NINE QUESTIONS FOR SARAWAK REPORT: BREAKING / REWCASTLE'S SUSPECTED ACCOMPLICE QUESTIONED BY MALAYSIAN POLICE

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COPS TAKE DAP LEADER'S STATEMENT OVER TIES WITH SARAWAK REPORT, JUSTO
REPORTED BY THE MALAY MAIL

KUALA LUMPUR, September 4, 2015—

The police today hauled up opposition lawmaker Tony Pua for questioning over his alleged links to whistleblower website Sarawak Report’s (SR) editor Clare Rewcastle-Brown and former PetroSaudi International (PSI) director Xavier Andre Justo.

The Petaling Jaya-Utara MP spent half an hour giving his statement at the Bukit Aman police headquarters here as part of the police’s investigations on the leak of a batch of documents linked to PSI’s dealings with state-owned 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).

Pua said he was summoned under Section 124B of the Penal Code, which deals with activity detrimental to parliamentary democracy, and Section 124J of the same law, which covers the receipt of documents and publications deemed detrimental to parliamentary democracy.

“I told them that I knew Clare and that I have met her in London once but that I completely do not know Justo and have never met him,” he said when met after questioning.

The DAP national publicity secretary noted that he was also asked to reveal what was discussed in his meeting with Rewcastle-Brown.

“I answered that I would only give the answer to that if I were summoned to court,” he said.

“I am guessing that what is important for them is whether I met Justo and whether I had anything to do with the information he shared with other parties,” Pua added.

Pua claimed he did not have the information, and only knew as much as he read from SR.

Swiss national Justo was recently sentenced to three years in prison in Bangkok, Thailand for blackmailing his former employer PSI with stolen information.

He allegedly handed the stolen information to “Malaysian businessmen” — later revealed to be The Edge Media Group owner Datuk Tong Kooi Ong and publisher Ho Kay Tat — who duped him of a US$2 million (RM8.49 million) payout.

Pua, who is currently facing a travel ban, added that the police had made copies of his passport for reference, which showed that he had only been out of the country once to the UK on January 21 and to Singapore on March 19.

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[RELATED: FOCUS / CLARE REWCASTLE BROWN'S IGNORANCE OF HER OWN COUNTRY'S LEGAL CODES – "1A– Conspiracy to commit offences outside the United Kingdom. (1) Where each of the following conditions is satisfied in the case of an agreement, this Part of this Act has effect in relation to the agreement as it has effect in relation to an agreement falling within section 1(1) above. (2) The first condition is that the pursuit of the agreed course of conduct would at some stage involve— (a) an act by one or more of the parties, or (b) the happening of some other event, intended to take place in a country or territory outside the United Kingdom. (3) The second condition is that that act or other event constitutes an offence under the law in force in that country or territory. (4) The third condition is that the agreement would fall within section 1(1) above as an agreement relating to the commission of an offence but for the fact that the offence would not be an offence triable in England and Wales if committed in accordance with the parties’ intentions. (5) The fourth condition is that— (a) a party to the agreement, or a party’s agent, did anything in England and Wales in relation to the agreement before its formation, or (b) a party to the agreement became a party in England and Wales (by joining it either in person or through an agent), or (c) a party to the agreement, or a party’s agent, did or omitted anything in England and Wales in pursuance of the agreement. (6) In the application of this Part of this Act to an agreement in the case of which each of the above conditions is satisfied, a reference to an offence is to be read as a reference to what would be the offence in question but for the fact that it is not an offence triable in England and Wales. (7) Conduct punishable under the law in force in any country or territory is an offence under that law for the purposes of this section, however it is described in that law." - UK CRIMINAL LAW ACT 1977, August 11, 2015]

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“I asked the police why I could not travel, but they said they did not know either,” he said.

In late July, Pua was stopped by the Immigration Department from leaving to Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

He recently filed for a judicial review on the decision by the Immigration Department, which he said has not explained their reasons despite efforts to contact them.

- Aizyl Azlee

('Cops take DAP leader's statement over ties with Sarawak Report, Justo.' - The Malay Mail, September 4, 2015)

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RELATED: COPS QUIZ PUA OVER ALLEGED TIES WITH REWCASTLE AND JUSTO
REPORTED BY FREE MALAYSIA TODAY
The DAP man tells interrogators he'll give details only in court.

KUALA LUMPUR, September 4, 2015–

Police today interrogated DAP publicity chief Tony Pua to find out how well he knew Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle and former Petrosaudi executive Xavier Justo.

Speaking to reporters outside Bukit Aman police headquarters today, Pua said he was questioned under Section124(b) and 124(j) of the Criminal Procedure Code.

He said he told his interrogators he had met Rewcastle once in London but had never met Justo and didn’t know him.

“They also asked me what was discussed between Claire [sic.] and I,” he said. “I told them that I will only answer that if I am summoned to court.” He added that he gave a similar response to most of the other questions.

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[RELATED: FOCUS / CLARE'S CONTRADICTIONS–THE FORKING OF THE TONGUE –"I believe in balance and objectivity. But if you can't have that, I believe you have to be honest about it. Yes, we are associated with the opposition." - Clare Rewcastle Brown - Foreign Policy, March 13, 2013]

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“I think the important questions they wanted to ask me were whether or not I know Justo and whether or not I was involved in the information that was presented by Justo,” he said.

“I have no connection to any of that information aside from what I’ve read in Sarawak Report.” Pua was referring to information about the scandal-hit 1MDB, which he has frequently criticised.

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[RELATED: FOCUS / CLARE REWCASTLE BROWN'S IGNORANCE OF HER OWN COUNTRY'S LEGAL CODES - "2– Fraud by false representation; (2) A representation is false if— (b) the person making it knows that it is, or might be, untrue or misleading." - UK FRAUD ACT 2006, August 16, 2015]

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- Blake Chen

('Cops quiz Pua over alleged ties with Rewcastle and Justo.' - Free Malaysia Today, September 4, 2015)

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RELATED: TONY PUA QUESTIONED AS WITNESS IN 1MDB PROBE
REPORTED BY THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER
Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua was questioned by the police today as a witness in the ongoing investigations into the controversial state-owned fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).

He arrived at the Bukit Aman police headquarters in Kuala Lumpur at 2.10pm and was questioned by the D5 crime investigations unit under Section 124(b) and 124(j) of the Penal Code.

The DAP national publicity secretary said that he was asked by police if he knew Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle-Brown and former PetroSaudi executive Xavier Andre Justo.

"I was questioned by police as a witness under Section 124 (b) and (j). The questions I was asked includes if I knew Clare and if I knew Justo and other related matters.

"I answered that I knew Clare, having met her once in London but I do not know Justo and neither have I met him," he told reporters outside Bukit Aman.

Pua said that he was also asked by police about details of his conversation with Rewcastle-Brown.

"Questions like what was discussed (in the meeting with her), I said I would only answer these questions if the case was brought to court," he added.

He was accompanied by his lawyer Mohd Haijan Omar and Segambut MP Lim Lip Eng.
Pua said the police were interested to know if he had met Justo.

“If I was involved in the information Justo had presented. I had not received any of the information from Justo except from what I read from Sarawak Report."

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Justo was previously reported as saying that he had met with Malaysian opposition leaders and media owners in Singapore before he was arrested in Thailand on June 22.

The Swiss national, who was recently sentenced to three years in jail for blackmailing his former employer, admitted to meeting these individuals in Singapore to negotiate about selling certain documents from PetroSaudi.

Pua said police had taken a copy of his passport that showed his journey to the United Kingdom on January 21 and to Singapore on March 19 this year.