Pakatan Harapan's Taiping member of parliament Nga Kor Ming makes sense in the recording above. He is raising valid, necessary questions pertaining the scandalous 1MDB and the criminals behind it. Every Tom, Dick and Harry in the country is asking similar questions but the lawmaker, a lawyer by profession, has gone to the extent of offering the services of PH lawyers to defend Najib Razak. PH is the opposition coalition of the federal Government. PH holds the majority in the state governments of Selangor and Penang. Would Najib pursue legal action against 'fake news' foreign news agencies / stations for branding him as a thief in their reports? Nobody thinks he would but Najib Razak the Prime Minister of Malaysia could prove Malaysians wrong. He should take on those 'fake news' organisations and prove his innocence. All you have to do is to prove that you're not a thief. The PH lawyers are willing to help you. Hiring a few to shout and scream 'fake news' will never solve the matter or be able to divert attention away. You must be responsible. Malaysia is famous for the wrong reasons now. We are being humiliated in the international front and it is all about Najib Razak's world record-holding mega scandal, the 1MDB. Those flamboyant criminals are finally under the microscope. If Najib Razak is indeed innocent then he must take this opportunity to prove it. A people's representative must clear his name. Reluctance often spells guilt. No harm for the PM to accept the services of PH lawyers because the whole nation would be scrutinising their performance in the international front, defending their 'innocent' Prime Minister. Come'on Najib Razak, let's go all out against the real 'fake news'. Ada berani?
Terjumpa video ini yang dimuatnaik lebih kurang 10 bulan yang lalu, pada Sept 2, 2015. Persoalan yang diutarakan didalam rakaman ini amat jelas tetapi kita masih ternanti-nanti akan penjelasan dari pihak yang terlibat.
Skandal derma dalam akaun peribadi dan 1MDB kini telah berkembang berlipat kali ganda dari setahun yang lalu. Jumlah wang yang disyaki hilang atau disonglap oleh orang-orang yang kita kenali juga telah bertambah mencecah puluhan billion ringgit.
Wayang kulit politik semakin rancak tetapi penjelasan akan perkara pokok masih belum ada. Siapa yang mencuri?
Kenyataan-kenyataan lawak jenaka bersifat putar belit dari balaci politik yang berniat untuk mengelirukan bukan penjelasan yang ditunggu rakyat Malaysia, termasuk orang Melayu yang begitu mementingkan maruah bangsa.
Orang Melayu yang risau akan maruah dan harga diri bangsanya amat berharap agar pemimpin Melayu yang menghadapi siasatan antarabangsa berhubung tuduhan salahguna kuasa, pengubahan wang haram, pembohongan jenayah, mencuri, khianat dan beberapa kesalahan jenayah lain akan 'come clean' atau membersihkan diri dengan membiarkan dirinya disiasat dan diadili.
Orang Melayu yang benar-benar risau akan maruah serta harga diri bangsanya pasti mengharapkan agar pemimpin MELAYU, yang menyebabkan tercemarnya nama Melayu, membersihkan namanya menerusi proses perundangan yang termaktub dibawah perlembagaan negara.
Pemuda pemudi Melayu yang benar risau akan tercemarnya maruah bangsa dan negara yang pemerintahannya ditunjangi orang Melayu pasti gundah gulana dengan pelbagai siasatan antarabangsa yang amat memalukan.
Pemuda pemudi Melayu yang berpendidikan dan bermaruah dengan jatidiri yang masih utuh tahu akan punca skandal 1MDB yang kini hangat diseluruh dunia.
Melayu yang celik, yang benar-benar sayangkan agama, bangsa dan negara dan tidak mudah disogok pasti sedar akan malapetaka yang dibawa Melayu yang bergelar pemimpin. Semakin ramai Melayu yang celik dan mereka ini tidak mudah diperbodohkan dengan slogan dan sentimen membuta tuli.
Walau segala bentuk media perdana dikongkong, pembesar dan ilmuan dikunci mulut, yang tidak rela bersubahat diugut dan diaibkan, Melayu yang celik tahu antara yang haq dan batil.
Percubaan untuk mengelirukan rakyat, khususnya orang Melayu beragama Islam akan berterusan dengan hasutan membakar semangat bangsa dan penyalahgunaan agama demi kepentingan peribadi dan untuk melepaskan diri. Melayu yang celik tidak bodoh.
Pastinya pelbagai lagi helah akan muncul dengan alasan mempertahankan maruah bangsa dan kesucian agama namun umum mengetahui punca sebenar segala keruntuhan.
Mungkin mereka yang terpekik melolong demi maruah harus berhenti sejenak dan berfikir dimana sebenarnya maruah mereka dan maruah individu yang mereka ingin pertahankan itu.
Maruah siapa ditangan Jho Low?
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Sudah tiba masanya Raja-Raja Melayu, menerusi Majlis Raja-Raja, berdiri mempertahankan maruah rakyat dan negara ini daripada terus dihina didalam dan luar negara. Sebenarnya maruah rakyat dan negara adalah asas kepada maruah Raja-Raja Melayu kita.
Dikala alim ulama pun diam seribu bahasa walau bukti nyata pengkhianatan dan kezaliman terpampang didepan mata, hanya Raja Raja Melayu boleh menyelamatkan maruah agama, bangsa dan negara ini.
UAE's English daily The National reported as below.
Razak critic urges 1MDB findings be publicised
The National staff
April 20, 2016 Updated: April 21, 2016 03:56 PM
A leading critic of Malaysia’s prime minister Najib Razak said corruption had reached levels never seen before in the country and urged foreign governments linked to the controversy surrounding a state investment fund to make their findings public.
1MDB, whose advisory board is chaired by Mr Razak, is under investigation in at least five countries including Switzerland and the US over allegations of money laundering and embezzlement.
Dr Mahathir Mohamad, at one time the country’s longest-serving prime minister, said the investigations into the 1MDB fund were not just a problem for Malaysia.
“Being diplomatic isn’t going to help Malaysia or anyone else," he said on the sidelines of the International Conference on Leadership, Innovation and Entrepreneurship organised by the Canadian University Dubai. “They must recognise action needs to be taken and do what is necessary."
Dr Mohamad, who was in his post between 1981 and 2003, said the scandal around the Malaysian fund threatened the Asian nation’s international reputation and hurt foreign direct investment.
“All inquiries should eventually be made public because inquiries that are kept secret are of no use to anyone," he said.
“Eventually things will have to be revealed."
Last week, Abu Dhabi’s International Petroleum Investment Company (Ipic) said neither itself nor its Aabar unit had any connection to a firm incorporated in the British Virgin Islands that was named in a report into the controversy surrounding the Malaysian fund.
In May 2015, Ipic had agreed to provide the Malaysian fund US$1 billion to meet some of its liabilities in exchange for assets while at the same time taking on interest payments on about $3.5bn in debt.
But the Abu Dhabi fund now says 1MDB is in default on the terms of the agreement. - The National
I read the above news report more than once, just to allay my concerns that there were pleas and demands for foreign interference in the domestic affairs of Malaysia.
In fact I read it more than twice, but there were none. The report is there for you to read and interpret but I'm a little amused by the thinly veiled statement from a morally bankrupt politician.
A cheap statement from a scandal ridden politician who stands accused for a series of crimes in the court of public opinion, but it reveals desperation.
For someone who has confessed to having received billions of ringgit in personal donations from a foreigner, the 'foreign interference' cry is laughable.
Channelling billions of ringgit into your personal account from a foreign donor, who 'simply gave it and was not expecting anything in return', would make a good fairytale script. Thank you! We don't buy such bullshit.
Now, are we Malaysians not concerned about international criminal investigations on 1MDB relating to suspected money laundering and embezzlement ?
Billions of ringgit are missing and 1MDB's Arul Kanda Kandasamy says it could befraud. What has 1MDB done to recover the lost billions if at all it was fraud?
Dear Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib, it has been said again and again that you must be responsible for the failed, scandal ridden 1Malaysia Development Berhad - 1MDB. There are no two ways about it. If it was indeeda scam, you allowed it.
Even if you are convinced that you have been conned by Jho Low the Penang khia, you still have to stand up and explain. How he did do it?
Don't run around because this is about a sovereign nation whose interests and livelihood are being compromised due to a host of reasons especially international humiliation for corruption and mounting foreign debts.
This is not your family business.
The escalating cost of living in both rural and urban areas are at unhealthy levels.
"corruption had reached levels never seen before in the country and urged foreign governments linked to the controversy surrounding a state investment fund to make their findings public" - Dr Mahathir said in Dubai.
Dr Mahathir also urged foreign governments to make their investigations public. - "urged foreign governments linked to the controversy surrounding a state investment fund to make their findings public"
Asking investigators and investigating authorities to make their findings public is a crime?
We cannot tolerate false, unfounded allegations that are part of a conspiracy to topple a democratically elected government. Remember that. Truth matters.
Remember that asking the resignation of a sitting prime minister is not a crime. Otherwise how did Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (now Tun) step aside to allow Datuk Seri Najib Tun Abdul Razak to take over?
We have a working moral compass in this country, I'm sure.
The prime minister must come clean. Begin with the money in the kitty.
Follow up by suing The Wall Street Journal for proof to restore Malaysia's badly bruised image and reputation.
You can follow in Nazir Razak's footsteps and step aside, if you are still able to do that. The window is almost shut. The choice is still yours.
Living in denial cannot go on forever.
As Dr Mahathir puts it, eventually things will have to be revealed.
Hope you would come to your senses fast and not be fooled by bootlickers who are hell bent on keeping you within the bubble, and continue destroying yourself in the pretext of fighting a political battle.
“When people tell a lie about something, they have to make up a bunch of lies to go with the first one. ‘Mythomania’ is the word for it.”― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood
p/s 1MDB bukan cerita rekaan Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. Kenyataan hutang dan penggadaian tanah serta maruah dek kerana 1MDB terpampang didepan mata. Bukankah kita celik? Orang lain kehadapan, kita terkangkang gali lubang. Hutang keliling pinggang.
Najib fighting fit, downsizing from XXL to XL By Jonathan Chia
KUCHING: Prime Minister Datuk Seri NajibTunRazak wants his critics to know that he is “fighting fit” and ready to take on anyone.
Speaking at the launching of GREAT 2016, Najib said: “I changed and saw two shirts hanging with the sizes of XL and XXL.
I’m proud to say I chose XL and I could wear it.The message is clear, I’m fighting fit and I will take on anyone,” he said. However, he did not elaborate his battle further. - BorneoPost
"However, he did not elaborate his battle further" !
How could he elaborate when no one is actually interested in fighting the 'fighting fit' Prime Minister. He might just roar (like in the pic above) and scare his enemies away.
All able minded Malaysians are asking for is for you, Mohd Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak, to come clean on the billions of ringgit in donations which you seem to have received in your personal bank account. The whole world is talking about it.
Are you involved in any international money laundering syndicate?
The last few days saw you and your flamboyant wife's pictures splashed in the pages of a few foreign and international newspapers. None of them called for a street fight. Save the thug-like 'I will take on anyone' salvo for another day. People are just wondering where you got so much money to splash.
With love from Indonesia
Turkish delight
Dear 'fighting fit' Najib, a big majority of those who were elated when you took over from Abdullah Ahmad Badawi are now eager to hold you accountable for your actions.You took over about a year after the 2008 elections without toppling the democratically elected Barisan Nasional government, you remember that Najib? We are just demanding for something similar now.
No Malaysian in the right frame of mind would want to pick a fight with a desperate politician who happens to be a 'fighting fit' Prime Minister, Finance Minister and probably the only man vested with soo much power and authority in the country today. If not for Appandi the Attorney General I would proclaim you as the most powerful man.
People are not crazy, we are just asking for explanations.
Malaysians are not numb. We may be different in many ways but we are not numb and stupid to be hoodwinked by pirates and pretenders. We just expect our elected representatives to not steal, plunder and tell lies on a daily basis. Is that too much to ask for?
Dear Mr 'fighting fit' Najib Razak, you owe Malaysia and Malaysians a long list of explanation beginning from the billions of ringgit in your personal bank accounts to the dubious wheeling and dealings in and around 1Malaysia Development Berhad - 1MDB, your baby.
Interferences into the various investigations plus the removal/transfers of Government servants involved in the probe of your suspected criminal acts didn't go unnoticed. Don't think Malaysians are ignorant. The ignorant are all in your cabinet.
People are watching your antics. It looks like even those around you have become increasingly concerned about their possible fate in the not too distant future. Maybe that answers the question why some have begun trading for 'immunity', actively.
Even Arul Kanda Kandasamy appears to be signing out with his recent 'My job is done' motherhood statement.
Dear Najib, I sincerely hope that you're fighting fit to take on 1MDB because that is your fight for survival. Don't waste time punching in the dark when the enemy is within you. You created it. Your enemy is 1MDB.
Good luck. Tender your resignation soonest possible and save us all the trouble.
Don't sabotage Adenan Satem
Just thought of advising you to stay out of Sarawak until the state election is over. Please don't go there and ruin all those goodwill and support which the new Chief Minister has regained since taking over from Tun Abdul Taib Mahmud (without toppling the democratically elected government that is). The Sarawakians are very polite, humble and nice people. No matter who they are, they are generally nice. Adenan won't possibly tell you not to come to Sarawak but you should know better (if you don't, try taking a quick peek at all those flowery comments in Facebook after your latest walkabout in a shopping mall in Kuching).
Why sabotage Adenan and Sarawak BN ? Don't take advantage of Adenan Satem's hospitality and be a thorn on his side. Stay out for the greater good of BN. Stay out and fight your own battle like a man.
A vote for Adenan cannot be a vote for you. You are not Adenan Satem!
p/s
Sarawak BN lynchpin Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) and Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) would most likely emerge as the saviours of the 13-party coalition when the others lay grasping for their last breath. If no remedial steps are taken we could witness this scenario after the next general elections.
Barisan Nasional has 13 components. Umno is the biggest and seemingly the most powerful. The other 12 parties just makeup the numbers.
The Umno president is the leader of BN and sits as the Prime Minister by virtue of his party position and the collective support of the twelve others.
As their leader is the believer of the Cash is King maxim, the twelve others just follow him without raising any objection. Over the years the twelve others, including those from Sarawak and Sabah, have almost completely lost their voice of reason.
How could the twelve others keep mum over the now world famous 1MDB scandal in which the Prime Minister and Umno president is directly involved and implicated? I don’t think they are deaf, dumb and blind at the same time.
Many among the twelve others just don’t want to talk about 1MDB and the mind blowing scandals while some just brush it of as Umno’s internal problem. They say its an internal power struggle in Umno.
Some friends from Sarawak think it is a ‘Semenanjung problem’ while one state leader recently said its Najib’s personal problem.
Are the twelve others, including those from Sarawak and Sabah, truly ignorant or are they playing dumb due to the overwhelming influence and pressure from Cash… the King?
1MDB is a financial scandal where Najib and his friends have siphoned out billions of ringgit into their personal bank accounts. It is nothing but an elaborate scheme to scam Malaysia.
The Prime Minister of Malaysia having had unexplained billions of ringgit in his personal account is a criminal offence to begin with.
The whole wide world knows this and many other nations are involved in the ongoing probe but the twelve others are either oblivious to these facts or are taking Malaysians who vote for them as complete idiots.
Citizen's Declaration
Last Friday's inking of the Citizen's Declaration (CD) reinforces the fact that what we are facing is not merely Umno's internal problem or a seasonal power struggle within the party. Its beyond that.
Its is not only a fallacy but outright idiocracy to believe that Najib's scandal is Umno's internal problem. It has in actual fact snowballed into a national disaster.
The CD is beyond partisan politics. Its about the well being of the nation and her people. It is about the need and ability to remove a rogue leader without having to topple the entire elected government.
Barisan Nasional component members have no where to hide now as the blanket they were hiding under has been removed.
Umno is in the hands of a small bunch of hijackers. What happened to the other 12?
Why aren't any of the 'other 12' in BN standing up for the people whom they claim to be representing?
Have BN component members reduced themselves to be errant boys of Najib's Umno?
The issue at hand is not about supporting Tun Dr Mahathir, Lim Kit Siang, Anwar Ibrahim, Ambiga, Maria Chin or even activist Hishammuddin Rais.
It is also not aboutimporting 1.5 million foreign workers or about Malaysia taking part in a proxy-war in the Middle East. These, foreign workers and proxy-war, are also very serious issues but Najib's financial scandals and abuse of power is much more serious than that and have devastating lost lasting effect on all of us.
What we have before us now is the issue of arogue leaderwho is embroiled in an international financial scandal, criminal breach of trust, treason and abuse of power.
It is not about partisan politics or whether Lim Kit Siang and Dr Mahathir want to switch parties and ideologies. This is about standing up for what is right, in the best interest of our Malaysia.
The line is crystal clear now. BN components, especially those Peninsula based parties and their barely heard leaders, cannot hide from their responsibility.
MCA, Gerakan, PPP and MIC can close shop and kiss each other goodbye if they continue to protect a known criminal.
You can choose to demonise Dr Mahathir but that doesn't alter the fact that you're defending a criminal.
Malaysians cannot possibly trust or forgive those BN leaders who hide behind the invisible non-interference clause when the nation is being raped and plundered.
You can continue to issue Umno prepared statements to defend Najib and think your duty is done. Your duty and responsibility is to the people and do take note that your window to do the right thing is getting narrower by the hour.
If you don't stand with the people to save Malaysia, you don't deserve any Malaysian's vote. Cash the King will run out in no time.
In the current carrot and stick political culture expectations are mountain high that those no nonsense BN components from Sarawak would prove sceptics wrong that they too have been cowed into submission.
I don't think the good people of Sarawak would agree for their leaders to be subservient followers of a scandalous politician just because he throws money at them.
The BN leaders in Sarawak, many of whom I know personally, are not a lot of senseless worshippers of Cash the King but I'm truly perplexed with them keeping mum over Najib's world famous scandal.
The Official Secrets Act - OSA - classification of the final audit report on 1MDB must have sent some sense into even the strongest sceptic. If you still can't differentiate right from wrong, may God help you.
With the Sarawak state election looming in the background leaders of PBB, SUPP, PRS, SPDP and their offshoots must accept the fact that their continued association with Najib could cause them votes and the gradual erosion of public confidence.
Agreeing to disagree is yet another fallacy when its about theft, treason and crime against the state.
p/s
CD is not a political pact to fight BN. CD is a citizen's movement, over and above partisan politics, to remove the scandalous Mohd Najib Tun Razak as the Prime Minister of Malaysia. Umno could continue to keep him as their president but Malaysians must rise to kick out the criminal.
I would like to advice BN politicians, especially those reluctant defenders of Najib Razak, to at least read the CD first before shooting their mouth or putting their signature on the prepared statements bearing their names.
Its truly amusing, having to witness cowards in a quandary.
p/s 2 - Video -if you're seeking guidance to do what is
Full text of the Citizen's Declaration or Deklarasi Rakyat to remove Datuk Seri Najib Razak as the Prime Minister of Malaysia HERE p/s Satisfy the NST and other like minded running dogs. Count the number of Pakatan/Pas leaders in the group of men and women who signed the historic declaration earlier today to kick out Najib and save our nation.
Dengar dengan teliti apa yang diperkatakan oleh Timbalan Perdana Menteri berkenaan krisis politik, ketirisan kepercayaan umum terhadap kerajaan serta pemimpin dan yang paling penting tentang skandal 1MDB.
Ini sebahagian daripada ucapan Timbalan Presiden Umno ketika menutup persidangan perwakilan Umno Bahagian Cheras di-ibu negara malam tadi.
Sebenarnya kenyataan Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin ini sudah lama dinanti-nanti. Lebih kurang dua bulan lalu Muhyiddin telah pun membangkitkan kerisauan beliau akan 'bencana 1MDB' tetapi malangnya nasihat beliau hilang begitu sahaja seperti daun keladi disiram air. - Luahan hati Timbalan Presiden Umno - 1MDB
Antara inipati desakan kali ini demi kesinambungan Umno serta Barisan Nasional adalah agar Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak tampil merungkai sendiri skandal 1MDB yang kini semakin hanyir.
Muhyiddin secara terus terang berkata Najib harus tampil menjelaskan laporan akhbar The Wall Street Journal yang menyatakan bahawa wang tunai berjumlah lebih kurang RM2.6 billion ringgit telah dimasukkan kedalam akaun peribadi Perdana Menteri.
Selain penjelasan penuh berhubung hutang mencecah RM42 billion yang ditanggung 1MDB, umum sudah tidak sabar untuk mendengar penjelasan Mohd Najib Bin Tun Abdul Razak berkenaan duit berbillion dalam akaun peribadi beliau.
Jika fitnah katakan fitnah, berdiam diri bukan lagi pilihan.
Sebaliknya jika laporan WSJ itu benar maka mungkin sudah tiba masanya untuk Mohd Najib Bin Tun Abdul Razak untuk dihadapkan kemuka pengadilan. Tidak mungkin ada apa-apa bentuk penjelasan bagaimana duit berbillion ringgit boleh disalurkan kedalam akaun peribadi seorang penjawat awam berstatus Perdana Menteri.
Mungkin juga sudah tiba masanya untuk pihak berwajib memulakan siasatan serta tindakan yang sewajarnya terhadap sesiapa sahaja, terutamanya penjawat awam serta anggota kabinet, yang disyaki cuba melindungi jenayah terhadap negara.
Individu-individu yang berkomplot untuk melindungi jenayah dengan kenyataan dan laporan palsu bertujuan untuk mengelirukan pihak berkuasa tidak harus terlepas. Media yang berhempas pulas mengelirukan rakyat dengan pembohongan juga tidak harus terlepas dari tindakan sewajarnya.
Hanya ini langkah penyelesaian bagi skandal yang telah merosakkan nama negara diperingkat antarabangsa. Dunia sedang perhatikan kita.
P.S.Kita harus ambil maklum akan laporan bahawa beberapa badan penyiasatan jenayah merentasi sempadan, termasuk dari Singapura, Britain, Hong Kong, Amerika Syarikat dan Switzerland juga sedang menyiasat skandal 1MDB serta beberapa syarikat dan individu berkaitan untuk kesalahan pengubahan wang haram, pemalsuan dokumen serta penipuan cukai.Pihak berkuasa Singapura juga telah membekukan dua akaun bank berkaitan 1MDB di republik itu.
I deliberated upon this issue more than two weeks ago after the earth shattering WSJ report which exposed that approximately USD 700 million was channelled into Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Abdul Razak's personal bank accounts. That is about RM2.6 billion ringgit.
Now, two weeks down the road, there has been many interesting developments, including a few clowns who have been trying to amuse us Malaysians with their tall tales and 'conspiracy to topple the Government' stories.
So far there has been two arrests by the Task Force which is investigating the 'channelling of billions of ringgit into the Prime Minister's personal bank accounts'. Understandably, critics and able-minded Malaysians who are tired with the 1MDB drama are looking for a quick end. Some say those arrested are just the 'small fry' while the sharks are still scheming to cover up.
Those concerned, including individuals entrusted to lead vital institutions and agencies must always remind themselves that they are appointed to serve the country and her people and not any particular individual or groups. These trusted men and women must specifically remember that they are not the servant of the Prime Minister or any other politicians and/or their family members. If your mind goes astray, remember your oath of office before DYMM YDP Agong. Public perception and trust in your institution is vital, as such don't continue to plant seeds of doubt via unbecoming conducts. Remember that you are high level civil servants and not any politicians' errand boys. Leave the running of errands to capable Ministers, the likes of Abdul Rahman Dahlan and Ahmad Maslan.
Coming back to the issue at hand, has the Prime Minister and his close family members (including his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor) been barred from leaving the country? I suppose that would be the right thing to do as Najib is the main suspect in the USD 700 million money in the bank investigations. Najib is directly and indirectly implicated in far too many crimes of abuse of power, tax evasion, possible money laundering and slightly smaller ones like telling lies in Dewan Rakyat.
There has also been some expose of the approximately RM2million deposit into full-time housewife Rosmah's personal account. All these can't be swept under the carpet while screaming at the top of your voice that 'there is a conspiracy to topple the Government'.
All Malaysians are interested in at this moment is to nab and nail those band of robbers, particularly their big boss... whoever that is.
With the latest arrests, those who still place their full trust and confidence in the Task Force are hoping that the noose is tightening for the culprits who conspired to rob this nation.
Malaysians view the arrests as initial steps towards a bigger catch. Though the sceptics are still around there is overwhelming hope and renewed confidence in the enforcement agencies i.e. the Task Force following these arrests.
I just hope we don't let the big fish to escape, knowingly, before the net is cast.
SPECIAL TASK FORCE INVESTIGATION RELATING TO ALLEGATIONS OF FUNDS TRANSMITTED TO THE ACCOUNTS OF THE PRIME MINISTER
On 8 July 2015 at 9.40am, the Special Task Force investigating the allegations of funds transmitted to the accounts of the Prime Minister raided the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) office at Menara IMC in Kuala Lumpur. The search of the premises was completed at 6.45 pm.
The Attorney General, Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail, informed that the Special Task Force team obtained the materials required for its investigation including the minutes of meetings of the 1MDB Board of Directors, the Minute Book, bank statements and other bank details, reconciliation statements, ledger books, agreements of business and investment dealings, and files on 1MDB’s corporate social responsibility activities. The team also seized several notebook computers.
Regarding the freeze orders issued on 6 July 2015 against six bank accounts, no bank accounts at AmBank Islamic held by the Prime Minister on that date were frozen because the bank accounts had already been closed on 30 August 2013 and 9 March 2015 respectively.The Special Task Force has obtained bank documents related to these accounts.
The Attorney General emphasized that all investigation documents received by the Attorney General are provided by the Special Task Force. Therefore, there is no issue of the Attorney General using documents published in the Wall Street Journal or elsewhere.
Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail
Attorney General Malaysia
Tan Sri Zeti Akhtar Aziz
Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia
Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar
Inspector General of Police
Tan Sri Abu Kassim Mohamed
Chief Commissioner of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission
PAS said today that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak had bungled when explaining the scope of the special task force set up to investigate claims that funds had been channelled into his personal accounts.
Party deputy president Datuk Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man said that by doing so, Najib as the person accused in the probe had invited the perception that the special task force was not an independent entity.
"He made a mistake when he himself explained the scope of the investigations of the special task force.
"His statement invites the perception that the special task force is not independent, under orders or reporting the investigations to him... This is not right and not good for Najib's efforts in clearing his name.
"This action is even worse than the fact that the four individuals heading the probe – Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail, Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar, Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chairman Tan Sri Abu Kassim Mohamed and Bank Negara governor Tan Sri Zeti Akhtar Aziz – are working under him," the PAS leader said in a statement.
He said that PAS once again urged Najib to go on leave pending investigations, to ensure that the probe currently underway would be seen as "clean". - Source
Najib: Task Force Investigating Whether I Used 1MDB Funds For My Own Interests
Azreen HaniThursday, July 9, 2015
Writing in his blog, Najib repeated his statement that he had never taken money
for his own interest. (Pic by Hafzi Mohamed/TMR)
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Razak said yesterday that the task force investigating the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report against him was investigating whether he used funds from 1Malaysia Development Bhd for his own interests. Writing in his blog, Najib repeated his statement that he had never taken money for his own interest. “The investigations that is being undertaken by the special task force is to determine whether accusations made by the WSJ that I have taken 1MDB funds for my own interest has basis or not,” he said. “The investigations must take into account the veracity of the documents that have been published to support the newspaper’s allegations.” The combined task force was formed by members of the Attorney General’s office, Bank Negara Malaysia, the Royal Malaysian Police and the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Agency. Attorney General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail announced the task force investigations had never revealed the scope and intent of its investigations. The WSJ published reports alleging that some US$700 million (RM2.67 billion) found its way into the personal bank accounts of Najib. It did not say what the money was being used for. - TMR
My advice to Najib Razak - If you think Malaysians are stupid, please continue issuing such statements. I reproduce below a reader's comment in my previous posting.
I hope this could open your eyes and give you an inkling as to what the public think about this whole 1MDB scandal and you as the main suspect.
"How effective is the special task force when they report to the PM? "Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak today said the scope of the special task force investigating The Wall Street Journal's claims against him, were whether he used 1MDB funds for his personal interest."
How can the suspect dictates terms to the task force investigating him (PM).
That is why Najib must take leave of absence or resign from his PM post immediately in order not to invalidate the integrity of the task force.
Hello, you 4 Tan Sris on the task force why are you not "advising" Najib to leave?
The task force must investigate why the funds were deposited in Najib's personal accounts in the first place.
There is already no question about this, that the funds were deposited in his personal accounts.
If they were deposited mistakenly by the bank, why didn’t he inform the bank immediately to rectify the mistake?
Otherwise, he is fully aware of the deposits and he must explain specifically where the funds came from. Till now he has not provided any information on these funds.
Isn’t this not an offence under the Anti-Money Laundering Act?
Simple direct question requires a simple direct answer:
Did the money go into your account? Yes or no? Why do you keep saying "no money was used for your personal gain?" YOu have never denied that the money was deposited into your private accounts.
Why was the funds transferred into Najib's personal accounts if it was not for his use? Personal use, not personal use is totally irrelevant.Why did Bank Negara remain silent about such huge transfers since 2013? The murdered founder of AmBank made reports to Bank Negara, what happened to the reports? - Anon
Must be the first time in modern history that a multi-agency task force led by none other than the Attorney General himself has started an extensive probe into some 'wild allegations'.
We shall place our full confidence and trust in the task force and on the shoulders of the no-nonsense Attorney General Tan Sri Gani Patail.
While the AG and his task force are conducting their extensive probe that includes poking their nose deep into those personal accounts in local banks, the Malaysian currency is taking a bad hit.
Ringgit has hit a 16-year low against the US Dollar followings news of Najib's 'wild allegations' making world headlines.
News Alerts today read :- - 'Malaysian Ringgit hit a 16-year low on Monday as political tensions mounted over a report that linked Prime Minister Najib Razak to probes into alleged corruption involving state fund 1MDB'
- The Ringgit fell to as low as 3.8070 per US dollar, its weakest since May 1999. Two of Malaysia's main Opposition parties on Sunday demanded an emergency sitting of Parliament to discuss Mr Najib's future - Straits Times Singapore.
The share market is not spared by Najib's 'wild allegations' either. Slightly before noon the KLCI was down 21.02 points to 1,713.22.
MIDF research reports that - Foreign selling persists, Year-to-day outflow stood at RM9 billion.
Wild allegations or not a friend from Bangkok called this morning saying that some newspapers in Pattaya have been speculating that Najib might do a Thaksin to save himself.
I didn't ask him exactly what he meant, simply not wanting to discuss our domestic scandal with a foreigner but 'doing a Thaksin' at this point of time could not mean too many things.
I hope the Attorney General and the special multi-agency task force probing Najib's 'wild allegations' have taken the necessary steps to prevent anyone 'doing a Thaksin' while graft and or abuse of power investigations are underway.
To prevent speculation and allegations of cover up and such, it would be wise for the powerful task force to freeze, with immediate effect, all local and foreign assets/properties plus bank accounts linked to the prime suspects in this major investigation.
We must accept the fact that this investigation into the 'wild allegations' against the Prime Minister of Malaysia is being followed internationally. What was local has gone global i.e. glokal.
In view of the seriousness of the 'wild allegations' against Najib, the task force must also prevent the Prime Minister and his close family members from leaving the country until the investigation is done with.
All official foreign assignments of the Prime Minister could be handled by the Deputy Prime Minister and/or other relevant ministers. Unofficial assignments could wait.
If the Prime Minister and family are not barred from leaving Malaysia, 'wild allegations' and speculations will just gain momentum and take its toll on the ringgit and KLCI.
For those Malaysians who are still stuck in their own web, this is not about politics. This is about putting the interest of the nation and the 30-odd million people who depend on her before any other interests or considerations. This is about saving Malaysia from further slide and ridicule. This is about arresting the sliding level of confidence in us, Malaysia and Malaysians.
YAB Tan Sri Muhyiddin Haji Mohd Yassin Timbalan Perdana Menteri
Saya berasa amat bimbang dengan pendedahan terkini Wall Street Journal mengenai beberapa akaun peribadi milik YAB Dato' Seri Mohd Najib Tun Abd. Razak yang didakwa telah menerima sejumlah wang daripada beberapa buah entiti yang dikatakan mempunyai hubungan dengan 1MDB.
Tuduhan ini amatlah berat kerana ia boleh menjejaskan kredibiliti dan integriti Dato' Seri Najib sebagai Perdana Menteri dan Ketua Kerajaan. Isu ini juga telah menarik perhatian rakyat serta media antarabangsa dan pastinya menyentuh kepentingan awam.
Oleh itu, saya berpendirian bahawa pihak berkuasa penyiasatan seperti Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM), Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) dan Polis Di Raja Malaysia (PDRM) dengan kerjasama Jabatan Peguam Negara perlu bertindak segera untuk menyiasat segala tuduhan yang dibuat terhadap Dato' Seri Najib. Saya yakin siasatan mengenai perkara ini akan dijalankan secara terperinci, telus dan bebas demi mencari kebenaran.
Oleh kerana tuduhan ini adalah bersifat peribadi, maka adalah wajar bagi Dato' Seri Najib untuk memberikan penjelasan yang meyakinkan atau membuat penafian. Sehubungan itu, saya menyambut baik kenyataan Dato' Seri Najib yang telah menafikan tuduhan yang dilemparkan terhadap beliau. Sekiranya beliau yakin semua tuduhan itu adalah tidak benar dan fitnah semata-mata, maka adalah wajar beliau mengambil tindakan undang-undang ke atas pihak-pihak yang membuat tuduhan demi membersihkan nama beliau dan mengembalikan kredibiliti kerajaan.
Sementara siasatan terperinci dijalankan, saya menyeru semua pihak supaya bertenang. Saya pasti kebenaran akan muncul hasil siasatan yang dijalankan oleh pihak berkuasa.
Saya berdoa mudah-mudahan di bulan Ramadhan Al-Mubarak ini, Allah s.w.t akan memberikan kita segala tawfiq dan hidayah untuk menyelesaikan segala kemelut yang berlaku dan mengurniakan kesejahteraan yang berkekalan kepada rakyat dan negara kita.
TAN SRI DATO' HJ MUHYIDDIN HJ MOHD YASSIN Timbalan Perdana Menteri Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia—Malaysian investigators scrutinizing a controversial government investment fund have traced nearly $700 million of deposits into what investigators believe are the personal bank accounts of Malaysia’s prime minister, Najib Razak, according to documents from a government probe.
The investigation documents mark the first time Mr. Najib has been directly connected to the probes into state investment fund 1Malaysia Development Bhd., or 1MDB.
Mr. Najib, who founded 1MDB and heads its board of advisors, has been under growing political pressure over the fund, which amassed $11 billion in debt it is struggling to repay.
The government probe documents what investigators believe to be the movement of cash among government agencies, banks and companies linked to 1MDB before it ended up in Mr. Najib’s personal accounts. Documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal include bank transfer forms and flow charts put together by government investigators that reflect their understanding of the path of the cash.
The original source of the money is unclear and the government investigation doesn’t detail what happened to the money that went into Mr. Najib’s personal accounts.
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“The prime minister has not taken any funds for personal use,” said a Malaysian government spokesman. “The prime minister’s political opponents, unwilling to accept his record or the facts, continue to try to undermine him with baseless smears and rumours for pure political gain.”
Mr. Najib has previously denied wrongdoing in relation to 1MDB and has urged critics to wait for the conclusion of four official investigations that are ongoing into 1MDB’s activities.
Investigators have identified five separate deposits into Mr. Najib’s accounts that came from two sources, according to the documents viewed by the Journal.
By far the largest transactions were two deposits of $620 million and $61 million in March 2013, during a heated election campaign in Malaysia, the documents show. The cash came from a company registered in the British Virgin Islands via a Swiss bank owned by an Abu Dhabi state fund. The fund, International Petroleum Investment Co., or IPIC, has guaranteed billions of dollars of 1MDB’s bonds and in May injected $1 billion in capital into the fund to help meet looming debt repayments. A spokeswoman for IPIC couldn’t be reached for comment. The British Virgin Islands company, Tanore Finance Corp., couldn’t be reached.
ENLARGE
Another set of transfers, totaling 42 million ringgit ($11.1 million), originated within the Malaysian government, according to the investigation. Investigators believe the money came from an entity known as SRC International Sdn. Bhd., an energy company that originally was controlled by 1MDB but was transferred to the Finance Ministry in 2012. Mr. Najib is also the finance minister.
The money moved through another company owned by SRC International and then to a company that works exclusively for 1MDB, and finally to Mr. Najib’s personal accounts in three separate deposits, the government documents show.
Nik Faisal Ariff Kamil, a director of SRC International, declined to comment. Mr. Kamil had power of attorney over Mr. Najib’s accounts, according to documents that were part of the government investigation.
A 1MDB spokesman said, referring to the transfers into Mr. Najib’s account: “1MDB is not aware of any such transactions, nor has it seen any documents to this effect.” The spokesman cautioned that doctored documents have been used in the past to discredit 1MDB and the government.
For months, concerns about 1MDB’s debt and lack of transparency have dominated political discussion in Malaysia, a close ally of the U.S. and a counterweight to China in Southeast Asia.
When he founded 1MDB in 2009, Mr. Najib promised it would kick-start new industries and turn Kuala Lumpur into a global financial center. Instead, the fund bought power plants overseas and invested in energy joint ventures that failed to get off the ground. The fund this year has rescheduled debt payments.
The Journal last month detailed how 1MDB had been used to indirectly help Mr. Najib’s election campaign in 2013. The fund appeared to overpay for a power plant from a Malaysian company. The company then donated money to a Najib-linked charity that made donations, including to local schools, which Mr. Najib was able to tout as he campaigned.
“We only acquire assets when we are convinced that they represent long-term value, and to suggest that any of our acquisitions were driven by political considerations is simply false,” 1MDB said last month.
The four probes into 1MDB are being conducted by the nation’s central bank, a parliamentary committee, the auditor general and police. A spokeswoman for Bank Negara Malaysia, the central bank, declined to comment. Malaysia’s police chief and a member of the parliamentary committee also had no comment. The auditor general said this week it had completed an interim report on 1MDB’s accounts and would hand it to the parliament on July 9.
The prime minister is facing increasing pressure over 1MDB. The country’s longest-serving prime minister, Mahathir Mohamad, who left office in 2003, publicly has urged Mr. Najib to resign.
This week, Malaysia’s home minister threatened to withdraw publishing licenses from a local media group, citing what he said were inaccurate reports on 1MDB.
The $11.1 million of transfers to Mr. Najib’s bank account occurred at the end of 2014 and the beginning of 2015, according to the government investigation. Among the companies that investigators say it passed through was Ihsan Perdana Sdn. Bhd., which provides corporate social responsibility programs for 1MDB’s charitable foundation, according to company registration documents. Attempts to reach the managing director of Ihsan Perdana weren’t successful.
Documents tied to the transfer said its purpose was for “CSR,” or corporate social responsibility, programs. The Wall Street Journal examination of the use of funds tied to 1MDB for Mr. Najib’s election campaign showed that the money was slated to be used for corporate social responsibility programs as well.
The government probe documents detail how investigators believe SRC International transferred 40 million ringgit on Dec. 24 last year to a wholly owned subsidiary. This company on the same day wired the money to Ihsan Perdana, according to the documents. Two days after receiving the money, Ihsan Perdana wired 27 million ringgit and five million ringgit in two separate transfers to two different bank accounts owned by Mr. Najib, the government documents show.
In February, 10 million ringgit entered the prime minister’s account, also from SRC International via Ihsan Perdana, the documents show.
The remittance documents don’t name Mr. Najib as the beneficiary but detail account numbers at a branch of AmIslamic Bank Bhd. in Kuala Lumpur. Two flow charts from the government investigation name the owner of these accounts as “Dato’ Sri Mohd Najib Bin Hj Abd Razak,” the prime minister’s official name. A spokesman for AmIslamic Bank declined to comment.
In another transaction, Tanore Finance, the British Virgin Islands-based company, transferred $681 million in two tranches to a different account at another Kuala Lumpur branch of AmIslamic Bank. The government probe said the account was owned by Mr. Najib, according to the documents.
The transfers came from an account held by Tanore Finance at a Singapore branch of Falcon Private Bank, a Swiss bank which is owned by IPIC, the Abu Dhabi fund, according to the documents. A spokesman for Falcon Private Bank declined to comment.
The $681 million was transferred to Mr. Najib’s accounts on March 21 and March 25, 2013, the government documents show.
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