PRIME MINISTER’S PRESS SECRETARY STATEMENT ON DONATION CONFIRMATION BY SAUDI ARABIAN FOREIGN MINISTER

15 April 2016

We note yesterday’s statement by Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister, who said that their donation to the Prime Minister was genuine, that nothing was expected in return, that the Attorney General has thoroughly investigated the matter and found no wrongdoing, and that Saudi Arabia considers the matter closed.‎


 This confirms what the Prime Minister maintained all along, and what multiple lawful authorities concluded after exhaustive investigations: the funds were a donation from Saudi Arabia.

 This also proves that the wild allegations pushed for one year by Tun Mahathir Mohamad and his Anti-Najib Campaign are completely false.

 Tun Mahathir’s lies were motivated by personal interest, not care for Malaysia or the people. It was an attempt to use deception to unseat a democratically-elected government, just to save the political career of Tun Mahathir’s son, Dato' Seri Mukhriz Mahathir.

 Western media who allowed themselves to be used to propagate false politically-motivated allegations should apologise to the Malaysian people.

 And Tun Mahathir should held responsible for the damage he has inflicted on Malaysia’s reputation.”



DATUK SERI TENGKU SARIFFUDDIN

PRESS SECRETARY TO THE PRIME MINISTER

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From Malaysia Today:

By Raja Petra Kamarudin

For those of you who do not quite understand Bahasa Malaysia and cannot quite follow what A. Kadir Jasin is saying in the piece below, no need to fret.

The long and the short of it is he is telling us that he knows something but he cannot tell us what it is and we shall very soon know what that something which he cannot tell us is.

This is sort of like when we were kids and a friend would tell us that he or she knows a secret but he or she cannot tell us what that secret is.

And then our friend would smirk with satisfaction knowing that he or she knows something we all do not know.

So what is it that Kadir knows which we do not know and which he cannot tell us and which in the near future we are going to find out? It is supposed to be something earth shattering. It is supposed to be the mother of all stories. It is supposed to be an event to overshadow all events.

Well, actually I know what Kadir knows and which he will not tell us and which we are supposed to find out in the near future and which is an event that is going to move the earth and heaven (and probably hell as well).

And since Kadir will not tell you then let me tell you instead.

Now, Kadir being Kadir, meaning Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s horse and a key player in the ANC (Anti-Najib Campaign), whatever secret he is keeping close to his chest can only be something favourable to the ANC and not good for Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak.

Is this going to be the end of Najib? Are we going to see Mukhriz closer to the office of the Prime Minister? Kadir told his friends that this month of April is the final month for Najib.

I have heard that before.

First it was July 2015, then August, then September, then October, then November, then December.

And now it is supposed to be April 2016.But why the hurry? If it is true that if Najib remains Prime Minister then Barisan Nasional and Umno are going to get kicked out in the next general election in 2018, why not just wait another two years and then Barisan Nasional and Umno will get kicked out and in that same process Najib will get kicked out together with his party?

Well they cannot wait for two reasons.

The first reason is they do not want Barisan Nasional and Umno to get kicked out.

“But then Mahathir and the ANC are working with the opposition?” you may ask.

Wrong. Mahathir is not working with the opposition. He is just using the opposition to oust Najib. And the opposition thinks it is using Mahathir instead to kick out Barisan Nasional and Umno.

Let me put it another way to make it clearer.

Normally, a client goes to a prostitute and pays the prostitute for a screw. In Mahathir’s case, he gets to screw the prostitute and the prostitute pays him. And that is what Pakatan Rakayat is: a prostitute that gets screwed and then pays for it.

Anyway, the second reason for the hurry is because the Bank Negara Governor has only about a month to go before she retires. So, if they want to act, they have to do it within this next month. And that was why Kadir said we do not have long to wait to find out what the secret that he is keeping and which he cannot tell us is.

Before that, let me flashback to what I told you in the middle of last year about the four very senior officers of Bank Negara who are involved in the conspiracy to oust Najib.

I even mentioned their names.The very next day, Bank Negara issued a press statement denying that allegation. They then lodged a police report and called in their lawyers for a meeting. The plan was they were going to sue me for slander.According to my fly on the wall in the meeting room, the lawyers advised Bank Negara to sue me only if they have nothing to hide.

However, if their hands are not really clean, then they should reconsider the plan to sue me or else it will backfire.

Bank Negara then made a decision to drop the plan to sue me.

So what does that tell you?

Are their hands clean or dirty? If their hands are clean why did they back off from suing me? And why did the lawyer even bring this up? Does the lawyer know that Bank Negara’s hands are not clean and was that why he advised Bank Negara to think very carefully before suing me?

Anyway, on 2nd July 2015, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) ran a story based on what they claim were documents related to an investigation on RM2.6 billion of 1MDB’s money being transferred to Najib’s personal bank account.


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BY V. ANBALAGAN, ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR
Published: 26 January 2016 10:55 AM | Updated: 26 January 2016 1:37 PM

Attorney-General Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali says today no one will be prosecuted in relation to the probes into SRC International and the RM2.6 billion channelled into the prime minister's bank accounts. – The Malaysian Insider pic by Nazir Sufari, January 26, 2016.

Datuk Seri Najib Razak has been cleared of any criminal wrongdoing, the attorney-general said today, after close to six months of investigations into the RM2.6 billion channelled into the prime minister’s bank accounts and into Finance Ministry-owned firm, SRC International Sdn Bhd.

Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali, who is also public prosecutor, today told a packed press conference at his office in Putrajaya there was “insufficient evidence” to implicate the prime minister.

“Based on facts and evidence, no criminal offences have been committed by the PM in relation to three investigation papers.

See more at: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/a-g-holds-press-conference-to-discuss-src-rm2.6-billion-probes#sthash.t2ZeYSBB.dpuf

Extracted from: Here

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JOHOR BARU: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission today confirmed that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has agreed to be interviewed over the RM2.6bil transferred into his personal account.

MACC chief commissioner Tan Sri Abu Kassim Mohamed said the prime minister will give his full cooperation to assist in the investigation.

He said MACC is still awaiting a suitable date and time to enable them to record a statement from the PM.

"MACC hopes the matter (recording the statement) can be done by the end of the year," he said.

Abu Kassim was speaking at a press conference after attending a basic training completion event for MACC officers at the Johor MACC headquarters, today.

Abu Kassim was responding to a statement by Attorney-General Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali, whom yesterday had asked MACC to record Najib's statement concerning the RM2.6 billion.

Apandi, in an interview with an online portal, had said he had instructed MACC to finalise its probe into former 1Malaysia Development Bhd subsidiary, SRC International, and the RM2.6 billion.

Source : http://www.nst.com.my/news/2015/11/pm-agrees-give-statement-macc-over-rm26b-donation

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Verifiable hard facts that you should know about 1MDB - part 1.

PetroSaudi International is founded and owned by Prince Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud - the 7th son of the then King of Saudi Arabia.

Here is proof of ownership as confirmed by Sarawak Report itself.

Owned by the Prince., Initial paid-up was USD500,000 - which is actually more than 1MDB's fully paid-up capital of RM1 million.

Excerpt from Sarawak Report's article dismissing Prince Turki of being just "one of dozens of children:

He is not a so-called "minor" prince among dozens - as alleged by Sarawak Report. By all accounts, he was a favoured son of the King and was made Deputy Governor and eventually, the Governor of the Riyadh province - the second largest province in terms of both area  and population. Its capital is the city of Riyadh, which is also the capital of Saudi Arabia.

Not only did the King make Prince Turki the Governor of the capital city but he was also made a Cabinet minister of the Saudi Arabia government.

Future Governor of the Province and Capital City of Riyadh and favoured son of the absolute King of the oil-rich Saudi Arabia wants to steal USD1 billion from another country? Please....

No "minor son" or unimportant person would be made Governor of the region with their country's capital city.

The Joint-venture between 1MDB and PetroSaudi was initiated within a short time after a July 2009 meeting between Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, Prince Turki and Prime Minister Najib Razak.


Prince Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud (born 21 October 1971) is a member of the House of Saud and the seventh son of late King Abdullah, the ruler of Saudi Arabia then. He served as deputy governor of Riyadh Province from 2013 to 2014 and as governor of Riyadh Province from 14 May 2014 to 29 January 2015.



PM Najib was introduced to Prince Turki by the late King Abdullah and told by the late King to work with his son's company when Najib went on a four-day official visit to King Abdullah in July 2009 - one month BEFORE these pictures of Najib with Prince Turki on the boat ride were taken.



In this meeting, King Abdullah Abdulaziz Al Saud had expressed the possibility of Saudi Arabia participating actively in Malaysia in the Islamic banking sector, expanding participation in the Islamic services and product manufacturing sectors and also raising its equity in the country.

Filepix shows Najib meeting King Abdullah in July 2009 - one month before Prince Turki and Najib took pictures on the yatch

Shortly after meeting with PM Najib on the boat, Prince Turki then wrote officially on his Royal letterhead to PM Najib to proceed further with the joint-collaboration between Saudi Arabia and Malaysia, in the form of PetroSaudi and 1MDB.

Prince Turki letter to Najib after the meeting

Prince Turki's letter enclosed PetroSaudi's CEO letter addressed to PM Najib too - which specifically mentioned the meeting between Prince Turki, King Abdullah and Najib.

PetroSaudi has the full backing of the Saudi Arabia government, as can be seen in this 2010 letter from their embassy which states that this Joint-venture will improve the relationship between both countries.

Petrosaudi's own bank, Banque Saudi Fransi also testify to the ownership of PetroSaudi and their financial strength.


Banque Saudi Fransi (BSF) (Arabic: البنك السعودي الفرنسي) is a Saudi Joint Stock Company established by Saudi Arabia Royal Decree No. M/23 dated June 4, 1977.

Saudi Govt owned bank confirming Prince Turki and Tarek are owners of PetroSaudi and confirming their financial strength.

And just 5 months after this boat trip and photos, on January 17th 2010, PM Najib made another 4-days official trip to Saudi Arabia where he was  conferred Saudi Arabia's highest honor, the King Abdulaziz Order of Merit (1st Class) by King Abdullah Abdulaziz Al-Saud.

“I consider this a manifestation of the close relations enjoyed between Saudi Arabia and Malaysia, and it symbolises a huge potential for us to cooperate in various fields, not only in the common interest of the two countries but also for the benefit of the larger Muslim community,”  said Najib then

Just 4 months after setting up the 1MDB JV with HRH's son, Prince Turki's PetroSaudi - on Jan 17, 2010  Najib was conferred Saudi's highest honor,  the King Abdulaziz Order of Merit (1st Class) by King Abdullah Al-Saud.






PM Najib did the right things as he was asked by King Abdullah to do business with his Prince's company as part of Saudi Arabia-Malaysia collaboration which is supported by the Royal Saudi embassy and 1MDB got back all their money and made a decent profit - above their cost of funds.





It would be quite ridiculous that PetroSaudi owner the future governor of Riyadh, Prince Turki, the seventh blood son of the then King Abdullah - the custodian of the two holy mosques and the absolute ruler of Saudi Arabia - would want to pakat with Jho Low to cheat Malaysia of USD1 billion.


After all, Saudi Arabia is the world's largest oil producer and exporter with a GDP more than twice the size of Malaysia.and FOREX reserves of USD280 billion.





Saudi Arabia and their Royal family are not hard-up for money at all.





Sometimes I am amazed how Sarawak Report and the opposition can get so many people to believe the absolutely ridiculous story that the son of the absolute king of wealthy Saudi Arabia would collude with a foreign fat Malaysian Chinese man to cheat Malaysia of USD1.83 billion.





And true enough - 1MDB got back every single ringgit they invested and made as much as USD500 million (RM1.8b) from this joint venture in three short years - a fact that has been audited by TWO separate international audit firms KPMG and Deloitte over 4 years and shall be confirmed once again by our Auditor-General in their special audit - with full documentation and proof too.

Was 1MDB's funds in PetroSaudi ever at risk?

Think carefully. Do you think the Absolute Monarch of oil-rich Saudi Arabia would like world-wide headlines to scream:



"Blood son of Saudi Arabia King Abdullah cheats Malaysia government out of USD1 billion" ?




I don't think so.




RECAP: In 2009-2011, 1MDB invested a total of USD1.83b into the PetroSaudi.

Initially, it was a 60-40 shares investment but after the Turkmenistan-Azerbajian oil field venture collapsed months later, 1MDB's share equity investment was converted into redeemable, convertible and guaranteed Murabaha loan notes that carried 10.4% interest.

In 2012, these Islamic debt papers were redeemed and 1MDB ended up with a 49% stake in PetroSaudi Oil Services Ltd (PSOSL). The value of the 49% stake was US$2.2bil (RM6.8bil).

1MDB eventually sold the 49% stake to Bridge Partners Interna­tional Investment Ltd in August the same year, and received promissory notes amounting to US$2.32bil (RM7.18bil) from Bridge Partners.

In the same month, 1MDB through its subsidiary Brazen Sky Ltd invested the promissory notes into Bridge Global Absolute Return Fund SPC and Bridge Partners Investment Management Company (Cayman) Ltd.

Dividends from the earlier Murabaha notes and Bridge fund units amounting to USD300m cash were also received by 1MDB and spent on interest payments and other uses.

Recently, it was revealed by Wall Street Journal and then confirmed by 1MDB that these USD2.32bil Cayman units were fully guaranteed by the Abu Dhabi Govt sovereign fund.

Much of these USD2.32b were redeemed and spent elsewhere by 1MDB and the remaining USD933m landed up as the infamous BSI "units not cash" in Singapore - but still guaranteed by Abu Dhabi.

These units have since been earmarked for the USD4.5b asset-debt swap with Abu Dhabi and USD1 billion was already paid upfront by them to 1MDB.

Sarawak Report, Tony Pua fan-boys, Tun M supporters and the many critics of 1MDB and PetroSaudi frequently point out that 49% of PetroSaudi Oil Services Limited is not worth USD2.3b and questioned why a "dodgy shelf company" can be worth so much.

In fact, during questioning in the PAC, one of the top auditing company in the world, Deloitte stands by their audit and valuation.




“Deloitte told us that they have seen the bank statements pertaining to the RM13.4bil of assets in BSI Bank. They can verify the value of the assets in question as they did a test on whether the assets were at fair value at that point in time for FY14,” PAC chairman Datuk Nur Jazlan said at a press conference after the inquiry.


“As of March 31, 2014, Deloitte said they had gotten independent valuation of these assets of RM13.4bil and the valuations tallied. Deloitte had not done any work for FY15, as they only did it up to March 31, 2014,” PAC member Tony Pua, who was also present, said.


The critics have said that PetroSaudi Oil Services Ltd has no assets and hence the Bridge Capital funds are also worthless and do not exist.

In May 2010, an oil platform in Venezuela sank. And the Venezuela Govt then announced that it has leased a USD2.5 billion Songa Saturno offshore platform from the company called PetroSaudi Oil Services Limited

Bloomberg reported this and said Petrosaudi’s Songa Saturno platform, which will be used to develop offshore natural-gas resources, joins the Petrosaudi Discover rig in replacing the Aban Pearl platform that sank near Trinidad and Tobago in May of that year.

It is amazing that Bloomberg and the Venezuela govt had the foresight in the year 2010 to become UMNO-BN cronys to help lie to the world to cover up the fact that PetroSaudi Oil Services Ltd is worthless.

Not only has the company got offshore platform and drillships, it is clear they have long-term contracts - and hence the value of the company could certainly be in the billions - certainly not shelf company or zero.

They probably made up the news and the expensive rigs and contracts do not actually exist and any images of them were probably photo shop edit.



To summarize: The Joint venture was with an important Prince who was governor of Saudi's capital city and son of  the absolute monarch of oil-rich Saudi Arabia.



The entire amount of 1MDB's investment of USD1.83b was returned with USD300m in dividends plus USD2.32 billion of fund units that are fully guaranteed by the Abu Dhabi Government - and the valuation of these units are confirmed multiple times by one of the largest auditor company in the world, Deloitte. .



These units have been redeemed and the money used with Abu Dhabi Govt paying USD1 billion cash for the remaining units held in BSI Singapore.



So, where is it in the chain shows that money is lost or stolen?.


Can any 1MDB critic care to explain this? Tony or Tun M, perhaps?

By Lim Sian See

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Lim Guan Eng’s recent speech at Oxford University, England last week deserves closer scrutiny.

No natural resources?

According to that speech,  LGE said Penang  is the second smallest state “with no natural resources but has progressed to achieve high-income economy status through good governance, rule of law, integrity in leadership and sheer human talent”.

Many writers have acknowledged the scarcity of natural resources in Penang but to overgeneralize in such an absolute statement to declare Penang has NO natural resources at all is certainly wrong. Just last month, Yang di-Pertua Negri Tun Abdul Rahman Abbas said in his 77^th birthday speech that Penang does not have much natural resources (tinyurl.com/pxb3cg6).

Worse still, LGE’s bizarre statement shows he does not read the reports from Invest Penang, especially the April 2015 report (tinyurl.com/q939yyo) which stated:

Table 1 estimates that although Penang’s mining and quarrying sector registered the highest growth of  14.5%in 2014, the sector’s share in Penang constituted merely less than one per cent of Penang’s total GDP.

High-income hopes hobbled by the 30% depreciation in the ringgit?

LGE declared “that the precipitous drop in the value of the ringgit due to extraneous factors such as the 1MDB RM42 billion financial scandals on world currency markets, makes Penang technically not a high-income economy this year.”

What Lim Guan Eng stated in Oxford is in sharp contrast with what was reported by “a state think-tank, Penang Institute headed by Dr Lim Kim Hwa from Cambridge University, that explores new ideas and how to make them work.”

I quote from the Penang Economic Outlook – 2015 by Dr Lim Kim Hwa (tinyurl.com/pbvvbl7):

The external macro environment, in particular the crude oil price, the timing on the start of the rise in US interest rates and its ensuing impact on financial capital flows, will introduce higher volatility to Malaysia’s economy, including the risk of twin deficits. Nevertheless, Penang is expected to continue to contribute trade surpluses in 2015 due to the weakening of the Ringgit, and the state budget is expected to remain in surplus.

LGE’s pessimistic outlook contradicts what Invest Penang reported (tinyurl.com/q939yyo):

Penang’s GDP has been growing over the last five years. Following the recent release of data on Malaysia’s GDP growth for 2014 by Bank Negara Malaysia, the state GDP has improved to 5.9%, posting a  0.2 percentage point higher than that of the previous projection made in January 2015 (Figure 1).

RM1 billion to build affordable housing in the state?

In the Oxford speech, LGE announced that a public fund of RM1 billion had been set aside by his government to build affordable housing in the state and that the money was from an auction of a piece of land on the island via an open tender to the highest bidder.

According to LGE’s  speech (tinyurl.com/qdfnavj) given at the Ground Breaking Ceremony for Public and Affordable Housing Scheme in Jalan SP Chelliah (March 17^th 2015):

“The state government has established the Public Housing Fund and Affordable Homes Fund, the largest by a state government in Malaysian history, worth RM 500 million to build 22,545 public housing units ( less than RM 72,500 ) and affordable housing units ( less than RM 400,000 ).”

How can it be that in a 7-month span from March 17^th to October 16^th, the budget for affordable housing ballooned from RM500 million to RM 1 billion?

The Auditor General report in 2010 showed that Lim’s administration failed to build even a single low-cost house since governing the state.

Penang tabled a RM992.82 million budget for 2015 with an estimated deficit of RM230.31 million, the fourth consecutive deficit budget for the state since 2011(tinyurl.com/omobwz6) with a 5.22% increase (RM44.04 million) in management expenditure this year. This was to increase funding to Penang Development Corporation for the affordable housing scheme and additional allocation to fund social programs.

Therefore, the figures and developments just do not make sense.

Money, Money, Money

The expenditure on glam projects is also quite alarming. LGE announced the state government is rejuvenating the historical central market of Sia Boey into be a Heritage Arts District with RM 100 million (15 million pounds) which will include a public art museum.  Note that the state budgeted only 27 million on tourism so how will this expenditure be met? Is such a huge amount justified when the main need of Penangites is affordable housing, bearing in mind state affordable housing prices are not that affordable when buyers have to pay for add-ons.

LGE also announced the state spent RM20 million without expecting any returns on “an accelerator programme known as @CAT at an elegant historic building within the George Town's heritage enclave offering very low rates for coding classes, students and start up entrepreneurs to gain access to mentors and shared services”.  How would the RM million be spent? Is it wise to expect no returns?  

Most shocking is LGE’s statement that his government “made rubbish collection as part of a strategy to provide decently paid jobs to those at the bottom 40% households” by offering  jobs at RM1300 per month for the job of a rubbish collector. There were 10 times more applicants than the 2,500 positions available, all Malaysians.  

Subsequently, he asked the Seberang Prai Municipal Council to take back these jobs from private contractors and offer them instead to locals by directly employing them at a higher salary.

The next part of his speech shows why he declared he is a failed accountant at a Penang ACCA forum in 2012 (tinyurl.com/d9loxjk):

The plan worked and even though we are spending 40% more than before or extra RM30 million, but at least we can say that we are feeding 2,500 families rather than allowing the profits to be enjoyed by the private contractors.

Original wages: 900rm x 2500 workers x 12 months = 27 million

New wages: 1300rm x 2500 workers x 12 months = 39 million

Increase in costs with the change in policy = 12 million or 44.44% (not 40%)

Thus, his statement in the speech is wrong. They are spending 44% more, not 40% and the increase is RM12 million, not RM30 million.

More importantly, is it wise for the state to make such a move that incurs extra expenditure?

I would encourage more learned Malaysians to test what LGE has written in other parts of the Oxford speech and all his other speeches. The discrepancies in content show telling the truth seems to be a problem but distortions are a gift.

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ATTORNEY GENERAL MEDIA STATEMENT
Charges Against Khairuddin Abu Hassan and Matthias Chang

On Monday, 12 October 2015, Khairuddin Abu Hassan and his lawyer, Matthias Chang were charged under section 124L of the Penal Code, read with Section 34 of the Penal Code for attempting to sabotage Malaysia’s banking and financial systems.

The action has been questioned by certain parties, including in the article published in the Star on 12 October 2015, titled ‘Dr M, Ku Li team up to slam Sosma detention of 1MDB critics,’ as being an abuse of the government powers.

The Attorney General’s Chambers clarifies that both Khairuddin Abu Hassan and his lawyer, Matthias Chang are charged under section 124L of the Penal Code and not the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (SOSMA).

The Attorney General’s Chambers further clarifies that the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (SOSMA) is a procedural law that provides special measures to facilitate the investigation and prosecution ‘security offences”. The definition of ‘security offences’ makes it clear that the SOSMA is not limited to terrorism or terrorists.

The ‘security offences’ to which the Act applies are those listed in the First Schedule to the SOSMA. When SOSMA was enacted, the listed ‘security offences’ were offences under Chapter VII of the Penal Code (Offences against the State) and Chapter VIA of the Penal Code (Offences related to terrorism).

In 2014, the list was extended to include Chapter VIB of the Penal Code (Organised Crime) as well as offences under Part IIIA of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act 2007. The list was further extended in June 2015 to include the Special Measures Against Terrorism in Foreign Countries Act 2015.

Section 124L, of the Penal Code is an offence under Chapter VI of the Penal Code. It was one of seven new offences introduced into Chapter VI of the Penal Code in 2012 through Penal Code (Amendment) Act 2012. It is therefore a ‘security offence’ to which SOSMA applies.

The seven new offences are namely:

Activities detrimental to parliamentary democracy (section 124B)
Attempt to commit activity detrimental to parliamentary democracy (section 124C)
Dissemination of information (section 124H)
Sabotage (section 124K)
Attempt to commit sabotage (section 124L)
Espionage (section 124M)
Attempt to commit espionage (section 124N)
These offences were in addition to the reenactment with modifications of certain offences which used to be in the Internal Security Act 1960, namely the new sections 124D, 124E, 124F, 124G, 124L and 124J. The above explanation can be seen in the Explanatory Statement to the Penal Code (Amendment) Bill 2012.

Section 124L, of the Penal Code provides that ‘Whoever attempts t commit sabotage or does any act preparatory thereto shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which extend to fifteen years.’

In this regard, section 130A of the Penal Code defines the term ‘sabotage’ to mean an act or omission intending to cause harm, among others, to the maintenance of ‘essential services’ while the term ‘essential services’ is defined to include banking and financial services.

The Attorney General’s Chambers provides this clarification on the provisions of law that have been applied in the case of Khairuddin Abu Hassan and Matthias Chang to prevent any further misleading statements, regarding the relevant provisions of law.

However, the Attorney General’s Chambers is not at liberty to divulge any facts pertaining to their cases as the matters are pending before the court.

ATTORNEY GENERAL’S CHAMBERS MALAYSIA
13 October 2015

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Deceptively, Clare Brown hides behind a veil of hypocritical environmentalism, supposedly campaigning against illegal logging, 1MDB and her pet topics when in reality, she is a serial liar easily caught red-handed if one lines up all her contradictory statements.

From her little office in London, she spins her yarn against oil palm plantations and logging practices in Sarawak to run to ground the reputation of all whom she is commissioned to destroy.

Under her cloak of environmentalism, Clare Brown has worked to spread lies about her targets and to rebut those who dare to disagree. Her channel of communication is her notorious Sarawak Report and social media with its sinister agenda, far beyond the noble campaign she claims to execute.

Her victims have been 1MDB, Taib Mahmud, family, and the Malaysian Palm Oil industry via her relentless attacks on Sarawak oil palm plantations by joining the campaign against the small Sarawakian oil palm farmers.

Unbeknownst to many, European governments have funded NGOs, and green vigilantes such as The Forest Trust, WWF and Greenpeace and even Clare Brown, all who deceptively lobby against the Malaysian oil palm farmers and forest industry. Worse still, they claim to protect and to support those industries when behind the scenes, they work in a cloak and dagger manner to limit its production.

In 2011, Global News Canada  said, "Clare told 16×9 she has received no money from Malaysian politicians and that her donors are 'all non-politically motivated Europeans'."

Two years later (2013), Foreign Policy reported that "The funding for her radio, she says, comes primarily from a single “European philanthropist” who wishes to remain anonymous; listeners also send donations through the website."

Another two years later, she changes her tune. The Sun Daily reported, "Clare said Radio Free Sarawak (RFS) is largely funded by a reputable European foundation which focuses on rainforest issues. We also receive...mainly small donations from people...through our site's donation page."

Her predisposition to flip-flop is evident in two milestones in her life: Cullen Johnson and Justo.

On May 8 2013 (Sarawak Report), Clare masked her association with Cullen Johnson by saying, “"We do not know whether Cullen Johnson/Dirk Pitt is a genuine battler against high-level corruption (entirely possible) or someone hired to lure us into a trap (equally possible)."

Quite stupidly, Clare made this baseless statement a month after US courts had convicted Cullen Johnson and his wife, White.

After Toronto Star revealed Cullen and his wife had been indicted on fraud, money-laundering charges, Clare changed her tune by saying she treated Cullen’s approach as “suspicious throughout.”

Similarly, when Justo was first arrested, Sarawak Report sprang to his defense and posted stories about him and his family, even to the extent of posting very personal pictures of Justo and his family. 

However, a few weeks later, Clare told The Malaysian Insider that Justo was full of untruths.

Tan Sri Dr Yusof Basiron (CEO of Malaysian Palm Oil Council) puts in succinctly with this statement:

Brown has consistently been anti-palm oil and anti-small farmer and she trades only in insults and innuendo. 

Her campaign against palm oil hurts many hundreds of thousands across Malaysia, and is an attempt to undermine a genuine Malaysian success story. 

This is unacceptable and deserves a strong response from all Malaysians. 

As CEO of the Malaysian Palm Oil Council, I am proud to defend our record of success and achievement. Those who attack and insult our companies and small farmers are not welcome, and should not be given credibility or support.

Do not fall prey to Clare’s cauldron of lies. For too long, the world has been deceived by a sinister international agenda stretching across nations.

With eyes wide open, Malaysians must see beyond these tall tales and compare statements to see for themselves, who is really telling the truth.

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Media statement by 1Malaysia Development Berhad

Issued on 10 September 2015
For immediate publication

“Practise what you preach”

1MDB is disappointed to note the admission by Public Accounts Committee (PAC) member YB Tony Pua that he introduced discredited journalist Clare Rewcastle-Brown to Datuk Tong Kooi Ong and Ho Kay Tat of The Edge media group. We further note media reports that YB Tony Pua has not denied knowledge that Clare Rewcastle-Brown was dealing with stolen goods.

In a statement today, YB Tony Pua urged 1MDB to “come clean” on the bond arrangements and guarantee by Abu Dhabi's International Petroleum Investment Corporation (IPIC). We remind YB Tony Pua that the key terms of the bond and the IPIC guarantee are contained in the notes to the 1MDB audited accounts dated 31 March 2013 and 31 March 2014. These are publicly available documents. 1MDB had also provided a detailed answer to the Wall Street Journal report on 9 September 2015, defended its audited accounts and confirmed that it cannot comment on nor have knowledge of, the accounting arrangements of third parties such as IPIC or Aabar.

However, YB Tony Pua is quick to respond to detailed answers with even more questions. One can only conclude he is not at all interested in the answers. We note media reports quoting IGP Tan Sri Mohd Khalid Abu Bakar as saying, in relation to YB Tony Pua, that the police had opened an investigation paper under Section 120 of the Penal Code to probe alleged attempts to topple the government. The IGP is quoted as saying "Mind you, we do not investigate based on newspaper reports… (but) this was what he (Pua) had actually said. As such, we need to call him (in) again. He (Pua) himself had admitted that he had left out a few things when he was first called in. He could have forgotten then. Now only he remembered. So we will call him in.”

We hope YB Tony Pua will “come clean” with his answers to the police.

1MDB has consistently maintained that the appropriate forum to share information is to the lawful authorities investigating 1MDB, including the PAC. It would appear that YB Tony Pua, notwithstanding his role in the PAC, wants to be judge, jury and executioner for 1MDB.

1MDB is disappointed to hear of the alleged actions by YB Tony Pua. Whilst we have had differences of opinion with him, we respected his tenacity and focus. Now that YB Tony Pua is under investigation by the police, we urge YB Tony Pua to practise what he preaches to others and step down from the PAC, while he proves his innocence on the various allegations made against him.

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KUALA LUMPUR: PETALING Jaya Utara member of parliament Tony Pua admitted yesterday that it was he who had introduced Clare Rewcastle-Brown, the woman allegedly spearheading a smear campaign against Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, to The Edge Media Group’s top guns.

As evidence from investigations into the case of former PetroSaudi employee Xavier Andre Justo began to emerge, Pua made this startling revelation but was quick to qualify that he was not privy to the leaks or any transactions.

Pua refused to commit when the New Straits Times asked him on WhatsApp if it made sense for a person, acting as the go-between for the sale of US$2 million (RM8.6 million) worth of supposedly valuable commodity, not to have knowledge of what was being put up for sale, its authenticity or even where it came from.

He was also asked if he was aware that he was aiding and abetting in the sale of stolen data. To this, he asked if the NST was levelling accusations against him.

According to investigation documents traced to the Thai authorities, Rewcastle-Brown, who was allegedly acting as Justo’s broker in selling the data he stole from his former employer, had contacted him in February this year to say that she, together with Pua, had arranged for the sale of the stolen data to The Edge Media Group owner, Datuk Tong Kooi Ong.

Pua’s name cropped up several times in Justo’s written confession and transcript of three-month long WhatsApp conversations involving Rewcastle-Brown, Justo and The Edge’s Tong and Ho Kay Tat, who had allegedly set up the thread.

In another WhatsApp thread between Justo and Rewcastle-Brown (they were using the pseudonyms Fullerton and Athene Ban) to discuss the stalled promised payment to Justo, Rewcastle-Brown told him, “I have asked Tony to set up a meeting with Tong”.

Justo, in his response, asked Rewcastle-Brown to take it from there, saying: “You decide. I thought Tony was the leverage. If they don’t care about Tony, what can the others do.”

Clare responded: “Ok. Waiting for Tony to expand on this. He introduced me and has involvement. None of the parties want this out, I assume.”

In the exchanges, in which Justo’s patience appeared to be wearing thin, Rewcastle-Brown had also allegedly told him: “I have told Tony that if he doesn’t pay up then he will be seen to have been dealing with me as you (Justo) are threatening to publish (make public the deal).”

Pua was called to Bukit Aman on Sept 4 over his statements in relation to 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB). He then held court outside Bukit Aman, telling the media that police had asked him if he knew Rewcastle-Brown and Justo.

He then said: “I told police that I know Clare and that I met her in London previously. “However, I do not know Justo and have never met him.”

The member of the Public Accounts Committee told his audience that he had declined to answer other questions posed by police and exercised his right to remain silent.

The NST yesterday asked Federal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) deputy director (Investigation and Law) Datuk Amar Singh, who had on that day confirmed that Pua had been called in, if Pua had mentioned anything about acting as the go-to guy between Rewcastle-Brown and Tong.

Amar said it was not mentioned at all, adding that police would study this new evidence.

Pua had said he was being investigated under Section 124B of the Penal Code for activity detrimental to parliamentary democracy, and Section 124J of the Penal Code for receipt of documents and publication detrimental to parliamentary democracy.

Yesterday, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said police had received cooperation from the Thai authorities to do what was necessary, including opening new investigation papers, against those with involvement to overthrow the government.

“These (procedures) are normal,” he said.

Meanwhile, former PAC chairman Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed told NST that Pua never disclosed any knowledge of the stolen data or the dealings to the parliamentary committee, which sat from May to July (when it was temporarily suspended) to investigate 1MDB.

The dealings for the stolen data started as early as March, before it came to an abrupt end in late June when Justo was arrested by Thai authorities for blackmailing his former employer. Justo, in his confession, said he made it clear to those involved in the deal that he had stolen the data, adding that Tong had told him that there was nothing to worry about and that he “would take care of things”.

“I did not alter or forge any of the data, but I can’t say what Clare, Tong and Ho Kay Tat did to it after I gave it to them.

“All I know is that when I look at the original PetroSaudi data relating to the 1MDB deal, I couldn’t see any wrongdoing,” the documents quoted him as saying.

Protection Group International (PGI) had in July, said Sarawak Report’s published information on 1MDB was “inconsistent” and “unreliable” and that there were inconsistencies between the original information and what was published by the blog.

The cyber security firm was hired by PetroSaudi to investigate the source of the data published online and verify its authenticity.

On June 24, 1MDB said probes into Justo showed that some of the emails concerned had been tampered with, adding that it was confident that the authorities would investigate, establish the facts and take action. Pua, Rewcastle-Brown, Tong and Ho have denied any wrongdoing or conspiracy to bring down the prime minister.

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Media statement by 1Malaysia Development Berhad

Issued on 8 September 2015
For immediate publication

Further clarification on resignation of Tan Sri Datuk Dr. Abdul Samad Haji Alias from 1MDB Board of Advisors

Further to the announcement issued yesterday by 1MDB on this matter, we regret to note that today, third parties such as Datuk Seri Nazir Razak, who have no direct knowledge of the facts, are issuing speculative opinions on certain statements made on 7 September 2015 by Tan Sri Samad Alias, a former member of the 1MDB Board of Advisors.

1MDB can confirm that our President & Group Executive Director, Arul Kanda, personally met Tan Sri Samad in January and March 2015 to discuss the company's affairs. Amongst other information, Arul Kanda shared with Tan Sri Samad details of the 1MDB strategic review and rationalisation plan. This included a slide presentation which showed the extent of future debt and interest obligations of the company, and a discussion on proposals to address the key issues facing the company.

As for access to the 1MDB audited financials, these are publicly available documents. 1MDB would most definitely have been able to share these with Tan Sri Samad had such a request been made, or indeed repeatedly made, as claimed by Tan Sri Samad. Tan Sri Samad has the contact details of various 1MDB Board members, including the mobile phone number of Mr. Arul Kanda. However, 1MDB did not receive any “repeated requests” for information as claimed by Tan Sri Samad.

It is, however, important to 1MDB that we properly address the concerns raised by Tan Sri Samad. In addition to regularly issuing public updates on the progress of the 1MDB rationalisation plan, the 1MDB Board of Directors has today sent a letter to Tan Sri Samad to seek a meeting with him to discuss and clarify any outstanding concerns. We further reiterate our appreciation to Tan Sri Samad for his earlier input and support of the company.

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PKR’s Lembah Pantai MP Nurul Izzah Anwar is alleged to have offered former Petro Saudi employee Xavier Justo US$2 million (RM8.7 million) in government contracts in exchange for information, the New Straits Times (NST) reported.

He allegedly stole from his employer regarding state investment firm 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), the daily reported.

According to the NST, Justo in his written confession said Rewcastle-Brown contacted him in September 2004 to relay Nurul Izzah’s offer but he declined because he “saw no purpose for it”.

This is the the Umno-linked daily's second instalment on the matter, yesterday reporting that Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewscastle-Brown acted as Justo’s broker.

It reported that Nurul Izzah (photo) was unreachable for comment. Malaysiakini’s calls and text messages to the PKR vice president today has yet to be answered.

Rewcastle-Brown yesterday said it is true she "sounded out" various quarters on Justo’s offer but denied taking any payment for it.

Justo is under arrest in Thailand, after leaking the information to business publication The Edge which had promised but failed to pay him for the information.

The data included e-mail communications between PetroSaudi and 1MDB, which among others revealed how funds moved from 1MDB to a firm controlled by businessman and Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak’s family friend Jho Low.

Pua: I'm not involved in transactions

Justo said Rewcastle-Brown contacted him again in February 2015 to say that she and Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua (photo) had arranged the sale of the stolen data to the now supended business publication The Edge, the NST reported.

When contacted by Malaysiakini on the matter, Pua said he introduced Rewcastle-Brown to The Edge top guns, but was not privy to the leaks or any transactions.

The NST said Pua did not respond to its questions.

Justo said he handed over the data to The Edge media group Tong Kooi Ong at the Fullerton Hotel in Singapore and the payment of US$2 million (RM8.7 million) was to be made through Rewcastle-Brown, it reported.

"It would involve Tong paying her US$2 million in the United Kingdom, and her paying me a monthly amount disguised as a consultancy fee via the Sarawak Report, which she owns," Justo is quoted as saying.

"She proposed that I open a newsdesk for the Southeast Asia region for which she would pay me US$350,000 followed by another US$1.25 million later."

Yesterday, Tong denied claims of conspiracy to topple Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.

Source: Malaysiakini

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Press Statement/Police Report by Datuk Huan Cheng Guan, Vice-President of Parti Cinta Malaysia

20th August 2015

I am making a police report on the contents of the blog www.malaysiaopinion.com that has gone viral this morning, specifically with the blog post titled "Is Dr Mahathir the lead character in Malaysian House of Cards?"

The allegations contained in this blog post is deadly serious as it had specifically named several opposition Members of parliament by name - including Tony Pua, Nurul Izzah and Anwar Ibrahim who have conspired with foreign party Clare Brown, who is already a fugitive from Malaysian Law and Swiss National Xavier Justo who was recently sentenced to three years in jail in Thailand,, in a scheme that involves attempt to launder money, an attempt to manipulate the legal institutions of Malaysia, tampering of documents, financial markets manipulation and an attempt to falsely criminalize a democratically elected prime minister.

Other than those opposition leaders, the blog also names former Prime Minister Tun Mahathir bin Mohamad and his assistant Mr Sayed Yusof as party of the above crimes in collusion with The Edge owner Tong Kooi Ong.

Mr Tong Kooi Ong, who is already a subject of police investigations under Section 124 of conspiracy to overthrow the government, is further described in the blog as the front-man for jailed Anwar Ibrahim's business dealing and proxy for his wealth.

We urge the police to investigate the validity of the contents contained in this blog post and also to trace the author of this blog and how he had obtained such information.

As the allegations are very serious, we call upon the police to investigate thoroughly and if found untrue, the police must help clear nd protect the good name of those listed in the blog.

If the allegations are valid and have merit, the police must not show fear or favour in probing if any laws have been broken under our penal code and to take appropriate action.

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Saya ingin membuat laporan polis terhadap kandungan blog www.malaysiaopinion.com yang menjadi viral pagi ini, khususnya tajuk blog, "Is Dr Mahathir the lead character in Malaysia House of Card?"

Dakwaan dalam blog ini amat serius kerana ia telah menamakan beberapa pihak pembangkang dengan nama - termasuk Tony Pua, Nurul Izzah dan Anwar Ibrahim yang berkonspirasi dengan pihak luar Clare Brown, yang telah merupakan pelarian yang dikehendaki di bawah undang-undang Malaysia dan warganegara Swiss Xavier Justo who baru-baru ini dijatuhkan hukuman penjara tiga tahun di Thailand, dalam satu skim yang melibatkan percubaan untuk urusan wang haram, satu percubaan untuk manipulasi institusi kehakiman Malaysia, memalsukan dokumen, memanipulasi pasaran kewangan dan percubaan untuk memalsukan pertuduhan ke atas Perdana Menteri yang dilantik secara demokratik.

Selain daripada nama-nama pemimpin pembangkang di atas, blog tersebut juga menamakan mantan PM Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad dan pembantunya En. Sayed Yusof sebagai pihak yang turut terlibat dalam jenayah bersama pemilik The Edge Tong Kooi Ong.

En.Tong Kooi Ong yang sememangnya telah menjadi subjek siasatan polis di bawah seksyen 124 dalam konspirasi menjatuhkan Kerajaan secara haram, dijelaskan secara terperinci dalam blog sebagai orang depan untuk urusan perniagaan Anwar Ibrahim dan proksi kekayaannya.

Kami menyeru pihak polis untuk menyiasat kebenaran kandungan blog berkenaan dan mencari penulis blog ini dan bagaimana dia boleh menerima maklumat sebegini.

Oleh kerana dakwaan dalam blog itu adalah amat serius, kami meminta polis menyiasat sepenuhnya dan jika didapati tidak benar, pihak polis mesti menjelaskan dan melindungi nama baik mereka yang tersenarai dalam blog tersebut.

Sekiranya dakwaan ini benar mempunyai merit, maka pihak PDRM tidak harus gentar dan takut untuk menyiasat di bawah mana mana undang undang yang berkaitan di bawah kanun keseksaan dan mengambil tindakan sewajarnya.

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#AkaunNajib: Dulu tuduh Najib curi duit 1MDB, sekarang tuduh penderma Timur Tengah rasuah

1. SPRM dalam kenyataannya mengesahkan beberapa perkara. Pertama, wang sebanyak RM2.6 bilion ada dimasukkan ke dalam akaun peribadi DS Najib Razak. Kedua, wang tersebut bukan daripada 1MDB dan bukan dari sumber rasuah, sebaliknya daripada penderma.

2. Pengkritik Najib gembira dan percaya dengan bahagian pertama kenyataan SPRM, iaitu memang ada RM2.6 bilion dimasukkan ke dalam akaun peribadi Najib. Cuma mereka tidak gembira dengan bahagian kedua kenyataan itu, iaitu RM2.6 itu bukan daripada 1MDB dan sumber rasuah serta memilih untuk tidak mempercayainya. Tidak adillah begitu.

3. Apabila SPRM mengesahkan bahawa RM2.6 bilion dimasukkan ke dalam akaun Najib, bukankah itu bermaksud SPRM bebas dan tidak terikat dengan sebarang arahan untuk menyembunyikan fakta ini? Bagaimanapun pengkritik tidak mahu menerima hakikat ini.

4. Spin pengkritik sekarang berubah. Jika dulu mereka menuduh Najib, Jho Low dan Arul Kanda melesapkan wang 1MDB, tanpa rasa malu, sekarang mereka mempertikaikan kenapa Najib menafikan duit dimasukkan dalam akaun peribadinya, mendesak didedahkan siapa penderma yang bermurah hati, menyalah tafsir bahawa derma juga adalah satu bentuk rasuah dan mempertikaikan kenapa duit tersebut dimasukkan ke dalam akaun peribadi dan bukan akaun amanah.

5. Sepatutnya mereka meminta maaf kepada Najib, Jho Low dan Arul kerana tersilap menuduh. Bagaimanapun mereka memilih untuk terus menuduh.

6. Dalam isu ini, pertama, yang penting, ia bukan duit 1MDB. Kedua, ia bukan duit rasuah. DERMA tidak sama dengan rasuah. Derma hanya menjadi rasuah bila ada balasan yang diminta. Jika tiada sebarang balasan yang diminta, ia kekal sebagai derma.

7. Kedua, Najib tidak pernah menafikan menerima RM2.6 bilion di dalam akaun peribadinya, tetapi menafikan beliau menerima duit tersebut daripada 1MDB seperti yang didakwa oleh WSJ, Sarawak Report dan pihak-pihak tertentu.

8. Ketiga, sesiapa sahaja boleh memberikan sumbangan untuk tujuan politik. Penyumbang boleh memilih untuk menyumbang ke dalam akaun parti politik atau hendak membantu individu tersebut menggerakkan gerak kerja politik beliau dan parti yang diwakilinya. Jika dimasukkan ke dalam akaun peribadi, bermaksud penyumbang mahu membantu individu tersebut. Terserah kepada individu tersebut untuk menggunakannya. Penyumbang boleh memilih untuk memasukkannya ke dalam akaun parti jika mereka mahu membantu parti.

9. Keempat, benarkan ada penderma yang bermurah hati? Jika ada penderma di dalam dan di luar negara yang bermurah hati menderma kepada pemimpin pembangkang dalam jumlah yang besar, kenapa pula tidak ada penderma yang bermurah hati menderma kepada Najib bagi menyokong perjuangan beliau dan parti beliau?

10. Apakah tidak ada kemungkinan bahawa Najib mendapat sumbangan daripada bilionaire negara Islam yang tidak mahu pembangkang menang dan menjadikan negara ini sebuah negara sekular dan sosialis. Lebih-lebih lagi apabila mereka melihat gerakan pembangkang di Malaysia menerima dana dari sumber yang sama dengan sumber yang menyokong usaha meruntuhkan negara-negara Islam lain dan menggulingkan pemimpin-pemimpin Islam di negara ini?

11. Kelima, wajarkah didedahkan siapa penderma ini? Dap menentang usaha untuk mengisytiharkan nama penderma kerana takut penderma menjadi mangsa tekanan politik dan diskriminasi.

12. Jika syarat yang diberikan oleh penyumbang dari Timur Tengah tersebut adalah mereka mahu menyumbang melalui PM secara persendirian kerana tidak mahu identiti mereka diketahui umum, maka akaun peribadi boleh dibuka khas untuk tujuan penyaluran dana aktiviti parti dan pilihan raya. Akaun ini boleh ditutup selepas tujuan ini dilaksanakan. Jika dimasukkan ke dalam akaun amanah, terdapat kemungkinan identiti penyumbang boleh terdedah dan diketahui umum. Terdapat penyumbang yang tidak mahu mengambil risiko ini dan permintaan mereka perlu dihormati.

13. Keenam, jika benar RM2.6 bilion dimasukkan ke dalam akaun Najib, kenapa TS Muhyiddin dipecat? TS Muhyiddin tidak dipecat, sebaliknya digugurkan kerana tidak lagi dapat bekerjasama sebagai satu pasukan.

14. Ketujuh, kenapa SPRM disiasat oleh polis? SPRM disiasat kerana ada aduan daripada pihak awam, termasuk saya sendiri agar anggota Pasukan Petugas Khas yang membocorkan maklumat siasatan disiasat. Tujuan aduan ini dibuat adalah untuk menghalang sebarang spekulasi dibuat sebelum siasatan selesai, sehingga boleh menjejaskan ekonomi dan kestabilan negara.

15. Kelapan, Tun Dr Mahathir menyebut
"saya telah arah wang tunai dalam bank dan saham-saham serta surat milik hartanah diserahkan kepada Dato Abdullah Badawi", memberi maksud, wang ini tidak berada di dalam akaun parti tetapi di dalam akaun pemegang amanah. Jika wang ini berada di dalam akaun parti, sudah tentu ia tidak diserahkan, sebaliknya hanya perlu pertukaran nama penanda tangan pemegang akaun. Selain Tun Mahathir, disebut juga ada dua orang lagi pemegang amanah yang memegang wang ini di luar akaun parti.

16. Siasatan berkaitan akaun Najib Razak oleh Pasukan Petugas Khas masih belum selesai. Sehingga semalam, apa yang jelas adalah, duit 1MDB yang didakwa Tun Mahathir dan pengkritik sebagai lesap, sebenarnya tidak lesap apa lagi dimasukkan ke dalam akaun Najib dan Rosmah. Belajarlah untuk menerima hakikat ini.

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According to the London Evening Standard, Claire Rewcastle-Brown, 55, was "born in Sarawak to British parents in the days before the former British colony was handed over to Malaysia and lived in the region until the age of eight".

1. Why would a British citizen who only spent eight years of her childhood in Malaysia spend so much time in a website focussed on Malaysian politics? As the sister-in-law of Gordon Brown, surely her time, resources and networking can be better used for the British political landscape.

So why Malaysia, in particular, Sarawak and now 1MDB?

2. According to Foreign Policy, "The funding for her radio, she says, comes primarily from a single “European philanthropist” who wishes to remain anonymous; listeners also send donations through the website."

Why would a European philanthropist want to fund a station campaigning for Sarawak when there are so many problems plaguing Europe?

3. Can donations alone sustain that website? What about her expenses incurred for traipsing across the globe to meet the likes of Tony Pua etc? Can donations alone sustain the website, the radio station, her activities etc?

Who is funding all her activities and why?

4. According to Channel News Asia, "The owner and publisher of The Edge on Friday said they had met former PetroSaudi employee Xavier Justo to negotiate for the documents related to 1Malaysia Development Berhad's venture with PetroSaudi, but misled him into thinking they would pay US$2 million for the data."

NST reported "He admitted to misleading Justo, claiming it was as the only way to get hold of evidence to expose how a small group of Malaysians and foreigners had cheated the people of Malaysia of US$1.83 billion. 

According to Acqrate:

The Edge Weekly has a circulation of 23, 635 and a readership of 120 000.

The Edge Financial Daily has a circulation of 15, 000 and a readership of 50 000.

Does it make sense to you that a tycoon publishing financial weeklies with such small circulation and readership would even dream or offer to fork out US1.83 million for ONE SCOOP on the 1MDB that could offset a series of other stories that could have negative effects regardless of whether it is true or false?

Is it ethical to pay for information in investigative journalism?

Is it morally right to renege on an offer and to mislead a prospective source of 'illegally' acquired information?

Take a look at The Bureau of Investigative Journalism which clearly states how they operate and how they work hand in hand with other media to pursue research, investigations, reporting and analysis which is of public benefit by undertaking in depth research into the governance of public, private and third sector organisations and their influence. 

Why did The Edge have to stoop to such steps just to get information? 

Does it make sense to you?

5. Tony Pua is the Member of Parliament for Petaling Jaya Utara. He was elected to serve the  85, 401 constituents of Petaling Jaya Utara.

He WAS NOT elected to meet Claire Rewcastle-Brown to discuss the 1MDB issue.

If he is into investigative journalism, he should rethink his position as MP of Petaling Jaya Utara.

The 85, 401 constituents of Petaling Jaya Utara must ask Tony Pua:

MPTony Pua, "Why you running around South-East Asia from Indonesia to Singapore etc instead of looking after the interests of the 85, 401 voters in PJ Utara?

Please tell us the answers to these five questions, Claire Rewcastle-Brown, Tong Kooi Ong and Tony Pua.

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Malaysians must be aware that getting detractors such as Opposition and now, The Edge, to admit they might have made a mistake and to apologise is a virtual impossibility.

Ho Kay Tat’s statement “We will not apologize for the reports that have been carried” comes as no surprise. It only serves to emphasize the sheer arrogant unrepentance they have, in spite of the collateral damage wrought on Malaysia.

Just because the reports have not been challenged does not mean the authorities have endorsed these as true and valid. They want to see how far The Edge and other groups will go before going for the jugular.

At the same time, his statement that “no one has said that their reports are incorrect” shows how his mind is framed to exclude comments and criticisms strewn far and wide by various sectors on the veracity of reports from The Edge.
Malaysians do not give two hoots about whether Ho Kay Tat et al will say ‘Sorry”.

We want the entire group of people involved, including The Edge media group to take responsibility and to pay for the irreversible damage inflicted on this nation, our economy, our repute, stability, and prestige because of their irresponsible and malicious slants in their reporting.

Anti-establishment reactions such as the applause from the staff as soon as he entered the office after being given the three-month suspension by KDN shows the negative impact of all the 1MDB disinformation.

Yet they have the cheek to proclaim they “will continue to report on 1MDB.” Whether or not much can be written on 1MDB is not dependent on facts alone, but on the writer/s who in this case, clearly have a malevolent agenda.

Such brazen insolence, unrepentance, and non-compliance to this country’s legislations must be stymied. A three-month suspension is a slap on the wrist for all the damage caused by The Edge media group and their ilk.

The KDN must close down the media group totally and ban all existing and forthcoming digital platforms of the group. They should be punished because of what they have done in destabilizing this country’s political stability and economic growth. The Edge media group has no moral ground to continue its existence as it has no respect for this country’s laws or journalistic ethics.

The statement by Eric Paulsen to” let the public and market pressure assess whether the publication can be trusted or otherwise” defies common sense. If this group has been constantly feeding the population with disinformation and displays arrogance and lack of remorse, making unbiased decisions would be a real challenge.

Good journalism is not measured by the extent of which reporting is executed without fear and threat.

Good journalism share common elements including the principles of—truthfulness, accuracy, objectivity, impartiality, fairness, and public accountability—as these apply to the acquisition of newsworthy information and its subsequent dissemination to the public.

On all counts, The Edge has failed miserably.

The fact that The Edge has no sense of all the above and its arrogant unrepentance is reason that it completely obliterated from this country physically and digitally.

Let it be a lesson to other delusional heroic wannabes that social order is a necessity for the continued existence of our nation. For that, laws are created, observed, and enforced.

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