Bala told all six months ago: Nephews
Written by St Low
KUALA LUMPUR (July 7, 2008) : The nephews of missing private investigator P.
Balasubramaniam claimed today that their uncle had revealed to them months
earlier all the details he had stated in his first statutory declaration (SD)
which alleged that Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak had links with
murdered Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu.
Brothers R.Kumaresan, 27, and Segar, 24, of Batu Caves said their uncle had
shared with them about what he had mentioned in his first SD about six months
earlier, and they believed he would one day make it public.
Kumaresan, an information technology (IT) professional said his uncle had
expressed relief after he made his first statuatory declaration public on
Thursday but what he did the next day by denying it had shocked the siblings.
Balasubramaniam who had made public his first SD on Thursday based on what
political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda -- one of the accused in the Alatantuya
murder case -- had told him, on Friday retracted his allegations via a second
SD, claiming his first SD had been made under duress.
The brothers spoke to reporters at the Gombak district police headquarters with
their lawyer R.Surendran yesterday after giving a statement to investigators
over a police report he lodged on the disappearance of his uncle, aunt and
three cousins on Saturday.
"He claimed he made the first SD under duress, but from the expression on his
face on that day, it was clear that he was not, everyone could see that," said
Kumaresan.
"But when he retracted the SD and replaced it with another the next day, the
expression on his face showed that he was really under duress. Compare his face
on the first day with the second day.
"We are very close to our uncle and know him very well. There is no way he
would have disappeared like this without informing us first." he said adding
that his family strongly believe Balasubramaniam and his family had not gone
into hiding but are being detained at an unknown location.
Kumaresan said had his uncle planned to go into hiding or feared for his
safety, he would have done so on the very first day, after making the first
statuatory declaration.
"But everything was normal after he made the statement on Thursday; and then
Friday he goes missing with his family." he said.
Kumaresan said he also had no idea of who M Arulampalam, the lawyer who
accompanied his uncle when he made the second SD is.
"We are worried about their safety. My aunt is a like mother-figure to me. I do
not even know if they are still alive." he said.
Segar, an engineer said his uncle had also handed him an envelope two days
before he made his first SD and told him to pass it to Kumaresan.
"He told me to tell Kumarasen to open it two days later but after he made
public his first SD, we opened it and found that it was a copy of the SD," he
said.
Meanwhile lawyer R.Surendran said the main concern of Kumaresan and Segar was
the safety of his uncle and his family and not the statutory declarations he
had made.
"I hope the police will look more into the angle that Balasubramaniam may be
held against his will, as it does not seem that he has gone into hiding." he
added.
- The Sun
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