Anwar raises the temperature in Ijok

Last night Anwar raises the temperature a bit more for Najib in Ijok. Via Malaysiakini:

Anwar increases attacks on Najib
Beh Lih Yi
Apr 21, 07 5:29pm

Believe it or not - Anwar Ibrahim is now anxiously waiting to be sued!

And he is hoping that Najib Abdul Razak would take the initiative as this would enable him to expose more in court of what he knows about the Mongolian murder case.

Last night, the opposition icon continued his attack on Najib by 'inviting' the deputy premier to initiate a lawsuit against him for linking the latter to the murder case of a Mongolian national.

“I prefer him (Najib) to sue me because I can go to court then and speak more about the matter,” Anwar told a crowd of about 400 at a dinner in Ijok - where a by-election is being held.

(for the whole article, click here)

There has been plenty of speculation (rightly or wrongly) on Najib's supposed involvement in the gruesome murder of Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu. Perhaps it is inevitable granted the following:

- Abdul Razak Baginda, the man being charged for abettment to murder, is known as belonging to Najib's inner circle, and is instrumental in arranging recent defence procurement for the Ministry of Defence (in which Najib is the minister).
- Two other men being charged for murder are members of the UTK (Special Action Unit) in charge of protecting Najib and his immediate family.
- The woman officer who was initially implicated in the murder, but surprisingly was let off without any charges, is the bodyguard of Najib's wife Rosmah.
- The issue of various large sums of commission money paid to various companies linked to Abdul Razak and Najib.

With the story so convoluted with links more than my car's timing chain, I, for one, am not the least surprised that our DPM would be dragged into the whole mess. Coupled with the surprising turn of events in the courts when the hearing which is supposed to be heard in March 2008 was suddenly brought forward to June 2007 instead (and with a change of a judge to a judicial commissioner to hear the case), anyone would have been suspicious of the entire thing (unless of course you don't care at all).

Anwar has been consistently raising the issue of questionable military procurement commission as well as the gruesome murder, and suggesting in a rather strong manner Najib's alleged involvement in all these. So far Najib has see it fit to keep quiet about the matter until that day during the Ijok by-election nomination day when somehow, for the first time, he decided to talk about the murder (read more here as well), albeit very briefly. His threat to sue Anwar for linking him with the murder is what Anwar is so gleeful about now. Just like what Malaysiakini's Steven Gan has said about relishing the opportunity of facing Sarawak's CM Taib Mahmud in court, Anwar couldn't seem to wait for that day as well.

Personally, I don't think Najib will be that foolish to take Anwar's bait. What I do believe, however, is that things may not be what seem (as in most thing political in Malaysia) and there will be more fireworks coming our way in the near future. At least all these "conspiracies" add some spice into our otherwise boring country.