MUSA AMAN MAY LIKELY BE CHARGED

By : ROCKY BRU

HERE'S the thing you'd notice right away:  the Hong Kong ICAC did not say if the Sabah Chief Minister may or may not be charged, it is Rafizi Ramli the PKR dude claiming that the ICAC had told him so. There's a big difference there.

"James To memaklumkan kepada delegasi (KeADILan) bahawa ada kemungkinan besar Dato' Seri Musa Aman boleh didakwa atas tuduhan pengubahan wang haram (money laundering) yang undang-undangnya lebih ketat di Hong Kong berbanding di negara-negara lain."

James To is a member of Hong Kong's Bar Council and the naib pengerusi panel keselamatan dan Undang-undang Majlis Perundangan yang bertanggungjawab menyelia ICAC.

The Hong Kong ICAC did not issue any official statement. James To did not issue any official statement. But Rafizi said James said all that was reported in Harakah in the PAS organ's Monday edition.

I can't imagine the ICAC telling a complainant from Malaysia (who happens to be a member of the Malaysian Opposition party) that the Commission may most likely charge a Malaysian Chief Minister who is the subject of the complaint (and who happens to be the complainant's major enemy) on the strength of the complainant's "bukti-bukti dan dokument". Sounds a little too convenient but that's what Rafizi wants Harakah readers to believe ...

I think he underestimates the Harakah readers' intelligence.

I especially like this part:

"... ICAC memohon kerjasama kami untuk tidak membuat kenyataan lanjut mengenai kes ini mengikut prosedur mereka bagi melindungi kerahsiaan siasatan ... Oleh itu, walaupun ICAC tidak akan mengesahkan secara rasmi bahawa kes ini tidak dibuka semula, kesiriusan dan perhatian yang diberikan mengenai kerahsiaan kes membayangkan bahawa siasatan penuh akan menyusul."

Jeng, jeng, jeng.