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PETALING JAYA - A Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) sergeant, N Tharmendran, 42, and a company director Rajandran Prasad Kusy, 38, were today charged in the Petaling Jaya Sessions Court in connection with the two missing RMAF F-5E jet engines. Not guilty plea Both Tharmendran and Rajandran claimed trial before Sessions judge Aslam Zainuddin. Both Tharmendran and Rajandran claimed trial before Sessions judge Aslam Zainuddin. Deputy public prosecutors Raja Rozela Raja Toran and Syed Faisal Syed Amir prosecuted. Tharmendran was represented by V Ravichandran while Pritam Singh Doal appeared for Rajandran. Aslam fixed a bail amount of RM150,000 each for both Tharmendran and Rajandran. The case will be heard jointly on Feb 11.
'Only scrap metal' Meanwhile lawyer for Rajandran, Pritam Singh told The Malaysian Mirror ,"The media and the US government have said that the case involves terrorism. This is all not true. We He also claimed that the US government was "accusing the ruling government by saying we have gone to countries that have been sanctioned by them (US)." "Even politicians say that items being lost in the armed forces are becoming a joke. Anything can happen down there. Don't accuse them (the two being charged) of being involved in terrorism. The press have to be careful. This is only scrap metal. We're talking about scrap. Besi buruk. This is actually a case involving a besi buruk. "In high-tech terms, this is a second-hand machine, that's all. So they need not blow it out of proportion by saying it is a fully functioning jet. This is a non-functioning jet part, an engine," Pritam claimed. Mitigation In mitigation, Pritam Singh told the court that Rajandran's properties were frozen by the authorities and his passport has been confiscated. |
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Yes. It is a big piece of scrap metal. Just like the metal manhole and longkang covers. That is how the case was treated by the AG.
ReplyDeleteTo anon who posted and kept on saying higher ups are involved .
ReplyDeleteIf Indians are the culprits , how could the higher ups are involved ? unless they are bumis ?
Now AG cover up ? ha ha better prove what you say !
No, higher ups never get involved.
ReplyDeleteNEVER !
The higher ups are cleaner than the most powerful detergent ever invented.
Yes, those are scrapped metal. The higher ups already say so.
So we have to agree.
Yes, those are only besi busuk.
MCA, please say this mantra out loud "BESI BUSUK" !
B E S I B U S U K !
Keep on repeating the mantra, MCA !
this is terrorism
ReplyDeleteThe press have to be careful. This is only scrap metal. We're talking about scrap. Besi buruk. This is actually a case involving a besi buruk.
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Scrap metal only what,,,
currency = paper only what
TBH = some opposition guy only what,,,
noticed how much effort they go into EHPHASIZING
--1. the people involved are lowly personnels
--2. the assets involved are scrapped stuff. LOL worth a 100 million..
Bolih-joke
Don't kid lah where got $100 million ? Lim Kit Siang told you so ! Get that in your block head stop repeating like a parrot , or better still your DAP Mantra $100 Million , $100 million .
ReplyDeleteANY mca guys involved ???
ReplyDeleteThose two pencuri must be jokers. If they have the ability steal two big engines and sold them to country so far away and for so many millions, why still stay in the Air Force? They should have resigned long ago and migrated rather than stay and waiting to be caught.
ReplyDeleteSomething funny is behind the scene.
Bangsa Cina Malaysia
ReplyDeleteYou are too judgemental. Always looking at MCA through your negative eyes which is immoral as a human being. Remember your judgement day. How to answer?
Bangsa Cina Malaysia
ReplyDeleteGo ask your Indian friends , maybe DAP guys involved . Relatives of those two Indians will not be voting for DAP since they keep on saying its 100 million .
MCA involved pun no one want say. Like Wee Ka Siong say "I am not involve" wat.
ReplyDeleteRumour has it that the two Indians are DAP card carrying members .
ReplyDeleteTheir faces told me they are only good at curi ayam lah.
ReplyDeleteAssGoon should looks for more sophisticated people to take the rap to make it more real.
Rakyat here must not be taken for the fool all the time.
If this is to be a scarp metal story you need Indian players, lah. A little blackmail and lots of mullah can get you some fall guys.
ReplyDeleteeasy to get a couple of fall guys to fall..
ReplyDeletebesi buruk. hahah.
if this is such a simple case -it wouldn't have made international headlines
Zahid: Jet engines cost us RM303,570 each ... in 1972
ReplyDeletePUTRAJAYA, Jan 7 – The actual value of a piece of F5-E jet engine belongs to the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) based on the purchase contract in 1972 is RM303,570, including the afterburner, Defence Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said.
He said that an aircraft fixed with two of such engines at that time would have the value of between RM3.895 million and RM28.047 million.
“I would like to stress that the contract to purchase (the two missing F-5E engines) was made in 1972.
“At that time, the engine’s price, including the afterburner, was USD121,428 each and based on the dollar-ringgit exchange rate at that time, the price was RM303,570,” he told reporters when asked about the actual value of the engines, which was previously reported to be about RM50 million each.
Ahmad Zahid said the RM50 million estimation was not made by the Defence Ministry nor by any of those involved in the investigations.
The figure could have been originated from other parties who made the valuation based on the current price of a new engine, he said.
He also said that the ministry took a long time to clarify the engine’s price due to procedural matters.
“We need to carry out internal investigations and this requires time to obtain all the information and related documents,” he said.
He also said that there should not be any prejudice over the court process on the issue, saying it was wrong to assume that only “small fry” were prosecuted in the case.
Yesterday, a RMAF sergeant and a company director were charged in the Petaling Jaya Sessions Court over the missing F-5E engines belonged to the RMAF. – Bernama