would not be made known to the trial court.

Bala was also asked to explain why he had signed his statement given to and prepared by the police if details of what he had said were omitted.

He very candidly explained that he had been remanded for 7 days and was in the midst of a 48 day religious fast. All he wanted was to get out of the cell.

One other thing that Bala said got me wondering.

Bala explained that whilst in remand and under questioning, one Salehuddin had taken down his 73-page statement.

If this was Sallehuddin Saidin who was initially part of the prosecution team that was dropped at the eleventh hour, it may be that Sallehuddin was aghast to find that the statement signed by Bala was different from that which he had himself taken down. He may have protested and that may have been the reason for the last minute switch of the prosecution team.

Add to this a change of trial judge and the mysterious and, it would seem, uninvestigated deletion of Altantuya’s entry details with our immigration authorities and Anwar’s contention of suppression of evidence to shield someone would not appear to be without substance.

Well if all that Bala says is true, it would mean that Najib lied that he did not know Altantuya.

If all that Bala says is true, it would mean that Najib knew Altantuya well.

Too well.

Too well for Altantuya’s own good, alas.

If you’re still trying to get your hands on the full text of the SD, Howsy has it up HERE.