tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60186928392924107682024-03-27T18:28:17.747-07:00realpolitikasiaganesh sahathevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16735146227192431299noreply@blogger.comBlogger2047125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018692839292410768.post-82015735394030971142024-03-25T22:41:00.000-07:002024-03-25T22:42:29.867-07:00 In 2015 PKR complained that UMNO linked MyEG was winning BN/UMNO govt contracts that made MyEG's UMNO linked shareholder hundreds of millions-It is time for PKR to do the same, even if MyEG's shareholders are now linked to Anwar Ibrahim<p> by Ganesh Sahathevan</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgm8PpHDbIJXkLFhCan2TaNLNAo8wGUNKSaYIowuGg3s6Qh3ZyPaW4kSWvM-szL_8XSPVFw63B_F6EsK9oUfOv8LA8mWkfeCM_d4UdMLYgNDmvA1GWyVpIUOcfn0EA9AO_r_ZqWeGSvpvv3_hEextk2xwHoHK8swJODdP_Num_UaTFLqHkNQl6plNiY8u4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="860" height="405" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgm8PpHDbIJXkLFhCan2TaNLNAo8wGUNKSaYIowuGg3s6Qh3ZyPaW4kSWvM-szL_8XSPVFw63B_F6EsK9oUfOv8LA8mWkfeCM_d4UdMLYgNDmvA1GWyVpIUOcfn0EA9AO_r_ZqWeGSvpvv3_hEextk2xwHoHK8swJODdP_Num_UaTFLqHkNQl6plNiY8u4=w608-h405" width="608" /></a></div> <a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/pm-anwar-s-ally-bags-chairman-post-in-two-companies-raising-governance-concerns">PM Anwar’s ally bags chairman post in two companies, raising governance concerns</a><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><a href="https://theedgemalaysia.com/article/lead-story-bnlinked-counters-show-signs-price-recovery"> The Edge noted in 2019</a> that MyEG is an UMNO company: </span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">Another notable politically-linked name is MyEG Services Bhd, which is 30.88% owned by Datuk Dr Norraesah Mohamad, its group executive chairman. Previously a senator, Norraesah is an Umno supreme council member.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">Year to date, MyEG’s share price has inched up 2.6% but the government e-services provider is 60.6% down compared with a year ago.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">Recently, Datuk Raja Munir Shah Raja Mustapha resigned as an executive director for medical reasons. In 2017, the former deputy head of Tanjung Umno division sold his 29.7% stake in MyEG to Norraesah.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">Political risk is one of the key downsides for MyEG, according to analysts. Thus, investors will be keeping a close watch on whether the new government will renew the company’s concession when it is up for renewal in May 2020. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></p><p><a href="https://theedgemalaysia.com/article/anti-trust-watchdog-probe-myeg-over-permit-renewals"><span style="font-family: courier;">In 2015 PKR complained about how MyEg's UMNO political connections was gaining it contracts that that turned the UMNO linked shareholders into multi-millionaires:</span></a></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">“Based on the latest announcement, Datuk Raja Munir Shah Raja Mustapa, a major shareholder who is also former Penang Umno information chief and Tanjung Umno deputy division chief, owns 374,135,796 units of shares or 31.1% of the company [MyEG].“The 19% increase in MyEG share prices in the last few days has given Raja Munir an RM137 million profit on paper,” Semambu assemblyman Lee Chean Chung of PKR had said in a statement .</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">It is time for PKR to do so again, even if the shareholders are now linked to PKR leader Anwar Ibrahim.</span></p><p><br /></p><p>TO BE READ WITH </p><p><br /></p><div class="date-outer" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><h2 class="date-header" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="background-color: transparent; letter-spacing: inherit; margin: inherit; padding: inherit;">Saturday, March 23, 2024</span></h2><div class="date-posts"><div class="post-outer"><div class="post hentry uncustomized-post-template" itemprop="blogPost" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; min-height: 0px; position: relative;"><a name="7276799557424224579"></a><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2024/03/myeg-money-go-round-that-has.html" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">MyEG money go round that has miraculously favoured Anwar Ibrahim adviser Farhash Salvador and the Sultan Of Kelantan requires an explanation, from Anwar Ibrahim, the minister responsible for the finance sector</a></h3><div class="post-header" style="font-size: 10.8px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-7276799557424224579" itemprop="articleBody" style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570px;"><p> by Ganesh Sahathevan </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Start reported: </p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"><i>In fact, MyEG Services’ moneylending arm –<a href="https://disclosure.bursamalaysia.com/FileAccess/apbursaweb/download?id=135857&name=EA_GA_ATTACHMENTS" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;"> MyEG Finance Technologies Sdn Bhd</a> – loaned RM100mil to Rosetta Partners (owned by the SultanOf Kelantan and Anwar Ibarhim's man <span style="background-color: transparent;">Farhash Wafa Salvador)</span> in March 2018.</i></p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"><i>A CCM filing on March 16 (2024) showed that Rosetta Partners was acquired by Mfivesouthsea Sdn Bhd, a RM2 company jointly owned by Farhash (50%) and Sultan Muhammad V of Kelantan (50%).</i></p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"><i>The purchase gave Farhash and his business partner, Sultan Muhammad V, immediate entry into Cuscapi and Excel Force, both of which are listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia.</i></p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"> Rosetta Partners was wholly owned by Datuk Jayakumar Panneer Selvam, a close associate of (<span style="background-color: transparent;">Wong Thean Soon or T.S. Wong who controlled MyEG)</span></p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"><i>The loan, which remains outstanding, was provided with 12 million Cuscapi shares as collateral, according to the company-charge filing with CCM.</i></p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">The extract below from a MyEg Bursamalaysia desmonstrates the money-go-round between </p><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">MyEg Finance and other companies in the MyEg Group.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe0MZ3sQIW0mVhlaGz6z7HpxiOPKh1sGqpd-bgVfhGXHbNWQpnk49BnoqMXTmUB2ab2dCGaqwwSysWKJz2KbSl0oHOWYis3ABone3pPHytCAT90pr88nD64-GUbggiyoieDaxv-HL3cuF4TOh6l_3j7s9t900mI-8mBIuflgkbGI-VP9l55IPnQADmoWY/s629/Screenshot%202024-03-24%20101809.png" style="color: #cc6611; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="476" data-original-width="629" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe0MZ3sQIW0mVhlaGz6z7HpxiOPKh1sGqpd-bgVfhGXHbNWQpnk49BnoqMXTmUB2ab2dCGaqwwSysWKJz2KbSl0oHOWYis3ABone3pPHytCAT90pr88nD64-GUbggiyoieDaxv-HL3cuF4TOh6l_3j7s9t900mI-8mBIuflgkbGI-VP9l55IPnQADmoWY/w640-h484/Screenshot%202024-03-24%20101809.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></div><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br />The MyEG money go round that has miraculously favoured Anwar Ibrahim adviser Farhash Salvador and the Sultan Of Kelantan requires an explanation, from Anwar Ibrahim, the minister responsible for the finance sector. There are few if any Malaysian companies (outisde gaming and infrastructure) that have that kind of cash to throw around. </span><p style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"><br /></p>TO BE READ WITH <br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">A new star on the horizon</span></b><br /><img src="https://platform-cdn.sharethis.com/img/facebook.svg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px;" /><br /><img src="https://platform-cdn.sharethis.com/img/twitter.svg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px;" /><br /><img src="https://platform-cdn.sharethis.com/img/whatsapp.svg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px;" />By <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/authors?q=GANESHWARAN+KANA" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">GANESHWARAN KANA</a><br /><a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/tag/corporate+news" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">CORPORATE NEWS</a><br /><br /><br />Saturday, 23 Mar 2024<br /><br /><img height="514" src="https://apicms.thestar.com.my/uploads/images/2024/03/23/2607047.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px;" width="640" /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2024/03/23/a-new-star-on-the-horizon" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">Increasing prominence: A file photo of Farhash. The businessman has significant stakes in multiple companies vying to modernise government services through IT.</a></span><br /><br /><br />DATUK Farhash Wafa Salvador, a loyalist of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, is the latest rising star of corporate Malaysia.<br /><br />However, scrutiny of the former Perak PKR chief’s recent rise to prominence outside of politics reveals links to two well-known names in business circles, notably Tan Sri Vincent Tan and Wong Thean Soon or T.S. Wong.<br /><br /><br />In particular, Farhash’s links to Wong of MyEG Services Bhd can be traced to at least three listed companies – <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/business/marketwatch/stocks/?qcounter=EFORCE" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">Excel Force MSC Bhd</a><a href="http://charts.thestar.com.my/?s=EFORCE" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://cdn.thestar.com.my/Themes/img/chart.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></a>, <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/business/marketwatch/stocks/?qcounter=HTPADU" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">Heitech Padu Bhd</a><a href="http://charts.thestar.com.my/?s=HTPADU" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://cdn.thestar.com.my/Themes/img/chart.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></a> and <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/business/marketwatch/stocks/?qcounter=CUSCAPI" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">Cuscapi Bhd</a><a href="http://charts.thestar.com.my/?s=CUSCAPI" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://cdn.thestar.com.my/Themes/img/chart.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></a> – where he is a major shareholder.<br /><br />Interestingly, the 42-year-old Farhash became a key shareholder in the three companies all within a week.<br /><br /><br />Such a meteoric rise has raised many questions, one of which is why Farhash chose to be involved in companies linked to billionaire entrepreneur Wong.<br /><br />Therefore, the sight of Wong and Farhash – Anwar’s former political secretary – being key shareholders of the same companies has turned heads among analysts and investors.<br /><br />In addition, Farhash’s stake in Excel Force, HeiTech and Cuscapi also puts his true net worth under the microscope.<br /><a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/starpicks/2024/03/11/university-of-cyberjaya-inspires-changemakers-of-tomorrow" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://apicms.thestar.com.my/uploads/images/2024/03/11/thumbs/small/2585585.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></a><br /><a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/starpicks" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">STARPICKS</a><br /><a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/starpicks/2024/03/11/university-of-cyberjaya-inspires-changemakers-of-tomorrow" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">University of Cyberjaya inspires changemakers of tomorrow</a><br /><br />This, of course, does not include his ownership in other listed companies like <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/business/marketwatch/stocks/?qcounter=THETA" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">Theta Edge Bhd</a><a href="http://charts.thestar.com.my/?s=THETA" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://cdn.thestar.com.my/Themes/img/chart.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></a> and other unlisted entities.<br /><br />A Pakatan Harapan source tells StarBizWeek that Farhash is indeed wealthy given his prior entrepreneurial background.<br /><br />According to publicly available profiles of Farhash, he is said to have over more than a decade’s worth of experience in business, consultancy and advisory.<br /><br />Multiple biographies about the businessman on multiple websites state: “On the business front, his illustrious career spans a broad range of sectors which include construction, technology, hotels, and food and beverage. Mr Farhash is a multi-talented innovator with five award-winning patents held across the world, including the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany and China.”<br /><br />Farhash did not respond to efforts by StarBizWeek to contact him.<br /><br />Meanwhile, when contacted, Wong did not directly respond to questions about Farhash’s emergence in companies linked to him.<br /><br />However, he noted that he is not in an executive position in the companies apart from MyEG. Wong also says that there are no merger and acquisition plans in the pipeline among the companies at the moment.<br /><br />“Any collaboration between the companies is to be decided by the respective management teams.<br /><br />“Nonetheless, there are obvious synergies between these businesses as they are all involved in information technology (IT) and in the process of transitioning to the next-gen Web3 architecture,” he says.<br /><br />How it began<br /><br />Farhash owns a stake of 15.91% in HeiTech, 1.43% in Cuscapi and 0.95% in Excel Force via his private vehicle Rosetta Partners Sdn Bhd. He has another 0.89% stake in Excel Force directly under his name.<br /><br />StarBizWeek combed through a number of filings with the Companies Commission of Malaysia (CCM) and found that Farhash became the director of Rosetta Partners last week on March 11.<br /><br />A day later on March 12, Rosetta Partners mopped up a 15.91% stake in HeiTech, a company said to be in the running to develop the National Integrated Immigration System project, which is understood to be worth over RM1bil.<br /><br />This made Rosetta the single-largest shareholder of the company, with a stake of just 0.02 percentage points more than MyEG Capital Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Wong’s MyEG Services.<br /><br />Interestingly enough, MyEG Capital also emerged in HeiTech this month on March 7, the same day HeiTech announced it had secured a 12-month contract extension worth RM13.1mil to provide maintenance services to the Malaysian Immigration System (MyIMMs).<br /><br />HeiTech aside, Rosetta Partners has already had stakes in Cuscapi and Excel Force for the past several years.<br /><br />At that time, Rosetta Partners was wholly owned by Datuk Jayakumar Panneer Selvam, a close associate of Wong.<br /><br />Some 15 years back, Jayakumar served as the managing director of MyEG Integrated Networks Sdn Bhd, which is the 40%-owned unit of MyEG Services.<br /><br />Currently, Jayakumar is the chairman of Cuscapi, having been in the position since June 2018.<br /><br />A CCM filing on March 16 showed that Rosetta Partners was acquired by Mfivesouthsea Sdn Bhd, a RM2 company jointly owned by Farhash (50%) and Sultan Muhammad V of Kelantan (50%).<br /><br />The purchase gave Farhash and his business partner, Sultan Muhammad V, immediate entry into Cuscapi and Excel Force, both of which are listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia.<br /><br />It is not uncommon for Malaysia’s sultans to own key shareholdings in Malaysian listed companies.<br /><br />For example, Sultan of Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah has a stake of 9.91% each in <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/business/marketwatch/stocks/?qcounter=CITAGLB" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">Citaglobal Bhd</a><a href="http://charts.thestar.com.my/?s=CITAGLB" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://cdn.thestar.com.my/Themes/img/chart.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></a> and <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/business/marketwatch/stocks/?qcounter=MICROLN" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">Microlink Solutions Bhd</a><a href="http://charts.thestar.com.my/?s=MICROLN" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://cdn.thestar.com.my/Themes/img/chart.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></a>.<br /><br />Meanwhile, His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia has a 17.34% equity interest in <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/business/marketwatch/stocks/?qcounter=REDTONE" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">Redtone Digital Bhd</a><a href="http://charts.thestar.com.my/?s=REDTONE" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://cdn.thestar.com.my/Themes/img/chart.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></a> and a 12.35% stake in <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/business/marketwatch/stocks/?qcounter=BJASSET" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">Berjaya Assets Bhd</a><a href="http://charts.thestar.com.my/?s=BJASSET" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://cdn.thestar.com.my/Themes/img/chart.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></a>.<br /><br />His Majesty also owns almost a quarter of Berjaya Group’s telecommunication arm UMobile, which has become Malaysia’s third-largest mobile network operator after the Celcom-Digi merger.<br /><br />As for Rosetta Partners, the company was sold to Mfivesouthsea by a company called HDA Tech Sdn Bhd.<br /><br />HDA Tech is wholly owned by Farhash.<br /><br />Based on a CCM filing, the date of change in shareholding was March 16.<br /><br />Oddly enough, HDA Tech had only bought Rosetta Partners several days earlier from Jayakumar. The date of change in shareholding for this transaction was March 11.<br /><br />Rosetta Partners’ link to Wong goes beyond his personal ties with Jayakumar.<br /><br />In fact, MyEG Services’ moneylending arm – MyEG Finance Technologies Sdn Bhd – loaned RM100mil to Rosetta Partners in March 2018.<br /><br />The loan, which remains outstanding, was provided with 12 million Cuscapi shares as collateral, according to the company-charge filing with CCM.<br /><br />The Vincent Tan link<br /><br />Meanwhile, two companies related to Tan have appointed Farhash to their board of directors.<br /><br />They are Berjaya Construction Bhd, the construction arm of <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/business/marketwatch/stocks/?qcounter=BJLAND" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">Berjaya Land Bhd</a><a href="http://charts.thestar.com.my/?s=BJLAND" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://cdn.thestar.com.my/Themes/img/chart.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></a>, and <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/business/marketwatch/stocks/?qcounter=SEM" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">7-Eleven Malaysia Holdings Bhd</a><a href="http://charts.thestar.com.my/?s=SEM" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://cdn.thestar.com.my/Themes/img/chart.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></a>.<br /><br />In the case of 7-Eleven, Farhash also replaced Tan’s son Datuk Seri Robin Tan Yeong Ching as chairman on Jan 3, 2023.<br /><br />Interestingly, the appointment was made eight days after Farhash was named the chairman of stockbroking firm <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/business/marketwatch/stocks/?qcounter=APEX" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">Apex Equity Holdings Bhd</a><a href="http://charts.thestar.com.my/?s=APEX" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;"><img src="https://cdn.thestar.com.my/Themes/img/chart.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></a>.<br /><br />Apex Equity is 15.78% owned by Fun Sheung Development Ltd, which is believed to be the private vehicle of the late Lim Siew Kim, daughter of the late Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong of Genting Group.<br /><br />Overall, following Farhash’s rapid rise in corporate Malaysia, notably after the 2022 general election, all the companies related to him will be on the radar of investors, especially with regard to government contracts.<br /><br />The recent transactions indicate that Farhash has a liking for companies involved in technology.<br /><br />Excel Force is an established provider of software systems for broking companies and it was previously rumoured to be eyeing a contract to develop an alternative trading system in Malaysia.<br /><br />The proposal was the brainchild of the Datuk Seri Najib Razak administration.<br /><br />Cuscapi is a provider of point-of-sale systems and also owns the Electronic Dealer Management System (EDMS), a web-based application which connects vehicle assemblers, distributors, and dealers with government agencies such as Customs and Road Transport Department.<br /><br />HeiTech is also an IT player and has secured multiple government contracts in the past servicing the Health Ministry, the Road Transport Department and the Immigration Department, to name a few.<br /><br />According to The Straits Times, Farhash and his partner also own a stake of 4.97% in Theta Edge. This information was revealed by Farhash himself, adding that the stake was acquired on March 13.<br /><br />Theta Edge is also said to be among the top contenders for the Immigration Department’s National Integrated Immigration System project, which is also being eyed by HeiTech.<br /><br />Going forward, as the government puts more emphasis on digitalising its services, IT-related companies will be leading beneficiaries of contract awards.<br /><br />In the case of MyEG, which is also involved in Web3 infrastructure via Zetrix, Wong says its role in providing government-related services will remain relevant for the foreseeable future, although the nature of the services themselves may evolve.<br /><br />“Our focus for Zetrix is not just Malaysia but the international market.”<br /><br />Nevertheless, one should note that the government is also trying to develop IT services in-house without heavy reliance on external parties.<br /><br />For example, the National Central Database System (Padu) is fully constructed and managed by civil servants.<br /><br />Similarly, the Road Transport Department’s MyJPJ mobile application is also believed to have beem designed with in-house expertise. The app allows, among other things, the renewal of driving licences, a service that was previously only offered digitally by MyEG Services.<br /><br />Beyond the public sector, the rapid digitalisation in private-sector services also opens huge opportunities for IT-related companies, including those that Farhash has stakes in.<br /><br />Perhaps Farhash is more keen on such opportunities unlike what is speculated in the media and looks to ride on Wong’s years of experience in the digital space.<br /><br />Wong tells StarBizWeek that his companies are first-movers in the transition from Web2 to Web3.<br /><br />The transition from Web2 to Web3 is similar to the transition from 3G to 5G, where the user experiences is similar but the back engine is running on a new architecture that enables data to become digitised assets with unique ownership.<br /><br />“The transition to Web3 is happening really fast right now and most government services in countries like China are now all on Web3.<br /><br />“It is a matter of time before other governments similarly adopt it because the benefits are too significant to be ignored,” says Wong.<div class="row content-holder story-wrapper" style="border: none; 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font-size: 12px;"><h2 class="date-header" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="background-color: transparent; letter-spacing: inherit; margin: inherit; padding: inherit;">Sunday, March 17, 2024</span></h2><div class="date-posts"><div class="post-outer"><div class="post hentry uncustomized-post-template" itemprop="blogPost" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; min-height: 0px; position: relative;"><a name="21023122986863116"></a><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2024/03/is-heitech-padus-hilmey-being-pushed.html" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">Is HeiTech Padu's Hilmey being pushed , mugged or made an offer he could not refuse to hand over control of Hei Tech Padu to Anwar Ibrahim's Farhash Wafa Salvador Rizal Mubarak</a></h3><div class="post-header" style="font-size: 10.8px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-21023122986863116" itemprop="articleBody" style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570px;"><p> by Ganesh Sahathevan </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">Hilmey was so pround that PNB agreed when he asked if he could be "given the opportuntiy to biy PNB IT via a MBO: </span></p><p class="articleParagraph enarticleParagraph" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><b style="background: rgb(254, 248, 217); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 2px;">Hilmey</b> was riding the buoyant wave of success at PNB when he opted to leave his secure, high-profile job to lead a management buyout of a then obscure outfit called PNB Information Techno-logies (PNB IT), the IT arm of the PNB.</span></p><p class="articleParagraph enarticleParagraph" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">This unit was formed in 1990 to spearhead PNB's computerisation programme. With millions of small unitholders scattered around the country, PNB had to devise a way to make transactions easy for them.</span></p><p class="articleParagraph enarticleParagraph" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">The unit became a big success, growing into a company which computerised various government departments, from Pos Malaysia to the Immigration Department, the National Registration Department and Road Transport Department.</span></p><p class="articleParagraph enarticleParagraph" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">In line with the government's move to encourage more bumiputra technopreneurs, PNB decided to spin off the IT unit so as to ensure that PNB remained true to its core activity of unit trust fund management.</span></p><p class="articleParagraph enarticleParagraph" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><b style="background: rgb(254, 248, 217); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 2px;">Hilmey</b> offered to vacate his CEO post at PNB and head the management buyout (MBO) team.</span></p><p class="articleParagraph enarticleParagraph" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">PNB IT then was committed to computerising various government departments and <b style="background: rgb(254, 248, 217); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 2px;">Hilmey</b> wants to "make sure the job gets done."</span></p><p class="articleParagraph enarticleParagraph" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">Using a shelf company Padujade Corporation Sdn Bhd, <b style="background: rgb(254, 248, 217); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 2px;">Hilmey</b> and the management team, bought up a 65% stake in PNB IT, leaving PNB with the remaining 35%.</span></p><p class="articleParagraph enarticleParagraph" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">He declines to reveal the exact amount he paid for the MBO but admits that he holds a controlling share. The shareholding structure as at March 31, 2000 showed that <b style="background: rgb(254, 248, 217); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 2px;">Hilmey</b> holds 48% of HeiTech <b style="background: rgb(254, 248, 217); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 2px;">Padu</b> via Padujade, PNB holds 35%, the management team holds 16.18% and Perbadanan Usahawan Nasional Bhd (PUNB) holds 0.82%.</span></p><p class="articleParagraph enarticleParagraph" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">PUNB financed the MBO which <b style="background: rgb(254, 248, 217); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 2px;">Hilmey</b> proudly claims was repaid within two years and on May 31, 1999, PNB IT was renamed HeiTech <b style="background: rgb(254, 248, 217); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 2px;">Padu</b> Sdn Bhd. It has since be renamed HeiTech <b style="background: rgb(254, 248, 217); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 2px;">Padu</b> Bhd and will issue its propectus today, for a listing on the KLSE possibily next month</span></p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">(HeiTech Padu comes into its own. By Mary Anne Tan. The Sun Daily<br />9 October 2000)</span><p class="articleParagraph enarticleParagraph" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="articleParagraph enarticleParagraph" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">Given the above, it is not unreasonable to ask if Hilmey is being pushed if not mugged by Anwar Ibrahim's man <span style="background-color: transparent;">Farhash Wafa Salvador Rizal Mubarak. who has taken control of the company, with financing from sources unknown. Hilmey's 17.89% stake in the company exceeds Farhash's 15.91%, but Hilmey does not have ANwar on his side. </span></p><p class="articleParagraph enarticleParagraph" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">SEE STORY BELOW </span></p><p class="articleParagraph enarticleParagraph" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><a href="https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/03/14/farhash-emerges-as-substantial-shareholder-in-heitech-padu/" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br />New substantial shareholder emerges in HeiTech Padu</span></a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/author/fmtreporters/" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">FMT Reporters</a>-14 Mar 2024, 10:52 PM<br /><br /><br />Technology services provider HeiTech Padu is reportedly among three companies shortlisted by the government to develop a RM1 billion immigration IT system.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img height="377" src="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/e37e5142-07-farhash-wafa-salvador-140324.webp" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px;" width="603" /><div>Farhash Wafa Salvador Rizal Mubarak is also the chairman and director of companies such as 7-Eleven Malaysia Holdings Bhd and Apex Equity Holdings Bhd.<br /><br />PETALING JAYA: Farhash Wafa Salvador Rizal Mubarak has emerged as a substantial shareholder of Heitech Padu Bhd after acquiring an indirect interest of 15.9% (16.1 million shares) in the technology services provider.<br /><br />Farhash is the chairman and director of several companies, including 7-Eleven Malaysia Holdings Bhd and Apex Equity Holdings Bhd.<br /><br /><br />In a Bursa filing today, HeiTech Padu disclosed that Farhash had deemed interest in the company via a private vehicle, Rosetta Partners Sdn Bhd. The acquisition price was not disclosed.<br /><br />On Monday, MyEG Services Bhd’s unit MyEG Capital Sdn Bhd announced that it had acquired 14.57 million shares, or a 14.4% equity interest, in HeiTech Padu for RM31.24 million.<br /><br /><br />ADVERTISING<br /><br /><br />In a separate Bursa filing on the same day, HeiTech Padu announced it had secured a contract extension worth RM13.11 million for the provision of maintenance services to the Malaysian Immigration System (MyIMMs).<br /><br />HeiTech Padu said the 12-month contract extension runs from Feb 18, 2024 to Feb 17, 2025.<br /><br />HeiTech Padu first secured the contract in March 2021 on a three-year basis. It was worth RM33.92 million and was to end on Feb 17, 2024.<br /><br />The extension comes amid the government’s selection process for the development of the national integrated immigration system (NIISe) to replace MyIMMs.<br /><br />ADVERTISING<br /><br /><br />The Edge recently reported that HeiTech Padu is among three companies shortlisted by the government to develop the NIISe project, which is understood to be worth over RM1 billion.<br /><br />In May last year, home minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said the 20-year-old MyIMMs was outdated and no longer capable of meeting future immigration needs.<br /><br />In a written parliamentary reply, he said NIISe, which is expected to be operational in August 2025, will enhance the quality of delivering immigration services.<br /><br />NIISe seeks to incorporate biometric technology to enable the adoption of e-Gates at immigration checkpoints.</div><div style="clear: both;"></div></div><div class="post-footer" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); color: #666666; font-size: 10.8px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 20px -2px 0px; padding: 5px 10px;"><div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-1"><span class="post-author vcard" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 1em;">Posted by <span class="fn" itemprop="author" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a class="g-profile" href="https://www.blogger.com/profile/16735146227192431299" rel="author" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;" title="author profile"><span itemprop="name">ganesh sahathevan</span> </a></span></span><span class="post-timestamp" style="margin-left: -1em; margin-right: 1em;">at <a class="timestamp-link" href="https://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2024/03/is-heitech-padus-hilmey-being-pushed.html" rel="bookmark" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;" title="permanent link"><abbr class="published" itemprop="datePublished" style="border: none;" title="2024-03-17T22:26:00-07:00">10:26 PM</abbr></a> </span><span class="post-comment-link" style="margin-right: 1em;"><a class="comment-link" href="https://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2024/03/is-heitech-padus-hilmey-being-pushed.html#comment-form" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none; text-wrap: nowrap;">No comments: </a></span></div></div></div></div></div></div>ganesh sahathevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16735146227192431299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018692839292410768.post-25792273189460267282024-03-23T22:06:00.000-07:002024-03-23T22:12:57.208-07:00Goldman Sachs Role In Singapore's Penny Stock Crash Revisited- Why Did Goldman Accept A Former Freelance Journalist Linked To Soh Chee Wen,Who Was Then Wanted In Malaysia As A Stockbroking Client?<p> by Ganesh Sahathevan </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> <span style="font-size: xx-small;"> <br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJ2pNQNszFd7tSPecOPPf66FbvbHXcWFZC3e9UzYJ_FzisF_d9-fsW7ibritEk4gp02HjkvgM64kCJrGoXZhRCx5pNra5ceXmPBt2mXheylhYux8sJUvSKcvlsjxWklyPQFqQ8Tm5bsxGCtwWWDkxhgSw5Ajeu5JRsCQfxCT5KcS8xOeZgC_gTgX_PlkE" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJ2pNQNszFd7tSPecOPPf66FbvbHXcWFZC3e9UzYJ_FzisF_d9-fsW7ibritEk4gp02HjkvgM64kCJrGoXZhRCx5pNra5ceXmPBt2mXheylhYux8sJUvSKcvlsjxWklyPQFqQ8Tm5bsxGCtwWWDkxhgSw5Ajeu5JRsCQfxCT5KcS8xOeZgC_gTgX_PlkE=w579-h386" width="579" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> <a href="https://theedgemalaysia.com/article/soh-chee-wen-manipulation-penny-stocks-singapore-singapore-court-finds-john-soh-and-partner"> </a><a href="https://theedgemalaysia.com/article/soh-chee-wen-manipulation-penny-stocks-singapore-singapore-court-finds-john-soh-and-partner"><br /> Soh Chee Wen & The Manipulation Of Penny Stocks in Singapore: Singapore court finds John Soh and partner guilty of share price manipulation</a></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">Business Times Singapore reported in September 2001:</span></p><p class="articleParagraph enarticleParagraph" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">The list of 68 dissenting minority shareholders released by the loss-making investment holding company last week showed that at least three shareholders are directly related to Ipco International, over which Malaysian fugitive Soh Chee Wen is believed to still have an influence.</span></p><p class="articleParagraph enarticleParagraph" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">Some other minority shareholders believe that Soh, who is wanted by the Malaysian Securities Commission for alleged share manipulation and fraud, is behind the corporate struggle at the helm of Inno-Pac.</span></p><p class="articleParagraph enarticleParagraph" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">Soh used to control Inno-Pac and was at one time its managing director, but left its board earlier this year. Sources think he could be trying to regain control of the company.</span></p><p class="articleParagraph enarticleParagraph" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">A check through the list of shareholders showed that Sukardi Tandijono Tang, a current director of Ipco, holds 1.2 million Inno-Pac shares, while Friendship Bridge Holding Company Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Ipco, holds 915,000 shares. Meanwhile, Alianto Tio, who is the son of Ipco's former chairman and substantial shareholder Purwadi, owns 1.18 million Inno-Pac shares through Kim Eng Securities.</span></p><p class="articleParagraph enarticleParagraph" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">The battle to unseat virtually all the members of Inno-Pac's current board was started by a minority shareholder, freelance journalist <b style="background: rgb(254, 248, 217); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 2px;">Quah</b> <b style="background: rgb(254, 248, 217); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 2px;">Su</b>-<b style="background: rgb(254, 248, 217); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 2px;">Ling</b>, who has vehemently denied that she has any links with Soh.</span></p><p class="articleParagraph enarticleParagraph" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">((Web of links unveiled as Inno-Pac battle nears. ,By Serena Ng,30 July 2001 ,Business Times Singapore)</span></p><p class="articleParagraph enarticleParagraph" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline" style="color: #222222;" />Given that history it is surprising that Goldman agreed to accept Quah as a client, even if Goldman would later complain that Quah cheated them. </span></p><p class="articleParagraph enarticleParagraph" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></p><p class="articleParagraph enarticleParagraph" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.mas.gov.sg/regulation/enforcement/enforcement-actions/2022/masterminds-behind-singapore-largest-stock-market-manipulation-jailed"><br /></a></span></span></p><h1 class="mas-text-h1 c:grey-1 fw:semibold m-b:m" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 3.5rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.mas.gov.sg/regulation/enforcement/enforcement-actions/2022/masterminds-behind-singapore-largest-stock-market-manipulation-jailed"><span style="font-size: large;">Masterminds Behind Singapore's Largest Stock Market Manipulation Jailed</span></a></h1><div class="mas-text-summary mas-rte-content" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 24px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 2rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div><div class="_mas-typeset contain wrap:l m-x:a m-b:m mas-rte-content" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 24px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5rem !important; margin-left: auto !important; margin-right: auto !important; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 74.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="AGC-SPF-MAS logos" height="117px" src="https://www.mas.gov.sg/-/media/mas/news/media-releases/2022/agc-spf-mas-joint-logos.jpg?h=117&w=602&hash=7F98CFEA3855A471C9395442CA7141AC" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="602px" /></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 1.5rem 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Joint Statement by<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Attorney-General's Chambers (AGC)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Singapore Police Force (SPF)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 1.5rem 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Singapore, 28 December 2022... On 28 December 2022, the High Court sentenced Mr Soh Chee Wen (also known as John Soh), and Ms Quah Su-Ling to a total of 36 and 20 years’ imprisonment respectively for, among other things, orchestrating an elaborate scheme to manipulate the shares of Blumont Group Ltd, Asiasons Capital Ltd and LionGold Corp Ltd between August 2012 and October 2013, and cheating two financial institutions. </span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 1.5rem 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span>2. <span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> </span>Earlier this year on 5 May 2022<mas-footnote class="ts:xs" group="1" id="1-footnote-1" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5rem;"> <span style="margin: 0.1em; position: relative; top: -0.4em; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.mas.gov.sg/regulation/enforcement/enforcement-actions/2022/masterminds-behind-singapore-largest-stock-market-manipulation-jailed#1" style="color: #8d7249;">[1]</a></span> </mas-footnote>, Mr Soh and Ms Quah were convicted of a total of 180 and 169 charges respectively after trial. The High Court found the duo guilty of charges of market manipulation and price manipulation, engaging in deceptive practices against financial institutions, and cheating two financial institutions. In addition, Mr Soh was found guilty of witness tampering charges, and charges for being concerned in the management of the three companies whilst being an undischarged bankrupt. </p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 1.5rem 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">3. <span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> </span>After hearing arguments by the Prosecution and counsel for Mr Soh and Ms Quah on 4 November 2022, the High Court meted out the following sentences today:</p><div class="mas-table mas-table--full-width-tablet mas-table--shadow-primary-3" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 1.5rem 0px; overflow-x: auto; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><table style="background: none; border-bottom-color: rgb(211, 211, 211); border-bottom-style: solid; border-collapse: collapse; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-spacing: 0px; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; overflow: auto hidden; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 1192px;"></table><table style="background-attachment: scroll, scroll; background-clip: initial, initial; background-image: radial-gradient(at left center, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px, transparent 75%), radial-gradient(at right center, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px, transparent 75%); background-origin: initial, initial; background-position: 0px 50%, 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat, initial; background-size: 15px 100%, 15px 100%; border-bottom-color: rgb(211, 211, 211); border-bottom-style: solid; border-collapse: collapse; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-spacing: 0px; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.125rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5rem; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; overflow: auto hidden; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 1192px;"><tbody style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><tr style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="background-color: rgba(179, 179, 179, 0.16); background-image: linear-gradient(90deg, rgb(242, 242, 242) 50%, rgba(242, 242, 242, 0)); background-position: 0px 100%; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 30px 100%; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 1rem; vertical-align: top;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Charges</span></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color: rgba(179, 179, 179, 0.16); background-image: linear-gradient(270deg, rgb(242, 242, 242) 50%, rgba(242, 242, 242, 0)); background-position: 100% 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 30px 100%; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 1rem; vertical-align: top;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(i) Conviction </span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(ii) Sentence</span></p></td></tr><tr style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background-image: linear-gradient(90deg, rgb(255, 255, 255) 50%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 30px 100%; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 1rem; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"> <span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mr Soh</span></td><td style="background-image: linear-gradient(270deg, rgb(255, 255, 255) 50%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)); background-position: 100% 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 30px 100%; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 1rem; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ms Quah</span></td></tr><tr style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background-color: rgba(179, 179, 179, 0.16); background-image: linear-gradient(90deg, rgb(242, 242, 242) 50%, rgba(242, 242, 242, 0)); background-position: 0px 100%; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 30px 100%; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 1rem; vertical-align: top;">Section 197 of the Securities and Futures Act (SFA) read with section 120B of the Penal Code (PC)</td><td style="background-color: rgba(179, 179, 179, 0.16); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 1rem; vertical-align: top;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Conspiring to -</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">a. create a false appearance with respect to the market for Blumont, Asiasons and LionGold shares for periods between 1 August 2012 and 3 October 2013,</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">b. manipulate and support the share prices of these counters in August, September and October 2013, shortly before the share prices collapsed on 4 October 2013 </p></td><td style="background-color: rgba(179, 179, 179, 0.16); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 1rem; vertical-align: top;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(i) 10 charges</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(ii) Five years’ imprisonment each for three charges (consecutive)</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(iii) Between two years to four years and six months’ imprisonment each for seven charges (concurrent)</p></td><td style="background-color: rgba(179, 179, 179, 0.16); background-image: linear-gradient(270deg, rgb(242, 242, 242) 50%, rgba(242, 242, 242, 0)); background-position: 100% 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 30px 100%; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 1rem; vertical-align: top;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(i) 10 charges</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(ii) Four years’ imprisonment each for two charges and three years’ imprisonment for one charge (consecutive)</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(iii) Between one year and four months’ to four years imprisonment each for seven charges (concurrent)</p></td></tr><tr style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background-image: linear-gradient(90deg, rgb(255, 255, 255) 50%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 30px 100%; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 1rem; vertical-align: top;">Section 201 of the SFA read with section 120B of the PC </td><td style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 1rem; vertical-align: top;">Concealing from and deceiving financial institutions of their involvement in giving instructions for the controlled accounts </td><td style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 1rem; vertical-align: top;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(i) 153 out of 162 charges</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(ii) One year’s imprisonment for one charge (consecutive)</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(iii) One year’s imprisonment each for 152 charges (concurrent)</p></td><td style="background-image: linear-gradient(270deg, rgb(255, 255, 255) 50%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)); background-position: 100% 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 30px 100%; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 1rem; vertical-align: top;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(i) 153 out of 162 charges</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(ii) One year’s imprisonment for one charge (consecutive)</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(iii) One year’s imprisonment each for 152 charges (concurrent)</p></td></tr><tr style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background-color: rgba(179, 179, 179, 0.16); background-image: linear-gradient(90deg, rgb(242, 242, 242) 50%, rgba(242, 242, 242, 0)); background-position: 0px 100%; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 30px 100%; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 1rem; vertical-align: top;">Section 420 read with section 120B of the PC</td><td style="background-color: rgba(179, 179, 179, 0.16); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 1rem; vertical-align: top;">Conspiring to cheat Goldman Sachs International (GS) and Interactive Brokers LLC (IB). The Blumont, Asiasons and LionGold shares were offered as collateral to obtain financing from GS and IB through six controlled accounts. GS and IB were deceived into providing more than $142 million and $815 million respectively in financing these trading accounts </td><td style="background-color: rgba(179, 179, 179, 0.16); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 1rem; vertical-align: top;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(i) Six charges</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(ii) Seven years’ imprisonment for one charge and eight years’ imprisonment for one charge (consecutive)</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(iii) Between eight years’ to nine years’ imprisonment each for four charges (concurrent)</p></td><td style="background-color: rgba(179, 179, 179, 0.16); background-image: linear-gradient(270deg, rgb(242, 242, 242) 50%, rgba(242, 242, 242, 0)); background-position: 100% 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 30px 100%; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 1rem; vertical-align: top;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(i) Six charges</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(ii) Eight years’ imprisonment for one charge (consecutive)</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(iii) Between six years and six months’ to seven years and three months’ imprisonment each for five charges (concurrent)</p></td></tr><tr style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background-image: linear-gradient(90deg, rgb(255, 255, 255) 50%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 30px 100%; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 1rem; vertical-align: top;">Section 204A of the PC</td><td style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 1rem; vertical-align: top;">Tampering with the evidence of four witnesses, instigating them to lie to investigators to conceal Ms Quah’s and his involvement in the manipulative activities</td><td style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 1rem; vertical-align: top;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(i) Eight charges</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(ii) Two years and six months’ imprisonment each for two charges (consecutive)</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(iii) Between one year and six months’ to three years’ imprisonment each for six charges (concurrent)</p></td><td style="background-image: linear-gradient(270deg, rgb(255, 255, 255) 50%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)); background-position: 100% 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 30px 100%; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 1rem; vertical-align: top;"> -</td></tr><tr style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background-color: rgba(179, 179, 179, 0.16); background-image: linear-gradient(90deg, rgb(242, 242, 242) 50%, rgba(242, 242, 242, 0)); background-position: 0px 100%; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 30px 100%; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 1rem; vertical-align: top;">Section 148 of the Companies Act</td><td style="background-color: rgba(179, 179, 179, 0.16); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 1rem; vertical-align: top;">Being concerned in the management of Blumont, Asiasons and LionGold whilst being an undischarged bankrupt</td><td style="background-color: rgba(179, 179, 179, 0.16); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 1rem; vertical-align: top;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(i) Three charges</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(ii) One year’s imprisonment each for three charges (concurrent)</p></td><td style="background-color: rgba(179, 179, 179, 0.16); background-image: linear-gradient(270deg, rgb(242, 242, 242) 50%, rgba(242, 242, 242, 0)); background-position: 100% 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 30px 100%; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 1rem; vertical-align: top;"> -</td></tr><tr style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td colspan="2" style="background-image: linear-gradient(90deg, rgb(255, 255, 255) 50%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 30px 100%; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 1rem; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Global Sentence</span></td><td style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 1rem; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">36 years’ imprisonment*</td><td style="background-image: linear-gradient(270deg, rgb(255, 255, 255) 50%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)); background-position: 100% 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 30px 100%; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 1rem; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;"> 20 years’ imprisonment*</td></tr></tbody></table></div><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 1.5rem 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">* Mr Soh and Ms Quah each indicated that they will be filing a notice of appeal against conviction and the sentences imposed, save that Mr Soh will not be appealing against the conviction for the charges under Section 148 of the Companies Act.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 1.5rem 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">4. <span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> </span>Chief Prosecutor, Mr Tan Kiat Pheng, said, “The Prosecution is committed to act against offenders who engage in market manipulation and other offences that harm the investing public and financial market participants, and we will not tolerate any attempts to subvert our criminal justice system. We will continue to work closely with our law enforcement agencies and regulator to safeguard Singapore’s reputation as an international financial centre.”</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 1.5rem 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">5. <span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> </span>Director of the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD), Mr David Chew, said, “We take a serious view of criminals who manipulate the stock market, as their conduct undermines the integrity of Singapore’s capital markets. In order to protect the integrity of our capital markets, the authorities will vigorously pursue and prosecute criminals who manipulate or conspire with others to manipulate our capital markets.”</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 1.5rem 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">6.<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> </span>Assistant Managing Director, Policy Payments and Financial Crime, Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Ms Loo Siew Yee, said, “The elaborate scheme master-minded by the offenders to manipulate shares listed on SGX led to large losses by investors and harmed public confidence in the integrity of Singapore’s capital markets. The successful prosecution and stiff sentences leave no doubt as to the authorities’ resolve in acting against such misconduct. MAS will continue to work in partnership with AGC, CAD and the industry to effectively detect, deter and prosecute bad actors, with the objective of ensuring that our capital markets remain fair, orderly and transparent.”</p></div>ganesh sahathevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16735146227192431299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018692839292410768.post-49158571279444776422024-03-23T19:41:00.000-07:002024-03-23T19:45:49.564-07:00China attacks Philippine assets in the South China Sea, but Australia's Wong agrees with China's Wang Yi that China can speak for South East Asia - Australia's attempts at balancing competing interests confirms South East Asian perception of Australians being a simple but honest people, who look foolish when they try to be otherwise<p> by Ganesh Sahathevan </p><p><br /></p><h1 class="gmail-Typography_base__sj2RP gmail-Heading_heading__VGa5B gmail-Headline_heading__CjnZn gmail-Typography_sizeMobile24__GzKLB gmail-Typography_sizeDesktop36__r8Mp_ gmail-Typography_lineHeightMobile32__IFQbj gmail-Typography_lineHeightDesktop48__RCwwV gmail-Typography_marginBottomMobileSmall__6wx7m gmail-Typography_marginBottomDesktopSmall__CboX4 gmail-Typography_black__9qnZ1 gmail-Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx gmail-Typography_normalise__u5o1s" style="align-items: flex-start; 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font-size: medium;"><a href=" https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-23/china-hits-philippine-boat-with-water-cannon-in-south-china-sea/103624718">China continues to attack Philippine assets in the South China Sea.</a> Meanwhile three weeks ago <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-29/philippines-president-ferdinand-marcos-china-albanese-dutton-/103526654">Australia and the Philippines have recently signed a new agreement to deepen maritime cooperation.</a> In doing so Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese declared:</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.4px;"><a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/04/asia/australia-philippines-south-china-sea-analysis-intl-hnk/index.html"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">“Our cooperation is an assertion of our national interest and a recognition of our regional responsibility,”</span></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">However, just last week after meetings in Australia between Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi , Wang </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: courier; font-size: large;">assumed to speak on behalf of South East Asians, and Australia's Wong appeared to have agreed that he can and should.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: courier; font-size: large;">All this is likely to confirm the belief among South East Asians that Australians are essentially straight forward but simple people, who will only look foolish when they try to be otherwise (even if Penny Wong is part Malaysian.</span></p><p><br /></p><div class="fauxborder-right main-fauxborder-right" style="background-color: white; background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: repeat-y; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; height: 9591.89px; position: absolute; right: 0px;"></div><div class="region-inner main-inner" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px auto; 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letter-spacing: inherit; margin: inherit; padding: inherit;">Thursday, March 21, 2024</span></h2><div class="date-posts"><div class="post-outer"><div class="post hentry uncustomized-post-template" itemprop="blogPost" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; min-height: 0px; position: relative;"><a name="4003069050618809802"></a><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;">China's Wang Yi has spoken on behalf of South East Asians, and Australia's Penny Wong appears to have agreed that he can and should- Latest Australian foreign policy maneuver likely to cause even greater distrust of Australia's foreign policy among South East Asians who have relied on the US and Australia to keep China at bay for over 50 years</h3><div class="post-header" style="font-size: 10.8px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4003069050618809802" itemprop="description articleBody" style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570px;"><p> by Ganesh Sahathevan </p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEge8Kp28k3cHJ4u9X5j-NguBGBR2FkXkvamabIt4vSSqbA0jMvXi1crTRrjwchI5Qj4iUOCRd8Ri-YO_YUU3BN1JWxVuD1tFNSL4qTPaVQGZcYMIgJRME2RX2cDetXFbJLXdtiyg6OxGm1qvLhYhXcftycbDK4u9QTIiTbcgC0bRYiW2RGqJXg8YkCBnHs" style="color: #cc6611; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" height="383" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEge8Kp28k3cHJ4u9X5j-NguBGBR2FkXkvamabIt4vSSqbA0jMvXi1crTRrjwchI5Qj4iUOCRd8Ri-YO_YUU3BN1JWxVuD1tFNSL4qTPaVQGZcYMIgJRME2RX2cDetXFbJLXdtiyg6OxGm1qvLhYhXcftycbDK4u9QTIiTbcgC0bRYiW2RGqJXg8YkCBnHs=w575-h383" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="575" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">Despite Anwar Ibarhim declaring recently while in Australia that he does not have a problem with China it remains<a href="https://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2024/03/in-1974-china-under-mao-tse-tung-agreed.html" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: none;"> a fact that Malaysia continues to have problems with China's expansion.</a> In fact the majority of South East Asians, being Malay Muslim, are in conflict with China and Chinese even now.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">Against that backdrop, Wang Yi's reference to regional aspirations, with Penny Wong's approval, can only cause Australia's neighbours to be even more wary of Australia's intentions, which appear to be more China centric, and less South East Asian friendly, as it has been for over 100 years. These utterances will be viewed with apprehension, if not anger by the many in this region who have no interest in being dominated by China:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/zxxx_662805/202403/t20240320_11263053.html" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">Wang Yi said</a> that the ups and downs of China-Australia relations in the past decade have not only left both sides with lessons to learn from, but also accumulated experience worth cherishing. The most fundamental thing is to uphold mutual respect. The most crucial thing is to stay committed to seeking common ground while shelving differences. The most important thing is to pursue mutual benefit and win-win results. The most precious thing is to remain independent. Since China-Australia relations are on the right track, both sides should have no hesitation, no yawing and no backward steps. Since the course forward has been charted, both sides should strive to make steady, good and sustained progress. This serves the <a href="https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/zxxx_662805/202403/t20240320_11263053.html" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">common interests of the two peoples and also meets the common expectation of countries in the region.</a></span></span></p><p><br /></p><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Malaysia and Indonesia ,as well as Vietnam and Singapore, do not want a South East Asia overseen by China.The existing order led by the US, assited by Australia, the UK and others has proven to be a good one, as Lee Kuan Yew explained it in 2013:</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "times new roman", times, serif;"><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/china/archive/2013/03/interview-lee-kuan-yew-on-the-future-of-us-china-relations/273657/" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">China will not let an international court arbitrate territorial disputes in the South China Sea, so the presence of U.S. firepower in the Asia-Pacific will be necessary if the U.N. Law of the Sea is to prevail.</a></span><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><p><br /></p><p>SEE ALSO </p><h2 class="date-header" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="background-color: transparent; letter-spacing: inherit; margin: inherit; padding: inherit;">Saturday, August 19, 2023</span></h2><div class="date-posts" style="font-size: 12px;"><div class="post-outer"><div class="post hentry uncustomized-post-template" itemprop="blogPost" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; min-height: 0px; position: relative;"><a name="6603942058826579053"></a><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2023/08/australias-asean-liason-is-moderate.html" style="color: #ff9900; text-decoration-line: none;">Australia's ASEAN liaison is a Malaysian Chinese who is a "moderate voice on China" but is Michelle Chan what ASEAN wants</a></h3><div class="post-header" style="font-size: 10.8px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-6603942058826579053" itemprop="description articleBody" style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570px;"><p> by Ganesh Sahathevan </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>ganesh sahathevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16735146227192431299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018692839292410768.post-72767995574242245792024-03-23T16:40:00.000-07:002024-03-23T16:42:12.838-07:00 MyEG money go round that has miraculously favoured Anwar Ibrahim adviser Farhash Salvador and the Sultan Of Kelantan requires an explanation, from Anwar Ibrahim, the minister responsible for the finance sector <p> by Ganesh Sahathevan </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Start reported: </p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"><i>In fact, MyEG Services’ moneylending arm –<a href="https://disclosure.bursamalaysia.com/FileAccess/apbursaweb/download?id=135857&name=EA_GA_ATTACHMENTS"> MyEG Finance Technologies Sdn Bhd</a> – loaned RM100mil to Rosetta Partners (owned by the SultanOf Kelantan and Anwar Ibarhim's man <span style="background-color: transparent;">Farhash Wafa Salvador)</span> in March 2018.</i></p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"><i>A CCM filing on March 16 (2024) showed that Rosetta Partners was acquired by Mfivesouthsea Sdn Bhd, a RM2 company jointly owned by Farhash (50%) and Sultan Muhammad V of Kelantan (50%).</i></p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"><i>The purchase gave Farhash and his business partner, Sultan Muhammad V, immediate entry into Cuscapi and Excel Force, both of which are listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia.</i></p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"> Rosetta Partners was wholly owned by Datuk Jayakumar Panneer Selvam, a close associate of (<span style="background-color: transparent;">Wong Thean Soon or T.S. Wong who controlled MyEG)</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"><i>The loan, which remains outstanding, was provided with 12 million Cuscapi shares as collateral, according to the company-charge filing with CCM.</i></p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">The extract below from a MyEg Bursamalaysia desmonstrates the money-go-round between </p><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;">MyEg Finance and other companies in the MyEg Group.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe0MZ3sQIW0mVhlaGz6z7HpxiOPKh1sGqpd-bgVfhGXHbNWQpnk49BnoqMXTmUB2ab2dCGaqwwSysWKJz2KbSl0oHOWYis3ABone3pPHytCAT90pr88nD64-GUbggiyoieDaxv-HL3cuF4TOh6l_3j7s9t900mI-8mBIuflgkbGI-VP9l55IPnQADmoWY/s629/Screenshot%202024-03-24%20101809.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="476" data-original-width="629" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe0MZ3sQIW0mVhlaGz6z7HpxiOPKh1sGqpd-bgVfhGXHbNWQpnk49BnoqMXTmUB2ab2dCGaqwwSysWKJz2KbSl0oHOWYis3ABone3pPHytCAT90pr88nD64-GUbggiyoieDaxv-HL3cuF4TOh6l_3j7s9t900mI-8mBIuflgkbGI-VP9l55IPnQADmoWY/w640-h484/Screenshot%202024-03-24%20101809.png" width="640" /></a></div><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br />The MyEG money go round that has miraculously favoured Anwar Ibrahim adviser Farhash Salvador and the Sultan Of Kelantan requires an explanation, from Anwar Ibrahim, the minister responsible for the finance sector. There are few if any Malaysian companies (outisde gaming and infrastructure) that have that kind of cash to throw around. </span><p style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.533em; margin: 0px 0px 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"><br /></p>TO BE READ WITH <br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">A new star on the horizon</span></b><br /><img src="https://platform-cdn.sharethis.com/img/facebook.svg" /><br /><img src="https://platform-cdn.sharethis.com/img/twitter.svg" /><br /><img src="https://platform-cdn.sharethis.com/img/whatsapp.svg" />By <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/authors?q=GANESHWARAN+KANA">GANESHWARAN KANA</a><br /><a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/tag/corporate+news">CORPORATE NEWS</a><br /><br /><br />Saturday, 23 Mar 2024<br /><br /><img height="514" src="https://apicms.thestar.com.my/uploads/images/2024/03/23/2607047.jpg" width="640" /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2024/03/23/a-new-star-on-the-horizon">Increasing prominence: A file photo of Farhash. The businessman has significant stakes in multiple companies vying to modernise government services through IT.</a></span><br /><br /><br />DATUK Farhash Wafa Salvador, a loyalist of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, is the latest rising star of corporate Malaysia.<br /><br />However, scrutiny of the former Perak PKR chief’s recent rise to prominence outside of politics reveals links to two well-known names in business circles, notably Tan Sri Vincent Tan and Wong Thean Soon or T.S. Wong.<br /><br /><br />In particular, Farhash’s links to Wong of MyEG Services Bhd can be traced to at least three listed companies – <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/business/marketwatch/stocks/?qcounter=EFORCE">Excel Force MSC Bhd</a><a href="http://charts.thestar.com.my/?s=EFORCE"><img src="https://cdn.thestar.com.my/Themes/img/chart.png" /></a>, <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/business/marketwatch/stocks/?qcounter=HTPADU">Heitech Padu Bhd</a><a href="http://charts.thestar.com.my/?s=HTPADU"><img src="https://cdn.thestar.com.my/Themes/img/chart.png" /></a> and <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/business/marketwatch/stocks/?qcounter=CUSCAPI">Cuscapi Bhd</a><a href="http://charts.thestar.com.my/?s=CUSCAPI"><img src="https://cdn.thestar.com.my/Themes/img/chart.png" /></a> – where he is a major shareholder.<br /><br />Interestingly, the 42-year-old Farhash became a key shareholder in the three companies all within a week.<br /><br /><br />Such a meteoric rise has raised many questions, one of which is why Farhash chose to be involved in companies linked to billionaire entrepreneur Wong.<br /><br />Therefore, the sight of Wong and Farhash – Anwar’s former political secretary – being key shareholders of the same companies has turned heads among analysts and investors.<br /><br />In addition, Farhash’s stake in Excel Force, HeiTech and Cuscapi also puts his true net worth under the microscope.<br /><a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/starpicks/2024/03/11/university-of-cyberjaya-inspires-changemakers-of-tomorrow"><img src="https://apicms.thestar.com.my/uploads/images/2024/03/11/thumbs/small/2585585.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/starpicks">STARPICKS</a><br /><a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/starpicks/2024/03/11/university-of-cyberjaya-inspires-changemakers-of-tomorrow">University of Cyberjaya inspires changemakers of tomorrow</a><br /><br />This, of course, does not include his ownership in other listed companies like <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/business/marketwatch/stocks/?qcounter=THETA">Theta Edge Bhd</a><a href="http://charts.thestar.com.my/?s=THETA"><img src="https://cdn.thestar.com.my/Themes/img/chart.png" /></a> and other unlisted entities.<br /><br />A Pakatan Harapan source tells StarBizWeek that Farhash is indeed wealthy given his prior entrepreneurial background.<br /><br />According to publicly available profiles of Farhash, he is said to have over more than a decade’s worth of experience in business, consultancy and advisory.<br /><br />Multiple biographies about the businessman on multiple websites state: “On the business front, his illustrious career spans a broad range of sectors which include construction, technology, hotels, and food and beverage. Mr Farhash is a multi-talented innovator with five award-winning patents held across the world, including the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany and China.”<br /><br />Farhash did not respond to efforts by StarBizWeek to contact him.<br /><br />Meanwhile, when contacted, Wong did not directly respond to questions about Farhash’s emergence in companies linked to him.<br /><br />However, he noted that he is not in an executive position in the companies apart from MyEG. Wong also says that there are no merger and acquisition plans in the pipeline among the companies at the moment.<br /><br />“Any collaboration between the companies is to be decided by the respective management teams.<br /><br />“Nonetheless, there are obvious synergies between these businesses as they are all involved in information technology (IT) and in the process of transitioning to the next-gen Web3 architecture,” he says.<br /><br />How it began<br /><br />Farhash owns a stake of 15.91% in HeiTech, 1.43% in Cuscapi and 0.95% in Excel Force via his private vehicle Rosetta Partners Sdn Bhd. He has another 0.89% stake in Excel Force directly under his name.<br /><br />StarBizWeek combed through a number of filings with the Companies Commission of Malaysia (CCM) and found that Farhash became the director of Rosetta Partners last week on March 11.<br /><br />A day later on March 12, Rosetta Partners mopped up a 15.91% stake in HeiTech, a company said to be in the running to develop the National Integrated Immigration System project, which is understood to be worth over RM1bil.<br /><br />This made Rosetta the single-largest shareholder of the company, with a stake of just 0.02 percentage points more than MyEG Capital Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Wong’s MyEG Services.<br /><br />Interestingly enough, MyEG Capital also emerged in HeiTech this month on March 7, the same day HeiTech announced it had secured a 12-month contract extension worth RM13.1mil to provide maintenance services to the Malaysian Immigration System (MyIMMs).<br /><br />HeiTech aside, Rosetta Partners has already had stakes in Cuscapi and Excel Force for the past several years.<br /><br />At that time, Rosetta Partners was wholly owned by Datuk Jayakumar Panneer Selvam, a close associate of Wong.<br /><br />Some 15 years back, Jayakumar served as the managing director of MyEG Integrated Networks Sdn Bhd, which is the 40%-owned unit of MyEG Services.<br /><br />Currently, Jayakumar is the chairman of Cuscapi, having been in the position since June 2018.<br /><br />A CCM filing on March 16 showed that Rosetta Partners was acquired by Mfivesouthsea Sdn Bhd, a RM2 company jointly owned by Farhash (50%) and Sultan Muhammad V of Kelantan (50%).<br /><br />The purchase gave Farhash and his business partner, Sultan Muhammad V, immediate entry into Cuscapi and Excel Force, both of which are listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia.<br /><br />It is not uncommon for Malaysia’s sultans to own key shareholdings in Malaysian listed companies.<br /><br />For example, Sultan of Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah has a stake of 9.91% each in <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/business/marketwatch/stocks/?qcounter=CITAGLB">Citaglobal Bhd</a><a href="http://charts.thestar.com.my/?s=CITAGLB"><img src="https://cdn.thestar.com.my/Themes/img/chart.png" /></a> and <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/business/marketwatch/stocks/?qcounter=MICROLN">Microlink Solutions Bhd</a><a href="http://charts.thestar.com.my/?s=MICROLN"><img src="https://cdn.thestar.com.my/Themes/img/chart.png" /></a>.<br /><br />Meanwhile, His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia has a 17.34% equity interest in <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/business/marketwatch/stocks/?qcounter=REDTONE">Redtone Digital Bhd</a><a href="http://charts.thestar.com.my/?s=REDTONE"><img src="https://cdn.thestar.com.my/Themes/img/chart.png" /></a> and a 12.35% stake in <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/business/marketwatch/stocks/?qcounter=BJASSET">Berjaya Assets Bhd</a><a href="http://charts.thestar.com.my/?s=BJASSET"><img src="https://cdn.thestar.com.my/Themes/img/chart.png" /></a>.<br /><br />His Majesty also owns almost a quarter of Berjaya Group’s telecommunication arm UMobile, which has become Malaysia’s third-largest mobile network operator after the Celcom-Digi merger.<br /><br />As for Rosetta Partners, the company was sold to Mfivesouthsea by a company called HDA Tech Sdn Bhd.<br /><br />HDA Tech is wholly owned by Farhash.<br /><br />Based on a CCM filing, the date of change in shareholding was March 16.<br /><br />Oddly enough, HDA Tech had only bought Rosetta Partners several days earlier from Jayakumar. The date of change in shareholding for this transaction was March 11.<br /><br />Rosetta Partners’ link to Wong goes beyond his personal ties with Jayakumar.<br /><br />In fact, MyEG Services’ moneylending arm – MyEG Finance Technologies Sdn Bhd – loaned RM100mil to Rosetta Partners in March 2018.<br /><br />The loan, which remains outstanding, was provided with 12 million Cuscapi shares as collateral, according to the company-charge filing with CCM.<br /><br />The Vincent Tan link<br /><br />Meanwhile, two companies related to Tan have appointed Farhash to their board of directors.<br /><br />They are Berjaya Construction Bhd, the construction arm of <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/business/marketwatch/stocks/?qcounter=BJLAND">Berjaya Land Bhd</a><a href="http://charts.thestar.com.my/?s=BJLAND"><img src="https://cdn.thestar.com.my/Themes/img/chart.png" /></a>, and <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/business/marketwatch/stocks/?qcounter=SEM">7-Eleven Malaysia Holdings Bhd</a><a href="http://charts.thestar.com.my/?s=SEM"><img src="https://cdn.thestar.com.my/Themes/img/chart.png" /></a>.<br /><br />In the case of 7-Eleven, Farhash also replaced Tan’s son Datuk Seri Robin Tan Yeong Ching as chairman on Jan 3, 2023.<br /><br />Interestingly, the appointment was made eight days after Farhash was named the chairman of stockbroking firm <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/business/marketwatch/stocks/?qcounter=APEX">Apex Equity Holdings Bhd</a><a href="http://charts.thestar.com.my/?s=APEX"><img src="https://cdn.thestar.com.my/Themes/img/chart.png" /></a>.<br /><br />Apex Equity is 15.78% owned by Fun Sheung Development Ltd, which is believed to be the private vehicle of the late Lim Siew Kim, daughter of the late Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong of Genting Group.<br /><br />Overall, following Farhash’s rapid rise in corporate Malaysia, notably after the 2022 general election, all the companies related to him will be on the radar of investors, especially with regard to government contracts.<br /><br />The recent transactions indicate that Farhash has a liking for companies involved in technology.<br /><br />Excel Force is an established provider of software systems for broking companies and it was previously rumoured to be eyeing a contract to develop an alternative trading system in Malaysia.<br /><br />The proposal was the brainchild of the Datuk Seri Najib Razak administration.<br /><br />Cuscapi is a provider of point-of-sale systems and also owns the Electronic Dealer Management System (EDMS), a web-based application which connects vehicle assemblers, distributors, and dealers with government agencies such as Customs and Road Transport Department.<br /><br />HeiTech is also an IT player and has secured multiple government contracts in the past servicing the Health Ministry, the Road Transport Department and the Immigration Department, to name a few.<br /><br />According to The Straits Times, Farhash and his partner also own a stake of 4.97% in Theta Edge. This information was revealed by Farhash himself, adding that the stake was acquired on March 13.<br /><br />Theta Edge is also said to be among the top contenders for the Immigration Department’s National Integrated Immigration System project, which is also being eyed by HeiTech.<br /><br />Going forward, as the government puts more emphasis on digitalising its services, IT-related companies will be leading beneficiaries of contract awards.<br /><br />In the case of MyEG, which is also involved in Web3 infrastructure via Zetrix, Wong says its role in providing government-related services will remain relevant for the foreseeable future, although the nature of the services themselves may evolve.<br /><br />“Our focus for Zetrix is not just Malaysia but the international market.”<br /><br />Nevertheless, one should note that the government is also trying to develop IT services in-house without heavy reliance on external parties.<br /><br />For example, the National Central Database System (Padu) is fully constructed and managed by civil servants.<br /><br />Similarly, the Road Transport Department’s MyJPJ mobile application is also believed to have beem designed with in-house expertise. The app allows, among other things, the renewal of driving licences, a service that was previously only offered digitally by MyEG Services.<br /><br />Beyond the public sector, the rapid digitalisation in private-sector services also opens huge opportunities for IT-related companies, including those that Farhash has stakes in.<br /><br />Perhaps Farhash is more keen on such opportunities unlike what is speculated in the media and looks to ride on Wong’s years of experience in the digital space.<br /><br />Wong tells StarBizWeek that his companies are first-movers in the transition from Web2 to Web3.<br /><br />The transition from Web2 to Web3 is similar to the transition from 3G to 5G, where the user experiences is similar but the back engine is running on a new architecture that enables data to become digitised assets with unique ownership.<br /><br />“The transition to Web3 is happening really fast right now and most government services in countries like China are now all on Web3.<br /><br />“It is a matter of time before other governments similarly adopt it because the benefits are too significant to be ignored,” says Wong.<div class="row content-holder story-wrapper" style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px -10px; overflow: visible; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px !important; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><article class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-9 story-content" id="story-Article" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; margin: 0px 0px 0px 209.988px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px 10px; position: relative; width: 629.987px;"><div class="modal-wrapper" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div><div class="row" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px -10px; padding: 0px;"><div class="col-xs-12" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px 10px; position: relative; width: 629.987px;"><div class="related-story" id="related-stories-links" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><div class="med-rec" id="newsletterbox" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"></div></article></div>ganesh sahathevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16735146227192431299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018692839292410768.post-40030690506188098022024-03-21T18:58:00.000-07:002024-03-21T20:39:42.583-07:00 China's Wang Yi has spoken on behalf of South East Asians, and Australia's Penny Wong appears to have agreed that he can and should- Latest Australian foreign policy maneuver likely to cause even greater distrust of Australia's foreign policy among South East Asians who have relied on the US and Australia to keep China at bay for over 50 years<p> by Ganesh Sahathevan </p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEge8Kp28k3cHJ4u9X5j-NguBGBR2FkXkvamabIt4vSSqbA0jMvXi1crTRrjwchI5Qj4iUOCRd8Ri-YO_YUU3BN1JWxVuD1tFNSL4qTPaVQGZcYMIgJRME2RX2cDetXFbJLXdtiyg6OxGm1qvLhYhXcftycbDK4u9QTIiTbcgC0bRYiW2RGqJXg8YkCBnHs" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" height="383" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEge8Kp28k3cHJ4u9X5j-NguBGBR2FkXkvamabIt4vSSqbA0jMvXi1crTRrjwchI5Qj4iUOCRd8Ri-YO_YUU3BN1JWxVuD1tFNSL4qTPaVQGZcYMIgJRME2RX2cDetXFbJLXdtiyg6OxGm1qvLhYhXcftycbDK4u9QTIiTbcgC0bRYiW2RGqJXg8YkCBnHs=w575-h383" width="575" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">Despite Anwar Ibarhim declaring recently while in Australia that he does not have a problem with China it remains<a href="https://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2024/03/in-1974-china-under-mao-tse-tung-agreed.html" style="color: #1155cc;"> a fact that Malaysia continues to have problems with China's expansion.</a> In fact the majority of South East Asians, being Malay Muslim, are in conflict with China and Chinese even now.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">Against that backdrop, Wang Yi's reference to regional aspirations, with Penny Wong's approval, can only cause Australia's neighbours to be even more wary of Australia's intentions, which appear to be more China centric, and less South East Asian friendly, as it has been for over 100 years. These utterances will be viewed with apprehension, if not anger by the many in this region who have no interest in being dominated by China:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/zxxx_662805/202403/t20240320_11263053.html">Wang Yi said</a> that the ups and downs of China-Australia relations in the past decade have not only left both sides with lessons to learn from, but also accumulated experience worth cherishing. The most fundamental thing is to uphold mutual respect. The most crucial thing is to stay committed to seeking common ground while shelving differences. The most important thing is to pursue mutual benefit and win-win results. The most precious thing is to remain independent. Since China-Australia relations are on the right track, both sides should have no hesitation, no yawing and no backward steps. Since the course forward has been charted, both sides should strive to make steady, good and sustained progress. This serves the <a href="https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/zxxx_662805/202403/t20240320_11263053.html">common interests of the two peoples and also meets the common expectation of countries in the region.</a></span></span></p><p><br /></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Malaysia and Indonesia ,as well as Vietnam and Singapore, do not want a South East Asia overseen by China.The existing order led by the US, assited by Australia, the UK and others has proven to be a good one, as Lee Kuan Yew explained it in 2013:</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "times new roman", times, serif;"><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/china/archive/2013/03/interview-lee-kuan-yew-on-the-future-of-us-china-relations/273657/">China will not let an international court arbitrate territorial disputes in the South China Sea, so the presence of U.S. firepower in the Asia-Pacific will be necessary if the U.N. Law of the Sea is to prevail.</a></span><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><p><br /></p><p>SEE ALSO </p><h2 class="date-header" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="background-color: transparent; letter-spacing: inherit; margin: inherit; padding: inherit;">Saturday, August 19, 2023</span></h2><div class="date-posts" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div class="post-outer"><div class="post hentry uncustomized-post-template" itemprop="blogPost" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; min-height: 0px; position: relative;"><a name="6603942058826579053"></a><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2023/08/australias-asean-liason-is-moderate.html">Australia's ASEAN liaison is a Malaysian Chinese who is a "moderate voice on China" but is Michelle Chan what ASEAN wants</a></h3><div class="post-header" style="font-size: 10.8px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-6603942058826579053" itemprop="description articleBody" style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570px;"><p> by Ganesh Sahathevan </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjticDuzRp01gh5EwU-Gpfwu0fXtE5n3Oyv_UFvfB9cxXlnZ3BBTjBrJdFyiW0QpePyGba07iVr6BNAxzvd9UWUCSuGAxNsYzMPo5mUN-ytUl-V1DpggG-riTKs7Uj3E3yiDan2yi6Iyl3BjHUxWK9W4lbimO940oOwszHgI34XYH0MoQ7TcK4xgP0r9Zg/s1190/michelle-chan-portrait.jpeg" style="color: #cc6611; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1190" data-original-width="850" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjticDuzRp01gh5EwU-Gpfwu0fXtE5n3Oyv_UFvfB9cxXlnZ3BBTjBrJdFyiW0QpePyGba07iVr6BNAxzvd9UWUCSuGAxNsYzMPo5mUN-ytUl-V1DpggG-riTKs7Uj3E3yiDan2yi6Iyl3BjHUxWK9W4lbimO940oOwszHgI34XYH0MoQ7TcK4xgP0r9Zg/s320/michelle-chan-portrait.jpeg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="229" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: garamond, "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium;">Australia's Department Of Foreign Affairs And Trade states on its website:</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #313131; margin: 0px; max-width: 42em;"><span style="font-family: garamond, "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium;">Michelle Chan (photo above) is the Deputy Secretary, South and Southeast Asia Group and Head of the Office of Southeast Asia, in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. She is Australia’s ASEAN, East Asia Summit and ASEAN Regional Forum Senior Official.</span></p><div><span style="font-family: garamond, "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p><span style="font-family: garamond, "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium;">It also says:</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #313131; margin: 1.5rem 0px 0px; max-width: 42em;"><span style="font-family: garamond, "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium;">Prior to assuming her current role, Ms Chan was the Deputy Secretary National Security and International Policy in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and was the National Security Adviser and Senior International Adviser to the Prime Minister.</span></p><div><span style="font-family: garamond, "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: garamond, "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium;">This is not quite right. A known China "dove" Chan was moved out of the position of National Security Adviser and to the ONA at a time when tensions with China were on the rise. </span></div><p><span style="font-family: garamond, "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium;"> ASEAN nations are having almost daily to pacify China, so a China dove out of Australia may not be what ASEAN wants. In addition, Chan's Malaysian Chinese heritage may not sit well with all ASEAN members, perhaps even her country of birth (see story below) . A white Australian was always the preferred choice of representative for Australia for there was then greater assurance of impartiality in Australia's dealings among ASEAN nations .</span></p><p><br /></p><p>TO BE READ WITH </p><p><br /></p><h2 class="date-header" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="background-color: transparent; letter-spacing: inherit; margin: inherit; padding: inherit;">Wednesday, May 6, 2020</span></h2><div class="date-posts" style="font-size: 12px;"><div class="post-outer"><div class="post hentry uncustomized-post-template" itemprop="blogPost" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; min-height: 0px; position: relative;"><a name="6625577951118787848"></a><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2020/05/morrison-adviser-michelle-chan-is-not.html" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">Morrison adviser Michelle Chan is not the "the moderate voice on China" needed at this point to advise on national security matters : In her native Malaysia Chan would not have been allowed anywhere near national security and intelligence matters</a></h3><div class="post-header" style="font-size: 10.8px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-6625577951118787848" itemprop="description articleBody" style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570px;">by Ganesh Sahathevan<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />One of Scott Morrison's inner circle, his former National Security Adviser Michelle Chan; has been recently promoted deputy secretary in the Office Of National Intelligence. A<a href="https://www.themandarin.com.au/130802-movers-shakers-dfat-names-six-new-first-assistant-secretaries/" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">ccording to Canberra publication The Mandarin:</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.themandarin.com.au/130802-movers-shakers-dfat-names-six-new-first-assistant-secretaries/" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;"></a><img height="400" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Michelle_Chan_%281%29.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px;" width="288" /><br />Michelle Chan<br /><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;"><i><br />Michelle Chan has been promoted to deputy secretary in the Office of National Intelligence. She has held various senior positions within the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, including the prime minister’s senior international advisor, and ambassador roles.</i></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">The Australian described Chan as a "moderate voice on China":<br /><br />Michelle Chan The Prime Minister’s national security adviser As Morrison’s national security adviser, <b>Chan is considered a moderate voice on China, with insiders saying she is a “dove” to Andrew Shearer’s “hawk”.</b> She was most recently deputy director-general of the Office of National Assessments and a former ambassador to Myanmar. She has also had postings to Indonesia, Vietnam and Cambodia.<br /><br />Chan is regarded an expert on South East Asia, presumably as a result of her being born in Malaysia, and her service in Indonesia, Vietnam and Myanmar.<br /><a href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:b1JQz6lAZhEJ:https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2005/09/26/aussie-merrifield-has-passionate-ties-with-malaysia+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">Additionally her husband Simon Merrifield served first as political counsellor and later deputy high commissioner to Malaysia between 2001-2005.</a> <a href="https://malaysia.highcommission.gov.au/klpr/media_merrifield.html" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">He was later appointed resident ambassador to ASEAN.</a></span><br /><div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">Service in South East Asia does not necessarily make one an expert on South East Asia; diplomats are often kept in a cosy bubble by their hosts, and are happy to learn only what they are told, or read in the local government controlled papers. As Mr Merrifield's high commissioner James Wise once told this writer, with regards anything else "I'd rather not know."</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">It should also be said that had she remained in Malaysia Chan would never have been allowed anywhere near that country's intelligence and security apparatus, because of her Chinese heritage. Malaysia has had to battle the Communist Party Of China since the 50s, and is not so naive as to disregard racial and communal loyalties. Indeed, in Malaysia Ms Chan's "moderate voice" on China matters would be assumed. </span></div><div><br /></div><div>END </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>SEE ALSO </div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:b1JQz6lAZhEJ:https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2005/09/26/aussie-merrifield-has-passionate-ties-with-malaysia+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">Aussie Merrifield has passionate ties with Malaysia</a></span><br /><a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">NATION</a><br /><br /><br />Monday, 26 Sep 200512:00 AM MYT<br /><br />By <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/authors?q=PAUL+GABRIEL" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">PAUL GABRIEL</a><br /><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="7" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; border: none; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 364px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://media.thestar.com.my/Prod/E8D4E6D7-F707-4427-B4D9-C5CB448E56DB" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto;" /></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px;"><div class="migration_caption" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">MAKING MERRY: Merrifield (left) chatting with Wisma Putra principal assistant secretary Abdullah Zawawi Tahir (secondfrom left) and executive member of the Malaysia-Australia Business Council Peter Tan Choon Hoo (right) at the farewellreception for him hosted by Wise (third from left) in Kuala Lumpur last Wednesday.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">KUALA LUMPUR: For outgoing Australian Deputy High Commissioner Simon Merrifield, Malaysia was more than just a foreign mission.</span><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;"><br />Asam laksa, tosai, climate and multiculturalism aside, there were more compelling reasons why Malaysia had been good to him – wife Michelle Chan Su-Wen was born in Petaling Jaya, and the couple’s soon-to-be-born baby was conceived here.<br /><br />Merrifield, who will head the Staffing Division at the Foreign Ministry in Canberra, had been passionate about Malaysia since his first visit here as a 20-year-old backpacker in 1982.<br /><br /><br />Merrifield had wanted to stay on in Malaysia and have his first child born here, but decided to pack up on the advice of High Commissioner James Wise, who had wisely told the former to put family first and concentrate on setting up home in the Australian capital.<br /><br />“He’s been a fantastic boss, and I value his advice. Things are getting very busy at the Australian mission here and it would be difficult having to contend with a newborn as well,” he said after a farewell bash at Wise’s residence in Jalan Langgak Golf last Wednesday.<br /><br />Merrifield and Chan, who moved to Australia as a young girl, will be reunited at home, and at work, in Canberra; she will also be leaving Indonesia and her position as political and economic head at the Australian mission there.<br /><br />Posted here in 2001 as political counsellor before being promoted in January last year, Merrifield said he had learnt a lot from Wise and was proud to have served here, in one of Australia's largest foreign missions.<br /><br />“Besides my Australian colleagues, we also have many first-rate local staff who made my job so much easier.<br /><br />“There has never been so much happening on the bilateral agenda as now – from education, trade, security to legal cooperation,” said Merrifield who leaves on Friday.<br /><br />Wise praised his deputy’s resolve, saying: “The mission here will truly miss his services. He’s been outstanding both as a professional, and friend.”<br /><br />Political counsellor Peter Doyle will replace Merrifield.</span><br /><div><br /></div><div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">TheNation</div><div id="m_-702007756369746579gmail-hd" style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 11.6px; margin: 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #004c70; font-size: 1.5em; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">THE NETWORK OF INFLUENCE</span></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 11.6px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #004c70; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">Geoff Chambers</a>, <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #004c70; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">Simon Benson</a></span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 11.6px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">Geoff Chambers and Simon Benson</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-size: 11.6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">1244 words</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-size: 11.6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">10 December 2019</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-size: 11.6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #004c70; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">The Australian</span></a></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-size: 11.6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">AUSTLN</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-size: 11.6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">Australian</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-size: 11.6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">7</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-size: 11.6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">English</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-size: 11.6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">© 2019 News Limited. All rights reserved.</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-size: 11.6px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em; padding: 0px;"></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 5px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">Geoff Chambers and Simon Benson reveal the national security chiefs, advisers and their enforcers who arehelping the Morrison government protect Australia in a period of heightened tensions</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 5px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">THE BIG 5 MIKE PEZZULLO Department of Home Affairs secretary Started role: December 2017 Remuneration package: Up to $864,580 With Home Affairs one of three key national security departments, alongside Defence and Foreign Affairs, the influence of Pezzullo, pictured right, is significant. His power has grown immensely under the Coalition government despite historic links with Labor, having previously worked with Gareth Evans and Kim Beazley. In addition to border protection, counter-terrorism, cyber security, transnational serious and organised crime and crisis co-ordination, Pezzullo is a leading figure in the response to foreign interference and influence.</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 5px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">MIKE BURGESS Australian Security Intelligence Organisation director-general Started role: September 2019 Remuneration package: $665,070 Burgess is one of the new-guard national security chiefs after being appointed by Scott Morrison as ASIO chief in August, replacing <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 138, 199); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #333333; font-size: 12.76px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Duncan Lewis">Duncan Lewis</a>, and putting the domestic spy agency on a more aggressive footing. He is now considered the most influential security agency chief, who also holds the title of director-general for national security. He is a former head of the Australian Signals Directorate and sat on the government’s naval shipbuilding advisory board. Burgess started at the Defence Signals Directorate in the 1980s before moving into the private sector as an independent consultant specialising in strategic cyber security and <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 138, 199); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #333333; font-size: 12.76px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Telstra">Telstra</a>’s chief information security officer. Burgess brings a different approach to the ASIO role, injecting corporate experience and a deep knowledge of cyber threats into a position traditionally occupied by security and <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 138, 199); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #333333; font-size: 12.76px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Australian Public Service">Australian Public Service</a> veterans. Following significant funding and resources boosts to ASIO, Burgess has been tasked with beefing up ASIO’s capacity to combat espionage and cyber-attacks.</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 5px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">GREG MORIARTY Department of Defence secretary Started role: September 2017 Remuneration package: Up to $864,580 Moriarty has an extensive background working with the <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 138, 199); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #333333; font-size: 12.76px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Defence Intelligence Organisation">Defence Intelligence Organisation</a> and as national security adviser to <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 138, 199); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #333333; font-size: 12.76px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Malcolm Turnbull">Malcolm Turnbull</a>. The former commonwealth counter-terrorism co-ordinator worked closely with Morrison in the creation of Operation Sovereign Borders during his time as ambassador to Indonesia.</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 5px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">GENERAL ANGUS CAMPBELL Chief of the Defence Force Started role: July 2018 Remuneration package: $864,580 The former Chief of Army and commander of Operation Sovereign Borders acted as national security adviser to two prime ministers. The veteran soldier is considered a leading reforming figure inside the ADF, and is modernising Australia’s warfare technology to combat external threats. He worked closely with Morrison on Operation Sovereign Borders.</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 5px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">PHIL GAETJENS Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet secretary Started role: September 2019 Remuneration package: $914,460 A veteran public service chief and one of Morrison’s closest advisers, Gaetjens has been tasked with ensuring the security agencies and departments are being properly equipped and that funding is being allocated to the most high-priority programs. As DPMC chief, Gaetjens’s role is to ensure co-ordination across departments is working.</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 5px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">THE BIG 5 + 2 ANDREW SHEARER Cabinet secretary Shearer is a former deputy director-general at the Office of National Intelligence, and worked as a national security adviser to both Tony Abbott and <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 138, 199); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #333333; font-size: 12.76px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="John Howard">John Howard</a>. He was brought back from the Washington think-tank the Centre for Independent and Strategic Studies by <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 138, 199); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #333333; font-size: 12.76px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Malcolm Turnbull">Malcolm Turnbull</a> to ONI shortly before Morrison became PM. Shearer was brought closer into Morrison’s inner sanctum following the election as Cabinet Secretary with significant influence on strategic policy, including China. Shearer is an influential voice inside the national security community and inside government and strongly tipped to replace Nick Warner as National Intelligence director-general.</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 5px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">NICK WARNER National Intelligencedirector-general Started role: December 2018 Remuneration package: $720,480 The veteran public service and spy boss is likely in the final stages of his career, and his impending retirement would open up another key role in Morrison’s new national security team. Warner is a former Defence Department secretary, director-general of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service and senior DFAT official. Morrison will be planning for a smooth transition, with cabinet secretary Andrew Shearer an option to replace Warner after a 40-year career.</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 5px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">SECURITY ENFORCERS & ADVISERS RACHEL NOBLE Head of the Australian Cyber Security Centre Noble took on the leading cyber role in June following the departure of <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 138, 199); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #333333; font-size: 12.76px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Alastair MacGibbon">Alastair MacGibbon</a>. As PMC national security chief information officer and cyber policy co-ordinator, the respected public servant oversaw whole-of-government policy on cyber issues and improved information-sharing between national security agencies. Prior to serving in government, Noble worked for Optus. She is close to <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 138, 199); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #333333; font-size: 12.76px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Mike Burgess">Mike Burgess</a> and is considered a leading candidate to be the next head of the Australian Signals Directorate.</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 5px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">PAUL SYMON Australian Secret Intelligence Service director-general Symon, a retired major general, was appointed ASIS chief in December 2017. After a 35-year military career, including six years as Defence Intelligence Organisation director and deputy chief of the Australian Army, he joined the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. He previously served as military adviser to Nick Warner during the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands, and was deployed to East Timor, Lebanon and the Golan Heights.</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 5px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 138, 199); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #333333; font-size: 12.76px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="REECE KERSHAW">REECE KERSHAW</a> Australian FederalPolice Commissioner Started role: October 2019 Remuneration package: $720,480 The former Northern Territory Police, Fire and Emergency Services commissioner returned to the AFP after working there between 1988 and 2011. The hard-nosed cop was hand-picked by Morrison as part of his shake-up of the national security architecture and has a key focus on foreign interference, counter-terrorism and organised crime. He has extensive overseas experience, including in East Timor and the Solomon Islands, and was previously seconded to the National Crime Authority and Australian Crime Commission. He is viewed as a team player, which is crucial in the new security arrangements under Home Affairs.</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 5px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">LIEUTENANT GENERAL JOHN FREWEN Australian Signals Directorate acting director-general Started role: September 2019 Remuneration package: $665,070 (ASD director-general remuneration) Worked with <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 138, 199); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #333333; font-size: 12.76px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Mike Burgess">Mike Burgess</a> at ASD, and has been acting director-general since September. While he is expected to make way for a new appointment in the coming months, Frewen is considered a leading voice in combating cyber threats and is a senior defence intelligence figure. ASD remains Australia’s first line of defence against cyber attacks on political and higher education targets, as well as strategic institutions and businesses.</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 5px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">MAJOR GENERAL MATTHEW HALL Defence IntelligenceOrganisation director Hall heads the DIO, which was established in 1990 to lead the response to global security issues, weapons of mass destruction, foreign military capabilities, defence economics and transnational terrorism. The DIO plays a key role in supporting the planning and conduct of ADF operations, defence capability and policy development.</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 5px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;"><b style="background: rgb(254, 248, 217); border: 0px; font-size: 12.76px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 2px;">MICHELLE CHAN</b> The Prime Minister’s national security adviser As Morrison’s national security adviser, Chan is considered a moderate voice on China, with insiders saying she is a “dove” to Andrew Shearer’s “hawk”. She was most recently deputy director-general of the Office of National Assessments and a former ambassador to Myanmar. She has also had postings to Indonesia, Vietnam and Cambodia.</span></div><div style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 5px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">CHRIS MORAITIS Attorney-General’sDepartment secretary Started role: September 2014 Remuneration package: Up to $775,910As head of the AG’s Department, Moraitis, a former deputy secretary of DFAT, has a leading role in responding to foreign interference and influence in Australia.</span></div></div></div><div style="clear: both;"></div></div><div class="post-footer" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); color: #666666; font-size: 10.8px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 20px -2px 0px; padding: 5px 10px;"><div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-1"><span class="post-author vcard" style="margin-left: 0px; 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margin: 20px -2px 0px; padding: 5px 10px;"><div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-1"><span class="post-author vcard" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 1em;">Posted by <span class="fn" itemprop="author" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a class="g-profile" href="https://www.blogger.com/profile/16735146227192431299" rel="author" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;" title="author profile"><span itemprop="name">ganesh sahathevan</span> </a></span></span><span class="post-timestamp" style="margin-left: -1em; margin-right: 1em;">at <a class="timestamp-link" href="https://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2023/08/australias-asean-liason-is-moderate.html" rel="bookmark" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;" title="permanent link"><abbr class="published" itemprop="datePublished" style="border: none;" title="2023-08-19T00:02:00-07:00">12:02 AM</abbr></a> </span></div></div></div></div></div>ganesh sahathevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16735146227192431299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018692839292410768.post-27529982848012397672024-03-20T20:12:00.000-07:002024-03-20T20:14:58.617-07:00Berjaya back in court and in the limelight- Former Chief Justice Richard Malanjun, the recently retired BLand chairman, runs the risk of being a successor to the legacy of Eusoff Chin<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> by Ganesh Sahathevan </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjT8YHMssSlzubEhmemrdLuIkOdgNFIz1Qluken8pYb8_IxhZb6nntIJZmnMRErcZO69uBCCCLNRKraYdKboO8GHNeVBxkwVu55nnRgNaTyPaRNvSmEDOjOkaVaZNVWpk1hWILliwf1NzE1FPvjUI1dbngTsUaQ5TK6XVPlL2H7ozjKkefeuh14MF4tqqs" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="394" data-original-width="503" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjT8YHMssSlzubEhmemrdLuIkOdgNFIz1Qluken8pYb8_IxhZb6nntIJZmnMRErcZO69uBCCCLNRKraYdKboO8GHNeVBxkwVu55nnRgNaTyPaRNvSmEDOjOkaVaZNVWpk1hWILliwf1NzE1FPvjUI1dbngTsUaQ5TK6XVPlL2H7ozjKkefeuh14MF4tqqs=w596-h468" width="596" /></a></div> <a href="https://www.businesstoday.com.my/2023/12/12/chairman-tun-richard-malanjum-retires-from-berjaya-land/">Tun Richard Malanjum, former Chief Justice Malaysia served as Chairman Berjaya Land after retiring as Chief Justice</a><br /><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Berjaya is back in court and in the limelight.<br /></span><a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13161849/amp/Anna-Jenkins-murder-Malaysia.html">The DailyMail has reported:<br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" /></a><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /><i>A heartbroken family has been told they 'should be grateful' to property developers in Malaysia who covered up the discovery of an Adelaide woman's buried remains.</i></span></span></p><p><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><i>Greg Jenkins, 44, has spent the last six years on a quest for justice after his mother Anna Jenkins, 65, went missing while on a trip to the island of Penang in 2017.</i></span></p><p><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><i>Mr Jenkins said the comment - made this month by a Malaysian High Court judge as she threw out a negligence case against local police he alleges failed to properly investigate - 'highlights the disrespect' his family have consistently encountered. </i></span></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Mr Jenkins said the judge told his family they should be grateful that construction workers involved the police when his mother was found but he alleges they only did so after he put pressure on them. </span></i></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">After his mother disappeared, Mr Jenkins, a member of Australia's Defence Force, got leave from his post in <a class="class" href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/hawaii/index.html" id="mol-71689a70-db63-11ee-b622-9f6e4728b9bc" style="color: #004db3; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Hawaii</a>. He flew back to his home in Adelaide before making 34 trips to Malaysia at a cost of more than $300,000 in an effort to track her.</span></i></p><p class="mol-para-with-font" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">His persistence paid off when a construction worker in 2020 replied to a missing persons flyer he posted saying his mother's body had been found during works on a building site and it had been quietly moved nearby to not disrupt the development. </span></i></p><p><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: medium;"><br />The developer concerned is Vincent Tan Chee Yioun's Berjaya Land.<br />Former Chief Justice of Malaysia, Tun Richard Malanjun was chairman of Berjaya Land between December 2019 and December 2023.<br />Given Berjaya and Vincent Tan's interference with the judiciary, which involved another Chief Justice Of Malaysia, Eusoff Chin, this latest instance of questionable judicial conduct in a matter that involves Berjaya and Vincent Tan cannot but be seen as another instance of improper interference in a matter before the courts. Malanjun runs the risk of being a successor to the legacy of Eusoff Chin 2023. </span></p><p><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: medium;">To Be Read With </span></p><p><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><h3 style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://justicepaosgavel.blogspot.com/2024/03/annapuranee-jenkins-decision-in-favour.html&source=gmail&ust=1711029535601000&usg=AOvVaw3NXxXtA2vwvN5qzj5i-f2P" href="https://justicepaosgavel.blogspot.com/2024/03/annapuranee-jenkins-decision-in-favour.html" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">JC Roz Mawar Rozain orders plaintiff in negligence claim against Vincent Tan's Berjaya Land to be grateful to Berjaya and its employees,dismisses suit,orders costs be paid before any appeal - - Annapuranee <span class="il">Jenkins</span> decision one more reason to purge the record of Vincent Tan linked decisions, Annapurnee decision smells like the conviction of Sun reporter S.Arulldas</a></h3><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10.8px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div></div></div><div id="m_-2207754942162597269gmail-post-body-1704865712835041451" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; width: 546px;"><p> by Ganesh Sahathevan </p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><h3 style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px;"><img class="CToWUd a6T" data-bit="iit" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/meips/ADKq_NYmNpT3D7l4KAFIJwxOy2F6HvMO3fEepk1DN6RFUwnGHvKqmA828Aai05-TbB7uO72M5b7Zkcgxh4ZNyGcCHwqQZG2SvhDlQdVqn3bdvz95uDhI8bl-H52LbRw_Dq6Ny45E2PobQ-qPhsq3-zfPATWYqwrU8Vc3wtHDcW4AnLftNm54uN6hiLZK5J1DHmxU1fGpHH1toiWsfPGl3SqMlSIqmeQ7w5xkLQ7281-2Wk1iUhmNA_jnWpO4SsEHhETJYqylfsOrXi05oAHHtqE5ABBkpUD8yhW068J7grpo8TYTfuxlyOSq0Y11v1OHZP-9uWGT5VrHnFZulQ_T1VooNZV8PqNk3vYMH1nkI6RQb0Ey=s0-d-e1-ft#https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhxGkMTxG2eJC_0cgtnpFRPnrVJqZyP_CVA3I2YoCJkbKwXrJbSA1-6_gNT36bMmjkgSl_G99GBvz23TmMu1nYhUSNDxQySE6biFHwfGgyY_vue75f6N6eUvnVhFLGPiuFxwO1NCUWZeBiVG31UekSKCl8OSMcGmvddtFSxIyDHh82T-PwEWBVSsJo69mQ=w451-h640" style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; padding: 5px;" tabindex="0" /><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://justicepaosgavel.blogspot.com/2021/12/ex-judge-saufee-affandis-conviction-of.html&source=gmail&ust=1711029535601000&usg=AOvVaw1FRUy47VM0uabyoHfAKWXO" href="https://justicepaosgavel.blogspot.com/2021/12/ex-judge-saufee-affandis-conviction-of.html" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"></a><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://kl.kehakiman.gov.my/en/judicial-commissioners&source=gmail&ust=1711029535601000&usg=AOvVaw0a5ghOjf9Mb4R1rPtokk9d" href="https://kl.kehakiman.gov.my/en/judicial-commissioners" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> The Hon. Judicial Commissioner Roz Mawar Rozain</a></h3><h3 style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></h3><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.thevibes.com/articles/news/101131/annapuranees-son-to-appeal-court-decision-determined-to-find-out-what-happened-to-her&source=gmail&ust=1711029535601000&usg=AOvVaw3pRZ783-W7XqUdBEPO81Xl" href="https://www.thevibes.com/articles/news/101131/annapuranees-son-to-appeal-court-decision-determined-to-find-out-what-happened-to-her" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The Vibe reported on 29 February 202</a>4: </span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><p style="border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #111827; line-height: 1.65; margin: 0px 0px 1rem;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><i>THE SON of Australian grandmother Annapuranee <span class="il">Jenkins</span>, whose partial remains were found scattered n Penang some four years ago, has vowed to continue seeking justice for her after yet another setback in the Malaysian courts over a case that has moved into its eighth year.</i></span></p><div style="border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #111827; display: flex; float: left; margin: 0.5rem auto;"></div><p style="border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #111827; line-height: 1.65; margin: 0px 0px 1rem;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><i>Steven Greg <span class="il">Jenkins</span> said that he will consult his Malaysian lawyers with a mind to appeal the decision of the Kuala Lumpur High Court, which ruled on technicalities that a negligence suit filed by him against a developer and site project manager was unjustifiable.</i></span></p><p style="border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #111827; line-height: 1.65; margin: 0px 0px 1rem;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><i><span class="il">Jenkins</span> filed the suit last year, through his counsel Sankara Nair, where the plaintiff named the federal government, the police, Berjaya Land, its project manager Terrence Theseira and landscape worker Kew Kee Seng as defendants.</i></span></p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><i><br />On February 26, Judicial Commissioner Roz Mawar Rozain ruled on technical grounds that <span class="il">Jenkins</span> did not have a legal right to file the lawsuit without obtaining permission from his late mother's estate first.<br /><br />Roz elaborated that <span class="il">Jenkins</span>, despite being the deceased’s biological son, was unable to show that he was its duly appointed legal representative.<br /><br />Theseira was alleged to have instructed Kew to rebury the remains but later he also told Kew to lodge a police report after the remains were believed to have been tampered with.<br /><br />Roz also ruled that those facts were insufficient to establish a cause of action in negligence against Berjaya Land and Theseira while Kew was not deemed to be an employee of the construction giant.<br /><br />She said the <span class="il">Jenkins</span> should be grateful to Theseira for convincing Kew to report the discovery of the remains to the police.<br /><br />She ordered <span class="il">Jenkins</span> to pay them RM20,000 in costs to the defendants and set aside March 8 for case management concerning the other respondents.</i></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><br />JC </span><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;">Roz Mawar Rozain decision that <span class="il">Jenkins</span> needs the permission of his mother's estate to sue in negligence sounds rather strange, and her order that he pay costs before appealing a bit too much like doing the work of the defendants' lawyers.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">Her comment that </span><i style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><span class="il">Jenkins</span> should be grateful to Theseira for convincing Kew to report the discovery of the remains to the police gives rise to an apprehension of bias. </i></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">Her decision smells like the conviction of Sun reporter S.Arulldas . The Annapuranee <span class="il">Jenkins</span> decision is <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://justicepaosgavel.blogspot.com/2023/11/misnaming-of-decision-in-favour-of-tan.html&source=gmail&ust=1711029535601000&usg=AOvVaw3TjPE3VfsuZLkm64JWOaJu" href="https://justicepaosgavel.blogspot.com/2023/11/misnaming-of-decision-in-favour-of-tan.html" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">one more reason to purge the record of Vincent Tan linked decisions.</a></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">TO BE READ WITH </span></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="overflow: hidden; width: 310px;"><div style="background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 0px;"><div style="background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: no-repeat; float: left; height: 0px;"></div><div style="background-position: 100% 100%; background-repeat: no-repeat; float: right; height: 0px;"></div></div></div><div style="min-height: 0px;"><div style="float: left; width: 570px;"><div style="padding: 0px;"><div id="m_-2207754942162597269gmail-main" name="Main" style="margin: 0px 1em;"><div id="m_-2207754942162597269gmail-Blog1" style="line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 30px; min-height: 0px;"><h2 style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #bbbbbb; color: white; letter-spacing: 3px; margin: inherit; padding: 0.4em;">Monday, December 20, 2021</span></h2><div style="font-size: 12px;"><div style="margin: 0px 0px 45px; min-height: 0px;"><a name="m_-2207754942162597269_5656390751838088740" style="color: #222222;"></a><h3 style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://justicepaosgavel.blogspot.com/2021/12/ex-judge-saufee-affandis-conviction-of.html&source=gmail&ust=1711029535601000&usg=AOvVaw1FRUy47VM0uabyoHfAKWXO" href="https://justicepaosgavel.blogspot.com/2021/12/ex-judge-saufee-affandis-conviction-of.html" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Conviction of Sun reporter S.Arulldas may have involved a perversion of the course of justice -investigation pursuant to S.182 of the Penal Code of Auldass' superiors at Sun Media Group, including its directors required</a></h3><div style="font-size: 10.8px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div></div></div><div id="m_-2207754942162597269gmail-post-body-5656390751838088740" style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; width: 546px;"><p> by Ganesh Sahathevan </p><h3 style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></h3><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">Readers will be aware that Sun reporter S.Arulldas was convicted for contempt of court by publication despite he not having any power to publish. That power rested solely in his editors, and Sun Media Group Sdn Bhd, and its directors ((see story below).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">It does appear that the reporter's duty to provide the court and prosecutors information that was true had been interfered with. That interference (which could include acts and omissions by the persons concerned) would be a perversion of the course of justice under Malaysian law, pursuant to Section 182 of the Penal Code.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">The law in Malaysia has been summarised by<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nst.com.my/news/2016/08/166320/false-police-report-perverts-course-justice%23:~:text%3DUnder%2520Section%252062%2520of%2520its,)%2520or%2520two%2520years'%2520imprisonment.&source=gmail&ust=1711029535601000&usg=AOvVaw0Nw3NXwTp91ppX98NjIomH" href="https://www.nst.com.my/news/2016/08/166320/false-police-report-perverts-course-justice#:~:text=Under%20Section%2062%20of%20its,)%20or%20two%20years'%20imprisonment." style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> Malaysian lawyer Saleh Buang in his column in the NST: </a></span></div><p><span style="color: #212529;"><i><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">In Malaysia, the matter is dealt with under Section 182 of the Penal Code. It states that whoever gives to “any public servant” (a term which includes a police officer) any information, orally or in writing, which he knows or believes to be false, intending thereby to cause such public servant to use his power to “the injury or annoyance” of any person, shall be punished (upon conviction) by a prison term not exceeding six months or to a fine of up to RM2,000 or both.</span></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">It is likely that those who interfered in Aruldass' communications with the court and any other public officer in the course of the contempt proceedings brought against him were in breach of Section 182 of the Penal Code.</span></p><p><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://justicepaosgavel.blogspot.com/2021/12/jc-fong-inquiry-into-tommy-thomas.html&source=gmail&ust=1711029535601000&usg=AOvVaw1S-YOkCEZoWQpqVjTLfD0V" href="https://justicepaosgavel.blogspot.com/2021/12/jc-fong-inquiry-into-tommy-thomas.html" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">The matter of Aruldas demands attention for the additional reason that it is among the Vincent Tan cases that ought to be purged from Malaysian case law. </span></a> Tan controlled Sun Media at all relevant times, as he does now via his Berjaya Group. </p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p>TO BE READ WITH </p><h2 style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px;"><span style="background-color: #bbbbbb; color: white; letter-spacing: 3px; margin: inherit; padding: 0.4em;">Saturday, January 23, 2021</span></h2><div style="font-size: 12px;"><div style="margin: 0px 0px 45px; min-height: 0px;"><a name="m_-2207754942162597269_5788457000172579490" style="color: #222222;"></a><h3 style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px;">Judge Saufee Affandi's conviction of Sun reporter S.Arulldas: Arulldas had initially pleaded not guilty, and an investigation into whether Saufee and Arulldas's superiors at Sun Media played any part in changing his plea is required as a matter of urgency</h3><div style="font-size: 10.8px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div></div></div><div id="m_-2207754942162597269gmail-post-body-5788457000172579490" style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; width: 546px;"><p> by Ganesh Sahathevan </p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">In the matter of Judge Saufee Affandi's conviction of Sun reporter S.Arulldas, readers ought to be aware that Arulldas initially pleaded not guilty and claimed trial. The issue was reported by<span style="color: #222222;"> the NST on 27 March 1998: </span></span></p><p style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="font-family: courier;">A reporter with <b>the Sun</b> daily pleaded not guilty in the <b>Sessions Court</b> in Butterworth today to a charge of defying a court order stopping the media from publishing the alleged victim's identity in a case involving a <b>Sessions Court</b> Judge.</span></i></span></p><p style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="font-family: courier;">S. Arulldass, 42, claimed trial to the charge of contravening the Subordinate Courts Act, 1948 (Act 1992) before Judge Tarmizi Abdul Rahman.</span></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">Later, he was brought before Judge Saufee, who was specifically dispatched from Kuala Lumpur to Penang to hear the matter, and he changed his plea to guilty. However, as explained below, there was no basis for Saufee to accept the plea and enter a conviction. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">That he changed his plea while his superiors were not even charged must surely be cause for concern, and is a matter that requires immediate investigation. He does appear to be a victim of a judge playing prosecutor ,and it does seem as if he is entitled to compensation. </span></p><p><br /></p><p>TO BE READ WITH </p><p><br /></p><h3 style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://justicepaosgavel.blogspot.com/2021/01/conviction-by-judge-sauufee-affandi-of.html&source=gmail&ust=1711029535601000&usg=AOvVaw3cFZ5BT2hzb9PaZtSEaxtp" href="https://justicepaosgavel.blogspot.com/2021/01/conviction-by-judge-sauufee-affandi-of.html" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Conviction by Judge Sauufee Affandi of SUN reporter S. Arulldas may well be a case of judge playing prosecutor, in addition to other wrong doing -Arulldas conviction may require erasure, with compensation paid</a></h3><div style="font-size: 10.8px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div></div></div><div id="m_-2207754942162597269gmail-post-body-6482851832307660094" style="font-size: 14.52px; line-height: 1.4; width: 546px;"><p>by Ganesh Sahathevan</p><p><br /></p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">The conviction by Judge Sauufee Affandi of SUN reporter S. Arulldas may well be a case of judge playing prosecutor, in addition to other wrong doing. </span><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br />As reported previously on this blog, the Judge Affandi managed to find a reporter guilty of contempt by publication of a story in The Sun, despite the reporter not having any authority to publish, and despite the fact that he did not think it necessary to make any finding against the publisher, Sun Media Sdn Bhd, the managing editor Rejal Arbee, and the Editor-In-Chief, Andy Ng (see story below).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">As reported, Judge Saufee <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://justicepaosgavel.blogspot.com/2021/01/industrial-crt-chairman-saufee-affandi.html&source=gmail&ust=1711029535601000&usg=AOvVaw2o0a9iAW7qLKdhZyORIScF" href="https://justicepaosgavel.blogspot.com/2021/01/industrial-crt-chairman-saufee-affandi.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">does have a record </a> of working outside the bounds of his authority; making findings of defamation as an Industrial Court chairman is one example. In the case of Arulldas the judge seems to have taken the liberty to fill in the blanks in the prosecution's case. In that sense he has acted as if he were the prosecution. In addition he failed to inquire about the obvious gaps in the evidence he would have had to rely on to convict Arulldas. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">Arulldass may well be entitled to compensation, and Judge Saufee's <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2009/02/do-corrupt-judges-get-their-decisions-erased.html&source=gmail&ust=1711029535601000&usg=AOvVaw0_2hF6exrKolHi-SI--UOV" href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2009/02/do-corrupt-judges-get-their-decisions-erased.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">decision in the matter may well be one that needs erasure. </a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">TO BE READ WITH <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://justicepaosgavel.blogspot.com/2021/01/industrial-crt-chairman-saufee-affandi.html&source=gmail&ust=1711029535601000&usg=AOvVaw2o0a9iAW7qLKdhZyORIScF" href="https://justicepaosgavel.blogspot.com/2021/01/industrial-crt-chairman-saufee-affandi.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><br /></a></span><h3 style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px;"><span face="Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span></h3><h3 style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px;"><span face="Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"> -Arulldas conviction needs erasure, with compensation paid</span></h3><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><h3 style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://justicepaosgavel.blogspot.com/2021/01/much-is-rotten-in-1998-sessions-crt.html&source=gmail&ust=1711029535602000&usg=AOvVaw0bpEYKUAldTsVq5iIDCY_d" href="https://justicepaosgavel.blogspot.com/2021/01/much-is-rotten-in-1998-sessions-crt.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Much is rotten in the 1998 Sessions Crt conviction by Judge Sauufee Affandi of SUN reporter S. Arulldas: Malaysia's judiciary cannot possibly stand by decision to convict reporter for contempt when the offending story was published by SUN Media and its editors , who were not even charged </a></h3><div style="font-size: 10.8px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div></div></div><div id="m_-2207754942162597269gmail-post-body-7368527228525488872" style="font-size: 15.972px; line-height: 1.4; width: 546px;"><p> by Ganesh Sahathevan</p><span style="font-family: courier;">As reported yesterday, in 1998 then Sessions Court judge Saufee Affandi was specifically assigned to a contempt matter involving Vincent Tan's Sun Media, but managed to place blame solely on the Sun reporter S.Arulldas while excusing Sun Media, the publisher, and its editors, Rejal Arbee and Andy Ng.<br /><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: courier;">How that esteemed jurist managed a finding of guilt given the facts is a matter that requires investigation for the reporter concerned, S.Arulldas could not possibly have published the article on his own. </span><span style="font-family: courier;">In fact, he could never have published, ever.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">As anyone with even a cursory knowledge of how newspapers are published would comprehend, reporters can at best write their stories, but it is the editors who decide if the stories are actually published, their form, and content. A lesser known fact is that even after the editors make their decision, the sub-editors often make their own changes , ostensibly under the supervision of the editors. At The SUN, it was the sub-editors, not the reporters, who decided the headline. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">One need not be an esteemed jurist to understand that one can only be held accountable for what one does. Additionally an esteemed jurist such as Saufee would have understood that the doing must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt, and that there must be a clear unbroken chain of facts proven beyond a reasonable doubt between the intention to do wrong and the criminal act. </span></p><p>How then Suafee might have convicted Arulldass must concern anyone in charge of the Malaysian justice system. As it stands this judgement sits on the books, and cannot be said to foster confidence in Malaysian common law.</p><p>That Arulldass first claimed trial and then pleaded guilty before Saufee only adds to the stench surrounding this decision. To quote Mr Justice NH Tan in the Ayer Molek decision:</p><p><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://blog.limkitsiang.com/2016/12/24/best-way-to-honour-former-court-of-appeal-judge-n-h-chan-is-to-fully-restore-the-rule-of-law-and-a-truly-independent-judiciary/&source=gmail&ust=1711029535602000&usg=AOvVaw31S_IGqhIulw3thUu8OjW6" href="https://blog.limkitsiang.com/2016/12/24/best-way-to-honour-former-court-of-appeal-judge-n-h-chan-is-to-fully-restore-the-rule-of-law-and-a-truly-independent-judiciary/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Something is rotten in the State Of Denmark.</a></p><p>It is for the Chief Justice Of Malaysia to have the matter investigated, and all concerned charged as required. </p><p>TO BE READ WITH </p><h3 style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://justicepaosgavel.blogspot.com/2021/01/in-1998-sessions-crt-judge-saufee.html&source=gmail&ust=1711029535602000&usg=AOvVaw1T6c4pJU7OGZowbeU0Lwgg" href="https://justicepaosgavel.blogspot.com/2021/01/in-1998-sessions-crt-judge-saufee.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">In 1998 Sessions Crt judge Saufee Affandi was specifically assigned to a contempt matter involving Vincent Tan's Sun Media, and managed to place blame on the Sun reporter while excusing Sun Media and its editor Rejal Arbee; Saufee's conduct in '98 adds context to his legal innovation in favour of Sun Media, Singapore billionaire Peter Lim, Vincent Tan ,their business partners , and others in the matter of Ganesh Sahathevan v Sun Media</a> </span></h3><div style="line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div></div></div><div id="m_-2207754942162597269m_4109027608463943886gmail-post-body-1830773502187778902" style="line-height: 1.4; width: 546px;"><p> by Ganesh Sahathevan</p><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.thesundaily.my/archive/1549483-ISARCH328365&source=gmail&ust=1711029535602000&usg=AOvVaw0amuHZHSM5C2PHKgiVUVo3" href="https://www.thesundaily.my/archive/1549483-ISARCH328365" style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #ff5b5b; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="tokoh 15 (8)" class="CToWUd" data-bit="iit" height="401" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/meips/ADKq_NYDkefsFN1GY8sxzKFCToZ_vPV6wkyXkDKJWXjcZ6rGxMr-3c6Ntdon28AXSQCWQyCh5ZDFJQ_5q9DBYsSetNi1chC0c30YThYbWbTho_OCV53MwU4Pm9FSk1xl_LoCg8VdlxpQpSXfKzwiSgDOQmz9qavCZiEMDl3pKT0lZ5NSemHjqrBO8gmSIqdzikbdWxTpMFR_YtdqK8IRptXDhj56ob20M8Y-kOwwWROS7I6WsObcw-WLwTyMVXE-keWmqAmppUOBqpqLaTLtBAW_ZspnJK3lNzz8vRnKFufJKWmtSvantwW8BDXLWJ-XIkfY7B54aGfscw=s0-d-e1-ft#https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEgAoP3-_g74DAWytv4UgzQik-5AmWKeiAPSusceVC37Z7_g7GuhV-71AMGiUJT4oXEe8Xb6xo7SwU5NuwONqkaFzoRxTXvuHE1-0YGfzpQOqUbwTrlvhCBhst6fgW39uGm71TFp4CUK70LND9KDGjYHNbok-Wjry0_d0g=s0-d" style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 10px; max-width: 100%; padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;" width="602" /><span style="color: #191919;"> YBhg Datuk Ahmad Rejal Arbee</span></a><p><br /><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">As reported earlier on this blog, former <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://justicepaosgavel.blogspot.com/2021/01/industrial-crt-chairman-saufee-affandi.html&source=gmail&ust=1711029535602000&usg=AOvVaw2GnUc7YOJ4y8jgyTnrOkJ9" href="https://justicepaosgavel.blogspot.com/2021/01/industrial-crt-chairman-saufee-affandi.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Industrial Court Chairman Saufee Affandi managed to turn an Industrial Court claim by this writer against Vincent Tan's Sun Media into a defamation matter where he undertook to prosecute the case for Singapore billionaire Peter Lim</a> and his business partners, despite not having any authority to do so, and despite Lim himself never commencing a claim against Sun Media or this writer. </span></p><h3 style="font-size: 13.2px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">It has also been reported here how<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://justicepaosgavel.blogspot.com/2021/01/former-industrial-crt-chairman-saufee.html&source=gmail&ust=1711029535602000&usg=AOvVaw0KxwU2CuJjXEFmm1nEvLBF" href="https://justicepaosgavel.blogspot.com/2021/01/former-industrial-crt-chairman-saufee.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> Saufee mismanaged and in essence attempted to discredit evidence against Bursa companies Gamuda Bhd, Litrak Bhd and the EPF</a> which had financed their privatised LITRAK toll road project, which had been discovered by this writer.</span></h3><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">It can now be revealed that Saufee had a prior, and perhaps more questionable involvement with Sun Media in 1998 when he served as a Sessions Court judge. The matter was reported by The SUN (which is published by Sun Media): </span></div><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="color: #222222;">A Sun reporter was fined RM 2,500</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><span style="color: #222222;">today when he admitted defying a court order which <b>prohibited the publication </b>of certain information in the case of a sessions judge who allegedly performed oral sex on a man</span><span style="color: #222222;">.</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><span style="color: #222222;"><b>Sessions judge Saufee Affendi, who had come from Kuala Lumpur to specially hear the case. </b></span></i></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><i>A conviction under this sub-section carries a maximum fine of RM 5,000 or jail up to three years or both. Arulldas, who paid the fine, was accompanied by Sun Media Group editor-in-chief Ahmad Rejal Arbee and editor Andy Ng.</i></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">Why Vincent Tan's Sun Media and its e<b>ditors Ahmad Rejal Arbee and Andy Ng who actually published the story</b> were not also charged is mystifying. </span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">Even more mystifying is the fact that Saufee accepted that the crime of contempt had been proven beyond a reasonable doubt against a reporter who had absolutely no power to publish. The contempt, described above involved</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: courier; font-size: large;"> the publication of facts which were subject to a court order against publication. </span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">TO BE READ WITH </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div id="m_-2207754942162597269m_4109027608463943886gmail-m_8972573360027787069hd"><div><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Court fines Sun reporter RM2,500.</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">By Cynthia Blemin</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">335 words</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">17 June 1998</span></strong></div><div><a><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">The Sun</span></strong></a></div><div><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">English</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">(c) The Christchurch Press, INL 1998</span></strong></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Butterworth, Tues:</strong> <strong>A Sun reporter was fined RM 2,500</strong> today when he admitted defying a court order which prohibited the publication of certain information in the case of a sessions judge who allegedly performed oral sex on a man <strong>.</strong> <strong>Sessions judge Saufee Affendi, who had come from Kuala Lumpur to specially hear the case</strong>, delivered his ruling after a 90-minute mitigation plea by defence counsel R. Rajasingam.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">He said the court had taken into account the facts of the case, the counsel's mitigation and the prosecution argument. <strong>Saufee said accused S. Arulldas' admission of guilt was the main mitigating factor which carries weight when passing sentence </strong>. He stressed the need for the media to maintain close rapport with the court. He warned Arulldas against repeating such a mistake and fined him.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Arulldas had earlier claimed trial and the hearing was fixed for three days from today. He admitted commiting the offence through an article published in the paper on March 25, after the facts of the case were read out to him. Arulldas, 42, was charged with contravening Section 101(2) of the Subordinate Courts Act, 1948 (Act 92), which had been invoked by the prosecution in the case involving Butterworth sessions court judge Rungit Singh.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Rungit had been charged with gross indecency and using criminal force to outrage the modesty of a man whose identity has been withheld by the court. The sub-section reads that "a court may, at any time, order that no person shall publish the name, address or photograph of any witness ... or any evidence or any other thing likely to lead to the identification of the witness."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">A conviction under this sub-section carries a maximum fine of RM 5,000 or jail up to three years or both. Arulldas, who paid the fine, was accompanied by Sun Media Group editor-in-chief Ahmad Rejal Arbee and editor Andy Ng.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">(c) 1998 Sun Media Group Sdn Bhd.</span></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Document thesum0020010928du6h003qw</span></strong></p></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b></b> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b></b> </span></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">SUN REPORTER FINED RM2,500 FOR DEFYING COURT ORDER.</span></b></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">372 words</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">16 June 1998</span></div><div><a><span style="font-size: medium;">BERNAMA Malaysian National News Agency</span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">English</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">(c) 1998 Chamber World Network</span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">BUTTERWORTH, June 16 (Bernama) - A journalist with <b>the 'Sun</b>' newspaper was today fined RM2,500 for defying a court order when reporting on a case involving a judge.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">S.Arulldas, 42, who had pleaded not guilty when charged in the <b>Sessions Court</b> here on April 30, changed his plea today and apologised to the court.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">He was charged with defying an order issued by the court on March 24 prohibiting the reporting of any evidence or details that might reveal the identity of the alleged victim in the case against judge Rungit Singh.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Rungit is facing three charges of using criminal force to outrage the modesty of a man, and two alternative charges of committing acts of gross indecency by performing oral sex on the man.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>In sentencing Arulldas, judge Sauffee Affendi said counsel R.</strong> <strong>Rajasingam's hour-long mitigation was the longest he had heard in his legal career and the points put forward had been noted.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">According to Rajasingam, the court order was stale as the authorities had not issued a similar gag-order before Rungit was charged and earlier reports in 'The Star' and 'New Straits Times' newspapers had already identified the alleged victim.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">He also questioned why the prosecution did not apply to the court to amend the alleged victim's name in the charge sheet to "Mr X" or "Mr Y" in view of the fact that the sheet would become a public document after that and anyone could obtain it.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Rajasingam said the court should only issue such orders to avoid interference in the administration of justice and not to avoid anyone from embarrassment.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Deputy Public Prosecutor Ahmad Fairuz Zainol Abidin submitted to the court that the March 24 order was not applicable to media reports before the Rungit case came to court.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Arulldas was charged under Section 101 (2) of the Subordinate Courts Act 1948 which provides for a maximum fine of RM5,000 or three years in jail, or both, upon conviction.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Arulldas, who was accompanied by <strong>Sun Media Group editor-in-chief Ahmad Rejal Arbee, paid his fine.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Copyright(C) 1998 BERNAMA The Malaysian National News Agency</span></p></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">National</span></div><div id="m_-2207754942162597269m_4109027608463943886gmail-m_8972573360027787069hd" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Reporter pleads not guilty to defying court order</span></b></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">299 words</span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">27 March 1998</span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a><span style="font-size: medium;">The New Straits Times</span></a></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Main/Lifestyle; 2*</span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">12</span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">English</span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Copyright (c) 1998 Bell & Howell Information and Learning Company. All rights reserved.</span></div><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">PENANG, Thurs. - A reporter with <b>the Sun</b> daily pleaded not guilty in the <b>Sessions Court</b> in Butterworth today to a charge of defying a court order stopping the media from publishing the alleged victim's identity in a case involving a <b>Sessions Court</b> Judge.</span></p><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">S. Arulldass, 42, claimed trial to the charge of contravening the Subordinate Courts Act, 1948 (Act 1992) before Judge Tarmizi Abdul Rahman.</span></p><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">On Tuesday, Sungai Petani Sessions Court Judge Ghazali Cha had made the order when another Sessions Court Judge Rungit Singh a/l Jaswant Singh was charged with using criminal force to outrage the modesty of a person.</span></p><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In the case, Ghazali had invoked section 101 (2) of the Act, to stop the media, both print and electronic, from publishing the alleged victim's name, address, photograph or any information leading to the identification of the alleged victim.</span></p><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Arulldass was represented by Jagdeep Singh Deo while DPP Yaacob Md Sam prosecuted.</span></p><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Jagdeep is also one of six lawyers defending Rungit, who is facing three counts of using criminal force to outrage the modesty of the person and two alternative charges of committing an act of gross indecency with a person by performing oral sex.</span></p><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The five other lawyers are Karpal Singh, Gurbachan Singh, Christopher Fernando, Ranjit Singh Dhillon and Teja Singh Panesar.</span></p><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Arulldass, who was accompanied by his wife, Theresa, Sun editor Andy Ng, its regional (northern) editor Ng Kee Seng and several colleagues, was alleged to have used words which could identify the victim in the case.</span></p><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Arulldass, if found guilty, could face a maximum fine of RM5,000 or three years' imprisonment or both.</span></p><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Tarmizi fixed the case to be mentioned on April 30 and allowed bail at RM5,000.</span></p><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Caption: Arulldass ... charged.</span></p><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">SEE ALSO </span></p><h3 style="font-size: 13.2px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://justicepaosgavel.blogspot.com/2021/01/industrial-crt-chairman-saufee-affandi.html&source=gmail&ust=1711029535602000&usg=AOvVaw2GnUc7YOJ4y8jgyTnrOkJ9" href="https://justicepaosgavel.blogspot.com/2021/01/industrial-crt-chairman-saufee-affandi.html" style="color: #1155cc; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="972" data-original-width="1872" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv75-RIy-O_YREuu7g-q-Lv2GHAAXrH2raPzgBa-E3TBbAEUTUDHFeMDGHTkjIZscWTBA-t2ALj90nFkarcmtZmzWXXwj-0F1OBa8QJrZuJGzTj_-uE_mFCeZVnaWOVxObkueuihSoyNHVcCeP58X0cgQh1Ffk0e11rLDLBCfLQX6eCUGueXLj28-LHLY/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-18%20203629.png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8HUHji7MLWA" width="320" youtube-src-id="8HUHji7MLWA"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span style="font-size: large;">Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has told Germany's DW that HAMAS's 7 October massacre is understandable, even if not condoned given the Israel-Palestine history.<br />He draws comparisons between the ANC and HAMAS, who he says also carried out acts of terrorism. Oppression, he says justifies the terrorism. <br /><br /><br />Anwar's comments are likely to rattle Malaysia's neighbours. Thailand and the Philippines who have large Muslim populations living at or near their borders with Malaysia, with whom they have had troubles.<br />Singapore has a large Muslim population who are constantly reminded by their Malay Muslim brethren in Malaysia that they are being oppressed by Singapore's majority Chinese population.Some in Singapore may agre with them.</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><div>END </div>ganesh sahathevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16735146227192431299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018692839292410768.post-210231229868631162024-03-17T22:26:00.000-07:002024-03-17T22:27:26.279-07:00Is HeiTech Padu's Hilmey being pushed , mugged or made an offer he could not refuse to hand over control of Hei Tech Padu to Anwar Ibrahim's Farhash Wafa Salvador Rizal Mubarak<p> by Ganesh Sahathevan </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">Hilmey was so pround that PNB agreed when he asked if he could be "given the opportuntiy to biy PNB IT via a MBO: </span></p><p class="articleParagraph enarticleParagraph" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><b style="background: rgb(254, 248, 217); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 2px;">Hilmey</b> was riding the buoyant wave of success at PNB when he opted to leave his secure, high-profile job to lead a management buyout of a then obscure outfit called PNB Information Techno-logies (PNB IT), the IT arm of the PNB.</span></p><p class="articleParagraph enarticleParagraph" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">This unit was formed in 1990 to spearhead PNB's computerisation programme. With millions of small unitholders scattered around the country, PNB had to devise a way to make transactions easy for them.</span></p><p class="articleParagraph enarticleParagraph" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">The unit became a big success, growing into a company which computerised various government departments, from Pos Malaysia to the Immigration Department, the National Registration Department and Road Transport Department.</span></p><p class="articleParagraph enarticleParagraph" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">In line with the government's move to encourage more bumiputra technopreneurs, PNB decided to spin off the IT unit so as to ensure that PNB remained true to its core activity of unit trust fund management.</span></p><p class="articleParagraph enarticleParagraph" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><b style="background: rgb(254, 248, 217); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 2px;">Hilmey</b> offered to vacate his CEO post at PNB and head the management buyout (MBO) team.</span></p><p class="articleParagraph enarticleParagraph" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">PNB IT then was committed to computerising various government departments and <b style="background: rgb(254, 248, 217); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 2px;">Hilmey</b> wants to "make sure the job gets done."</span></p><p class="articleParagraph enarticleParagraph" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">Using a shelf company Padujade Corporation Sdn Bhd, <b style="background: rgb(254, 248, 217); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 2px;">Hilmey</b> and the management team, bought up a 65% stake in PNB IT, leaving PNB with the remaining 35%.</span></p><p class="articleParagraph enarticleParagraph" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">He declines to reveal the exact amount he paid for the MBO but admits that he holds a controlling share. The shareholding structure as at March 31, 2000 showed that <b style="background: rgb(254, 248, 217); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 2px;">Hilmey</b> holds 48% of HeiTech <b style="background: rgb(254, 248, 217); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 2px;">Padu</b> via Padujade, PNB holds 35%, the management team holds 16.18% and Perbadanan Usahawan Nasional Bhd (PUNB) holds 0.82%.</span></p><p class="articleParagraph enarticleParagraph" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">PUNB financed the MBO which <b style="background: rgb(254, 248, 217); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 2px;">Hilmey</b> proudly claims was repaid within two years and on May 31, 1999, PNB IT was renamed HeiTech <b style="background: rgb(254, 248, 217); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 2px;">Padu</b> Sdn Bhd. It has since be renamed HeiTech <b style="background: rgb(254, 248, 217); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 2px;">Padu</b> Bhd and will issue its propectus today, for a listing on the KLSE possibily next month</span></p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">(HeiTech Padu comes into its own. By Mary Anne Tan. The Sun Daily<br />9 October 2000)</span><p class="articleParagraph enarticleParagraph" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="articleParagraph enarticleParagraph" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;">Given the above, it is not unreasonable to ask if Hilmey is being pushed if not mugged by Anwar Ibrahim's man <span style="background-color: transparent;">Farhash Wafa Salvador Rizal Mubarak. who has taken control of the company, with financing from sources unknown. Hilmey's 17.89% stake in the company exceeds Farhash's 15.91%, but Hilmey does not have ANwar on his side. </span></p><p class="articleParagraph enarticleParagraph" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">SEE STORY BELOW </span></p><p class="articleParagraph enarticleParagraph" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 18px; margin: 5px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><a href="https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/03/14/farhash-emerges-as-substantial-shareholder-in-heitech-padu/"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br />New substantial shareholder emerges in HeiTech Padu</span></a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/author/fmtreporters/">FMT Reporters</a>-14 Mar 2024, 10:52 PM<br /><br /><br />Technology services provider HeiTech Padu is reportedly among three companies shortlisted by the government to develop a RM1 billion immigration IT system.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img height="377" src="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/e37e5142-07-farhash-wafa-salvador-140324.webp" width="603" /><div>Farhash Wafa Salvador Rizal Mubarak is also the chairman and director of companies such as 7-Eleven Malaysia Holdings Bhd and Apex Equity Holdings Bhd.<br /><br />PETALING JAYA: Farhash Wafa Salvador Rizal Mubarak has emerged as a substantial shareholder of Heitech Padu Bhd after acquiring an indirect interest of 15.9% (16.1 million shares) in the technology services provider.<br /><br />Farhash is the chairman and director of several companies, including 7-Eleven Malaysia Holdings Bhd and Apex Equity Holdings Bhd.<br /><br /><br />In a Bursa filing today, HeiTech Padu disclosed that Farhash had deemed interest in the company via a private vehicle, Rosetta Partners Sdn Bhd. The acquisition price was not disclosed.<br /><br />On Monday, MyEG Services Bhd’s unit MyEG Capital Sdn Bhd announced that it had acquired 14.57 million shares, or a 14.4% equity interest, in HeiTech Padu for RM31.24 million.<br /><br /><br />ADVERTISING<br /><br /><br />In a separate Bursa filing on the same day, HeiTech Padu announced it had secured a contract extension worth RM13.11 million for the provision of maintenance services to the Malaysian Immigration System (MyIMMs).<br /><br />HeiTech Padu said the 12-month contract extension runs from Feb 18, 2024 to Feb 17, 2025.<br /><br />HeiTech Padu first secured the contract in March 2021 on a three-year basis. It was worth RM33.92 million and was to end on Feb 17, 2024.<br /><br />The extension comes amid the government’s selection process for the development of the national integrated immigration system (NIISe) to replace MyIMMs.<br /><br />ADVERTISING<br /><br /><br />The Edge recently reported that HeiTech Padu is among three companies shortlisted by the government to develop the NIISe project, which is understood to be worth over RM1 billion.<br /><br />In May last year, home minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said the 20-year-old MyIMMs was outdated and no longer capable of meeting future immigration needs.<br /><br />In a written parliamentary reply, he said NIISe, which is expected to be operational in August 2025, will enhance the quality of delivering immigration services.<br /><br />NIISe seeks to incorporate biometric technology to enable the adoption of e-Gates at immigration checkpoints.</div>ganesh sahathevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16735146227192431299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018692839292410768.post-16128379436259516992024-03-16T06:52:00.000-07:002024-03-16T06:55:55.916-07:00How did a career civil servant turned engineering consultant come to own 51% of LITRAK pre IPO, and get EPF to provide cheap money for his project ? - Time to investigate LITRAK director Haji Yusoff Bin Daud <p> by Ganesh Sahathevan </p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><a href="https://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2024/02/gamuddalitrak-raiding-epf-for-cheap.html">This man controlled 51% of LITRAK per-IPO,and managed to have EPF provide cheap funding for his project. </a> He was, for most of his working life, a civil servant. </span></p><div class="col-12 col-md-5" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; flex: 0 0 41.6667%; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; max-width: 41.6667%; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; position: relative; width: 520px;"><div class="bod-thumbnail aos-init aos-animate" data-aos-anchor-placement="top-bottom" data-aos-delay="300" data-aos-duration="1200" data-aos-easing="ease-in-out" data-aos-once="true" data-aos="fade-right" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px; opacity: 1; transform: translate(0px); transition-delay: 0.3s; transition-duration: 1.2s; transition-property: opacity, transform; transition-timing-function: ease-in-out;"><img alt="" class="img-fluid d-block m-auto" src="https://litrak.com.my/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Haji-Yusoff.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div></div><div class="col-12 col-md-7 pl-lg-5" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; flex: 0 0 58.3333%; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; max-width: 58.3333%; padding-left: 3rem; padding-right: 15px; position: relative; width: 728px;"><header class="bod-header" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px;"><h1 class="title aos-init aos-animate" data-aos-anchor-placement="top-bottom" data-aos-delay="600" data-aos-duration="1200" data-aos-easing="ease-in-out" data-aos-once="true" data-aos="fade-up" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-size: 2.625rem; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 0px; opacity: 1; padding: 0px; transform: translate(0px); transition-delay: 0.6s; transition-duration: 1.2s; transition-property: opacity, transform; transition-timing-function: ease-in-out;"><a href="https://litrak.com.my/about-us/litrak/board-of-directors/ir-haji-yusoff-bin-daud/">Ir Haji Yusoff Bin Daud</a></h1><h3 class="position aos-init aos-animate" data-aos-anchor-placement="top-bottom" data-aos-delay="900" data-aos-duration="1200" data-aos-easing="ease-in-out" data-aos-once="true" data-aos="fade-up" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px; opacity: 1; transform: translate(0px); transition-delay: 0.9s; transition-duration: 1.2s; transition-property: opacity, transform; transition-timing-function: ease-in-out;"><a href="https://litrak.com.my/about-us/litrak/board-of-directors/ir-haji-yusoff-bin-daud/">Non-Independent Executive Director</a></h3></header><div class="bod-content text-justify aos-init aos-animate" data-aos-anchor-placement="top-bottom" data-aos-delay="1200" data-aos-duration="1200" data-aos-easing="ease-in-out" data-aos-once="true" data-aos="fade-up" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #58595b; font-size: 18px; opacity: 1; text-align: justify; transform: translate(0px); transition-delay: 1.2s; transition-duration: 1.2s; transition-property: opacity, transform; transition-timing-function: ease-in-out;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.563em; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Nationality :</span> Malaysian<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Age :</span> 76<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Gender :</span> Male</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.563em; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Date Appointed to the Board : </span>14 September 1995</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.563em; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">No. of Board Meetings Attended During the Financial Year Ended 31 March 2021<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span>4/4</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.563em; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Board Committee Membership</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />• Chairman of Executive Committee<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />• Chairman of ESOS Committee</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.563em; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Directorships in Other Public Companies</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />• Non-Executive Chairman of Toyo Ink Group Berhad</p><hr style="border-bottom: 0px; border-image: initial; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); border-top-style: solid; box-sizing: content-box; height: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 1rem; overflow: visible;" /><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.563em; margin-top: 0px;">Ir Haji Yusoff graduated from the University of Brighton with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) Degree in Electrical Engineering in 1968. He joined National Electricity Board (LLN), Kota Bharu immediately after his graduation and in 1970 he was posted to Kedah as Assistant Engineer Consumers. In 1974, he was promoted to District Engineer where he was responsible for the planning and implementation of electricity supply for northern Kedah and Perlis. In 1977, he became the Senior District Manager, Kuala Terengganu, where he was responsible for the overall management and operations of electricity supply in Terengganu. From 1979 to 1980, he was attached to Petronas in the Special Projects Department as its Deputy Head responsible for the planning of the Peninsular Gas Utilisation Project.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.563em; margin-top: 0px;">In 1981, he was appointed a Director of Zaidun-Leeng Sdn Bhd and was subsequently made the Managing Director in 1994; a position which he held until 2002 when he was appointed as the Chairman until today. He has over 53 years of management and professional experience in the consulting engineering industry. Zaidun-Leeng Sdn Bhd specialises in the planning and design of infrastructure projects including mechanical, electrical and structural engineering services for both government and private sectors.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.563em; margin-top: 0px;">Ir Haji Yusoff does not have any family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of the Company. He has no conflict of interest with the Company.</p></div></div>ganesh sahathevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16735146227192431299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018692839292410768.post-31220183728080605342024-03-15T18:21:00.000-07:002024-03-15T18:24:25.993-07:00 Australia's decision to resume funding UNRWA must be viewed in the context of Foreign Minister Penny Wong's contact with a Malaysian intelligence officer, and Malaysia's defiant support for HAMAS <p> by Ganesh Sahathevan </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhO6d2w-dQbn5TwkoIku3pdA9r2K5hQM0aFZvbTlfXifpbiuoOUX1YHy0npTwyU69DFRwEJOMq0wFRbmkhaHJ8aclVvW1kKj6CJeOj6liPxYloV5fQL9BJIVyOnpZevOoPtsPyH8aSuLwDU5v1YX505h-MGFrWsfv1ANBNAlVlgKX8P8lYWG1hp9eztelE" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhO6d2w-dQbn5TwkoIku3pdA9r2K5hQM0aFZvbTlfXifpbiuoOUX1YHy0npTwyU69DFRwEJOMq0wFRbmkhaHJ8aclVvW1kKj6CJeOj6liPxYloV5fQL9BJIVyOnpZevOoPtsPyH8aSuLwDU5v1YX505h-MGFrWsfv1ANBNAlVlgKX8P8lYWG1hp9eztelE=w599-h399" width="599" /></a></p><p><span class="language en" face="sans-serif" style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 13.3px;" title="English"><b> </b></span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="https://multimedia.dfat.gov.au/fotoweb/archives/5019-PUBLIC-Library/MasterArchive/000111463.jpg.info">Foreign Minister Penny Wong meets Malaysian Prime Minister, Anwar Ibrahim in Kuala Lumpur on 27th February 2023</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">Thus spake Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong, justifying her decision to restore funding to the HAMAS linked UNRWA:</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); line-height: inherit;" /><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">"the best available current advice from agencies and the Australian government lawyers is that UNRWA is not a terrorist organisation........"</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); line-height: inherit;" /><a data-attribute-index="0" href="https://lnkd.in/gDxfZnnh" style="background-color: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-link-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: var(--font-weight-bold); line-height: inherit; margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); overflow-wrap: normal; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); position: relative; text-decoration: var(--artdeco-reset-link-text-decoration-none); touch-action: manipulation; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); word-break: normal;" target="_self">https://lnkd.in/gDxfZnnh</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">Meanwhile, Wong has still provided no explanation for her contact with a Malaysian intelligence officer.This fact is especially relevant in the matter of Australia's UNRWA funding given Malaysian Rime Minister Anwar Ibrahim defiant support for HAMAS.:</span></span></p><p><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2023/10/i-said-that-we-as-policy-have.html&source=gmail&ust=1710638239079000&usg=AOvVaw1a5dYqJVxZlurz1RApAecg" href="https://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2023/10/i-said-that-we-as-policy-have.html" style="background-color: white; color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"> "I said that we, as a policy, have a relationship with <span class="il">Hamas</span> from before and this will continue"-<span class="il">Anwar</span> ibrahim's admission renews concerns about Malaysia's support for jihadis and <span class="il">Anwar</span> and his IIIT's funding of Palestinian Islamic Jihad</span></a></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">TOE BE READ WITH </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><h3 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2023/12/detail-in-al-jazeera-interview-with.html&source=gmail&ust=1710638095320000&usg=AOvVaw1iYR2fB9A4k-LVcJiwDFS_" href="https://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2023/12/detail-in-al-jazeera-interview-with.html" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Detail in Al-Jazeera interview with hitman Sirul Azhar compared with information on Malaysian High Commission Canberra website suggests that Penny Wong contacted an undeclared Malaysian intelligence officer -Wong and DFAT have not denied Sirul's statement to Al-Jazzera </a></h3><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 10.8px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div></div></div><div id="m_-3867862023891928485m_474360005211336511gmail-post-body-7238033641645982843" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; width: 570px;"><p> by Ganesh Sahathevan </p><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2oxg_5mTBcqOHaRNMfC0HnACanlNt99WjH5IHWRBKN6Gyrd8qnasCTlFFTINfOYLd6soJYC3epzMfcr4BPY2_rn6xuIp1DKZhx-yKH1gmUwBfXOFedASZri_iDPoYPF6CIkh_KmwnwzBLbL_gllq7Ay2JzmKe5JRwN6rnBiCuvMa1MwbTCKz298C7AqQ/s1892/Screenshot%25202023-12-13%2520233840.png&source=gmail&ust=1710638095320000&usg=AOvVaw1M4suhliJIo1m4BjWqL8sy" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2oxg_5mTBcqOHaRNMfC0HnACanlNt99WjH5IHWRBKN6Gyrd8qnasCTlFFTINfOYLd6soJYC3epzMfcr4BPY2_rn6xuIp1DKZhx-yKH1gmUwBfXOFedASZri_iDPoYPF6CIkh_KmwnwzBLbL_gllq7Ay2JzmKe5JRwN6rnBiCuvMa1MwbTCKz298C7AqQ/s1892/Screenshot%202023-12-13%20233840.png" style="color: #cc6611; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><img border="0" class="CToWUd" data-bit="iit" height="307" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/meips/ADKq_NaqcgfuS5PWk_KiTWuFUmiy0HLgmpBaxG-4bfjWbOSRk04wBfoW5FpSZHEA4nqSEpnON9oy9bq6CqcJXhLiDSWfKSdruaV7JgmkL6J39TMRRjNL18NxuOChuHINa6q9B1D7PWpV6soUl2reyOSpXjoDabgMyCEgrheP3JA2fXhN04pV8H8MH_liIq_PTrrzSfnFCHB0epI4w-d9yEQoU9rGgZnSSaSrSRqXCMoCBgPgL-hwbIw3rQ05NC0poz_S4om-eYSuZla6Ayv_zOyfJVzO0umH1UsBWinWF0MMz0beTbcr7y0e6u4hKg0TTMp6NqAgzZ4B4ocGrr2HXfF0oBOVlBn-P8XwxRkDhfNXy4CwJb_SiT_6s9-9hqFVpATRcVcMV4w-4mxT1zxRbWnh8NZZ8byWI3Twaq6r9IWUig=s0-d-e1-ft#https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2oxg_5mTBcqOHaRNMfC0HnACanlNt99WjH5IHWRBKN6Gyrd8qnasCTlFFTINfOYLd6soJYC3epzMfcr4BPY2_rn6xuIp1DKZhx-yKH1gmUwBfXOFedASZri_iDPoYPF6CIkh_KmwnwzBLbL_gllq7Ay2JzmKe5JRwN6rnBiCuvMa1MwbTCKz298C7AqQ/w563-h307/Screenshot%202023-12-13%20233840.png" style="background-clip: initial; 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background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); padding: 5px;" width="583" /></a></div><br /><p></p><h2 style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0cm;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Courier; font-size: 13.5pt; letter-spacing: inherit; margin: inherit; padding: inherit;">Al-Jazeera reported that hitman Sirul Azhar had meeting<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.aljazeera.com/program/101-east/2023/11/24/murder-in-malaysia-world-exclusive-interview-with-sirul-azhar-umar&source=gmail&ust=1710638095320000&usg=AOvVaw3kP-4qKHpd-EmQICtDvJNG" href="https://www.aljazeera.com/program/101-east/2023/11/24/murder-in-malaysia-world-exclusive-interview-with-sirul-azhar-umar" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: transparent; letter-spacing: inherit; margin: inherit; padding: inherit;">s with a Malaysian police intelligence officer at Malaysia's "embassy" in Canberra.In the interview Sirul describes meetings with a male officer</span></a> (see screenshots above).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0cm;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Courier; font-size: 13.5pt; letter-spacing: inherit; margin: inherit; padding: inherit;">However, the declared Malaysian police intelligence officer at the embassy(actually high commission) is <span style="background: transparent; letter-spacing: inherit; margin: inherit; padding: inherit;">quite likely Mdm. <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.kln.gov.my/web/aus_canberra/home-based-staff&source=gmail&ust=1710638095320000&usg=AOvVaw3GX9ShmBqxQCTeNYclYVDA" href="https://www.kln.gov.my/web/aus_canberra/home-based-staff" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: transparent; letter-spacing: inherit; margin: inherit; padding: inherit;">Szabrenna Pou Abdullah </span></a>, a long serving police officer who held the rank of Deputy Superintendent Of Police (DSP) in 2020, who is designated First Secretary.</span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: inherit; margin: inherit; padding: inherit;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0cm;"><span style="background: transparent; font-family: Courier; font-size: 13.5pt; letter-spacing: inherit; margin: inherit; padding: inherit;">It is therefore likely that Wong's reported contact was with an undeclared Malaysian intelligence officer, and that raises even more serious questions about Wong's conduct in office. As Foreign Minister Wong is also the Minister in charge of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS).</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: inherit; margin: inherit; padding: inherit;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: inherit; margin: inherit; padding: inherit;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Courier; font-size: 13.5pt; letter-spacing: inherit; margin: inherit; padding: inherit;">Three weeks have passed since Sirul's revelations but Wong and DFAT have yet to issue any comment with regards Sirul's statement to Al-Jazzera.</span></p></h2><h2 style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px;"><br /></h2><h2 style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; letter-spacing: inherit; margin: inherit; padding: inherit;"><br /></span></h2><h2 style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; letter-spacing: inherit; margin: inherit; padding: inherit;"><br /></span></h2><h2 style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; letter-spacing: inherit; margin: inherit; padding: inherit;">TO BE READ WITH </span></h2><h2 style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; letter-spacing: inherit; margin: inherit; padding: inherit;"><br /></span></h2><h2 style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; 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min-height: 0px;"><a name="m_-3867862023891928485_m_474360005211336511_2727414072716610444"></a><h3 style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2023/11/malaysian-hitman-sirul-azhar-umar-says.html&source=gmail&ust=1710638095320000&usg=AOvVaw3pLOYvzzwckYhRCt_4kt8O" href="https://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2023/11/malaysian-hitman-sirul-azhar-umar-says.html" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Malaysian hitman Sirul Azhar Umar tells Al-Jazeera Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong spoke to a Malaysian Police intelligence officer at the Malaysian y High Commission in Canberra, Australia - Very serious allegations against Penny Wong, complicated by her connections to Malaysia</a></h3><div style="font-size: 10.8px; 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background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); padding: 5px;" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;">Malaysian hitman Sirul Azhar Umar says Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong spoke to a Malaysian Police intelligence officer at the Malaysian y High Commission in Canberra, Australia to determine if Sirul was a danger to the Canberra community.</span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit;" /><br style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit;" /><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;">Any Minister of State, even a Foreign Minister, who has personal connections with a foreign intelligence officer should be considered a threat to national security.</span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit;" /><br style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit;" /><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;">Very serious allegations against Penny Wong, complicated by her connections to Malaysia.</span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; 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background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #2196f3; display: inline-block; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; outline: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="776" data-original-width="1600" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzjm39DnRWPzL8fxBoTeL2OsPO4VtRqbBqHTjXr7NxkrUe5_O9Z_BatipjokvCE8Tkj2ZxE_wSwyWd-8CwRBXvBrH0MQppybpyEu_Nd-1bvrAbYACmSRFdy-UPvbkfW1KeI1wWBol7-ZQ/s640/0.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; height: inherit; max-width: 100%; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="640" /></span></a></p><p><a href="https://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2019/10/her-excellency-gov-beazley-has-duty-to.html" style="color: #cc6611; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">R-L: Susan (Bastick) Carter Director, Law Extension Committee (LEC) at University of Sydney with Her Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley AO QC Governor of New South Wales and Siew McKeogh, Executive Officer of the LPAB. The LPAB oversees the LEC's Diploma in Law as it does the College Of Law. These associations have resulted in a wagon fort like protection of one another, to the point where statutory reporting obligations are being ignored, to the detriment of students and the legal profession in NSW.</span></span></a></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">The following was posted on a related blog on 12 April 2023:</span></p><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2023/04/nsw-lpab-executive-officer-siew-ting.html" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">NSW LPAB Executive Officer Siew Ting Tan McKeogh failed to disclose resignation and sudden departure of NSW Department Of Justice & LPAB officer Hayley Pollock, author of the document investigated by The Australian</span></a></h3><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">In fact, McKeogh, then the NSW LPAB Executive Officer responsible for day to day operations with responsibility to sign-off on the contents of the NSW LAPB that concern operations, failed to say anything about the 17 January 2019 story in The Australian which made public misconduct at the NSW LPAB, or at least revealed how three sitting judges and other senior lawyers, entrusted by the public to apply law to fact, took as fact stories on an internet conspiracy news site(see story below).</span></span><h3 class="gmail-post-title entry-title" style="color: #222222; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2020/05/siew-ting-tan-mckeogh-nsw-lpab.html">McKeogh was also the Executive Officer who oversaw the questionable re-accreditation of the Communist Party China linked Sydney City School Of Law.</a> The fact of its accreditation remains a scandal shrouded in mystery.</span></h3><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Despite these questions being unresolved, McKeogh has been transferred over the NSW Trustees and Guardians, where she is being entrusted with the personal affairs of hundreds if not thousands who rely on NSW Trustees and Guardians to safeguard their financial interest.</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">TO BE READ WITH </span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><h2 class="date-header" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="background-color: transparent; letter-spacing: inherit; margin: inherit; padding: inherit;">Saturday, May 6, 2023</span></h2><div class="date-posts" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div class="post-outer"><div class="post hentry uncustomized-post-template" itemprop="blogPost" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; min-height: 0px; position: relative;"><a name="3083661207710002187"></a><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2023/05/ganesh-sahathevan-r-l-bastick-carter.html">NSW LPAB Executive Officer Siew Ting Tan McKeogh annual report non-disclosure issues one more thing that Department Of Justice head Michael Tidball must resolve</a></h3><div class="post-header" style="font-size: 10.8px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-3083661207710002187" itemprop="description articleBody" style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570px;"><p> by Ganesh Sahathevan </p><p><br /></p><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><br /></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #757575; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><a href="https://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2019/10/her-excellency-gov-beazley-has-duty-to.html" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: xx-small;">R-L: Susan (Bastick) Carter Director, Law Extension Committee (LEC) at University of Sydney with Her Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley AO QC Governor of New South Wales and Siew McKeogh, Executive Officer of the LPAB. The LPAB oversees the LEC's Diploma in Law as it does the College Of Law. These associations have resulted in a wagon fort like protection of one another, to the point where statutory reporting obligations are being ignored, to the detriment of students and the legal profession in NSW.</span></a></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">The following was posted on a related blog on 12 April 2023:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2023/04/nsw-lpab-executive-officer-siew-ting.html" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">NSW LPAB Executive Officer Siew Ting Tan McKeogh failed to disclose resignation and sudden departure of NSW Department Of Justice & LPAB officer Hayley Pollock, author of the document investigated by The Australian</span></a></h3><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">The above adds to the non-disclosure issues that Michael Tidball, Secretary, Department Of Justice NSW must resolve. Tidball has survived the change in government and remains in the position. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p>TO BE READ WITH </p><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Michael Tidball's Dept Of Justice NSW & its NSW LPAB breached NSW Annual Reports (Statutory Bodies) Regulations, other rules, by their failure to report investigation and expose by The Australian<br /></span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://ganeshsahathevan.blogspot.com/2022/07/dept-of-justice-nsw-its-nsw-lpab.html" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">July 25, 2022</a><div class="post-body entry-content float-container" id="post-body-3526908676673427290" style="color: #757575; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 1.5em 0px 2em; position: relative; width: 570px;"><p> by Ganesh Sahathevan </p><p><br /></p><br />The NSW <a href="https://ganeshsahathevan.blogspot.com/2022/07/dept-of-justice-nsw-its-nsw-lpab.html#" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #2196f3; text-decoration-line: none;">Annual Reports (Statutory Bodies) Regulations</a> requires that agencies include information about the extent and main features of consumer complaints in their Annual reporting. <a href="https://www.lpab.justice.nsw.gov.au/Documents/LPAB%20Annual%20Report%20%20Financial%20Statements%202018-19.pdf" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #2196f3; text-decoration-line: none;"> Page 19 of the NSW LPAB’s 2017-2018 Annual Report includes a section titled “Consumer response” on page 19.</a> This section mentions seven items of feedback, three of which were complaints but none refer to the NSW LPAB's response to complaints made to it against the College Of Law Ltd and its conduct of the PLT course. The NSW LPAB has ongoing duties to oversee and accredit the College Of Law's PLT course. <a href="https://ganeshsahathevan.blogspot.com/2022/07/dept-of-justice-nsw-its-nsw-lpab.html#" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #2196f3; text-decoration-line: none;">The College relies on the NSW LPAB for its AUD 50 Million per annum FEE HELP financed revenue.</a><div><br /></div><div>The complaints were raised by this writer in the 2017-2018 financial year. The issue spilled over into the 2018-2019 financial year, and became subject of an investigation by The Australian, which reported the issue on 17 January 2019.</div><div><br />That investigation and the story in The Australian have also been excluded from the NSW Department Of Justice and NSW LPAB annual reports. The story in The Australian includes reference to the NSW LPAB's response to issues concerning the College Of Law.<br /><br /><br /><br /><p>TO BE READ WITH </p><p><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://ganeshsahathevan.blogspot.com/2022/07/end-of-financial-year-raises-issues-for.html" style="background: transparent; color: #2196f3; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">End of financial year raises issues for Michael Tidball, the new Secretary , Department Of Justice NSW, which arise from his past position as CEO, NSW Law Society</span></a></p><div class="post-outer" style="border: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.25em; position: relative;"><div class="post" style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; min-height: 0px; position: relative;"><h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="color: #212121; float: left; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px; max-width: calc(100% - 48px); position: relative;"><br /><br /><br /><a class="timestamp-link" href="https://ganeshsahathevan.blogspot.com/2022/07/end-of-financial-year-raises-issues-for.html" rel="bookmark" style="background: transparent; color: #212121; font: inherit; text-decoration: inherit;" title="permanent link">July 03, 2022</a></h3><div class="post-body entry-content float-container" id="post-body-1182932725475693956" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 16.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 1.5em 0px 2em; position: relative; width: 570px;"><p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>by Ganesh Sahathevan </p><p><br /></p><p><img height="304" src="https://lsj.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Lunch-with_Michael-Tidball.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; height: inherit; max-width: 100%; padding: 5px;" width="640" />Michael Tidball</p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">Michael Tidball,the</span><a href="https://dcj.nsw.gov.au/news-and-media/media-releases/2022/michael-tidball-to-lead-nsw-department-of-communities-and-justic.html" style="background: transparent; color: #2196f3; font-family: courier; text-decoration-line: none;"> recently appointed Secretary, Department Of Communities And Justice</a><span style="font-family: courier;">, faces his first end of financial year in that position. He</span><a href="http://gsahathevan.blogspot.com/2019/11/nsw-lpab-should-be-included-in.html" style="background: transparent; color: #2196f3; font-family: courier; text-decoration-line: none;"> inherits the problems in the NSW LPAB and Department of Justice's past annual reports</a><span style="font-family: courier;">, but unlike his predecessors, he would have personal knowledge of the problems.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">That is a result of his past position as <a href="https://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2022/02/lawasias-immediate-past-sec-gen-failed.html" style="background: transparent; color: #2196f3; text-decoration-line: none;">CEO, NSW Law Society, where Tidball was made aware, and did not act on information about the NSW Law Society's College Of Law Ltd's conduct in Malaysia, and mishandling of the Professional Legal Training course.</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">These issues were brought to the attention of the NSW LPAB, which also chose to exclude those issues, and the action taken, in its 2018-2019 and subsequent annual reports. The NSW LPAB is part of the NSW Department Of Justice, and hence the Department's annual reports are also affected. </span></p><div>TO BE READ WITH </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="display: table; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; width: 483.333px;"><h1 style="color: #333333; display: table-cell; font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 40px 0px 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: middle; width: 403.333px;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://gsahathevan.blogspot.com/2019/08/resignation-of-lpab-executive-officer.html&source=gmail&ust=1656919173271000&usg=AOvVaw0C97AG4wFrc2sWET5l7QCx" href="http://gsahathevan.blogspot.com/2019/08/resignation-of-lpab-executive-officer.html" style="background: transparent; color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Resignation of LPAB Executive <span class="il">Officer</span> Louise Pritchard is an audit red flag that requires the Chairman LPAB, the Chief Justice NSW Tom Bathrust, to provide an explanation: Misallocation of $40-50 Million p.a. in FEE HELP adds to overdue need for better governance </a><span style="margin-left: 14px;"></span></h1></div><div style="clear: both; line-height: 1.4; margin: 10px auto 5px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: 14px;">by Ganesh Sahathevan</span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: large;">The departure of the Legal Profession Admission Board's Executive <span class="il">Officer</span>, Louise Pritchard, was reported nationally in The Australian, 17 January 2019:</span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">The body overseen by Chief Justice Tom Bathurst responsible for deciding who can practise law in NSW relied on a wildly defamatory Malaysian blog depicting ABC journalists, former British prime minister Tony Blair, financier George Soros and others as part of a global conspiracy when deciding to deny a would-be solicitor a certificate to practise.<br /><br />Chief Justice Bathurst and Legal Practitioner Admission Board executive <span class="il">officer</span> Louise Pritchard declined to answer The Australian’s questions about how the article came into the board’s hands and why its members felt the conspiracy-laden material could be relied upon as part of a decision to deny Sydney man Ganesh Sahathevan admission as a lawyer. Nor would either say which of the 10 members of the LPAB, <span class="il">three</span> of whom are serving NSW Supreme Court judges, was on the deciding panel.<br /><br />Ms Pritchard has left her role at the LPAB since The Australian began making inquiries in September. The article, published in December 2017 on website The <span class="il">Third</span> Force, accuses Mr Sahathevan of engaging in a conspiracy to attack then Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak.</span></span><br /><div style="color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Mr Bathurst's problems of governance at the LPAB are not limited to the departure of his Executive <span class="il">Officer</span>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Her replacement, Tan Siew Ting McKeogh has brought additional problems. As reported, the <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ganeshsahathevan.blogspot.com/2019/07/appointment-of-tan-siew-ting-mckeogh-as.html&source=gmail&ust=1656919173271000&usg=AOvVaw3M3o40sir4X_j9XvslqbpY" href="https://ganeshsahathevan.blogspot.com/2019/07/appointment-of-tan-siew-ting-mckeogh-as.html" style="background: transparent; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">a</a><span style="color: #212121;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ganeshsahathevan.blogspot.com/2019/07/appointment-of-tan-siew-ting-mckeogh-as.html&source=gmail&ust=1656919173271000&usg=AOvVaw3M3o40sir4X_j9XvslqbpY" href="https://ganeshsahathevan.blogspot.com/2019/07/appointment-of-tan-siew-ting-mckeogh-as.html" style="background: transparent; color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">ppointment of Tan Siew Ting McKeogh as Executive <span class="il">Officer</span> LPAB adds to governance ,reporting issues at the LPAB, Department of Justice</a>.</span></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Compounding all of the above is the fact that Mr Bathurst and his LPAB continue to defend the College Of Law Sydney's management of the PLT programme, despite historical and ongoing complaints about its delivery and substance.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: large;">As a result of the inaction the College continues to receive some AUD 40-50 Million in Commonwealth Government FEE HELP funding, without which it is unlikely to survive. </span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">END </span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">See also </span><br /><h3 style="color: #212121; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: bolder; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ganeshsahathevan.blogspot.com/2019/08/lpab-foray-into-international-politics.html&source=gmail&ust=1656919173271000&usg=AOvVaw1I1WKrC9zmDUQdMbfNrEzP" href="https://ganeshsahathevan.blogspot.com/2019/08/lpab-foray-into-international-politics.html" style="background: transparent; color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">LPAB foray into international politics, 1MDB and a HK IPO demand that the Chairman (the CJ NSW) signs off the accounts</span></a></h3></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">AND</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="border-top: 0px solid rgb(238, 229, 221); margin: 0px; min-height: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat-y; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; min-height: 0px; min-width: 0px; outline: none; padding: 30px 0px; width: auto;"><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 310px 0px 0px; zoom: 1;"><div style="margin: 0px; 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box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 39.6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 32px; position: relative;"><br />Bizarre blog claims used to deny man right to practise law<br /><img height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEjsliAZtEecNSNYDofjed420OIhH0u4asgOnumKiDCKNE58iQjc8VU0K-lRZKLuzCnjoxRqx2jYPKV3lLcYAOgdZ50HcPxD04KvODrzLXnfbRMVTRjYCS7Pk-0sJwSvialsmkf5iqfIIAwd3NkgIT-14ZKPHFriJS84eF2dAqTfz5IBq7qHE9RX1X1KPNUu=w400-h225" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; height: inherit; max-width: 100%; padding: 5px;" width="400" /> <span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak</span></span>.</h1><h1 id="m_-5725124719761512074gmail-m_2619892796094697666m_3971692472218373269m_-6147175614622727089m_4234795534270154825m_5182072861803835049gmail-story-headline" style="border-bottom: 0px none rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 39.6px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 32px; position: relative;"><span style="color: #f15d49; font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: 13.93px; font-weight: bolder; text-transform: uppercase;">EXCLUSIVE</span></h1><div id="m_-5725124719761512074gmail-m_2619892796094697666m_3971692472218373269m_-6147175614622727089m_4234795534270154825m_5182072861803835049gmail-story-inner" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><ul id="m_-5725124719761512074gmail-m_2619892796094697666m_3971692472218373269m_-6147175614622727089m_4234795534270154825m_5182072861803835049gmail-story-info" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); box-sizing: border-box; clear: none; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.4; list-style: none; margin: 0px; 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outline: none; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/bizarre-blog-claims-used-to-deny-man-right-to-practise-law/news-story/46c0bfac88f00b80326f7f35feb8f439%23story-comments&source=gmail&ust=1656919173271000&usg=AOvVaw2ks6nWSyg8BZg51917ODw4" href="https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/bizarre-blog-claims-used-to-deny-man-right-to-practise-law/news-story/46c0bfac88f00b80326f7f35feb8f439#story-comments" id="m_-5725124719761512074gmail-m_2619892796094697666m_3971692472218373269m_-6147175614622727089m_4234795534270154825m_5182072861803835049gmail-scroll-comments" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; display: inline; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18px; margin-right: 0px; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: top;" target="_blank"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; margin-left: 0px;">2 <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">COMMENTS</span></span></a></li></ul><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: 15.4px;"><br /></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: 15.4px;"><br /></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: 15.4px;">The body overseen by Chief Justice Tom Bathurst responsible for deciding who can practise law in NSW relied on a wildly defamatory Malaysian blog depicting ABC journalists, former British prime minister Tony Blair, financier George Soros and others as part of a global conspiracy when deciding to deny a would-be solicitor a certificate to practise.</span><br /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: 15.4px;"><br /></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: 15.4px;">Chief Justice Bathurst and Legal Practitioner Admission Board executive <span class="il">officer</span> Louise Pritchard declined to answer The Australian’s questions about how the article came into the board’s hands and why its members felt the conspiracy-laden material could be relied upon as part of a decision to deny Sydney man Ganesh Sahathevan admission as a lawyer. Nor would either say which of the 10 members of the LPAB, <span class="il">three</span> of whom are serving NSW Supreme Court judges, was on the deciding panel.</span><br /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: 15.4px;"><br /></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: 15.4px;">Ms Pritchard has left her role at the LPAB since The Australian began making inquiries in September. The article, published in December 2017 on website The <span class="il">Third</span> Force, accuses Mr Sahathevan of engaging in a conspiracy to attack then Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak.</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="clear: both; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="color: #333333; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 5px 0px;">Posted <abbr style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: initial;" title="2019-08-14T03:08:00Z">14th August 2019</abbr> by <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.blogger.com/profile/16735146227192431299&source=gmail&ust=1656919173272000&usg=AOvVaw2pT62AxDDXP1G1s9tcJDId" href="https://www.blogger.com/profile/16735146227192431299" rel="author" style="background: transparent; 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margin-right: 1em;">Posted by <span class="fn" itemprop="author" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a class="g-profile" href="https://www.blogger.com/profile/16735146227192431299" rel="author" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;" title="author profile"><span itemprop="name">ganesh sahathevan</span> </a></span></span><span class="post-timestamp" style="margin-left: -1em; margin-right: 1em;">at <a class="timestamp-link" href="https://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2023/05/ganesh-sahathevan-r-l-bastick-carter.html" rel="bookmark" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;" title="permanent link"><abbr class="published" itemprop="datePublished" style="border: none;" title="2023-05-06T21:45:00-07:00">9:45 PM</abbr></a> </span></div></div></div></div></div></div>ganesh sahathevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16735146227192431299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018692839292410768.post-6072923656306339692024-03-14T04:31:00.000-07:002024-03-14T04:42:37.784-07:00 Brookfield may crash land onto a Gladys Berejiklian FCPA problem if it buys into Optus <p> by Ganesh Sahathevan </p><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhdREqrm66XNXQY58VzuWsDJ4ZQhTPSEnWvaaWFsYD8QI3hNESH9_eGVCEQPrUWdFd34PCMHwedAMkgx_D_is5N6Brvpkl_3Jh3lMU6frP6M20p4CFZ4fbps_OK3JANYYfyBwRtLoc70ZQmqMI-bO4j3LC0p_RzmAzoSdSjojXfqQ7iAJ7lget14Pd2Qu4"><img height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhdREqrm66XNXQY58VzuWsDJ4ZQhTPSEnWvaaWFsYD8QI3hNESH9_eGVCEQPrUWdFd34PCMHwedAMkgx_D_is5N6Brvpkl_3Jh3lMU6frP6M20p4CFZ4fbps_OK3JANYYfyBwRtLoc70ZQmqMI-bO4j3LC0p_RzmAzoSdSjojXfqQ7iAJ7lget14Pd2Qu4=w408-h640" width="408" /></a><br />G<a href="https://www.channelnews.com.au/breaking-news-gladys-bereliklian-joins-optus-as-md-enterprise/">ladys Berejikliam</a> <br /><br /><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/singtel-shares-jump-4-before-being-halted-after-media-report-optus-sale-2024-03-13/"><span style="font-family: courier;">Singtel is reported to be in talks with Brookfield to sell a significant part of Optus.</span></a></span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://fcpamericas.com/english/brazil/brookfield-notable-aspects-of-corruption-in-brazil/#">Brookfield is listed on the NYSE and as a result, comes within US jurisdiction and hence the ambit of US the Foreign Corrupt Practises Act.</a>In any event w</span><span style="background-color: white;">hile the FCPA is US legislation</span><a href="https://www.natlawreview.com/article/foreign-corrupt-practices-act-overview-its-extraterritorial-applicability" style="background-color: white;">, it can have extraterritorial jurisdiction. </a></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">If Brookfield buys into Optus it could, at some point, be in breach of the FCPA given the presence of the former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian, who has been appointed to win government business, despite being found to be seriously corrupt by the NSW ICAC.</span> Berejiklian has done well for Optus, winning for Optus a contract from a NSW government department that reported to a political ally. </span><p></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b style="color: #222222; font-family: courier; font-size: large;">To Be Read With</b></p><p><br /></p><h2 class="date-header" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="color: #222222; letter-spacing: inherit; margin: inherit; padding: inherit;">Saturday, February 17, 2024</span></h2><div class="date-posts"><div class="post-outer"><div class="post hentry uncustomized-post-template" itemprop="blogPost" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; min-height: 0px; position: relative;"><a name="604459887171582648"></a><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2024/02/how-do-singtel-temasek-and-government.html">How do Singtel, Temasek and the Government Of Singapore maintain a zero tolerance for corruption policy, while Gladys Berejiklian wins them Australian government business "despite the corruption stuff"</a></h3><div class="post-header" style="font-size: 10.8px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-604459887171582648" itemprop="description articleBody" style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570px;"><p> by Ganesh Sahathevan </p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/02/singapore-zero-tolerance-political-scandals.html" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong recently re-affirmed his commitment to his government's policy of zero tolerance for corruption.</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"> </span></a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">How then do Singtel, Temasek and the Government Of Singapore maintain a zero tolerance for corruption policy, while Gladys Berejiklian wins them Australian government business "despite the corruption stuff".</span></p><p><br /></p><p>TO BE READ WITH </p><p><br /></p><h2 class="date-header" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="background-color: transparent; letter-spacing: inherit; margin: inherit; padding: inherit;">Tuesday, November 21, 2023</span></h2><div class="date-posts" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div class="post-outer"><div class="post hentry uncustomized-post-template" itemprop="blogPost" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; min-height: 0px; position: relative;"><a name="1459249969064619658"></a><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2023/11/singtel-would-be-happy-to-appoint.html" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">SMH reports that Singtel would be happy to appoint Gladys Berejiklian as Optus CEO "despite the corruption stuff" - Singtel 's willingness to appoint seriously corrupt Gladys Berejiklian reminiscent of Temasek's deals with Takshin Shinawatra and his telco Shincorp , which did not end well, politics and business is not necessarily a winning formula</a></h3><div class="post-header" style="font-size: 10.8px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1459249969064619658" itemprop="description articleBody" style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570px;"><p><a href="https://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2023/11/singtel-would-be-happy-to-appoint.html" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;"> by Ganesh Sahathevan </a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0Vi3bBQliF6_FW6NSd8DpKOIq3F4VpdRxhfgcZQ7BsXdoib0FdyB7HqZlOAebpkPjvFDcV2-QJVtOqGRlX8u0AdW7YHnJ5s3ufNs9raI-6dg7yBeks-bE69qFy6-YtMseNtZxKwi8IPI0bpI32YsyJkxtusF7h-sOZkdDBLfmzx0ANdDp8oZGwKEnxCs" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;"><img height="359" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0Vi3bBQliF6_FW6NSd8DpKOIq3F4VpdRxhfgcZQ7BsXdoib0FdyB7HqZlOAebpkPjvFDcV2-QJVtOqGRlX8u0AdW7YHnJ5s3ufNs9raI-6dg7yBeks-bE69qFy6-YtMseNtZxKwi8IPI0bpI32YsyJkxtusF7h-sOZkdDBLfmzx0ANdDp8oZGwKEnxCs=w539-h359" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="539" /></a> Former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian is expected to become OptusCEO</p><p><span face=""PT Sans", system-fonts-primary, sans-serif" style="color: #555555; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a1633; font-family: "PT Serif", system-fonts-secondary, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.smh.com.au/technology/optus-year-from-hell-raises-questions-for-parent-company-singtel-20231121-p5ell3.html" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">The SMH 22 November 2023 has reported: </a></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a1633; font-family: "PT Serif", system-fonts-secondary, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The former executive said that he expected former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian to be appointed Optus’ next chief executive despite the findings of corruption against her earlier this year. They think the relationship between Singtel and Optus is still tenable despite the geographical and cultural differences.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a1633; font-family: "PT Serif", system-fonts-secondary, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“I think they would be happy to appoint another Australian in the role, despite the corruption stuff,” the executive said.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a1633; font-family: "PT Serif", system-fonts-secondary, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It seems obvious that Singtel and Optus expect that Berejiklian's government and political connections will be good for business, and indeed it has, <a href="https://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2023/04/singtel-optus-political-donations-in.html" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">even if it has given rise to further suspicion of corruption. </a></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a1633; font-family: "PT Serif", system-fonts-secondary, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Berejiklian affair is reminiscent of Temasek's moves in 2006 to acquire former Thai Prime Minsiter Thakshin Shinawatra's Shincorp. The deal seemed to have been structured and enginereed by Temasek with an expectation that Thakshin's political clout would ensure that the deal was executed without hinderance, and win Temasek business in Thailand. That did not happen, Singtel acquired its parent Temasek's stake in Shincorp, and Thakshin is now in jail after being convicted for corruption.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a1633; font-family: "PT Serif", system-fonts-secondary, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">TO BE READ WITH </p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a1633; font-family: "PT Serif", system-fonts-secondary, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; 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Temasek Holdings sold around 8% of Shin Corp for 36 baht a share, yielding $308 million, a substantial discount to the market price, according to Reuters:</a></p><blockquote style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem 78px; padding: 0px 77px 0px 38px; position: relative;"><p style="background-color: #fcfcfc; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: "Work Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 1.2rem 0px;"><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/business/companies-markets/singtel-to-pay-330m-to-raise-stake-in-thai-telco-intouch-in-deal-with-temasek" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">Temasek's stake sale comes just over a month after the Puea Thai Party led by Yingluck Shinawatra, the sister of self-exiled Thaksin, won a general election in a landslide. She became the prime minister this month.</a></p><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/business/companies-markets/singtel-to-pay-330m-to-raise-stake-in-thai-telco-intouch-in-deal-with-temasek" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;"><br /><br />The sale of Shin Corp's controlling stake by Thaksin's family in 2006 triggered the events that led to his overthrow by the military in September that year.<br /><br />The news of Cedar stake sale sent Shin Corp shares down more than 6 percent as investors worried that Temasek may sell more Shin shares at a discount. At 0509 GMT, the shares were at 38.25 baht, down 4.4 percent.<br /><br />The 36 baht offer price is a 10 percent discount to Shin's Wednesday close of 40 baht.<br /><br />It is also a significant discount from the 49.25 baht a share that Temasek-linked units paid in 2006 to purchase a controlling stake in Shin Corp from the family of Thaksin Shinawatra.<br /><br />via UPDATE 1-Singapore's Temasek unit selling 8 pct in Thai Shin Corp | Reuters.<br /><br />Temasek may have decided to cut its losses as Thailand's telecoms sector is hopelessly tangled in political and regulatory battles that have delayed the introduction of 3G, even as other Asian countries embrace 4G. Its placement of shares in the market will raise the free float of Shin, whose major asset is AIS, Thailand's largest mobile operator. Investors don't bother with the stock as there is so little liquidity.<br /><br /><br />But it doesn't end the controversy over foreign ownership of Thai telecoms, which is supposed to be capped at 49%. Temasek still controls 88% of Shin Corp via two affiliates. Its largest competitor DTAC is controlled by Norway's Telenor. Both are trying to launch full-scale 3G services, even as politicians and bureaucrats squabble over who has the regulatory authority. AIS remains hugely profitable, for all the political noise. 2Q net profit was up 26% on the year-earlier period.<br /></a></blockquote><p><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/business/companies-markets/singtel-to-pay-330m-to-raise-stake-in-thai-telco-intouch-in-deal-with-temasek" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;"><br /></a></p><p><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/business/companies-markets/singtel-to-pay-330m-to-raise-stake-in-thai-telco-intouch-in-deal-with-temasek" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;"><br /></a></p><header class="node-header" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: SelaneWebSTTwenty, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 40px; margin-top: 25px;"><h1 class="headline node-title" itemprop="headline" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 42px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 46px; margin: 15px 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/business/companies-markets/singtel-to-pay-330m-to-raise-stake-in-thai-telco-intouch-in-deal-with-temasek" style="color: #cc6611; 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margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">The $330 million consideration also represents about 2.04 per cent of Singtel and its subsidiaries' latest audited consolidated net tangible assets as at March 31, 2022. Singtel plans to complete the transaction by the end of June 2022.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">The Singapore telco is one of the two largest shareholders of Intouch, which is the parent company of Advanced Info Services (AIS), a regional associate of Singtel and Thailand's largest mobile phone network. The largest shareholder is Thai-listed power producer Gulf Energy.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Back in 2006, former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra sold InTouch, then known as Shin Corp, to Temasek, setting off public criticism that led to his ousting in a coup.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Singtel group chief executive Yuen Kuan Moon said in a statement on Thursday that the increased investment deepens the group's partnership with Gulf Energy and is part of Singtel's strategy of actively recycling capital to invest for growth and shareholder returns.</p><div id="innity-in-post" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">He noted that Intouch has been delivering good returns supported by consistently strong execution from AIS.</p><div data-sdkids-campaignid="128" data-sdkids-campaignname="ST Head Start newsletter Apr 2022" data-sdkids-campaigntype="regular" data-sdkids-creativeid="80" id="sph_cdp_10" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div id="cx_paywall_area" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="st-newsletter premium-read-more" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; max-width: 100%; padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="1280" /></div><div class="content-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic;"></div></div><div class="the-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: Lato; font-size: 16px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 20px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px 20px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Supporters of Thaksin Shinawatra say the recent Central Tax Court ruling in his favour proves his innocence in a multibillion-baht tax case.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 20px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px 20px;">But his critics argue the verdict instead confirmed that the deposed premier had cost Thailand billions by illegally concealing his massive wealth.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 20px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px 20px;">The ruling, which was issued on July 18 and made public on August 8, said that a Revenue Department order in March 2017 for Thaksin’s children Panthongtae and Pintongta to pay 17 billion baht in back taxes and interest was unlawful.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 20px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px 20px;">The case was filed by Thaksin.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 20px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px 20px;">The court ruled that the department should have directed its tax appraisal at Thaksin, who was deemed the actual offender, and not his children, who were described by the court as Thaksin’s proxies holding shares for him.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 20px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px 20px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Sale of family business</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 20px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px 20px;">In January 2006, during Thaksin’s second term as prime minister, the Shinawatras sold all their shares in the family business, Shin Corporation, for 73 billion baht to Singapore’s state-linked investment firm Temasek Holdings.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 20px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px 20px;">Income from the share sale was tax-free, as under regulations at the time, individuals selling shares on the stock exchange were exempt from paying capital gains tax.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 20px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px 20px;">Shin Corp was a telecom giant that owned national satellite operator Thaicom and Advanced Info Service (AIS), Thailand’s largest mobile network operator. Laws were amended while Thaksin was in power to allow businesses linked to national security, such as Thaicom and AIS, to be majority-owned by a foreign entity.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 20px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px 20px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Beginning of the end</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 20px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px 20px;">The controversial tax-free share sale triggered the beginning of Thaksin’s political decline.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 20px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px 20px;">It was used by Thaksin’s critics and political enemies in their campaign to oust him from government. He was portrayed as abusing his power to boost his wealth. That was in addition to other allegations of corruption and power abuse against the leader, despite his claims of being “too rich to be corrupt”.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 20px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px 20px;">The tax-free share sale unleashed a wave of public criticism and widespread discontent. The People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) began holding street protests which drew several thousand angry participants at a time.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 20px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px 20px;">The PAD-led protests culminated in a military coup in September 2006 led by then Army commander-in-chief, General Sonthi Boonyaratglin and staged while Thaksin was away in New York to attend a United Nations meeting.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 20px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px 20px;">The post-coup junta then set up the Assets Examination Committee to investigate allegations of corruption and irregularities against Thaksin’s government.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 20px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px 20px;"><br /></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 20px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px 20px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">‘Unusually wealthy’</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 20px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px 20px;">In June 2007, the 12-member panel — which included judges, law scholars and an auditor-general — resolved to freeze 76.6 billion baht of assets belonging to Thaksin and his family on grounds that his “unusual wealth” was amassed while in office.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 20px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px 20px;">When he first took office in 2001, Thaksin and his wife had declared assets totaling 15.1 billion baht, although he had transferred large parts of his wealth to his children, maids and drivers before assuming premiership.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 20px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px 20px;">In that year, Thaksin was charged with illegally concealing billions of baht by transferring the ownership of his Shin Corp shares to others. The Constitutional Court acquitted him after a tearful Thaksin told the judges that he had simply committed an “honest mistake”.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 20px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px 20px;">Accusations of hidden wealth came back to haunt Thaksin after he returned to power for the second time, following his Thai Rak Thai Party’s landslide win in the February 2005 general election.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 20px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px 20px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Offshore company</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 20px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px 20px;">The tax saga started in 1999 with the formation of a company called Ample Rich Investments in the British Virgin Islands, a notorious tax haven.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 20px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px 20px;">Ample Rich, registered by Thaksin himself, bought Shin Corp stocks at 10 baht apiece in a deal worth 329 million baht, reportedly borrowed from the large corporation.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 20px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px 20px;">Thaksin explained at the time that the deal was aimed at helping his telecom empire make inroads on the US Nasdaq stock exchange.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 20px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px 20px;">In December 2000, when he was rocked by the share-concealment inquiry, Thaksin reportedly sold Ample Rich to his son Panthongtae for one dollar. The splitting of Shin shares to increase their number in August 2001 meant Ample Rich was holding 329.2 million Shin shares, up from 32.92 million.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 20px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px 20px;">In May 2005, Thaksin’s daughter Pintongta became an Ample Rich co-owner after buying a one-dollar Ample Rich share from her brother. They each owned 164.6 million Shin shares.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 20px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px 20px;">In January 2006, Ample Rich sold the Shin shares to its owners Panthongtae and Pintongta for one baht apiece. Just a few days later, the 329.2 million Shin shares ended up in the hands of Temasek Holdings, at 49.25 baht apiece.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 20px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px 20px;">The Shinawatras argued that no tax had to be paid because Ample Rich was “not making any profit”. But critics said that if the company had sold the Shin shares directly to Temasek, it would have been taxed heavily. They argued that this was the reason why the Shinawatra siblings opted to sell the shares as individuals on the Stock Exchange of Thailand.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 20px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px 20px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Seizure of assets</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 20px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px 20px;">In February 2010, the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Holders of Political Office ordered the seizure of 46.3 billion baht in Thaksin’s assets, out of the 76.6 billion baht frozen after the 2006 coup. The court ruled that the ex-PM had abused his power, resulting in the increased value of Shin shares, as many of his government’s policies and measures benefited the telecom giant’s businesses.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 20px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px 20px;">Shin Corp was renamed InTouch after it was purchased by Temasek, which later sold a large portion of its stake to Singtel, a Singaporean telecom conglomerate.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 20px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px 20px;">Following the 2010 court verdict to seize Thaksin’s assets, the Revenue Department estimated that he owed 15.9 billion baht in back tax. By March 2017, when the department served a summons for his two children to pay the tax and fine, the total amount had risen to 17.6 billion baht.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 20px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px 20px;">Thaksin’s lawyers argued that his transaction with Ample Rich could not be regarded as a share sale, so he should not be taxed.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 20px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px 20px;">After his unsuccessful appeal, the ex-premier brought his case against the Revenue Department to the Central Tax Court, seeking a court order to revoke the agency’s order – which was granted last month.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 20px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px 20px;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">By Thai PBS World’s Political Desk</em></p></div><div class="zemanta-pixie image-embed__placeholder" style="background-color: #fcfcfc; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; height: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 299.325px; position: relative;"><progressive-image alt="uncaptioned" class="zemanta-pixie-img initial-width" enhanced="" src="https://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=125c7c01-cbb6-4e77-a40a-57e2fce962f1" style="box-sizing: inherit; display: flex; height: 299.325px; justify-content: center; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 532.05px;"><br /></progressive-image></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p>ganesh sahathevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16735146227192431299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018692839292410768.post-61544085869918034612024-03-11T06:01:00.000-07:002024-03-12T06:19:02.534-07:00In 2012 Kuwait Muslim Brotherhood leader Tareq Al-Suwaidan toured Australia, visa fast-tracked by then Labor Minister for Immigration Chris Bowen , despite objections over Suwaidan's anti-Jew, jihadi worldview by Ganesh Sahathevan <div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img alt="" class="attachment-morenews-featured size-morenews-featured wp-post-image" decoding="async" height="300" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" src="https://muslimvillage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Dr-Tareq-Al-Suwaidan-2012-Australian-Tour.jpg" srcset="https://muslimvillage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Dr-Tareq-Al-Suwaidan-2012-Australian-Tour.jpg 600w, https://muslimvillage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Dr-Tareq-Al-Suwaidan-2012-Australian-Tour-300x150.jpg 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #4a4a4a; display: block; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 832.8px;" width="600" /><div><a href="https://www.heraldsun.com.au/blogs/andrew-bolt/but-who-are-these-people-behind-the-bendigo-mosque/news-story/7a5e72ecdc0854eb1def0c6e8a3c730a"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></a></div><div><a href="https://www.heraldsun.com.au/blogs/andrew-bolt/but-who-are-these-people-behind-the-bendigo-mosque/news-story/7a5e72ecdc0854eb1def0c6e8a3c730a"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">As reported by Andrew Bolt and Rebecca Weisser:</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #606669;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"> In June 2010, Dr. Tareq Al-Suwaidan was the guest speaker at an AIM fundraising dinner... In May 2007, Al-Suwaidan was listed as a member of the US Muslim Brotherhood and an unindicted co-conspirator and/or joint venturer in a case between the US District Court, Dallas Division and the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF). In 2008, the founders of HLF were found guilty of channelling $12 million to Hamas in one of the largest terrorism financing cases in US history. Last year Al-Suwaidan was banned from attending a Muslim Fair in Brussels after he said of Israel “... We hate them. They are our enemies. We should instil this in the souls of our children, until a new generation arises and wipes them off the face of the earth … each and every one of us, when leaving this hall, should be contemplating a plan how to wipe out Israel.” </span></em></div><div><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #606669;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></em></div><div><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #606669;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">AND </span></em></div><div><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #606669;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></em></div><div><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #606669;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">The secretary of AIM Melbourne Dr. Seyed Sheriffdeen said AIM invited Al-Suwaidan to speak because he was popular but did not endorse his views “100 per cent. We cherry pick,” he explained... There is nothing moderate however about the video AIM Victoria shared on its Facebook page, which shows a picture of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with the sound of a gunshot firing and a photo apparently of former Israeli defence minister Ehud Barak with a rifle sight over his face and the sound of a gun firing. AIM Victoria’s Facebook page also shared a photo of the book Fiqh al-Zakah by Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, with the exhortation “Read to understand ...” Qaradawi, an intellectual leader in the Muslim Brotherhood, ... has said of suicide bombing, “I consider this type of martyrdom operation as an evidence of God’s justice....”. In 2009, Qaradawi said on Al Jazeera: “Throughout history, Allah has imposed upon the Jews people who would punish them for their corruption ... The last punishment was carried out by Hitler ... Allah Willing, the next time will be at the hand of the believers.”</span></em></em></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #606669; font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-05/geert-wilders-visa-application-stalls/6827572">Despite his views Al-Suwaidan was issued a visa to conduct his lecture tour in Australia,issuance of the visa believed to have been fast -tracked by the then Minister For Immigration Chris Bowen</a> ( email source).</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://gulfnews.com/world/gulf/kuwait/kuwaiti-preacher-barred-from-makkah-pilgrimage-1.1238437" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc;">By 2013 Al-Suwaidan proved too extreme for even the Saudi</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">s, who banned him from entering their country even to perform umrah or minor.pilgrimage. The Saudis have also banned his books. </span></span></div><div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><header class="entry-header pos-rel" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #4a4a4a; order: 1; position: relative;"><div class="read-details" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><div class="entry-header-details af-cat-widget-carousel" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #031b11; line-height: 1.3; margin: 10px 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></h1><h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #031b11; font-family: Oswald; font-size: 42px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 10px 0px;"><br /></h1><h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #031b11; font-family: Oswald; font-size: 42px; line-height: 1.3; margin: 10px 0px;"><br /></h1><h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing: inherit; 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box-sizing: inherit; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 832.8px;" width="600" /></div></div><div class="color-pad" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 16px; order: 4;"><div class="entry-content read-details" style="box-sizing: inherit; counter-reset: footnotes 0; margin: 15px 0px 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Organizer</strong>: Human Appeal International</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><a href="https://muslimvillage.com/2012/05/06/22166/june-9-18-2012-sydmel-dr-tareq-al-suwaidan-2012-australian-tour/dr-tareq-al-suwaidan-2012-australian-tour/" rel="attachment wp-att-22167" style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 152, 254); border-left-color: rgb(0, 152, 254); border-right-color: rgb(0, 152, 254); border-top-color: rgb(0, 152, 254); box-sizing: inherit; color: #0098fe; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.075s linear 0s;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-22167" decoding="async" height="300" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" src="https://muslimvillage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Dr-Tareq-Al-Suwaidan-2012-Australian-Tour.jpg" srcset="https://muslimvillage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Dr-Tareq-Al-Suwaidan-2012-Australian-Tour.jpg 600w, https://muslimvillage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Dr-Tareq-Al-Suwaidan-2012-Australian-Tour-300x150.jpg 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin: 1em auto; max-width: 100%; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" width="600" /></a><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Dr Tareq Al-Suwaidan is coming soon to Australia to conduct a series of public lectures and unique training courses in Sydney and Melbourne.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">Dr Al-Suwaidan is renowned in the Middle East and in Muslim communities throughout the world for his management/strategic planning skills, training, motivational speaking and television shows.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">After previous sell-out lectures and workshops, attendees felt ‘inspired’ and believe that ‘there was much to reflect upon’. We hope that more people can benefit this year with the array of activites and events planned.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">Don’t miss out. More details will be provided shortly.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">Human Appeal International – Always with you on the road to goodness</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Sydney Office</strong>:<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />119 Haldon St, Lakemba NSW 2195<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Ph: (02) 9750 3161<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Fax: (02) 9750</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Melbourne Office</strong>:<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />149 Sydney Rd, Coburg VIC 3058<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Ph: (03) 9386 4677<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Fax: (03) 9386 4688<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />email: info@humanappeal.org.au<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Website: <a href="http://www.humanappeal.org.au/" style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 152, 254); border-left-color: rgb(0, 152, 254); border-right-color: rgb(0, 152, 254); border-top-color: rgb(0, 152, 254); box-sizing: inherit; color: #0098fe; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.075s linear 0s;" target="_blank">www.humanappeal.org.au</a></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">[mappress mapid=”267″]</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><br /></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">SEE ALSO </p><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; font-family: Oswald; font-size: 30px; line-height: 1.3; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 20px;"><a href="https://muslimvillage.com/2012/06/26/24397/tareq-al-suwaidan-defends-charges-anti-semitism/">Dr Tareq Al Suwaidan completes successful Australian tour</a></h2><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 15px;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Human Appeal International Sydney, Wednesday 20 June 2012</strong></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">After a successful tour in 2010, Human Appeal International Australia once again invited Dr Al Suwaidan to provide a series of lectures and conduct training courses in leadership skills in order to enrich the community in Australia.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">Dr Tareq Al Suwaidan from Kuwait is an expert management trainer with more than thirty years experience and is the founder of over eighty organisations.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">Arriving in Australia on Saturday 9 June, he started his tour in Melbourne with a public lecture at Monash University titled “Our Identity” and was welcomed by an audience of nearly 700 people.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">For the first time in Australia, Dr Al Suwaidan conducted a 2-day training course called “Discover and Train Future Leaders.” The course was delivered on 10-11 June at the Novotel Melbourne Hotel with over sixty participants in attendance. They came from various fields including community and organisational leaders, school teachers, business people and students. A similar course was held in Sydney on 16 and 17 June attended by over seventy participants.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">“Feedback from attendees was extremely positive with most requesting similar high quality events in the future,” said Bashar Al-Jamal, the regional director of Human Appeal.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">Another course conducted by Dr Al Suwaidan during the tour was titled “Plan Your Life” and was exclusively for women. In total more than 130 participated in this course in both Melbourne and Sydney.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">A series of public lectures on various topics were also held in Sydney attracting a combined audience of more than 3,000 people.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">Dr Al Suwaidan was a special guest speaker at fundraising dinners held in Melbourne and Sydney and was also invited by a community organisation in Adelaide to raise funds for the Syrian refugees. Mr Bashar Al-Jamal reported that, “Through these fundraising events, Human Appeal International was able to raise over $1 million dollars for the victims of the worsening humanitarian crisis in Syria. We were overwhelmed by the tremendous expression of generosity from the community.”</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">The 10-day tour concluded on Tuesday 19 June 2012. Human Appeal International Australia would like to extend a sincere vote of thanks to all its donors and supporters.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 15px;"> </p></div></div></div></div></div>ganesh sahathevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16735146227192431299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018692839292410768.post-82646242081087327702024-03-08T16:51:00.000-08:002024-03-08T16:56:19.258-08:00Kuwait Muslim Brotherhood leader Tareq Al-Suwaidan in Malaysia to inspire Muslims - Will Malaysia's Muslims expect Singapore to fall like Istanbul and Rome? <p> by Ganesh Sahathevan </p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XWNyYjxRtuw" width="320" youtube-src-id="XWNyYjxRtuw"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: courier;">The lecture above by Tareq Al-Suwaidan, leader of the Kuwait Muslim Brotherhood, was delivered recently in Kuala Lumpur. Al-Suwaidan came to the attention of the West after 9-11, when it was discovered that he was one of that band of Brotherhood members who had been inciting Muslim youth to jihad against the West, while living in the West (see story below).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">In KL he was in usual form, informing his crowd that October 7 was the beginning of Muslim conquest of the West, and in particular Rome (see video above). MEMRI has summarised important elements of his speech : </span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;">Kuwaiti Islamic scholar and Muslim Brotherh</span><span style="color: #222222;">ood leader Tareq Al-Suwaidan said in a lecture in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, that he met with Ismail Haniyeh a week before the lecture. He said that Palestine will be free, that October 7 was a "very clear start" to this, and that Hamas cannot be crushed. Al-Suwaidan said that Istanbul is in the hands of the Muslims and so will Rome be "one day too." He said that normalizing relations with Israel makes the leaders of Arab countries "traitors" to Islam and the Islamic nation. Al-Suwaidan said that the tunnels in Gaza were all built in one year, during the rule of Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood President Mohamed Morsi, who, he said, supplied the equipment.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">The Brotherhood was forced out of Malaysia when it became apparent that it had fermented and initiated the Arab Spring. However, the new Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, who is known to have had Muslim Brotherhood links for over 50 years, appears to have welcomed the Brotherhood back into Malaysia:</span></p><div class="gmail-separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6018692839292410768/8264624208108732770#" style="color: #cc6611; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><img alt="" height="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEibj7WYQPdu6hm-hnAt_4s4zh3Xvotri8VY4tz-HTtkN0R9d5fErOnbKjsZG_6XjAE3u3u89HoqFbaV_x33rfNKf__pUHyrs8VQI0hk2wggDPszG8Y15H3rrZ5DZKGB71MIbdkaBHKy3_jscC5bvfORdr0D16btRrshtAu0-xs5h0X-N3k3XCnrcxgq2jw=w588-h391" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px;" width="588" /></span></a></div><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: courier;"> Tareq Al-Suwaidan officially welcomed to Malaysia by Anwar Ibrahim</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><a href="https://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2024/03/tareq-al-suwaidan-banned-in-saudi.html"><br /></a></span></p><h3 class="gmail-post-title entry-title" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: small;"><a href="https://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2024/03/tareq-al-suwaidan-banned-in-saudi.html"><span style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">Tareq Al-Suwaidan's works are banned in Saudi Arabia for extremist views, and he was barred from performing the umrah for the same reason. Anwar however has welcomed Al-Suwaidan to Malaysia, where Anwar expected that he would impart " positive messages that can benefit the younger generation"</span>.</a></span></h3><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">Malaysian Muslims are very much in the majority in their own country so how they take to Al-Suwaidan's exhortations and the consequences within Malaysia are of no real interest. However,if and how they then attempt to implement his teachings regionally, given proximity , racial, religious and familial connections may concern Malaysia's neighbours, in particular Singapore, which Malay Muslims consider a non-Muslim Western oriented, West aligned nation. It does however, have an ever growing Muslim population which appears to have become increasingly conservative over the past two decades. </span></div><div><br /></div><div>END</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The following is an excerpt from a speech he gave at the ICNA conference in 2000 (full speech below -archived at link <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://web.archive.org/web/20010713042734/youngmuslimscanada.org/lecturesummaries/display.asp?ID%3D7&source=gmail&ust=1710020867014000&usg=AOvVaw0-fzPd0X7w0K3JthiuRKG-" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20010713042734/youngmuslimscanada.org/lecturesummaries/display.asp?ID=7" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">http://web.archive.org/web/<wbr></wbr>20010713042734/<wbr></wbr>youngmuslimscanada.org/<wbr></wbr>lecturesummaries/display.asp?<wbr></wbr>ID=7</a> )</div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><ul><li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;">So brothers and sisters, <b>we are headed for a conflict</b>: not between East and West, not between North and South, but<b>between Islam and the West</b></li></ul><b></b><ul><li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;">The Prophet (<i>saw</i>) said: " <b>Prophethood</b> shall be among you as long as Allah permits and then it will be taken away,<b>then will follow a rule in its footsteps </b>(i.e. the <i>Khilafah</i>) and it shall be among you as long as Allah permits and then it will be taken away, <b>then will follow a 'biting' rule</b>(lasting a long time, not easily removed) and it shall be among you as long as Allah permits and then it will be taken away, <b>then will follow the rulers who oppress with power </b>bestowed upon them not through inheritance of the people (i.e. the present dictatorships) and it shall be among you as long as Allah permits and then it will be taken away, then will <b>follow a rule in the footsteps of the Prophethood</b> (i.e. another <i>Khilafah</i>) !"</li></ul><ul><li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;">The Prophet has clearly explained to us the trend, exactly as we observe it today</li></ul><ul><li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;"><b>We must therefore tell the West that we are extending a hand of peace now but it will not be so for long</b></li></ul></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">`</div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #663300;">Islam and the West</span></b></span> <br /><b>Dr. Tareq Al <span style="background-color: #ffffcc;">Suwaidan</span></b></p><p><i>(Dr. Tariq Al-Saowaidan - ICNA <span style="background-color: #ffffcc;">Canada</span> 2000 Conference held at Al-Falah Islamic Centre, Mississauga, ON <span style="background-color: #ffffcc;">Canada</span>)</i></p><ul><li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;">The lecture focuses on the history of the Islamic and Western civilizations from an intellectual standpoint. It presents the trends that can be observed as world civilizations rise and fall with the passage of time, and the unique position of the Islamic civilization with respect to all others. Dr. Tariq then connects the analysis of the past to a study of the future of Islam, as opposed to the West</li></ul>Dr. Tariq highlighted the following points:<ul><li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;">When we do an extensive research into the history of world civilizations, we observe that <b>all civilizations have a <i>trend</i>in history</b>. It takes centuries for them to reach their peak in strength, technology, authority, arts & sciences, and global domination</li></ul><ul><li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;"><b>But all civilizations soon after peaking, and only <i>after</i>peaking, have collapsed in an extremely <i>short</i> period of time!</b> This trend is characteristic of every great empire of the past, whether it be the Egyptian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Greek, Roman, Spanish, or British</li></ul><ul><li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;">Why do civilizations tend to collapse soon after reaching the apex of growth and progress? Why do they collapse in such a short time when it took them many centuries to rise to power?</li></ul><ul><li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;">A few examples of this trend:<ul><li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;">the <i>first</i> attack on the Roman Empire was in the year 2 A.H. by a small Muslim army, but by the year 4 A.H., a mere 2 years later, the Empire had begun to crumble in the East and the West</li><li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;">The same happened to the Egyptians when Muslims overtook the <i>entire</i> civilization by 12 A.H.</li><li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;">The Persian Empire followed, as it too fell under attack by the Muslims under Caliph Abu Bakr (<i>ra</i>) in the same year 12 A.H.</li><li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;"><b>A young nation of Islam had challenged 3 super civilizations in a matter of a few years</b>, even though at the time of the Prophet ( <i>saw</i>)'s death, there were 3 Muslim cities (Makkah, Yathrib, Ta'if)</li><li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;">By 14 A.H. in the Battle of Yarmuk, the Romans were eliminated by the Muslims for good</li><li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;">By 15 A.H. the Persian Empire had fallen completely, again, to the Muslims</li><li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;">The first attack on the Spanish Empire was in the year 92 A.H. and by 95 A.H. the Muslims were only 60km from Paris!</li></ul></li></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul><li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;"><b>So to those who are impressed by the success of the present world powers, let them look to the past and remember that history repeats itself</b></li></ul><ul><li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;">Why did these great civilizations that seemed invincible collapse?<ul><li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;">there was <b>corruption from within</b></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;">there was a <b>breakdown of values, morality</b> and the family unit</li><li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;">there was a <b>loss of spirituality</b></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;">there was <b>no direction except the accumulation of wealth</b>, power, lands, authority, fame, etc.</li><li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;">when the <b>hopes of a people lie solely in the<i>Dunya</i> (worldy matters)</b>, then… the end is near!</li></ul></li></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul><li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;">Compare with this:<ul><li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;">the Prophet (<i>saw</i>) preached in Makkah for 13 years</li><li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;">by the time of the <i>Hijra</i>, there were only 150 Muslims who had responded</li><li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;">80 in Makkah, 70 in exile in Abyssinia</li><li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;">the lowest point of his mission was when he was driven from Makkah and went in search of support to Ta'if, where he was stoned</li><li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;">it was then that he made his <i>Du'a</i> : "Oh Allah! To whom do you leave me? My enemy who will abuse me? But if You are not angry with me, I am content, I will not complain!"</li></ul></li></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul><li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;"><b>What the Holy Prophet (<i>saw</i>) left behind was not property, not poetry, not armies, not technology, but a new breed of humanity!</b></li></ul><ul><li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;">Accomplishments of this new generation:<ul><li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;">it did not take Muslims centuries to peak, but decades</li><li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;">by 95 A.H. Muslims were knocking the doors of Paris in the West and China in the East</li><li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;">then followed a slower rate of progress for 600 years, but still peaking, still conquering new lands, e.g . Constantinople (Turkey) and Bosnia.</li><li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;">but when the people started to forget where they came from, when the rulers started worrying more about their she-slaves than the affairs of the<i>Ummah</i>, when the scholars became ignorant and power-hungry, and when the true believers were afraid to stand up to them, the decline began…</li><li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;"><b>no other civilization has risen to power so quickly (10 A.H. à 95 A.H.) and no civilization has deteriorated so gradually (800 years)</b></li><li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;">compare this with the 2 years it took the great Roman empire!</li></ul></li></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul><li style="margin-left: 15px;">The rule of the Ottoman Empire 'officially' ended in 1924 A.D. (although the actual power had vanished since 1908 but it continued to drag under foreign appointed puppet rulers)</li></ul><ul><li style="margin-left: 15px;">Finally, Kamal Ata Turk came to power: his 'reforms' included changing the Arabic script of the Turkish language into Latin script, rendering the Turkish people unable to read their own books and history, cutting them off from their past and hence Islam</li></ul><ul><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><b>Muslim lands were divided up</b> among the Spanish and British colonialists in the same year, the final culmination of centuries of degradation</li></ul><ul><li style="margin-left: 15px;">So what kept us so powerful for so long?<ul><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><b>the Qur'an</b> : "It is We who have revealed it, and it is We who will preserve it!"</li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><b>and He <i>has</i> preserved it and the Muslims <i>did</i>follow it for 10 centuries</b></li></ul></li></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul><li style="margin-left: 15px;">But what then happened is phenomenal and unheard of in the annals of history: <b>a civilization that had just collapsed began to rebuild itself under the same banner! </b>The revival had begun …</li></ul><ul><li style="margin-left: 15px;">Muslims started calling themselves the 'teachers of the world' and 'witnesses unto mankind' (<i>Shuhada alan-Naas</i>) as they came together under various names, heralding the start of organized efforts as <i>Ikhwaan-al-Muslimeen</i> (The Muslim Brotherhood), and <i>Jama'at-e-Islami</i> (The Congregation of Muslims)</li></ul><ul><li style="margin-left: 15px;">What was happening?<ul><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><b>The Qur'an was ALIVE</b></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;">not on paper, but in the hearts and souls of Muslims, it had indeed been preserved!</li></ul></li></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><b>The nation was pulling itself together</b>, as for the first time in 800 years, <b>books were being written and published on a tremendous scale that the masses of Muslims could read and understand</b> . Before that, only the scholars had access to Islamic literature, and most of which had already been lost as Islamic libraries were burnt down to ashes</li></ul><ul><li style="margin-left: 15px;">Where are we headed?<ul><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><b>we have changed the trend</b> from going down thanks to the efforts of people like Abul A'la Mawdudi, Hasan al-Banna and many others</li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><b>the Islamic Revival has begun, but only <i>just</i>begun</b>, that is why most can not see it and the non-Muslims can not perceive it</li><li style="margin-left: 15px;">but <b>Allah(<i>swt</i>) will not change the condition of a people until they change it with their own hands!</b></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;">even if a civilization is ready to crumble (such as the West, with all the characteristics of deterioration of past fallen empires), it will NOT fall until we, the Muslims, strive to give it that last push, the last straw that will break the camel's back!</li></ul></li></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul><li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;">So brothers and sisters, <b>we are headed for a conflict</b>: not between East and West, not between North and South, but<b>between Islam and the West</b></li></ul><b></b><ul><li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;">The Prophet (<i>saw</i>) said: " <b>Prophethood</b> shall be among you as long as Allah permits and then it will be taken away,<b>then will follow a rule in its footsteps </b>(i.e. the <i>Khilafah</i>) and it shall be among you as long as Allah permits and then it will be taken away, <b>then will follow a 'biting' rule</b>(lasting a long time, not easily removed) and it shall be among you as long as Allah permits and then it will be taken away, <b>then will follow the rulers who oppress with power </b>bestowed upon them not through inheritance of the people (i.e. the present dictatorships) and it shall be among you as long as Allah permits and then it will be taken away, then will <b>follow a rule in the footsteps of the Prophethood</b> (i.e. another <i>Khilafah</i>) !"</li></ul><ul><li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;">The Prophet has clearly explained to us the trend, exactly as we observe it today</li></ul><ul><li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;"><b>We must therefore tell the West that we are extending a hand of peace now but it will not be so for long</b></li></ul><ul><li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;">If they do not accept it now and turn away, there will be no peace to offer later, only retribution and justice when we return to power united under the banner of Islam</li></ul><ul><li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;">And remember, <b>history repeats itself</b>. Ameen!</li></ul></div></div>ganesh sahathevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16735146227192431299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018692839292410768.post-87532661108618893312024-03-07T19:39:00.000-08:002024-03-07T19:45:38.934-08:00 In 1974 China under Mao Tse Tung agreed to Malaysia's proposal for ZOPFAN - 30 years later China began its campaign of creating military installations in the South China Sea, and harrassing Malaysian ships, interfering with Malaysian assets-Anwar Ibrahim has never explained why <br /><br /><br /><br /> by Ganesh Sahathevan <br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj2ZG61abHUzZKZExdrNVv8rrKzrDxBubBWGxjEZhUCQNgHXuWtItJ7UwWW6qYeFfZfYlKNADh4UkB7WmY0MIl8WEqpVc_kKmAU4w9zQmNjlcx-uT6pgnTI1AQkvmMRJ2vT8Z8ixLGFSr0GrFh16yYD4STU9zZV79vc6DeTli8ekNb3fUMwByRX4l_eW00"><img height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj2ZG61abHUzZKZExdrNVv8rrKzrDxBubBWGxjEZhUCQNgHXuWtItJ7UwWW6qYeFfZfYlKNADh4UkB7WmY0MIl8WEqpVc_kKmAU4w9zQmNjlcx-uT6pgnTI1AQkvmMRJ2vT8Z8ixLGFSr0GrFh16yYD4STU9zZV79vc6DeTli8ekNb3fUMwByRX4l_eW00=w621-h416" width="621" /></a><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: InterSB; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.sinarharian.com.my/article/220340/berita/nasional/terima-kasih-tun-abdul-razak-cetus-hubungan-malaysia-china">Tun Abdul Razak (rigt) and Mao Tse-tung meeting in China, 1974</a></span><br /><br /><br /><br />In 1974, after meeting Mao Tse-tung, then Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak announced that China was in favour of Malaysia's proposal to declare South East Asia the <a href="https://www.nst.com.my/opinion/columnists/2019/03/468227/malaysia-middle-power">Zone Of Peace, Freedom And Neutrality (ZOPFAN</a>). 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align-self: var(--align-self); box-sizing: border-box; flex-basis: var(--flex-basis); flex-direction: var(--flex-direction); flex-grow: var(--flex-grow); flex-shrink: var(--flex-shrink); flex-wrap: var(--flex-wrap); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ),Sans-serif; font-size: 16px; gap: var(--gap); justify-content: var(--justify-content); margin-block-end: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; order: var(--order); position: relative; width: 699.987px;"><div class="elementor-widget-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition: background .3s,border .3s,border-radius .3s,box-shadow .3s,transform var(--e-transform-transition-duration,.4s);"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px 0.9rem; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px 0.9rem;">DECADES OF GOOD RELATIONS: Former premier’s visit to China in 1974 first step in lasting friendship</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px 0.9rem;">KUALA LUMPUR: IT was a historic moment for Malaysia and China when both countries officially commenced diplomatic relations four decades ago.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px 0.9rem;">On May 28, 1974, the late Tun Abdul Razak Hussein, the country’s second prime minister, led a 44-member Malaysian entourage for Peking (now Beijing) to formally establish bilateral ties between the two nations.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px 0.9rem;">The six-day visit, which Razak described as a “journey of goodwill”, also aimed to garner support for a proposal to declare Southeast Asia a zone of peace and neutrality.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px 0.9rem;">He had said of the historic visit: “After the doubt and differences which have existed in the last two decades, I am going on a journey of goodwill, to sow the seeds of mutual understanding and trust between Malaysia and the People’s Republic of China”.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px 0.9rem;">It was a meaningful event for both nations. Malaysia became the first country in the region to effect social ties with China.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px 0.9rem;">The visit had earned praise from all political parties in Malaysia, including from the opposition.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px 0.9rem;">It was reported that the then Pas president, the late Datuk Mohamed Asri, said the objective of making Southeast Asia a neutral zone could not be realised without the cooperation of big powers such as China.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px 0.9rem;">Even prior to the visit, China had offered a warm welcome to Razak and the Malaysian delegates, as was reflected through a front-page editorial by the Chinese Communist Party’s organ, the People’s Daily, which featured a picture of Razak wearing a songkok (headgear).</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px 0.9rem;">The daily in its report said the people of China “enthusiastically” welcomed the establishment of diplomatic relations between Malaysia and China.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px 0.9rem;">The daily had also quoted the New China News Agency as saying: “The proposal put forward by Malaysia to make Southeast Asia a zone of peace and neutrality has won the sympathy and support of many countries in the third world.”</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px 0.9rem;">The momentum continued when Razak and his entourage arrived in Peking. They were accorded a grand welcoming ceremony, attended by China’s former vice-premier Li Hsien-nen and other Chinese officials.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px 0.9rem;">The Malaysian delegates later proceeded to a state banquet hosted by the then China premier Zhou En-Lai, where both leaders expressed their countries’ commitment to help each other.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px 0.9rem;">While Zhou announced China’s support for Malaysia’s proposal to make Southeast Asia a peace zone, Razak pledged that his administration would intensify efforts to bolster ties between both nations.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px 0.9rem;">Asia Magazine had reported that Razak attended a 90-minute meeting with China’s prominent leader, chairman Mao Tse-Tung, during the third day of his visit to the republic.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px 0.9rem;">The meeting was a success when the two countries issued a joint communique formally establishing bilateral relations between the two nations.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px 0.9rem;">A few hours after his return to Malaysia, Razak attended a rally at the Selangor Club field and declared his visit to China a success.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px 0.9rem;">During the rally, which was held to brief the people on his mission to Peking, Razak also announced a public holiday for the country and that China had recognised Malaysia’s independence and sovereignty. Additional reporting by Qistina Hamizan</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px 0.9rem;">-NST</p></div></div>ganesh sahathevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16735146227192431299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018692839292410768.post-12326291507402806352024-03-07T17:25:00.000-08:002024-03-08T16:24:57.244-08:00Muslim Brotherhood leader Tareq Al-Suwaidan declares that October 7 was the start of a campaign that will see Rome conquered by Muslims - Declaration made in Malaysia, where Al-Suwaidan was welcomed by PM Anwar Ibrahim<p> by Ganesh Sahathevan </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUNoF7YTuz8os7bsV3dNm7980136-bVx7nUYb3cT1NUaiU6gvNXjfftPTimRVi6HpLgwlvqtot4pX7Wf13U7rqj5rLrCI1j0mvb9pVrfscIjp90mrtBFIhpV213CArygss5XcJMLS7JZMQxqjOgpQOGCRgeTlspNr0e6tlGoC9q3zPa-pCeltdEDDqxRg/s1001/Screenshot%202024-03-08%20122142.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="581" data-original-width="1001" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUNoF7YTuz8os7bsV3dNm7980136-bVx7nUYb3cT1NUaiU6gvNXjfftPTimRVi6HpLgwlvqtot4pX7Wf13U7rqj5rLrCI1j0mvb9pVrfscIjp90mrtBFIhpV213CArygss5XcJMLS7JZMQxqjOgpQOGCRgeTlspNr0e6tlGoC9q3zPa-pCeltdEDDqxRg/w588-h342/Screenshot%202024-03-08%20122142.png" width="588" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.memri.org/tv/kuwaiti-islamic-scholar-muslim-brotherhood-leader-tareq-al-suwaidan-october-seven-free-palestine-conquer-rome-morsi-sponsored-tunnels-gaza" style="background-color: white; color: #cc6611; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;">As reported by MEMRI</a><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;">:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;" /><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13.2px;">Kuwaiti Islamic scholar and Muslim Brotherh</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: courier;">ood leader Tareq Al-Suwaidan said in a lecture in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, that he met with Ismail Haniyeh a week before the lecture. He said that Palestine will be free, that October 7 was a "very clear start" to this, and that Hamas cannot be crushed. Al-Suwaidan said that Istanbul is in the hands of the Muslims and so will Rome be "one day too." He said that normalizing relations with Israel makes the leaders of Arab countries "traitors" to Islam and the Islamic nation. Al-Suwaidan said that the tunnels in Gaza were all built in one year, during the rule of Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood President Mohamed Morsi, who, he said, supplied the equipment.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: courier;">To Be Read With</span></p><h2 class="date-header" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="color: #222222; letter-spacing: inherit; margin: inherit; padding: inherit;">Thursday, March 7, 2024</span></h2><div class="date-posts"><div class="post-outer"><div class="post hentry uncustomized-post-template" itemprop="blogPost" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; min-height: 0px; position: relative;"><a name="1678591773266408158"></a><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2024/03/tareq-al-suwaidan-banned-in-saudi.html" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">Tareq Al-Suwaidan, banned in Saudi Arabia for extremist views, welcomed to Malaysia by PM Anwar Ibrahim to impart " positive messages that can benefit the younger generation"</a></h3><div class="post-header" style="font-size: 10.8px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1678591773266408158" itemprop="articleBody" style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570px;"><p>by Ganesh Sahathevan </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEibj7WYQPdu6hm-hnAt_4s4zh3Xvotri8VY4tz-HTtkN0R9d5fErOnbKjsZG_6XjAE3u3u89HoqFbaV_x33rfNKf__pUHyrs8VQI0hk2wggDPszG8Y15H3rrZ5DZKGB71MIbdkaBHKy3_jscC5bvfORdr0D16btRrshtAu0-xs5h0X-N3k3XCnrcxgq2jw" style="color: #cc6611; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEibj7WYQPdu6hm-hnAt_4s4zh3Xvotri8VY4tz-HTtkN0R9d5fErOnbKjsZG_6XjAE3u3u89HoqFbaV_x33rfNKf__pUHyrs8VQI0hk2wggDPszG8Y15H3rrZ5DZKGB71MIbdkaBHKy3_jscC5bvfORdr0D16btRrshtAu0-xs5h0X-N3k3XCnrcxgq2jw=w588-h391" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="588" /></a></div> Tareq Al-Suwaidan officially welcomed to Malaysia by Anwar Ibrahim</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1678591773266408158" itemprop="articleBody" style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570px;"><br /></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1678591773266408158" itemprop="articleBody" style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570px;"><br /></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1678591773266408158" itemprop="articleBody" style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570px;"><br /></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1678591773266408158" itemprop="articleBody" style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570px;"><br /></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1678591773266408158" itemprop="articleBody" style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570px;"><br /></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1678591773266408158" itemprop="articleBody" style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570px;"><br /></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1678591773266408158" itemprop="articleBody" style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570px;"><br /></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1678591773266408158" itemprop="articleBody" style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570px;"><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2024/03/welcomed-to-malaysia-by-pm-anwar.html">Welcomed to Malaysia by PM Anwar Ibrahim, Tareq Al-Suwaidan declared that Arab-Israel normalization must never take place,and Muslims who do so are traitors to Islam</a></h3><div class="post-header" style="background-color: white; 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background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="612" /></a></div><a href="https://jinggo-fotopages.blogspot.com/2014/10/hanya-syiah-lantik-ulamak-sebagai.html" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: xx-small;">Tareq Al-Suwaidan in Malaysia,in 2014.Pictured here with Anwar Ibrahim, his daughter Nurul Izzah, and wife Wan Azizah</span></a></div><p></p><p><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;" /></p></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;" /></div>ganesh sahathevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16735146227192431299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018692839292410768.post-26318546117369716132024-03-07T16:46:00.000-08:002024-03-07T17:05:00.429-08:00 Welcomed to Malaysia by PM Anwar Ibrahim, Tareq Al-Suwaidan declared that Arab-Israel normalization must never take place,and Muslims who do so are traitors to Islam<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p> by Ganesh Sahathevan</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiosaj2xtEoJ3mRd5OsLVlWsH8ahzUBhcmgB9GO5fTgn69Yuiq6BrrICg-S_SMd0b9D8BiSASD8-fPYQ0LhjMcz_Mj49CmTWif5GjZGSZFFMPdDQ47Q2wq3T5h26Q368LFBBsWF0C6A3Siz5bASdHqkwxuP4XyB2vld5oZrgqm9WGTGJQimXeZ1BNC-UUI/s966/Screenshot%202024-03-08%20115815.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="966" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiosaj2xtEoJ3mRd5OsLVlWsH8ahzUBhcmgB9GO5fTgn69Yuiq6BrrICg-S_SMd0b9D8BiSASD8-fPYQ0LhjMcz_Mj49CmTWif5GjZGSZFFMPdDQ47Q2wq3T5h26Q368LFBBsWF0C6A3Siz5bASdHqkwxuP4XyB2vld5oZrgqm9WGTGJQimXeZ1BNC-UUI/w603-h390/Screenshot%202024-03-08%20115815.png" width="603" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpZMMEoHTqSeAjLspaobVWvaVhZNL43yGb8ENfQ3TvNymnPJUj__T9WKYuttC5I9Stjm_0r-HudxgjRHpFGeHtYyJHqE9eT_obHTp-8mcHPQCVeUQtynNgCGgzBXbTLk0FEkyiScj3cxlqUboPHH-SKif04by-SD4pGhfBN5bzXJdU2wALPzZnPvZN-xw/s949/Screenshot%202024-03-08%20115841.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="949" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpZMMEoHTqSeAjLspaobVWvaVhZNL43yGb8ENfQ3TvNymnPJUj__T9WKYuttC5I9Stjm_0r-HudxgjRHpFGeHtYyJHqE9eT_obHTp-8mcHPQCVeUQtynNgCGgzBXbTLk0FEkyiScj3cxlqUboPHH-SKif04by-SD4pGhfBN5bzXJdU2wALPzZnPvZN-xw/w612-h375/Screenshot%202024-03-08%20115841.png" width="612" /></a></div><a href="https://jinggo-fotopages.blogspot.com/2014/10/hanya-syiah-lantik-ulamak-sebagai.html"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: xx-small;">Tareq Al-Suwaidan in Malaysia,in 2014.Pictured here with Anwar Ibrahim, his daughter Nurul Izzah, and wife Wan Azizah</span></a><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">Welcomed to Malaysia by PM Anwar Ibrahim, Tareq Al-Suwaidan declared that Arab-Israel normalization must never take place,and Muslims who do so are traitons to Islam.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.memri.org/tv/kuwaiti-islamic-scholar-muslim-brotherhood-leader-tareq-al-suwaidan-october-seven-free-palestine-conquer-rome-morsi-sponsored-tunnels-gaza">As reported and translated by MEMRI</a>:<br /><br /><br /><br />Kuwaiti Islamic scholar and Muslim Brotherh<span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">ood leader Tareq Al-Suwaidan said in a lecture in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, that he met with Ismail Haniyeh a week before the lecture. He said that Palestine will be free, that October 7 was a "very clear start" to this, and that Hamas cannot be crushed. Al-Suwaidan said that Istanbul is in the hands of the Muslims and so will Rome be "one day too." He said that normalizing relations with Israel makes the leaders of Arab countries "traitors" to Islam and the Islamic nation. Al-Suwaidan said that the tunnels in Gaza were all built in one year, during the rule of Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood President Mohamed Morsi, who, he said, supplied the equipment.<br /><br />Quoting Al-Suwaidan MEMRI also reports: </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">"And that brings us to the last question: Why is the Arab world moving towards normalizing relations with Israel? First of all, I want to correct that – not all of the Arab world is moving in that direction. Those that are moving in that direction have all banned me from entering their countries. [Laughs.] All of them. I am banned from eleven Arab countries – because we speak harshly against normalization. This is being traitors. Normalizing relations with Israel is making you traitors to Islam and the Islamic nation. You follow what is going on in Palestine, and you follow those tunnels that the Palestinians have, and you know, if you are following the news, that there are hundreds of kilometers. How did they dig that? Did you think? How were they able to dig these tunnels? They happened in one year, when Mohamed Morsi was ruling. He gave them the equipment to do that."</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">TO BE READ WITH</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><h2 class="date-header" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="color: #222222; letter-spacing: inherit; margin: inherit; padding: inherit;">Thursday, March 7, 2024</span></h2><div class="date-posts"><div class="post-outer"><div class="post hentry uncustomized-post-template" itemprop="blogPost" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; min-height: 0px; position: relative;"><a name="1678591773266408158"></a><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2024/03/tareq-al-suwaidan-banned-in-saudi.html" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">Tareq Al-Suwaidan, banned in Saudi Arabia for extremist views, welcomed to Malaysia by PM Anwar Ibrahim to impart " positive messages that can benefit the younger generation"</a></h3><div class="post-header" style="font-size: 10.8px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1678591773266408158" itemprop="articleBody" style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570px;"><p>by Ganesh Sahathevan </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEibj7WYQPdu6hm-hnAt_4s4zh3Xvotri8VY4tz-HTtkN0R9d5fErOnbKjsZG_6XjAE3u3u89HoqFbaV_x33rfNKf__pUHyrs8VQI0hk2wggDPszG8Y15H3rrZ5DZKGB71MIbdkaBHKy3_jscC5bvfORdr0D16btRrshtAu0-xs5h0X-N3k3XCnrcxgq2jw" style="color: #cc6611; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEibj7WYQPdu6hm-hnAt_4s4zh3Xvotri8VY4tz-HTtkN0R9d5fErOnbKjsZG_6XjAE3u3u89HoqFbaV_x33rfNKf__pUHyrs8VQI0hk2wggDPszG8Y15H3rrZ5DZKGB71MIbdkaBHKy3_jscC5bvfORdr0D16btRrshtAu0-xs5h0X-N3k3XCnrcxgq2jw=w588-h391" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="588" /></a></div> Tareq Al-Suwaidan officially welcomed to Malaysia by Anwar Ibrahim<br /><p></p><p><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;" /></p></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />ganesh sahathevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16735146227192431299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018692839292410768.post-16785917732664081582024-03-07T04:20:00.000-08:002024-03-07T04:25:04.325-08:00Tareq Al-Suwaidan, banned in Saudi Arabia for extremist views, welcomed to Malaysia by PM Anwar Ibrahim to impart " positive messages that can benefit the younger generation"<p>by Ganesh Sahathevan </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEibj7WYQPdu6hm-hnAt_4s4zh3Xvotri8VY4tz-HTtkN0R9d5fErOnbKjsZG_6XjAE3u3u89HoqFbaV_x33rfNKf__pUHyrs8VQI0hk2wggDPszG8Y15H3rrZ5DZKGB71MIbdkaBHKy3_jscC5bvfORdr0D16btRrshtAu0-xs5h0X-N3k3XCnrcxgq2jw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEibj7WYQPdu6hm-hnAt_4s4zh3Xvotri8VY4tz-HTtkN0R9d5fErOnbKjsZG_6XjAE3u3u89HoqFbaV_x33rfNKf__pUHyrs8VQI0hk2wggDPszG8Y15H3rrZ5DZKGB71MIbdkaBHKy3_jscC5bvfORdr0D16btRrshtAu0-xs5h0X-N3k3XCnrcxgq2jw=w588-h391" width="588" /></a></div> Tareq Al-Suwaidan officially welcomed to Malaysia by Anwar Ibrahim<br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2024/01/26/pm-anwar-shares-insights-on-madani-concept-with-muslim-thinker-sheikh-tareq/114812">The Malay Mail has reported</a> on 26 January 2024: </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: DroidSerif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-top: 16px;">According to (Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim) , Sheikh Tareq is in Malaysia to attend a series of knowledge-sharing sessions, particularly in the areas of leadership, strategic planning and management.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: DroidSerif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-top: 16px;">“I also expressed appreciation for Sheikh Tareq’s efforts through positive messages that can benefit the younger generation. Thank you also for Sheikh Tareq’s prayers and hopes for Malaysia.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: DroidSerif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-top: 16px;">According to Anwar, Sheikh Tareq is in Malaysia to attend a series of knowledge-sharing sessions, particularly in the areas of leadership, strategic planning and managemen</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: DroidSerif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-top: 16px;"><br /></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: DroidSerif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-top: 16px;">The same Sheik Tareq has been banned from Saudi Arabia for his extremist views:</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: DroidSerif; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-top: 16px;"><a href="https://gulfnews.com/world/gulf/kuwait/kuwaiti-preacher-barred-from-makkah-pilgrimage-1.1238437" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Kuwaiti preacher barred from Makkah pilgrimage</a><br style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";" /><br style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";" /><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">Suwaidan says he was denied entry into Saudi Arabia because of his views on Egypt’s coup</span><br style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";" /><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">Published: October 02, 2013 17:13</span><a href="https://gulfnews.com/world/gulf/kuwait/kuwaiti-preacher-barred-from-makkah-pilgrimage-1.1238437#" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Gulf News Report</a><br style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";" /><br style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";" /><br style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";" /><br style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";" /><br style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";" /><br style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";" /><br style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";" /><br style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";" /><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dubai: Prominent Kuwaiti intellectual, motivational speaker and preacher Tareq Suwaidan has been barred from performing the lesser Umrah pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, he said on Twitter.</span><br style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";" /><br style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";" /><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I have been banned from entering Saudi Arabia solely for my views and my position against the coup in Egypt, and I say that my love for Saudi Arabia and its people is unshaken and that ideas can [never] be banned,” Suwaidan wrote on his Twitter account on Sunday.</span><br style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";" /><br style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";" /><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">Suwaidan was referring to the June 30 ouster of Muslim Brotherhood president Mohammad Mursi in Egypt by the military. Suwaidan acknowledged in a televised address recently that he was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. That admission cost him his television show on Al Resala, an Islamic channel owned by billionaire Saudi prince and media tycoon Prince Al Waleed Bin Talal, who also owns the Rotana conglomorate. Prince Al Waleed wrote in a letter to Suwaidan in August that there was no place for a Muslim Brotherhood member on the channel.</span><br style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";" /><br style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";" /><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";">On Tuesday, Suwaidan tweeted: “I have known the people of Saudi Arabia to be the most hospitable of people, therefore I consider those who told me that I am not welcome not to be representing true Saudi hospitality”. He later wrote: “Averros said that ideas have wings to fly with. I say: I wish he had seen Twitter to see how right he was”.</span></p><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a href="https://www.arabnews.com/news/461675">Head of TV channel fired for 'extremist' leanings</a><br /><br />RIYADH: Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has fired Kuwaiti preacher and motivational speaker Tareq Al-Suwaidan as director of the religious television channel he owns for what he described as “extremist inclinations” and links to the Muslim Brotherhood.<br />The prince said Suwaidan, who has more than 1.9 million Twitter followers and is known across the Arab world for his lectures on self-improvement from an Islamic perspective, had identified himself as “one of the leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood” during a lecture in Yemen.<br />“There is no place for those who carry any deviant thoughts at Al-Resalah Channel,” Alwaleed wrote in a letter to Suwaidan, according to a news release from the prince’s office.<br />Prince Alwaleed said in the letter that he had repeatedly warned Suwaidan against political affiliation.<br />Suwaidan responded on Twitter, “Only the weak worry about earning a living, and no one abandons his principles but he who cares about earthly matters.”<br />Saudi Arabia has come out strongly in support of an army crackdown on the Brotherhood in Egypt following the military overthrow of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi last month.<br />Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah on Friday called on Arabs to stand together against “attempts to destabilize” Egypt, in a message of support for the military leadership.</div><a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/saudi-arabia-bans-books-pro-muslim-brotherhood-clerics"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Saudi Arabia bans books by pro-Muslim Brotherhood clerics</span></a><a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/saudi-arabia-bans-books-pro-muslim-brotherhood-clerics#main-content"></a><br />Authorities in Saudi Arabia have barred the sale of books by pro-Muslim Brotherhood thinkers Salman al-Odah and Tareq al-Suwaidan<br /><br />Odah and Suwaidan have expressed support for the ousted government of Mohammed Morsi (AFP)<br />By <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/users/mee-staff">MEE staff</a><br />Published date: 12 February 2015 13:00 GMT | Last update: 9 years 3 weeks ago<br /><br /> 12<br /><br /><br />Authorities in Saudi Arabia have reportedly barred the sale of books by two highly influential thinkers well known for their sympathies to the banned Muslim Brotherhood.<br /><br />Bookshops are no longer stocking works by Saudi Salman al-Odah and Kuwaiti Tareq al-Suwaidan, according to shop owners who spoke to the London-based daily al-Hayat. They said a notice had been circulated by the Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice ordering the books to be removed “immediately”.<br /><br />Salman al-Odah became well known for his conservative views in Saudi Arabia and has previously been held as a political prisoner. He has become a champion of democracy and civic tolerance since protests swept the Arab world in 2011, criticising Gulf States as playing a counterrevolutionary role.<br /><br />"The gulf governments are fighting Arab democracy [in Arab Spring countries], because they fear it will come here," he told the New York Times, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/05/world/middleeast/conservative-saudi-cleric-salman-al-awda.html">in a recent interview</a>.<br /><br />Tareq al-Suwaidan is a leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in Kuwait and is popular throughout the region for his motivational speeches. He was fired last year from his job at a religious television channel owned by Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal for his political affiliations, who said there was no room for “deviant thoughts” at al-Resalah.<br /><br />Both men have millions of followers on Twitter where they have expressed support for the ousted government of Egypt’s first democratically elected president Mohammed Morsi.<br /><br />Saudi Arabia branded the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organisation on 7 March and has warned imams about discussing politics in their Friday sermons. The kingdom staunchly supported the coup in Egypt and has provided billions of dollars in aid to the military backed authorities.<br /><br />Suwaidan responded to his work being banned by telling his followers on Twitter they can access his books electronically.<br /><br /><br />The tweet translates as “my books are available on smart devices as an app called the library of intellectual creation”.<br /><br />Odah criticised Saudi authorities for violating human rights, in an apparent reference to the decision.<br />https://twitter.com/Salman_Al_Odah/status/473490618598326272<br /><br />Bookshop owners told al-Hayat the banned books were some of the bestsellers in the country, while some social media users responded critically and speculated it could have negative ramifications within Saudi Arabia.<br />https://twitter.com/abumiftah/status/473413722065481729<br /><br />https://twitter.com/dr_davidson/status/473524847621197825<br /><br />ganesh sahathevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16735146227192431299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018692839292410768.post-78021034194608747612024-03-05T17:26:00.000-08:002024-03-05T17:27:30.915-08:00 In 2019 Anwar Ibrahim said ASEAN must come together to defend against China, for the US had done what it could; in 2024 Anwar claims Malaysia has no problem with China,and the US should not make its problem with China his problem - Anwar is clearly confused, and the reasons for that confusion is a matter that should concern Malaysians, and others in ASEAN<p> by Ganesh Sahathevan</p><p><img alt="190211-MY-Anwar-IIIT-1000.jpg" height="380" src="https://www.benarnews.org/english/news/malaysian/malaysia-china-02112019172941.html/190211-MY-Anwar-IIIT-1000.jpg/@@images/6869ae1c-136a-4722-9f65-74536a45f029.jpeg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; height: auto; vertical-align: middle;" title="190211-MY-Anwar-IIIT-1000.jpg" width="620" /></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)" style="background-color: white;">Anwar Ibrahim in 2019:</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); line-height: inherit;" /><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)" style="background-color: white;">Anwar Tells Southeast Asian Nations to Defend Territory against China</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); line-height: inherit;" /><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)" style="background-color: white;">Exceprt</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); line-height: inherit;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); line-height: inherit;" /><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)" style="background-color: white;">“On the South China Sea, we have taken a position that we will defend our territory,” Anwar, 71, said in reply to a question that followed his speech at the International Institute of Islamic Thought, a nonprofit based in Herndon, Virginia, in the suburbs of Washington.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); line-height: inherit;" /><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)" style="background-color: white;">“The best option is to work with other small countries in ASEAN to defend our security position, particularly because we cannot expect the United States – given situation now – to be more positive with regard to the region,” Anwar said, referring to the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations.</span></span></p><p><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: courier;">.</span></span></p><p><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)" style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://apnews.com/article/malaysia-china-australia-anwar-ibrahim-b4d75a8423b5265bec1a05d69231965f"><span style="font-family: courier;">Anwar in 2024:</span></a></span></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.55; margin: 20px 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier;">“Right now, China seems to be the leading investor into Malaysia,” said Anwar and insisted that Malaysians “do not have a problem with China.”</span></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.55; margin: 20px 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier;">“We are an independent nation, we are fiercely independent, we do not want to be dictated by any force,” Anwar said.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.55; margin: 20px 0px;"><span style="font-family: courier;">“So while we remain … an important friend to the United States and Europe and here in Australia, they should not preclude us from being friendly to one of our important neighbors, precisely China,” he said, speaking at a joint news conference with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, a staunch U.S. ally.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.55; margin: 20px 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>Anwar is clearly confused, and the reasons for that confusioon is a matter that should concern Malaysians, and others in ASEAN </b>.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--font-1); font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.55; margin: 20px 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">To Be Read With</span></p><p><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></p><div class="mobilecontainer" style="background-color: white; 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padding-right: 15px; position: relative; text-align: right; top: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 620px;"><a data-caption="Senior Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim speaks at the International Institute of Islamic Thought in Herndon, Virginia, Feb. 10, 2019. " data-fancybox="" href="https://www.benarnews.org/english/news/malaysian/malaysia-china-02112019172941.html/190211-MY-Anwar-IIIT-1000.jpg/@@images/image/social_media" id="single_image" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Senior Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim speaks at the International Institute of Islamic Thought in Herndon, Virginia, Feb. 10, 2019."><img src="https://www.benarnews.org/++plone++rfa-resources/img/icon-zoom.png" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; vertical-align: middle;" /> </a><span class="copyright" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10px;">Nani Yusof/BenarNews</span></div></div><div id="storytext" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Noto Serif", serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Malaysian leader Anwar Ibrahim said Southeast Asian nations have to defend their territory amid Beijing’s aggressive moves to expand shoals into artificial islands and build military facilities in the South China Sea.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Anwar, who is widely expected to take over eventually from Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, made his statement during an open forum near the U.S. capital on Sunday, the same day that Washington drew Beijing’s ire for sending two warships near the disputed Spratly Islands.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">“On the South China Sea, we have taken a position that we will defend our territory,” Anwar, 71, said in reply to a question that followed his speech at the International Institute of Islamic Thought, a nonprofit based in Herndon, Virginia, in the suburbs of Washington.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">“The best option is to work with other small countries in ASEAN to defend our security position, particularly because we cannot expect the United States – given situation now – to be more positive with regard to the region,” Anwar said, referring to the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Shortly after the American navy sailed the guided-missile destroyers USS Spruance and USS Preble within 12 nautical miles of the Spratlys on Sunday night, China accused the United States of trespassing in its territorial waters, warning that it had deployed missiles “capable of targeting medium and large ships.”</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">“The U.S. action violated the Chinese laws and international laws, infringed China’s sovereignty, damaged regional peace, security, and order,” Lu Kang, the spokesman for China’s Foreign Ministry, told reporters in Beijing. “China will take necessary actions to protect state sovereignty.”</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">China’s warning came as officials from the two nations were in Beijing for a new round of trade talks scheduled for this week.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">The U.S. Navy said the destroyers sailed as part of “freedom of navigation operation.” In January, the destroyer USS McCampbell also sailed within 12 nautical miles of the Paracel Islands.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Cmdr. Clay Doss, a spokesman for the U.S. 7th Fleet, was quoted by CNN as saying that Sunday’s operation was carried out “to challenge excessive maritime claims and preserve access to the waterways as governed by international law.”</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">The Spratly Islands, a chain of potentially mineral-rich islands and atolls in the South China Sea, are claimed in whole or in part by China, Taiwan and the Southeast Asian countries of Brunei, the Philippines, Vietnam and Malaysia.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />It is considered a flashpoint in the region. The claimants have agreed to desist from any actions that would complicate the matter, although China has been expanding and militarizing islands it occupies.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Beijing claims nearly the whole of the South China Sea, insisting that it has indisputable sovereignty over the region.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Keep negotiating with China, Anwar says</b></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">During his remarks in Virginia on Sunday, Anwar also defended the Mahathir government’s decision last month to keep negotiating with Beijing over controversial China-backed projects.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">“With China, we have to continue to engage because it’s a very strong neighbor, powerful neighbor but strong economy,” he said. “For our survival, we need investments, trade with the Chinese.”</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">However, Anwar said, Malaysia must renegotiate contracts “when the economy does not allow us to go through these huge mega projects because of exorbitant price increase.”</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">“If we fail, we cancel because the country can ill afford,” he said, underscoring the government’s right to junk agreements that were signed under “questionable or dubious” circumstances.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Anwar did not specifically mention the controversial U.S. $20 billion East Coast Rail Link (ECRL), a 688-km (430-mile) railway project to connect the western and eastern coasts of the Malaysian peninsula.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">In January, Malaysian Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said the Malaysian Cabinet had decided to adopt a statement from Mahathir that Kuala Lumpur would still keep negotiating the ECRL deal with Beijing.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">ECRL, the centerpiece of China’s infrastructure push in Malaysia, was to be financed in large part by the Export-Import Bank of China. The project is a Malaysian component of China’s massive One Belt, One Road (OBOR) international infrastructure expansion program.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">“In my experience in the government in the past, we would always say we will honor all our commitments, but when we have reasons, compelling case that the agreement signed is dubious, or through bribery, et cetera, then we can always question,” Anwar said.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">After he returned to power as a result of a stunning electoral triumph last May, Mahathir has issued statements implying that several China-backed projects approved by his predecessor, Najib Razak, would be placed on the back burner.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Anwar, a twice-jailed 70-year-old former deputy prime minister, received a royal full-pardon after the May general election led to a landslide victory for the Pakatan Harapan (Alliance of Hope), an upstart coalition of political parties that he led together with Mahathir.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">During the open forum, Anwar also defended Mahathir’s decision in October last year to free 11 ethnic Uyghur Muslims, allowing them to leave for Turkey. Mahathir, defying Beijing’s request that they be repatriated, said the refugees had not broken laws in his country.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">“This engagement with the Chinese should not bar us from raising questions or issues which affect not only the interest of the country but justice for any community,” Anwar said.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Anwar made the statement a day after Turkey denounced Beijing's controversial mass “re-education” camps in China's western region of Xinjiang, calling them a “great shame for humanity.”</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Turkey, in a strongly-worded statement issued by its foreign ministry spokesman, said thousands had been subjected to torture and brainwashing in the Chinese camps.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Chinese state-run media has strongly refuted some of Turkey’s claims,<b style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </b>saying they “violated the facts.”</p></div>ganesh sahathevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16735146227192431299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018692839292410768.post-37988794608920492872024-02-29T03:20:00.000-08:002024-02-29T03:21:42.411-08:00 Time for Anwar Ibrahim to pursue PwC for 1MDB related damages <p> by Ganesh Sahathevan </p><p><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #004c70; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.6px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;"><img height="255" src="https://assets.nst.com.my/images/articles/gdfg_1531198148.jpg" style="-webkit-border-image: url("data:image/png; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); border: 9px none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: auto; margin: 10px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></p><p><a href="https://www.sarawakreport.org/2021/03/the-1mdb-boards-denials-raise-more-questions-than-answers-again/">In March 2021 Sarawak Report sadi of PwC</a></p><p><br /></p><p data-id="o09JNuvNKqKL9NpqRU9kaNGop6NPS_lfNMorpftluW5aeT4K0z2P" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: kepler-std, georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 1.3em; margin-top: 0px;">In a trumpeted move at the time, the PH government <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2018/07/10/1mdb-exco-chairman-to-help-pwc-recover-assets-manage-debts/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #018eaa; font-weight: 600;">appointed the global accountancy firm PWC</a> to act as the highly paid actual managers of 1MDB, under a management agreement put in place in 2018. The agreement means that the day to day running of 1MDB is in the hands of an Executive Committee chaired by one <a href="https://www.pwc.com/my/en/contacts/m/mohammad-faiz-azmi.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #018eaa; font-weight: 600;">Mohammad Faiz Azmi</a>:</p><blockquote style="background-color: white; border-left: 0.5em solid rgb(1, 142, 170); box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 1.5em 0px 1.5em 2.5em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em;"><p data-id="o09JNuvNKqKL9NpqRU9kaNGop6NPS_lfNMorpftluW5aeT4K0z2P" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: kepler-std, georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 1.3em; font-style: italic; margin: 0px 0px 0.5em;">The appointment of Datuk Mohammad Faiz Azmi as the chairman of the executive committee is part of the scope and services provided by PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services Sdn Bhd (PwC) to 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: kepler-std, georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 1.3em; font-style: italic; margin: 0px 0px 0.5em;">In a statement issued on Tuesday it said PwC is assisting the board and the exco in recovering 1MDB’s assets and in managing the company’s debt [The Star]</p></blockquote><p data-id="o09JNuvNKqKL9NpqRU9kaNGop6NPS_lfNMorpftluW5aeT4K0z2P" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: kepler-std, georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 1.3em;">Since Faiz Azmi is the Executive Chairman of Pricewaterhouse Cooper in Malaysia and is so intimately involved in the very process of recovering 1MDB’s assets and recovering its debt it is surely a statement from him that Malaysians should be looking for in support of the assurances of the Board?</p><p data-id="o09JNuvNKqKL9NpqRU9kaNGop6NPS_lfNMorpftluW5aeT4K0z2P" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: kepler-std, georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 1.3em;">As the only remaining firm out of the ‘big four’ not to be tarnished by any dirty dealings with 1MDB in the past, PWC certainly has a prized reputation for integrity that it will wish to keep sound. It is at this very moment processing the fine played by its rival Deloitte for failing in such duties.</p><p data-id="o09JNuvNKqKL9NpqRU9kaNGop6NPS_lfNMorpftluW5aeT4K0z2P" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: kepler-std, georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 1.3em;">So, rather than expecting Malaysian’s to rely on a statement from the appointed civil servants on the Board of 1MDB, let them hear confirmation from the accountancy firm PWC, thereby putting its reputation on the line to say that every single dollar of the $2.5 billion obtained from Goldman Sachs and the further settlements has been fully paid into the 1MDB Trust Fund and that no fees or commissions have been taken out of it.</p><p data-id="o09JNuvNKqKL9NpqRU9kaNGop6NPS_lfNMorpftluW5aeT4K0z2P" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: kepler-std, georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 1.3em;">PWC can then also stake its reputation on assuring that although the entire management and contents of the fund have now been unaccountably made secret by the PN government, their firm can assure the public and government critics that not a penny has been misappropriated.</p><p><span style="color: #222222; letter-spacing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; letter-spacing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">In 2020 this writer noted that the PwC asset recovery was creating its own scandal. As it stands, it is the DOJ and<a href="https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/02/16/liquidators-seek-chapter-15-bankruptcy-for-1mdb-linked-firms/"> US liquidators who seem to be doing the bulk of the work in recovering 1MDB assets.</a> PwC does not seem to be doing anything to justify its undoubtedly high fees and hence it is t</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: courier; font-size: large;">ime for Anwar Ibrahim to pursue PwC for 1MDB related damages.</span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: courier; font-size: large;">TO BE READ WITH </span></p><p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: inherit;">Monday, February 10, 2020</span></p><div class="date-posts" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div class="post-outer"><div class="post hentry uncustomized-post-template" itemprop="blogPost" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; min-height: 0px; position: relative;"><a name="8265765150890364900"></a><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2020/02/malaysias-1mdb-asset-recovery-creating.html">Malaysia's 1MDB asset recovery creating its own scandal: Question mark over Fin Min Guan Eng's Pol Sec, Tony Pua, and PwC's lack of results, despite huge fees</a></h3><div class="post-header" style="font-size: 10.8px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8265765150890364900" itemprop="description articleBody" style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570px;">by Ganesh Sahathevan<br /><br /><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.6px; margin: 1em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #004c70; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;"><img height="255" src="https://assets.nst.com.my/images/articles/gdfg_1531198148.jpg" style="-webkit-border-image: url("data:image/png; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 9px none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: auto; margin: 10px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></div><div style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.nst.com.my/business/2018/07/389285/faiz-1mdb-exco-chairman-part-pwc-services-company" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">Faiz is 1MDB exco chairman, part of PwC services to the company</a></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">New Malaysia Tines reported yesterday that Malaysia's attempts at recovering assets stolen from 1MDB has run into further delay as a result of a dispute among partners at the law firm put in charge of the exercise, Lee Hishamuddin AllanGledhiil.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">It has also been reported that Tony Pua, the Political Secretary to the Minister for Finance Lim Guan Eng, has been overseeing the entire exercise, rather than the Attorney General Tan Sri Tommy Thomas.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">The LeeHishamuddin problem raises further questions about Pua's handling of the asset recovery. <a href="http://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2019/02/pwc-is-goldman-sachs-audior-pwc.html" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">His choice of PwC and KPMG is in itself plagued by conflicts of interest </a></span><br /><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">In addition, PwC 's history in Malaysia suggests that it was always going to be the wrong choice.As reported previously on this blog:</span><br /><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;"><a href="http://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2019/02/pwc-and-1mdb-southern-bank-takeover.html" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">PwC and 1MDB: The Southern Bank takeover suggests PwC does not have the skills for this job; and has itself caught in (another) conflict of interest</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">That LeeHishamuddin had to be hired in addition to PwC (whose fees for services are not cheap) suggests that the 1MDB asset recovery exercise has in itself become a scandal of fees to various parties who have not done anything. </span><br /><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">Adding to all this is the information (see NMT below) that foreign firms have been hired to assist in the recovery.Why this was required when PwC has been assigned the job is intriguing, to say the least.Readers are reminded the US DOJ has already done a considerable amount of work in tracing the cashflows, and recovering some of the assets. </span><br /><h1 style="box-sizing: inherit; 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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://newmalaysiatimes.com/2020/02/10/troubles-at-lhag-may-delay-the-recovery-of-money-stolen-from-1mdb/" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">Troubles at LHAG, may delay the recovery of money stolen from 1MDB</a></span></h1><div class="excerpt" style="background-color: #f7f7f7; box-sizing: inherit; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 15px 0px;"></div><div class="meta" style="background-color: #f7f7f7; box-sizing: inherit; color: #848484; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 0.675em; line-height: 1.5; padding: 10px 0px;">By <span class="author" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><a href="https://newmalaysiatimes.com/author/administrator/" rel="author" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #2a2a2a; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" title="Posts by Editor">Editor</a> </span>, in <span class="category" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><a href="https://newmalaysiatimes.com/category/editorial/" rel="category tag" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #2a2a2a; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;">Editorial</a> <a href="https://newmalaysiatimes.com/category/politics/" rel="category tag" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #2a2a2a; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;">Politics</a> <a href="https://newmalaysiatimes.com/category/scandal/" rel="category tag" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #2a2a2a; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;">Scandal</a></span> on <span class="date" style="box-sizing: inherit;">February 10, 2020 </span>. Tagged width: <a href="https://newmalaysiatimes.com/tag/1mdb/" rel="tag" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #2a2a2a; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;">1MDB</a> , <a href="https://newmalaysiatimes.com/tag/lee-hishamuddin-allen-gledhill/" rel="tag" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #2a2a2a; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;">Lee Hishamuddin Allen Gledhill</a> , <a href="https://newmalaysiatimes.com/tag/lim-guan-eng/" rel="tag" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #2a2a2a; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;">Lim Guan Eng</a> , <a href="https://newmalaysiatimes.com/tag/tommy-thomas/" rel="tag" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #2a2a2a; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;">Tommy Thomas</a> , <a href="https://newmalaysiatimes.com/tag/tony-pua/" rel="tag" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #2a2a2a; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;">Tony Pua</a></div><br /><div class="content cf" style="background-color: #f7f7f7; box-sizing: inherit; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative;"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.08em; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 25px 100px;">KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 10 – According to industry sources who have asked not to be named, Lee Hishamuddin Allen & Gledhill, or LHAG had been awarded the job of recovering 1MDB money from various parties by the Attorney General, Tan Sri Tommy Thomas, who is being advised by the Political Secretary to the Minister For Finance Tony Pua.</div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.08em; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 25px 100px;">After a series of delays work on the recovery began late last year led by Tony Pua who has been chairing working group meetings with the LHAG team,which was led by LHAG senior partner Datuk DP Naban. It is understood that at least one overseas law firm has been engaged to assist Pua, despite Pua appointing PwC to take charge of the 1MDB asset recovery.</div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.08em; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 25px 100px;">NMT has sighted the LHAG Notice of Dissolution which could soon mean that all LHAG files, including the 1MDB files, will be under the custody of external administrators who will have to dispose of the files and other LHAG assets .Datuk Naban may no longer advise on the 1MDB matter, leaving Tony Pua and Tan Sri Tommy with yet another delay in the 1MDB matter.</div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.08em; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 25px 100px;">The whole 1MDB recovery has been delayed since the change in government in May 2019. While the US DOJ had provided the Malaysian Government with all its very extensive work, and while Tan Sri Tommy was appointed AG for his extensive knowledge of banking and finance matters and asset recovery, Tan Sri Tommy inexplicably handed over the work to Tony Pua. NMT understands that this was done in part to ensure Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng’s cooperation in the matter.</div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.08em; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 25px 100px;">Minister Lim and his then adviser , now political secretary Tony Pua appointed PwC to take charge of the recovery, but apart from some quite silly demands being made of Goldman Sachs, nothing else has been done. Lim has gone on record to say that Goldman Sachs need only pay USD7.5 Billion to Malaysia to make its 1MDB problems go away.</div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.08em; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 25px 100px;">The Attorney General handing over his work to a political secretary is unprecedented, and the impact of the dissolution of LHAG under scandalous circumstances adds to the bizarre circumstances surrounding the recovery of money stole from 1MDB.</div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.08em; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 25px 100px;">–<em style="box-sizing: inherit;">NMT</em></div></div><div style="clear: both;"></div></div><div class="post-footer" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); color: #666666; font-size: 10.8px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 20px -2px 0px; padding: 5px 10px;"><div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-1"><span class="post-author vcard" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 1em;">Posted by <span class="fn" itemprop="author" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a class="g-profile" href="https://www.blogger.com/profile/16735146227192431299" rel="author" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;" title="author profile"><span itemprop="name">ganesh sahathevan</span> </a></span></span><span class="post-timestamp" style="margin-left: -1em; margin-right: 1em;">at <a class="timestamp-link" href="https://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2020/02/malaysias-1mdb-asset-recovery-creating.html" rel="bookmark" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;" title="permanent link"><abbr class="published" itemprop="datePublished" style="border: none;" title="2020-02-10T18:11:00-08:00">6:11 PM</abbr></a> </span></div></div></div></div></div>ganesh sahathevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16735146227192431299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018692839292410768.post-63266766022137118212024-02-28T17:31:00.000-08:002024-02-28T17:34:59.506-08:00While ASIO boss Mike Burgess' warns of infiltration, NSW remains the first and only jurisdiction in the world to grant a Chinese Communist Party linked entity, Top Education Group Ltd, the right to issue law degrees in Australia for admission to practise in Australia <p> by Ganesh Sahatheva </p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><a href="https://www.news.com.au/national/politics/asio-boss-mike-burgess-reveals-former-politician-sold-out-australia-during-annual-threat-assessment/news-story/fc7af6cc7a4f9dbd2c54305eb6b8bb4e">While ASIO boss Mike Burgess' warns again of infiltration</a>, and this time with evidence of actual infiltration, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">NSW remains the first and only jurisdiction in the world to grant a Chinese Communist Party linked entity, Top Education Group Ltd, the right to issue law degrees </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 22px;">in Australia for admission to practise in Australia.</span></p><p><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><p><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><p><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><h2 class="date-header" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="background-color: transparent; letter-spacing: inherit; margin: inherit; padding: inherit;">Thursday, October 19, 2023</span></h2><div class="date-posts" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div class="post-outer"><div class="post hentry uncustomized-post-template" itemprop="blogPost" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; min-height: 0px; position: relative;"><a name="8614973082784892866"></a><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2023/10/asio-chief-mike-burgess-says-china.html">ASIO chief Mike Burgess says China theft of intellectual property and spying "unprecedented in human history" but meanwhile NSW remains the first and only jurisdiction in the world to grant a Chinese Communist Party linked entity, Top Education Group Ltd, the right to issue law degrees - Top Group is also a conduit into Australia for the banned Huawei and iFlytek</a></h3><div class="post-header" style="font-size: 10.8px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8614973082784892866" itemprop="description articleBody" style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570px;"><p> by Ganesh Sahathevan </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cyberdaily.au/security/9697-asio-boss-warns-of-chinese-intellectual-property-theft-and-infiltration" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">ASIO chief Mike Burgess says: </span></a></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">“I recognise that all nations spy,.........all nations seek secrets, and all nations seek strategic advantage. But the behaviour we’re talking about here goes beyond traditional espionage – and the threat is that we have the Chinese government engaged in the most sustained, scaled, and sophisticated theft of intellectual property – and acquisition of expertise – that is unprecedented in human history.”</span></p><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">Meanwhile </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2020/05/nsw-and-australia-first-and-only.html&source=gmail&ust=1697784543993000&usg=AOvVaw0lbEseKq_IjA-j69cC6jSR" href="https://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2020/05/nsw-and-australia-first-and-only.html" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: courier; font-size: large; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">NSW remains the first and only jurisdiction in the world to grant a Chinese Communist Party linked entity, Top Education Group Ltd, the right to issue law degrees</a><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: large;">.</span></p><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2022/07/huawei-banned-in-australia-but-its.html" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">Top Education quite probably remains a conduit into Australia for Huawei , despite Huawei being banned in Australia, via its associate iFlytek, which has been blacklisted in the United States. </span></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><p><br /></p><p>TO BE READ WITH </p><div style="background-color: #fff9ee; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; min-height: 0px;"><h3 style="font-size: 24px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2020/05/nsw-and-australia-first-and-only.html&source=gmail&ust=1697784543993000&usg=AOvVaw0lbEseKq_IjA-j69cC6jSR" href="https://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2020/05/nsw-and-australia-first-and-only.html" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">NSW and Australia the first and only jurisdiction in the world to grant a Chinese Communist Party linked entity the right to issue law degrees: The case of NSW LPAB Chairman Tom Bathurst & Zhu Minshen likely to attract scrutiny from Malaysia, Singapore and UK authorities;Bathurst conduct in the Malaysian affair will add to suspicion</a></h3><div style="font-size: 12.6px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div></div></div><div id="m_6363740002754300314gmail-post-body-1448747613546630157" style="font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 1.4; width: 570px;">by Ganesh Sahathevan<br /><br /><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRsHhiwaMurb21-8lZcTh_ptCeIov60Xs2blAviuWJsZJ2grh78GLeBnDW1F50LYgwBSK4unBDyE0E_3NtWyoxGisa9lHjut6Yy1XlDFCa4bto6Qg2B1uq27tH3PF4cM2SmNYAWH1d44c/s1600/W020160816663065031551.jpg&source=gmail&ust=1697784543993000&usg=AOvVaw0V_yRiuTk6b3SBp41Z2fBD" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRsHhiwaMurb21-8lZcTh_ptCeIov60Xs2blAviuWJsZJ2grh78GLeBnDW1F50LYgwBSK4unBDyE0E_3NtWyoxGisa9lHjut6Yy1XlDFCa4bto6Qg2B1uq27tH3PF4cM2SmNYAWH1d44c/s1600/W020160816663065031551.jpg" style="color: #ff1900; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><img border="0" class="CToWUd" crossorigin="" data-bit="iit" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRsHhiwaMurb21-8lZcTh_ptCeIov60Xs2blAviuWJsZJ2grh78GLeBnDW1F50LYgwBSK4unBDyE0E_3NtWyoxGisa9lHjut6Yy1XlDFCa4bto6Qg2B1uq27tH3PF4cM2SmNYAWH1d44c/s400/W020160816663065031551.jpg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif;"> </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://au.china-embassy.org/eng/sghdxwfb_1/2016n/t1389494.htm&source=gmail&ust=1697784543993000&usg=AOvVaw3ZGKju1RaHLfzJDr8LSNfb" href="http://au.china-embassy.org/eng/sghdxwfb_1/2016n/t1389494.htm" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> Ambassador Cheng Jingye Pays an Official Visit to the State of New </a><br /><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://au.china-embassy.org/eng/sghdxwfb_1/2016n/t1389494.htm&source=gmail&ust=1697784543993000&usg=AOvVaw3ZGKju1RaHLfzJDr8LSNfb" href="http://au.china-embassy.org/eng/sghdxwfb_1/2016n/t1389494.htm" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> South Wales (2016/08/16)</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">The decision to grant Zhu Minshen and his Top Group the right to issue law degrees is exceptional not only in Australia but in the world.No other country is known to have granted a China controlled entity the privilege of overseeing the training and regulation of its lawyers.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">While Australian authorities may be reluctant to say or do anything about the exception granted Zhu, </span><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">regulatory authorities in especially Malaysia and Singapore are quite likely to have launched their own investigations into the matter given the security implications. Australian lawyers often find work in Malaysia and Singapore and are often engaged in complex, high end work. Security has not likely to have been an issue for these were graduates of well known universities of known heritage. Having lawyers trained in a Chinese linked organisation changes things, and raises questions about the types of links that these lawyers may have to Communist Party Of China entities. </span><br /><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">Zhu Misnhen's Communist Party China links and political activities are an obvious red flag for any security agency, even if these are ignored in Australia. </span><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">In his 2018 book "Silent Invasion" Professor Clive Hamilton reports that Top Education Group's Zhu Minshen organised students, including students from his Top Education Institute to protest against Tibetans <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/olympic-torch-relay-thugs-blasted-20080424-gdsawh.html&source=gmail&ust=1697784543993000&usg=AOvVaw1Oa__qEl6BSfvl2r7bFW0K" href="https://www.smh.com.au/sport/olympic-torch-relay-thugs-blasted-20080424-gdsawh.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">at a 2008 Olympic Torch rally</a> which counted towards the Top students’ assessment. As Hamilton put it, Zhu’s Top Institution is “perhaps the only accredited degree program in Australia that counts agitating for a foreign power towards its qualifications.”</span><br /><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">Other Commonwealth jurisdictions are likely to be concerned as well, given that Australian admitted lawyers can seek admission to practise law in other Commonwealth jurisdictions with relative ease. </span><br /><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">The United Kingdom is likely to be especially interested, given the number of Australian admitted lawyers that have sought work and admission in the UK over more than a century.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">Zhu and Top owe their exalted position in Australia and NSW's legal establishment to the NSW Legal Profession Admission Board and its chairman, the NSW Chief Justice Tom Bathurst (pictured above) <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2019/09/zhu-minshens-links-to-chinas-united.html&source=gmail&ust=1697784543993000&usg=AOvVaw21JqsaxFI9nFWs8mqkP07j" href="http://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2019/09/zhu-minshens-links-to-chinas-united.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">who granted Top and Zhu the license to issue law degrees and create lawyers for admission to practise in NSW and Australia.</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">The NSW LPAB and the Chief Justice are already under scrutiny in Malaysia, where the conduct of the College Of Law Sydney over which they have regulatory oversight</span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://newmalaysiatimes.com/2019/07/19/bar-council-education-jv-must-be-clarified/&source=gmail&ust=1697784543993000&usg=AOvVaw1SQGoZKPqCA7Jo6xmQeUhg" href="https://newmalaysiatimes.com/2019/07/19/bar-council-education-jv-must-be-clarified/" style="color: #888888; font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">, is being investigated.</a> <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2018/05/uitms-australian-professor-says-he_5.html&source=gmail&ust=1697784543993000&usg=AOvVaw1gqHaaLo4JJ67li7sxuSRK" href="http://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2018/05/uitms-australian-professor-says-he_5.html" style="color: #888888; font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Issues of concern include the College's exaggerated claims about its historical contributions to the Malaysian legal profession</a><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">. The NSW LPAB and Chief Justice Bathurst ignored information against the College provided by Malaysian authorities, including the Registrar of Malaysia's highest court, the Federal Court. They then attempted to discredit the investigation into the College's conduct led by this writer. </span><br /><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">The Chief Justice has refused to answer all and any questions about his and the NSW LPAB's dealings with Zhu Minshen.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">END </span><br /><br /><br />TO BE READ IWTH<br /><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2020/05/nsw-chief-justice-tom-bathurst-will.html&source=gmail&ust=1697784543993000&usg=AOvVaw2EYjN7tWaMnxUXAMTI1IAG" href="https://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2020/05/nsw-chief-justice-tom-bathurst-will.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">NSW Chief Justice Tom Bathurst will soon admit to legal practise Zhu Minshen's law graduates: Bathurst met with China Ambassador Cheng Jingye in 2016 & must explain what was discussed; 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writing-mode: unset; x: unset; y: unset; z-index: unset; zoom: unset;">Distinguished Honorary Professor the Hon Gareth Evans AC</span>. The inaugural lecture was delivered in 2019 by Ambassador Samantha Power. </p><p style="-webkit-box-align: unset; -webkit-box-decoration-break: unset; -webkit-box-direction: unset; -webkit-box-flex: unset; -webkit-box-ordinal-group: unset; -webkit-box-orient: unset; -webkit-box-pack: unset; -webkit-box-reflect: unset; -webkit-font-smoothing: unset; -webkit-line-break: unset; -webkit-line-clamp: unset; -webkit-locale: unset; -webkit-mask-box-image: unset; -webkit-print-color-adjust: unset; -webkit-rtl-ordering: unset; -webkit-ruby-position: unset; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: unset; -webkit-text-combine: unset; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: unset; -webkit-text-fill-color: unset; -webkit-text-orientation: unset; -webkit-text-security: unset; -webkit-text-stroke: unset; -webkit-user-drag: unset; -webkit-writing-mode: unset; accent-color: unset; alignment-baseline: unset; animation-composition: unset; animation: unset; app-region: unset; appearance: unset; aspect-ratio: unset; backdrop-filter: unset; 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max-block-size: unset; max-height: unset; max-inline-size: unset; max-width: unset; min-block-size: unset; min-height: 1.5em; min-inline-size: unset; min-width: unset; mix-blend-mode: unset; object-fit: unset; object-position: unset; object-view-box: unset; offset: unset; opacity: unset; order: unset; orphans: unset; outline-offset: unset; outline: unset; overflow-anchor: unset; overflow-clip-margin: unset; overflow-wrap: unset; overflow: unset; overlay: unset; overscroll-behavior-block: unset; overscroll-behavior-inline: unset; overscroll-behavior: unset; padding-block: unset; padding-inline: unset; padding: unset; page-orientation: unset; page: unset; paint-order: unset; perspective-origin: unset; perspective: unset; place-content: unset; place-items: unset; place-self: unset; pointer-events: unset; position: unset; quotes: unset; r: unset; resize: unset; rotate: unset; ruby-position: unset; rx: unset; ry: unset; scale: unset; scroll-behavior: unset; scroll-margin-block: unset; scroll-margin-inline: unset; scroll-margin: unset; scroll-padding-block: unset; scroll-padding-inline: unset; scroll-padding: unset; scroll-snap-align: unset; scroll-snap-stop: unset; scroll-snap-type: unset; scroll-timeline: unset; scrollbar-color: unset; scrollbar-gutter: unset; scrollbar-width: unset; shape-image-threshold: unset; shape-margin: unset; shape-outside: unset; shape-rendering: unset; size: unset; speak: unset; stop-color: unset; stop-opacity: unset; stroke-dasharray: unset; stroke-dashoffset: unset; stroke-linecap: unset; stroke-linejoin: unset; stroke-miterlimit: unset; stroke-opacity: unset; stroke-width: unset; stroke: unset; tab-size: unset; table-layout: unset; text-align-last: unset; text-align: unset; text-anchor: unset; text-combine-upright: unset; text-decoration-skip-ink: unset; text-decoration: unset; text-emphasis-position: unset; text-emphasis: unset; text-indent: unset; text-orientation: unset; text-overflow: unset; text-rendering: unset; text-shadow: unset; text-size-adjust: unset; text-transform: unset; text-underline-offset: unset; text-underline-position: unset; timeline-scope: unset; touch-action: unset; transform-box: unset; transform-origin: unset; transform-style: unset; transform: unset; transition: unset; translate: unset; user-select: unset; vector-effect: unset; vertical-align: unset; view-timeline: unset; view-transition-name: unset; visibility: unset; white-space: unset; widows: unset; width: unset; will-change: unset; word-break: unset; word-spacing: unset; writing-mode: unset; x: unset; y: unset; z-index: unset; zoom: unset;">Professor Evans was Chancellor of The Australian National University from 2010 until 2019. Prior to joining ANU, Professor Evans was a Cabinet Minister in the Hawke and Keating Labor Governments from 1983-96, in the posts of Attorney General, Minister for Resources and Energy, Minister for Transport and Communications and - from 1988-96 - Foreign Minister. During his 21 years in Australian politics he was Leader of the Government in the Senate (1993-96) and Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the House of Representatives (1996-98). From 2000 to 2009 he was President and CEO of the Brussels-based International Crisis Group, the independent global conflict prevention and resolution organisation. </p><p style="-webkit-box-align: unset; -webkit-box-decoration-break: unset; -webkit-box-direction: unset; -webkit-box-flex: unset; -webkit-box-ordinal-group: unset; -webkit-box-orient: unset; -webkit-box-pack: unset; -webkit-box-reflect: unset; -webkit-font-smoothing: unset; -webkit-line-break: unset; -webkit-line-clamp: unset; -webkit-locale: unset; -webkit-mask-box-image: unset; -webkit-print-color-adjust: unset; -webkit-rtl-ordering: unset; -webkit-ruby-position: unset; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: unset; -webkit-text-combine: unset; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: unset; -webkit-text-fill-color: unset; -webkit-text-orientation: unset; -webkit-text-security: unset; -webkit-text-stroke: unset; -webkit-user-drag: unset; -webkit-writing-mode: unset; accent-color: unset; alignment-baseline: unset; animation-composition: unset; 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vertical-align: unset; view-timeline: unset; view-transition-name: unset; visibility: unset; white-space: unset; widows: unset; width: unset; will-change: unset; word-break: unset; word-spacing: unset; writing-mode: unset; x: unset; y: unset; z-index: unset; zoom: unset;" target="_blank">Accessible parking spaces </a>are available around campus should you require them. </li><li style="-webkit-box-align: unset; -webkit-box-decoration-break: unset; -webkit-box-direction: unset; -webkit-box-flex: unset; -webkit-box-ordinal-group: unset; -webkit-box-orient: unset; -webkit-box-pack: unset; -webkit-box-reflect: unset; -webkit-font-smoothing: unset; -webkit-line-break: unset; -webkit-line-clamp: unset; -webkit-locale: unset; -webkit-mask-box-image: unset; -webkit-print-color-adjust: unset; -webkit-rtl-ordering: unset; -webkit-ruby-position: unset; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: unset; -webkit-text-combine: unset; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: unset; -webkit-text-fill-color: unset; -webkit-text-orientation: unset; 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text-decoration: unset; text-emphasis-position: unset; text-emphasis: unset; text-indent: unset; text-orientation: unset; text-overflow: unset; text-rendering: unset; text-shadow: unset; text-size-adjust: unset; text-transform: unset; text-underline-offset: unset; text-underline-position: unset; timeline-scope: unset; touch-action: unset; transform-box: unset; transform-origin: unset; transform-style: unset; transform: unset; transition: unset; translate: unset; user-select: unset; vector-effect: unset; vertical-align: unset; view-timeline: unset; view-transition-name: unset; visibility: unset; white-space: unset; widows: unset; width: unset; will-change: unset; word-break: unset; word-spacing: unset; writing-mode: unset; x: unset; y: unset; z-index: unset; zoom: unset;">To help keep everyone safe, please ensure that you are familiar with, and follow, the advice from<a href="https://www.covid19.act.gov.au/stay-safe-and-healthy/exposed-to-covid19" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-box-align: unset; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjetX-o6eIRCTF_KcuoX17jpEhOz_SfoscxL6nJ-Y11BLpgjzaHSlSSaqXxVixynOkp_MP4DCZorPa3YO6hS7fdnZesiDLWcDF0Od4ZJ-G0EoNSvbL7NGcG14qh73PYgLeJN8FIHSLO6uRLGhWcJlMRhiIIMkSrephi09JBlJ6X3poyAXh7JCT0eiew8Go" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="430" data-original-width="650" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjetX-o6eIRCTF_KcuoX17jpEhOz_SfoscxL6nJ-Y11BLpgjzaHSlSSaqXxVixynOkp_MP4DCZorPa3YO6hS7fdnZesiDLWcDF0Od4ZJ-G0EoNSvbL7NGcG14qh73PYgLeJN8FIHSLO6uRLGhWcJlMRhiIIMkSrephi09JBlJ6X3poyAXh7JCT0eiew8Go" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">In the matters of Daim Zainuddin and Mirzan and Mokzhani Mahathir the MACC has demsontrated a willingness to go back at least 30 years in its investigations. Given that precedent, there is nothing to prevent an investigation into Gamudda and LITRAK raiding the EPF for cheap loans.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">As previously reported Vincent Tan's The Sun,its editors Rejal Arbee and Andy Ng, and the Industrial Court chairman Saufee Affandi all played a part in keep that matter out of the newspapers. </span></p><p><br /></p><p>TO BE READ WITH </p><div class="post hentry uncustomized-post-template" itemprop="blogPost" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 0px 45px; min-height: 0px; position: relative;"><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://justicepaosgavel.blogspot.com/2021/01/former-industrial-crt-chairman-saufee.html">Former Industrial Crt Chairman Saufee Affandi's handling of evidence against Gamuda, Litrak & EPF requires investigation-coverup by a judicial officer a serious matter that goes to the reputation of the Industrial Crt</a></h3><div class="post-header" style="font-size: 10.8px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-6539228094207140879" itemprop="description articleBody" style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 546px;"><p> by Ganesh Sahathevan </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggPZztAUvOeNSu2s6H-Yioo_M1YiopBv9s0Urz6Juso1JxVhJBlCpzMksKNa8QsKgfTI2js3HuNTv1RXwK9juZBNs6CN0MMPuSHQQvmYtvMHifrdSH78wtun-8ht41VJcSihFdpvTf2Wk/s843/58033153_10158541178249535_1901003583780814848_n.jpg" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="523" data-original-width="843" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggPZztAUvOeNSu2s6H-Yioo_M1YiopBv9s0Urz6Juso1JxVhJBlCpzMksKNa8QsKgfTI2js3HuNTv1RXwK9juZBNs6CN0MMPuSHQQvmYtvMHifrdSH78wtun-8ht41VJcSihFdpvTf2Wk/w400-h249/58033153_10158541178249535_1901003583780814848_n.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div><span style="font-family: courier;">The conduct of the former Industrial Court Chairman Saufee Affandi in the matter of Ganesh Sahathevan v Sun Media (which he chose to name Sun Media v Ganesh Sahathevan)<a href="https://justicepaosgavel.blogspot.com/2019/06/rci-into-judicial-corruption-needs-to_9.html" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;"> has been previously reported on this blog. </a><a href="https://justicepaosgavel.blogspot.com/2019/06/rci-into-judicial-corruption-needs-to_9.html" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;"> </a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">In the matter the Industrial Court was also presented with evidence of this writer's investigation into the EPF's controversial financing of the LITRAK Highway project. Saufee ignored it, and indeed implied that the story and investigation was false. However, the matter was later raised by YB Ronnie Liu on his website:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: courier;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ronnieliutiankhiew.wordpress.com/2007/01/05/the-sun-reporters-sacked-for-exposing-litrak-in-1999/&source=gmail&ust=1609827671430000&usg=AFQjCNGrqx-BsYsVoZnGQcSx32DVK3hCJA" href="https://ronnieliutiankhiew.wordpress.com/2007/01/05/the-sun-reporters-sacked-for-exposing-litrak-in-1999/" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The Sun reporters sacked for exposing Litrak in 1999</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">And of course, Gamuda, which controls Litrak, which it formed to hold the LITRAK Highway toll road concession, remains a controversial company: </span></div><div><h3 style="background-color: #fff9ee; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2018/10/its-taken-20-years-but-gamuda-is.html&source=gmail&ust=1609827671430000&usg=AFQjCNFPspurRgmn6k4LVBw2xgrzLK37WQ" href="http://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2018/10/its-taken-20-years-but-gamuda-is.html" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I</span>t's taken 20 years, but Gamuda is finally being made to account for its sins:Ganesh Sahathevan investigations into Gamuda go back to 1996</span></a></h3></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">In addition<a href="https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2020/11/643490/claims-about-epf-rubbished" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;">, the conduct of the EPF, and its management of contributors money, remains a matter of concern</a>, as it has<a href="https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2019/01/08/evasion-shows-guilt-kok-tells-najib-over-rm800m-epf-land-buy-controversy/1710195" style="color: #2288bb; text-decoration-line: none;"> in the past.</a> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br style="color: #222222;" /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">Saufee and thus the Industrial Court chose to involve themselves in the issue of Litrak, its EPF financing, and the award of the LITRAK Highway concession to Gamuda. It is now for The Industrial Court to explain its conduct.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">END </span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">TO BE READ WITH </span></div><div><h2 style="color: #333333; font-size: 22px; margin: 30px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: small;">The Sun reporters sacked for exposing Litrak in 1999</span></h2><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: small;"><small class="single-by" style="color: #777777; line-height: 1.5em; text-transform: capitalize;"></small></span><div class="entry" style="line-height: 1.4em;"><p data-adtags-visited="true" style="color: #333333; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I am reproducing this message sent to me today for readers of Colour-blind.</span></p><p data-adtags-visited="true" style="color: #333333; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Both Ganesh Sahathevan and Alan Yeoh were sacked after writing several articles concerning Litrak, See Hoy Chan and EPF. Gamuda’s executive director Dato’ Lin Yun Ling happens to be the brother of Dr Lin See Yan, the former deputy Governor of Bank Negara. Tan Sri Ramon has responded to say that he only owns 1,000 shares and he bought the shares after retirement from civil service. We were not sure how much shares were owned by AAB and Napsiah Omar.</span></p><p data-adtags-visited="true" style="color: #333333; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier;">———- Forwarded message ———-<br />Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 08:31:35 PDT<br />From: ganesh sahathevan <g_sahathevan@<span class="skimlinks-unlinked">hotmail.com</span>><br /><strong>Subject: LDP Highway:A highway to Government indulgence</strong></span></p><p data-adtags-visited="true" style="color: #333333; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier;">The owners of the privatised Lebuhraya Damansara Puchong(LDP), Lingkaran<br />Trans Kota Holdings Bhd (Litrak),have just announced that their revenue<br />is , and will continue to be higher then expected.</span></p><p data-adtags-visited="true" style="color: #333333; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier;">It’s executive director and substantial shareholder,Dato Lin Yun Ling,<br />has even announced that the company has a surplus of about RM 200 m in<br />cash.</span></p><p data-adtags-visited="true" style="color: #333333; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier;">All this after the Government agreed to pay Litark RM 85 million,at the<br />height of the recession, in “compensation”, for revenues lost when the<br />company agreed not to raise toll rates by RM0.50, as provided in the<br />concession agreement with the Government.</span></p><p data-adtags-visited="true" style="color: #333333; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier;">This “compensation” may sound fair, but one must consider the assistance<br />that the Government has ALREADY provided the company.</span></p><p data-adtags-visited="true" style="color: #333333; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><strong>First, there was a RM535 million fixed rate loan from the Employees<br />Provident Fund (EPF), for a term of 13 years which even Lin Yun Ling<br />described as “uncommon”;</strong> EPF normally lends for only 5-8 years.</span></p><p data-adtags-visited="true" style="color: #333333; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Then,there was a RM98 million loan at concessional rates. The rates<br />have yet to be disclosed by the Finance Ministry.</span></p><p data-adtags-visited="true" style="color: #333333; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier;">On top of all this there is also a RM 100 million grant to pay for land<br />acquisition.</span></p><p data-adtags-visited="true" style="color: #333333; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Some analysts say that the RM 85 million the Government has given Litrak<br />is actually in excess of the revenue that the company might have lost by<br />it’s own estimates.</span></p><p data-adtags-visited="true" style="color: #333333; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: courier;">The main beneficiary of the Government’s kindness has been Lin Yun Ling,<br />whose Gamuda Bhd,constructed the LDP in a joint venture with Yusof Daud,<br />for a cost of RM 600 million, or RM 40 million per km. 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color: #212121; font-family: Khula, sans-serif; font-size: 19px;"><i>(Fetullah) Gülen speaks differently to his followers than to outsiders</i></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #212121; font-family: Khula, sans-serif; font-size: 19px;"><i>From “Fasildan Fasila-1,” which still appears online in Turkish:</i></span></p><section class="fake-br-for-article-body" style="background-color: #f7f7f7; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Khula, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; height: 32px !important; max-width: 100%;"></section><p><span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #212121; font-family: Khula, sans-serif; font-size: 19px;"><i>“...The Jewish tribe is very intelligent. This intelligent tribe has put forth many things throughout history in the name of science and thought. But these have always been offered in the form of poisoned honey and have been presented to the world as such. For instance, Karl Marx is a Jew; the communism he developed looks like a good alternative to capitalism at first sight, but in essence it is a deathly poison mixed in honey.... It would not be an exaggeration to say that ‘the purpose behind the creation of such a people is to be the coil spring for human progress.’ Just as God unleashes the hawk to evolve the sparrow’s capability for flight, with the Jews He keeps humans alert and under tension....</i></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #212121; font-family: Khula, sans-serif; font-size: 19px;"><i>“Jews will maintain their existence until the apocalypse. And shortly before the apocalypse, their mission of acting as the coil spring for humanity’s progress will come to an end, and they will prepare their end with their own hands.... These people... will finally end up in the position of Nazis and will look for a place to hide in the four corners of the earth.”</i></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #212121; font-family: Khula, sans-serif; font-size: 19px;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #212121; font-family: Khula, sans-serif; font-size: 19px;">Despite all this (and more) being in the public domain since 2016, </span><span style="color: #212121; font-family: Khula, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px;"> NSW Governor, Margaret Beazley remains defiant in her support for the Gulen movement.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #212121; font-family: Khula, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 19px;"><br /></span></span></p><h2 class="date-header" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="background-color: transparent; letter-spacing: inherit; margin: inherit; padding: inherit;">Saturday, August 27, 2022</span></h2><div class="date-posts" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div class="post-outer"><div class="post hentry uncustomized-post-template" itemprop="blogPost" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; min-height: 0px; position: relative;"><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2022/08/nsw-governor-margaret-beazley-affirms.html">NSW Governor Margaret Beazley affirms support for Gulen movement despite Turkey designating Gulen a terrorist organisation</a></h3><div class="post-header" style="font-size: 10.8px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-3025832158327871231" itemprop="description articleBody" style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570px;"><p> by Ganesh Sahathevan </p><p><br /></p><div class="row" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #212121; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px -0.75rem 20px; padding: 0px;"></div><div class="intro-blurb list-correct" style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #717171; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"></p><div class="intro-blurb list-correct" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #717171; font-family: "Basis Grotesque Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"></div><p></p><div class="row" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #212121; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px -0.75rem 20px; padding: 0px;"><div class="col s12" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; left: auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px auto; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px 0.75rem; right: auto; width: 682.125px;"><img alt="Unique Islamic tertiary education agreement renewed" height="349" src="https://cdn.csu.edu.au/__data/assets/image/0009/4076631/banner-image.jpeg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; box-sizing: inherit; float: left; margin: 0px 25px 5px 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;" width="621" /></div></div><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #717171; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="https://news.csu.edu.au/latest-news/unique-islamic-tertiary-education-agreement-renewed" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">Her Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley, AC QC, Governor of New South Wales attended a ceremony today renewing an historic tertiary education agreement between Charles Sturt University and the Islamic Sciences and Research Academy (ISRA)</a>.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"><span style="color: #717171; font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">NSW Governor Margaret Beazley has affirmed her support for the Gulen movement by officiating at the Charles Sturt-ICRA ceremony to mark the continued working relationship between CSU and ICRA. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140830033117/http://www.affinity.org.au/mou-signing-with-csu/AF&D2014" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">ICRA is part of the international Fetuulah Gulen movement</a>, which has been designated a terrorist organisation by Turkey.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"><span style="color: #717171; font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">The Gulen movement's <a href="https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianoutlook/the-case-against-gulen/" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">influencing activities</a> are well documented,<a href="http://gsahathevan.blogspot.com/2020/08/enforcement-of-foreign-influence-laws.html" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;"> and well within Australia's foreign interference laws</a>, but Beazley has chosen to ignore this issue as well. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"><span style="color: #717171; font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">Many have sought to portray Gulen and his movement as innocent victims but even The Economist had to admit:</span></p><h1 class="css-1bo5zl0 eoacr0f0" style="border: 0px; color: var(--ds-color-london-10); font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: var(--ds-type-leading-upper); margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2020/08/13/fethullah-gulen-shares-blame-for-turkeys-plight" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">Fethullah Gulen shares blame for Turkey’s plight</span></a></h1><h2 class="css-4vhs4z ecgqxun0" style="border: 0px; color: var(--ds-color-london-10); font-size: 22px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: var(--ds-type-leading-lower); margin: 1.25rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2020/08/13/fethullah-gulen-shares-blame-for-turkeys-plight" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">The exiled imam did much to cripple democracy</span></a></h2><div><a href="https://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2019/04/more-questions-about-gulen-in.html" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2019/04/more-questions-about-gulen-in.html" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">Governor Beazley has openly supported the Gulen movement</a>, and continues to do so despite the designation of that group as a terrorist movement. </span></div><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"><br /></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 16px;">TO BE READ WITH </p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #717171; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><div class="article-header" style="color: black; display: table; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; width: 483.333px;"><h1 class="title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="color: #333333; display: table-cell; font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 40px 0px 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: middle; width: 443.333px;"><a href="https://gsahathevan.blogspot.com/2018/11/nsw-ag-speakman-must-explain-affinity.html" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">NSW AG Speakman must explain affinity with the Fetullah Gulen Terrorist Organisation ,despite action against FETO by Turkey, Indonesia and Malaysia</a></h1></div><div class="article-content entry-content" itemprop="articleBody" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 10px auto 5px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">by Ganesh Sahathevan </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 22px 30px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEgovxUoTYKY33qbdlRqH2urc5CJfbjuqG1qYpqEZlfrnh2v197jCCMzjIOUc3-Q1j_q0GmX_uMNLp-sfWM-DxgDSJxlKKFpVGW7FbMhx3yhks7MxkEXcJ2sNPX84QBYGO_npRFWXMTE3qAqgu1l9iRo9wwbY8693GPIGT3pN5JI0ieFkGeCOalfWXz98ciAuYEC9cnvA57DeiidyoJU75gCi33JrS-sBNHUhnCKX5KUayPT0mU=s0-d-e1-ft" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; margin-top: 0px !important; outline: none; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;"><img alt="Troy Grant MP" border="0" class="m_4600872223573523149m_-7666197340689638174gmail-ms-rtePosition-2 m_4600872223573523149m_-7666197340689638174gmail-ms-rteImage-0 CToWUd a6T" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEgovxUoTYKY33qbdlRqH2urc5CJfbjuqG1qYpqEZlfrnh2v197jCCMzjIOUc3-Q1j_q0GmX_uMNLp-sfWM-DxgDSJxlKKFpVGW7FbMhx3yhks7MxkEXcJ2sNPX84QBYGO_npRFWXMTE3qAqgu1l9iRo9wwbY8693GPIGT3pN5JI0ieFkGeCOalfWXz98ciAuYEC9cnvA57DeiidyoJU75gCi33JrS-sBNHUhnCKX5KUayPT0mU=s0-d-e1-ft" style="-webkit-border-image: url("data:image/png; 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THE AG NSW ,Mark Speakman is responsible ,together with the Minister for Counter-Terrorism, David Elliot , for keeping us safe from terrorism.Speakman says so on his website. It is now up to them to tell us what they have done about the problem of passive supporter networks .Their Department Secretary ,Andrew Cappie-Wood, shares in their responsibility ,and must take blame for any deficiencies given Mr Cappie-Wood's public interventions in the political arena.</a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><a href="http://sahathevan.blogspot.com/2018/11/the-shadowy-gulen-movement-why-is-it.html" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">The NSW Government continues to openly support the Gulen movement</a> and its local arm ,the Affinity Intercultural Group </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;">despite objections from Turkey.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Turkish Government has declared the Gulen movement a terrorist organisation which it has named the </span></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Fetullah, Gulen Terrorist Organisation (FETO).</span></span><br /><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-malaysia-idUSKBN1880X2" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">Malaysia deported FETO members in 2017</a>,while Indonesian clerics have issued a fatwa declaring FETO haram (see article below).The AG NSW Mark Speakman needs to explain why he feels he knows better than our Muslim neighbours. He is the Minister in charge of "keeping us safe from terrorism"We have a right to know why he makes the Gulen movement welcome in our parliament.</span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">END </span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>ganesh sahathevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16735146227192431299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6018692839292410768.post-54134051807988164112024-02-23T03:55:00.000-08:002024-02-23T03:55:56.758-08:00Anwar Ibrahim says RInggit collapsed in 97-98 due to a rise in unemployment but official Malaysian Govt figures show that unemployment was at or near RECORD LOWS in '97-'98, - Anwar's claims add to evidence that Bank Negara's reserves are insufficient to defend the Ringgit <p> by Ganesh Sahathevan </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSJ421zOeEei7JBsRBlcsRNSoHXfojh5movrrGg_ly4KwcfU6pRtCra6DDd3uaSEpHbL2qldtmZe_-QD9q-H624MxmBqjKPOdCEAie4VhMa11HkOr0i04DzvsnGIOWxwTcwHMe9E0nwDp-HNewqccvgfloVu5GYxyT4LYvHvVNGMTf1z7trYu7Qr0Vle4/s1257/Screenshot%202024-02-23%20220613.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="1257" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSJ421zOeEei7JBsRBlcsRNSoHXfojh5movrrGg_ly4KwcfU6pRtCra6DDd3uaSEpHbL2qldtmZe_-QD9q-H624MxmBqjKPOdCEAie4VhMa11HkOr0i04DzvsnGIOWxwTcwHMe9E0nwDp-HNewqccvgfloVu5GYxyT4LYvHvVNGMTf1z7trYu7Qr0Vle4/w553-h299/Screenshot%202024-02-23%20220613.png" width="553" /></a></div> <a href="https://v1.dosm.gov.my/v1/uploads/files/6_Newsletter/Newsletter%202020/DOSM_MBLS_4-2020_Series-52.pdf"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">NUR LAYALI MOHD ALI KHANPrincipal Assistant Director, MBLS</span></a><br /><p><a href="https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/highlight/2024/02/23/dont-compare-current-ringgit-slide-to-1998-decline-says-anwar/"><br /></a></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 32px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><a href="https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/highlight/2024/02/23/dont-compare-current-ringgit-slide-to-1998-decline-says-anwar/">Free Malaysia Today has reported: </a></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 32px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br /></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 32px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><i>The current decline in the value of the ringgit cannot be likened to its fall during the Asian Financial Crisis in 1998 as the country has a more stable economic foundation now, says Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.</i></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 32px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><i>The ringgit has slid by over 4% so far in 2024, adding to losses from the previous three years. It opened at 4.7745/4.7800 to the US dollar today, compared with yesterday’s close of 4.7710/4.7800.</i></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 32px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: 17.5px;"><i>Speaking to reporters after officiating the opening of the Tun Razak Exchange Financial Hub at the Exchange 106 Tower here today, Anwar, who is also the finance minister, s<b>aid the ringgit’s drop in 1998 came amid increases in the inflation and unemployment rate.</b></i></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 32px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: 17.5px;">The graph above , displaying statistics from Malaysia's Department Of Statistics, says otherwise. </span><span style="font-size: 17.5px;">Unemployment was at its lowest,and GDP growth at its highest before the Asian Crisis of 97-98. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 32px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: large;">Anwar's claims add to evidence presented below that Bank Negara's reserves are insufficient to defend the Ringgit </span></p><div><span style="font-size: 17.5px;"><br /></span></div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 32px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: 17.5px;"><i>TO BE READ WITH </i></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: inherit;">uesday, February 20, 2024</span></p><div class="date-posts" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div class="post-outer"><div class="post hentry uncustomized-post-template" itemprop="blogPost" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; min-height: 0px; position: relative;"><a name="5490645219029555950"></a><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://realpolitikasia.blogspot.com/2024/02/does-malaysias-bank-negara-have.html">Does Malaysia's Bank Negara have sufficient USD to defend the Ringgit- Reserves financed by bank desposits ,actual reserves only USD 39 Billion, not USD 113.5 BillionUSD</a></h3><div class="post-header" style="font-size: 10.8px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-5490645219029555950" itemprop="description articleBody" style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570px;"><p> by Ganesh Sahathevan</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk_fqZbr7ed-k1-6ciJbfy4Nis5nojDV3cBizzAkve841su2n8oMHkHqdoCbCUBoN8bUjOlxqQPaAW8MgKEdKTIENqXql3VCPhBZ95xGnXZGU3PNXFMlUtRC-BqhenGcjMddU1gjbxFleYx0mzYeHdxk1sMtz0sORRLa9uvFbXiktnv4kQ6cy-4-_yhlE/s904/Screenshot%202024-02-21%20085259.png" style="color: #cc6611; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="904" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk_fqZbr7ed-k1-6ciJbfy4Nis5nojDV3cBizzAkve841su2n8oMHkHqdoCbCUBoN8bUjOlxqQPaAW8MgKEdKTIENqXql3VCPhBZ95xGnXZGU3PNXFMlUtRC-BqhenGcjMddU1gjbxFleYx0mzYeHdxk1sMtz0sORRLa9uvFbXiktnv4kQ6cy-4-_yhlE/w588-h278/Screenshot%202024-02-21%20085259.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="588" /></a></div><br /><p>The Ringgit's new low of RM 4.80 to the USD , readers may want to take a closer look at Bank Negara's Balance latest balance sheet. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYn49Nc_SyhOhbxz6UDN8tGkAD8dPfI7JvFExQWcyBGKzcFZ-CgN3iv6qXc0wjZsOaPGF5A1oJmg7sVfPwB0LlU7XRyxfxsJwUauqFlLJE_A3HXKcL0gxg2ZdLIrCaeIoAewMfqk6V6YRvU_e6IGgwiOv93bMeqpdF-ISa9UnerC5JnZZcBNioEqpw7X4/s1663/Screenshot%202024-02-21%20085726.png" style="color: #cc6611; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="776" data-original-width="1663" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYn49Nc_SyhOhbxz6UDN8tGkAD8dPfI7JvFExQWcyBGKzcFZ-CgN3iv6qXc0wjZsOaPGF5A1oJmg7sVfPwB0LlU7XRyxfxsJwUauqFlLJE_A3HXKcL0gxg2ZdLIrCaeIoAewMfqk6V6YRvU_e6IGgwiOv93bMeqpdF-ISa9UnerC5JnZZcBNioEqpw7X4/w589-h274/Screenshot%202024-02-21%20085726.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="589" /></a></div> <span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.bnm.gov.my/-/bnm-statement-of-assets-liabilities-29-december-2023" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">BNM STATEMENT OF ASSETS & LIABILITIES</a></span><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"> As at close of business on Friday, 29 December 2023</span> <div><br /><p>As disclosed in Bank Negara's own balance sheet, actual reserves are only RM <span face=""Inter UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"" style="color: #495057; font-size: 15.2px; text-align: center;">186,743,923,867 or in current USD terms, only USD 39 Billion, not USD 113.5 Billion as reported. That larger figure is financed </span><b style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;">out of statutory deposits , placed at no interest by financial institutions at Bank Negara, and as was the case in 1997, cannot be relied on in to defend the Ringgit times of crisis, when USD and other foreign currency deposit holders are likely to want to take their cash home. </b></p><div><b style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;"><br /></b></div><p><b style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;">TO BE READ WITH </b></p><h1 id="article_title" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 1.8em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 15px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Anwar's+calculated+dismissal.-a055143627" style="color: #cc6611; text-decoration-line: none;">Anwar's calculated dismissal</a>.</h1><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;">Western critics have roundly condemned Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed's decision to oust his deputy Anwar Ibrahim and impose capital controls<b>. GANESH SAHATHEVAN(*) begs to differ</b></span><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;">The recent dismissal of Malaysia's Anwar Ibrahim from his post as Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister is seen by many international commentators as detrimental to Malaysia's economic fortunes.</span><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;">And capital controls introduced by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed, who assumed Anwar's duties after ordering his dismissal on grounds of sexual misconduct and corruption, are thought by many commentators to be regressive and likely to impede Malaysia's recovery.</span><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;">Mahathir, however, had no choice but to introduce capital controls.</span><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;">Anwar's policies were bleeding dry the country's cash reserves and meant the imposition of capital controls was necessary to avert bankruptcy.</span><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;">As finance minister, <b>Anwar was responsible for financing Malaysia's foreign reserves almost entirely out of statutory deposits -- placed at no interest by financial institutions -- at the Central Bank.</b></span><b><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /></b><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;">Anwar was also responsible for Malaysia's dependence on short-term foreign investment to finance the country's perennial current account deficit. This was a policy particularly evident in 1996 when, in order to shore up the country's reserves, interest rates were raised to attract funds into the country.</span><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;">Simultaneously, the statutory reserve deposit ratio was raised from 10 per cent to 13 per cent within a period of six months to ensure that the Central Bank took control of the funds drawn into the country.</span></p><p><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;"><b>The need for additional foreign reserves may have also been necessary as a result of two significant losses of foreign reserves by the Central Bank in October 1995 and February 1996. On both occasions the Central Bank reported a loss of 3 billion ringgit, or about 3 per cent of its total reserves over a period of a fortnight.</b></span><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;">The magnitude of these falls over such a short time suggests that the Central Bank suffered foreign exchange trading losses. Adding to the need for foreign funds was the public sector budget deficits that Anwar ran for most of the early '90s. This, too, was an issue that was never discussed publicly because the deficits were hidden in the detail of the national accounts.</span><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;">When delivering his yearly budget speech, Anwar always declared a balanced budget.</span><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;">The increase in interest rates and statutory deposit ratio saw Malaysia's reserves rise from just below 60 billion to 70 billion ringgit within a period of 10 months in 1996.</span><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;">This won Anwar praise from Michel Camdessus, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, despite the methods employed.</span><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;">The flight of foreign capital from Malaysia and the attack on the ringgit by hedge funds in 1997 proved how illusory Malaysia's reserves were.</span><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><b><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;">The Central Bank, unable to cope with having to finance the sudden withdrawal of foreign funds, was left with no choice -- despite the seemingly large pool of reserves -- but to print money in order to avoid a liquidity crunch.</span></b><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;">This, in turn, had the effect of exacerbating the fall in the value of the Malaysian ringgit, which made it impossible to defend the ringgit against speculative attacks.</span><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;">Thus, capital controls became necessary in order to conserve whatever foreign currency the country had left, and rectify the structural weaknesses in the management of the country's reserves.</span><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;">Anwar now faces criminal charges for sexual misconduct and corruption.</span><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;">Should he prove himself innocent, he might make a comeback in the Opposition. He could offer himself to the Malay community as an alternative to the ruling UMNO, in which he was deputy president to Mahathir prior to his dismissal.</span><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;">Re-entering UMNO would be difficult given the opposition he would face from other UMNO leaders, who have long seen him as an obstacle to their own designs on the party's presidency.</span><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;">However, in Opposition he would not be able to exercise the level of patronage he did as finance minister and deputy leader of UMNO -- and this might diminish his appeal.</span><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;">Anwar is unlikely to win the support of the ethnic Indian and Chinese voters, who make up 40 per cent of the population, because they fear the right-wing Muslim views he expounds.</span><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;">His use of the Muslim Youth Movement to incite demonstrations and riots against Mahathir only served to reinforce these fears.</span><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;">(*) Ganesh Sahathevan is a Malaysian journalist currently based in Sydney.</span></p><div id="article_footer" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; padding: 15px 0px 0px;"><div class="separator1" style="font-size: 1px;"></div><div id="copy_publisher" style="color: #666666; font-size: 0.8em; margin: 5px 0px;">COPYRIGHT 1998 First Charlton Communications Pty Ltd.<br />No portion of this article can be reproduced without the express written permission from the copyright holder.</div><div id="copy_gale" style="color: #666666; font-size: 0.8em; margin: 5px 0px;">Copyright 1998 Gale, Cengage Learning. 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