Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Najib Razak today blasted those who ‘concocted’ stories to implicate him in various corruption allegations as well as the murder of Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu.Najib said the accusations - particularly in relation to the alleged payment of RM530 million to a private consultant - were part of the opposition parties’ "concerted and continuous effort" to confuse the public.
"The issue of commissions was clearly created, manipulated and purposefully misrepresented by the opposition to the point they do not care of the negative effects on the image of the Malaysian armed forces and national security," he in his winding-up speech on the royal address in Parliament.
"It was done in order to inflame the emotions of people and not to uphold the truth," he added.
Najib, whose wife Rosmah Mansor was present in the Visitors Gallery, was replying to Parliamentary Opposition Leader Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (PKR-Permatang Pauh).Wan Azizah had called for a commission of inquiry into the government’s 2002-2003 purchase of two French-made Scorpene submarines and 18 Russian-made Sukhoi fighter jets.
It has been claimed that the RM4.5 billion purchase of the submarines was accompanied by a RM530 million commission to Perimaker Sdn Bhd, which has been linked to a close associate of Najib, political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda who has been charged with abetting in the murder of Altantuya.
The RM3.2 billion purchase of the Sukhoi jets, on the other hand, was alleged to have been made with a RM380 million commission paid to IMT Defence (M) Sdn Bhd - a company allegedly owned by former Malacca chief minister Adib Adam.
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