PUBLIC Accounts Committee (PAC) deputy chairman Azizah Mohd Dun’s move to reject any investigation in the 2002 Scorpene submarine deal and the death of Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu has ended the “most courageous and creative move” to resolve these issues, DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang said today.

However, he added that he was aware that it would be “a very long shot” to get the PAC involved in either of the two issues.

“Azizah has passed the ‘death sentence’ on my proposal that the PAC investigate the submarine corruption case and establish a motive for the murder of Altantuya.

“She said the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) is the right body to probe the submarine case, while Altantuya is a police case.

“My proposal was a most courageous and creative move to resolve both questions,” the Iskandar Puteri MP said in a statement.

Yet he added that for that to happen, all 14 members of the PAC must act as one, which is unlikely as the majority of nine members came from government parties, he noted.

Azizah dismissed Lim’s call yesterday for the PAC to follow up on the French government charging defence contractor Thales for complicity to bribery over the Scorpene deal.

Lim also said that the PAC should consider interrogating Azilah Hadri and Sirul Azhar Umar, the two police officers convicted of Altantuya’s murder.

Azilah is on death row, while Sirul is seeking asylum in Australia. – May 1, 2022.