ICAC letter shows Musa Aman cleared of graft last December


Musa is approaching to face the barbecuing during the Umno ubiquitous public starting tomorrow. File pictures
KUALA LUMPUR, November twenty-seven Hong Kong's anti-graft management had created privately to Datuk Musa Aman final December to surprise the Sabah arch apportion which he was no longer underneath examine for crime for the RM40 million concession to the state Umno chapter, according to the minute sighted by The Malaysian Insider.
In the December 22, 2012 letter, the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) explained to the long-serving state arch apportion which it had started the examine after receiving the censure opposite him, observant which this was compulsory by Hong Kong's laws upon corruption.
But the group pronounced which upon completing investigations as well as filing the inform with the Operations Review Committee (ORC), both the cabinet as well as the ICAC Commissioner had concluded not to take further inquisitive movement "on the basement of the facts right away known".
The letter, which bore the ICAC's letterhead, was signed off by principal investigator Tso Wai-Yan as well as was addressed only to Musa during his office in Kota Kinabalu. No alternative individual was CO copied upon the document.
Sabah BN cabinet member Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan, who showedThe Malaysian Insidera design of the minute upon his iPad, pronounced the one-page association could vindicate Musa as well as the statute Umno opposite the firestorm of allegations from opposition leaders here of the vital scandal cover forward of the coming polls.
The state Umno leader is additionally approaching to face the fusillade of questions during the Umno ubiquitous public starting tomorrow, despite arising the rejection over the weekend.
Abdul Rahman forked out which the m! inute wa s particularly in isolation as well as confidential as it was only addressed to Musa, indicating which the group had acted independently without any division from outward parties.
"The ICAC have been professionals. No the single else was copied upon which letter. They respect the right of an indicted to confidentiality," Abdul Rahman toldThe Malaysian Insider.
The Kota Belud MP had primarily betrothed to reveal the minute during the press discussion final Thursday though pronounced which upon advice from lawyers, the earthy duplicate of the document would be kept underneath wraps for right away as well as used as Sabah Umno's "trump card" to infer Musa's innocence.
He pronounced the arch apportion as well as Sabah Umno have been now mulling legal movement opposite PKR strategy executive Rafizi Ramli, who returned final week from the two-day goal in Hong Kong to puncture up inform upon Musa's case.
"I betrothed to reveal this minute though after discussing the matter with lawyers for the arch apportion as well as Sabah Umno, they advised me not to reveal it since it will be used should there be legal movement opposite Rafizi.
"It is definitely an option upon the table. Rafizi has disregarded the little laws," Abdul Rahman said.
Abdul Rahman pronounced Sabah Umno was ready to co-operate with the ICAC should there be the second probe.
As examples, the Sabah lawmaker pronounced which detached from defamation, Rafizi had likely disregarded territory 29(4) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009 which protects the identity of an accused.
The territory stipulates which the inform lodged to the commission "shall be kept tip as well as shall not be disclosed by any person to any person alternative than officers of the Commission a! s well a s the Public Prosecutor until an indicted person has been charged in justice for an crime underneath this Act or any alternative created law in effect of such report, unless the avowal is finished with the agree of the Public Prosecutor or an officer of the Commission of the rank of Commissioner as well as above."
Rafizi has been lobbying the ICAC to free the RM40 million examine opposite Musa, alleging the probable conspiracy by the MACC as well as the Barisan Nasional (BN) sovereign government here to postpone the matter for fear of an electoral backlash.
Musa was not long ago privileged of the RM40 million money-laundering allegation linking him to Sabah timber merchant Michael Chia.
But according to Rafizi, who is now confronting multiform justice cases for his whistleblowing work, uninformed justification not long ago found in Musa's box could warrant the reason for the renowned ICAC to start the new investigation.
Rafizi as well as three alternative PKR lawmakers lodged the inform with the ICAC final Thursday inventory three reasons to encourage the group to free the examine opposite Musa as well as Chia apart claims from two Sabah MPs which the RM40 million from Chia was an inducement for hurtful gains as well as not the domestic concession to Umno as formerly claimed; as well as the taking of the oppulance car from Chia by Umno apportion Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Aziz, possibly for hurtful reasons.
The group plans to lapse to Hong Kong in two weeks' time to allow some-more justification to the agency.
Rafizi has additionally claimed of rumours which the ICAC's decision to close the box was due to the lack of co-operation from the MACC.
But Abdul Rahman pronounced the minute from the ICAC clearly refuted this as it states which it had conducted the own apart as well as eccentric investigation prior to deciding to close the file upon the case.
"I believe the ICAC investigated this thoroug! hly. Rem ember, the income in subject had allegedly come from Hong Kong as well as the ICAC is the Hong Kong agency.
"They have full power as well as access there," he said.
He indicted Rafizi of insulting the ICAC as well as MACC's reputations as credible as well as eccentric law enforcement agencies, observant which the latter was likely using the controversy to benefit domestic mileage forward of the coming polls.
"The elections have been coming as well as Pakatan Rakyat (PR) needs Sabah badly.
"They know which Musa has finished very well in Sabah as well as they need to kill of this man politically by putting sufficient doubt upon his reputation," he said.
But when asked if Sabah Umno was ready to co-operate with the ICAC should it come knocking again for the second probe, Abdul Rahman pronounced Musa as well as the celebration would be peaceful to do so.
He forked out which during the first probe, the ICAC's investigators had quizzed Musa in Sabah as well as had not conducted the "remote-controlled" examine from Hong Kong.
"They travelled to Sabah as well as met with him (Musa)," he said.
Musa's alleged couple with Chia first exploded in the media following an April essay by whistleblower site Sarawak Report, which had claimed which latter was held perplexing to leave the Hong Kong International Airport with the RM40 million in Singapore currency.
At the time, Chia had allegedly told the authorities which the income was meant for Musa, kicking off the examine upon the series of account transfers from Malaysia to Hong Kong which was afterwards believed to be the probable laundering of monies generated from bootleg logging activities in Sabah.
The issue strike the headlines again final month when Nazri told Parliament which Musa had been privileged of crime in the matter after Malaysian as well as Hong Kong anti-graft authorities found which the income was the "political d! onation" to Sabah Umno as well as was not meant for Musa's personal use.
But in the indirect debates upon the issue, Pakatan Rakyat (PR) lawmakers chided Nazri for dogmatic Musa trusting without on condition which explanation which the ICAC had privileged the arch apportion of the own accord.
According to Nazri, the ICAC had sealed the box after the MACC detected in the examine which the income in Chia's receive was meant for Sabah Umno as well as not Musa.
After Nazri's denial, Rafizi held the press discussion in Parliament revealing what he pronounced was photographic explanation which Nazri had allegedly received kickbacks from Chia to clear his name, in the form of the RM459,000 Hummer given to his son.
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