Day of Good News for BN

The past couple of weeks have not been too good for Malaysia's ruling coalition, BN, politically speaking. First, there was the bombshell by its component party SAPP that it had lost confidence on the Prime Minister and BN chairman Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and planned on moving a motion of no-confidence against him in Parliament, something unprecedented. (For the record, the motion has not been tabled.)

Next, Raja Petra or RPK, one of Malaysia's top bloggers, alleged in a sworn statement that the country's Deputy Prime Minister and his wife were involved in the murder of Mongolian model Altantuya. Then, the BN lost an Assembly seat in the State of Perlis through an election petition filed by the Opposition. A by-election will now be held but BN is trying to prevent that from happening through legal means.

Yesterday, a Private Investigator hired by one of the suspects in the murder case made a host of allegations against DPM Najib including the fact that he had a sexual relationship with the late model.

Then, all of a sudden today, less than 24 hours after his first sworn statement, the PI, Balasubramaniam made another statement retracting the first one, saying it was made under duress.

Also today, the Ipoh High Court rejected two petitions to annul the election results against a BN Member of Parliament and a BN Assemblyman of the State of Perak. This means that UMNO Women's Wing chief Rafidah Aziz can continue to be MP for Kuala Kangsar and Raja Ahmad Zainuddin also of UMNO (a BN component) the Assemblyman for Kubu Gajah.

Looks like all in all this has been a day of good news for BN. It could certainly use some good news after what it went through the past fortnight.

The images below, reproduced from today's Star newspaper, is self-explanatory. Click on the image for a larger view.

Update: (Saturday 5 July) Balasubramaniam's nephew has lodged a police report saying that his uncle, aunty and their three children are missing. Police have denied that they have been arrested. Police also said both of the PI's Statutory Declarations will be investigated including from the motive angle.