KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 27 — The Pakatan Rakyat is pressing for a Royal Commission of Inquiry to investigate all aspects of the two military jet engine thefts — including the unrelated dismissal of several air force officers — that has left Malaysia red-faced and in danger of censure from arms supplier, the United States.
The tepid and slow response from the authorities investigating the stolen General Electric J85-21A turbojet engines have further embarrassed Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, as Parliamentary opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and his allies seized on the theft to underscore claims that the Barisan Nasional government was corrupt.
“We are asking for a Royal Commission of Inquiry to investigate the scandal,” Anwar told reporters at a Christmas gathering over the long weekend.
The General Electric J85-21A turbojet engines used to power the ageing F-5E fighter-jets were reported missing in 2007 and 2008, when Najib was then defence minister. Police now claim to have traced the engines to Argentina, after it allegedly made its way there via a Middle East country facing United States sanctions.
But conflicting reports about the theft have also prompted the need for high-level investigations, opposition leaders said when commenting on a Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) statement that a brigadier-general and several other military personnel sacked in end 2007 had nothing to do with the missing jet engines. [seterusnya]
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