COMMENT | I have just been served a notice to give a written statement to MACC officers on July 28 at noon at Suaram’s office. The officer told me yesterday it concerns the Scorpene corruption case that has been an on-going judicial investigation in France since 2012.

The RM7 billion Scorpene deal - RM5 billion for hardware, RM2 billion for training and maintenance - was signed in 2002 when Malaysia’s prime minister was Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Najib Abdul Razak was his defence minister.

Then there was the murder of Altantuya Shaariibuu in 2006 and the fact that the motive for her murder was not investigated in the murder trial, even though allegations had surfaced regarding suspected bribery of Malaysian officials by...