News bn & msm try to hide: Part 1 – The Return of the Ghost of Altantuya – The Bala’s mystery unveiled (English & BM)
Raja Petra Kamarudin
Q 1. After the press conference held at the PKR headquarters on the 3rd July 2008 you returned to the office of your lawyer where you stayed until about 4.30 pm. ( Selepas PC di ibu pejabat PKR pada 3 Julai 2008, kamu telah kembali ke pejabat peguam kamu sehingga jam 4.30pm)
A. Yes that is correct (Ya betul)
Q 2. Who was with you in your lawyer’s office at that time? (Siapa bersama kamu di pejabat peguam pada ketika itu?)
A. My lawyer Americk Sidhu, ASP Suresh and my ex-assistant Suras Kumar.(Peguam saya, Americk Sidsu, ASP Suresh & bekas pembantu saya Suras Kumar)
Q 3. What time did you leave your lawyers office? (Pada jam berapa kamu meninggalkan pejabat tersebut?)
A. About 4.45 pm. I left with ASP Suresh and Suras Kumar. ASP Suresh had his car parked underneath the office. Suras left on his own motorcycle. (Kira-kira 4.45pm. Saya beredar bersama ASP Suresh & Suras Kumar. Kereta ASP Suresh letak di tempat letak kereta di bawah pejabat. Suras membawa motornya sendiri)
Q 4. Where were you intending to go? (Ke mana kamu hendak pergi?)
A. I had a conversation over the telephone with ASP Tonny from the Brickfields police station earlier that afternoon. He wanted to meet me to discuss the contents of my 1st statutory declaration which I had released at the press conference that morning. He told me he was off-duty at 6.30 pm and suggested we meet informally at an ‘ikan bakar’ stall near the police station. I agreed. ASP Suresh was to drive me there after leaving my lawyers office. (Saya telah bercakap dengan ASP Tonny dari balai polis Brickfield awal tengahari tersebut. Beliau hendak berjumpa dengan saya untuk membincang tentang kandungan SD pertama saya yang telah diumumkan pagi tersebut. Beliau memberitahu saya beliau habis kerja jam 6.30pm & cadangkan kami berjumpa secara tak rasmi di gerai ikan bakar dekat balai polis tersebut. Saya bersetuju. ASP Suresh membawa saya ke sana sejurus kami tinggalkan pejabat peguam.)
Q 5. What did ASP Tonny want to see you to discuss? (Apa yang ASP Tonny hendak berbincang dengan kamu?)
A. He sounded glad that I had released my 1st statutory declaration as he was the investigating officer in the Altantuya murder trial and was therefore involved in the case. I think he just wanted to have an informal chat with me. (Dia nampak gembira bahawasanya saya telah mengumumkan SD pertama saya kerana beliau adalah pegawai IO kes Altantuya & oleh sebab itu beliau terlibat dalam kes tesebut. Saya fikir dia hanya mahu bersembang dengan saya)
Q 6. So you had met him before? (Kamu sebelum ini pernah berjumpa dengan beliau?)
A. Yes, he had interviewed me in relation to the Altantuya murder previously (during the murder investigation). (Ya, dia yang menyoal-siasat saya berhubung dengan kes Altantuya sebelum ini)
Q 7. Did you manage to meet with ASP Tonny? ( Adakah kamu sempat berjumpa dengan ASP Tonny?)
A. No. After leaving my lawyers office, ASP Suresh suggested we go to Cheras instead. I informed ASP Tonny that I could not make it that evening and that I would see him the next day. (Tidak, Selepas meninggalkan pejabat peguam, ASP Suresh cadangkan kami pergi ke Cheras. Saya memberitahu ASP Tonny bahawa saya tidak dapat berjumpa dengannya petang tersebut & akan berjumpanya esok hari)
Q 8. Why did ASP Suresh want to go to Cheras? (Mengapa ASP Suresh hendak ke Cheras?)
A. He had some business dealing in copper wires and he needed to do some work at his scrap yard there. (Beliau mempunyai perniagaan dalam jual-beli kabel kuprum & beliau kena melakukan sedikit kerja di gudang besi buruknya di sana)
Q 9. Was ASP Suresh a police officer at that time? (Adakah ASP Suresh anggota polis ketika itu?)
A. He was an officer with the IPK D9 division CID but had been suspended pending some internal investigations conducted by the ACA. (Beliau adalah pegawai di IPK D9 bahagian CID tetapi telah digantung tugasnya sementara menunggu siasatan ACA)
Q 10. Where did you go after leaving Cheras? (Ke mana kamu pergi selepas beredar dari Cheras?)
A. ASP Suresh needed to go to Rawang to burn some of his scrap wires. We left Cheras at about 7.30 pm on the way to Rawang. We were still in ASP Suresh’s car. (ASP Suresh kena pergi ke Rawang untuk membakar kabel buruknya. Kami bertolak ke Rawang dari Cheras pada jam 7.30pm. Kami masih dalam kereta ASP Suresh )
Q 11. What happened on the journey from Cheras to Rawang? (Apakah yang berlaku dalam perjalanan dari Cheras ke Rawang?)
A. ASP Suresh received some calls on his hand phone from persons I subsequently discovered were Dinesh and Deepak. They apparently wanted ASP Suresh to arrange a meeting with me. At first ASP Suresh did not agree to any meeting but finally agreed to meet in a Bak Kut Teh shop in Rawang. (ASP Suresh menerima beberapa panggilan telepon dari seseorang yang kemudiannya saya dapati adalah Dinesh & Deepak. Mereka hendak ASP Suresh mengatur satu pertemuan dengan saya. Pada mulanya ASP Suresh tidak setuju untuk berjumpa tetapi akhirya akur untuk menjumpa mereka di kedai Bak Kut Teh di Rawang)
Q 12. Did you go straight to the Bak Kut Teh shop? (Adakah kamu pergi terus ke kedai Bak Kut Teh tersebut?)
A. No, we first went to the Kuala Garing area to burn some cables and wires. After that we went to the Bak Kut Teh shop where both Deepak and Dinesh were waiting for us. (Tidak, kami pergi ke Kuala Garing dulu untuk membakar kabel buruk. Kemudian baru kami pergi ke kedai Bak Kut Teh di mana Deepak & Dinesh sedang menunggu kami)
Q 13. What did you discuss? (Apakah yang kamu bincangkan?)
A. Deepak started talking to me to try and persuade me to withdraw my 1st statutory declaration. He mentioned to me that there was a red car outside my house in Rawang with military intelligence personnel in it, and that they knew my wife and children were at home. (Deepak cuba memujuk saya supaya menarik balik SD pertama saya. Dia memberitahu saya bahawa satu kereta merah sedang berada di luar rumah saya di Rawang dengan pegawai risikan askar didalamnya & mereka tahu isteri & anak saya berada dalam rumah)
Q 14. What was your reaction to this piece of information? (Apakah reaksi kamu terhadap informasi tersebut?)
A. I was very concerned about this as my wife had called me on my hand phone while I was on my way to Rawang with ASP Suresh to inform me that there was a suspicious looking red car parked opposite our house and that the persons inside appeared to be watching the house. She had been informed of the presence of this car by a neighbour. I told her to lock the gates and to remain inside. (Saya sangat risau kerana isteri saya telah memberitahu saya melalui telepon sewaktu dalam perjalanan kami ke Rawang bahawa ada sebuah kereta merah yang mencurigakan berhenti bertentangan rumah kami & orang dalam kereta tersebut sedang memerhati rumah kami. Isteri saya telah diberitahu kehadiran kereta tersebut oleh jiran kami. Saya memberitahunya supaya kunci pagar & duduk dalam rumah.)
Q 15. What else did Deepak say? (Apakah lagi yang Deepak beritahu?)
A. He talked to me about the virtues of the present government and what a wonderful woman Rosmah was. He told me he was very good friends with Rosmah and how she visited his shop all the time. He then offered to pay me RM4 million to withdraw my 1st statutory declaration. I was rather stunned but before I could say anything ASP Suresh signaled me to refuse this offer. I said I was not interested in money and so Deepak said he could also organise the release of 5 Hindraf leaders in Kamunting, he could arrange for 528 Tamil schools to become fully-aided schools by the government, that he could get ASP Suresh’s job back and also give him RM4 million as well. He wanted to take me to Putrajaya and kept persisting but I refused to go. (Dia memberitahu saya kebaikan kerajaan sekarang & bertapa kagumnya Rosmah Mansor. Beliau juga memberitahu saya beliau adalah rakan karip Rosmah & Rosmah sering datang ke kedainya. Deepak kemudian menawarkan RM4 juta kepada saya untuk menarik balik SD pertama saya. Saya terkejut dengan tawaran tersebut & sebelum saya bercakap, ASP Suresh memberi isyarat supaya saya tolak tawaran tersebut. Saya kata saya tidak berminat dengan soal wang & Deepak memberitahu bahawa beliau boleh mengatur untuk membebaskan 5 pemimpin Hindraf dari kamunting & menjadikan 528 sekolah Tamil sekolah bantuan penuh kerajaan serta mengembalikan jawatan Suresh bersama bayaran Rm4 juta. Beliau bersungguh-sungguh hendak membawa saya ke Putrajaya tetapi saya menolaknya)
Q 16. What happened next? (Apakah yang terjadi selepas itu?)
A. ASP Suresh asked Deepak to raise the offer to RM5 million and he agreed straight away. He also told me he was willing to organise a monthly payment of RM20,000.00 and that if there was anything else I wanted to put this in writing. He then made a few phone calls on his handphone and then told ASP Suresh to drive me to The Curve near One Damansara Utama. (ASP Suresh meminta Deepak meninggikan tawaran tersebut kepada Rm5 juta & langsung beliau bersetuju dengannya. Deepak memberitahu saya beliau boleh mengatur untuk memberi Rm20,000 setiap bulan kepada saya & menanya samada saya ingin membuat apa-apa permintaan lagi yang akan dituliskan dalam hitam-putih. Beliau kemudiannya membuat beberapa panggilan telepon & memberitahu ASP Suresh supaya membawa saya ke The Curve.)
Q 17. Were you negotiating with Deepak? (Adakah kamu berunding dengan Deepak)
A. No, I did not say anything. ASP Suresh was doing all the talking and negotiating. I was more concerned with the safety of my family as I did not know what was going to happen to them. (Tidak, saya tidak kata apa-apa. ASP Suresh yang meruding. Saya lebih risau perihal keselamatan keluarga saya kerana saya tidak tahu apa yang akan berlaku ke atas mereka)
Q 18. What happened next? (Apakah yang berlaku kemudiannya?)
A. Deepak left by himself leaving his brother Dinesh with us. After about half an hour we all left in ASP Suresh’s car. Dinesh was seated in the front passenger seat and I sat in the rear seat. We reached The Curve about half an hour later. The time now was 11.45 pm. (Deepak meninggalkan Dinesh untuk bersama kami. Selepas 1/2 jam kami beredar dengan kereta ASP Suresh. Dinesh duduk didepan kereta & saya di belakang. Kami sampai ke The Curve setengah jam kemudian. Waktu ketika itu 11.45pm.)
Q 19. Why were you going to The Curve? (Mengapa kamu pergi ke The Curve?)
A. ASP Suresh told me we were going to meet a VIP there. When we reached the curve I suggested we go to the MacDonald’s restaurant but ASP Suresh said that was not a good idea because there were CCTV cameras there. We then proceeded to the Volkswagen showroom where a Malay gentleman arrived with his pregnant wife and Deepak. (ASP Suresh mengatakan kami akan berjumpa dengan seorang VIP di sana. Setiba di The Curve saya cadangkan kami pergi ke Macdonald akan tetapi ASP Suresh menolak idea tersebut kerana di situ terdapat CCTV. Kami kemudian pergi ke showroom Volkswagen dimana seorang lelaki Melayu & isterinya yang sedang mengandung datang bersama Deepak)
Q 20. Who was this Malay gentleman? (Siapakah lelaki tersebut?)
A. I did not recognise him. I was just told he was a VIP Datuk. I did however recognise his wife. (Saya tidak kenalnya. Saya diberitahu beliau adalah VIP Datuk. Tetapi saya kenal isteri beliau)
Q 21. Did you speak to this Malay Datuk? (Adakah kamu berbual dengan Datuk itu?)
A. Yes, I was introduced to him by Deepak. I was very surprised when I realised who he was. (Ya, Deepak memperkenalkan beliau kepada saya. Saya terkejut apabila mendapat tahu siapa Datuk tersebut)
Q 22. What did this Malay Datuk talk to you about? (Apakah yang Datuk ini kata kepada kamu?)
A. He told me he knew I had a family and asked me whether I loved them. I replied saying of course I loved my family. He then told me I should take good care of them as anything could happen to them. He then told me that if I wanted to avoid any problems with my family I should just follow Deepak’s instructions and everything would be OK. He told me I had to retract the contents of my 1st statutory declaration. This Malay Datuk then left immediately with his wife. (Dia beritahu saya yang dia tahu saya ada keluarga & ingin tahu samada saya sayangkan keluarga saya. Saya tentu sayangkan mereka jawap saya. Dia kemudian beritahu bahawa saya patut menjaga mereka dengan baik sebab apa-apa pun boleh berlaku ke atas mereka. Jika saya tidak mahu sesuatu yang tidak diingini terjadi kepada keluarga saya, saya mesti mengikut cakap Deepak & semuanya akan jadi OK. Dia memberitahu saya supaya menarik balik SD pertama saya. Beliau kemudiannya pergi dari situ bersama isterinya.)
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