“He’s asking for it,” the woman, whose real name is Syarul Ema Rena Abu Samah, fumed on Facebook.
This follows a report today that Azharuddin Othman, a freelance programmer, had claimed he had “sold” a database containing about 900,000 names and MyKad numbers for the Citizens’ Declaration.
Azharuddin, who was brought by Declaration opponent and former Rembau PKR chief Badrul Hisham Shaharin (Chegubard) to a press conference, produced a copy of a statutory declaration claiming he was approached by a woman who used the nickname “Ratu Naga” on Facebook.
Ratu Naga, he said, had contacted him to buy the Malaysian citizens’ database to help gather 1.2 million signatures for the Citizens’ Declaration.
Identified as “Ema” in the statutory declaration, Syarul Ema said that she would fight back.
“(He thinks) I will remain silent because my image has been affected by my anti-TPPA stance?
“No, let me fight back,” she said.
Syarul Ema said that she wanted to meet Azharuddin and make him swear as to whether he knew her or not.
In February, Ema was charged under the Communications and Multimedia Act for posting an alleged defamatory status against Prime Minister Najib Razak on the Facebook account Ratu Naga.
Azharuddin claimed the woman offered RM 5,000 for information from the database and told him that Mahathir did not want his name to be involved in the project.
“She had prior knowledge that I had a massive database of information on millions of Malaysians which could be suited for various needs and requirements,” Azharuddin told a press conference at a restaurant in Lembah Pantai today.
However, he said he was only paid RM1,000 last month.
He said he had copies of his WhatsApp communication between himself and Ratu Naga.
Azharuddin was reported to have said he had gained access to the database of election voters when he worked as a volunteer during the 13th General Election.
He also claimed that the voter information, which was on a CD, was available to anyone, regardless of whether they held a post.
It is not known immediately whether anyone with details of the MyKads can go online to support the Citizens’ Declaration.
However, many of the signatures for the Citizens’ Declaration, aimed at removing the prime minister from office, were obtained by meeting people on the ground.