Kulim Bandar Baru MP Zulkifli Noordin claimed today that he was approached several times to implicate Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and his wife Rosmah Mansor in the murder of Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu.

NONE While debating the motion of thanks on the royal address in the Dewan Rakyat today, Zulkifli claimed a "third party" had offered him a substantial reward to draft a statutory declaration to implicate the "First Couple".

He said the offer was made during the Altantuya murder trial. Zulkifli was initially counsel for Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri, one of the three accused.

"The reward offered was indeed quite tempting."

Zulkifli said refused the offer to implicate Najib and Rosmah and withdrew as Azilah's lawyer.

"I'm thankful to Allah for keeping me from being involved in that slanderous act."

Afterward, the Independent parliamentarian held a press conference in the parliament lobby to clarify his revelations during the address.

Quizzed about who the "third party" was, Zulkifli was coy and evasive.

"This should have been asked in parliament just now. They did not ask. Outside of parliament, I can't really speak of this. We have ethics, things that we don't speak of in parliament we don't talk about outside. We have to uphold that."

He also denied that it was because of the immunity against prosecution provided to elected representatives who spoke in parliament.

"No, no, that never came up."

Asked what was offered to him, he declined to reveal details, only admitting that it was tempting.

'Tempting offer'

"It was a very tempting offer. It is not necessarily money, it is an offer."

He also admitted that in the span of 12 years he was given many "orders" and "missions" to perform, both as a lawyer and party member. However he declined to reveal what they were.

"It is like (being) husband and wife, you sleep together, when we are married we have fun together, but after it is over you do not disclose what happened to other people. Only if I am forced and put in a position where I am forced to disclose, I shall."

Prodded about whether the "missions' were part of overall PKR strategy, he denied it pointing his finger instead to "pharaohs" in the party.

"I did not say PKR (is the problem); it is a party which is struggling for reform.The problem are the pharaohs' inside of it. The few who are controlling the party, they are the ones who are pursuing agendas which even go against the party's ethics."

Quizzed about the identity of the "pharaohs", he said that he did not have enough time during his speech.

"I have seven points, I only spoke of three, the pharaohs are at number five. I want to disclose but the speaker kept saying time. I did not have enough time."

Pressed further, he only conceded to say that the "pharaohs" are small in number but are making a lot of noise.

selambau pkr pc 040409 saifuddin nasution Asked if Machang parliamentarian Saifuddin Nasution ( left ) or Gombak representative Azmin Ali are part of those he referred to as "pharoahs" he replied cryptically.

"They are my good friends and until today they remain my good friends."

Zulkifli's revelations in Parliament came on the footsteps for similar attacks against Pakatan by other independents.

Last week Saifuddin, who is also PKR secretary-general, accused independent representatives, Bayan Baru parliamentarian Zahrain Hashim in particular, as BN's "attack dogs" and hired mercenaries.

Prior to Saifuddin's remarks, Zahrain launched an all-out attack against Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim and the opposition for what he claimed were their dastardly acts during the Sep 16 takeover attempt.

The independent representative was even implicating Anwar of co-opting the Agong and the military in what he called Anwar's rapacious grab for power.

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