Najib to fight back

Najib To Reply Allegations Made Against Him Within The Law

BATANG BERJUNTAI, April 19 (Bernama) -- Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said today he would reply, within the law, to all the allegations made against him by the opposition political parties, including the claims linking him to the case of a murdered Mongolian woman.
The deputy prime minister and defence minister said he had already begun replying to the allegations.
"I will reply to the claims raised. I began to give my replies last night," he said when asked by reporters about the personal verbal attacks allegedly made against him by the supporters of the opposition parties outside the Ijok state by-election nomination centre at the Batang Berjuntai Community Hall, here.
During the process of nomination, from 9 am to noon, supporters of the opposition political parties, Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), PAS and the DAP, were heard shouting "Altantuya" and "Mongolia".
Altantuya Shaaribuu is the name of the Mongolian woman who was murdered and her body blown to bits with explosives at a secondary forest near the Subang Dam in Puncak Alam, Shah Alam, last October.
Two policemen, Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri, 30, and Corporal Sirul Azhar Umar, 35, have been charged with her murder while political analyst Abdul Razak Abdullah Baginda, 46, has been charged with abetment in the murder. The trial is set to begin on June 4.
Najib, when launching the Barisan Nasional (BN) election machinery for the by-election last night, had hit out at the attitude of the opposition parties which preferred to use the strategy of personal attacks.
Today, after the announcement of the candidates contesting the by-election, Najib told reporters he would do everything necessary within the law to counter the allegations.
"I will do what I feel is right in the context of the country's laws because we cannot do something that contravenes the law," he said.
He said it was important to allow the process of law to proceed unimpeded.
Najib described the opposition tactic as personal attacks but expressed confidence that the voters of Ijok would dismiss the allegations.
"It is the same as in the case of Machap (the recent by-election in Melaka). The people of Machap dismissed them," he said.
Najib said the opposition would raise similar issues during the campaign in the Ijok by-election, polling for which is on April 28.
"Of course ... it is okay, we will give the replies. We are not afraid of that," he reiterated.
Asked whether he would take legal action against whoever it was who had made the allegations, Najib said he held that option. "I don't have to sue him, but I have the option to sue him," he said.
The Ijok by-election will be a straight fight between BN candidate K. Parthiban, 38, and Tan Sri Abdul Khalib Ibrahim, 61, of the PKR.
The by-election is being held following the death of BN State Assemblyman Datuk K. Sivalingam, 59, on April 4.
Sivalingam had won the seat by beating Abdul Rahman Moharam of the PKR by a majority of 1,649 votes in the general election in 2004.

tunku : it is good that najib had not sue anwar ibrahim as suing business belongs to anwar ibrahim.anyway najib what are you waiting for, hit him below the belt, don't give any more chance to the ex prisoner, he is hitting you more than the pm which raises questions as to why he is a bit soft to abdullah.hope we can bank on you as there's no hope in abdullah.