BREAKING / THE THORN ON REWCASTLE'S SIDE

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2. RELATED: LSS: SARAWAK REPORT HAS FIGHTING SPIRIT!

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THE TRUE NATURE OF CLAIRE REWCASTLE BROWN EXPOSED BY HER OWN PEOPLE

This clearly shows the desperate lengths this disgraced publisher will resort to twist facts to fit her sensational exposes about Malaysia's leadership and proves that her allegations are not based on sound journalistic investigations.

REPORTED BY MALAYSIAN DIGEST

December 14, 2015–

Clare Rewcastle Brown, known to many as the founder of the infamous Sarawak Report – an online news portal based in London that has been making attention-grabbing exposes in the international media alleging financial irregularities and corruption involving Malaysian leaders and its state-owned investment companies, is widely believed to be in cahoots with individuals plotting to overthrow the government of this country.

In a series of damning reports by Sarawak Report, Clare has repeatedly rehashed baseless allegations against several leaders of the country accusing them of abuse of power as well as financial mismanagement in an attempt to tarnish the good name of the leaders.

BREAKING / MALAYSIAN POLICE RECORDED JUSTO'S STATEMENT IN BANGKOK

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2. RELATED:IGP: JUSTO'S STATEMENT ON 1MDB RECORDED

3. RELATED:MALAYSIAN COPS RECORD JUSTO'S STATEMENT IN BANGKOK

4. RELATED: IGP: JUSTO'S STATEMENT ON 1MDB RECORDED 

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POLICE RECORDED JUSTO'S STATEMENT IN BANGKOK: IGP KHALID

REPORTED BY THE NEW STRAITS TIMES

KUALA LUMPUR, (BERNAMA) December 15, 2015–

Malaysian police’s plan to record Swiss national Xavier Andre Justo’s statement in connection with 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) proceeded today as scheduled in Bangkok, Thailand. 

Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar confirmed this to Bernama when asked about the move to record the statement of the PetroSaudi former employer who is currently being detained in Bangkok. 

BREAKING / DETAILS OF THE JUSTO V TONG, HO AND BROWN TRIO SUBMISSIONS FILED IN THE SINGAPORE HIGH COURT

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2. RELATED: DFENCE [SIC.] OF THE 1ST DEFENDANT
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XAVIER ANDRE JUSTO'S STATEMENT OF CLAIM AT THE HIGH COURT OF SINGAPORE

REPORTED BY MALAYSIA TODAY

Table of Contents

1. Statement of Claim, 17th November 2015 10:49 AM … Page 1
2. Defence, 3rd November 2015 05:34 PM … Page 43


CASE NO: HC/S 986/2015
CASE NAME: Xavier Andre Justo & Anor v Tong Kooi Ong & 2 Ors
Case Status: Pending
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE

HC/S 986/2015

1. XAVIER JUSTO 

(Switzerland Passport No. X1813585) 

2. JUSTO CONSULTING CO LTD 

(Registration No. Unknown)

… Plaintiffs

And

1. TONG KOOI ONG 

(NRIC No. S2768952C) 

2. HO KAY TAT 

(Malaysia Passport No. A20725350) 

3. CLARE REWCASTLE-BROWN 

(ID Unknown)

… Defendants

CURRENT / DECEMBER 15 SET FOR JUSTO INTERVIEW

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2. RELATED: POLICE TO INTERVIEW JUSTO IN BANGKOK ON DECEMBER 15, IGP SAYS

3. RELATED: POLICE EXPECTED TO RECORD JUSTO'S STATEMENT ON DECEMBER 15

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POLICE TO RECORD STATEMENT FROM JUSTO IN BANGKOK

"Our counterparts in Bangkok have given the approval for us to interview Justo." – Datuk Amar Singh

REPORTED BY THE NEW STRAITS TIMES

KUALA LUMPUR, December 10, 2015–

Police will record a statement from former PetroSaudi executive Xavier Andre Justo in Bangkok on December 15. 

Bukit Aman CID deputy director (investigation and law) Datuk Amar Singh said that he will be heading the special police investigative mission to Bangkok on that date. 

"Our counterparts in Bangkok have given the approval for us to interview Justo," said Amar when contacted. 

Justo, who is a Swiss national, was sentenced to three years jail on August 17 after pleading guilty to blackmailing his former employer PetroSaudi International. 

BREAKING / MACC MET RM2.6B DONOR

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2. RELATED: MACC SAYS MET DONOR OF RM2.6B, BUT MUM ON IDENTITY
3. RELATED: MACC MET RM2.6B DONOR: REPORT
4. RELATED: RM2.6 BIL DONOR INTERVIEWED BY MACC, REPORT SAYS

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MACC ADMITS: WE'VE MET DONOR OF RM2.6BIL

Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi had [said] in the Dewan Rakyat on December 3 that MACC has identified the donor of the RM2.6 billion political fund and that Bank Negara Malaysia has been informed of the account.

REPORTED BY THE NEW STRAITS TIMES

KOTA BARU, December 7, 2015–

The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) today confirmed that it has sent a team to the Middle East to meet the donor of the RM2.6bil political fund.

MACC investigations division director Datuk Azam Baki said the meeting with the donor was held recently.

However, Azam could not disclose any details, including the identity of the donor, as investigations were ongoing.

"Investigations into the case are still ongoing. Once we have completed our investigation, we will hand over the findings to the Deputy Public Prosecutor, who will decide on the next course of action.

CURRENT / ENTER CHARLES MORAIS

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2. RELATED: SD IRRELEVANT TO TRIAL OF PATHOLOGIST IN KEVIN MORAIS' MURDER, SAYS LAWYER
3. RELATED: MURDERED DPP KEVIN MORAIS NAMES IPOH CHURCH AND TWO SIBLINGS AS BENEFICIARIES IN WILL
4. RELATED: HE'S THE REAL FRAUD, MORAIS BROTHERS SLUG IT OUT IN THE OPEN
5. RELATED: A HOTEL EMPIRE UNRAVELS
6. RELATED: CHAPTER 11 CASE NO. 10-50566-CEC
7. RELATED: TROUBLED JFK PLAZA HOTEL ON AUCTION BLOCK

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STATUTORY DECLARATION OF CHARLES MORAIS
Charles Morais, brother of the murdered deputy prosecutor's [sic.] Anthony Kevin Morais, delivered this sworn document on November 26 to a press conference in Kuala Lumpur. The document is printed in full below. We present it as a service for our readers for additional information. – Asia Sentinel

REPORTED BY ASIA SENTINEL



I, Charles Suresh Morais (NRIC No.620427-10-5707), a Malaysian citizen of full age and residing at 4789 Ashford Dunwoody Road, Suite A 137, Atlanta, Georgia 3038, USA do hereby solemnly and sincerely declare and state as follows:

1. I am one of four siblings and the younger brother of Anthony Kevin Morais (Kevin), now deceased. My other brothers are David Ramesh Morais (David) and Richard Dilaan Morais (Richard). They are both younger than me. I have no sisters.

2. All four siblings were born in Kuala Lumpur. My father was the Deputy Director (Licensing) RTM. When I was about 10 years old my father was posted to Ipoh and so the whole family moved there. My mother and father lived in Ipoh until they passed away. Before my father’s posting to Ipoh, he had been transferred to Kluang and Malacca for 3 year stints each.

3. I attended the Anderson School in Ipoh until I finished Form 5. After that I was sent to India to do a pre-university course at the Christ College Bangalore. After completing my pre-university course, I attended the University of South Alabama, USA, to pursue a degree in computer Science and Business Management. That was in 1984. I have remained in the USA since.

4. I am now a successful businessman in Hotel investments in the USA and also in IT. I live in Atlanta, USA, and I have one son. I am divorced from my wife.

5. I have always been very close to Kevin, more so than Richard and David. I used to return to Ipoh from time to time from the USA to visit my parents and Kevin. Richard and David lived in Kuala Lumpur. Kevin started off as a Magistrate in Sungai Siput in the 1980’s after he had completed his chambering with a firm of solicitors in Ipoh.

BREAKING / SARAWAK CM HINTS AT ELECTIONS

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2. RELATED: PBB TO FIELD 10 NEW FACES
3. RELATED: ADENAN HINTS AT SARAWAK ELECTIONS SOON
4. RELATED: TOUGH ROAD AHEAD FOR OPPOSITION IN SARAWAK STATE ELECTION, SAYS PKR STATE CHIEF

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PBB TO FIELD 10 NEW FACES IN UPCOMING SARAWAK ELECTION
"You can choose to believe in rumours or you don't believe in that, but this is coming from the horse's mouth." – CM Tan Sri (Dr.) Adenan Haji Satem

REPORTED BY MALAYSIAN DIGEST

KUCHING, December 7, 2015–

Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) would be fielding 10 new faces in the coming state election, said its president Tan Sri Adenan Satem.

"Out of the 40 seats that PBB will probably be contesting, there may be 10 new faces, five for the new seats and of course there are those (incumbents) who have indicated their desire to retire," said the Sarawak Chief Minister, who is also the state Barisan Nasional (BN) chairman.

CURRENT / SYARIAH APPEALS COURT ON MAHMUD TAIB DIVORCE: SHAHNAZ HAD NO LOCUS STANDI

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2. RELATED: EX-WIFE EXAGGERATED MY WEALTH, MAHMUD SAYS
3. RELATED: NO NEED FOR ALIMONY AS ABU BEKIR PAID FOR EX-WIFE'S HOUSE, CARS

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HIGH COURT NOTIFIED OF MAHMUD'S SUCCESSFUL APPEAL

The Kuala Lumpur Shariah High Court was today informed that the Shariah Appeals Court had on July 14 ruled in favour of Sarawak entrepreneur Mahmud Abu Bekir Taib in the child maintenance claim brought by former wife Shahnaz Abdul Majid against him.

REPORTED BY BLOGTAKES

KUALA LUMPUR, (FMT) August 20, 2015–

The decision was conveyed to Kuala Lumpur Shariah High Court Registrar Nor Faiz Afsal Abu Bakar by Mahmud’s counsel Zainul Rijal Abu Bakar, Saadiah Din and Muhammad Izaan Azalan. Mohd Rafie Mohd Shafie and Akberdin bin Abdul Kader, who act for Shahnaz were, however, not present.

The appellate court had last month unanimously ruled that Shahnaz had no locus standi to bring the claim as their son Raden Murya Abdul Taib Mahmud had reached the age of majority on his eighteenth birthday.

BREAKING / SARAWAK TO NURUL: NO ENTRY

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2. RELATED: NURUL IZZAH BARRED ENTRY INTO SARAWAK
3. RELATED: NURUL IZZAH BARRED FROM ENTERING SARAWAK
4. RELATED: NURUL IZZAH: SARAWAK MISUSING POWERS OVER MIGRATION
5. RELATED: NURUL IZZAH BARRED FROM ENTERING SARAWAK

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NURUL IZZAH BARRED FROM ENTERING SARAWAK

This comes after the Sabah state assembly voted to bar her from the state after she was photographed meeting with Jacel Kiram, the daughter of the late self-proclaimed Sulu sultan who masterminded the 2013 Lahad Datu incursion.

REPORTED BY MALAYSIAKINI

KUCHING, December 6, 2015–

PKR vice president Nurul Izzah Anwar was today barred from entering Sarawak.

She was stopped by immigration at the Kuching airport when she arrived on a flight from Kuala Lumpur this afternoon, she said on Twitter.

CURRENT / NURUL'S 'EVITA' MOMENT

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2. RELATED: NURUL IZZAH'S LIVE TELECAST TEARS IN PARLIAMENT A DELIBERATE ACT TO GAIN SYMPATHY, SAYS TENOM MP
3. RELATED: IN PARLIAMENT, NURUL IZZAH DEFENDS MEETING WITH SELF-STYLED SULU PRINCESS

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I CRIED FOR MALAYSIANS, SAYS EMOTIONAL NURUL
"Well, I was crying for Malaysians." – Evita Nurul Izzah Anwar

REPORTED BY MALAYSIAKINI

KUALA LUMPUR, December 3, 2015–

PKR lawmaker Nurul Izzah admitted she was so emotional that she cried when she explained to the Dewan Rakyat on her controversial meeting with self-styled Sulu princess Jacel Kiram.

"I was so emotional.

"Well, I was crying for Malaysians," she said when met at the Parliament building today.

CURRENT / THAI AUTHORITIES POSTPONE JUSTO INTERVIEW

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2. RELATED: THAI AUTHORITIES TO CONFIRM JUSTO MEET AT A LATER DATE, IGP SAYS
3. RELATED: IGP: THAI POLICE HAVE POSTPONED JUSTO INTERVIEW TO A LATER DATE

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INTERVIEW WITH 1MDB LEAKER JUSTO POSTPONED

Khalid said Malaysian police had been ready for the interview with Justo in Bangkok.

REPORTED BY FREE MALAYSIA TODAY

KUALA LUMPUR, December 5, 2015–

Thai authorities have requested a postponement of an interview of 1MDB leaker Xavier Andre Justo by Malaysian police, which had been scheduled for Tuesday, according to the Inspector-General of Police, Khalid Abu Bakar. 

“The Thai authorities had set December 8 as the date for us to interview Justo,” he said in Serdang today. “But on Friday I was informed that they have requested a postponement and they will give us a later date.” 

Khalid said Malaysian police had been ready for the interview with Justo in Bangkok. 

BREAKING / JUSTO TO BE QUIZZED BY MALAYSIAN COPS THIS WEEK

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2. RELATED: POLICE TO INTERVIEW 1MDB LEAKER JUSTO [THIS] WEEK
3. RELATED: MALAYSIAN POLICE TO INTERVIEW XAVIER JUSTO [THIS] WEEK

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MALAYSIAN COPS TO INTERROGATE JUSTO IN THAILAND, SAYS IGP

“They (Thai police) are now willing to welcome our officers to interrogate Justo,” [the IGP] told reporters after a parade of cadet inspectors at the Kuala Lumpur Police Training Centre in Kuala Lumpur today.

REPORTED BY THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER

KUALA LUMPUR, (BERNAMA) November 28, 2015– 

The Malaysian police will send a team to Thailand to interrogate Xavier Andre Justo on 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), says Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar.

FOCUS / SARAWAK REPORT REPEATEDLY FAILS TO GIVE COVERAGE TO MULTINATIONAL COURT DECISIONS

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2. RELATED: INVESTORS AND STAFF RELIEVED OVER COURT DECISION
3. RELATED: DIRECTOR FAILS IN APPEALS TO WIND UP SANYAN HOLDINGS
4. RELATED: NO PENINSULA LAWYERS IN EAST M'SIAN APPEALS CASE

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What #SarawakReport has been neglecting to mention for well over three years – the actual court judgment(s).Throwback,...
Posted by 9Q4SarawakReport on Monday, November 23, 2015

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1. WHAT SARAWAK REPORT HAS BEEN NEGLECTING TO MENTION FOR WELL OVER THREE YEARS – THE ACTUAL COURT JUDGMENT(S)
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3. RELATED: DIRECTOR FAILS IN APPEALS TO WIND UP SANYAN HOLDINGS
4. RELATED: NO PENINSULA LAWYERS IN EAST M'SIAN APPEALS CASE

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RELATED: INVESTORS AND STAFF RELIEVED OVER COURT DECISION
"The Japanese partners had invested much time, effort and money in Sibu. I am sad that Ting would ask for the company to be shut down simply because he was not paid an extortionate amount of money or reinstated as managing director. It is disappointing that he would have so little regard for the welfare of many people who rely on the day-to-day operations of the company. It is my hope that Ting will heed the words of the many judges who have heard this case and work with us for the good of everyone instead of working against us for his own good." – Datuk Mohammad Tufail Mahmud, April 21, 2012

REPORTED BY THE BORNEO POST

SIBU, April 21, 2012–

Japanese investors and 1,050 workers of Sanyan Wood Industries Sdn Bhd here are relieved the Court of Appeal has dismissed businessman and former assemblyman Datuk Ting Check Sii’s claims against the company, and for it to wind it up.

The company’s executive chairman Datuk Mohammad Tufail Mahmud, representing the Sarawakian component of the joint venture company, yesterday said the company had over 1,050 workers.

Tufail said the Japanese partners had invested much time, effort and money in Sibu.

“I am sad that Ting would ask for the company to be shut down simply because he was not paid an extortionate amount of money or reinstated as managing director.

“It is disappointing that he would have so little regard for the welfare of many people who rely on the day-to-day operations of the company.

“It is my hope that Ting will heed the words of the many judges who have heard this case and work with us for the good of everyone instead of working against us for his own good,” he said.

CURRENT / SOLICITATIONS THROUGH THE DEAD

SARAWAK REPORT COMPLAINS, BUT EMPLOYS SIMILAR TRICKS

WHILE SARAWAK REPORT REVELS IN SHUTTING DOWN A FACEBOOK ACCOUNT THAT WAS CRITICAL OF ITS FOUNDER, SARAWAK REPORT ITSELF IS CAUGHT USING DEAD PEOPLE TO SOLICIT MONEY

"These [fake Twitter] accounts were then used to promote links to a Facebook page accusing Ms Rewcastle Brown of fabricating her reporting." 

– Ian Burnell

The Independent - 'Dead people's identities "stolen" for fake Twitter accounts to smear journalist.', November 12, 2015

And yet, the very next day, Sarawak Report published the following:

"Purchase the book on the murder of Altantuya 

an (sic.) donate to Sarawak Report." 

– Sarawak Report, November 13, 2015

No-brainer question: Which is worse? Using dead people's identities to deliver messages, or using dead people's tragedy to solicit money?

BREAKING / JUSTO'S LAWYERS REVEALED 1MDB DOCUMENTS TO RAO

JUSTO'S LAWYERS REVEALED 'UNTAMPERED' 1MDB DOCUMENTS, CLAIMS RAMESH
Ramesh said the alleged tampering involved dates, names, figures and houses, among others. He, however, stressed that he could not reveal more details as the documents were part of Justo lawyer’s appeal affidavit.

REPORTED BY THE STAR ONLINE

PETALING JAYA, November 11, 2015

Ramesh Rao Krishnan Naidu claims that he has seen the “untampered” documents relating to 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).

The Pertubuhan Minda dan Sosial Prihatin Malaysia president said he was granted access to the documents through former PetroSaudi International executive Xavier Andre Justo’s lawyer, Worrasit Piriyawiboon.

“We are not making this up. We have seen the original documents and the tampered ones as published (in several reports),” he said here, Saturday.

Ramesh said the alleged tampering involved dates, names, figures and houses, among others. He, however, stressed that he could not reveal more details as the documents were part of Justo lawyer’s appeal affidavit.

Ramesh said he was shown the documents during a three-day visit to Bangkok, Thailand with his lawyer Zakwan Hafiz Ahmad Ansari on Tuesday.

The trip, he said, was their own initiative to “assist the Malaysian police in their investigation”

On October 23, Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said he would send his officers to Bangkok to interview Justo after permission was granted to them following a meeting between Malaysian and Thai police.

Ramesh, however, said he had yet to hear of any development from the police.

“That’s why we took these initiatives to meet Justo’s lawyer so it would be easier for the police to conduct their investigation,” he said.

Based on the meeting with Worrasit, Ramesh said he was told that Justo was “100% willing” to meet with Malaysian police.

Ramesh said he felt compelled to pursue the matter as he was the one who lodged a police report for journalist Lester Melanyi over alleged fact-tampering by the Sarawak Report news portal.

The police report also claimed that Lester was reportedly used by Clare Rewcastle-Brown, who runs Sarawak Report and Radio Free Sarawak, to spread false news on the website to purportedly smear Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak's “good name”.

“I am hoping that the police would continue their investigations on Justo and Clare.

“I would also like to challenge those who believed anything that was published on Sarawak Report as authentic to make a public apology,” Ramesh said.

On October 14, Justo appealed against a three-year prison term handed down by the Bangkok South Criminal Court on August 17 for blackmailing his former employer, PetroSaudi International.

Among the reasons for the appeal was that Justo did not tamper with the documents he obtained from PetroSaudi International and that it was his first offence.

His lawyer had said that any damage to the image of the Prime Minister was because of the activities of third parties who doctored or tampered with the documents that they received from Justo.

He maintained that Justo had not tampered with the documents.  

 ('Justo's lawyers revealed 'untampered' 1MDB documents, claims Ramesh.' - The Star Online, November 7, 2015)

CURRENT / JUSTO SUES BROWN, TONG AND HO TRIO

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2. RELATED: JUSTO TO SUE 3 HE GAVE DATA TO IN SINGAPORE
3. RELATED: JUSTO TO SUE TRIO HE GAVE PETROSAUDI DATA

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JUSTO TO SUE 3 HE GAVE DATA TO IN SINGAPORE
The source told Bernama the lawsuit is scheduled to be heard at the High Court in Singapore on November 4.

REPORTED BY BERNAMA

BANGKOK, October 28, 2015–

Swiss national Xavier Andre Justo, now serving a three-year jail term here for trying to blackmail his former employer PetroSaudi International, is to sue the owner of the Edge Media Group and its top executive as well as the founder of Sarawak Report in the High Court in Singapore.

Justo wants Toong (sic.) Kooi Ong and Group Chief Executive Officer and Publisher of The Edge Communications Sdn Bhd Ho Kay Tat and founder-editor of Sarawak Report Clare Rewcastle-Brown to return the data that he had handed them, according to a source familiar with the case.

BREAKING / JUSTO DENIED BAIL

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2. RELATED: JUSTO DENIED BAIL
3. RELATED: BANGKOK COURT DENIES JUSTO BAIL
4. RELATED: JUSTO DENIED BAIL
5. RELATED: JUSTO DENIED BAIL
6. RELATED: COURT DENIES BAIL TO SWISS BLACKMAILER

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SWISS BLACKMAILER'S BAIL REQUEST REJECTED

His lawyer also said that Justo’s lawsuit as a plaintiff against three people, including Clare Rewcastle-Brown, the Malaysian-born Britain-based editor of the online Sarawak Report, would go ahead as planned in Singapore.

REPORTED BY BANGKOK POST

BANGKOK, October 26, 2015–

Convicted extortionist Xavier Andre Justo was deemed a flight risk and denied bail pending appeal on Monday by the Southern Bangkok Criminal Court, according to his lawyer Worasit Wiriyapiboon.

The court on August 17 sentenced the Swiss national to three years in prison for attempted blackmail of his former employer PetroSaudi International (PSI), backdated to his arrest on June 22.

CURRENT / POLICE TO MEET JUSTO WITHIN A WEEK

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2. RELATED: MALAYSIAN POLICE SET TO INTERVIEW JUSTO, LATEST BY END OF OCTOBER
3. RELATED: POLICE TO RECORD XAVIER JUSTO'S STATEMENT IN BANGKOK: IGP

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MALAYSIAN POLICE TO QUIZ JUSTO NEXT WEEK
Justo, who is being jailed in Thailand for blackmailing his former employer, was sought after by the Malaysian police to facilitate investigation into issues surrounding 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).

REPORTED BY THE NEW STRAITS TIMES

KUALA LUMPUR, October 23, 2015– 

A team of police investigators will leave for Bangkok next week to record a statement from former PetroSaudi International executive Xavier Andre Justo. 

Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said the team will be led by a senior officer from the Federal police headquarters. 

"I expect our team to secure the interview next week. 

"Our counterparts in Bangkok have given the approval for us to question Justo and acquire documents related to our probe. We are currently still in discussion to find the right time to do this. 

CURRENT / CLARE INNOCENT AND AUTHENTIC?

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2. RELATED: 'LIVID' 1MDB DIRECTORS WANTED US$700M BACK FROM PETROSAUDI'
3. RELATED: MINUTES OF 1MDB BOARD MEETING PROVES 1MDB'S ARUL A LIAR
4. RELATED: 1MDB BOSS DENIES SARAWAK REPORT'S CLAIM HE LIED
5. RELATED: 1MDB FILES POLICE REPORT OVER LEAKED INFORMATION
6. RELATED: PUA MAKES STARTLING ADMISSION

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CLARE BROWN PROVEN INNOCENT: IGP MUST WITHDRAW WARRANT, GO AFTER 1MDB & NAJIB INSTEAD - TONY PUA

REPORTED BY MALAYSIA CHRONICLE

October 17, 2015 –

The Sarawak Report continued its exposé on the minutes of the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) Board meetings with the disclosure yesterday indicating that the Directors (BOD) were furious with the top management team led by Datuk Shahrol Halmi.

The minutes dated 3rd October, soon after the signing of the 1MDB-Petrosaudi joint venture agreement, provided a damning confirmation that all the earlier documents leaked by the Sarawak Report were completely authentic.

Instead, the minutes proved that the Prime Minister Dato’ Seri Najib Razak and his cohort of Ministers, as well as the current 1MDB President, Arul Kanda’s repeated attempts to taint the leaked information and documents by the whistle-blower website are clear cut lies. They have obviously alleged that the exposed documents were “doctored” or “tampered” to cover up the multi-billion ringgit scandal.

The minutes revealed that the Board of Directors were furious with the top executives of 1MDB for signing the joint venture agreement in reckless haste, and without any substantive due diligence; the highly suspicious speed of preparation of the valuation report which was prepared by Edward Morse; and most damningly, misappropriating US$700 million to an account unauthorised and unrelated to the joint venture.

The minutes disclosed that the Board “viewed that the formalisation of the joint venture was completed in a very short time which raises questions as to whether adequate control measures, checks and balances were put in place to protect the Company’s interests”. The Sarawak Report had exposed the fact that the top management of 1MDB met with Petrosaudi for the very first time in London on 23rd September 2009 and signed the joint venture agreement a mere 5 days later on the 28th.

CURRENT / THE JUSTO APPEAL AND ITS AFTERMATH

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2. RELATED: SWISS BLACKMAILER APPEALS FOR SUSPENDED JAIL TERM
3. RELATED: SWISS NATIONAL ANDRE JUSTO APPEALS TO THAI COURT FOR SUSPENDED SENTENCING
4. RELATED: WHERE IS JUSTO'S US$2 MIL, ASKS RAJA PETRA

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"JUSTO DIDN'T DOCTOR DOCUMENTS"
REPORTED BY THE NEW STRAITS TIMES

BANGKOK, October 15, 2015 –  

Swiss national Xavier Andre Justo has appealed against the three-year prison term handed down to him by the Bangkok South Criminal Court on August 17 for blackmailing his former employer, PetroSaudi International. 

Justo’s new lawyer, Worrasit Piriyawiboon, filed the appeal in the court yesterday morning with 59 pages of supporting documents, just two days before the period to appeal expires. 

Among the reasons for the appeal was that Justo did not tamper with the documents he obtained from PetroSaudi and it was his first offence. 

This raises a question: If Justo did not tamper with the documents, then who did? Was it Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle Brown or others? 

CURRENT / NURUL ANWAR DUE FOR QUESTIONING

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2. RELATED: POLICE TO QUESTION NURUL IZZAH IN PROBE ON 1MDB STOLEN DATA OFFER CLAIM
3. RELATED: NURUL IZZAH NEXT TO BE QUESTIONED BY COPS OVER LINKS WITH JUSTO

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POLICE TO QUESTION NURUL IZZAH OVER JUSTO'S CLAIMS

Police ready to question the Opposition MP over claims she offered to give ex-PSI employee government contracts in exchange for confidential information.

REPORTED BY FREE MALAYSIA TODAY

PETALING JAYA, September 17, 2015– 

Police, looking to question Opposition MP Nurul Izzah Anwar over claims she was willing to procure stolen data damaging to Prime Minister Najib Razak, have been told the PKR lawmaker is currently not in Malaysia.

Speaking to The Malaysian Insider, Nurul’s lawyer Latheefa Koya said, “She is being investigated under Section 124B of the Penal Code (activities detrimental to parliamentary democracy) but is yet to be questioned. 

“The police were looking for her yesterday (Tuesday) but she is not around. She will be back on Monday.” 

FOCUS / THE STRAWMAN'S NOOSE

FOCUS THIS TIME TRAINS OUR EYES ONTO THE FACTUALLY TACITURN MR LUKAS STRAUMANN OF BRUNO MANSER FONDS FAME.

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2. RELATED: LETTER FROM MISHCON DE REYA (EXCERPTED)
3. RELATED: ACTUAL LETTER TO THE BBC

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MORE ROPE TO HANG LUKAS STRAUMANN?
REPORTED BY BLOGTAKES

It appears that there will be more rope to hang Bruno Manser Fund’s Dr Lukas Straumann for the defamatory statements made in recent weeks against Sarawak governor Tun Pehin Sri Haji Abdul Taib Mahmud. 

Bruno Manser Fund and Sarawak Report have been challenging Taib to sue them, and claiming that a lack of a lawsuit so far “proves” their case. Which sort of makes sense, provided you don’t think very hard.

They seem to calculate that a Governor, particularly one as proud of his shiny new job as Taib, won’t sue. But more to the point, they would get huge publicity and financial support – notably amongst wealthy activists in Europe – if they could run around claiming that they themselves were under attack.

What they hardly ever point out is that he already HAS sued and won [against Malaysiakini], specifically on the main issue that they hang their hats on: Their claim that Taib set up his brother to control and demand kickbacks from log exports was disproved.

This is probably the biggest single allegation made by Sarawak Report, BMF and Global Witness that has already been tested in court and thrown out. Yet they continue to make it, almost always without telling their readers that it has been disproved.

FOCUS / THE WHATSAPP CONVO RECON

FOCUS THIS TIME RECONSTRUCTS THE BITS OF CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN CLARE & CO. THEY ARE AMALGAMATED AND ARRANGED BY CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

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UPDATED NOVEMBER 1, 2015
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The WhatsApp Exchanges
Alleged conversations between the key suspects*

[These whatsap (sic.) messages and ‘confessions’] are exactly what are now being used out of context as the main ‘evidence’ behind the smear campaign and videos featured on ‘The Real Clare Rewcastle’ Facebook site. 
– Sarawak Report, October 31, 2015

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CURRENT / FIFTY-TWO YEARS OF MALAYSIA, SIXTY-ONE DAYS OF THE '9 QUESTIONS'

On this day, the 16th of September, 2015

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SELAMAT HARI MALAYSIA

KE-52

MMXV

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THE 

NINE QUESTIONS

FOR

SARAWAK REPORT

HAS SURPASSED THE SIXTY-DAY MILESTONE

CURRENT / THE "BROWN" PLOT THICKENING AGENT

AS THE DAYS WEAR ON, MORE REVELATIONS SURROUNDING THE WHATSAPP EXCHANGES BETWEEN BROWN & CO. AND THE SWORN CONFESSION OF XAVIER ANDRE JUSTO SURFACE

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REWCASTLE-BROWN AND ALLEGED CO-CONSPIRATORS ASKED TO DENY PARTICIPATION IN WHATSAPP GROUP 'MEET'

REPORTED BY THE NEW STRAITS TIMES

Those implicated in an alleged conspiracy to topple Datuk Seri Najib Razak's administration have been challenged to deny that they had any part or were involved in the WhatsApp group "Meet". 

"Meet" was so named to signify a meeting the key personalities had in Singapore in February, and is part of the evidence Thai authorities had been looking into in its investigations into Xavier Andre Justo's blackmail of his former employer PetroSaudi International Ltd. It is a three-month long thread between Justo, Clare Rewcastle-Brown, who was acting as his broker, as well as The Edge Media Group's top guns, Datuk Tong Kooi Ong and Ho Kay Tat.

Petaling Jaya Utara member of parliament and Public Accounts Comittee member Tony Pua, while not a part of "Meet", was widely mentioned, especially by Rewcastle-Brown and Justo. 

FOCUS / THE STRAWMAN'S FIRES

THE "BROWN-STRAUMANN" LINK

Amidst the obviously rehashed and discarded "explosive" news reporting by "reputable" news outlets, lies hidden the true picture why these stories are time-released by exactly the same culprits.  The NINE QUESTIONS Panel will gradually flatten these characters with the weight of the ultimate truth.

The past second week of September went by with such a flurry of announcements and 'leaks' from Sarawak Report and allies about their calls for one investigation or another, and just as it was in 2013, these very same actors faffle between themselves on who gets to report which of the plentifully debunked stories this time around.

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In this latest multi-pronged attack against the Malaysian establishment, the Prime Minister is now attacked by Al Jazeera, and the Sydney Morning Herald 'broke' the story about the Governor of Sarawak with an "explosive revelation" about the Tun Pehin Sri's (catchall phrase, "Taib-family") "secret holdings" in Adelaide.

Naturally, upon reading the article, several facts jumped out, screaming for attention.

Note that as the article is evidently based on firmly and factually debunked sources, we shall not reproduce the said September 12, 2015 article, although it can be found by clicking on the link here.

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The SMH Debunk #1

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CURRENT / #ICYMI: AL JAZEERA, ANWAR IBRAHIM AND THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD

AL JAZEERA, ANWAR IBRAHIM AND THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD

A COMPILED REPORTAGE

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CANADIAN JOURNALIST MOHAMED FAHMY SUES EMPLOYER AL JAZEERA FOR $100M

He accuses Qatar-based news agency of operating with a bias that led to Egypt jailing him and two colleagues. Al Jazeera denies the allegation.

REPORTED BY TORONTO STAR

CAIRO, May 11, 2015— 

Mohamed Fahmy, the Canadian journalist on trial in Egypt on terror-related charges, has filed a lawsuit in Canadian court against his employer Al Jazeera for $100 million, accusing the Qatari news network of negligence and breach of contract. 

In a case that sparked worldwide condemnation of Egypt’s government, Fahmy was jailed for more than 400 days with his two Al Jazeera English colleagues, Egyptian producer Baher Mohamed and Australian correspondent Peter Greste. 

Egyptian prosecutors accused the three of spreading false news harmful to national security and of belonging to or aiding the Muslim Brotherhood, which authorities designated a terrorist group in December 2013, six months after Muslim Brotherhood-aligned president Mohammed Morsi, was overthrown.

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[1: CURRENT / #ICYMI: AL JAZEERA, ANWAR IBRAHIM AND THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD – "The military powers that be appear to believe that this latest crackdown on the Brotherhood, following the earlier outlawing of the movement, will further weaken them. In this regard, they are gravely mistaken. History has shown that people who are pushed to the ground by perverse and prolonged acts of oppression and injustice will emerge even stronger." - Anwar Ibrahim - Anwar Ibrahim Blog, March 31, 2014]

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In January, an appeals court threw out their convictions — they had been sentenced to between seven and 10 years — and ordered retrials, which are still ongoing. 

At a press conference Monday in the Cairo Four Seasons hotel, Fahmy, who has been out on bail since February, accused his employer of taking actions that helped land him in jail. 

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[1: CURRENT / #ICYMI: AL JAZEERA, ANWAR IBRAHIM AND THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD – "The fundamental liberties and human rights safeguarded under the Morsi administration are thrown the drain. Hundreds more political opponents are jailed without trial while international journalists including three from al-Jazeera, are detained without due process." - Anwar Ibrahim - Anwar Ibrahim Blog, March 31, 2014]

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Fahmy said Al Jazeera acted as “an arm of Qatar’s foreign policy” and “was not only biased towards the Muslim Brotherhood — they were sponsors of the Muslim Brotherhood.”

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[1: CURRENT / #ICYMI: AL JAZEERA, ANWAR IBRAHIM AND THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD – "President Morsi and law makers from the Brotherhood and other political parties were slowly but surely steering the country to new directions in the path of freedom, democracy and justice." - Anwar Ibrahim - Anwar Ibrahim Blog, March 31, 2014]

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('Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy sues employer Al Jazeera for $100M.' - Toronto Star, May 11, 2015)

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RELATED: CONVICTION OF MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS – A DEATH SENTENCE ON JUSTICE 
BY ANWAR IBRAHIM