NGO Jingga 13 says the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has cause to investigate businessperson Deepak Jaikishan’s alleged ‘lady friend’ involved in the changing of private investigator P Balasubramaniam’s first statutory declaration (SD).

NONE “Deepak has admitted that he was only involved in the effort upon a request by a ‘lady friend’ that he alleged had a relationship with the party that may be adversely affected if the first statutory declaration was not dropped,” Jingga 13 chief coordinator Fariz Muza ( right ) said today.

The NGO was responding to MACC’s statement yesterday, in response to Deepak’s recent statements, that the file on PI Bala has already been closed, but would be re-opened should “ new and relevant information and evidence” be presented.

Deepak, in an interview with Malaysiakini last week, revealed that a “female friend” said to be involved with the parties implicated in the first SD had asked for his assistance and that he regretted getting involved.

 

Bala’s first SD had linked Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak, then the deputy PM, to murdered Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu.

In it, the PI alleged that the prime minister’s brother, Mohamed Nazim Razak, was involved in bribing him to change the SD.

‘Reasons aplenty for MACC to act’

Bala, in a series of video interviews back in 2009, claimed that Nazim offered him a bribe of RM5 million to change his first SD and that Deepak and Nazim’s wife were present during the meeting. 

Fariz said the actions of  Nazim and Deepak, as reported earlier, could be considered corruption and therefore warranted investigation.

NONE The Jingga 13 leader also said Deepak’s expression of regret in getting involved in the second SD of Bala should prompt the MACC to reopen the case.

“(Deepak’s) confession does not at all deny the involvement of the prime minister’s younger brother,” Fariz said.

Other reasons he raised were the fact that Bala had received money throughout his stay abroad.

“Also involved was ASP Suresh Kumar, who took Bala to a restaurant in Rawang to meet with Deepak and the businessperson’s brother, Dinesh,” he added.

Fariz said MACC’s refusal to investigate the case further despite the allegations made against Najib and his family, on grounds that the case does not have sufficient evidence, have put the integrity and credibility of the anti-graft agency into question.