by Wong Choon Mei
PKR leaders ridiculed an article published in the Umno-owned
Utusan newspaper accusing Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim of establishing a
network of spies inside the top rungs of the BN government as part of a plot to
topple Prime Minister Najib Razak.
Some of the PKR leaders also saw it as an indirect attempt to
coerce the civil service to vote for the BN.
"This another absurd
attempt to discredit Pakatan Rakyat. Firstly we don't use sleazy methods like
Najib. Secondly, we condemn the indrect implication and the burden Najib is
trying to enforce on the civil service - to make sure the heel and obey orders
to vote the BN," PKR vice president Tian Chua told Malaysia Chronicle.
A
little bird said ...
According to the Utusan
article entitled Musang berbulu ayam dalam badan-badan strategik kerajaan or Wolves in sheep's clothing in strategic
government bodies, senior editor Zaini Hassan claimed to have received reliable
information on the matter.
"I received information that a body or maybe more than
one body which is indeed strategic in the government, has been and is being
infiltrated by Anwar Ibrahim's men. The information I received shows that it is
a real and evident situation," Zaini said in his column Cuit.
According to his source, "you can observe yourself how
the federal government agencies (not named) given the important task to defend
government policies and to educate the people so that they will support the
leadership of the prime minister, can apply, absorb and even use the
opposition's instrument to undermine the prime minister."
If
true, go after Najib not the whistle-blower
The source also cited two examples as being the work of
Anwar's infiltrators. Firstly, the manner in which the opposition obtained the
details of Najib's expenses incurred during his official trips, and secondly,
the details of his flight during a private overseas holiday. “There are many
other examples. How could they obtain the information so fast if there is no
insider who leaked all the confidential information?” asked the source.
However, PKR leaders said Zaini's source only confirmed that
recent news reports about Najib bringing dozens of private guests to attend his
daughter's engagement party in Kazakhstan on public funds, and using the
official government jet to fly himself and his family for a private holiday in
Perth were true.
"This shows the
shallowness of Utusan. After all, if the reports are true, it should be Najib
who must be immediately investigated and punished, not the whistleblower,"
PKR veteran Eddie Wong told Malaysia Chronicle.
"Or maybe it is deliberate. It lloks like certain people
in Umno itself want to highlight Najib's corruption by pointing out that the
information is true. Notice, they are saying the information came from a
so-called 'body' that was infiltrated. In other words, the information is true.
They are just using Anwar as a scapegoat. This makes me wonder, who are
actually Najib's friends or enemies right now."
The
Gaddafi comparison or is it a warning?
It is telling that the Utusan article also drew comparison
between Najib with Muammar Gaddafi, the most recently fallen of Middle-Eastern
despots.
The 58-year-old Malaysian leader has been accused of not
listening to the people, especially during the July 9 Bersih rally for free and
fair elections. His harsh crackdown has left severe repercussions on his
personal popularity and also affected the image of Umno, for which he is being
blamed.
“For small officers like us, we don't want to see the prime
minister facing the ill fate of Gaddafi. No matter how strong Gaddafi was,
eventually he was toppled from within with the help of Islamic enemies
outside,” Zaini quoted his source as saying.
The Utusan editor also said, "If it is untrue, maybe I
can sleep well and be thankful that this did not happen, although I could be
blamed for writing something that did not happen. What I write is probably a
bit surprising but I will let the relevant authorities investigate its
veracity.”
“It is a subtle, cunning and well planned move that could
jeopardise the government of the day."
Time
bomb Najib
Indeed, it is a cunning move to place spies, moles and Trojan
horses at the offices of one's rivals, said PKR leaders.
Pakatan, especially PKR, has suffered no lack of such dirty
tricks. Even the office of the Selangor Mentri Besar Khalid Ibrahim was bugged,
with hidden cameras installed to spy for information that could be used against
the Selangor state government as well as to potentially blackmail him.
"But the mother of all dirty tricks must surely be the
Perak crisis, the Teoh Beng Hock and Ahmad Sarbaini inquests and of course the
Bersih rally and the PSM 30. But let's not fall into the Umno trap. If the
Utusan report is true, then Najib will be a massive liability. Just imagine the
dirt that will hit the fan when the infiltrators reveal more truths about him.
He is truly a walking talking time bomb for Umno," said Tian.
Source : MC
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