Given the Joyce decision, Senator Penny Wong is at the mercy of the Malaysian Government

by Ganesh Sahathevan

Penelope Wong Ying Yen, 
 Senator Penny Wong, was
 born in Kota Kinabalu ,State Of Sabah,
 Federation of Malaysia. Her father Francis Wong 
is a Malaysian citizen,which makes Wong a Malaysian
 citizen by birth.

The High Court has decided that Barnaby Joyce and others are disqualified form sitting in  the Australian Parliament despite their  having no knowledge of their foreign citizenship.

Penny Wong on the other hand cannot deny knowledge of her Malaysian citizenship, and rather than provide proof of renunciation, plays with words that only Malcom Turnbull seems to
accept (for reasons best known to him).

Regardless, our dear Senator Wong is especially now,given the High Court's decision, at the mercy of the Malaysian Government,
who would be silly not to use the fact of  Wong's citizenship against
her,and to the detriment  of the  Australia's national interest. 
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Friday, July 14, 2017

Senator Penny Wong born in Malaysia,and born a Malaysian citizen-Has she officially renounced Malaysian citizenship, and can we see proof?

by Ganesh Sahathevan






Penelope Wong Ying Yen, aka Senator Penny Wong, was born in Kota Kinabalu ,State Of Sabah, Federation of Malaysia. Her father Francis Wong is a Malaysian citizen,which makes Wong a Malaysian citizen by birth.


While she moved to Australia in  1976,that would not have caused the loss of her Malaysian citizenship.
Many Malaysians who later in life took up citizenship  of other countries assumed that by doing so Malaysian citizenship was lost  automatically, but this is not the case.

There is ,provided for in the Malaysian Constitution and arising laws a process which requires citizens who wish to renounce their citizenship to make a formal application to do so.It is up to the Malaysian Government to determine if the application should be accepted.

If the Government determines that the application is to be accepted, then the applicant is issued a formal notice of that fact,with a copy of his or her Malaysian birth certificate marked with  words in Malay and/or English  ,"No longer a citizen of Malaysia (paraphrase)".

None of this has ever been provided the public in the case of Penny Wong. Indeed the question has never been put. We are simply expected to accept  that Wong is not a citizen of Malaysia, despite the facts.
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Qantas tell partner Emirates :We will fight for equality for all, and we do not care what your religion says

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It was Alan Joyce who engineered the JV with Emirates, and it is now Alan Joyce who says this:

Last week, Qantas boss Alan Joyce hit out at “extremities” in the tone from “some elements” on both sides of the debate.

Qantas chairman defends airlines role in SSM campaign

Qantas CEO Alan Joyce posing for a photograph with the new Qantas 787-9 Dreamliner. (AAP Image/Qantas, Brent Winstone)

• ANNABEL HEPWORTH
• The Australian
• 11:43AM October 27, 2017
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Qantas chairman Leigh Clifford has defended the flagship carrier’s support for the same-sex marriage campaign, saying “we have never directed others what to think”.

Addressing this morning’s annual general meeting, Mr Clifford said that shareholders had wanted to know why Qantas (QAN) thought it had a role to play in the campaign.

Mr Clifford said that Qantas had “always stood up for equality and a fair go”

“As part of that we lend our support to a range of social issues such as gender diversity, indigenous rights and reconciliation and marriage equality.

“We believe there’s a moral case for supporting equality in general as well as a strong business case.

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“Qantas is certainly not the only company that has taken a strong stance.”

Over 1,300 organisations had signed up to marriage equality in Australia, he said.

“We have never directed others what to think about marriage equality or how to vote in the postal survey.

“We’ve only asked for respectful debate on the issue and that includes respect for those who disagree ... just as we do on economic matters I think it is the responsibility of large corporate to speak up on social issues when it aligns with our values.”

Qantas has faced some criticism over its use of the iconic brand to campaign on the same sex marriage issue, including from Immigration Minister Peter Dutton, who famously said that ASX-listed companies should “stick to their knitting”.

Last week, Qantas boss Alan Joyce hit out at “extremities” in the tone from “some elements” on both sides of the debate.

Mr Joyce has reportedly personally donated $1 million to the Yes campaign.

Predicting Chinese submarine technology using Russian technology as a proxy -Part 2

First see

Predicting Chinese submarine technology using Russian technology as a proxy in a Dempster Shafer framework-Part 1

A Russian submarine’s recent antics have revived a Cold War fear

A TENSE chase through the Mediterranean has revealed how rattled the US and NATO were by a recent cheeky ploy by a ghostly Russian submarine.Jamie Seidel

But the Russians weren’t going to play. The submarine had travelled on the surface — in plain sight — through the North Sea from Russia’s northern naval bases. A succession of NATO warships — including Britain’s HMS Somerset — kept a watchful eye on it, waiting for it to submerge.

It didn’t.

At least not until it reached Libya, where Russia’s Defence Ministry abruptly warned international airlines that it would be taking part in military exercises off the coast.

It was part of a sales-pitch to Egypt, and others, who are in the market for modern — quiet — conventionally powered submarines.

Then, out of the blue on May 29, a series of cruise missiles tore through the air towards targets around Syria’s besieged city of Palmyra.

They were Russian.

They came from the Krasnodar.

This changed everything.

It also posed a troubling question: who was hunting whom?

A screen capture of Russian Ministry of Defence footage claiming to show the submarine Krasnodar launching a cruise missile, while submerged, at targets in Syria earlier this year.Source:Supplied

GOING OFF-SCRIPT

Naval analyst and historian Dr Alexander Clarke says the cruise missile strike didn’t go to the usual Russian playscript.

At first it was a familiar game of cat-and mouse. The Russian submarine tried — but not too hard — to keep invisible. The US and NATO subhunters tried — but not too hard — to keep it in their sights.

Neither side wants to reveal all the tricks they have up their sleeve.

Then Krasnodar launched its cruise missiles at targets in Syria.

A screen capture of Russian Ministry of Defence footage purporting to show cruise missiles from the submarine Krasnodar striking targets near Palmyra, Syria, earlier this year.Source:Supplied

“The Russians have usually ‘cheated’ in exercises with prearranged midpoint missile guidance updates from a ground unit, a surface ship, or a helicopter. This time it didn’t happen, which means she must have received far more accurate data. With all the world watching, the Russians must have been very sure that the everything would work.” Dr Clarke says.

“More importantly, Krasnodar didn’t surface to communicate or to fire, which again has become fairly common practice over the last ten or fifteen years.”

Put simply, Krasnodar was operating on a warlike footing.

The submarine was trying to remain unseen. It was exposing itself — and its missiles — as little as possible to reduce the chances of detection.

But Krasnodar — and the Russian frigate Admiral Essen — was being observed.

The NATO frigate HMS Somerset and the Wildcat helicopter it carries reportedly moved up to see what was going on.

“However, the Russian commander is likely one of their newer breed, younger, slightly more aggressive, confident in his boat and crew,” Dr Clarke says. “Would he perhaps have been tempted to do some turnaround as fair game? This is what we are now hearing rumours about.”

Exactly what that “turnaround” was is unknown.

Did Krasnodar ‘vanish’? Did it make successful mock attack runs on NATO warships? Did it perhaps sit silent before surprising unsuspecting NATO ships with a loud sonar ‘ping’?

An anti-submarine MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) during a replenishment-at-seain the Mediterranean Sea on June 21. It is likely to have been involved in the hunt for Krasnodar. Picture: US NAVYSource:AFP

The new phase of a deadly old Cold War game appears to have lasted for several weeks.

Notably, the game of cat-and-mouse was still panning out when a Syrian jet fighter was shot down by the USS George H.W. Bush’s F-18 aircraft on June 18.

Moscow threatened to shoot down US fighter aircraft in retaliation.

Five days later, the submerged Krasnodar fired another salvo of cruise missiles into Syria.

The USS George H.W. Bush was moving through waters south of Cyprus in the Eastern Mediterranean at the time.

“They were flexing their muscles,” Rear Admiral Kenneth Whitesell, commander of the USS Bush strike group, told the Wall Street Journal. He added that the launch was watched by a French frigate and US Navy aerial surveillance.

But had the hunters become the hunted?

“If everything had gone as normal it would not be getting any attention, but if Krasnodar did manage to pull some tricks …” Dr Clarke says.

Another view, taken by a Royal Navy helicopter, of the Krasnodar as it moved through the English Channel earlier this year. Picture: Royal NavySource:Supplied

RENEWED CAPABILITY

The Russian Kilo-class submarine is nothing new. It’s been around in some form or another since the 1980s.

But Krasnodar represents a significant evolution.

Moscow’s keen to export them for desperately needed hard currency, given the swath of sanctions that have been applied against the country since it invaded Crimea in 2014.

As such, it’s marketing Krasnodar and the submarines of its class as the quietest in the world.

Russian state media claims the submarine “was dubbed ‘black hole’ by NATO.”

“That’s twaddle,” says Dr Clarke. “But it’s probably the quietest Kilo, and all powered down running just on batteries in the noisy Mediterranean, that could start to cause worry — even for NATO.”

Dr Clarke says the design of Krasnodar is interesting, and appears to be very successful.

“And the Russians will not only build more for themselves, they’ll probably be building similar vessels for others. Vietnam, Algeria, India and Iran will all be interested in that capability ... and you can be sure China wants to match it.”

“With the likes of Krasnodar now having cruise missile capability, they are pretty much the kingpin of Russia’s sea denial/anti-access forces ... a mobile minefield which is also capable of precision strike. It’s what Australia wanted from the Collins class, Japan from the Soryu’s and Israel from the Dolphins. The difference is Russia seems to have got it and are confident enough to flaunt it.”

Russia plans to build 12 of the new ‘Yasen’ class of nuclear attack submarine.Source:Supplied

And the Russians are building two other new designs.

Both are nuclear powered.

The Borei class are Russia’s new generation of ballistic missile submarines — the cornerstone and most survivable part of its nuclear arsenal.

The hunter class, called the Yasen, is intended to destroy US aircraft carriers like USS George H.W. Bush.

And the Wall Street Journal speculates one of these — the Kazan — may have secretly shadowed the USS George H.W. Bush and Britain’s newest aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elisabeth, during August exercises in the North Atlantic.

If true that presents a major step back towards the level of submarine activity that was a feature of the Cold War.

“This is something which Western navies, already visibly showing the strain of years of both constant high operation tempos and budget cuts, might find breaks them,” Dr Clarke says.

Zahid Hamidi drops "Arab Donor" story,goes after Jho Low:Change comes after AG Apandi declared "most corrupt".

by Ganesh Sahathevan


Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (pic) confirmed he had seen the original documents for the RM2.6 billion donation which was deposited into Datuk Seri Najib Razak's private accounts. ― File pic


Aug 22,2015 


Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said today that he has met with the chief investment officer and wealth trustee representing the mysterious Arabs behind the RM2.6 billion donation deposited into Datuk Seri Najib Razak's private accounts.

23 October 2017
MALAYSIA has enlisted the help of Interpol to track down financier Low Taek Jho, who has been identified as the central figure in the 1Malaysia Development Bhd scandal, Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said today.
He was responding to a question from Gombak MP Mohamed Azmin Ali of PKR in Parliament this morning.
Azmin had asked Zahid if Interpol was helping to track down Low Taek Jho, or Jho Low, whom US investigators have called the mastermind behind a scheme to siphon money from state investor 1MDB.

"We have asked Interpol for help to find the person mentioned by MP Gombak and at the moment the police have not receive any detailed information on the said person(Jho Low). For your information, our cooperation with Interpol has been very tight. We are confident that Interpol is doing its professional best.

Zahid has responsibility for police and security,given that he is minister in charge of home affairs.All this after AG Apandi was declared "most corrupt":

Malaysia's AG who cleared Najib of 1MDB theft declared "most corrupt", by Najib spokesman Raja Petra

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Malaysia's AG who cleared Najib of 1MDB theft declared "most corrupt", by Najib spokesman Raja Petra

by Ganesh Sahathevan





Curiously, left unsaid in his latest expose,  by Raja Petra Kamaruddin , a well known ally and spokesman for PM Najib Razak who is often quoted by Malaysia's state -owned media , is this crucial point; that Attorney General Apandi single-handedly cleared Najib of any wrong doing in the 1MDB matter.


Now read on, and be amazed:

Strong Rumours Surrounding The AG: Part 1

By MT Webmaster Last updated Oct 20, 2017

http://www.malaysia-today.net/strong-rumours-surrounding-the-ag-part-1/

Three senior judges went to meet Najib at his residence and advised him to remove Gani Patail because the government cannot afford to have an AG who abuses his position to promote his personal agenda and that of the ANC. Najib asked the three judges if he removes Gani then who should be appointed as his replacement and they suggested Apandi Ali. Azeez Rahim, who was privy to this information, then rushed over to meet Apandi and informed him that Gani was going to be removed as the AG and that three people are being considered for the job — Shafee Abdullah being one of them and the top contender for the job. Azeez then told Apandi he will help him lobby for the job and will make sure he gets it.

THE CORRIDORS OF POWER

Raja Petra Kamarudin

When the then Attorney General, Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail, set up the Special Task Force in July 2015 — comprising of himself, the then Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia, Tan Sri Zeti Akhtar Aziz, the then Inspector General of Police, Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar, and the then Chief Commissioner of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, Tan Sri Abu Kassim Mohamed — it was done without Cabinet approval. A Special Task Force requires Cabinet approval or else it would be deemed illegal.

The purpose of this Special Task Force was to initiate an investigation into Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak regarding the allegation that Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad made — which was Najib had ‘stolen’ RM42 billion of 1MDB’s money and that the RM42 billion had ‘disappeared into thin air’. Their aim was basically to enable the ANC (Anti-Najib Campaign) to topple Najib in the Cabinet Meeting scheduled for later that month on 29th July 2015 by using the 1MDB issue as the leverage to get Najib to resign or else face arrest.

AG Gani Patail, plotted a failed coup in July 2015 and took a hard fall

Whether a case exists or can be built against Najib was not material. What they wanted was Najib’s resignation and even if they do not proceed with a case after that it does not matter. The objective of forcing Najib’s resignation would be achieved anyway.

Three senior judges — Tun Arifin Zakaria, the then Chief Justice, Tan Sri Md Raus Sharif, the then President of the Court of Appeal, and Tan Sri Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin, the Chief Judge of Malaya — went to meet Najib at his residence and advised him to remove Gani because the government cannot afford to have an AG who abuses his position to promote his personal agenda and that of the ANC.

Najib asked the three judges if he removed Gani then who should be appointed as his replacement and they suggested Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali.

Azeez Rahim, running a scam with the AG, Apandi Ali

Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim, the Chairman of Lembaga Tabung Haji, who was privy to this information, then rushed over to meet Apandi and informed him that Gani was going to be removed as the AG and that three people are being considered for the job — Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Muhamad Abdullah being one of them and the top contender for the job. Azeez then told Apandi he will help him lobby for the job and will make sure he gets it.

Actually, based on the recommendation of the three judges, Apandi was the sole contender and Shafee was not in the running at all, let alone the top contender. But Azeez needed to make it appear like it was a tight race and that Shafee was in the lead to give an impression that it was going to be a tough assignment for Azeez to lobby for Apandi and if he succeeds it is going to be almost like a miracle. The truth is Shafee was Najib’s personal legal adviser and there was no way he was going to let Shafee go.

Azeez wanted Apandi to feel that he is very crucial to the whole thing and without his help Apandi would not get the job. Azeez wanted to curry favour with Apandi because if he can control the AG then he can make a lot of money in influence-peddling when people want to make deals to settle cases. Both those in the underworld and the corporate world would pay a lot of money to ‘settle’ legal cases and some of these cases cost as high as millions, as many in the legal profession can tell you.

Apandi Ali, may yet prove to be the most corrupted AG in Malaysian history

One example involved a Chinese businessman who was a business partner of D.Y.M.M Sultan Ibrahim Ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar, the Sultan of Johor. Apandi demanded RM4 million from him on a case he had won and when he did not pay they sent Chinese gangsters to his house to threaten that they would kidnap his son if he refused to pay the RM4 million.

Fearing for his life the Chinese businessman went to see the Sultan and asked Tuanku what to do and whether he should pay. The Sultan was furious and immediately phoned Apandi, who happened to be in London at that time and fast asleep. The Sultan gave Apandi the dressing-down of his life and was flabbergasted when Apandi replied that since the Chinese chap had won his case then he needs to ‘pay something’.

The Sultan replied that Apandi was a judge (when the case took place) so what business does he have asking for money to win cases? The Sultan then complained to Najib, who was also furious about the incident. Apandi eventually called off the gangsters but the poor Chinese businessman was so disturbed that he ended up in hospital after almost collapsing from a heart attack.

DYMM Sultan Johor was furious when Apandi tried to extort RM4 million from his business partner and sent gangsters to threaten to kidnap his son

Azeez keeps Apandi on a leash by telling him that Shafee still wants his job and is trying to lobby for it. This keeps Apandi in constant paranoia and with Azeez ‘watching his back’ this makes him indebted to Azeez. His strategy is basically to create fear and make Apandi feel insecure and in danger of losing his job. Azeez needs to build a perception of an enemy at the gates and that this so-called enemy is Shafee. Azeez then offers himself as Apandi’s ‘lord and protector’ who will ensure that Apandi does not lose his job. What Azeez kept from Apandi is that his job is actually secure for at least three or four years.

Of course, all this is not true but then Apandi now hates Shafee and will run down and bad mouth Shafee while any one who is seen as close to Shafee will be excommunicated. Apandi even tells Shafee’s clients that if they retain him as their lawyer they are going to lose their case.

Azeez rewards Apandi certain ‘goodies’ for all the deals they do, which is transferred to London through a certain moneychanger in Kuala Lumpur. That is the reason why Apandi makes frequent trips to London — so that he can count his goodies. We know the identity of this moneychanger and would be willing to cooperate with the MACC to reveal this information if a proper request is made.

To further their cause, Apandi’s brother-in-law, Jahabar Sadiq, uses The Malaysian Insight (TMI) as their spinning machine. DAP is the main funder of TMI while Azeez is the co-sponsor. TMI is presented as an ‘opposition’ portal while in reality it is used as a Trojan Horse by Umno insiders such as Azeez to attack their enemies within Umno and Barisan Nasional. Anyway, we will talk more about TMI in the next episode.

James Shipton likely to have worked with,approved of, Tim Leissiner's actions: AFP may be compelled to investigate James Shipton for breach of Australian laws

by Ganesh Sahathevan


As previously reported :


PHOTO: ASIC's new chair, James Shipton (Supplied: Harvard University)

The Australian Government intends to recommend to the Governor-General in Council that Mr James Shipton be appointed as the full-time Chair to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) for a five-year period from 1 February 2018.

Prior to (2013) he spent nine years at Goldman Sachs – five years as Head of Hedge Fund Consultancy and four years as Head of Government and Regulatory Affairs in the Asia Pacific.


It is the  duty of the  Head of Government and Regulatory Affairs  to work with government, to further the interests of the firm.


The 1MDB theft involved the Prime Minister Najib Razak himself at almost every step .While Goldman Sachs has attempted to contain the damage to Tim Leissner , the former Goldman co-president for Southeast Asia, the 1MDB engagement was so large and so high-profile that  the then  Head of Government and Regulatory Affairs, our soonto be ASIC chairman James Shipton, could not have not been involved in discussions with Najib, the Malaysian Government , and 1MDB. He is likely to have been involved in appointments such as the one reported below, which is now the subject of investigation buy US agencies. The AFP may be compelled to investigate  James Shipton for breach of Australian laws ,for the very same reasons.
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Goldman hired daughter of ally to Malaysian PM Najib Razak

Jeevan Vasagar

Published 8:05 PM ET Thu, 10 March 2016Financial Times

Goldman Sachs hired the daughter of a key ally of Malaysia's prime minister at a time when the US bank was seeking to expand its business in the country, it emerged on Thursday.

The bank made the appointment as Tim Leissner, then Goldman's co-president for Southeast Asia, was working to forge closer business ties in Malaysia, where it would later win valuable business with the government's 1MDB investment fund.

Investigators are probing allegations of misconduct and the suspected misappropriation of state funds in relation to 1MDB, whose advisory board is chaired by Najib Razak, Malaysia's prime minister.

Goldman was granted a licence to operate in Malaysia in December 2009 and began pitching for business. Mr Leissner later played a key role in controversial bond sales for the fund.

In 2010, Goldman hired Anis Jamaludin, daughter of Jamaluddin Jarjis, a Malaysian politician and close confidant of Mr Najib. She worked for the bank as an analyst for months, a person familiar with the matter said.

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According to a LinkedIn page in her name, Ms Anis worked for Goldman as an investment banking analyst in Singapore from July to November 2010. Ms Anis could not immediately be reached for comment.

Goldman declined to comment. Neither the bank nor Mr Leissner is accused of wrongdoing.

Western banks have come under scrutiny for their hiring practices in other parts of Asia, notably China. The hiring of friends and relatives of Chinese officials is perceived as a way to win regulatory approval and business from state-owned enterprises.

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Jarjis, a senior member of the ruling UMNO party and former Malaysian ambassador to the US, died in a helicopter crash last year. A key adviser and fixer for Mr Najib, his death was viewed as a blow to the prime minister. After his death, Mr Najib described Jarjis as a "friend of many years".

Mr Leissner was named chairman of the bank's Southeast Asia division in 2014. He went on leave in January and resigned last month. His departure is connected with an unauthorised personal reference he wrote on behalf of another individual, according to people familiar with the matter.

The financier was central to Goldman's involvement in capital raising for 1MDB. The US bank arranged three bond sales for 1MDB in 2012 and 2013, which raised $6.5bn.

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The Monetary Authority of Singapore said in a statement this week that it was "co-operating actively" with several jurisdictions over the 1MDB affair. The Singapore regulator said Mr Leissner was based in Singapore from 2002 to 2011 and moved to Hong Kong in November 2011.

The MAS said Mr Leissner "was not based in Singapore when his alleged involvement in the 1MDB deals took place".

While Goldman said in July 2014 that Mr Leissner would be relocating back to Singapore, the city-state's authorities said this relocation did not materialise.

The 1MDB affair has rocked Malaysia, with Mr Najib coming under pressure to explain $680m that flowed into his personal bank accounts. Mr Najib denies wrongdoing, saying the money was a political donation, while 1MDB denies its funds have been misappropriated.

The hiring of Ms Anis by Goldman was first reported by The Wall Street Journal.

Mr Leissner's lawyer could not immediately be reached for comment.