The saga of Yusri (the next Bala!) - Najib and his men “getting” to whistleblowers and YB’s one by one?

When the Rohaizat disbarring scandal broke out, my mind was still on the forum. Of late though, this ridiculous about turn by his ex-partner Yusri Isahak deserves some scrutiny.

Did somebody say Bala? :P

I feel like we’re in some movie where aliens are taking over human bodies all over the world, and you only have a few trusted friends. Until of course one day, the aliens get to them too. (like The Forgotten, roughly)

First:

Yusri Isahak, the former business partner of Rohaizat Othman, today vehemently refuted claims by Umno leaders that the party candidate was innocent from any wrongdoings.

“It’s a blatant lie to say that he never knew anything about the cooperative land and money transactions. Apart from me, he was also the legitimate signatory of the company accounts. To suggest that he was implicated by my wrongdoing is a lie,” Yusri (left) told journalists at a press conference at Yayasan Aman, Penanti today.

“He was also responsible for the misappropriation of the cooperative funds. It is unethical in the legal profession .. . Rohaizat was guilty of it.” He said that parties blaming him for being solely responsible for “swindling the cooperative money are lying.”

He said Rohaizat was lying if he claimed that he never knew about the company’s accounts transactions.

He also chided Umno information chief Ahmad Maslan for calling Rohaizat a hero for returning the money to the cooperative. “He refused and failed to attend the Bar Council disciplinary hearing on his case on Sep 14, 2007. He dared not explain himself in such a major allegation. How can Ahmad Maslan call him a hero? Either Ahmad Maslan does not know the truth or is pretending not to know it,” he said.

Then:

Keadaan ini membuatkan saya terpanggil untuk membuat sidang akhbar ini kerana saya merasa sedih melihat serangan-serangan peribadi yang dilakukan terhadap Rohaizat. (nat: maksud bang serangan yg bang sendiri buat?)

Saya tidak boleh berdiam diri apabila melihat kenyataan saya tempoh hari digunakan tanpa henti terhadap Rohaizat, seorang manusia yang saya kenal secara peribadi adalah seorang yang baik hati.

Seperti yang telah saya nyatakan sebelum ini, Rohaizat adalah kawan saya, saya tahu hati budinya dan dia anak jati Permatang Pasir. Dia sendiri telah lama menabur bakti di sini. Jika orang seperti Rohaizat dibiarkan dikeji dan dirosakkan nama baiknya semata-mata untuk kepentingan politik, akan hancurlah hidup seorang lagi manusia yang boleh membawa perubahan yang baik kepada masyarakat setempat.

Wah. Begitu ke?

Dunno man. Sure feels to me like the aliens got to him too. The same way they got to Bala.

(ps- also see Aisehman)

Now I’m afraid that the aliens are gonna go after the MACC whistle blower next.

Ah, or will they just dismiss the contents as nonsense? AG’s rep Tan Hock Guan (quite a colorful character, from grapevine mumblings) appears to have appointed himself spokesman for the police and said just that :P