by Ganesh Sahathevan
Further to the earlier investigation with regards money misappropriated from 1MDB and the Design Worldwide Partnership -Hakkasan-Khadem AlQubaisy links, it can now be revealed that Design World Partnership, an architectural firm, provided funds that were invested in a Thai-Singapore beauty products venture DWP APSU
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The extract above from the Trade Marks Registry, Intellectual Property Department of The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shows how DWP APSU Ltd of Hong Kong serves as the address for service of APSU Ancient Rituals Pte Ltd of Singapore, with regards the latter's trade mark registered in Hong Kong.
Information has been provided this writer that DWP provided funds to DWP APSU so that it may exploit commercially the APSU product range. This information raises the possibility that 1MDB funds were not only invested in large ventures like the Hakkasan nightclubs in the United States, but also smaller ventures in South East Asia, and perhaps, other parts of the world.
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Thursday, July 14, 2022
Why have 1MDB investigators ignored the Design Worldwide Partnership -Hakkasan-Khadem AlQubaisy connection?
In September 2021 industry publication Commercial Interior Design reported, under the headline Hakkasan Dubai reopens for 2021 with interiors refreshed by dwp:
After temporarily closing its doors, the award-winning Cantonese restaurant Hakkasan Dubai has reopened with a refreshed interior by Design Worldwide Partnership (dwp).
Global hospitality company Tao Group Hospitality took over the Hakkasan brand in April 2021 and appointed dwp to spearhead a summer-long enhancement programme at the popular’s restaurant’s new home.
Thanks to work done by the investigative news site Sarawak Report the connection between the 1MDB theft and Hakkasan are well known, and have been in the public domain for more than SIX years.
Sarawak Report has also provided evidence of Khadem AlQubaisy's control and ownership of Hakkasan. That ought to have prompted investigators to search worldwide for companies linked to AlQubaisy. Had they done so they would have discovered Al-Qubaisy's link to DWP. It should not take an expert in international tax to see why that would be relevant, especially in light of the Commercial Interior Design report above.
The Google news search of Sarawakreport and Hakkasan is provided below for the benefit of 1MDB investigators who seem to have missed the connections.
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