Sothe heat was on. Friday was the dateline. They wanted Tan Sri Khalidand his team arrested that same day. And they would have to use forceif necessary to get Teoh to say what the MACC wanted him to say to meetthis dateline.
Some of you may think that the MACC Downfall Parodyvideo is in bad taste. I mean, how can we make fun of Teoh Beng Hock’sdeath when we should instead be mourning him? Yes, it was a harddecision to make as to whether to publish that video or not. But wedecided to do it anyway not with intent to make fun of Teoh’s death butto reveal the real circumstances behind his death. And the video bestdescribes the events behind what really happened.
Many months ago, soon after Perak fell, Malaysia Todayhad revealed the plan to bring down the Pakatan Rakyat stategovernments of Selangor, Penang and Kedah. Unfortunately, instead oftaking corrective measures by strengthening their defences against theonslaught, Pakatan Rakyat became embroiled in inter-party andintra-party bickering. And most of the bickering was about petty andpersonal issues involving personalities and egos.
Perak wassupposed to be the beginning. Selangor, Penang and Kedah were supposedto follow suit. In time, all the states under Pakatan Rakyat, saveKelantan, would be back in the hands of Barisan Nasional.
TheSelangor plan was simple. The Menteri Besar, Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim,and a few of the Selangor State EXCO Members would be arrested forcorruption. They would be held a day or so in the lockup and thendragged to court to be charged. The trial would be speedy so that theirresignations or disqualifications would come fast. And that would bethe end of the Pakatan Rakyat Selangor government.
The modus operandiwould be the same as what they did to Anwar Ibrahim in 1998. One neednot actually receive money or benefit financially for it to be regardedas corruption. Even if your office is used in what could be perceivedas an abuse of power or you personally instruct someone to ‘dosomething’ -- even if it does not involve money or financial gain --that too would be considered corruption and you can be sent to jail.
Sothe MACC was instructed to build a case against various people in thePakatan Rakyat Selangor government, from the Menteri Besar down to histeam of EXCO Members. And to implicate these people in corruption thejunior officers would be hauled in and forced to make statements thattheir bosses instructed them to ‘do certain things’. This would be the‘evidence’ they use to arrest and charge the Pakatan Rakyat leaders.
Wemust remember, Anwar Ibrahim was arrested, charged, put on trial,pronounced guilty, and sent to jail for six years in exactly the samemanner. All they needed to do was to get the Special Branch to ‘reveal’that Anwar had instructed them to ‘interfere’ in a policeinvestigation. And that was strong enough evidence to send Anwar tojail.
This whole thing came out in Anwar’s trial back in 1998although many did not understand the implications at that time. TheSpecial Branch officers testified that Anwar had summoned them to hisoffice. And in Anwar’s office they engaged in a conversation. And theconversation involved Anwar asking the Special Branch to help force thewitness, Azizan Abu Bakar, to retract his allegation of sodomy.
AzminAli, Anwar’s political secretary at that time, testified that Anwar didnot summon the Special Branch officers to his office. They had in factcome to Anwar’s office with a request to meet Anwar. Azmin told themthat Anwar is busy and would not be able to meet them. But they toldAzmin it is important that they meet Anwar and insisted that they beallowed to meet him.
And when they met Anwar they tried topersuade him to give them permission to arrest Azizan so that theycould interrogate him and find out who are the ‘forces’ behind theallegation of sodomy. But Anwar was reluctant to allow them to do thatand told them he would have to think about it first.
Anwar thenwent to meet Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad to seek his advice.Mahathir advised Anwar to just ignore the allegation. Mahathir said ifhe acted on every allegation made against him he would have no time todo any other work.
The Special Branch officers came to meetAnwar again and Anwar told them what Mahathir had said. The SpecialBranch officers, however, insisted that Anwar allow them to arrestAzizan. This matter involves national security, they said. It is notabout Anwar. It is about ‘certain forces’ plotting the downfall of theDeputy Prime Minister and it is important that the police find out whothey are for the sake of the nation’s security.
Finally Anwar had no choice but to say yes.
Theissue is simple. Did Anwar summon the Special Branch officers to hisoffice or was it they who came to see Anwar? And was it Anwar whowanted them to arrest Azizan or was it the Special Branch who soughtpermission to arrest Azizan?
Anwar and Azmin said it was theSpecial Branch officers who came to Anwar’s office and it was they whoinsisted that they meet Anwar. Anwar did not summon them to his office.And Anwar did not agree for them to arrest Azizan. It was the SpecialBranch that insisted Anwar allow them to arrest Azizan. But before theycould do that Anwar would first have to make a police report.
Thecourt accepted the Special Branch’s version of the story rather thanAnwar’s and Azmin’s although during the trial the Special Branchofficers testified that they were prepared to lie while on the stand ifordered to do so. Nevertheless, Anwar was found guilty and was sent tojail.
So it is not difficult to send someone to jail forcorruption. All you need to do is to get someone to testify thatsomeone instructed him or her to ‘do something’. And if that‘something’ is considered an abuse of power then you go to jail.
TheMACC wanted Teoh to say that he too was ordered to ‘do something’ bythose in the Pakatan Rakyat Selangor state government. If he says thatthen the MACC would have a case against the Pakatan Rakyat leaders. Andthey wanted the whole thing done fast. It must be settled by Fridaybecause that was the day they wanted to arrest Tan Sri Khalid and a fewof his EXCO Members.
So the heat was on. Friday was thedateline. They wanted Tan Sri Khalid and his team arrested that sameday. And they would have to use force if necessary to get Teoh to saywhat the MACC wanted him to say to meet this dateline.
And intheir eagerness to get Teoh to talk they killed him. So the crucialwitness was now dead. And they could not arrest Tan Sri Khalid and histeam of EXCO Members on Friday as planned after all.
So it isback to the drawing board. They will now need new ‘witnesses’. Otherjunior officers in the Pakatan Rakyat state government would need to behauled in as ‘witnesses’ and would have to be made to testify underforce that they had been instructed to ‘do certain things’ by ‘certainpeople’. Then these ‘certain people’ can be arrested and charged forcorruption. And only then will the Pakatan Rakyat Selangor stategovernment fall as planned.
Yes, watch the MACC Downfall Parodyvideo again. There is many a truth in that parody. The video may appearfunny. It may look like it is meant as a joke. But it is not at allhumorous in what they did to Teoh in their effort to bring down thePakatan Rakyat Selangor state government.
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