What is Azalina hidding on Putrajaya's spyware purchase?

Minister in Prime Minister Department Azalina Othman Said announcing that Putrajaya would not conduct a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) on 1MDB

Minister in Prime Minister Department Azalina Othman Said officially announced that Putrajaya would not conduct a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) on 1MDB to find the root cause of its problems and refuses identify a precautionary measure to prevent future reoccurrences. This message was target specifically towards Indera Mahkota MP Fauzi Abdul Rahman where Minister Azalina argued that the existing investigation mechanism by certain agencies is sufficient and ongoing.

The answer was given to parliamentarians by Azalina on the last day of the last session of Dewan Rakyat to intentionally avoid a debate or further questioning. However, Fauzi argued if there really was no wrong doing why is Putrajaya not ready to set up a RCI to probe independently, accurately and in detail on the performance of 1MDB, to recommend the needed precautionary measures if the state-owned firm faced any problems? Fauzi also demanded Putrajaya to state the reasons if they weren’t ready.

Gelang Patah MP Lim Kit Siang claiming Minister in Prime Minister Department Azalina Othman Said as worst minister in charge of parliamentary affairs

Gelang Patah MP Lim Kit Siang gave a statement where Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Azalina Othman Said should had committed hara-kiri or seppuku in Parliament on if she was serious in upholding the Bushido code of honour above life. “Nobody expects Azalina to uphold the Bushido code of honour for the dishonour to Parliament, but where is she going to hide her face after Thursday?” said the Member of Parliament.

Lim challenged Azalina to move a motion against herself to the Committee of Privileges as a proof of righteousness as to whether she had committed a breach of power in parliamentary privilege and what punishment commensurate should she be found guilty. “Azalina is the worst Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department entrusted with the specific task of parliamentary affairs since such a portfolio was specifically assigned to a Minister in 2004,” Lim added.

Lim also accused that it was clear that Azalina was not only completely without a sense of contrition or remorse for the dishonour she had done to Parliament, she intentionally started another parliamentary outrage by turning Parliament into a “kangaroo court” to convict Lembah Pantai MP Nurul Izzah Anwar over the Nurul-Jacel photograph episode.

However Azalina replied Lim through the media by stating “I will entertain you by telling you we will answer at the end of session on December 3” during the question-and-answer time on the last day of the parliamentary meeting, though she refused to confirm if Najib would be answering the issue himself. Azalina also enforced that “Whether the Prime Minister will answer or anyone in the Prime Minister’s Department, it is still the prerogative of the Prime Minister.”

Tech Blogger Keith Rozario whistleblowing Azalina lies on Putrajaya spyware purchase

Tech Blogger Keith Rozario accused Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said of lying when she told Parliament that Putrajaya did not purchase spyware from Italian IT firm, Hacking Team; Malaysian Insider reported.

Keith claimed that Phineas Fisher, the hacker responsible for leaking the data, didn’t just release e-mail trails, but also included brochures, invoices and the secret 0-day exploits (pronounced ZERO-DAY-EXPLOITS) in a giant 500GB download. Those 0-days are ‘proprietary’ hacking team exploits, and it’s what made their infamous RCS software possible.

The Tech Blogger also uploaded leaked evidence of telegraphic transfer between Miliserv Technologies (M) Sdn Bhd and Hacking Team where there were two different transactions of £38,500 (RM170,270) and £210,000 (RM899,157) respectively. 

Rozario claims that the receipts were evidence that Purtrajaya was involved in buying the spyware through Miliserv Technologies (M) Sdn Bhd, a 100% Bumiputera firm registered with the Ministry of Finance Malaysia (MoF) as proxy for the purchase. He also challenged Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Azalina Othman Said to proof him otherwise by stating a statement “If the government hasn’t procured spyware from Hacking Team, I strongly advise the minister (Azalina) to investigate this Malaysian company for making huge payments to an enemy of the Internet,”

We’ve all known that in November Azalina had rubbished the spyware purchase claim in parliament with an argument of “no such purchase” despite an Internet leak by hacker Phineas Fisher in July detailing that Malaysia was among several countries, including the United States, Russia, United Arab Emirates, Singapore and Thailand, which were clients of Hacking Team. 

Rozario said he had the receipts in June, closer to the time the Hacking Team leak was released but chose not to expose them then but later changed his mind after Azalina’s denial in Parliament. He also added where the government purchase of the spyware weren’t the real issue but rather what it is used for with a statement “Is it used with a warrant? Is it used for catching criminals, or criminalising politicians (and their lawyers)?”

On December 1, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak rubbished the facts to the Dewan Rakyat and claims that Putrajaya did not have any information related to the acquisition of a remote control system to spy on the people.

Attached are the telegraphic transfer (TT) slips as uploaded by Keith Rozario. Whether the slips are genuine or forged, Malaysia Critique leave it for the readers to decide.