美國記者嘲諷納吉：你越閃躲，越多人認定你貪污了26億！

文字：張丹楓

美國著名記者大衛卡普蘭嘲諷大馬政府封鎖網站的行為是掩耳盜鈴，自欺欺人的鴕鳥行為。在網絡數碼時代，任何消息都不可能被封鎖了！

納吉「26億門」一連三天成為國際反貪大會焦點課題，今天再有美國記者嘲諷政府「¬掩耳盜鈴」。資深調查記者卡普蘭認為，當權者如今已無法封鎖消息，但相較於美國水門事¬件，大馬的情況更加艱難。

他說，當年美國水門事件的時候，網絡諮詢還不發達，人民比較難以及時獲得最新訊息。但是現在的世界已經進入電子網絡數碼的年代，無論世界任何角落發生大事件，全世界的人都會在最快的時間掌握訊息。

所 以，納吉不敢面對自己被踢爆的7億美元醜聞，不但將調查的官員開除、撤職、收編；還把爆料的砂拉越報告網站封鎖，將英文財經周刊The Edge出版准證凍結，以為這樣做就沒有人知道他的醜行；事實上那只是把頭埋進沙堆里的鴕鳥罷了。鴕鳥以為只要自己看不見敵人，敵人就看不見它了。

卡普蘭說：納吉越是閃躲不敢面對全世界的質疑，那麼，全世界的人就會認定那7億美元的【捐款】一定有貓膩，納吉必定是身有屎，否則為何不敢面對大眾，把問題說清楚講明白？

很 遺憾的，納吉不但不敢面對國人的質疑，儘量閃躲頻頻對他開炮的前首相馬哈迪；現在連全世界130個國家代表在吉隆坡召開的國際反貪污大會都不敢去。要知道 這130個國家的代表都是國際上有分量的政治人物，當他們回國廣為宣傳之後，納吉還有臉代表大馬出席國際活動嗎？他是打算從此學習朝鮮的金正恩那樣足不出 戶了嗎？

可憐的納吉，可憐的Pahlawan Puki。

It’s the digital age, award-winning US journalist tells Najib over media blockage

An award-winning American investigative journalist today said Putrajaya cannot hide from the world the fact that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak received a "questionable" donation in his personal bank accounts.

David Kaplan, who heads the Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN), said attempts to clampdown on the media were useless as people would turn to the Internet and continue questioning Najib over the RM2.6 billion issue.

"You can't close off a country anymore, these people are living in another era if they think they can hide US$700 million going through their bank account," said Kaplan.

"This is a digital age, people in the power are going to have to be accountable, that's why you have to have watchdog media," he told reporters after speaking at the 16th International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC) in Putrajaya today.

Kaplan said Putrajaya was now trying to "criminalise" journalism with its suspension of The Edge Weekly and The Edge Financial Daily over the papers' coverage of the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) issue.

But he said the public would continue pushing for answers because they were not satisfied with the government's "trust us" response.

"There are legitimate questions, of accountability, of responsibility. There was a famous question asked at the heart of the Watergate scandal, at a White House press conferences: 'What did the president know, and when did he know it'.

"These questions aren't going away," said Kaplan, a four-time winner of the Investigative Reporters and Editors Award.

Earlier today at the anti-graft conference, Kaplan said the problem with the ongoing investigations into Najib's account was that the media was working alone.

In contrast, during the 1972 Watergate scandal which brought down President Richard Nixon, the media, the judiciary and the US Congress were each working on the case, said Kaplan.

"You had three distinct forces and they were playing on each other. The FBI was feeding (information to) the judiciary, leaking to the (Washington) Post, the Post was pushing public opinion, which pushed the US Congress to investigate, which created more information.

"The problem with Malaysia is that the prosecutors aren't going forward with anything and the Parliament is not going forward with its own independent investigation.

"And the media are out there alone, and they're being banned and (there are) movements to restrict them further," he said.

Malaysia is hosting the ongoing IACC. Najib, who was to deliver the conference's keynote address, skipped the event after being warned of "hostile receptions" from the audience.

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