Altantuya chapter closed with Bala’s death?

Does PI Bala's untimely death also put an end to the battle for truth to be revealed? Does his passing close the Altantuya murder ghastly chapter for Najib and Rosmah?

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The country’s sixth prime minister has blood on his hands; yet Najib Tun Razak did not even once consider the aftermath of his actions and continues to rape the laws of this nation.

From allegations that he was involved in the murder of Mongolian native Altantuya Shaariibuu to the  startling revelation by seasoned lawyer Cecil Abraham (through another lawyer) that Najib had directed him to prepare another version of the statutory declaration that absolved the premier from having anything to do with Altantuya, the prime minister has to reconcile with the fact that the rakyat no longer wants a scheming leader to lead the country.

While the man who had revealed that Najib was instrumental in the death of Altantuya is now gone, the truth behind private investigator (PI) P Balasubramaniam’s words however remains inexorable.

In the first SD declared on July 3, 2008, Bala claimed Najib and aide Abdul Razak Baginda both had an intimate relationship with Altantuya. In the same SD Bala said he was hired by Abdul Razak to deal with Altantuya’s harassment of the duo and that Najib had direct involvement in the murder of the Mongolian national.

However, the very next day Bala retracted all his shocking allegations linking Najib to the murder of Altantuya.

Bala who fled for India after his second SD and upon his return recently swore on the Bhagavad Gita, a Hindu holy book, that the contents of his first SD was true.

However, Bala suffered heart problems on March 5 and was admitted for tests and discharged on March 12 and was to rest for at least a month, a move that halted the opposition’s plans for his nationwide ceramah detailing Najib and wife Rosmah Mansor’s role in the Altantuya murder before the 13th general election.

Bala however died on March 15. Does his untimely death also put an end to the battle for truth to be revealed? Does his passing close the Altantuya murder ghastly chapter for Najib and Rosmah?

Najib’s abuse of power
The fact that all politicians is this country are crooks is no hidden secret. But when abuse of power by a leader comes under public scrutiny, where does that leave the nation?

Najib not only denied any link to the Altantuya murder but he also had the audacity to continue to abuse his power by instructing sesoned lawyer Cecil Abraham to draft Bala’s second SD which had the PI denying all claims of Najib being involved in the Altantuya murder.

If indeed Najib had no hand in Altantuya’s murder, why would he court troubly by ordering a veteran lawyer to come out with a bag of lies?

Najib’s carpet supplier Deepak Jaikishan had first revealed that a “Tan Sri” lawyer and his son had been involved in the preparation of the second SD in an interview with PAS organ Harakah in December 2012.

There had been much speculation over the identity of the “Tan Sri” lawyer  ever since.

Deepak had also revealed that Rosmah practiced witchcraft and had placed Najib and almost all cabinet ministers under her spell.

Now that the truth is out, what has Najib to say in his defence? Will he continue to deny any role in Altantuya’s gruesome murder and the fact that he abused the judiciary to save his own neck?

No exoneration for Najib
With Bala’s lawyer Americk Singh Sidhu claiming that Bala had furnished him with enough proof to reveal the whole truth and which would be out in due time.

Does Americk’s assertion worry Najib and Rosmah enough to act sinisterly against this lawyer?

When the late Bala was asked if his sudden ill-health was the work of witchery, he brushed it off saying his heart condition was the result of his neglect.

But PKR leader Badrul Hisham Shaharin had claimed that  Bala’s heart ailment was caused by black magic.

Will more macabre acts take place to exonerate Najib over a crime he continues to feign ignorance over?

Jeswan Kaur is a freelance writer and a FMT columnist.