Private investigator P Balasubramaniam has
threatened to expose more details of attempts to bribe him in relation to his
2008 statutory declaration (SD) linking Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak to
murdered Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu.
In a letter to the
Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission (MACC) that Malaysiakini has sighted,
Balasubramaniam who is in hiding in India said the information he possesses is
already in the hands of foreign journalists and would be released if the
commission continues to do nothing.
"My lawyer is holding everything for
me. Also foreign journalists have everything. (They are) just waiting for my
instructions and then (they) will release everything.
"By then (it would
be) too late. As I said, please inform me or my lawyer within seven days,
otherwise I am not responsible for what happens," he wrote.
In the letter
dated Nov 2, Balasubramaniam expressed frustration at MACC's
inaction.
"Why is the MACC not doing anything about my case since 2008?
Is it because it involves the prime minister?
"My case is very clear, you
don't have to investigate much. I have already given you all the evidence you
need," he wrote.
He noted that the MACC had initially asked for an
interview with him in London, but had not turned up at the last
minute.
Subsequently, Balasubramaniam said he had answered all of MACC's
questions which were couriered to him.
"You will recall that I assisted
you by answering all your questions and had my affidavit affirmed and sworn
before a notary in London as you requested.
"My lawyers then personally
delivered this affidavit to your office in Putrajaya in August 2010," wrote the
PI.
‘Bribed to implicate
PKR’Balasubramaniam claims that some people had bribed
him to get him to implicate PKR leaders, including party de facto leader Anwar
Ibrahim, of paying him to commit perjury in his 2008 SD linking Najib with the
murdered translator.
He said he was approached by the same people -
businessman Deepak Jaikishan and a police officer by the name of Suresh - who
had threatened and subsequently paid him a substantial amount, to sign a second
SD to say that his first sworn statement was made “under duress’.
A key
figure in the Altantuya murder controversy, Balasubramaniam fled to India with
his family after signing the second SD.
Balasubramaniam later said that
since then, Deepak and Suresh again approached him in April last year to
bribe him to implicate
PKR leaders.
In his letter to MACC, he complained, "I have given you
enough time (to act), so far nothing has happened, zero.
"I am sitting
here in India and cannot come back to Malaysia as I am afraid for my safety. I
have got no job. How long do you think I can survive?" he wrote.