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Yesterday, 12 March, the wife of the late private investigator P. Balasubramaniam, A. Santamil Selvi, held a press conference in Persatuan Minda dan Sosial Prihatin (PMSP) activist Ramesh Rao Naidu's office, to apologise to PM Najib Razak and his family.
Here are some things that you should know:
1. A. Santamil Selvi started the press conference by apologising to PM Najib Razak and his family for accusing them of her husband's murder
A. Santamil Selvi (middle) with Pertubuhan Minda dan Sosial Prihatin President, Ramesh Rao (left), and deputy president Zakuanhafiz Ahmad Ansari (right).
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2. However, Selvi later retracted her apology, saying that the apology was only for Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor. This was after a reporter asked if she was retracting her late husband's statement about Najib's alleged involvement in Altantuya Shaariibuu' murder.
3. "What was the relationship between meeting Ramesh, your children's education and the lawsuit you filed against the Malaysian Prime Minister?," journalist Linton Besser asked
ABC Australia's Four Corners reporter Linton Besser raised a few questions during the press conference, some of which left Selvi and Ramesh flustered.
**"Do you believe the videos your husband recorded in Singapore with Americk Sidhu? Was he lying?," he asked.**
**"It's true," Selvi answered almost immediately without any hesitation.**
He also asked if she was going to continue with her lawsuit which names PM Najib Razak as part of a conspiracy that forced her out of the country, but this time, Selvi hesitated to answer before she nodded away.
He also questioned why she was suddenly apologising and why there were Special Branch officers outside the room, but she couldn't answer.
A screen capture of Linton Besser, second from right, at the press conference yesterday, 12 March.
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4. Selvi admitted that she had met Ramesh earlier to get his help in obtaining RM20,000 for her children's education, prompting Besser to ask if she was making this apology in exchange for financial aid
5. Ramesh also couldn't explain why Selvi had gone to the extent of apologising to Rosmah. He walked out of the room after an exchange with reporter Linton Besser.
6. Both Selvi and Ramesh did return for a second press conference later
7. Sarawak Report said that it managed to obtain evidence that shows that Ramesh allegedly offered a RM50,000 cash bribe to Bala's widow
8. Besser, who was very inquisitive during the press conference, was detained in Malaysia yesterday night, 13 March. He had been in Malaysia to investigate allegations of corruption and bribery linked to the killing of socialite Altantuya Shaariibuu.
Reporter Linton Besser (left) and camera operator Louis Eroglu (right) were detained in the city of Kuching.
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