He said 'never met' ...NOT 'not involved in the killing'...mmm

In his written statement dated 20/11/2008, Abdul Razak Baginda

I implore all of you and the public to stop spreading lies about YAB Dato' Sri Mohd Najib Tun Razak, the DPM and his wife. I know that Dato' Sri Najib and his wife had never met the deceased, Altantuya. So much fitnah has been thrown towards the DPM and his wife. Those who have spread such lies can never produce any authentic evidence because there are none.

But, the questions is how do you know that Najib and Rosmah 'never' met the Mongolian woman?

Even, if they have never met - they may very well have known each other, could they not.

Even, if they have never met, that does not mean that they had no part in the 'murder' of Altantuya...

Are we now to belief that the 2 officers acted on their own....(after all did we not have a statement from the AG/IGP or someone) that there were no others involved...

The court however ordered chief inspector Azilah Hadri, 32 and corporal Sirul Azhar Umar, 37 - from the elite Special Action Force (UTK) which guards the prime minister and deputy prime minister - to enter their defence to the charge of murder. - Malaysiakini, 31/10/2008 Abdul Razak Baginda acquitted

Why did Razak Baginda come out now and make a statement? To get into the good books of Najib....mmmm

We recall:-

Abdul Razak Baginda’s wife Mazlinda Makhzan repeatedly maintained that her husband is innocent and alleged that he had been framed.

“He is a good man. He is not the Prime Minister of this country. He doesn’t want to be one.

FAMILY SUPPORT: (From left) Rowina, Mazlinda and Puravalen walking to the back of the magistrate’s court in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.

“He is not interested in all that,” she said during an outburst in court before Abdul Razak was charged yesterday.

Mazlinda, a former magistrate, was complaining about media reports concerning the murder of Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu. - Star, 17/11/2006,Wife maintains political analyst is innocent

And also that PI Bala....

On P Balasubramaniam’s (right) statutory declarations first alleging then retracting that Najib knew Altantuya, the political analyst said the matter was still under police investigations and he had also been interviewed by police on his release on the same issue.

"What I have said to you is what I told the police, Najib has never met the deceased." - Malaysiakini, 20/11/2008 - Abdul Razak: Najib not involved

No matter what Razak Baginda says, the doubts will linger in the minds of people about our DPM's involvement in the murder of the mother of 2.

If Najib ends up as Prime Minister after March 2009, with all these allegations hanging over him - we may have our first 'Malaysian Executive Crisis'.

The problem that Najib faces is that the the IGP or the AG (Public Prosecutor) has lost credibility - and even if they come out today and say that Najib is not involved, the public will not believe it. Maybe a Royal Commission of Inquiry ....or better still an INDEPENDENT Royal Commission of Inquiry is the answer to Najib's problems...vis-a-vis the Altantuya case.

It would have been better if Razak Baginda never came out proclaiming that his ex-'boss' (maybe now his future boss) never met Altantuya....

And the fact that he did not clearly state '...that they were not involved in the killing...' open the door to further speculations as to what really is the truth..