{"id":2667,"date":"2010-06-15T16:11:33","date_gmt":"2010-06-15T08:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buletinonline.net\/v7\/index.php\/2010\/06\/keshvinder-was-blackmailed\/"},"modified":"2010-06-15T16:11:33","modified_gmt":"2010-06-15T08:11:33","slug":"keshvinder-was-blackmailed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/keshvinder-was-blackmailed\/","title":{"rendered":"Keshvinder was &#8216;blackmailed&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ja-thumbnailwrap thumb-left\" style=\"width: 250px;\">\n<div class=\"ja-thumbnail clearfix\">\n<div class=\"thumbnail\" style=\"position: relative; z-index: 2;\"><a class=\"fancyboxgroup\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freemalaysiatoday.com\/fmt-english\/images\/stories\/2010\/06june\/keshvinder%20singh%20malim%20nawar%20adun.jpg\" rel=\"jagroupgroup\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freemalaysiatoday.com\/fmt-english\/images\/resized\/images\/stories\/2010\/06june\/keshvinder%20singh%20malim%20nawar%20adun_250_225.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"float: left;\" \/> <\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n \n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\njQuery(document).ready(function() {\nif( ! jQuery(\"a.fancyboxgroup\").fancybox({\n\t\timageScale:1,\n\t\t\t\t\t\tcenterOnScroll: 1}) ) \n\t{ document.write(''); }\n});\n\/*  *\/\n\/\/ ]]><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>By G Vinod<\/p>\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR: The latest defection to hit Pakatan Rakyat is shaping  out to be a tale of intrigue, peppered with allegations of theft and  blackmail.<\/p>\n<p>And as usual, the alleged chief antagonist is Umno.<\/p>\n<p>The plot centres around RM45,000 which purportedly went missing from  the law firm of Keshvinder Singh, the Malim Nawar state assemblyperson  who quit DAP this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>While Keshvinder denied Umno having a hand in this, Perak DAP  vice-chairman A Sivanesan however claimed otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Sungkai assemblyman, Keshvinder had related his  ordeal when the two met some three weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe told me that one of his clerks in the law firm had embezzled  RM45,000 of his client&#8217;s money and he was in a fix.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately for him, the news reached Umno. From then on, they  used this issue against him and coaxed him into defecting,\u201d he said,  adding that he had advised Keshvinder to file a police report.<\/p>\n<p>Sivanesan said that Keshvinder had revealed this to several other DAP  leaders, including Ipoh Barat MP M Kulasegaran.<\/p>\n<p>He also challenged Keshvinder to deny that he had informed him and  the rest about this issue.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>&#8216;Umno-linked clerk&#8217;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Contacted later, Kulasegaran not only confirmed this, but added  another twist to the plot, claiming that the clerk who had allegedly  absconded with the money was linked to Umno.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKeshvinder told me that the Umno-linked clerk had not only run off  with the money but also took along the client&#8217;s receipts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was worried that the receipts could be manipulated to tarnish  him,\u201d he said, adding that he too had advised Keshvinder to lodge a  report with the authorities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe (Keshvinder) went missing yesterday and we feared the worst,\u201d he  said.<\/p>\n<p>Kulasegaran also urged Keshvinder \u201cto do the honourable thing\u201d and  resign as state assemblyman since he had won the seat under a DAP  ticket.<\/p>\n<p>Perak fell into the hands of Barisan Nasional after the defection of  several Pakatan MPs, leading to the allegation that they were paid a  hefty sum to abandon ship. A charge which BN has denied.<\/p>\n<p>On Feb 25, 2009, Keshvinder himself filed a report with the Malaysian  Anti-Corruption Commission claiming that he was offered RM20 million to  defect to BN.<\/p>\n<p>In a related matter, Sivanesan lashed out at Keshvinder for accusing  DAP of not supporting him in serving his constituency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c When he was offered to contest in the 2008 general election, we  told him clearly that the BN government may not provide allocations to  constituencies under opposition control.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the time he said that he understood the situation and was ready  to contest. Opposition reps in Malacca, Johor and Negri Sembilan are  also not getting proper allocations but we find ways to raise funds to  serve our constituencies,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people know and understand our predicament. That is why they  believe in our cause\u201d he added.-FMT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 By G Vinod KUALA LUMPUR: The latest defection to hit Pakatan Rakyat is shaping out to be a tale of intrigue, peppered with allegations of theft and blackmail. And as usual, the alleged chief antagonist is Umno. The plot centres around RM45,000 which purportedly went missing from the law firm of Keshvinder Singh, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"better_featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2667"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2667\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}