Wikileaks: SPR pernah keluarkan 60,000 IC palsu

Kabel diplomatik Amerika Syarikat yang bocor mendedahkan bahawa bekas pengerusi Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) Tan Sri Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman mengakui beliau pernah mengeluarkan lebih daripada 60,000 kad pengenalan palsu kepada pekerja-pekerja asing di Sabah pada sekitar tahun 1990-an – atas arahan Umno.

Kabel yang dimuat-naikkan di portal pembocor maklumat Wikileaks memetik bekas ketua Rakyat Malaysia untuk Pilihan Raya Bebas dan Adil (Mafrel) Malek Husin sebagai mendakwa bahawa Rashid (kiri) mengakui perkara ini dalam pertemuan peribadi di rumah Rashid pada 25 Oktober, 2006.

Dalam kabel yang ditandakan sulit itu, Malek dilaporkan memberitahu pegawai Kedutaan Amerika Syarikat di Kuala Lumpur bahawa Rashid juga mengesahkan Umno telah melancarkan kempen ‘kotor’ pada tahun 1990-an untuk merampas Sabah – yang dikuasai sehingga 1994 oleh PBS yang berada di barisan pembangkang ketika itu.

WIKILEAKS: 2006 UMNO GENERAL ASSEMBLY: ABDULLAH OVER MAHATHIR

In what one prominent newspaper editor privately called "the beginning of his own cult of personality," Abdullah orchestrated his entrance into the grand assembly hall as a prophet coming to address his people. As Abdullah entered the hall, the audience began singing a well-known Muslim hymn commemorating the Prophet Mohammed's entrance into Medina. Privately, local journalists and some Middle-eastern diplomats were astonished and somewhat offended that Abdullah would equate himself with the Prophet, though newspapers failed to report his entrance procession. 

1.  (C) Summary:  The United Malays National Organization's (UMNO) General Assembly marked Prime Minister's Abdullah consolidation of power within UMNO and the clear political defeat of his predecessor Mahathir Mohamad after months of public attacks by Mahathir.  Mahathir did not attend the assembly due to timely health reasons, but he remained the elephant in the room that everyone knew was there but no one wanted to mention. 

Wikileaks: Anwar may be convicted ‘at all cost’

Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim may be convicted for sodomy – his second in 10 years – based on the assessment that he is a threat to Umno’s continued rule at least until the next general election.

The leaked US diplomatic cable released by Wikileaks stated that Prime Minister Najib Razak and the Umno elites may decide that the political cost of prosecuting Anwar are “acceptable” and pursue the matter aggressively inside and outside court.

Wikileaks: Kabel Amerika papar Taib sangat korup

Jabatan Negara Amerika Syarikat diberitahu dalam sebuah kabel sulit bahawa Ketua Menteri Sarawak Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud dan kerabatnya dipercayai menerima peratusan tertentu habuan daripada kebanyakan kontrak komersial utama – termasuk dari sektor pembalakan – yang diagihkan di negeri itu.

Wikileaks: Court Acquits Najib's Ex-Advisor In Murder Trial

C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 KUALA LUMPUR 000959

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TAGS: PGOV, PHUM, KJUS, KDEM, MY
SUBJECT: COURT ACQUITS NAJIB'S EX-ADVISOR IN MURDER TRIAL

Classified By: Political Counselor Mark D. Clark for reasons 1.4 (b and d).

Summary and Comment
1.  (SBU) High Court Justice Mohamad Zaki on October 31 acquitted Political Analyst Abdul Razak Baginda, former advisor to Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, of the charge of abetting the murder of Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu in October 2006, but ordered the continuation of the murder trial for two policemen.