Bersatu: Audio clips implicate Malacca CM in Ali's arrest - true or false?
Malacca Bersatu chief Yadzil Yaakub questioned if Chief Minister Ab Rauf Yusoh is involved in the arrest of party leader Ali Mohamad.
Taking to social media, Yadzil said he had seen a video that allegedly implicated Rauf (above) in Ali's arrest.
The three-minute-and-57-second-long video contained...
Summary
Ex-Malacca Bersatu chief Yadzil Yaakub asks if Chief Minister Ab Rauf Yusoh is involved in the arrest of party leader Ali Mohamad.
He says he has seen a video containing three audio clips that allegedly implicate Rauf in Ali's arrest, as a voice in the recordings resembles the state leader's.
Malacca Bersatu Youth info chief Haziq Hishamudin urges Rauf to explain.
Ex-Malacca Bersatu chief Yadzil Yaakub has questioned if Chief Minister Ab Rauf Yusoh is involved in the arrest of party leader Ali Mohamad.
Taking to social media, Yadzil said he had seen a video that allegedly implicated Rauf (above) in Ali's arrest.
The three-minute-and-57-second-long clip contained three voice recordings, featuring a voice similar to Rauf's, the Bersatu supreme council member claimed.
The conversation in the third recording mentioned an individual named Ali who is in Dang Wangi - Yadzil believed this to be a reference to the party leader.
"The chief minister should immediately file a police report if it is true that he had nothing to do with these audio recordings and this cursed plan," Yadzil said, urging the MACC and the police to investigate the matter.
He also called for a forensic examination to be done to identify the voices of the individuals in the recordings as well as to confirm the authenticity of the clips.
Malaysiakini has contacted Rauf for comments.
On April 15, the MACC detained Ali to facilitate investigations into an alleged graft case.
According to his lawyer Rafique Rashid Ali, the former Dewan Negara deputy president was detained at 6.30pm when anti-graft officers raided his house in Tangga Batu.
MACC also recorded statements from the politician's wife and children at their office in Malacca, before they were released at about 9pm that night.
The next day, Utusan Malaysia reported Rauf as denying his involvement, saying speculation otherwise lacks any basis.
Who’s the ‘boss’?
In Yadzil's statement, he said all three recordings are between two individuals, one of whom is referred to as "boss".
In the first clip, he said the "boss" and an unknown individual are heard discussing a "report" that will be made at a "balai" (police station).
The second clip contained a discussion between the “boss” and another person regarding the status of the "report", which had already been made, as well as the promise of a reward from the “boss” after the instructed task, which is unclear, had been completed.
Aside from the mention of "Ali" in the third clip, Yadzil said there were also repeated mentions of an "Abang Mansor".
The boss had instructed the other person in the conversation to ensure that "Abang Mansor" is consistent in confessing to the planned "statement", Yadzil added.
Referring to these recordings, Yadzil asked whether Rauf was telling the truth when the latter denied his involvement in Ali's case.
‘Explain recordings’
In a separate statement, Malacca Bersatu Youth information chief Haziq Hishamudin urged Rauf to explain the recordings.
Haziq recommended that Rauf take legal action against the spread of the video, should the allegations be false.
"If it is true that the recordings are fake, then take immediate action against the perpetrators.
"However, if they are genuine and authentic, then severe action must be taken against every individual involved in the recordings," Haziq said.
