By Shannon Teoh, The Malaysian Insider

PETALING JAYA, July 23 — Pakatan Rakyat (PR) seized on the sudden deportation of William Bourdon last night to renew scrutiny into billion-ringgit defence contracts said to be as scandalous as the RM7 billion Scorpene submarine deal that the lawyer was pursuing in France.

PR lawmakers told an audience of 500 here last night that the French lawyer’s deportation showed the Najib administration wanted to keep facts about defence deals hidden.

“We know French police have obtained quite crucial documents, linking (Datuk Seri) Najib Razak, our beloved prime minister himself. That is why irrational actions were taken today,” said PKR vice president Nurul Izzah Anwar.
The Lembah Pantai MP added, “the fact that the Malaysian government has kicked Bourdon out most dishonourably today has helped our cause even more.” The French lawyer was held in the aircraft by three immigration officers when he landed in Sepang from Penang yesterday morning,

She said that Bourdon’s deportation and Barisan Nasional’s (BN) clampdown on the July 9 Bersih rally for free and fair elections raised questions of Najib’s “pronouncements of transformation.”

DAP publicity chief Tony Pua spent 20 minutes recounting three other defence deals made over the past three years totalling RM16 billion for vehicles that cost Malaysia far more than other countries.

The Petaling Jaya Utara MP told his constituents that this included the RM2.3 billion for 12 Eurocopter EC725 helicopters, RM6 billion for six offshore patrol vessels (OPV) and RM7.8 billion for 257 armoured personnel carriers.

He said that questions over these deals in the media or in Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee were met with the repeated refrain of “itu rahsia (that is secret). The armed forces and defence ministry officials insisted they could not expose military secrets to the rest of the world.”

According to Pua, Brazil had purchased the Eurocopters at just RM82 million per unit as opposed to RM190 million paid by Malaysia, while New Zealand paid just RM240 million per OPV versus the RM1 billion each paid by Malaysia.

He also pointed out that the 257 armoured vehicles are to be supplied by local conglomerate DRB-Hicom, who in turn had bought the vehicles from a Turkish firm for just RM1.9 billion, only a quarter of the price that Malaysian taxpayers would fork out eventually.

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written by Oscar Winner, July 23, 2011 21:03:47

Bourdon, they deport, you import. Pls work doubly hard on this case so that ultimately you can "import" Najis to face french judges

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written by arazak, July 23, 2011 20:54:39

ghane01. . .,

You and Tony Pua also same-same mah. . ., both of you don't know how to kira! All together RM26.1 billion lah! Cuba try add again?. RM0.1 billion also a lot of money mah. . ., same-same RM100 million! Aiyahh. . ., I don't know how you and Tony Pua can pass mathematics in your SPM?

Tapi aahhh, itu Tony Pua lagi teruk. . ., he is off by RM10.1 billion.

Cheers brother!

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written by ibabonma, July 23, 2011 20:44:18

The minister concerned was in debt of RM20 million, so how is he going to settle the debt without resorting to corruption?

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written by albert zacharias, July 23, 2011 19:34:17

Why don't Lostmamah and Najis just C4 him????

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written by ghane01, July 23, 2011 14:37:50

Ai ah,this Tony Pua no no how to kira kiralah, RM2.3 billion for 12 Eurocopter EC725 helicopters, RM6 billion for six offshore patrol vessels (OPV) and RM7.8 billion for 257 armoured personnel carriers and another RM10 billion for 6 OPV(for this new order letter of intent given to the same company that supplied the Submarine) equal RM26 billion mah,where got RM16 billion.

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written by Kaneeneh, July 23, 2011 12:35:39

Plunder - to rob, despoil, or fleece: to plunder the public treasury
And they plunder on.

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written by batsman, July 23, 2011 12:05:23

Kleptocratic govt with unlimited powers now uses the law against foreigners too. This is inevitable.

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written by syd, July 23, 2011 11:51:03

Ministry of defence should be renamed Money Laundering and Kickbacks Distribution Centre.

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written by NSTPravda, July 23, 2011 11:32:05

Read lah My Oafs 1My Qur'4n swearing pink pouting lip#
... Look lah at the beautiful submarine on the surface, why should our submarine submerge when it can float around to be seen. The only thing that needs to submerge is the so called truth that you troublemakers want. Except for the truth, don't trust anything ship that you cannot see.... Rasuah saya eh!

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written by datuk tanah, July 23, 2011 10:36:32

The truth on the murder of Altantuya will be revealed in the most impartial and transparent manner. It will make the corrupt Bolehland judiciary decisions another big joke. Altantuya's ghost will not rest until Najib is brought to justice.

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written by lamakawan, July 23, 2011 10:31:10

HEllo Scorpene lawyer, you must thank your lucky star that you have left the country in one piece before the master returned to his hjome country after visiting yours.
At least your passport would prove that you had entered and had physically left. Ho...Ho...Ho.....Ho...Ho..
Don,t worry, God will see that you complete your mission !!!!!!!!
Best wishes from all caring citizens in Malaysia..

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written by jhlee, July 23, 2011 10:29:59

And now, the end is near, and so he faces, the final curtain........

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