Publication
Malaysia Today
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Online
Date
Thu, 23th February 2012
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Whistleblower Throws New Dirt On Old Characters
Whistleblower Throws New Dirt On Old Characters
Thursday, 23 February 2012
The anonymous blogger TheWhistleblower711 today posts more incriminating
evidence against the same five high-profile individuals he 'exposed' previously.
The blogger had alleged that the three government officials had received
kickbacks and were “bought” by the same businessman, Advance Maintenance
Precision Management Sdn Bhd (AMPMSB) and Gerbang Perdana managing
director Yahya Abd Jalil. The kickbacks, made through periodic or monthly
contributions, were allegedly for the purpose of obtaining contracts from the
federal government and its agencies.
TEOH EL SEN, Free Malaysia Today
“TheWhistleblower711”, the anonymous blogger who made headlines for his exposé
implicating several high-profile individuals in corruption, today published a new
posting with new incriminating “evidence” and called for swifter action by the
authorities.
“It has been more than six months since the case first surfaced and was known to
the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) and more than two months
since my first exposé last November 2011. But until today no concrete actions have
been taken by the authorities against the people that I‟ve named in my exposé,”
TheWhistleblower711 said in a posting today.
The whistleblower said that he would stop implicating new parties for awhile as “all
my previous exposé have fallen on deaf ears.” Instead, today‟s posting was made
to “turn up the heat by a notch” against those people he previously named by
disclosing more “intimate details” to assist MACC investigations.
On Dec 18, FMT first broke the story on The Whistleblower711′s allegations of covert
dealings implicating, and naming, Deputy Finance Minister Awang Adek Hussin,
and two aides working under Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak and Deputy Prime
Minister Muhyiddin Yassin respectively.
The blogger had alleged that the three government officials had received
kickbacks and were “bought” by the same businessman, Advance Maintenance
Precision Management Sdn Bhd (AMPMSB) and Gerbang Perdana managing
director Yahya Abd Jalil.
The kickbacks, made through periodic or monthly contributions, were allegedly for
the purpose of obtaining contracts from the federal government and its agencies.
Proof of these “bribes” was published in the blog in the form of scans of several
cash deposit slips, together with the serial numbers. These were alleged to be the
personal accounts of the government officials.
The alleged bribes for Awang Adek were made in relation to a contract to provide
services to Bangunan Sultan Iskandar and Johor Baru Sentral in Johor by the Public
Works Department, a contract Yahya‟s companies allegedly won.
Half truth
On Dec 21, Awang Adek admitted to receiving “political contributions” to his
personal account as alleged but denied that it amounted to corruption.
He said the contributions were used for social programmes in Bachok, where he is
the Umno division chief.
While Najib has yet to respond to allegations against his aide, Muhyiddin said on
Dec 27 that he would look into the allegations that his senior private secretary
Mohd Shukor Abdul Manan received more than RM100,000 in kickbacks. He
claimed to be unaware of any wrongdoings.
More recently, TheWhistleblower711 had also alleged that former Cabinet minister
Azalina Othman Said received RM300,000 from Yahya.
Azalina, who is Umno MP for Pengerang, former Tourism Minister and former Youth
and Sports Minister, had later admitted to receiving the money but denied it was for
corrupt purposes.
She had explained, through her press officer Zulkifli Mat Rawi, that Yahya had
bought a classic car Mercedes Benz 280SL (1969 ) from her.
In the posting today, TheWhistleblower711 first targeted Awang Adek and rebutted
the latter‟s claim that as a deputy finance minister, he was not involved in awarding
any contracts.
The blogger claimed that Awang Adek was telling only “half truth”.
New document
He said Awang Adek was in fact the chairman of Skim Jejak Jaya Bumiputera (SJJB)
under the Finance Ministry.
He claimed that a trustworthy source informed him that SJJB is also “the committee
that initiates all major government contract awards”.
“As the chairman of the SJJB working committee, he (Awang Adek) has all the right
to initiate and make recommendations on any major government contract
award… he has everything to do with the Johor Baru Sentral project award,” the
blogger said.
SJJB was first established in 2007 by Najib, who was then deputy prime minister, with
the objective of assisting Bumiputera companies to be listed on Bursa Malaysia.
SJJB now comes under the Unit Penerajau Agenda Bumiputera (Teraju), a unit under
the Prime Minister‟s Department.
“Otherwise why would he (Awang Adek) make a site visit to Bangunan Sultan
Iskandar and Johor Baru Sentral on Dec 2, 2010…?” asked the blogger, who hinted
that the official reason of the visit – to monitor the progress of the medium-term link
to Bangunan Sultan Iskandar – smacks of another scandal.
The blogger also published scans of a new document, a “payment voucher” issued
by “AMPMSB” dated Dec 6, 2010 amounting to RM80,000.
The document showed that the receiver section was left blank but had a note of
what seems to be instructions to address the payment to “Ahli Parlimen Bachok”.
The description of the payment was “public relations”.
Secretive manner
Questioning the manner the payment voucher was written, the blogger said: “Why
would the „contribution‟ be given to Awang Adek in such a secretive manner if the
intention is for public programmes?”
TheWhistleblower said that a steady, monthly “contribution” received from one
source seems “very odd and highly suspicious”, especially if it was credited into a
personal account.
“A personal account should not have been used by a public official for a public
programme. Why (is it that) only after my exposé you revealed that you accept
monies… for public programmes? Why have you not advertised… so more people
can contribute? I rest my case.”
TheWhistleblower also asked why there has been no response or action taken
against the two aides of Najib and Muhyiddin
The blogger questioned Muhyiddin‟s comments that he will conduct an
investigation, but todate, no concrete action has been taken.
“The very least he can do is suspend the aide pending an internal investigation,”
said the blogger.
TheWhistleblower also zoomed in again on Azalina‟s case.
The blogger alleged that the classic car that Azalina claimed to have sold would
not fetch anything more than RM200,000, much less RM300,000.