Gabenor Bank Negara: Mahathir Lantik Ali Abul Hassan Bukan Zeti

 March 4, 2016 admin

Dakwaan Tun Mahathir Mohamad bahawa beliau tidak pernah menukar dan campur tangan dalam pelantikan Gabenor Bank Negara adalah satu pembohongan. Malah kenyataan beliau bahawa langkah membenarkan Perdana Menteri melantik gabenor Bank Negara akan menyebabkan bank pusat tersebut tidak lagi bebas merupakan satu kenyataan nyanyuk.

Dalam temu bual dengan Bloomberg yang dipetik oleh Malaysiakini.com, Mahathir dilaporkan berkata hanya Yang di-Pertuan Agong boleh melantik gabenor Bank Negara atas nasihat Perdana Menteri.

Apakah ini bukan campur tangan politik? Jika pentadbiran kerajaan tidak boleh campur tangan dalam Bank Negara Malaysia siapa yang menentukan polisi kewangan negara, Kerajaan atau Bank Negara secara terasing?

Menurut Mahathir lagi, pada hari beliau mahu melaksanakan kawalan mata wang, gabenor bank pusat dan timbalannya, ketika itu menyerahkan surat peletakan jawatan mereka.

“Oleh itu, saya tidak mempunyai pilihan tetapi untuk melantik orang ‘ketiga’, iaitu (Tan Sri) Zeti Akhtar Aziz untuk menjalankan tugas sebagai gabenor.

Mungkin Mahathir lupa bahawa pada 1998 selepas beberapa ketika Tan Sri Zeti Akhtar menjadi Pemangku Gabenor Bank Negara, beliau membawa masuk sekutu kuatnya, Tan Sri Ali Abul Hassan Sulaiman, sebagai Gabenor Bank Negara pada 1998 sehingga 2000. Zeti hanya dilantik sebagai Timbalan sahaja.

Mahathir mungkin boleh membohongi sebahagian generasi muda yang malas membaca dan buta politik.

Kita tidak menyatakan keputusan Mahathir salah atau tidak baik kepada negara.

Sudah tentu kerajaan perlu campur tangan dalam pelantikan Gabenor Bank Negara kerana ia termaktub dalam Perlembagaan bahawa Yang Di Pertuan Agong melantik Gabenor Bank Negara atas nasihat Perdana Menteri.

Yang kita kesalkan ialah Mahathir secara terang-terangan memberi maklumat yang salah kepada rakyat. Hanya orang terdekat dengan beliau boleh memberitahu kita apakah beliau seorang pembohong atau sudah “pelupa”.

Apa yang kita mahu tunjukkan ialah dakwaan bahawa kerajaan MAHATHIR tidak campur tangan dalam urusan Bank Negara adalah satu pembohongan terang-terangan.

Catatan

Memang benar Tan Sri Ahmad Mohamed Don dan timbalannya, Datuk Fong Weng Phak meletak jawatan mulai 1 September 1998. Sehari kemudian Timnbalan Perdana Menteri dan Menteri Kewangan, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim dipecat.

Tapi bukankah aneh perletakan jawatan serentak dua orang kanan Bank Negara ini berlaku pada hari yang sama kerajaan melaksanakan kawalan modal dan matawang? Bukankah ini jelas campur tangan kerajaan dalam Bank Pusat yang Mahathir cuba nafikan?

Mahathir kata beliau tidak memecat Gabenor dan Timbalan Gabenor Bank Negara. Jadi mengapakah mereka meletak jawatan pada hari kerajaan mahu Bank Negara melaksanakan kawalan modal?

Pada zaman Mahathir adalah perkara biasa kita melihat pemegang jawatan besar meletak jawatan secara tiba-tiba apabila tidak mengikut kehendak Mahathir.

Mahathir tidak perlu memecat kerana politik “ugutan dan buka fail” sudah cukup menakutkan ramai orang berundur kecuali Tun Salleh Abbas, Anwar Ibrahim, Tan Sri Azmi Kamaruddin, Allahyarham Tan Sri Eusoffe Abdoolcadeer, Allahyarham Tan Sri Wan Suleiman Pawanteh, Tan Sri George Seah dan Tan Sri Hamzah Mohamed Salleh.

Mereka ini tidak tunduk kepada politik Mahathir dan Mahathir tiada pilihan terpaksa memecat. Enam Hakim kanan dipecat menggunakan tribunal, manakala Timbalan beliau dipecat menggunakan kuasa dan Majlis Tertinggi UMNO.

Pelantikan Gabenor Bank Negara dan Politik

Adalah sangat melucukan apabila Mahathir menyatakan beliau tidak masuk campur dalam pelantikan Gabenor bank Negara.

Mahathir tidak terus meminta perkenan Yang Dipertuan Agong melantik Penolong Gabenor, Datuk Dr. Zeti Akhtar Aziz Gabenor Bank Negara. Sebaliknya beliau hanya memohon perkenan melantik sebagai pemangku bank Negara.

Beliau mencari seseorang “junior” yang boleh mengikut kehendak beliau di Bank Negara. Dengan melantik Zeti sebagai pemangku beliau memberi isyarat bahawa jika arahan dan keputusan beliau tidak dipatuhi, jawatan tersebut belum tentu milik Zeti.

Dalam temuramah hari juga Mahathir berkata, “Oleh itu, saya tidak mempunyai pilihan tetapi untuk melantik orang ‘ketiga’, iaitu (Tan Sri) Zeti Akhtar Aziz untuk menjalankan tugas sebagai gabenor. Dan selepas itu, saya buat cadangan supaya beliau jadi gabenor. Saya tidak pecat mana-mana gabenor.”

Apakah Mahathir lupa bahawa beliau tidak melantik Zeti sebagai Gabenor?Sebaliknya, pada tahun tersebut beliau membawa masuk sekutu rapat Tan Sri Ali Abul Hassan Sulaiman sebagai Gabenor Bank Negara pada 1998 sehingga 2000, manakala Zeti dilantik sebagai Timbalan sahaja.

Jadi di mana fakta bahawa Mahathir tidak masuk campur dalam urusan Bank Negara? Bukankah pelantikan Ali Abul Hassan ini sangat kontroversi kerana setahun sebelum itu Mahathir memebebaskan beliau dari tangkapan Badan Pencegah Rasuah (BPR) kerana memiliki wang tunai sebanyak RM 100 ribu tanpa sumber yang sah?

Pelantikan Ali Abul Hassan sebagai Gabenor Bank Negara jelas sekali kroni Mahathir. Dan hari ini Mahathir ingin menimbulkan persepsi bahawa tindakan Kerajaan tidak menyambung kontrak Gabenor Bank Negara merupakan satu campur tangan kerajaan dalam Bank Pusat yang mustahil berlaku pada zamannya?

Oh Tun Mahathir, anda mudah lupa atau sengaja menipu fakta? Cukup-cukuplah memusnahkan legasi sendiri. Anak-anak Tun Mahathir, selamatkanlah maruah negarawan kita ini. Anda sahaja yang mampu melakukan.-MYKMU.NET

Is there a mystery hand orchestrating the SRC deposit, BMM raid, and leak to WSJ?

Thursday, April 25, 2019

Is there a mystery hand orchestrating the SRC deposit, BMM raid, and leak to WSJ?

Thursday, April 25, 2019

Is there a mystery hand orchestrating the SRC deposit, BMM raid, and leak to WSJ?

In a previous posting HERE, doubt was raised on a BNM officer ability to quote exact clause of the law contravened in his police report about half an hour after the raid on Ambank office.

The subsequent witnesses seemed be giving glowing words of Dato Najib's generosity that a commentator twitter asked where is the part Najib is the "pencuri, penyamun dan perompak" (thief, bandit and robber)?

Husin Lempoyang hinted Mahathir's "mencuri, menyamun dan merompak" or his plundered wealth can be seen in his children.

Today's witness, Umi Devi spent a whole day reading from text. Who prepared for the bank officer? Why was she allowed to read prepared text instead of being cross examined by the DPP? Does she has hearing problem thus could not do a Q&A?

Yesterday, prosecutor raised a pertinent issue, in which RM42 million of RM104 million of SRC money went to Najib's account, but what happen to the rest?

MMO reported:

Najib's lawyer claims only RM42m out of RM103m went from SRC to client

Published 1 day ago on 24 April 2019

By Ida Lim

KUALA LUMPUR, April 24 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s lawyer today produced in court a chart of the money trail of a total RM103 million from former 1MDB unit SRC International Sdn Bhd, including a total of RM42 million to Najib himself.

Najib’s lawyer Harvinderjit Singh outlined the money trail during December 2014 to April 2015, saying that the funds flowed from SRC International to its subsidiary Gandingan Mentari Sdn Bhd, and that the funds were subsequently transferred to SRC International-linked firm Ihsan Perdana Sdn Bhd’s Affin Bank accounts.

Harvinderjit said the funds then flowed from Ihsan Perdana to Najib as well as other unspecified recipients.

Harvinderjit said that only RM42 million of the RM103 million went to Najib.

Harvinderjit outlined the money trail when seeking for documents from an Affin Bank officer to identify who received the rest of the money from the RM103 million sum.

Affin Bank processing officer Rosaiah Mohamed Rosli is the 20th prosecution witness.

Today is day eight of Najib’s money-laundering and corruption trial over RM42 million of SRC International Sdn Bhd.

At the start of Najib’s trial, Attorney General Tommy Thomas had said the prosecution would seek to establish that RM42 million of SRC International funds passed through the accounts of the company’s corporate social responsibility partner Ihsan Perdana and SRC International’s subsidiary Gandingan Mentari Sdn Bhd before reaching Najib’s AmBank accounts.

Today, when seeking for the additional 11 bank documents, Harvinderjit argued that all RM103 million originated from the same source — SRC International — and that it was essential for the defence to learn where the rest of the money went.

“If the prosecution’s case is that out of SRC, a total of RM42 million ended up into accounts belonging to Datuk Seri Najib, it is also relevant to note over RM60 million did not end up in Datuk Seri Najib’s accounts and ended up somewhere else.

“This is why I say this is desirable and necessary for us to determine where the money went to,” he said.

“It is part of our defence that the same people in SRC were conducting some business, questionable and dubious business, where money from SRC has been channelled to a number of entities and issued to unknown recipients, part of the money may have ended up with Datuk Seri Najib,” he added.

Ad hoc prosecutor Datuk V. Sithambaram objected, however, to Harvinderjit’s request for the additional documents by arguing that these were outside the scope of Najib’s trial involving seven charges relating to SRC International’s RM42 million.

“This case is based on seven charges, specific seven charges. This court is not going to conduct an inquiry of how other money irrelevant to these charges were spent or used on Our case is solely related to RM42 million as stated in the charges,” Sithambaram said.

“If we go on this thread, if this is allowed, for every banker, we have to go on a wild goose chase which has no relevance to the charges,” he said, noting that Najib’s lawyers were free to produce documents at the defence stage later on.

The trial is currently at the prosecution stage, in which prosecutors must prove that there is a case for Najib to answer and enter his defence.

Harvinderjit responded to say the way the money from SRC International allegedly reached Najib was “part of the same system” where the rest of the RM103 million was paid out, insisting that those documents on the recipients of the over RM60 million figure were consequently relevant here.

“It’s my client’s defence that he was manipulated by certain people and these people gained tremendously,” he claimed.

High Court judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali finally ruled that Najib’s lawyers would only be allowed to get one additional banking document considered relevant to Najib’s charges in this case.

The document that Najib was allowed to get from Affin Bank’s Rosaiah is regarding an RM8 million cheque with the number 0019327 as issued from an Ihsan Perdana Sdn Bhd’s Affin Bank account on December 30, 2014.

Earlier, when outlining seven transactions in his own chart on the purported money trail of funds originating from SRC International, Harvinderjit had said that RM40 million went into Gandingan Mentari’s account and was transferred to Ihsan Perdana on December 24, 

Harvinderjit said RM27 million and RM5 million out of the RM40 million were transferred to accounts belonging to Najib, while the remaining RM8 million from the RM40 million sum was transferred out via a cheque ending with 19327 to an “unknown recipient”.

The trial resumes this afternoon.

Last week, Najib’s lead defence lawyer, Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, claimed to reporters that his client was purportedly the “victim” of a “conspiracy” by fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho.

It is only fair for Najib's lawyer to request the 20th witness to furnish document regarding the transactions of the other SRC money recipient accounts.

The lawyer believed certain people inside SRC and Gandingan Mentari have been conducting questionable transactions.

How could the amount that ended in Najib's account is known but other recipients are not made known.

Apparently these mysterious hands are not just transfering RM42 million but RM104 million from SRC to unknown recipients.

But the prosecution is hiding from the court the identity of the other recipients.

Prior to this, Najib has repeatedly said he expect donation from Saudi, but it looks now that it was SRC that was deposited into his personal accounts.

The bigger mystery possibly is the moment SRC money came in allegedly by mysterious hands, BNM came in to raid.

At the same time, the raid was mysteriously leaked to The Wall Street Journal which reported of the raid the next day on their portal.

MACC and Police have yet to start investigation then.

It is as if mysterious hidden hands deposited SRC money into Najib's account and immediately leaked to WSJ.

Tan Sri Shafee Abdullah said the email between the mystery person and Ambank officer Joanna shows an instruction not to show to PM.

PM was not given a copy of his account statement. A mistake which usually end with Banks losing their lawsuits against errand borrowers.

Will it be revealed in court of the mysterious hands that deposited the money into Najib's account? Who was the mysterious hand at BNM able to influence BNM investigation on Ambank? Who at BNM empowered and accessed to leak info to WSJ?

Today's witness Umi Devi will be interesting to hear her turn to be cross examined by defense lawyer. [Update 4/26 12:00 PM: She confirm an inconsistency between her testimony with that of a BNM officer.]

Nik Faisal was mentioned as an authorised Manager of Najib's account. Another widely known is the late Dato Adlin, Najib's Principal Private Secretary.

Is Nik Faisal the mysterious hand? Will he appear in court as witness or speculated to be crown witness?

Updated: 26/4 9:00 AM

Debunking Scorpene Scandal Part 1: Sensationalising Altantunya

Thursday, June 28, 2012

Debunking Scorpene Scandal Part 1: Sensationalising Altantunya

Many have formed their own opinion and perception on the submarine issue that became hot and sensational arising from the brutal death of Altantunya in 2006. How much is fact and how much is mere fiction, perception and guesswork. But the corruption allegation on the submarine need to be addressed.

Until the "opposition", which includes their NGO arm, SUARAM and their French lawyers can prove their allegations, no amount of demands and call on the BN Government can make them say more.

"Paul Mason shall sell no wine before it is time," as the tagline in a famous commercial with the great filmmaker Orson Welles. They will reveal their card when the time is right.

With some knowledge and information on the inner working of the defense industry; the whose with who, who wants what, and who gets what, Nurul Izzah's allegation that the €36 million to Terasasi from Thales International Asia (Thint Asia) is proceed for selling of Government military secret is laughable. Probably it has nothing to do with Scorpene.

It is funnier because many personalities involved with the submarine are those we know personally. We learned from them of the problems faced in building the submarine, thus it made all these allegations by opposition look preposterous.

This blog intend to debunk each issue by issue using information from their sources. We will reveal the inconsistency in their allegation, and the ever changing stories. There are allegations they made that has quiet down because there is no proof.

For those so confident that there is a case against Najib, the Government side knows what is in the cards of the "opposition", especially with the leak of the 153 documents, but the opposition and even the judges do not know what the government have.

So let the games begin!

Investigating Court
 

The court in France is only an investigating court. There is no trial, no subpoena, and no charges yet. All that will only happen when the trial begin. And that is if there is charges. An extract from Raja Petra's latest below:

Actually, this is not an open court hearing but merely an application by Suaram who filed a criminal complaint, together with an application to join the proceedings as a civil party -- Civil Party Petition -- before a judge in chambers. The judge will first have to look through the evidence and determine whether a crime has been committed before ordering a trial.

Based on Suaram’s application, the prosecutor ordered the Tribunal De Grande Instance in Paris to investigate the allegations of impropriety in the submarine contract. The result of this police investigation runs into hundreds of pages from D1 to D153, which you can read below.

The idea to initiate a campaign to keep the Scorpene submarines issue alive until the 13th General Election was mooted by R. Sivarasa and Tian Chua some time back in 2009. Sivarasa and Tian Chua discussed the matter with Anwar Ibrahim who decided that Suaram would be the best vehicle to use to initiate the action.

French lawyers were then engaged to act on behalf of Suaram to apply to the French court for a probe to be conducted on all the companies and personalities involved in the submarines contract. This was a sort of ‘class action suit’ to be taken by Suaram but Suaram had to first convince the court that it had locus standi on the matter. Suaram was presented to the court as an international NGO similar in status to Amnesty International whose job is to uphold democracy and human rights. This pleading to the court can be seen in the first document, document D1, below.

Most of the police investigation reports submitted to the court were quite routine in nature, touching on the background of all the French and Malaysian companies involved in the contract plus the role of the various personalities from these companies, including tracking the money trail. It traces the history of the entire transaction to the present day and it explores whether there are any criminal elements in how the transaction was conducted.

Remember that this case is not about Altantunya's death but about allegation of corruption in the purchase of two Scorpene submarines. The allegation is that the €114 million (RM534 million) paid to Perimeker for logistical support involving crew training is corruption.

Taken from their website, SUARAM explained that the court decision to take up the case as below:

In April 2010, the lawyers representing SUARAM, informed us that the courts had accepted the request to investigate the claim of corruption for a payment amounting to Euro 114 million made as commissions from DCNS to Perimekar.

It is not difficult to prove that there is nothing else to it than what Perimeker was. But that will be for an upcoming posting.

Those serially numbered documents still does not constitute proof. It has to tally with other supporting evidences to form a substantiated allegation. Until then, any one document is open to a myriad of possibilities.

Sensationalising Altantunya's death

Tian Chua's Malaysian Chronicle psychologically implicating Najib and Rosmah in the murder of Altantuya with use of a poster

Since SUARAM made their submission to the French court, every other statement from SUARAM have been misleading and not the truth.

SUARAM's motivation is to sensationalise Altantunya's death and link it to the submarine deal, while the court is looking at only the money paid to Perimeker.

Below is from their website here:

Why should Malaysians be interested?

• The defence ministry has spent more than one billion euros or about RM 7.3 billion of the rakyat’s money for the purchase of the two submarines, which are reportedly of questionable quality. The first submarine, the KD Tuanku Abdul Rahman could not sink in tropical waters, while the second arrived more than 7 months after the scheduled date of arrival.

• Adding intrigue and mystery to this controversial deal was the mysterious and horrifying death in 2006, by two policemen closely linked to then deputy prime minister Najib Razak. The deceased is a Mongolian national, believed to be a translator and mistress of Abdul Razak Baginda, a political analyst, also closely linked to Najib.

• C4 explosives were said to have killed her. This explosive is not easily available in the market. It is available only in the Defence ministry and normally used for demolishing buildings. Who issued the explosives to be used and why? When Altantuya was killed, Najib was still the Defence Minister.

Notice there is nothing specific in their allegation on corruption but lengthy and sensational description on Altantuya's death.

More from the same website below to see where SUARAM's focal point is really about:

SUARAM has been monitoring the scandal building not just surrounding the mysterious and horrendous death of Altantuya Shariibu, but her role and involvement in the procurement of arms for the Malaysian government, leading to her gruesome murder.

Regular press conference by SUARAM and their lawyers with speculative up-dates over a case which is still under investigation, charges not made and trial not begin as political propaganda campaign for PKR  

SUARAM used the opportunity to up-date the public as a propaganda strategy to keep alive the issue by revealing bit by bit new information and sensationalise with all sort of speculations.

According to Freddie Kevin here, SUARAM begin their role to takeover from Anwar with Dr Kua Kia Soong's statement in Malaysiakini in November 2009.

Dr Kua and the French were already at odds with him claiming it as "seeking justice for Altantunya in the French court" while the lawyers clarified "the murder of the Mongolian woman is beyond the jurisdiction of the French authorities."

Claim whatever they like, but what is obvious is SUARAM is a mouthpiece of PKR. They are using the alleged Scorpene corruption scandal and sensational Altantunya murder to pinpoint on unsubstantiated accusation against Dato Seri Najib and his wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor.

The political logic to this is easy to understand. There is a lot of scandals, corruption accusations and administrative weaknesses of Anwar. And any could turn into a disastrous issue for him.

But there is not much such material to pin against Najib. Most of the current issues faced by Najib including corruption cases are legacy issues. And Anwar knows it.

Who is Altantunya?

The opposition claimed the late sexy Korean singer, U Nei as Altantunya

Much has been said of Altantuya the past few days.

Did she or did she not enter France together with Razak Baginda? Police claimed she never entered but others claim there are photos of her in Paris.

Many claimed the above picture is Altantuya in front of the Notre Dame in Paris, but others dispute it to be the Gothic Cathederal Guomo in Milan, Italy

There are also those claiming her picture in front of the Notre Dame is doctored, thus disputing the pictures allegedly given to Asia Sentinel by Mongolian Ambassador at large, Dato Syed Abdul Rahman..There is nothing in the picture to indicate date or any other information. Thus any conclusion drawn from the pictures are speculative. [Read Perak Today analysis here]

Leaving aside the issue until it is resolved, according to SUARAM and we extract from a SUARAM posting here on their official blog, Altantuya is many things related to the deal. Read the extract below:

Who is Altantuya Shaariibuu?

• Shaariibuugiin Altantuyaa (1978 – 2006), is a Mongolian national, who was murdered brutally in Shah Alam Malaysia on the 19th October 2006, during the month of Ramadhan.
• She worked as a translator for Mr. Abdul Razak Baginda, who is a well-known political analyst, a close ally to Prime Minister Najib Razak.
• When Altantuya Shaariibuu was killed, Najib was the deputy prime minister and defense minister.
• She was also a single mother with two young children below 10 years old.
• Her younger son has a rare brain disease and she was trying to earn enough money to send him for a good medical treatment.
• Now both her sons are orphaned and they are taken care of by their grandfather – Mr Setev Shaariibuu and his spouse in a village in Mongolia.
• Altantuya was recruited for the job because she was reportedly fluent in Mongolian, Russian, Chinese, English, and some French. In fact prior to this job, she has had some business dealings with Abdul Razak.
• Razak Baginda was at that time, a defense analyst from the Malaysian Strategic Research Centre think-tank.

But when it was revealed that Altantunya was no translator and the foreign languages she could speak was Russian and rusty English, Tian Chua started to react as though the above description perpetuated by the "opposition" was never their's.Tian Chua is a well known agitator and activist of SUARAM. He is involved in the submarine allegations, posted this doctored picture on his blog and claim it real, and spoke on the issue to the press and in the SUARAM fund raising dinner.

We extracted from his response from FMT here, below:

Tian Chua's poor photoshop work to depict Razak Baginda and Altantunya having dinner with Najib in France

Meanwhile, Batu MP Tian Chua said the new revelation raises more questions that must be answered by Najib and Abdul Razak themselves.

“The government has a lot to answer. We have to bring back Razak Baginda to court. The argument that she [Altantuya] was a translator and that there was commission to be paid, and that Razak said he didn’t want to pay her is now in question since she never went to France.”

“When we went to France and we asked the lawyers, they almost fell down laughing because all the negotiations were conducted in English! The French politicians were shaking their head, asking: ‘Why would we do a multi-billion deal without speaking English? It doesn’t make sense,” said Tian.

‘Why was she killed?’

“So now we have to ask Najib and Razak Baginda: Why do you say you need a translator? What is her role? She had no role! We want to know why she was killed.”

“Who sponsored her trips? Under what name did she travel? It makes us recall that there was no record of her entry into Malaysia. It is very mysterious. Something is wrong.”

However, Tian said that he “did not care” about Altantuya and the focus should be on corruption.

Oh really? They never cared for Altantuya?

SUARAM spin on Altantuya

SUARAM also wrote extensively on who killed her, where and how she was killed, alleged that she was killed for knowing to much, and alleged to know Najib, but little on the submarine bit.
The allegation on getting killed for knowing too much is reproduced below:

Altantuya was killed because she knew too much?

• That’s what her dad Mr Shaariibuu said when he came to Malaysia in 2007 to attend her murder trial

• According to reports by the French newspaper Liberation, Altantuya found out that one of the parties involved in negotiations, a Spanish company Armaris, had paid out the commissions of 114 million euros for the deal (reportedly one billion euros or RM4.7 billion for the purchase of three submarines).

• The commission was credited into the accounts of a company controlled by Razak, Perimekar.

• Subsequently, Altantuya, accompanied by her cousin, went to Kuala Lumpur to ask for the portion of the commission due to her (allegedly US$500,000).

• Unfortunately, Altantuya never got her share.

To get her fair share, she must be a military deal maker or broker. SUARAM never described her as such but only claimed as a translator.

For her to be a translator, Altantuya must know at least English. Many defenders of her language proficiency as a translator including SUARAM argued that her father Dr Setev Shariibuu claimed she could speak 6 languages including English.

Getting this The Star link here from Freddie Kevin's blog here, it leads to Altantuya's note before her death submitted in court. Read it and try to understand it. Is it the letter of a translator proficient in English.
 
No Military Broker

Unless she leads a lifestyle of the late Adnan Khashoggi, one cannot claim Altantuya as an arms dealer. Not with her limited language proficieny, particularly in English  

Could someone with such limited communication skill be an arms broker or military dealmaker? Thus, how could she be demanding her "share" from Razak?
 
Unless one is rich and have a lifestyle like Adnan Khashoggi, very few can call themselves as arms dealer.

Most local players are one categorised as suppliers or representatives of arms manufacturer. These representatives are usually retired military or Defense Ministry's officials. For major military assets, it is dealt on a G to G basis.

Altantuya is no arms dealer or broker. Neither is she representative of any military suppliers.

In her letter presented in court, she wrote:

Yes I try to blackmail him. Maybe it’s my fault but now I really understand he doesn’t loves me anymore and I need to stop that I asked money from him to go back. how he promised to me.

This phrase is clear that Altantunya just realised it was over between her and Razak. She only asked for some money to enable her to return to Mongolia.

Nevertheless, such is the attitude of opposition to facts and reasons, they are not likely to believe so. They will still insist with what SUARAM had written here as below:

• She accompanied Razak Baginda to Paris where she worked as translator during his negotiations to purchase submarines from France for the Malaysian government.

How can that be so?

Read on in Malaysiakini report here. 

The Scorpene deal was signed on June 5, 2002 in Kuala Lumpur. 

Razak met Altantuya and begin the affair in November or December 2004. The affair ended in 2005. The following are quotes from the judge in Altantuya murder trial in The Star dated October 31st, 2008 here:

"At the start of the trial, Abdul Razak filed an affidavit saying he had an affair with Altantuya after meeting her in 2004.

The tell-all affidavit said they had trysts in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore and France, but broke up in 2005."

That affidavit was dated Jan 5, 2007 and was not disputed as a case fact. The same fact was reported in NST recently when Ezam Mohd Noor made a certain demand on Anwar Ibrahim who kept making accusation on the Scorpene deal. 

And, in The Star report dated November 20th, 2008 here, Razak clarified further:

He also denounced “lies” that Altantunya was involved in certain deals such as the Scorpene submarine deal in Paris, France.

“There have been all sorts of stories and insinuations about the linkages between the deceased and some deals. I’m sure all are aware but everyone is lazy these days and don’t check their facts.

“The purported deal was signed in June 2002. I first met the deceased in November or December 2004. I fail to see the connection but it went on and on. These are malicious lies,” he added.

Never Giving-up a Spin

Still trying hard to mislead

We thought Zahid's denial was sufficient, but Tian Chua came to rescue Nurul Izzah for admitting his denial answer as a fair "technical reason". The extract from Malaysian Insider's here below:

But PKR vice-president Chua Tian Chang furnished another court document today, which he claims proves the government had lied in its denial.

“The government says that they do not know about Terasasi’s existence and they categorically denied that Terasasi has sold secret Malaysian naval documents to France.

“But yesterday I revealed the annual returns which showed that Terasasi’s owners are only two — Abdul Razak and his father, the same owners of Perimekar,” he said, pointing out that Putrajaya had previously insisted that it had signed a contract with Perimekar for “coordination and support services”.

“So if the government claims that they don’t know, it means that Abdul Razak was dishonest in his contract — because he not only received payments from the government, the contract was also signed between Terasasi and Thompson, which later became (French shipmaker) DCNS,” he said.

The Batu MP also cited a French court document available online on Asia Sentinel, where Abdul Razak was mentioned as a party to the controversial Scorpene submarine purchase.

Chua singled out Document 136, which was translated from French, which details the interview between the French police and DCNS’ financial controller, Gerard-Philippe Menayas.

The document, distributed to the media today, was of Menayas’ explanation to the police of how the firm had to use other associate companies to make payments to Abdul Razak’s Terasasi.

Even more notable from the document, said Chua, was Menayas’ clear mention of Altantuya as Abdul Razak’s “interpreter”.

“So the government cannot deny the link,” he said.

Malaysia paid RM6.7 billion in 2009 for the two submarines of which RM574 million was earmarked for co-ordination and support services for Perimekar Sdn Bhd, owned by Abdul Razak.

Still insisting on Altantunya being a "interpretor"? Hehehe ...

For further info on Terasasi, Thales Internatiopnal Asia, Armaris, Thales and DCNS, just watch this space.

In the meanwhile, show proof that there is money flow from DCNS to Thales to Terasasi. Otherwise, Menayas is only a lead but does not hold water. It is still open to many other possibilities..

It also means Tian Chua has not proven Government knows anything about Terasasi unless there is transaction involving the Government and Terasasi. Furthermore, since Terasasi is Razak's company, money from any source can flow into it. 

Ask what does Thales do? Is it only related to submarine?

What happen to an earlier allegation that Malta-based company, Giffen said to be the conduit for money from Perimeker to Terasasi? SUARAM or their lawyer speculated such but have yet to show prove. 

With the documents confiscated by police available online, which numbered document is the money flow showing such? Why the silence? Cat got your tongue?   

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Pakatan Harapan’s “Get-Robert-Kuok-Rich-Quick” Scheme

By Raja Petra Kamarudin Last updated Apr 20, 2019

The truth is, because of Mahathir’s quarrel with China and because of Sarawak Report’s anti-palm oil campaign, our palm oil sudah tak laku. So, Malaysia is using the tak laku palm oil to pay for goods and services. But the Pakatan Harapan government does not have its own stock of palm oil. So, they need to buy it from Robert Kuok. And that means Robert Kuok bertambah kaya while Malaysia bertambah miskin.

THE CORRIDORS OF POWER

Raja Petra Kamarudin

Malaysia will pay for arms purchases with palm oil

(Bernama) – Malaysia is negotiating with several countries to acquire military assets through barter trade, said Defence Minister Mohamad Sabu on Friday (Apr 19).

Pakistan, Russia and China have shown their readiness to accept palm oil in exchange for military equipment, he said at a press conference.

“We have been working towards a barter system and have received a positive response,” said Mohamad Sabu. (READ MORE HERE)

Robert Kuok owns that palm oil who Malaysia will buy from

The point is this. The Pakatan Harapan government DOES NOT own any palm oil. The palm oil is owned by private companies, and Robert Kuok is the biggest of those palm oil traders. According to FELDA, they may own the plantations and the production of palm oil, but they DO NOT control the marketing of their own palm oil. FELDA’S market, especially China, is monopolised by Robert Kuok. Hence FELDA must sell through Robert Kuok.

Basically, this means the more palm oil Malaysia uses to pay for its purchases and development projects, the more palm oil Malaysia needs to buy from Robert Kuok. So, this “use palm oil to pay for purchases and contracts” is actually a “get-Robert-Kuok-rich-quick” scheme.

Robert Kuok is already the richest man in Asia. After this Robert Kuok is going to be the richest man on earth and the moon. How nice to be a Tun Daim Zainuddin-Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad crony.

READ MORE HERE

Teresa Kok’s big wayang to cover up the fact that Pakatan Harapan is helping to make a very rich Robert Kuok even richer

Teresa Kok is talking kok. DAP is trying to give an impression that the Pakatan Harapan government is breaking into new markets. This is a big wayang to cover up the fact that Pakatan Harapan is helping to make a very rich Robert Kuok even richer.

The chart below shows that Malaysia has been exporting palm oil to Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia and many Middle East countries in huge amounts. And Malaysia has been selling to these countries long before Pakatan Harapan took over the Federal Government in May 2018. Teresa Kok ni nak cuba tipu siapa?

The truth is, because of Mahathir’s quarrel with China and because of Sarawak Report’s anti-palm oil campaign, our palm oil sudah tak laku. So, Malaysia is using the tak laku palm oil to pay for goods and services. But the Pakatan Harapan government does not have its own stock of palm oil. So, they need to buy it from Robert Kuok. And that means Robert Kuok bertambah kaya while Malaysia bertambah miskin.

That is what Mat Sabu and Teresa Kok are actually doing but are not telling us.

Sarawak Report’s very successful anti-palm oil campaign has hurt Malaysia, in particular Malay FELDA settlers

Robert Kuok Suing Raja Petra Again

By Raja Petra Kamarudin Last updated Apr 27, 2019

So please do not act like you are honourable and innocent. You did not get where you are (104th richest man in the world) because you are Mother Teresa. Pakatan Harapan, together with you, Daim and Mahathir, are ripping off the country. And, today, many Malays, especially those in the palm oil industry, kena ikat perut because they are too poor to feed their families.

NO HOLDS BARRED

Raja Petra Kamarudin

Dear Tan Sri,

I refer to the letter from your lawyer dated 24th April 2019 (SEE BELOW).

I would like you to know that from 1990 to 1994 I made about ten trips to China. In one of those trips I brought along a senior FELDA officer who I am not at liberty to name (so let us just call him “R”). The purpose of that particular trip was to explore the possibility of exporting FELDA’s palm oil to China, a market that was expanding and was expected to be a main market for Malaysia in about 20 years or so from then (meaning around today).

R told me that although FELDA sells a lot of palm oil to China, none is sold direct. Everything has to be sold through a person named Robert Kuok, meaning you, who has a monopoly on the China market. If FELDA does not sell through you then FELDA sells nothing.

I arranged various meetings for R and potential palm oil buyers in Beijing and Shanghai. But all these buyers told us the same story, that they can only buy from you, so we need to deal through you. In the end, after more than a week in China, we returned to Malaysia empty-handed.

Hence I dispute your claim that my allegations are false. Whatever deal done with China is certainly to your benefit. As what R told me, Cina bertambah kaya tetapi Melayu masih miskin.

Today, Malays involved in the palm oil industry are facing hardship. I know of families who can only afford to buy eggs and not chicken because the chicken will last only one meal while for the same price the eggs last for three days.

Malays in the palm oil industry are not able to even feed their families any more while tycoons like you become even richer. Do you know how Malaysian citizens are suffering, especially Malays?

You can sue me if you want. But twenty million Malays who today are finding it hard to survive, while rich Chinese like you get even richer, will agree with me and not with you. In fact, I am not only NOT going to retract what I wrote, I am not even going to challenge your suit and will allow you to win uncontested (menang tanpa tanding).

Look at the MoU (BELOW) that Malaysia and China signed on 25th April 2019 (the day after your legal letter to me). The MoU talks about the agreement that Malaysia and China signed on 23rd November 2015.

On 23rd November 2015, Najib Tun Razak was the Prime Minister. On that date, Malaysia and China had already signed a palm oil trade agreement. So why does Malaysia now need to sign an MoU on 25th April 2019 and mention the palm oil trade agreement of 23rd November 2015?

An agreement is more binding than an MoU. And the MoU is not a new MoU but an MoU regarding an earlier agreement. Does this make sense?

It makes sense if China had called off or suspended the 23rd November 2015 trade agreement to punish Malaysia. So Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad had to go crawling on his hands and knees to China to beg China not to cancel or suspend the 23rd November 2015 palm oil trade agreement.

Now, who negotiated these deals with China? Tun Daim Zainuddin. But then who is Daim and how did he manage to link up with those Chinese in the corridors of power?

Daim is head of the CEP and you are also a member of the CEP. And we all know Daim has no links with China, which is why he needed you in the CEP. You are Malaysia’s link with China. Hence you set up these appointments for Daim to meet the Chinese leaders.

So now Malaysia is going to supply 1.9 million tons of palm oil worth RM4-5 billion to China (based on Najib’s 23rd November 2015 palm oil trade agreement, which was reactivated by Mahathir’s 25th April 2019 MoU).

But then WHO in Malaysia will be doing the supplying? Let me guess, Ibrahim Ali?

On top of that, the ECRL is back on with 4,5000 acres of land going to China. Bandar Malaysia is also back on. To add icing to the cake, Malaysia now also supports China’s Belt and Road Initiative (now that really takes the cake).

Yes, Najib was said to have jual Malaysia ke China. Now it is even worse. Pakatan Harapan bagi Malaysia ke China. And Daim and Mahathir, with you as that China link, are the traitors to the country.

So please do not act like you are honourable and innocent. You did not get where you are (104th richest man in the world)  because you are Mother Teresa. Pakatan Harapan, together with you, Daim and Mahathir, are ripping off the country. And, today, many Malays, especially those in the palm oil industry, kena ikat perut because they are too poor to feed their families.

So, if you want to sue then sue. I will do nothing. You can menang tanpa tanding. And I will continue to expose how Cina bertambah kaya dan Melayu bertambah susah.

Malaysia: 62 Years Of Corruption And Still Going Strong

By Raja Petra Kamarudin Last updated Apr 24, 2019

So Saifuddin is talking nonsense. First of all, kleptocracy has been around since the time of the First Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, and since the time of Merdeka in 1957. Secondly, corruption did not end in May 2018 when Pakatan Harapan took over the federal government. And if Saifuddin thinks otherwise he is a far bigger idiot than he looks.

NO HOLDS BARRED

Raja Petra Kamarudin

Malaysia’s foreign minister Saifuddin Abdullah says the world no longer recognises Malaysia as a kleptocracy (READ THE NEWS ITEM BELOW).

What? Just 11 months after Pakatan Harapan takes over the federal government and Malaysia has now successfully eradicated the 62-year disease of rampant and blatant corruption (today called ‘kleptocracy’)?

Hello! Brader! As long as we have capitalists in this world, that is as long as Malaysia will remain corrupt. You need to get rid of greed to eradicate corruption.

Super-rich people are greedy (that’s how they became super-rich). They are never satisfied. They always want more. And when they want more they will resort to any means, fair or foul, to acquire wealth.

Saifuddin Abdullah is suggesting Mahathirism is not kleptocracy

Look at Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad as one example. At his age, and with the billions his family has, right down to his cucu, what more does he need? Actually, this is not about what he needs, this is about what he wants. And people are driven by their wants, not by their needs.

Basically, you are driven by your lust. Your lust for power. Your lust for position. Your lust for wealth. Your lust for popularity. Your lust for recognition. Your lust for pleasure. And  more.

People like Tun Daim Zainuddin, Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary, Robert Kuok, Vincent Tan, Francis Yeoh, Ananda Krishnan, Quek Leng Chan, Teh Hong Piow, Lee Shin Cheng, Chen Lip Keong, Lim Kok Thay, Lau Cho Kun, Jeffrey Cheah, Koon Poh Keong, Lim Wee Chai, and the other top 100 richest Malaysians are greedy people. They have billions but that is not enough. If they can they want trillions. So, they bribe their way (or use ‘cables’) to get richer.

Has Saifuddin forgotten this kedai roti man from Bandar Malaysia?

Okay, we call it ambition. But another word for ambition is greed. Both ambition and greed are about wanting. And wants are not needs. Wants are lust.

And do you notice that the list of the top 100 richest Malaysians is mostly Chinese? That is why the Chinese look down on the Malays and think they are better than the Malays — because the list of 100 richest Malaysians is mostly Chinese.

Of course, there are Malays as well. Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. Tun Daim Zainuddin. Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary. These are the Malays on the list of 100 richest Malaysians. But ALL the Malays on this list became rich through politics.

Yang ini, proxy Mahathir, bukan kleptocrat ke?

Yes, that’s right, they joined Umno and through Umno became rich. But this is NOT about Umno. Umno just happened to be in power. If PAS instead of Umno had won the 1955 and 1959 elections, then they would have all joined PAS instead of Umno — Anwar Ibrahim included in 1982.

So Saifuddin is talking nonsense. First of all, kleptocracy has been around since the time of the First Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, and since the time of Merdeka in 1957. Secondly, corruption did not end in May 2018 when Pakatan Harapan took over the federal government. And if Saifuddin thinks otherwise he is a far bigger idiot than he looks.

Brader, political corruption, not prostitution, is the oldest professional in the world. Ask the Christians. They will tell you the Jews killed Christ because Jesus wanted to eradicate political corruption and the Jews got the Romans to kill him instead. At least that is what the Christians say.

Anyway, corruption has been around in the country since the time of the British more than 200 years ago, long before Umno was born. Yap Ah Loy used to “grease the palms” of the British to get licences to set up opium dens and brothels along Jalan Ampang in Kuala Lumpur. So the Chinese have been bribing the British long before they bribed the Malays. But a person like Saifuddin would not know this.

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One year on, Saifuddin says the world knows Malaysia no longer a kleptocracy

(MMO) – Pakatan Harapan (PH) has successfully changed international perception of Malaysia that was seen as a “kleptocracy” under Barisan Nasional (BN), Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah said.

“Can you imagine the new foreign minister going to international forums representing Malaysia that used to be synonymous with kleptocracy?

“But the international community understands what is New Malaysia,” the foreign minister told a media interview in conjunction with PH’s first anniversary of its first term in office.

Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is currently facing a corruption trial related to a former subsidiary of state investment firm 1MDB that was embroiled in a global financial scandal under his administration.

Saifuddin also listed Malaysia’s warming ties with China and Singapore as among his ministry’s achievements.

He declined to rate his performance over the past one year on a scale of one to 10.

“I think we did fairly well. It’s not fair if I were to self-evaluate. Six or seven is very low, but I don’t want to give a number.”

The PH government managed to reduce the cost of the China-backed East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project from RM65.5 billion under the previous BN administration to RM44 billion.

Malaysia’s relations with Singapore, however, have grown trickier during Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s administration, as both countries wrangle over water and territorial boundaries.