SUNGAI BULOH: Controversial businessman Victor Chin should stop hurling wild accusations from abroad and return to Malaysia if he is innocent, says Datuk Seri R. Ramanan.
The PKR vice-president said Chin should return to Malaysia and prove his innocence here, instead of making allegations from abroad.
“Stop smoking cigars overseas and return to Malaysia if you are truly innocent.
“This is a country with the rule of law. Come back and defend yourself in court, why are you making wild accusations like this?
“He (Chin) is not the victim,” said Ramanan during a special press conference at his service centre in Sungai Buloh on Wednesday (March 25).
Last week, the police have said that Chin is currently abroad. Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Datuk Seri Mohd Khalid Ismail had said the police are intensifying efforts to track down Chin with cooperation form foreign authorities.
At the same time, Ramanan also claimed that the slew of accusations by Chin could be an attempt by the controversial businessman to seek political asylum in the United Kingdom (UK).
“He is trying to paint himself as a victim so he can get political asylum in the UK.
“If you've done nothing wrong, come back and be investigated. Don’t sit down from there and shoot at us, making wild accusations and trying to incriminate people,” he said.
Ramanan said Chin should just name all the characters mentioned in his 40-page statement instead of playing guessing games with the media.
“Mention the name, so we can sue. Then we can really prove whether such allegations exist or not.
“This (corporate mafia) is a dirty narrative to tarnish PKR, its MPs and the government,” he said.
Ramanan also reiterated that he had never met Chin before.
“I have never met him, I don’t know him and I have never spoken to him,” said Ramanan.
“How am I supposed to take RM9.5mil from someone whom I have never met in my life?” he asked.
The allegation surfaced after Chin, also known as Chin Boon Loong, produced a 40-page document detailing a timeline of events. He claimed a Pakatan MP asked for RM10mil to resolve the issue, though he only managed to provide RM9.5mil initially.
Chin alleged the final RM500,00 was withheld because the promised resolution never materialised.
The “corporate mafia” claims involve allegations that senior Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officers orchestrated intimidation campaigns, which allegedly pressured executives and shareholders of public-listed firms to resign or sell their shares at steep discounts to a network of connected businessmen.
The MACC have since denied the claims, labelling them as an attempt to tarnish the credibility of its investigations and enforcement actions.
