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Umno leaders latch on to Scorpene broker's claims

COMMENT It is quite a spectacle watching a chorus of Umno ministers scrambling to defend their party boss, following a newspaper report supposedly debunking the commonly-held belief that Altantuya Shaariibuu’s murder was irretrievably connected to the corruption scandal in Malaysia’s purchase of two Scorpene-class submarines.

But why should Umno leaders suddenly play up the issue now? Is it to ‘cleanse’ Umno head Najib Abdul Razak of any stigma, so as to enhance his position in the imminent party election?

Or is it to influence public opinion ahead of the upcoming appellate court hearing of the murder conviction? 

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