Patriot asks if DMI was party to BN propaganda machine

PETALING JAYA: The National Patriots Association (Patriot) has today claimed that it had been receiving incriminating Whatsapp messages on the roles of the office of the Director of Military Intelligence (DMI) during the run-up of the 14th General Election on May 9.
The messages alleged that the DMI had played into the hands of Barisan Nasional (BN) politicians to drum up voters support in order for BN politicians to win the election, its president Brig-Gen (R) Datuk Mohamed Arshad Raji (pix) said in a statement issued today.
"If the allegations are true, we urge the DMI to resign honourably as he had compromised himself as the sole military intelligence authority to protect and defend the nation against all possible military threat to the nation," he said.
Among the allegations against the DMI director-general Lt Jen Datuk Abdul Hadi Hj Hussin was that he and some other military officers had deliberately used some offices within the Mindef complex as an Operation Centre for political activities in support of the then BN government, Patriot said.
"That he had authorised the employment of the Cyber Defence Operation Centre for the monitoring of phone calls, social media, Facebook and emails that were deemed to be in opposition to the then BN government," Mohamed Arshad said.
"That he and some other military officers in the early morning of May 10 were involved in removing huge amount of cash that was believed to be the leftover cash to be used for the election, to an undisclosed location.

"It was alleged that the Director-General Research Division of the PM's Department, Datuk Seri Hasanah that was reported to have gone into hiding, was also involved in the exercise to remove the cash. Another senior military officer was also named."
He had ordered the destruction of all files relating to the department's past political activities, Mohamed Arshad said.
"He had ordered covert propaganda activities to be carried out to discredit the opposition political parties and opposition politicians during the run-up to GE14," he said.
"The above allegations, if proven to be true, are serious breaches to the roles and responsibilities of the DMI. Our knowledge and understanding of the roles and responsibilities of the Department of Military Intelligence tells us that military intelligence has no business to be involved in the nation's political activities."