‘The people who went to the mortuary were A Kugan's family members and friends. They certainly would not have tampered with the lifeless body of their loved one.'

On Umno Youth leader: Probe doctor who did first post-mortem

Yuvan: Thank God. It is heartening to note that Umno has some compassionate leaders with humanitarian feelings.

Yes, I fully agree with Umno Youth exco member Ahmad Ikmal Ismail that a thorough investigation must be carried out on the glaring differences between the first and the second post-mortem report.

This to determine if the pathologist who issued the first post-mortem report is guilty of any offence. The medical profession is a very sacred one and medical professionals are looked upon with great respect and dignity.

It is, therefore, very important that they are truthful and maintain a clear conscience in the discharge of their duties and responsibilities.

It is also very disappointing to note the claims of the Serdang Hospital director Dr Mohd Norzi Ghazali, that both post-mortems were conducted after the body had been tampered with and both the post-mortem reports were ‘weak evidence'.

I believe that the people who went to the mortuary were family members and friends of the deceased and out of sheer respect for the ‘departed soul' they would not have tampered with the lifeless body of their loved one.

In fact, nobody in their right sense of mind will tamper with dead bodies, except, of course, pathologists in their line of duty for investigation purposes.

What will be Dr Mohd Ghazali's stand be if, after investigations, the second post-mortem report is accepted as ‘strong evidence'? Can we expect him to be magnanimous and accept it in good faith?

CH Ong: This Umno Youth leader appears to be really surprised by the behaviour of our police and our pathologists.

In Malaysia, even a former deputy prime minister can get beaten half-to-death by our police. In Malaysia there are medical personnel who are ‘very cooperative' and will give medical reports to suit the police.

On Autopsy reports: 8 glaring differences

Dian Abdullah: I am very sad and disappointed to read that Kugan's second post-mortem report showed that the police and the second pathologist may have worked hand-in-hand to cover up the truth about his death.

Police brutality is not something new especially with the daily occurrences that are happening in this country.

Unless you belong to the ‘untouchable ones', that is the elite Umno and Umno Youth members, you are at the mercy of the police.

MCA and Gerakan, too, are aware of this state of affairs but have always kept silent on the wrongdoings of Umno.

MIC? You can forget them. Samy hides himself in the sand pit and only emerges when everything is over and forgotten. In short, nobody cares.

Orangbiasa: The Serdang hospital director is talking nonsense. The whole world saw the video clip on how the hospital staff allowed the family members into the mortuary.

The director also has the cheek to say ‘that the wounds on the body could have been inflicted after his death'.

How irresponsible can this director be? How could the family members allow the body to be battered just to inflict injury after his death?

The parents were present and there we also two BN MPs around. This is the kind of silly statements people give when they are trying to protect someone.

On French daily reveals grisly details of Altantuya's death

Jr Lee: The French journalist, Arnaud Dubus, reported that through his investigations, he discovered that a commission of RM541 million was paid to Perimekar, a company owned by Abdul Razak Baginda.

This was for the sale of three submarines to the Malaysian government for one billion Euro (RM4.7 billion) by a French-Spanish company.

This is atrocious as Malaysian taxpayer's money amounting to RM541 million has been siphoned out of government coffers for a Malaysian individual presumably acting on behalf of someone who is in the position to approve the submarine deal or had a hand in it.

The Malaysian authorities and the opposition should immediately file a complaint with the European Commission against the submarine maker, Armaris, and its parent company DCNS (a French military shipbuilding company which bought over Armaris in 2007).

As in past cases, the EC does not condone corruption and will immediately launch an investigation once a report is received.

Bank Negara, which has access to the banking transactions of Perimekar, should also investigate this fraudulent commission as it violates the Money Laundering Act.

Bank Negara should reveal to all Malaysians what subsequently happened to this whopping RM541 million commission as there is always a paper trail to indicate who finally pocketed the taxpayer's money.

Frans Jonkers:

I happened to be in France and rushed out to buy the Liberation , the newspaper with the report on the Atlantuya murder. There is little in it that has not already been revealed by RPK.

It remains to be seen how much impact the article will have: the Liberation is a small, struggling left-wing newspaper.

But the article should make Malaysian readers aware how vulnerable Najib would be if he, in spite of his denials, is involved in this case.

There must be incontrovertible evidence in France proving or disproving his guilt: records of visits to defence companies, contracts and negotiations concluded, visa requests and evidence of stays in hotels.

The French secret service would have kept an eye on them. The key to the conclusion could be, as Dubus suggests, a defence contract corruption investigation.

The author also says the Russian secret service was closely interested in the affair. Malaysians should not be surprised if foreign governments tried to use any compromising evidence to their own advantage.

Meng Yee: To the honourable Home Affairs Minister Syed Hamid Albar, which is more embarrassing to Malaysia pray tell me?

A speaker of the state assembly holding a sitting under a shady tree in the parking lot of a barricaded state assembly or allegations published in a French newspaper of Malaysia's future PM involved in corruption while purchasing military submarines?

I feel more ashamed as a Malaysian that our future PM has such a tainted past and questionable dealings while as defence minister.

If it is at all untrue, I dare the future PM to deny the allegations and to sue the French newspaper which mentioned his name in a story about the death of Altantuya Shaaribu.

Unless, of course he fears that doing so will only expose more lurid details of his wrongdoings. If Pak Lah has any fear of God the Almighty, he would do what is necessary and ensure that such a man with a questionable background is not be allowed to become Malaysia's next prime minister.

It is a threat to national security that foreign governments could possibly have evidence of corruption against him. It could be used as a bargaining chip at the expense of Malaysia's sovereignty.

Therefore it would be good that before Umno's leaders speak of bringing shame to the country, that they look at the mirror and at their own filthy backyard.

Perhaps if they spent more time cleaning up before pointing their fingers at their neighbours' backyard, they would gain some respect.

Seekp: With all the truth coming out on the case of the century, all eyes should be on it but why on earth are the local media not reporting about it locally? Another instruction from the powers-that-be no doubt.

Who knows, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi might be behind all this just to let Najib know that as much as he likes to hand the job over to him, Najib is just not up to it with all these scandals lurking behind him.

If that's the case, then there will be more drama to come with the Umno polls drawing near. Suddenly, you may find Najib no more in favour and Abdullah is 'forced' to stay on...

On Water project: 'What are the hidden agendas?'

Contract Manager: I refer to the various media reports on charges implicating Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa for receiving illegal donations from Nishimatsu Construction Co.

In these report, it is mentioned that these illegal funds were channelled into the accounts of ‘Ozawa's Political Fund Management Body' through two dummy organisations headed by Nishimatsu former officials and subcontractors.

This led me to wonder whether there is a similar clandestine arrangement involving Jica and Nishimatsu on the tender evaluation and award of the Selangor-Pahang Raw Water Transfer project.

Reading the comments here, it would seem that the a ‘behind-the-doors' manipulation is real because there is no rebuttal or explanation from the government on the series of issues brought up by your readers.

From my knowledge on international tender processes, the following rules should be strictly adhered to:

i. For any international tender process, a company that submits a conditional and non-compliant bid should be disqualified.

ii. No alternative bid will be accepted unless the conforming bid is furnished first.

iii. No bidder should be allowed to or permitted to alter the condition stated in their bid after the bids have been opened.

iv. No negotiation shall be allowed for the conditional bidder.

v. The tenderer will reject a proposal for award if it determines that the bidder recommended for the naward was involved in corrupt practice.

Going through the rules of the bidding and the dubious way Jica in handling the evaluation process, it fits in very well with the ‘behind-the-door' manipulation theory.

In order to prevent all this controversy, I suggest that the government reject the loan from Japan and fund the project ourselves.

On YourSay: Karpal's mobbing 'an act of cowards'

Siva Kumar:

Syabas to Umno Youth on their cooked-up story of an apparent ‘lunch date' at Parliament with the deputy minister of health when Karpal Singh was roughed up.

This is a clear afterthought and they expect the rakyat to believe it. This is the 21 ^st century and even kampung folk would not buy their story.

They behaved like hooligans and thugs against a wheelchair-bound person and this cannot be tolerated nor excused.