Showing posts with label Lester Melanyi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lester Melanyi. Show all posts
“It takes a scum to know another scum.”
This was Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan’s reply to Lim Kit Siang’s labelling of a former editor as “scum of the earth”.
The Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Minister argued that it was probably this “perception” that led to Sarawak Report founder Clare Rewcastle-Brown to hire Lester Melanyi to demonise the Prime Minister.
In a Facebook post, the Sabahan lawmaker said the DAP supremo should not have vehemently disregarded Melanyi’s confession.
He also admitted that he did not know Melanyi enough to pass judgement, but perhaps the confession was a way for the former journalist to redeem himself after working with “scums”.
“While Clare Brown and Sarawak Report continued to be scums, Lester, as reported by the media, wanted to be out. He didn’t want to continue falsely ‘criminalising’ the Prime Minister.
“This ‘scum of the earth’ had apparently made peace with his God and decided to redeem himself,” Abdul Rahman wrote.
The Kota Belud lawmaker added it took “guts” for someone to make a video confession and implicate big names and Melanyi had the guts to do so.
“I am sure Lester knew very well that he would be subjected to intense public scrutiny and thorough police investigation by doing the video confession.
“He knew he risked defamation suits by those he named. Yet he did it anyway! Why? Could it (be) because Lester has more incriminating info in his possession that he has yet to reveal? We shall wait and see.”
Abdul Rahman said it was the courage demonstrated by Melanyi that led him to insist that a thorough investigation be done to verify Melanyi’s allegations.
He added that was why Lim should have instead welcomed the confession and also encourage investigations over being a “desperate conjurer”.
Conjurers, Abdul Rahaman said, were experts at misdirection, which was why in his haste to respond to the “explosive” video confession revelation, Lim tried hard to demonise Melanyi’s character.
Last week, Abdul Rahman, at a press conference, had called for police to investigate the allegations by Melanyi after seeing the video confession.
In the video, Melanyi alleged that the documents by Sarawak Report on the 1MDB scandal that implicated Datuk Seri Najib Razak were forged by Rewcastle-Brown.
Many, including Lim and Sarawak minister Tan Sri Dr James Masing, warned against trusting Melanyi’s allegations on grounds that he was not trustworthy.
After Abdul Rahman dismissed the warnings, Lim had two days ago said it showed that the minister had “no qualms parleying with the dregs of society” and “scums of the earth” to serve his own political interests.
Despite questions over his credibility, former Sarawak journalist Lester Melanyi is standing by his claim that the opposition and whistle-blower site Sarawak Report colluded to falsify documents on 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) in a campaign against Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.
Since news broke of his video confession on the matter, many have cast doubts over his credibility, including Sarawak senior minister Tan Sri James Masing and Sarawak Report founder and editor Clare Rewcastle-Brown.
"Whether I am credible or not, only God knows and He can judge me for it," he told The Malaysian Insider.
"I stand by what I said. Why should I say this if I want to play around?"
Earlier this week, Barisan Nasional strategic communications director Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan said opposition politicians had worked together with Sarawak Report to forge documents leading to the many exposes on 1MDB.
He said there was "solid evidence", including an alleged video confession, provided in a police report lodged by Ramesh Rao Krishnan Naidu, president of Pertubuhan Minda dan Sosial Prihatin (PMSP), a BN-friendly non-governmental organisation.
Melanyi had travelled to Kuala Lumpur to record the video in June and Ramesh’s outfit had allegedly paid his expenses. On Wednesday, Ramesh lodged the report and handed over the video to police.
The report named Melanyi as a former Sarawak Report editor but this was dismissed by Rewcastle-Brown, who said he had never worked with the London-based site.
Rewcastle-Brown said Melanyi had never written a "single word" for the site, although she had met him when he worked with her for Radio Free Sarawak outfit, which was used to expose alleged corruption by former Sarawak chief minister Tun Abdul Taib Mahmud and his family five years ago.
Masing said on Wednesday that it was a "wrong move" on Rahman's part to use Melanyi whose credibility was questionable.
Melanyi, who has just recovered from a stroke and spoke with a slur, had this to say in response to Masing's remarks.
"He can judge me for what I have done for him during the last state elections," he said, elaborating that he helped the Sarawak minister gain information on his main rival, Sarawak Workers Party, which contributed to his victory.
Despite Rewcastle-Brown's claim he had never worked with Sarawak Report, Melanyi insisted that he was a writer with the site from 2000 until last year.
"Of course, I worked there, how can I get all the evidence and emails otherwise?"
Rewcastle-Brown had also replied sarcastically about "forging" the documents, to which Melanyi retorted: "Would a thief admit his crime? I won't be surprised if she said she does not know me but I have evidence we are together in the form of photographs”.
Police from Bukit Aman went to Kuching yesterday to take his statement.
They will continue today but the former editor of Sarawak Tribune does not know under which law police were investigating the case.
He said he had tried to pass his information to BN component parties, including Umno but without success.
A friend then helped to arrange a meeting with Ramesh, who flew to Kuching where Melanyi showed the NGO leader his evidence such as documents, including emails, which were falsified on 1MDB.
Melanyi had then suggested making a video to expose the information he had, to which Ramesh told him to fly to Kuala Lumpur.
"He paid for my expenses like flight ticket and accommodation totalling about RM1,000 to RM2,000 from his own pocket," he said.
Melanyi said he opted to do a video confession instead of a statutory declaration (SD) as he wanted to avoid the hassle of dealing with lawyers.
Asked why he did not lodge a police report, he said: "Does it matter who does it as long as it's done?"
1MDB, a state investment arm established in 2009, sits on RM42 billion debts and is also tied to allegations that some of its funds were channelled to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak personal bank accounts in 2013.
Najib has denied the allegations and threatened legal action against The Wall Street Journal, which published the expose on July 2.
Sarawak Report has in recent months published exposes linking 1MDB's money trail to Malaysian businessman Low Taek Jho, among others. – July 18, 2015.
- The Malaysian Insider -
Since news broke of his video confession on the matter, many have cast doubts over his credibility, including Sarawak senior minister Tan Sri James Masing and Sarawak Report founder and editor Clare Rewcastle-Brown.
"Whether I am credible or not, only God knows and He can judge me for it," he told The Malaysian Insider.
"I stand by what I said. Why should I say this if I want to play around?"
Earlier this week, Barisan Nasional strategic communications director Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan said opposition politicians had worked together with Sarawak Report to forge documents leading to the many exposes on 1MDB.
He said there was "solid evidence", including an alleged video confession, provided in a police report lodged by Ramesh Rao Krishnan Naidu, president of Pertubuhan Minda dan Sosial Prihatin (PMSP), a BN-friendly non-governmental organisation.
Melanyi had travelled to Kuala Lumpur to record the video in June and Ramesh’s outfit had allegedly paid his expenses. On Wednesday, Ramesh lodged the report and handed over the video to police.
The report named Melanyi as a former Sarawak Report editor but this was dismissed by Rewcastle-Brown, who said he had never worked with the London-based site.
Rewcastle-Brown said Melanyi had never written a "single word" for the site, although she had met him when he worked with her for Radio Free Sarawak outfit, which was used to expose alleged corruption by former Sarawak chief minister Tun Abdul Taib Mahmud and his family five years ago.
Masing said on Wednesday that it was a "wrong move" on Rahman's part to use Melanyi whose credibility was questionable.
Melanyi, who has just recovered from a stroke and spoke with a slur, had this to say in response to Masing's remarks.
"He can judge me for what I have done for him during the last state elections," he said, elaborating that he helped the Sarawak minister gain information on his main rival, Sarawak Workers Party, which contributed to his victory.
Despite Rewcastle-Brown's claim he had never worked with Sarawak Report, Melanyi insisted that he was a writer with the site from 2000 until last year.
"Of course, I worked there, how can I get all the evidence and emails otherwise?"
Rewcastle-Brown had also replied sarcastically about "forging" the documents, to which Melanyi retorted: "Would a thief admit his crime? I won't be surprised if she said she does not know me but I have evidence we are together in the form of photographs”.
Police from Bukit Aman went to Kuching yesterday to take his statement.
They will continue today but the former editor of Sarawak Tribune does not know under which law police were investigating the case.
He said he had tried to pass his information to BN component parties, including Umno but without success.
A friend then helped to arrange a meeting with Ramesh, who flew to Kuching where Melanyi showed the NGO leader his evidence such as documents, including emails, which were falsified on 1MDB.
Melanyi had then suggested making a video to expose the information he had, to which Ramesh told him to fly to Kuala Lumpur.
"He paid for my expenses like flight ticket and accommodation totalling about RM1,000 to RM2,000 from his own pocket," he said.
Melanyi said he opted to do a video confession instead of a statutory declaration (SD) as he wanted to avoid the hassle of dealing with lawyers.
Asked why he did not lodge a police report, he said: "Does it matter who does it as long as it's done?"
1MDB, a state investment arm established in 2009, sits on RM42 billion debts and is also tied to allegations that some of its funds were channelled to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak personal bank accounts in 2013.
Najib has denied the allegations and threatened legal action against The Wall Street Journal, which published the expose on July 2.
Sarawak Report has in recent months published exposes linking 1MDB's money trail to Malaysian businessman Low Taek Jho, among others. – July 18, 2015.
- The Malaysian Insider -
The Star has interviewed Lester Melanyi and he stands by his exposé.
This is the video which was uploaded recently.
Ask yourself this question. Would Lester Melanyi dare to lie in a video recording by The Star newspaper which will be watched by tens of thousands of people?
Watch his body language. Listen to the nuances in his intonation. I am very sure he is telling the truth.
What about Claire Rewcastle? What we are getting is mere words words words!
Any video? Nope.
Any official statement? Nope.
Only lame denials.
Any police report lodged by Claire? Of course not. Dare she?
I dare her! Record her denial in a video and send it all over the world to all the famous international media starting with WSJ.
If she does not have the guts to do so and only has enough courage to post in SR and TMI or local media, then the writing is on the wall.
Here it is. Judge for yourself.
This is the video which was uploaded recently.
Ask yourself this question. Would Lester Melanyi dare to lie in a video recording by The Star newspaper which will be watched by tens of thousands of people?
Watch his body language. Listen to the nuances in his intonation. I am very sure he is telling the truth.
What about Claire Rewcastle? What we are getting is mere words words words!
Any video? Nope.
Any official statement? Nope.
Only lame denials.
Any police report lodged by Claire? Of course not. Dare she?
I dare her! Record her denial in a video and send it all over the world to all the famous international media starting with WSJ.
If she does not have the guts to do so and only has enough courage to post in SR and TMI or local media, then the writing is on the wall.
Here it is. Judge for yourself.
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