RPK: I don’t believe PM’s wife was at Altantuya's murder scene

4/15/2011 02:11:00 am 0 Comments

KUALA LUMPUR: Controversial fugitive blogger

Raja Petra Kamaruddin had doubts about his

statutory declaration (SD) implicating Prime

Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and wife

Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor in the murder of

Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu.

In a sensational interview over TV3 last night,

Raja Petra said he had made the allegations on

the belief that the order came from PKR adviser

and Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar

Ibrahim.

The Malaysia Today founder and editor said his

SD in 2008 which stated he was reliably

informed that Rosmah was among those

present at the crime scene on Oct 19, 2006

when Altantuya was killed was based on

information and demand by several individuals

aimed at preventing Najib from becoming prime

minister.

Fugitive blogger: A video grab of Raja Petra

on TV3's Nightline news programme this

morning.

Raja Petra claimed these individuals were

connected to several politicians, including

Anwar, and that they had put pressure on him

to do what he did to prevent Najib from taking

over from Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who

relinquished the post in 2009.

"I no longer accept the story. I think it's quite

impossible. It can't be that the Prime Minister's

wife would want to go to such a place; it's a

jungle. I'm imagining, climbing up the hill, going

into the jungle at night, at midnight, I think it's

quite impossible," he said in an exclusive

interview with TV3 Group Editor Datuk Ashraf

Abdullah in Perth, Australia, recently.

The interview was aired through TV3's prime

time news Buletin Utama last night.

Raja Petra said in the SD he made on June 18,

2008, he had stated that he received

information from several individuals claiming

that Rosmah was at the scene where Altantuya

was murdered.

"I've never raised any accusation. I didn't say I

knew that the prime minister's wife was at the

scene at that time.

"And I've mentioned the names of these people

during the police investigation," he said,

identifying the individuals as Nik Azmi Nik Daud,

John Pang and blogger Din Merican.

He claimed a military intelligence officer known

as Col Azmi Zainal Abidin had also given him

similar information.

He said that in his meeting with Nik Azmi, he

had asked the latter why he was being pressured

to make the SD.

Raja Petra added: "He said Pak Lah would

relinquish his post, (and) if we don't block Najib,

(he) will become the prime minister to succeed

Pak Lah."