Thursday, April 11, 2019

Jho Low associate Ung Su Ling's Olympic Council Malaysia appointment justifies immediate freezing of OCM accounts, investigation of all receipts and payments:Ong's 1MDB history not irrelevant











Ung Su Ling, the former CEO of Yayasan Rakyat 1Malaysia chaired by Najib Razak, has been appointed as COO of the Olympic Council of Malaysia. (Bernama pic)


This information about the recently appointed COO of the Olympic Council of Malaysia has been freely available and in the public domain since at least June 2018:



Ung worked at Merican & Partners Asset Management, where she handled investments for Jho Low. She later joined his family business Wynton Group after which Jho Low made her CEO of Yayasan Rakyat 1Malaysia (YR1M), the charity arm of 1MDB. It was through YR1M, which received hundreds of millions from companies such as Genting and Tanjong, that cash was channelled to political programmes in the name of charity. See, who was YR1M project director, worked for Gerakan and Koh Tsu Koon when he was CM of Penang. Ihsan Perdana, the CSR arm of SRC, was a recipient of YR1M money. Money from Ihsan Perdana was alleged to have made its way to Najib.




When contacted, OCM said Ung was appointed after an extensive hiring process involving 60 applicants.
“The shortlisted applicants were interviewed by an OCM panel and each one gave their markings,” OCM deputy president Abdul Azim Zabidi told FMT.
“In the end, we tabulated the marks and she got the highest votes,” he said.
Azim said Ung’s experience in dealing with sports associations was also a plus.
Among others, she had served as an assistant general manager at CIMB Foundation, which was actively involved in a number of sports including squash, cycling and rugby.
When asked about her past associations, Azim said they were not of concern as she was not implicated in any investigations.
“She was just an employee. In any foundation or NGO, when you get a donation, you just accept it. You don’t really go behind the people to ask where the money came from.
“We look at her experience and what she brings to the table,” he said, adding that Ung would be tasked with taking OCM’s operations to the next level.
The obvious  question is this:
Why is Ung Su Ling not under investigation,  interrogated for information on everything that she would know?
The statement by OCM deputy president Abdul Azim Zabidi (in bold  letters above) is wholly incorrect. Anti Money laundering laws in Malaysia and in most parts of the world today require that charities and NGOs make all necessary inquiries as to the source of funds.

Consequently, it is only prudent that the OCM's accounts be frozen, its records seized, and a full investigation of all transactions be conducted. The OCM's ordinary business involves the payments of  relatively small sums of money to entities in Malaysia and all over the world,and it has done so without question for more than 50 years. It provides an ideal conduit for anyone wanting to disperse large sums in small amounts that will not attract the attention of regulators.
The fact that the OCM's secretary general is one Nazifuddin Najib is not irrelevant (see story below)..
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by Ganesh Saahthevan


Former PM Najib Razak's son was in Taiwan ,on what looks like an expensive date, just after declaring his extended family and he to be near penniless as a result of having their accounts frozen:


Mohd Najib Razak (left/AP) and his son Nazifuddin Najib (photo from his FB) 


This was not a cheap date, and given its timing, suggests that Nazifuddin may have been in Taiwan tending to business and for a bit of rest and recreation.Apple Daily reported:

One of his sons, Mohd Nazifuddin Najib, also known as Nazif Najib, was seen dining at a steakhouse and having a massage in Taipei’s top luxury shopping district near Taipei 101 Thursday, according to the Apple Daily.

The newspaper identified the woman in Nazif’s company as a Taiwanese actress in a current Sanlih E-Television soap opera, Celia Chang (張東晴), 34.

They spent more than three hours at the steak restaurant inside the Breeze Xinyi shopping mall eating and drinking one glass of red wine after the other, while Chang seemed to be explaining the Taipei scenery outside the window, the Apple Daily reported.


The newspaper wrote that they took a taxi to a massage parlor, had a candlelight dinner, spent two hours at a pub and took another cab to the Grand Hyatt Taipei at 1 a.m.


It is clear that Ms Chang is more acquaintance than girlfriend. It does not seem as if Nazifuddin was in Taipei seeking solace, but rather on an urgent business trip.


The above adds to earlier reports on this clog about money in Taiwan funding interests associated with Najib Razak.


END

Sirul Azhar Umar has become hot property: Evidence that Jho Low may have created the market
August 20,2015


by Ganesh Sahathevan


Evidence is emerging that someone in Taipei, Taiwan, has been informed of this writer's queries concerning the matter of Sirul.The emergence of this evidence coincides with Sarawak Report's revelation that Low Taek Jho, aka Jho Low, has sought

refuge in Taiwan. Given that Jho Low has been "tied to the 1 MDB inquiry" a link between 1 MDB and and the matter of Sirul Azhar Umar may soon become apparent.


While in detention Sirul's ability to receive any significant amount of cash is non-existent.It is highly unlikely that he even has a bank account in Australia.The same can be said for his teenage son who remains in Australia. Even if released any receipt of funds on their part will be very closely scrutinized.

Consequently all this money or promise of money swirling around Sirul is indicative only of a presumed right to keep him silent.For so long as he remains in detention others can lay claim to that right,and trade it with anyone who is willing to pay. It appears that Jho Low created the market but it is unclear if he still has the finances to keep that market liquid. With accounts being frozen in Singapore and Malaysia it is likely that the market has dried up.Nevertheless, some may be living in hope.


While Sirul Azhar Umar remains unrepresented those who have laid claim over him, or who have been reported to be his legal advisors have refused to say who pays or has promised to pay for their services.

Nevertheless whatever is or was on offer to guide Sirul through his troubles must be significant, for how else does one explain this fiercely possessive reaction from Christopher Levingston, an immigration lawyer who was asked to clarify his position vis a vis Sirul:

You have no standing nor do you have any legitimate interest in this matter.

Your attempts to interpose yourself and your strategy of “divide and rule” is not only unprofessional but also unethical.

END








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Jho Low associate Ung Su Ling's Olympic Council Malaysia appointment justifies immediate freezing of OCM accounts, investigation of all receipts and payments:Ong's 1MDB history not irrelevant

by Ganesh Sahathvan








Ung Su Ling, the former CEO of Yayasan Rakyat 1Malaysia chaired by Najib Razak, has been appointed as COO of the Olympic Council of Malaysia. (Bernama pic)


This information about the recently appointed COO of the Olympic Council of Malaysia has been freely available and in the public domain since at least June 2018:


Ung Su Ling & Dennis See

Ung worked at Merican & Partners Asset Management, where she handled investments for Jho Low. She later joined his family business Wynton Group after which Jho Low made her CEO of Yayasan Rakyat 1Malaysia (YR1M), the charity arm of 1MDB. It was through YR1M, which received hundreds of millions from companies such as Genting and Tanjong, that cash was channelled to political programmes in the name of charity. See, who was YR1M project director, worked for Gerakan and Koh Tsu Koon when he was CM of Penang. Ihsan Perdana, the CSR arm of SRC, was a recipient of YR1M money. Money from Ihsan Perdana was alleged to have made its way to Najib.



Consequently ,this statement reported by Free Malaysia Today raises a number of questions:

When contacted, OCM said Ung was appointed after an extensive hiring process involving 60 applicants.
“The shortlisted applicants were interviewed by an OCM panel and each one gave their markings,” OCM deputy president Abdul Azim Zabidi told FMT.
“In the end, we tabulated the marks and she got the highest votes,” he said.
Azim said Ung’s experience in dealing with sports associations was also a plus.
Among others, she had served as an assistant general manager at CIMB Foundation, which was actively involved in a number of sports including squash, cycling and rugby.
When asked about her past associations, Azim said they were not of concern as she was not implicated in any investigations.
“She was just an employee. In any foundation or NGO, when you get a donation, you just accept it. You don’t really go behind the people to ask where the money came from.
“We look at her experience and what she brings to the table,” he said, adding that Ung would be tasked with taking OCM’s operations to the next level.
The obvious  question is this:
Why is Ung Su Ling not under investigation,  interrogated for information on everything that she would know?
The statement by OCM deputy president Abdul Azim Zabidi (in bold  letters above) is wholly incorrect. Anti Money laundering laws in Malaysia and in most parts of the world today require that charities and NGOs make all necessary inquiries as to the source of funds.

Consequently, it is only prudent that the OCM's accounts be frozen, its records seized, and a full investigation of all transactions be conducted. The OCM's ordinary business involves the payments of  relatively small sums of money to entities in Malaysia and all over the world,and it has done so without question for more than 50 years. It provides an ideal conduit for anyone wanting to disperse large sums in small amounts that will not attract the attention of regulators.
The fact that the OCM's secretary general is one Nazifuddin Najib is not irrelevant (see story below)..
END 


 

by Ganesh Saahthevan


Former PM Najib Razak's son was in Taiwan ,on what looks like an expensive date, just after declaring his extended family and he to be near penniless as a result of having their accounts frozen:





Mohd Najib Razak (left/AP) and his son Nazifuddin Najib (photo from his FB) 




This was not a cheap date, and given its timing, suggests that Nazifuddin may have been in Taiwan tending to business and for a bit of rest and recreation.Apple Daily reported:

One of his sons, Mohd Nazifuddin Najib, also known as Nazif Najib, was seen dining at a steakhouse and having a massage in Taipei’s top luxury shopping district near Taipei 101 Thursday, according to the Apple Daily.
The newspaper identified the woman in Nazif’s company as a Taiwanese actress in a current Sanlih E-Television soap opera, Celia Chang (張東晴), 34.
They spent more than three hours at the steak restaurant inside the Breeze Xinyi shopping mall eating and drinking one glass of red wine after the other, while Chang seemed to be explaining the Taipei scenery outside the window, the Apple Daily reported.
The newspaper wrote that they took a taxi to a massage parlor, had a candlelight dinner, spent two hours at a pub and took another cab to the Grand Hyatt Taipei at 1 a.m.
It is clear that Ms Chang is more acquaintance than girlfriend. It does not seem as if Nazifuddin was in Taipei seeking solace, but rather on an urgent business trip.
The above adds to earlier reports on this clog about money in Taiwan funding interests associated with Najib Razak.
END








August 20,2015

by Ganesh Sahathevan


Evidence is emerging that someone in Taipei, Taiwan, has been informed of this writer's queries concerning the matter of Sirul.The emergence of this evidence coincides with Sarawak Report's revelation that Low Taek Jho, aka Jho Low, has sought 
refuge in Taiwan.   Given that Jho Low has been "tied to the 1 MDB inquiry"  a link between 1 MDB and and the matter of Sirul Azhar Umar may soon become apparent. 


While in detention Sirul's ability to receive any significant amount of cash  is non-existent.It is highly unlikely that he even has a bank account in Australia.The same can be said for his teenage son who remains in Australia. Even if released any receipt of funds on their part will be very closely scrutinized. 
Consequently all this money or promise of money swirling around Sirul is indicative only of a presumed right to keep him silent.For so long as he remains in detention others can lay claim to that right,and trade it with anyone who is willing to pay. It appears that Jho Low created the market but it is unclear if he still has the finances to keep that market liquid. With accounts being frozen in Singapore and Malaysia it is likely that the market has dried up.Nevertheless, some may be living in hope.


While Sirul Azhar Umar   remains unrepresented those who have laid claim over him, or who have been reported to be his legal advisors   have refused to say who pays or has promised to pay for their services.
Nevertheless whatever is or was   on offer to guide  Sirul  through his troubles must be significant, for how else does one explain this fiercely possessive  reaction from  Christopher Levingston, an immigration lawyer who was asked to clarify his position vis a vis Sirul:

You have no standing nor do you have any legitimate interest in this matter.
 Your attempts to interpose yourself and your strategy of “divide and rule” is not only unprofessional but also unethical.


END 







Wednesday, April 10, 2019

NSW Libs received donations of $44,275 from TOP Education Group just before after TOP was granted the "first & only" license issued a private company to award law degrees: AG Speakman and his LPAB refuse to disclose all details in the LPAB Annual Reports

by Ganesh Sahathevan



 

Mark Speakman

As First Law Officer of the state, Mark oversees 
the administration of almost 200 Acts of Parliament, 
the most of any minister in the NSW Government. 


The Legal Profession Admission Board is a  statutory body chaired by the Chief Justice of New South Wales.Its annual report is tabled in the NSW Parliament by the Attorney General NSW , currently Mark Speakman SC,for approval.

The LPAB's duties include granting licenses for the award of  Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degrees to interested parties ,which until recently were all public universities. In 2015 the LPAB issued a license to grant LLBs to TOP Education Group Ltd, which proudly proclaims the fact that it is the "first and only" private company to have been granted such a license. 

The AG NSW is also the Liberal Member for Cronulla and he,as well as the LPAB , have been queried about the following issues discovered in the LPAB's 2015 Annual Report which relate to the TOP Group application. 

The  LPAB states in its 2015 Annual Report:

In addition, the LPAB received an application for accreditation of a new law degree to be offered by a non-university provider, TOP Education Institute (LLB).
The LPAB considered the advice of its Accreditation Sub-Committee and Legal Qualifications Committee, and also consulted with other admitting authorities through the Law Admissions Consultative Committee (LACC),  before deciding to accredit the new degree with effect from 1 January 2015.
http://www.lpab.justice.nsw.gov.au/Documents/Annual%20Report%202014-15.



With regards the above the LPAB and the  AG have  been asked why in considering the TOP application they  appear not to have considered   TOP  Group's CEO and controlling shareholder Minshen Zhu's  business failures which were a matter of public record in 2015 ,and collated in its 2018 Prospectus issued in connection with the Initial Public Offering (IPO) of its stock and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Zhu's business failures are listed on page 160 and 167 of the IPO Prospectus. They are failures in small businesses which in turn raise questions about his capacity to fund a much larger venture like TOP.

The LPAB and AG were  also queried about the exclusion from the 2015 Annual Report of material that had been disclosed in the 2012 Annual Report where it is stated  that LPAB member  Dr Gordon Elkington was assigned to TEQSA to assist with the TOP  application for the relevant licenses from TEQSA. 

The exclusion from the 2015 annual report of the information disclosed in the 2012 annual report gives the impression that the LPAB's assessment of the TOP application in 2015 was a dealing with a party with which it had no prior relationship, when in fact it had.

All of the above would be of  concern to both students and investors given the dramatic collapse in TOP's share price, The AG and the LPAB have confirmed in writing that they are not interested in answering any of the questions above.


It has since been discovered that in the 4 months or so prior to the LPAB granting TOP  the license to issue law degrees, TOP made donations worth AUD 44 275 to the Liberal Party NSW Branch.










While  Mr Speakman is AG and the most senior law officer in the state, he is first and foremost a politician.He would not be AG had he not been elected.

It was to his party that the above donations have been made,and his refusal to answer the questions above does raise the perception that something is not quite right. 

His Department Of Justice has in the past shown that the Minister ,his Department Of Justice,and the LPAB can and do work together in the interest of their Minister and vice versa.This has included a recent non-disclosure of complaints against the LPAB and the College Of Law in the 2018 Annual Report.

Hence it is not unreasonable to expect that together they  provide answers to these issues which are of public interest,and which concern their conduct as public servants.


END 

Rosmah Mansor can still surrender the pink diamonds, or join Najib in jail:Rosmah Mansor acquired diamonds paid for with 1MDB money in the US,placing herself within the jurisdiction of US laws against theft

by Ganesh Sahathevan



Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor leaves the Kuala Lumpur High Court April 10, 2019. — Picture by Firdaus Latif

Rosmah: Apologise to the people, not to me, over pink diamond ‘slander’






Sunday, June 18, 2017

Rosmah Mansor acquired diamonds paid for with 1MDB money in the US,placing herself within the jurisdiction of US laws against theft

by Ganesh Sahathevan



SOTHEBY'S CATALOGUE NOTE

Accompanied by GIA report no. 2115637296 stating that the diamond is Fancy Intense Pink, Natural Color, VS2 clarity.   Together with a letter from the GIA stating that the diamond has been determined to be type IIa

                                                       
The pink diamond above (GIA report no. 2115637296) was offered for sale at auction by Sotheby's in 2011.Its size.colour, description and GIA report number match that which is described below in the US DOJ's latest 1MDB complaint:

852. On or about September 28, 2013, Schwartz met again with LOW and the wife of MALAYSIAN OFFICIAL 1 in a hotel suite in the Mandarin Time Warner in New York in order to show them the layout of the necklace that Schwartz had designed. Travel records confirm that the wife of MALAYSIAN OFFICIAL 1 was in New York City at this time. Travel records show that on September 27, 2013, LOW flew from Las Vegas to Teterboro Airport in New Jersey on his jet. Other passengers on that flight included AZIZ, TAN and McFarland. 

854. Schwartz Inc. issued two invoices in connection with the purchase of the 22-CARAT PINK DIAMOND NECKLACE. The first invoice, dated July 3, 2013, was for $23,000,000 for the 22-carat diamond itself. The diamond is described in the invoice as “22.17carat Natural Fancy Intense Pink VS2 clarity (GIA#2115637296) Cut-Cornered Square Modified Brilliant Cut diamond.” The second invoice, dated July 31, 2013, was for $4,300,000 for the accompanying necklace, which was described as “ONE GRADUATE FANCY INTENSE PINK AND OVAL WHITE DIAMOND NECKLACE WITH INTERCHANGEABLE PENDANT TO RING.” 

856. The invoices were ultimately paid using funds traceable to diverted 2013 bond proceeds, and more specifically, to the funds that Tanore sent to MALAYSIAN OFFICIAL 1 under the guise of investing in SRC International.  

In summary, Rosmah Mansor acquired diamonds paid for with 1MDB money in the US,placing herself within the  jurisdiction of US laws against theft, a crime.
Of course, she could well say that she had no idea the funds used were from 1MDB, and that she was always under the impression that the jewellery was a gift from her husband, PM Najib Razak, aka MO1, out of that money donated by some Saudi royal.
END 

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Why has Najib not summoned the US Ambassador to protest the insinuations of criminal wrongdoing by the PM and his wife ?



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Friday, June 16, 2017

Rosmah Mansor's Choice: Surrender the diamonds, or join Najib in jail-On the other hand, has Rosmah joined Riza in seeking a settlement in exchange for cooperation

by Ganesh Sahathevan

The Department Of Justice's latest statement of claim in the matter of the 1MDB theft includes this section:


346. As discussed in Part VI.CC below, a portion of the $620 million that MALAYSIAN OFFICIAL 1 “returned” to the Tanore Account was passed through various additional accounts controlled by TAN and LOW and was ultimately used to purchase a 22-carat pink diamond pendant and necklace for the wife of MALAYSIAN OFFICIAL 1. The necklace was commissioned in July 2013, after the jeweler met with LOW, HUSSEINY, and the wife of MALAYSIAN OFFICIAL 1 in Monaco. The purchase price of $27,300,000 was paid on or about September 10, 2013, using funds traceable to the $620 million payment from MALAYSIAN OFFICIAL 1 to Tanore.



The DOJ seeks to seize the 22-carat pink diamond pendant and necklace that was purchased for Rosmah Mansor with money stolen from 1MDB.Rosmah has been given the opportunity to surrender the goods, and in the process admit to the obvious theft.

Of course, she could fight it.

On the other hand, given her son  Riza Aziz's reported negotiations with the DOJ to reach a settlement,the question arises as to whether the details of the jewellery purchases were provided at least in part  by Riza himself, with Rosmah's blessings. It does seem as if Rosmah and son have decided that it is in their best interests to serve-up Najib to the relevant authorities.
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Sunday, May 21, 2017


Adding to the evidence provided by Riza Aziz against Mummy ::Rosmah's lawyer Noorhajran did not deny that Rosmah Mansor is a signatory for the Eric Tan/Jho Low BSI accounts

by Ganesh Sahathevan


Rosmah Mansor - victim of malicious fake news disseminated by irresponsible and unscrupulous quarters.


It has been previously reported on this blog that evidence of Rosmah Mansor's is emerging,out of documents filed in the US, as Riza Aziz fights the DOJ to recover assets acquired with funds 
stolen from 1MDB.


These revelations should be read with this earlier article by this article from a related blog,where Rosmah's lawyer did not deny that she was a signatory for the Eric Tan/Jho Low accounts at the former BSI Bank.
Taken together there is evidence of Rosmah's role at the main and subsidiary levels of the 1MDB theft,directing the flow from the original theft,and then managing the funds parked in various subsidiary accounts.

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JAN
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by Ganesh Sahathevan





From Malaysia Outlook:

The legal firm of Messrs Noorhajran Mohd Noor has been authorised by Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor (hereinafter referred to as the ‘client’) to issue this media statement

This is a general statement issued on behalf of the client to the public pertaining to accusations and falsifications of facts against Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor.

Attention is drawn to a story carried by bloggers and social media postings recently.

The allegations are those to the innuendoes made that “Rosmah was the one who signed the cheques as Eric Tan”.
This media statement is issued, in relation to above, cross-referenced with the statement of facts made by the Attorney-General of Singapore dated Jan 10, 2017 pertaining to the case of Public Prosecutor v Jens Fred Sturzenegger.

Through the statement of facts issued by the AG’s Chamber of Singapore, there was nothing mentioned in the said statement indicative of the allegations made in the social media of the purported role played by Rosmah Mansor.

These allegations are serious, intended to make representations, publishes imputations intending to harm or knowing or having reasons to believe that such imputations will harm the reputation and done with malicious intent to destroy and reduce credibility of Rosmah Mansor as the wife the Prime Minister of Malaysia Dato Seri Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak.

However , that is not what is alleged by the Sarawak Report story on Eric Tan and Rosmah Mansor, which has been quoted and referred to by others.The relevant parts of the Sarawak Report story state:


Who was the actual signatory on the accounts?

That Tan was actually Low confirms the point made by Sarawak Report that someone who has stolen billions of dollars would be highly unlikely to trust the money in the hands of another.  It was for this reason that it was obvious Low would not have put a genuine associate in control of these vast accounts.
However, Low was not the only player behind this sorry saga and there were others who likewise were anxious for their own assurances.
Sarawak Report has heard through very well-placed sources that there was therefore a check on the use of these accounts, which was that the actual signatory was not Jho nor Eric, but someone else.  That signature was needed to authorise payments.
Sarawak Report has been told that this signatory was a woman with whom Jho Low was closely associated in the matter of 1MDB.  So, when insiders informed us over a year ago that Rosmah Mansor had complained over Jho Low’s spending, exclaiming “It’s my money as well”, perhaps this is what they were referring to?


Put simply, Sarawak Report alleges that Rosmah Mansor's signature was required for any disbursements from the account. Rosmah's lawyer Noorhajran Mohd Noor has not denied that and instead denied forgery. A simple ,somewhat child like attempt to deny something that is not, in an attempt to be seen to be denying the allegation.
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Who Was The Signatory On The Eric Tan Account?

Who Was The Signatory On The 

Eric Tan Account?

Last week Sarawak Report connected the dots and concluded that the name of ‘Eric Tan’, the beneficial owner of several 1MDB related bank accounts, appeared to be merely an alias for the master-mind behind the thefts, Jho Low.
Now, the Singapore court has confirmed this suspicion, explaining that the Falcon Bank branch boss, Jans Sturzenegger, had confessed that Jho Low told him he used the identity on certain occasions ‘for security purposes‘. Sturzenegger was sentenced to 28 weeks jail and a fine for initially lying to the authorities and failing to report suspicious transactions, making him the first western banker to be convicted in this affair.
Jans Sturzeneggar 'saw Eric Tan's passport'
Jans Sturzeneggar ‘saw Eric Tan’s passport’
However, Sturzenegger is also reported as having claimed that he knew Eric Tan did actually exist, because he had been provided with a passport and a CV.
Anyone who has opened a bank account will know that somewhat more proof of identity than that is generally required to open an account – most particularly the would-be account holder needs to present themselves at the bank. In fact, Low had just impersonated Tan.
But, this matter now presses most on the Swiss side of the investigation. Sturzenegger, after all, was fairly far down the food chain at Falcon Bank and he was plainly carrying out his bosses’ orders. In particular, the CEO Eduardo Leemann, who first introduced ‘Eric Tan’ to Sturzenegger by email in January of 2012. The Singapore manager had not realised that his correspondent erickimloong.tan@gmail.com was Jho Low until he met him the following month.
The same Swiss bosses then pressured Sturzenegger to pass some $1.2 billion through these 1MDB related accounts, even though he was fearful and suspicious it might be money-laundering. He knew he should have reported the enormous transactions.
Acting casual in Dubai, Eduardo Leemann
Acting casual in Dubai, Eduardo Leemann
A former Goldman Sachs senior executive before moving to Falcon, Leemann has in the past seen fit to lecture that there needs to be far less regulation of banks. We suggest that his conduct makes clear that the exact opposite is the case and the Swiss prosecutors should make him and his colleagues a powerful example.
Criminal proceedings against Falcon were announced in Swizerland on 13th October. Two days earlier the regulator FINMA had recommended charges against two of its former senior executives, which Sarawak Report speculated ought include Leemann.
Meanwhile, the enormous half billion dollar backhanders to the over-all Abu Dhabi Aabar boss, Khadem Al Quabaisi, becomes more explicable – he had put his sovereign wealth fund and its private bank at the disposal of Jho Low to launder money from 1MDB.
What the Singapore authorities need to answer more fully is how their own flagship bank, Standard Chartered also ended up running a bogus Eric Tan account on behalf of Jho Low, laundering hundreds of millions through the so-called Blackstone Asia Real Estate Partners account.?
Why has Standard Chartered, by contrast, got off relatively lightly with a low key investigation and a modest fine – were they not equally culpable of funnelling hundreds of millions through an account run by a front?

Who was the actual signatory on the accounts?

That Tan was actually Low confirms the point made by Sarawak Report that someone who has stolen billions of dollars would be highly unlikely to trust the money in the hands of another.  It was for this reason that it was obvious Low would not have put a genuine associate in control of these vast accounts.
However, Low was not the only player behind this sorry saga and there were others who likewise were anxious for their own assurances.
Sarawak Report has heard through very well-placed sources that there was therefore a check on the use of these accounts, which was that the actual signatory was not Jho nor Eric, but someone else.  That signature was needed to authorise payments.
Sarawak Report has been told that this signatory was a woman with whom Jho Low was closely associated in the matter of 1MDB.  So, when insiders informed us over a year ago that Rosmah Mansor had complained over Jho Low’s spending, exclaiming “It’s my money as well”, perhaps this is what they were referring to?