Carpetman: I paid RM50k to RPK to remove blog

Deepak Jaikishan - implicated in alleged attempt to bribe a private investigator to retract damning claims against Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak - has accused popular blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin a blackmailer extraordinaire.

"I paid him RM50,000 and gave him a Sony laptop to have a story about me removed from (his blog) Malaysia Today. I can prove it," Deepak told a press conference in Kuala Lumpur late yesterday evening.

Contacted by email, Raja Petra - who is based in London - immediately denied the allegation.

RPK's response

In an email response to Deepak's allegation, RPK wrote: "Deepak has made these allegations against me. I deny them.

"Since Deepak has dragged others into this then it would be appropriate for these 'others' to either confirm or deny Deepak's allegations.

"If they are unable to and Deepak pursues the threatened action against me then he does so at his peril.

"In the meantime why doesn't Deepak actually deal with the issues at hand? He is trying to distract attention away from them by these silly threats against me.

"He should know by now that I am always ready for a fight. So let's see how he addresses the real issue.

"Why were you (Deepak) involved in getting (private investigator) P Balasubramaniam out of the country and paying him to stay away? Who asked you to do this? This is the issue at hand."

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