A challenge to the Malaysian government to explain this

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A challenge to the Malaysian government to explain this

Posted by adminMonday, 24 August 2009 00:00

Lim Kit Siang, Anwar Ibrahim, Abdul Hadi Awang, and all those presidents of thenon-Umno component members of Barisan Nasionalhellocan you hear me? Pleaseget to the bottom of this matter and demand that the government explain itself.

THE CORRIDORS OF POWERRaja Petra Kamarudin

We all know that governments involve themselves in clandestine activities. They even haveslush funds to finance activities that would be considered illegal. The British and Americangovernments are no less guilty of these crimes as well. These so-called democraticgovernments of the free world would just as ready finance, arm and train terrorist orguerrilla groups that are bent on ousting any government considered not friendly to thewest.

Sometimes these third world governments not friendly to the west, and whom the westwish to topple, may be legitimately elected through parliamentary general elections. Andthose groups that wish to topple these constitutionally elected governments wish to do sonot through a parliamentary general election but through an armed insurrection. But that isquite acceptable to the west because those governments being toppled, even though it mayhave been done through undemocratic means, are not friends of the west.

So let us not feign surprise and pretend shock that governments are involved in illegalactivities, including violence and terrorism. And let us not be nave in thinking that only theGreat Satan or Evil West does these kinds of things. Even our very own Malaysiangovernment does this as well. And the Malaysian government too maintains slush funds tofinance such activities.

Slush funds are of course approved by Parliament. But no details are tabled in Parliament.A lump-sum budget of a few hundred million Ringgit would be approved by Parliament andthose managing this special fund need not offer any details of how the money is spent.Invariably, the money spent would all be in cash so that no records would ever exist. The fewhundred million just disappears with no questions asked and no account on how it is spent.

Such is the way slush funds are operated, not only in Malaysia but also all over the world.How do you think they financed Bin Ladin and the Taliban and all those other creations of the west that are now a source of problems for the very masters who created them? Itreminds one of the Dr Frankenstein situation where the monster the good doctor created

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Now, there is nothing wrong with governments buying bullets, pistols, submachine gunsand stun grenades, even in the millions of rounds and tens of thousands of pieces like whatthe Malaysian government is doing. All governments do this, even the Malaysiangovernment. But this particular cache is not being procured through normal channels.

There is no tender being called for this purchase. It is being negotiated throughunderground sources, the way illegal organisations or terrorist groups would normally do.Why would Malaysia want to by-pass the official or legal channels in buying all these guns,ammunition and grenades? Are they meant for illegal purposes? Are they meant for onwardtransmission to terrorist groups that Malaysia is supporting? Or is the final destination of thiscache of weapons Malaysia itself?

This is most alarming. They most certainly cant be for the Malaysian security forces. If theywere then the government would buy them through an official tender and from authorised

or legitimate suppliers instead of through underground sources. But if they were for foreignterrorist groups then for sure Malaysia would not want to do it the legal way because thenthey can be traced back to Malaysia.

What is most worrying is the recent announcement that Umno intends to send its YouthMovement members for paramilitary training. Does Umno intend to train and arm its YouthMovement? If so then what is the purpose for doing so? And is this latest undergroundprocurement of millions of rounds of ammunition and tens of thousands of pistols,submachine guns and stun grenades part of this plan?

The Malaysian government needs to reply to all these questions. The rakyat cant remainsilent about this very alarming turn of events. We know that there are moves to buy thesearmaments. That, the Malaysian government cant deny. To deny this is futile. But what wedo not know yet is the reason the Malaysian government is buying them on the blackmarket and whether these would all finally end up on the streets of Malaysia in the hands of Umno Youth who would soon be trained on how to use them.

The Members of Parliament from both Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Rakyat need to

demonstrate outrage. This is not just about swindling the rakyat out of billions of our taxmoney. That, after all, is only money. This is more serious. This involves the nations security.Governments cannot turn rogue by dabbling in illegal arms and ammunition purchaseswithout explaining what they intend to do with enough firepower to start a civil war in thecountry.

Lim Kit Siang, Anwar Ibrahim, Abdul Hadi Awang, and all those presidents of the non-Umno component members of Barisan Nasionalhellocan you hear me? Please get to thebottom of this matter and demand that the government explain itself.

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Dont deny it. Dont issue statements that the police will be asked to investigate this latestlie from Malaysia Today. This is no lie. We are aware of what you are buying. What we wantto know is why you are buying them and what you intend to do with them. And why are yougoing onto the black market to buy them from underground sources if there is nothingsinister about what you are doing?

[Original article at - http://mt.m2day.org/2008/content/view/26002/84/ ]

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