Malaysia's Allah socks controversy a demonstration of China's hold over PM Anwar Ibrahim-Anwar has no problem, will not act against Chinese manufactuer of possibly millions of pairs of socks imprinted with the word Allah

by Ganesh Sahathevan 

         Muslims protested Danish Muhammad cartoons,very silent over Chinese compnay printing "Allah"        on siocks

Mu Mian Qing Hosiery Co Ltd of China  included in a shipment to Malaysia 5 to 14 pairs of socks which featured the Arabic word for God, Allah. That shipment has had the country engulfed in a controversy that has angered even Sultan Ibrahim Of Johor, the current Agong(King).

Meanwhile little if anything is being said about any action against Mu Mian Qing Hosiery Co Ltd, its regulators in China, or the Chinese Government. Unlike the Prophet  Mohamad  cartoon controversies there have not been mass demonstrations against those who have insulted Islam, Allah and the Prophet in Malaysi (or anywhere else in the world). The silence suggests that Malaysia's Anwar Ibrahim has gone out of his way to esnure that there are no protests against Mu Mian Qing Hosiery Co Ltd or the Chinese Government.

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TO BE READ WITH 

Stop taking advantage of ‘Allah’ socks issue, says king

FMT Reporters

-27 Mar 2024, 05:39 PM

Sultan Ibrahim says there is no need for any party to continue fuelling outrage as ‘persistent anger brings no benefit’.\

Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Ibrahim said the ‘Allah’ socks issue should be left to the authorities. (Bernama pic)

PETALING JAYA: The Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Ibrahim has urged all parties to stop taking advantage of the controversy involving the sale of socks bearing the word “Allah”.

The king said the matter should be left to the authorities, adding that “persistent anger brings no benefit”.

“I have instructed that action be taken in accordance with the law, so there is no need for any party to continue fuelling anger,” he said in a Facebook post.

Sultan Ibrahim said action taken by the authorities was not just to punish guilty parties behind the issue, but to remind everyone of the need to protect the sensitivities of all Malaysians.

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He called for every Malaysian to learn from the issue and work towards bolstering national unity.

“All parties, especially community leaders, must act with maturity.

“Let us guide the people towards unity, not division. This is an opportunity to gain a better understanding of each other in our diverse society, so that such incidents do not recur.”

Yesterday, KK Mart’s founder and director, Chai Kee Kan and Loh Siew Mui, were charged in court for intentionally wounding the religious feelings of Muslims by selling the socks, while three officers from Xin Jiang Chang Sdn Bhd, the company which supplied the socks, were charged with abetting.

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All five claimed trial.

The controversy began when photographs were circulated on social media showing socks bearing the word “Allah” sold at a KK Mart shop in Bandar Sunway on March 13. KK Mart immediately issued an apology.

The issue has sparked public outrage, while Umno Youth chief Dr Akmal Saleh has been calling for a public boycott of KK Mart outlets.

Former Wanita Umno chief Rafidah Aziz had described Akmal as a rabble-rouser the nation could do without, while former MCA vice-president Ti Lian Ker, who is now a senator, said the Umno Youth chief’s behaviour would lead to Barisan Nasional being viewed by the public with contempt.

Akmal had dismissed these criticisms, saying his actions were not for political mileage but simply to defend Islam.

Aid workers death tragic, but these things happen when PM Albanese does nothing to prevent Australian funding for jihadis in order to preserve his Muslim vote -SBS warned Albanese in October 2023 that his Muslim vote is at stake

 by Ganesh Sahathevan 

SBS warned that Labor would lose the Arab and Muslim vote in October last year if it was seen to be supporting Isreal

From The Guardian

Albanese has said he spoke with Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu this morning, expressing his concern over Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom’s death following an Israeli air strike.

Albanese said:


I spoke with prime minister Netanyahu this morning with a phone call that was organised overnight. I expressed Australia’s anger and concern at the death of Zomi Frankcom.

This is someone who was volunteering overseas to provide aid through this charity. This is completely unacceptable. The Israeli government has accepted responsibility for this and prime minister Netanyahu conveyed his condolences to the family of Zomi Frankcom and to Australia as a result of this tragedy.

Albanese said Netanyahu has “committed to full transparency about how this tragedy could possibly have occurred”:


When I spoke with the prime minister, I emphasised the importance of full accountability and transparency, and prime minister Netanyahu has committed to full transparency about how this tragedy could possibly have occurred. There is a need for a thorough investigation into what happened here and prime minister Netanyahu committed to that.

I made clear, again, that it is Australia’s view that humanitarian assistance must reach people in Gaza unimpeded and in large quantities.

I conveyed to prime minister Netanyahu in very clear terms that Australians were outraged by this death, by this tragedy, of this fine Australian, and I indicated to prime minister Netanyahu as well just some of the characteristics that I spoke with Zomi’s brother about yesterday. This is an Australian who we can all be proud of, someone who not only was in Gaza assisting people in need, but had in the past provided support for people in Bangladesh, in Pakistan, here in Australia after the bushfires. This was someone who was clearly committed to benefit her fellow humanity, and someone whose loss is very deeply felt by her family, but I think felt by Australians as well.

Albanese is being somewhat disingenuous. His refusal to do anything about funding from Human Appeal International to jihadis, under the guise of aid, has blurred the lines between aid and terrorist financing. His pursuit of the Muslim vote has led to these deaths, which happen during war ,the confusion of war worsened by governments and politicians refusing to prevent  the financing of terrorism. 

TO BE READ WITH 

Sunday, October 8, 2023

Human Appeal International in Lakemba raising funds for Gaza-Successive Australian governments have refused to address the problem of HAI's fundraising, and a recent NSW Supreme Court decision makes that failure even more apparent

 by Ganesh Sahathevan 

 Human Appeal International    (now known as Human Appeal Australia) continues to raise funds for Gaza via its office in Lakemba. 

The problem of Human Appeal International office in Lakmeba  and its links to HAMAS have been a matter of public record  in Australia since at least 2003 when the ABC reported:

The highest representative of the Palestinian Authority in Australia, Ali Kazak, says he would not be surprised if money raised by one of Australia's largest Islamic charities is being filtered through to the hardline Palestinian group Hamas.

The Dubai-based Human Appeal International has an office at Lakemba in Sydney' south-west.

Its website says the Australian office is one of five international fundraising offices, and money raised goes to help 10 million refugees and orphans in 50 countries.

The European Union and the United States have proscribed Hamas as a terrorist organisation and frozen its assets.

Australia has not taken this action, although a recent FBI report has linked the charity directly to Hamas.

In July 2008 The Australian's  Richard Kerbaj  reported: ( July 31, 2008): 

AN Australian charity that distributes humanitarian aid in the Middle East has been banned by the Israeli Government for allegedly bankrolling Palestinian terrorists.

Human Appeal International has been accused by the Israeli Defence Force of supporting the Palestinian organisation Hamas.

However, HAI's Sydney-based director, Bashar al-Jamal, refused to concede that Hamas was a terrorist organisation.

Mr al-Jamal denied that his organisation was associated with Hamas.

When asked if he believed Hamas, which was proscribed by Australia as a terrorist network on November 9, 2003, was such a group, he said: "It is a political question which goes beyond charity work. This is hard to answer you that it is a terrorist organisation ... a terrorist or non-terrorist group. How do you define terrorism, the concept of terrorism?

By 2017 Human Appeal   was operating multiple accounts at the Commonwealth Bank (see list below from the Human  These are no longer advertised on the Human Appea website. 

By 2023 Human Appeal appears to have switched its accounts to Beyond Bank, a community customer owned bank.    However, as the note below from the law from Kings Wood Mallseons describes, there are still issues as to whom Human Appeal is sending funds to: 

“DE-BANKING” IN GOOD FAITH: WHEN CAN A BANK DE-BANK A CUSTOMER?

Human Appeal International Australia v Beyond Bank Australia Ltd (No 2) [2023] NSWSC 1161 (“Beyond Bank”).



Beyond Bank justified its decision to close Human Appeal’s bank accounts based “on a recent review” that concluded that Human Appeal’s banking business was “not suited” to Beyond Bank. However, at the hearing before Parker J, Beyond Bank conceded that it was obliged to provide a valid commercial reason for the decision, even though, under its banking contract, it had a broad discretion to close an account without providing any justification. As Parker J noted, the concession was likely based on the bank’s obligations under the CoP, which were expressly incorporated into its banking contract, that it “act honestly” and “fairly and reasonably” in all dealings with its customers.

At the hearing, the bank argued that it had a valid reason to close Human Appeal’s accounts. The bank relied on evidence from its Chief Risk Officer that the bank’s Financial Crimes Team spent, on average, one hour per day reviewing the transactions to and from Human Appeal’s account due to the complexity and volume of those transactions. The bank’s evidence was that these transactions were significantly higher than for other customers of the bank. However, Parker J observed that there was no reason why the bank could not have stated to Human Appeal that it had been disproportionately engaged in working on their accounts and that the bank had not wished to continue to bear that administrative burden. In any event, Parker J rejected the bank’s evidence for several reasons, including that it did not state that Human Appeal’s activities required the bank to put on further staff, incur extra staffing expenses, or distracted the staff from performing other necessary functions.

The Court having rejected its evidence, the bank then invited the Court to draw an inference that the bank’s obligations under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 (Cth) (“the AML/CTF Act”) prevented it from disclosing the reasons to the Court because of the tipping off offences in s 123 of that Act. Justice Parker refused to draw that inference, holding that the offence in s 123 did not prevent disclosure to the Court, in general terms, of the administrative burden that the AML/CTF Act, together with other reporting obligations, imposed on the bank. His Honour stated that even if he was wrong on this conclusion, there was no evidence that the bank made any request to the CEO of AUSTRAC (the entity responsible for administering the AML/CTF Act) to modify the application of s 123 to allow the bank to conduct its defence to Human Appeal’s claim. As a result, his Honour held that the bank’s closing of Human Appeal’s account was invalid.

HAMAS invasion of Israel and its taking of hostages ought to be motivation enough for the Australian Government, led by Prime Minister ANthony Albanese,to finally address the problem of Human Appeal.

Reference:

Human Appeal International Australia bank details:
• Bank: Commonwealth Bank of Australia
• BSB: 062-191
• Account Number for General Donations: 0090-3948

https://www.humanappeal.org.au/donate/ways-to-donate-dp2

BANKS ACCOUNTS

No.	List	Account Number
1.	Orphans	001/520/4542355/01
2.	Charitable Projects	001/520/4542347/01
3.	Ongoing Charity	001/520/4542363/01
4.	Almsgiving (Zakat)	001/520/4543386/01
5.	Al-Aqsa Charitable Fund	001/520/4542339/01
6.	Motherhood and Childhood	001/520/4558782/01
7.	Sacrificial (Adahi)	001/520/4716442/01
8.	Al-Fitr Almsgiving(Zakat)	001/520/4809866/01
9.	Break Fasting	001/520/4809874/01
10.	Urgent Relief	001/520/4836561/01
11.	Internal Aids	001/520/5279607/01
12.	Administrative Fund	001/520/4542371/01
13.	Eid Dressing	001/520/4716434/01
14.	Student’s Help	001/520/5670640/01
15.	Orphan’s Consecration	001/520/5751888/01
16.	Charitable Bread	001/520/5317452/01

 

Account numbers of orphans at different banks

 

No.	List	Account Number
1.	Dubai Islamic Bank	01520454235501
2.	Emirates NBD	1012009988602
3.	Commercial Bank of Dubai	1000186419
4.	Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank	Orphans / 10105542 / 1072410 charity projects /
5.	National Bank of Abu Dhabi	0155738120
6.	Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank	179636020001
7.	ُEmirates Bank international	1011048830801
8.	Emirates Islamic Bank	0021656999001
9.	Commercial International Bank	100060305933
10.	Sharjah Islamic Bank	0030341882001
11.	Union National Bank	8701009069
12.	Bank of England ( HSBC )	04500100001
13.	Bank of Umm Al-Qaiwain	0050040771
14.	Mashreq Bank	0691125611
15.	Ajman Bank	017777757012

 http://www.hai.ae/en/donation/banks-accounts.aspx

In 2003 Vincent Tan Chee Yioun was found to have failed to have kept proper financial records - As Finance Minister and holder of the Sports Toto Golden Share, PM Anwar Ibrahim has a duty to remove Vincent as CEO of Sports Toto Malaysia Sdn Bhd

 by Ganesh Sahathevan

      Anwar Ibrahim might be conflicted 

As previously reported Berjaya Group's  Vincent Tan's son's drug charges and related governance issues raise unavoidable questions about the exercise of the Malaysian Government's Golden Share in Sports Toto.

In 2003 Vincent Tan Chee Yioun was found to have failed to have kept proper financial records and it adds to the reasons why the  Finance Minister and holder of the Sports Toto Golden Share, Prime Minister  Anwar Ibrahim  would be derelict in his duties if he does not remove Vincent as CEO of Sports Toto Malaysia Sdn Bhd.

This Australian Financial Review story from 2003 is still relevant given that Vincent Tan Chee Yioun remains Chairman of Berjaya Corporation, and is the managing director/CEO of Sports Toto Malaysia Sdn Bhd, a major subsidiary of BToto:

Berjaya landed in the soap suds with the Australian Stock Exchange over delays in filing its annual report. In 2001 it filed an amended annual report which restated earnings.
The 2002 annual report also restated earnings announced to the exchange weeks earlier, but the most remarkable feature of the report was the sign-off by the auditor, Grant Thornton partner A. J. Archer. The words attributed to the auditor apparently did not match the letter with which he had signed off.
CarLovers was forced to amend the report with more modest comments by Mr Archer which stressed that "the company directors are responsible for the financial report".
CarLovers changed auditors two weeks later.
https://lnkd.in/gsqtCK7K

Vincent Tan was chairman and a director of Carlovers at the relevant time.

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References

Notice of Annual General Meeting/Letter to Shareholders

Document date:  Tue 10 Nov 1998
Published:  Tue 10 Nov 1998 00:00:00
Document No:  171383
Document part:  A
Market Flag:  N
Classification: 

CARLOVERS CARWASH LIMITED                     1998-11-10  ASX-SIGNAL-G

HOMEX - Sydney                                                        

+++++++++++++++++++++++++
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Fifth Annual General Meeting of the
Members of CarLovers Carwash Limited will be held at the Euro-Asia
Rex Hotel, 50-58 Macleay Street, Potts Point, NSW 2011 on Monday 30
November 1998 at 10.00 am.


ORDINARY BUSINESS

1. Receipt of Accounts and Reports

To receive and consider the Balance Sheet and the Profit and Loss 
Statement of the Company for the year ended 30 June 1998, the 
consolidated balance sheet and profit and loss account of the Company 
and the entities it controlled for the year ended 30 June 1998, and 
the reports of the Directors and of the Auditors thereon.

2. Election of Directors: Tan Sri Dato' Seri Vincent Tan, Mr Andrew
Kok Leng Teh , Mr Freddie Hock Cheng Pang, Ms Suzianna Chee Hie Wong
and Mr Francis Kok Chuan Lee 

To Re-elect Directors 
(a) Tan Sri Dato' Seri Vincent C Y Tan, who retires in accordance 
with Article 15.4 of the Company's Constitution, and being eligible, 
now offers himself for re-election. 
(b) Mr Andrew K L Teh, who retires in accordance with Article 15.4 of 
the Company's Constitution, and being eligible, now offers himself 
for re-election. 
(c) Mr Freddie H C Pang, who retires in accordance with Article 15.4 
of the Company's Constitution, and being eligible, now offers himself 
for re-election.
(d) Ms Suzianna C H Wong, who retires in accordance with Article 15.4
of the Company's Constitution, and being eligible, now offers herself
for re-election. 
(e) Mr Francis K C Lee, who retires in accordance with Article 15.4 
of the Company's Constitution, and being eligible, now offers himself 
for re-election. 

3 . Retirement and Appointment of Auditor 

Ernst & Young retires as Auditor of the Company. A new Auditor be 
confirmed at the Annual General Meeting.


G Ellis 
SECRETARY 


Dear Shareholder,

Greetings, my name is Andrew Teh and I am your new Managing Director. 
This calendar year has been a most eventful year for your Company. I 
would like to take this opportunity to outline to you the major 
events that have taken place during this time. 

Changes to the Board of Directors 

In March 1998, the Company underwent a major Board change which saw 
the retirement of Messers Steve Spencer and Richard Hughes from the 
Board and the appointment of Tan Sri Dato' Seri Vincent Tan, Chairman 
& Chief Executive Officer of the Company's ultimate major 
shareholder, Berjaya Group Berhad as Non-Executive Chairman of the 
Company. 

Further changes to the Board occurred subsequent to March which saw
the appointment of Mr Ken Millard as Managing Director on 22nd May
1998 and his resignation on 9th October 1998, and the resignations of
Messers Richard Denton and Robert Lapointe from the Board.

Relocation of Head Office

The Head Office of CarLovers was relocated from Newcastle to
Chatswood.

The Abnormals Write Off

As anticipated and announced in March this year The Company wrote off
an after tax amount of Abnormals of $7.036m.

Major Shareholder's (Berjaya Group) Support

In March this year, Berjaya Group gave an undertaking to the Board of
their financial support to the Company. This undertaking has been
backed up by written confirmation and over $2.0m of funds remitted to
the Company since March.

Capital Reconstruction

The Board is committed to a capital reconstruction which is fully
supported by Berjaya Group and which will see new capital injected
into the Company to provide working capital and to retire certain
debts.

In addition to the above events, the Board and its management team
have in recent weeks relentlessly been working on increasing sales
and reducing overheads to improve the "bottom-line" and to return to
profitability. I am happy to note that the measures that the Company
have introduced would save the Company an estimate of over $1.2m in
overheads and sales would increase by an estimate of 12% over the
previous year. Early results from these measures have been
encouraging and we are comfortable that more savings and better sales
can be achieved through better management of overheads, sites and
better weather for washing cars. 

I would like to invite you to your Company's Annual General Meeting 
to be held on Monday 30th November 1998. I enclose herewith the 
Notice of Annual General Meeting and copy of the audited Financial 
Statements for the year ended 30th June 1998. For cost saving 
purpose, the financials statements are not glossy and printed. 

I would also like to thank you for your support for your Company,
CarLovers Carwash Limited and my colleagues and I look forward to
seeing you at the Annual General Meeting.


A Teh 
MANAGING DIRECTOR   

6 October 2003

Jobson's Yearbook of Public Companies

JOBPUB

English

(c) 2003 Dun & Bradstreet Marketing Pty Ltd

A.C.N. 060 151 199

D-U-N-S No: 75-158-9250

Directors: Tan Sri Vincent Tan (Chairperson), Mr Robbie Fong, Mr Freddie H C Pang, Mr Francis Kok Chuan Lee, Ms Suzianna Wong

Managing Director: Mr Robbie Fong, Company Secretary/Financial Controller: Mr Eddy Wong, Training Manager: Mr Erick McVicker