Letter to CIA treacherous and treasonous, say ex-servicemen

Updated 5 years ago · Published on 20 Jul 2018 11:05AM · 6 Comments

Former prime minister Najib Razak has denied any knowledge of a letter to the CIA, seeking American support for his administration in the lead up to GE14. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, July 20, 2018.

A LETTER allegedly sent by the former Najib administration’s intelligence unit to the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is treacherous and treasonous, said Persatuan Patriot Kebangsaan (Patriot).

This is because the unit’s former director-general Hasanah Ab Hamid had asked the US to support the Najib administration in the event that the results of the 14th general election turned out to be close.

Patriot president Brig-Gen (rtd) Mohamed Arshad Raji said the letter, dated five days before the May 9 elections, also discussed internal security and foreign policy matters that should not have been shared with another country.

In the letter addressed to the CIA director Gina Haspel, Hasanah also accused Dr Mahathir Mohamad, who was leading the Pakatan Harapan coalition into GE14, as being anti-West, anti-Semite, autocratic and one who uses force to silence dissent.

The letter further stated that Dr Mahathir had total disregard for human rights and the rule of law.

PH defeated Najib Razak’s Barisan Nasional in the historic polls, putting a new government in power for the first time since Merdeka.

“Criticising a political opponent as anti-West, anti-Semite and autocratic to pander for favour is despicable, shameful and tramples the art of foreign relation to a gutter level.

“Only a leader and a government lacking all good qualities of leadership and good governance would stoop so low,” Arshad said in a statement today.

He said it also appeared that the Najib government pandered to both China and the US in their conflict here when the letter stated that it welcomed US presence in the region.

“On the one hand, we gave tacit support for China’s dominance in the South China Sea and on the other, covertly informed that our country was pro-US and supported American presence in the region,” Arshad said.

Within hours of the letter being published here, former prime minister Najib denied any knowledge of it, adding he was “surprised” and “did not know of its existence” because not all letters had to go through him.

Arshad said the authorities here should launch an immediate investigation into the so-called intelligence unit and the officials concerned.

“All guilty persons should be seriously punished and set an example to all current officials in the government, security forces personnel, and politicians, that such collusion with any foreign officials or government is considered treason.”

The spotlight fell on Hasanah after GE14 when it was revealed that she led a top-secret intelligence agency which reported only to Najib.

It was then reported that Malaysian police, investigating the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB scandal), raided Hasanah’s home in Kuala Lumpur, in search of documents which Najib handed to her prior to GE14.

The search at her home turned up empty but investigators later raided what was believed to be a safe-house in Putrajaya and carted away box loads of documents.

It was also reported that the intelligence unit will soon undergo a revamp with a new chief at its helm. – July 20, 2018.

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  • Just sue on the letter?..

    Posted 5 years ago by MELVILLE JAYATHISSA · Reply

  • Hasanah will not have the courage to behave traitorously unless it is given and with full blessing from her mentor devil himself. She was in stiff competition to draw her boss attentions as most of the Umno banggang leaders and the political appointees will do nothing short to please the Boss and reaps the rewards without fear of prosecution in their heinous crime. Najib regime has ran the Governance of the country with compelling dastardly act of absurdities in ensuring their power is unchallenged. Najib forgot that he can propose but it is Almighty to dispose. It is unforgiveable for Najib in his dastardliness demeanour forgetting he was born and raised in this country. It leads back to Rakyat suspicions of his old man during Japanese occupation. The adage saying of like father like son may hold true to that extent. Najib has to be punished. All the while his cries and the influence on his party members that the non Malays in Malaysia are disloyal are now viewed from this act alone as a malicious means to create mayhem and sell the country without a care for any one in Malaysia save for his families. All his crimes and corruptible practises and may others yet to be unearthed felonies are just too heavy to be pardoned or serving a life sentence. A criminal is a criminal but when a criminal becomes a traitor he has gone beyond the boundaries and lost all whatever iota of humanity and humility in his body. He has sold his soul. Unforgivable.!!!! The country leaders and rakyat has to make a decison on his fate. He has to face capital punishment and nothing short of public execution by hanging!!!!!!!!!!

    Posted 5 years ago by Lee Lee · Reply

    • No hanging please. This is 2018. By the rule of law, appropriate punishment will be metted out. The only problem is it's just too slow and the culprits are still roaming free. There's no more 40 thieves as it has expanded to 100 thieves or even more. Tun has said corruption in the civil service is so deep that it takes time to weed them all out.

      Posted 5 years ago by Ryan Li · Reply

    • If scum like him is allow to survive it makes a mockery of the country constitution. Imagine if he is still in the government you would not be that open hearted and mind to easily allow this type of vermins to keep on wrecking havoc to Rakyat and country. Wanbees are plentiful and a hard dreadful examples has to be shown. Sometime we have to be cruel to be kind and unforgiving to be benevolent and magnanimous..

      Posted 5 years ago by Lee Lee · Reply

  • Will somebody lodge a report against the woman Hasanah already then! Start the ball rolling and call the media to air it. Thank you.

    Posted 5 years ago by Ryan Li · Reply

  • Why did director-general Datuk Hasanah binti Abdul Hamid have to involve CIA from another country to interfere in our election? Could our Home Ministry please locate her to answer for the letter she purportedly wrote to Gina Haspel? If Malaysia is a sovereign nation, what she was paid to do is nothing short of treason.

    Posted 5 years ago by Roger 5201 · Reply