By G
Vinod
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| R Sivarasa |
Subang MP R
Sivarasa and party vice president N Surendran say they decided to take up the
carpet businessman's case in their capacity as lawyers.
PETALING JAYA:
PKR leaders mentioned in the video shown by pro-Umno blogger Papagomo have
denied that the party is behind the recent exposé by carpet businessman Deepak
Jaikishen.
In a text
message to FMT, Subang MP R Sivarasa said that PKR vice-president N Surendran
and himself were appointed by Deepak to represent the latter in his suit
against Selangor Wanita Umno chief Raja Roopiah Abdullah ‘s company, Awan
Megah, regarding a land deal.
He also denied
plotting any conspiracy against Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak and his wife
Rosmah Mansor.
“In Deepak’s
evidence in court under oath, he himself stated that Najib and Rosmah were
involved in approving the sale of a 223 acre land in Bukit Rajah by her company
(Awan Megah) to Deepak’s company, which originaly belonged to the Defence
Ministry.” said Sivarasa.
Yesterday,
Papagomo posted a video on his website, alleging that Deepak’s recent expose on
Najib and Rosmah was enginereed by PKR’s de facto leader, Anwar Ibrahim.
The two-minute
clip also showed a man, purportedly Deepak, mentioning names of key PKR leaders
such as PKR vice-president Nurul Izzah Anwar, apart from Sivarasa and
Surendran.
Sivarasa said
that Deepak himself had told in an interview with an online portal that the
latter had made substantial payments to “a member of Najib’s family” for
certain favours received.
“The nature of
the transaction in Deepak’s suit was clearly of public interest because the
value of the land mentioned is now worth about RM400 million or more.
“Najib and
Rosmah need to answer this serious allegation instead of using scurrilous Umno
bloggers to allege a conspiracy,” he said.
Sivarasa said
that he had informed Anwar before taking up the case due its political
implications.
“But I made
the decision to take up Deepak’s case, just as I act for all my other clients.
There is no way I coached him on anything.
“Deepak gave
oral sworn evidence in an open court without the benefit of a written witness
statement. He has also proceeded, on his own accord, to publicly disclose more
serious matters unrelated to the specific issues in the court case I am
handling. Those are his personal actions.
“So
allegations that I am angry with him are simply nonsensical. I am actually
quite impressed that Deepak is prepared to risk an aggressive response from
Najib and Rosmah,” he added.
‘We didn’t coach him’
Similarly,
Surendran said PKR was not behind Deepak’s allegations against the prime
minister and his wife.
“This was
Deepak’s own doing, for the simple reason of exposing the truth. I think he feels
remorse on the SD issue. That’s my understanding of the whole thing,” he said
via email.
The PKR
vice-president also said that he was taking up Deepak’s case purely on a
lawyer-client relationship.
“Besides, the
case is a matter of public interest as an Umno Wanita leader is implicated. It
was Deepak who approached us. We didn’t coach him to do anything,” he added.
Training his
guns against Papagomo, Surendran accused pro-Umno bloggers of being “stupid”
for not answering allegations made by Deepak.
“Umno bloggers
should not be jumping up and down to find who was behind Deepak’s exposé. What
is important is for Najib to answer the accusations made, not keep quiet.” he
said.
In the video
clip, Deepak claims that Anwar flew down from Jakarta to meet him and promised
to provide him with a lawyer (Sivarasa) for his case against Raja Ropiaah.
- - Free Malaysia Today
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