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Malaysia Needs No Foreign Interference
Press Statement by Datuk Huan Cheng Guan
Vice-President, Love Malaysia Party (Parti Cinta Malaysia)
23rd December 2015

Malaysia has rocked the world with its firm stand in recent legislation changes and court judgements. The United States Embassy (February 10th 2015 tinyurl.com/hp83tkv ), European External Action Service (February 10th 2015 tinyurl.com/pzab7ka) and the United Nations (November 2nd 2015 tinyurl.com/j7sfmse) tried to meddle in her affairs but the European Union (December 17th 2015 tinyurl.com/zt8khva) has now joined the fray.


These organizations seem to operate from the same template in that every single one saw it fit to interfere in Malaysia’s affairs, namely:

·         the conviction of Anwar Ibrahim
·         the arrest of Nurul Izzah
·         the recent amendment to the Sedition Act

New issues include a call to release political detainees, namely former opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, to revoke anti-gay and anti-sodomy laws in the country and to scrap the National Security Council Bill.

It defies logic how throughout one year, there can be such carefully orchestrated public calls that shows utter disrespect to the sovereignty of Malaysia by slamming the Malaysian government and court of law and bypassing any form of dialogue or diplomatic engagement.

Is Malaysia so important to command so much attention or is it Anwar Ibrahim who is the important one?

Despite the convenience of video conferences or face-to-face dialogues, these groups have seen it fit not to seek an audience with the government but chose to put Malaysia in negative light via the path of disrespect.

Malaysia is an independent nation that answers to no colonial master.

Yet, what is it that unites these patronizing organizations under the mask of freedom of expression when they do not allow Malaysia the freedom to exercise their right to enforce laws for the good of its citizens?

It is common knowledge that Anwar Ibrahim and his motley crew of Opposition leaders and supporters freely travel overseas to shame the name of Malaysia. Their lies deceive the world into thinking that not all is right in the home front when all the government has done is to enforce and to create laws that maintain peace, security, and harmony for its citizens.

Most outrageously, while proclaiming the need for freedom of expression, these busybody nations refuse to allow Malaysia to practice its democratic right to rule this country with the mandate given to them via the ballot box.

While all kinds of scandals, issues and moral problems rage like wildfire in those nations, their leaders prefer to ignore these just so they can do their Boy Scout duty to help Anwar Ibrahim and his ilk.

Many of the recent EEAS statements on Malaysian issues are pathetic two-paragraphed statements, which seem to indicate feeble token voices of support for Anwar Ibrahim and his cohort.

These organizations would have greater credibility if they spent their time and resources on problems raging in their own backyard.

You have your own government and laws and you do not see Malaysia sending her envoys to object to how you rule your country.

Accord us the same respect we have shown all other nations.  After all, respect is a value that is free of charge and almost effortless, that is if you have a heart and the right perspective to life, countries and governments.

I am sure that is not too difficult for nations, which have a longer history than Malaysia.

Having said that, bear in mind no one but Malaysian rulers, lawmakers and citizens (via the right channels) have the right to criticize decisions made by the government.

If any other non-Malaysian is genuinely interested in Malaysian affairs, please give up your citizenship, come to Malaysia on the MM2H program or apply for PR and then perhaps you can play a more respectable and credible role as the vox populi.

Until then, just MYOB and let Malaysia do what she has to do.



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


KUALA LUMPUR: DETAILS of investigations into the case of former PetroSaudi employee Xavier Andre Justo, including from his written confession made on his own free will and volition, have revealed that Nurul Izzah Anwar was keen on buying data on 1Malaysia Development Bhd he had stolen in 2011.



The Lembah Pantai member of parliament (MP) was, however, not the choice potential buyer for Justo, who confessed to being consumed by greed. He had wanted US$2 million (RM8.7 million) for the data in cash. When Nurul Izzah offered to pay him instead with contracts that would come in if the opposition succeeded in taking power from Datuk Seri Najib Razak's administration, Justo balked and turned it down, the confession suggested.



Justo claimed that Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle-Brown was acting as his broker and that she was the one who brought Nurul Izzah into the picture.

“Around September 2014, Clare contacted me and invited me in (sic) Bangkok. She said the daughter of (Datuk Seri) Anwar Ibrahim was interested in buying the data. “I declined as Nurul wanted to pay US$2 million in future government contracts when they come into power, instead of cash. I declined the offer as I saw no purpose for it.”

The New Straits Times called Nurrul Izzah repeatedly to get her reaction but could not get through. WhatsApp messages went unanswered.

She (Rewcastle-Brown) tried a few buyers, including the entourage of Anwar Ibrahim, but wasn’t successful, Justo said in the confession he made to Thai authorities on June 26. He said Rewcastle-Brown, who had told him that he would make a few million from this, then contacted him in February to say that she, together with Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua, had arranged the sale of the stolen data to The Edge media group owner, Datuk Tong Kooi Ong, and that a meeting would take place soon.

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



These conversations were also traced to the Thai authority’s investigations into Justo’s case of blackmailing and extorting his former employer.

The transcripts suggested that when Tong and Ho appeared to be stalling the payment of the US$2 million promised to Justo, Rewcastle-Brown told him that she would get Pua to come in.

According to the transcript, on March 19, at 8.12am, Rewcastle-Brown, in a private WhatsApp chat with Justo to discuss the stalled transaction, had told him that “I am seeing Tony Pua this evening. He is a very influential person in their community and was the person who put me in touch. He will give me an insight into what is happening...”

Justo, in his confession, spoke about payment agreements that had been reneged on because Ho and Tong were shifting goalposts.

According to details of the investigation, in the WhatsApp group named “Meet”, Justo had, on March 19 at 7.12am, retorted to Ho: “So you are telling me that you are not going to pay me as agreed in the bank that i have because you feel that this will expose you? I will then have no choice that to (sic) expose the truth.”

The transcript suggested that Ho had responded with, among others: “That exposes us and that makes it difficult for us to do a direct transaction... especially in Abu Dhabi, of all places!!”

Justo, in his confession made from the Bangkok remand prison, said the four used codenames in the WhatsApp group. “Fullerton” was Justo, as that was the name of the hotel in Singapore where he met Tong and his associates, and handed the stolen data with the promise of being paid later. Rewcastle-Brown’s was Athene Ban (for the Athene Bangkok hotel) because that was where she and Justo met for the first time.

Justo claimed that the name “Ho Kay Tat” registered in the group referred to both Tong and Ho, saying they were using Ho’s phone to communicate with him and Rewcastle-Brown.

It was not too long before Justo was picked up by Thai authorities that everyone in the group agreed that Justo would be paid through Rewcastle-Brown.

“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.

 “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.  “I am aware and fully acknowledge that this would constitute money laundering. However, I have not received any money.”

In the investigation documents, Justo had allegedly said Rewcastle-Brown had asked her UK lawyers to make arrangements for that purpose and that he was arrested while waiting for the payment to come through.

Justo had said that he had no idea if Rewcastle-Brown eventually got the money.

The Swiss national, who confessed to being remorseful, said he had told Rewcastle-Brown that he would be breaching confidentiality undertakings in his settlement agreement with PetroSaudi by selling the data.

Rewcastle-Brown allegedly responded that she was experienced in handling stolen data without anyone finding out. He also claimed in the written confession that Rewcastle-Brown had declined payment from him for being the broker, saying she wanted to bring down the prime minister (Datuk Seri Najib Razak), and that “would be payment enough”.

When the NST contacted Pua yesterday by phone, just after noon, he asked that he be contacted via SMS or WhatsApp. Pua, who sat in the Public Accounts Committee looking into the 1MDB investigation, did not respond to the NST's questions on his alleged involvement and if he stood by his past statements where he said he had never heard of Justo, until the Thais arrested him in late June.

The details of the investigation also suggested that Tong and Ho were not agreeable to the payment channels that Justo had suggested, saying that dealing with these financial institutions would expose them.

The parties concerned later came to an agreement that Tong would buy a stake in Rewcastle-Brown’s Sarawak Report. Yesterday, Tong and Ho issued a statement denying any involvement in any conspiracy to topple the prime minister.

The duo said neither they nor The Edge Media Group had any political agenda when they published articles on 1MDB, adding that none of their articles contained any political spin.

Source: NST
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