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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KUALA LUMPUR — Moody’s Investor Service has rated Malaysia’s political risk in affecting the country’s creditworthiness as very low despite the 1 Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) controversy.

The rating agency also expected Barisan Nasional (BN) to remain in government until at least the next elections and said a United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)-led government, regardless of who is prime minister, should ensure stability in economic policy based on the five-year 11th Malaysia Plan released earlier this year.

“In Malaysia, we find that rising political challenges haven’t yet translated into increased fiscal risk, although the pace of budgetary tightening has slowed,” Moody’s said in a report on domestic political risk in South-east Asia released yesterday (Nov 12).

“Notwithstanding the events surrounding 1MDB, our assessment of domestic political risk in Malaysia remains at Very Low +, reflecting our expectation of de facto one party dominance and, consequently, policy continuity,” the rating agency added.

Moody’s Investor Service’s scores on political risk rank sovereigns from Very Low - to Very High +, based on the potential for a variety of events to affect a government’s credit profile.

The rating agency said the key question underpinning the positive outlook on its A3 rating for Malaysia — amid the 1MDB controversy, questions about the RM2.6 billion (S$843.4 million) donation deposited into Prime Minister Najib Razak’s personal accounts and calls for his resignation by prominent UMNO members — was whether the government had the political will to sustain the trend of fiscal consolidation initiated in 2010.

“The government has successfully charted these waters thus far. In the wake of losing its popular mandate in the 2013 elections, fiscal reform actually accelerated, with the government announcing its decision to implement the Goods and Services Tax during the 2014 budget announcement in October 2013. It also effectively removed fuel subsidies when global oil prices fell last year,” said Moody’s.

The rating agency noted that the 1MDB controversy posed a more direct and serious challenge to Malaysia’s political leadership than that posed by the weaker mandate in Election 2013, where BN lost the popular vote.

“Moreover, economic conditions are further weighing on sentiment. The terms-of-trade shock from lower commodity prices has contributed to slowing—but still healthy—GDP growth, a weaker ringgit, and faltering business and consumer confidence.

“The economy grew 5.3 per cent year on year in the first half of 2015, down from 6.0 per cent for the full year in 2014, while the ringgit has depreciated around 18 per cent year-to-date,” Moody’s said.

Moody’s pointed out that the slowing pace of budget-tightening as announced in Budget 2016 casts some doubt on Malaysia’s ability to achieve its target of a balanced budget by 2020, despite Putrajaya expressing its commitment to keep the fiscal deficit under control.

“Subsequently, the government announced further subsidy reductions on rice and highway tolls, unpopular decisions that further weigh on support for the prime minister and his administration.

“An escalation of political tensions could aggravate the government’s consolidation agenda, especially ahead of planned elections in 2018,” Moody’s added.

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As critical as the bilateral relationship between the US and China is, last month’s signing of the trans-Pacific Partnership provides a timely reminder that there is more to Asia than China. When Malcolm Turnbull goes to Kuala Lumpur for the East Asia Summit he will find a dynamic member of ASEAN that has recovered strongly after financial contagion spread across the region in 1997 and 1998. As the International Monetary Fund’s Christine Lagarde has observed, thanks to its sound economic policies the Association of Southeast Asian Nations came through the crisis “strong and resilient”. Quite an achievement for relatively small, exposed economies.

Malaysia, the ASEAN chair and its third-largest economy, is arguably the best case in point. Prime Minister Najib Razak is the object of much domestic (and some international) criticism but, particularly in the TPP context, it is surely worth recalling his remarkable economic record. Since 2010, Malaysia has grown by an average 5.3 per cent a year. While growth this year is estimated to slow from 6 per cent last year to 4.7 per cent, it is still comfortably outpacing its northern neighbour Thailand, which is expected to grow by just 2.5 per cent this year. Growth has generated jobs.

Since Najib became Prime Minister, 1.8 million jobs have been created. As a result, Malaysia’s unemployment rate has dropped to 3 per cent — one of the lowest in the region and half or less than that of Indonesia (6 per cent) and the Philippines (6.8 per cent).

Economic growth averaging more than 6 per cent a year since 1970 not only means that Malaysia’s gross domestic product is now some 15 times larger than 45 years ago. It has transformed the economy in which agriculture dominated, accounting for 31.8 per cent of GDP in 1970, to a manufacturing and services-based economy accounting for 76.5 per cent of GDP, with agriculture contributing only 9.2 per cent.

Growth has also seen a transformation of living standards, average household income increasing more than 20-fold. Malaysia did well in the decades after 1970 in harvesting the low-hanging fruit of economic development.

As a result, Malaysia is on the cusp of crossing the $US15,000 per capita GDP threshold into the tier of advanced-income countries — a goal Najib made the centrepiece of Malaysia’s 2016-2020 economic program.

That this is a realistic ambition is because Najib, who has also been Finance Minister since 2008, has the experience and has shown the required leadership. He acted pre-emptively to strengthen the public finances, essential as a buffer against global trends. According to the IMF’s most recent Article IV consultation, “fiscal consolidation is well timed, appropriately paced, and remains on track”. Last year, Najib took the courageous step of using the window created by falling oil prices to eliminate expensive and poorly targeted petrol and diesel subsidies, at the same time introducing a broad-based 6 per cent goods and sales tax — the lowest in the region — to strengthen the country’s tax base and reduce its reliance on volatile oil and gas revenues. The fiscal deficit, which has almost halved since Najib became Prime Minister, is on course to be eliminated by 2020. This is the stuff of sophisticated economic management.

Progress on fiscal consolidation is especially impressive given the importance of maintaining social cohesion in such an ethnically diverse community of Malays, Chinese, Indians and others in an economy drawing in large numbers of seasonal migrants. As the IMF noted, strengthening Malaysia’s social safety is an integral part of Najib’s fiscal strategy. Bold measures will always generate controversy. The real point is that good economic management needs them. And Najib has done it.

This bold reform builds on substantial past progress. In 2012, Najib introduced a minimum income guarantee that helped lift 2.9 million people out of poverty. Since 2009, the income of the bottom 40 per cent of households has increased 50 per cent faster than the average. Cutting taxes has also formed part of Najib’s drive to accelerate the income growth of the bottom 40 per cent. Overall, the poverty rate declined from 49.3 per cent in 1970 to 0.6 per cent last year, meaning Malaysia has effectively eliminated hardcore poverty.

Women’s empowerment is also raising household income and Malaysia is the ASEAN leader in closing the gender gap. A higher proportion of management positions in Malaysia is held by women than in Hong Kong and Singapore. Last year, Najib set Malaysia the goal of having women in 30 per cent of decision-making positions.

In its consultation, the IMF listed the principal risk to Malaysian’s continued growth as being more challenging external conditions and exposure to international capital flows. However, it said this risk is mitigated by Malaysia’s flexible exchange rate, credible monetary policy and its fiscal consolidation. According to a Bloomberg markets survey in March, Malaysia tied with Chile in fifth place for the most promising emerging market nation and ranked as the No 1 ASEAN member.

The Malaysian model combining social inclusivity and pro-market economic policies has delivered one of the most impressive growth records in southeast Asia, one of the most dynamic regions in the world. This is a country at a historic juncture in development terms, making the right decisions as it climbs the development pole. You don’t do that without the tried and tested leadership of someone like Najib.

John Dauth is a former high commissioner to Malaysia and a former Australian high commissioner to Britain.

Written by John Dauth, The Australian 

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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.

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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?

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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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Today's Malaysian headline was dominated by an article by The New York Times that PM Najib is apparently under investigations by a federal grand jury for allegations of corruption.

The New York Times was also the same newspaper that published Tun Mahathir's interview back in June 2015 which slammed PM Najib, UMNO and the Malaysian Govt and was published on the same day that Foreign Minister Anifah Aman was supposed to attend and address the United Nations Security Council meeting.  This lead to Anifah Aman writing an open letter to the New York Times and slamming Tun Mahathir for his indiscretion saying it is regrettable to sere Tun M undermining Malaysia in the foreign press.

Amazingly, today the UN Security Council is again in session - the first time since June. In fact, PM Najib is on the way to New York now for the UN's General Assembly and their 70th anniversary celebrations.

The timing.of the publication of this article is very suspicious and seems designed to embarrass PM Najib and Malaysia at the UN.

Why I came to this conclusion is based on the following points from today's New York Times article:

1) The persons investigated are Najib's step-son (Rosmah's natural son from her previous marriage) Riza Aziz and also his buddy Jho Low.

New York Times are saying that Najib is also investigated because presumably Reza is related by marriage to Najib while Jho Low is presumably also Najib's friend.

It is important to note that Najib is not personally being investigated himself for corruption as he has no known properties in the USA.

At this point, it is important to note that Jho Low has been listed companies in Malaysia since the year 2007 and 2008 - before Najib became Prime Minister and 1MDB was not even in existence. He was already wealthy then and also had access to serious Middle-Eastern money via his friendship and partnerships with the various royal families even then.

On the other hand, Riza has been producing movies since 2010,

And before this, Riza holds a BS degree in Government & Economics and an MS in Politics from the London School of Economics. He is also a registered authorized person with the UK Financial Services Authority and worked as an investment banker for many years in London.

As a producer, Riza is also in charge of getting investors for their movie projects. It does not mean he himself funded the entire project - that is not what a producer does. Riza had said that there are quite a list of investors who funded his film projects.

But Riza has indeed been successful in producing the Wolf of Wall Street, which grossed more than USD400 million in worldwide ticket and DVD sales - one of the top 200 most commercially successful films of all time and beat out films such as Superman Returns, Ice Age, Mad Max Fury Road, Batman Begins and many others.

Riza's next firm Dumb and Dumber II was also commercially successful and grossed USD170m in ticket sales.

It is clear that Riza has the means and the smarts to make money too and we should not begrudge him this as he is playing in the biggest game of all - Hollywood.

2) The property purchases in questions date back to Oct 2012. But somehow, the New York Times links this to the USD681m (the famous RM2.6b) deposited by a Middle-East campaign contributor to Najib's accounts - which was only deposited in March 2013 - a month before GE13..

Therefore, it is weird for New York Times to link this later deposit with the earlier purchase of apartments much earlier - unless you can hutang first (buku 555 style) when buying properties in the USA.

3) This property purchase was then exposed by the New York Times on February 8 this year around the time that Anwar Ibrahim was sentenced to jail for sodomy. Amazingly, New York Times also took the trouble to translate their article on their website to Chinese and Bahasa Malaysia - presumably because there must be a large population of Malays staying in New York.

This is very strange because not a single other article in the New York Times have a Bahasa Malaysia version.

3) The investigations in the USA appears to have been started by Sarawak Report making a complaint in the USA in March 2015 where Sarawak Report seems to be accusing the USA authorities of not taking things seriously and letting these "criminals" like Jho Low and Najib run free and not taking any action.

Further complaints against Najib to the USA were also apparently made by selfie-fan and Tun Mahathir stalwart Khairuddin Abu Hassan and Tun Mahathir's ex-political secretary Matthias Chang.

Mathhias has revealed that both of them had been talking to the USA embassy and were schedueld to be in New York this week to meet with the FBI regarding 1MDB.

Both of them had gone all around the world lodging cases against Najib and 1MDB with Switzerland, France, England, Singapore and Hong Kong authorities.

When you lodge a case, by law the authorities there are obliged to open an investigation.

This was the same case when Sarawak Report played up the matter Sabah Chief Minister Musa Aman being investigated by Hong Kong's famed ICAC related to the case of businessman Michael Chia who was caught in the year 2008 for carrying RM40mil of cash into Hong Kong.

Sarawak Report even came up with lots of documents and flow charts in their so-called expose of Musa Aman in their article titled ""Hold On Trust For Aman" - More Devastating Evidence From The ICAC Investigation!

With such "detailed" evidence and documents, anyone reading that Sarawak Report would have been convinced of Musa Aman's guilt and ICAC would have thrown Musa Aman in jail.

Instead, in December 2012, the ICAC wrote to Musa Aman that he that he was no longer under probe for corruption for a RM40 million donation to the state Umno chapter.

ICAC explained to Musa Aman that it had started the probe after receiving a complaint against him, saying that this was required by Hong Kong’s laws on corruption.

But the agency said that upon completing investigations and filing a report with its Operations Review Committee (ORC), both the committee and the ICAC Commissioner had agreed not to take further investigative action “on the basis of the facts now known”.

The letter, which bore the ICAC’s letterhead, was signed off by principal investigator Tso Wai-Yan and was addressed solely to Musa at his office in Kota Kinabalu.

It took ICAC all of 4 years to clear Musa Aman but Sarawak Report and the now-dead Pakatan Rakyat played this Musa Aman corruption issue for years and frequently cited he is now under ICAC investigations and cannot escape due to overwhelming evidence - hence Musa will be going to jail soon.

But yet today, Musa Aman has been cleared by both ICAC and MACC and still remains Chief Minister of Sabah today.

Similarly, the pro-opposition NGO SUARAM filed a complaint on the Scorpene case to the French courts in the year 2010 which compelled the French authorities to start an inquiry.

In fact, in May 2012, SUARAM proudly announced that the French courts will be asking Najib to appear for questioning in the French Courts and that France will soon issue an Interpol Red Notice to arrest Najib if he refuses to attend.

Three years later, and 5 years after the initial report to France was lodged by SUARAM, we are still waiting for the France court to supposedly haul Najib in for questioning which they said was imminent.

In fact, this investigation actually worked against Pakatan and Suaram as it was determined by the French courts that Najib, Razak Baginda and Altantuya was never in France at the same time and that Altantuya was never hired as a translator as all meetings were held in English.

Even today's New York Times article admitted that the Federal Grand Jury investigations into Najib was at the very preliminary stage and will likely take many years to complete.

It appears that it has now become a favorite tactic by those with vested interest against the government to lodge report against our country's leaders overseas since by law, those countries have to act on any complaints and start investigations.

These investigations take years but during this period, they can continue to feed the frenzy and play up this issue -both with locally and overseas.

It makes for very good headlines - especially in the foreign press - which the opposition would then play up the issue saying it is an international embarrassment and that the evidence is so overwhelming that even the foreign governments have to investigate and that our leaders will be caught and jailed overseas if they travel abroad.

The opposition fails to reveal, however, that it was they who made those complaints overseas which prompted the investigations to start and hence all the fancy and damaging overseas headlines - all designed to cause harm and damage the credibility of Malaysia and our leaders.

Foreign governments don't simply start investigations on another govt or country unless an official complaint was lodged by someone else.

But these people don't care. They are not interested to find out the truth but merely interested in toppling others. Malaysia's reputation and credibility is not their concern.

Also, Tun Mahathir is also wrong for suggesting that Najib is afraid to go overseas now as he may be arrested. In fact, as we speak, Najib is overseas in UK for some meetings and will then travel to the USA for the UN celebrations in a few days.

Tun Mahathir is naughty for saying this as he forgot about the immunity granted to heads of states and also the fact that any investigations overseas will take years.

As we write, Khairuddin Abu Hassan is still in jail for a week under remand and is now under police questioning.


Khairuddin with Tun Mahathir take center-stage at the Nothing2lose forum in June 2015

Perhaps soon we will find out who ordered and funded him and Matthias Chang to travel all around the world to lodge reports against Najib and linked him up with all the foreign press for his interviews.

Eight months ago, Khairuddin was still a bankrupt and his penthouse apartment got auctioned off in January 2015. But strangely, months later after Khairuddin started attacking 1MDB, he managed to pay off all his debts and even went all around the world lodging police reports - Switzerland, France, UK, Singapore, Hong Kong and the aborted USA trip.

It seems that these people have no problems inviting foreign interference into Malaysia's own investigations and our sovereignty as long as they and their political masters' objective is met.


Bankruptcy search confirming that Khairuddin has been bankrupt since May 2014


Auction of Khairuddin's house in Jan 2015

This will be an interesting story - depending on who or what Khairuddin Abu Hassan reveals under questioning by PDRM in this one week jail period.

As for Najib, if those famous authorities from USA, HK, Switzerland, Singapore, France and UK clears him from these RM2.6b and 1MDB allegations years later, then no one should question him on these anymore.

But it would be years later. By then, I am sure Najib's enemies will come out with newer allegations and continue the same practise of filing reports overseas and working with foreign media in order to embarrass and pressure him.

They have done it before, they are doing it now and they will do it again in future coz its cheap, easy and you get a few years worth of political bullets to use to attack your opponent.

Whether it is fair or not is an entirely different matter.

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‘I will drink when Najib is done’
BY THE NST TEAM - 7 SEPTEMBER 2015 @ 11:01 AM

KUALA LUMPUR: Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle-Brown, in conspiring with others against Malaysia, had sensationally told Xavier Andre Justo that she was changing the “destiny of one country” and that she would celebrate with a glass of champagne when “Najib is done”.

A shocking new revelation following the Aug 17 jailing of Justo in Thailand also showed Rewcastle-Brown’s true colours and her willingness to break the laws of several countries by helping Justo raise and, then, attempting to launder US$2 million in payment for emails he stole from his former employer, PetroSaudi. Justo, a Swiss national, is serving a three-year jail sentence in Thailand for blackmailing and extorting his former employer.

But the Thai investigation into his case had opened a Pandora’s box of the lengths Rewcastle-Brown and her fellow plotters were willing to go to, to overthrow Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s government. At the heart of these revelations, according to sources close to Thai authorities, were three-month-long WhatsApp conversations involving Rewcastle-Brown, The Edge Media Group’s Datuk Tong Kooi Ong and Ho Kay Tat, and Justo, who had offered to sell his stolen data to the highest bidder.

On July 15, the New Straits Times reported that a former editor of the Sarawak Report had claimed that Rewcastle-Brown had forged the documents used to defame 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) and Najib in several exposes published by the site. The editor, Lester Melanyi, was also said to have named several people, including prominent opposition politicians, among those involved in the conspiracy to topple the government.

The WhatsApp conversations, sources said, also revealed Rewcastle-Brown’s close ties with jailed opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, DAP lawmaker Tony Pua and former premier Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
In one WhatsApp exchange to Rewcastle-Brown on March 19, Ho allegedly wrote: “Your article editorialises in a way that shows you are out to oust the Prime Minister… We are accused of working with you with (the) purpose of ousting the pm.”
She replied: “I have done this story not you… Fulfil your commitment and I walk away and I tell nobody.”
 She later discussed “maybe we have changed the destiny of one country”.
And in June, she wrote: “We are setting up for one last crack before the (Sarawak) state election… I will drink some when Najib is done… I have picked up the story through Anwar’s people… I have used Dr Mahathir to get other sources of information.”

Justo has claimed that he was promised US$2 million in exchange for data he stole from his former employer. He had told Singapore’s The Straits Times in a prison interview recently that he was never paid what he was promised by a prominent Malaysian businessman. Thai sources later identified the Malaysian businessman as The Edge’s Tong. In a subsequent interview, Justo claimed that a deal on the sale of the documents was reached in Singapore in February, which was followed by lengthy discussions on how he would be paid. The group of people he met in Singapore to negotiate the sale of the data were named in a 22-page confession Justo made to Thai police.
Justo had echoed what Thai police said recently, that his confession was backed up by documents, including a record of his WhatsApp conversations with the buyers. “All of what is written in my confession, most of it is proven by email conversations, WhatsApp messages I have had with (them).”

Rewcastle-Brown had agreed to receive the US$2 million from the buyer and send him US$250,000 a month for consultancy services, he claimed. “I don’t know if she received the money or not, (because) I was arrested,” he said. “I have no idea.”
Thai sources said based on the extensive WhatsApp conversations, Rewcastle-Brown also explained how she would help Justo raise and, then, launder the US$2 million. She first attempted to use SJS Limited in Singapore to channel the funds, working with her brother, SJS director Patrick Rewcastle.

On March 19, she confirmed the commission for the illegal transfer, stating: “The guy wants to charge my brother €67,000. I am sure he will do without cheating.”

She later offered the Swiss Bruno Manser Fund as a channel for the US$2 million, writing on April 22: “He can pay Bruno Manser Fund if he likes.”
She finally agreed to sell a stake in Sarawak Report to pay Justo. Here are some of her conversations with Justo:
May 19, 16:32: He wants to pay through BVI (British Virgin Island) company!! It will look horrible in my published accounts! I will talk it through face to face. Better than dealing with awful KT.
May 19, 16:37: They will say I criticise BVI companies but use them myself. Sigh.
May 19, 17:11: I am campaigning to prevent these tax havens. They will call me hypocrite. I will not make a fuss till I see them and can work out a solution with Tong direct.

Brown had, in the past, rubbished the allegations against her as “bunkum”. “What I have presented on 1MDB, and has been clarified by The Edge and corroborated by several other official sources is a coherent explanation of events, versus the dodging, changing stories of 1MDB.” Tong and Ho had issued a statement on July 24 in response to the Justo interview in The Straits Times. Both said they misled Justo and it was the only way to get a hold of the evidence.

They also said they did not pay anyone to get the story. “We have done nothing wrong.” Thai police arrested Justo, 48, on June 22 at his spacious residence on the resort island of Koh Samui. Justo, a former head of IT at the London office of PetroSaudi, admitted that he had stolen company data — some 90 gigabytes worth — when he left in 2011.

He said he asked PetroSaudi for more money in 2013, but it turned him down. Subsequently, through a contact in Geneva with connections in Malaysia, he was introduced to Rewcastle-Brown, whom he later met in Bangkok at the Plaza Athenee Hotel, and in Singapore, at the Fullerton Hotel.

In Singapore, she was accompanied by the others named in his confession. The NST made repeated attempts to reach Rewcastle-Brown, Ho and Tong for a response.

But at press time, none responded to the queries.

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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.

Watch "Siasat Kaitan Dr Mahathir Dengan Sarawak Report - PCM" on YouTube - https://youtu.be/HcB3PO0DTEk

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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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BANGKOK: Andre Xavier Justo (pic), the Swiss man who blackmailed his former employer PetroSaudi and then tried to sell data which he stole from the company to a group of people whom he said intended to use it to topple Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, could be given a prison sentence in a court in Bangkok as early as next week.

"The date is still not scheduled," Dr Marc Henzelin, a Geneva-based lawyer retained by Justo's wife in Switzerland, said after visiting his client, who is in remand in Thailand, earlier this week.

Justo, 48, was arrested by Thai police at his house in Koh Samui on June 22. He thereafter signed a full confession and, in an interview on July 23 with Singapore's The Straits Times in jail, detailed how he had met a group of buyers in Bangkok and Singapore to sell them the data. He claimed he was not paid the US$2mil (RM8mil) agreed for the transaction.

On July 24, The Edge Media Group's chairman Tong Kooi Ong and publisher Ho Kay Tat confirmed they had agreed to buy the data and had not paid him.

The Swiss national named Clare Rewcastle-Brown, the Britain-based publisher of the Sarawak Report, as the third person involved in the transaction.

"He is pleading guilty, so there will not be a full hearing with witnesses, because the verdict is already done," Dr Henzelin said over the phone from Geneva.

"There will be a hearing which will theoretically take place next week. It is understood from the police that it should take place next week but it may be 10 days. He will be sentenced straight away."

"The fact that he pleads guilty will be a mitigating circumstance. The fact that he collaborated with the police and made confessions will be taken into consideration by the judge. This has to be pleaded by the Thai lawyer and I'm sure he will," Dr Henzelin said.

The lawyer said he had been told that the sentence could range from six months to one-and-a-half years. Under the terms of a treaty between Thailand and Switzerland, if Justo has less than a year to serve, he could be transferred to do the time in Switzerland. But if he had to serve it in Thailand he would accept that, Dr Henzelin said.

Justo was also considering returning the approximately 90GB of stolen data to PetroSaudi, the lawyer said, in the interest of further mitigating his case. - The Straits Times/Asia News Network

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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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There is so much information flying around that many are suffering from 1MDB indigestion. To help us analyze the deluge of information, I have condensed selected statements for us to weigh the merit of each. Then perhaps you can clearly see who is telling the truth.

The Documents

JUSTO

• Admitted he had stolen (by downloading) company data - some 90 gigabytes worth - when he left in 2011.
• He gave the original documents to his ‘clients’ in electronic files.
• TMI reported: "I gave the original documents without any kind of alteration. "I can say that I gave those documents to two groups of people.
•  "One was Ms Rewcastle-Brown and 'her IT guy' and the other was the Malaysian businessman and his colleague," he was quoted as saying.

CLAIRE REWCASTLE-BROWN

• Claire has NEVER revealed FROM WHOM she obtained the documents and the 3 million emails.
• From whom did she get the documents?
• Claire said:"Why would I wish to alter anything?  
• If I had, why haven't 1MDB and PetroSaudi brought out the evidence of such altering in all of the last five or so months?" 

THE EDGE

• The Edge has NEVER revealed FROM WHOM they obtained the documents etc.
• From whom did they get the documents?
• The Edge said it had handed over documents, printed emails and a hard disk to Bank Negara Malaysia, pertaining to 1MDB's joint venture with PetroSaudi. 
• But from where did they  get those stuff?

TONY PUA

• Tony Pua has NEVER revealed FROM WHOM they obtained the documents etc.
• From whom did he get the documents?

Who do you believe - Justo, Claire, The Edge or Tony Pua? Info cannot simply drop from heaven.

Someone must have given it to the whistleblowers.

So who, if not Justo?

REASON FOR THE DOCUMENTS

JUSTO

He alleged that those he met had talked about using the documents "to try to bring down the Malaysian government", adding that they also referred to plans to "modify the documents".

CLAIRE REWCASTLE-BROWN

Claire described the ex-PetroSaudi executive's (Justo's) confession as "bunkum".

Remember? Last month Claire posted so many pictures of Justo and stood up for him while she waxed lyrical about his wife, baby in the post ‘It’s all lies about Xavier?” 

And now she calls him bunkum and TMI quoted Claire saying Justo was "full of untruths". Does this make sense to you? Why does she change tunes in less than a month? 

"Why would I wish to alter anything?  If I had, why haven't 1MDB and PetroSaudi brought out the evidence of such altering in all of the last five or so months?" ST quoted her as saying.

Note: The Edge, SR and Tony Pua never revealed how or from whom they received the information. All zipped up. All are endorsing each other. All are corroborating each other's statements. Logical?

How did they get the information?

So who, if not Justo?

THE BLACKMAIL AND THE DEAL

JUSTO

Justo  said he asked PetroSaudi for more money in 2013 beyond the huge compensation package he received when he quit his job, but they turned him down.

It was after this that he was introduced to Rewcastle-Brown through a contact in Geneva.

CLAIRE REWCASTLE-BROWN

Last month, Claire wrote in Sarawak Report:

“Friends and family are particularly upset about what they say are bogus allegations, again printed in the ‘exclusive reports’ in the New Straits Times, about blackmail. 

It is also notable that Justo joined PetroSaudi well after the joint venture deal with 1MDB and so could have had no personal involvement in the issue of Malaysia’s missing millions. 

“Justo was just involved in the petroleum activities of the company as it expanded after 2010.  For him it was just a job, but he did not like the way the company was managed by its owners. In the end he walked out.”

Yesterday, Claire condemned Justo (as shown earlier) and said:

"What I have presented on 1MDB and has been clarified by The Edge and corroborated by several other official sources is a coherent explanation of events, versus the dodging, changing stories of 1MDB," she said.

THE EDGE


The Edge had on Monday said in an editorial note denied stealing or paying for the documents, nor had it tampered with the information it obtained.

TONY PUA

Tony Pua made many accusations in his blog here but never revealed from whom he received the information.


What can we make from his admissions and accusations?

All these statements do not tell us how they got the information.

So who, if not Justo?

MEETINGS

JUSTO

He admitted to meeting with some people in Singapore to negotiate the handing over of PetroSaudi documents in his possession

Negotiated the price to give them all the copies of the documents in electronic files.

He said “The buyer also offered to pay me by cash".

CLAIRE REWCASTLE-BROWN and THE EDGE

Both parties above never denied nor admitted meeting Justo.

TONY PUA

Tony Pua admitted he had met Clare Rewcastle-Brown, the editor of news portal Sarawak Report, many times, in Singapore, Indonesia and London.

Admissions, denials or silence do not tell us how they got the information.

So who, if not Justo?

PEOPLE AT MEETINGS

JUSTO

He admitted he first met Claire in Bangkok at the Plaza Athenee hotel and later in Singapore at the Fullerton Hotel, where she was with the others who were named in his confession following his arrest in Thailand last month.

CLAIRE REWCASTLE-BROWN, THE EDGE AND TONY PUA


Claire Rewcastle-Brown did not deny she was in Singapore at any time. The government can request via diplomatic channel for passport details from UK/Singapore if she did go there.

The Edge Financial Daily is based in Singapore. Tony Pua admitted he met Claire in Singapore.

The government can retrieve their passport entries/immigration clearance cards and compare if there are similarities in dates and destinations.

So if indeed there is a common trend in the passports of Claire, The Edge people involved and Tony Pua, who did they meet, if not Justo?

THE EVIDENCE

JUSTO

Evidence Justo said his confession was collaborated by WhatsApp and email conversations he had with the group of buyers, who were named in the confession.

The government can request for computer forensic experts to verify data submitted by Justo and match with Claire, The Edge personnel accused ,Tony Pua and others implicated.

So if indeed there is a common trend in the Whatsapp and emails of Claire, The Edge people involved and Tony Pua, who did they meet, if not Justo?

PAYMENT

JUSTO

The Straits Times article “ExPetroSaudi employee says he was never paid what prominent Malaysian businessman promised him further said the Malaysian businessman was among those named in Justo’s 22-page confession to Thai police.

He said he had earlier tried 3 times to open account with different banks in Singapore, Abu Dhabi and Hong Kong, but was refused each time without being told the reason.
Methodology In a jailhouse interview with Straits Times (Singapore), it was revealed: 

Justo was offered US$2 million (RM7.6 million) by a prominent Malaysian businessman in exchange for the data he allegedly stole from the company.

"So I was supposed to go to Singapore every week or every other week to receive an envelope with a few thousand or tens of thousands, and repeat this process for months until the final amount will have been paid. And again I refused.


Claire Rewcastle-Brown Justo claimed Rewcastle-Brown was to receive the US$2 million from the buyer and gave him US$250,000 in cash every month, ostensibly for "consultancy services".

                   So who, if not Justo?

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