Siapa Menipu Peguam Negara Malaysia atau DOJ?

Bloomberg melaporkan, “Thom Mrozek, a spokesman for the US attorney’s office in Los Angeles, said the US was not party to the agreement between Indonesia and Malaysia.”

Malaysiakini melaporkan Peguam Negara Malaysia sebagai berkata “As a result of the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties (MLAs) between Indonesia, US and Malaysia which were activated recently, sensitive and delicate negotiations were conducted at the highest levels of different agencies in the three countries to accomplish this feat.”

Kenyataan Peguam Negara Malaysia Tommy Thomas bahawa waran tangkap ke atas kapal layar Equanimity itu dikeluarkan oleh Mahkamah Tinggi Kuala Lumpur masih tidak menjelaskan hakikat mengenai prosedur perundangan sebenar.

Amatlah mustahil sesuatu keputusan Mahkamah dikeluarkan tanpa sebarang makluman kepada media kecuali ia satu keputusan yang diawalkan (backdated).

Thomas juga dilaporan Malaysiakini.com sebagai berkata, “sitaan ke atas Equanimity dilakukan hasil inisiatif DOJ yang menegaskan mengenai pemilikan kapal persiaran berkenaan bagi pihak Malaysia dan 1MDB kerana dana yang digunakan untuk membelinya.

“Hasil perjaanjian Bantuan Perundangan Bersama (MLA) antara Malaysia, Indonesia dan AS yang diaktifkan baru-baru ini, rundingan yang teliti dan sensitif dilakukan di peringkat tertinggi pelbagai agensi di tiga negara bagi menyempurnakan hal ini.”

Kenyataan Thomas ini sangat meragukan kerana dalam masa yang sama Jabatan Kehakikan US (DOJ) memfailkan penangguhan kes ke atas kapal ini di US kerana memerlukan masa untuk mendapat maklumat sebenar dari pihak berkuasa Malaysia mengenai penyerahan ini.

“The (US) government has learned that the defendant yacht has been released by the Indonesian government to the government of Malaysia, and has left Indonesian waters. It is the government’s understanding that a warrant was obtained in Indonesia authorising the turnover.

“The government proposes that all proceedings in this action be suspended in order to give the government and any interested claimant the opportunity to inquire of Malaysia through formal channels what its intentions are with respect to the defendant yacht,” the DOJ said in a notice filed at the California Central District Court. [Read more at https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/08/07/doj-seeks-to-suspend-us-court-proceedings-over-jho-low-equanimity/#cgIKoES7ob9BskMR.99]

Jika semua perbincangan telah dijalankan antara tiga pihak bagaimana DOJ kelihatan tidak mempunyai sebarang pengetahuan jelas mengenai hal ini?

Malahan beberapa media melaporkan Thom Mrozek, a spokesman for the US attorney’s office di Los Angeles, berkata “the US was not party to the agreement between Indonesia and Malaysia.”