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FULL REPORT Kuala Lumpur: Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim launched another Israellink salvo in the Dewan Rakyat today.
CCORDING to him, the Israeli military intelligence had been involved in the police technology park in Bukit Aman since two years ago. During the supplementary bill debate, the Permatang Pauh MP claimed that InspectorGeneral of Police Musa Hassan had admitted this in a statement. He quoted Musa as saying in a news report last year, "Police were aware of the involvement of the Israelis in the communications upgrading system. We informed the home ministry as soon as we learnt about it. To back his claim, Anwar also produced several letters which he said were from the senior police officers, namely the police chief, head of logistics and the Special Branch director. The opposition leader said in October 2008, Lim Kit Siang (DAP-Ipoh Timor) had raised the same issue in the House "but this was brushed aside by the home minister then". "Then between November and December (of the same year), a report was lodged by police officers and the case was investigated by one ASP Sairah. Then Sairah was transferred to Taiping and there was no news after that," he said. Anwar added that on Nov 25, 2008, the then home minister (Syed Hamid Albar) held a special briefing at the VIP room at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport. The briefing, he said, was regarding the alleged involvement of Israeli intelligence in the information technology division of the second Israeli agents in Bukit Aman
-- national security and not adhering to procedure, he said, noting that no action was taken. This was followed by a report lodged by one ASP Suhaimi on Nov 28, 2008 with the Dang Wangi district police headquarters accusing Masterplan Consultancy of false declaration. On Dec 3, Anwar said Mahsuri (the logistics director) wrote to the home ministry's secretarygeneral and subsequently to the ministry's legal adviser asking the contract to be terminated. He added that on Jan 12, 2009, the ministry's legal adviser had answered, replying that the matter had been referred to the relevant authorities and termination of the contract could only take place with "instruction from the top leadership".
involvement of Apco (Worldwide). We were fooled until our 1Malaysia concept has big similarities with One 'Israel'," he said. Previously, Anwar had alleged that Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak's 1Malaysia concept was a carbon copy of the One Israel concept. He claimed that the same US-based public relations firm Apco Worldwide had masterminded both concepts, a charge which had been denied by Najib as well as Apco. Following this, the government sought to censure Anwar for misleading the House by referring him to the Rights and Privileges Committee.
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