KUALA LUMPUR: Actress and singer Bella Astillah claims that she never expected her good friend and fellow actress Ruhainies to betray her by having an affair with her husband, Aliff Aziz.
She alleged that Aliff had been to Ruhainies' home more than eight times and had evidence of their raunchy conversations in his car.
"The car that Aliff uses was a gift from me. Since it's under my name, there's a Global Tracking System (GPS).
"I didn't install it to track his movements but I believe many people do so for security reasons in case of theft or loss.
"Aliff doesn't come home frequently and I started to feel that he had changed after filming with Ruhainies.
"Friends on location also said they felt something was going on between Aliff and Ruhainies. But I didn't believe it since Ruhainies is a good friend of mine.
"There was also a time when Ruhainies made a slip by calling Aliff 'baby'.
"She was a friend who always listened to my complaints. We once went on holiday to South Korea and shared a room.
"So, to me it was unbelievable. My sister and adopted sibling also said the same thing and felt that something was wrong after looking through IG, but I said no. Don't give me negative thoughts," she said in a Berita Harian report today.
However, Bella added that she mustered the courage to check the GPS logs and discovered that Aliff had deceived her many times.
"Aliff went to the Ruhainies' home in the Pavilion Suite more than eight times. If you want to accuse me of setting a trap, then why didn't I do it the third time they were there?
"So, I went looking for Aliff's mother as I wanted to save Aliff from going to Ruhainies' home.
"Because I know who is behind Ruhainies. The person who looks after her. I didn't want the person who looks after her to hold grudges and so on.
"So, I'm always afraid when Aliff doesn't come home. When I started to have doubts and saw Aliff being at the Pavilion Suite, I called Ruhainies but she pretended to be surprised.
"Ruhainies said she didn't know, but when I looked at Aliff's location, they were together. She also lied to me by saying she was at the Four Seasons.
"If she's my friend, why would she lie? I'm not just saying things, I have proof," she said.
Bella added that she hopes Ruhainies and Aliff will stop covering up and looking for her mistakes to quash their khalwat case.
"If Ruhainies wants to bring me down, believe that God's power is greater than hers.
"People can also evaluate, netizens are smart now. I had wanted to keep all this private and divorce in a good way.
"But, they didn't stop with the posts on social pages. Meanwhile, the aib (shame) I have kept for years was much bigger. It's okay, during this holy month of Ramadan, Allah is Great," she said.
Bella believes Ruhainies will experience what she has experienced in the future and that the truth will prevail.
"To Ruhainies, don't think that this was the first time Aliff came to your home. I have all the evidence.
"I have spoken with my lawyer and the Federal Regional Islamic Religious Department (JAWI). I will use this evidence in court.
"To Ruhainies, thank you very much, because of you, my children have lost their father. Thank you also Aliff for being willing to lie to make it look like you are not in the wrong.
"But I believe that what's wrong is still wrong and people will remember this khalwat case forever.
"There were also inappropriate conversations between Ruhainies and Aliff. I put a recorder in the car and I'm too embarrassed to say what went on but they talked about a lot of nasty things," she said.
Bella also revealed that Aliff had asked for a divorce on Feb 14 and once again expressed the same desire on March 31 after wrapping up filming for his drama series.
"Aliff admitted that he had no feelings for me and didn't feel anything anymore. I was confused about why he suddenly felt so at that time. I didn't know about his relationship with Ruhainies. I pleaded and tried to persuade Aliff.
"Honestly, while waiting for the day of divorce, I felt lifeless. Then, Allah showed me the khalwat case, and apparently, that was the answer and the reason why Aliff didn't come home and wanted a divorce.
"If the cheating happens once, I can consider it a mistake and can forgive because everyone makes mistakes. But, if it's 11 times, then the Sharia Court is the answer," she said.
Meanwhile, Bella admitted that she was surprised when her mother-in-law, Siti Hafizah Basharahil, 'unfollowed' her on Instagram (IG).
Bella accused her mother-in-law, whom she calls Umi, of also tarnishing her name to make it seem that Aliff was in the right.
"So it means that my sacrifices over the past 10 years have only been in vain since Umi believes that Aliff and Ruhainies are just friends.
"Umi also contacted Aliff's school friends to make me look bad. I knew them when I first fell in love with Aliff and I believe they can assess for themselves what I've gone through.
"My friends told me that Umi suddenly called them up and wanted to come over to their homes just to embarrass me.
"Imagine that someone who I respect and always recites Islamic verses can then curse me.
"She can say, 'I don't think Bella is a great singer or a great actor either'. What did I do wrong for her to say that about me when I had looked after Aliff for 10 years," she said.