FOCUS / THE IMPACT FROM PM NAJIB'S VISIT TO THE WHITE HOUSE TO MEET PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP

AFTER last week's flurry of activities involving PM Najib Tun Razak's back-to-back bilateral visits to the US and the UK, we zoom in on the significance of the Prime Minister's visit to see Donald Trump, the 45th President of the "land of the free and home of the brave".

We salute the successful visit, and look forward to further strengthening of ties between Malaysia, and the US this time around.

– The NINE QUESTIONS Panel

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2. RELATED: REMARKS BY PRESIDENT TRUMP AND PRIME MINISTER NAJIB ABDUL RAZAK OF MALAYSIA BEFORE BILATERAL MEETING

3. RELATED: JOINT STATEMENT FOR ENHANCING THE COMPREHENSIVE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND MALAYSIA

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NAJIB MAKES HIS MARK IN WHITE HOUSE VISIT

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Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak with US President Donald Trump at the White House. Photo: BERNAMA 

WITH his landmark White House visit closely watched by the US media, Datuk Seri Najib Razak confided later that he was caught off-guard when Donald J. Trump suddenly called in journalists before his bilateral talks with the US president. 

Anyway, the Malaysian leader was in a very good form and he looked very composed. He spoke in a clear voice in response to the welcoming remarks by his host as TV cameras and long boom mics captured his rare moment. 

By all accounts, Najib’s ground-breaking visit to the White House proved to be a huge triumph, which reflected not just his standing as a Malaysian leader but also as a statesman championing issues, such as the Rohingya and the fight against terrorism. 

“The truth is that this visit is a coup,” said one journalist covering the trip. 

“The PM has been bold, talking about 1MDB and other matters to set the record straight.” 

The impact of his US visit, and later his stop at 10 Downing Street to meet British Prime Minister Theresa May, was very clear. 

Until Najib met Trump, the world’s superpower had been silent on the plight of the Rohingya. 

After raising the issue in the White House, Washington began taking a stronger stance as evidenced by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s comments the day after. 

He said Myanmar’s democracy was facing a “defining moment”. 

“I think it is important that the global community speak out in support of what we all know the expectation is for the treatment of people regardless of their ethnicity,” Tillerson, who attended the meeting with Trump and Najib, said. 

“This violence must stop, this persecution must stop,” he said. 

And like when Najib met Trump, he offered May a Malaysian value proposition. 

And she ended up asking him about geopolitics. 

“No doubt at all who was the more senior and knowledgeable of the two, and who needed who more,” said one of Najib’s aides who attended the meeting. 

Post-White House visit, there had been very positive vibes in the Malaysian camp and the business fraternity. 

The prime minister was in high spirits well after the talks with Trump, who once played golf with Najib, and proved very receptive to the Malaysian leader. 

He also broke with convention to see the prime minister off to his car on his way out. 

International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed was also gushing with positivity, and likewise our new envoy to the US, Tan Sri Zulhasnan Rafique. 

One of the strong messages emerging from Najib’s US visit was that Malaysia is now a force to be reckoned with as a serious global investor, with portfolio investments even in the US capital market. 

“The prime minister has broken the barrier and minds of those in the box of ‘jaguh kampung’,” said one government official who accompanied him. 

We are also one of the world’s top trading nations, including enjoying a huge trade surplus with the US. 

For the first seven months of 2017, Malaysia imported only US$7.8 billion from US while exporting US$21 billion, giving a trade surplus of US$13.2 billion. 

EPF, which at the end of last year had 29 per cent of its investments overseas and had said that overseas’ investments outperformed local investments in the past two years, already had US$7 billion in investments in US bonds and shares, and may invest another US$3 billion to US$4 billion. 

By the way, what is wrong with Malaysia Airlines ordering Boeing’s super-modern 787 Dreamliner and Boeing 737 MAX planes in order to help turn around the struggling national airline? 

Don’t forget, Boeing also invests in Malaysia through a joint venture with Hexcel, USA, to manufacture composites for secondary structures of commercial aircraft. 

The plant is located at Bukit Kayu Hitam Industrial Estate in Kedah. 

A veteran newsman, Jalil believes that a good journalist should be curious and sceptical at the same time.

('Najib Makes His Mark in White House Visit.' – New Straits Times, September 17, 2017)

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1. NAJIB MAKES HIS MARK IN WHITE HOUSE VISIT

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3. RELATED: JOINT STATEMENT FOR ENHANCING THE COMPREHENSIVE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND MALAYSIA

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RELATED: REMARKS BY PRESIDENT TRUMP AND PRIME MINISTER NAJIB ABDUL RAZAK OF MALAYSIA BEFORE BILATERAL MEETING

WHITE HOUSE OFFICE OF THE PRESS SECRETARY

Cabinet Room - 12:11 P.M. EDT 

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Thank you very much. It’s great to have the Prime Minister of Malaysia and his very distinguished delegation with us today. 

We’re talking about trade -- very large trade deals. We’re working on one deal where between 10 and 20 billion dollars’ worth of Boeing jets are going to be purchased, General Electric engines will be purchased, and many other things.   

Also, Malaysia is a massive investor in the United States in the form of stocks and bonds, and the stock exchange. And they have to be very happy because we’re hitting new highs on almost a weekly basis. And so we’re very proud of our stock market and what’s happened since I became President. So I congratulate you on those investments. 

But I just want to say, it’s an honor to have you here. It’s an honor to have your delegation with us. I believe you’ll be at the United Nations next week, and a lot of folks are going to be at the United Nations next week. It should be an exciting week, and we look very much forward to that. 

But I want to thank you very much for all of the investment you’ve made in the United States. Also, the Prime Minister has a major role in not allowing ISIS -- or, as you say, Daesh -- and others to exist. And he’s been very, very strong on terrorism in Malaysia, and a great supporter from that standpoint. So that’s a very important thing to the United States. 

He does not do business with North Korea any longer, and we find that to be very important. We had a vote yesterday on sanctions. We think it’s just another very small step -- not a big deal. Rex and I were just discussing -- not big. I don’t know if it has any impact, but certainly it was nice to get a 15-to-nothing vote. But those sanctions are nothing compared to what ultimately will have to happen. 

So thank you everyone for being here, and we appreciate it. Mr. Prime Minister, it’s a great honor to have you in the United States and in the White House. And thank you everyone for being here. Thank you very much. Thank you. 

Would you like to say something? 

PRIME MINISTER RAZAK: Thank you very much, Mr. President, for your invitation for me and members of my delegation to meet with you at the White House. I want to say that we come here with a strong value proposition to put on the table. 

Number one, we want to help you in terms of strengthening the U.S. economy. I come with three specific proposals. Number one, we intend to increase the number of Boeing planes to be purchased by MAS. We are committed to 25 planes of the 737 MAX 10, plus eight 787 Dreamliners. And there is a strong probability -- not possibility – probability that we will add 25 more 737 MAX 10 in the near future. So within five years, the deal will be worth beyond $10 billion. That’s one. We will also try to persuade AirAsia to purchase GE engines.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Great. 

PRIME MINISTER RAZAK: Secondly, we have Employees Provident Fund, which is a major pension fund in Malaysia. They’ve got quite a big sum of capital to be exported. They have invested close to $7 billion, in terms of equity, in the United States. And they intend to invest three to four additional billion dollars to support your infrastructure redevelopment in the United States. 

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Great. 

PRIME MINISTER RAZAK: And thirdly, our sovereign fund, Khazanah, they have an office in Silicon Valley. They have invested about $400 million, in terms of high-tech companies, and they intend to increase that investment as well. 

Secondly, the other goal of your administration, Mr. President, which is to make the United States safe -- and with that, the world safe -- we are committed to fight Daesh, IS, Al-Qaeda, Abu Sayyaf -- you name it. They are the enemy of the United States, they are also the enemy of Malaysia, and we will do our part to make sure that our part of the world is safe. 

We will also contribute in terms of the ideological warfare because you need to win the hearts and minds. And the key to it is to support moderate and progressive Muslim regimes and governments around the world, because that is the true face of Islam; that is the authentic face of Islam. The more you align with progressive and moderate regimes, the better it would be in terms of winning the hearts and minds of the Muslim world.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Right. 

PRIME MINISTER RAZAK: So, Mr. President, thank you once again. The United States has always been our partner for a long, long time.  And this year is our 60th anniversary of our relationship, and I hope that today’s meeting will make it even stronger in the years to come.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Thank you very much. Appreciate it. 

END - 12:18 P.M. EDT

('Remarks by President Trump and Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak of Malaysia Before Bilateral Meeting.' – White House Office of the Press Secretary, September 12, 2017)

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1. NAJIB MAKES HIS MARK IN WHITE HOUSE VISIT

2. RELATED: REMARKS BY PRESIDENT TRUMP AND PRIME MINISTER NAJIB ABDUL RAZAK OF MALAYSIA BEFORE BILATERAL MEETING

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RELATED: JOINT STATEMENT FOR ENHANCING THE COMPREHENSIVE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND MALAYSIA

WHITE HOUSE OFFICE OF THE PRESS SECRETARY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | SEPTEMBER 13, 2017 

The President of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump, hosted the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Najib Razak, at the White House to strengthen the Comprehensive Partnership between the two countries as they mark the 60th anniversary of bilateral relations. 

The United States and Malaysia share a long history of close cooperation built on economic ties and mutual security interests. The two leaders pledged to continue building upon that relationship through enhanced diplomatic, economic, security, and people-to-people ties. 

President Trump and Prime Minister Najib recognized the grave threat posed by North Korea to security and stability across the Asia-Pacific region. The two leaders expressed their concern over North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missile tests, which are a flagrant violation of the multiple United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions and will only further escalate tensions in the region.  Both sides reaffirmed their support for the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and the need for the international community to strictly implement UNSC resolutions.  President Trump welcomed Prime Minister Najib’s commitment to go beyond the UNSC resolutions, including through a review ofits diplomatic relations and business links with North Korea. 

The two leaders pledged to nurture the economic ties between the United States and Malaysia to create jobs and opportunities for people in both countries, reflecting a longstanding and substantial trade relationship. The two countries recognized the importance of regular discussions under the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement to strengthen the trade relationship by removing barriers in key sectors. Both sides announced their intent to pursue trade and investment opportunities in the transportation and energy sectors and to address the bilateral trade imbalance. The two leaders welcomed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Malaysia Airlines Berhad and The Boeing Company for eight new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners, purchase rights for eight additional 737 MAX airplanes, and maintenance for the national carrier’s fleet, with a potential total value of $4 billion (USD). President Trump welcomed the probability of additional purchases of Boeing aircraft in the future. Both leaders welcomed the involvement of the United States private sector in the development of the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed rail project. The two countries also committed to review regulatory frameworks with the aim of facilitating investment in their respective economies. 

Prime Minister Najib and President Trump discussed matters relating to the South China Sea and emphasized the importance of ensuring, maintaining, and safeguarding peace and stability, maritime security, freedom of navigation and over-flight, and other lawful uses of the seas. The two leaders underscored the importance of upholding and adhering to the rules-based maritime order. They called upon all disputing parties to implement their international legal obligations in good faith, and to avoid the threat or use of force, intimidation, or coercion. They further called on all disputing parties to exercise self-restraint in the conduct of activities and refrain from action that erodes trust and confidence, and escalates tension, including the militarization of outposts.  The two leaders reaffirmed that all maritime claims must be based on and resolved in accordance with international law as reflected in the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. 

The two sides reaffirmed their commitment to the principles of the strategic partnership between the United States and the Association of Southeast Asian States (ASEAN) and to the continued implementation of the principles decided upon by the leaders of the United States and ASEAN in the 2016 Sunnylands Declaration. They affirmed their support for common efforts to develop a rules-based ASEAN Community, and to maintaining ASEAN centrality in the evolving regional architecture. The two leaders noted the 50th anniversary of ASEAN’s founding and the 40th anniversary of relations between the United States and ASEAN and welcomed commemorative activities. 

The two leaders pledged to strengthen cooperation to counter the growing threat of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Southeast Asia. Both leaders re-affirmed the importance of promoting community resilience and mutual respect across religious and ethnic boundaries. As a partner in the fight against ISIS and a member of the Global Coalition led by the United States, the two leaders noted Malaysia’s pledge of $1 million (USD) for humanitarian assistance in areas liberated from ISIS. The United States recognized Malaysia’s continued progress toward meeting program requirements for the U.S. Visa Waiver Program, including obligations under the Homeland Security Presidential Directive 6 (HSPD-6) and Preventing and Combatting Serious Crime (PCSC) information sharing arrangements.  Prime Minister Najib announced Malaysia’s commitment to implement its data sharing agreements with the United States and to phased enhancements of passenger screening at all points of entry, and the United States committed to actively work with Malaysia towards this end. The United States and Malaysia acknowledged that cyber and other crimes often help finance terrorist networks. The countries committed to utilize available multilateral instruments, including the Budapest Convention in order to strengthen domestic legislation and foster international cooperation in combating cybercrime. 

The United States and Malaysia pledged to strengthen bilateral defense ties.  The two leaders underscored the importance of expanding cooperation in priority areas, including maritime security, counterterrorism, and information sharing between our defense and security forces. They committed to pursue additional opportunities for joint exercises and training. The leaders also underscored the importance of enhancing maritime domain awareness through the development of maritime capabilities such as surveillance, communications, and information-sharing, and expressed their intent to continue discussions on funding of assets through the most effective mechanisms for developing these capabilities in order to advance regional security. President Trump welcomed Malaysia’s intent to make an additional $60 million (USD) in defense procurements from the United States. 

They discussed the need to end the humanitarian crisis in Myanmar. Both leaders called for an end to the violence targeting civilian populations, and discussed the need for a strong international community response for the hundreds of thousands of individuals who have been victimized and displaced by violence, including those who have arrived in Bangladesh. Both sides urged the Myanmar government to end the violence against innocents and ensure that humanitarian relief reaches victims immediately. 

President Trump and Prime Minister Najib held a constructive discussion about the importance of good governance and the free flow of information to prosperity and a positive business environment. They also discussed the importance of protecting human rights, including freedom of expression and freedom of religion. The United States welcomed Malaysia’s commitment to increase prosecutions of human traffickers, as well as expedited assessment with the aim of increasing substantially the number of trafficking victims granted freedom of movement. 

The two leaders welcomed continued strong people-to-people ties, especially Fulbright academic exchanges. They recognized the growing number of Malaysian undergraduate and graduate students studying in the United States, now numbering nearly eight thousand. They expressed anticipation for the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding sustaining the Fulbright English Teaching Assistant program, one of the largest in the world, through 2020. 

The two leaders discussed their commitment to further strengthening the Comprehensive Partnership to promote peace, stability, prosperity, and international consensus in the Asia-Pacific region and around the world.

('Joint Statement for Enhancing the Comprehensive Partnership Between the United States of America and Malaysia.' – White House Office of the Press Secretary, September 13, 2017)

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FOCUS / AU CONTRAIRE, CLARE (REWCASTLE BROWN), SARAWAK IS A BEACON OF UNITY AND HARMONY; HOW SARAWAK REPORT AND LAPDOG BRUNO MANSER FONDS KEEP DISTORTING THE TRUE SITUATION IN SITU

ONCE again, reality bites the poison pen blog disguising itself as legitimate 'journalism' with the recent revelation by the Junior Chamber International (JCI) whom Sarawak hosted early September, that Sarawak remains the very beacon of peace that it has been celebrated for time and again.

The JCI had recently organised the acclaimed International Summit of Peace in the Sarawak capital of Kuching. The choice obviates and testifies to the continued successes of the Abdul Taib, Adenan and currently, Abang Jo Administrations in fostering peace and harmony despite Sarawak being situated in a region still being rocked by persistent and deadly inter-communal and inter-religious strifes.

We feel that it is this very potent combination of harmony and peace that is standing in the way of Sarawak Report and Bruno Manser Fonds - its fondest and most loyal pet animal, and they will stop at nothing to undermine and disrupt this enviable status quo that Sarawakians from all walks of life enjoy, as it is only within the ashes of destruction can these camps conjure up a corrupted Utopia in their own distorted images.

May their efforts continue to go to waste.

– The NINE QUESTIONS Panel

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SARAWAK A UNIQUE EXAMPLE OF PEACE

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“I will just encourage them, especially the young people [of Sarawak], to continue that – the idea to respect, believe, support and encourage one another, as well as to share that peace with the rest of the world.” – Dawn Hetzel, Junior Chamber International World President

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FOCUS / WHAT REALLY GOES ON IN SARAWAK, DESPITE NEGATIVE CAMPAIGNS BY CLARE REWCASTLE BROWN, LUKAS STRAUMANN AND THEIR MANIFEST DESTINY ORGANISATIONS SARAWAK REPORT AND BRUNO MANSER FONDS

SARAWAK Report and the Bruno Manser Fonds can claim whatever they want with all the huff and puff of their media might, but the State of Sarawak has been moving forward hand in hand not only with Malaysia - the country Sarawak helped create, and will struggle with, through thick and thin - but also alongside the world at large.

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REDEFINING GLOBAL TRIBES

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Join the revolution for Business Event communities to gather in unity to construct a stronger identity for Malaysia’s economy. 
Published by BESarawak, April 20, 2017

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THE JOURNEY - SARAWAK, BORNEO, MALAYSIA
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The Journey through Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia, where adventure lives...
Published by SarawakTravel STB, January 4, 2012

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SARAWAK | WHERE ADVENTURE LIVES
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If adventure had a home, it would be the vast wilderness. Grand, green, awesome! Like no other place on earth. If adventure had a home, it would be filled with the friendliest people on earth. People of different races, religions and cultures. If adventure had a home, it would be here when one arrives as a guest and leaves as family. If adventure had a home, its home would be Sarawak. Come and explore our vast wild home of adventure. Sarawak, where adventure lives.
Published by SarawakTravel STB, February 26, 2016

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CAT CITY || KUCHING SARAWAK MALAYSIA
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Kuching (cat) City is one of the cleanest cities in Malaysia. Kuching is also a popular destination for people from neighboring countries like Indonesia and Brunei to come for [a] holiday. 
Published by Times Off, March 6, 2017

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WELCOME TO BEAUTIFUL GIAM VILLAGE AND WATERFALL SARAWAK
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Published by Johny John, May 16, 2017

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DISCOVER THE CITY OF UNITY, KUCHING
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A tourist is traveling around Kuching and meeting up his old friend, Eric which happens to be a local in town. Eric decides to bring his curious little friend around town and explain more on the components of uniqueness they have in Kuching that he could never forget. Eric also emphasizes on a remarkable experience his friend will embark not just the city itself, but also the unity of the multiracial society in Kuching. He introduces the tourist to his friends which are multiracial, show the tourist how everyone gets along very well without any complication despite having different backgrounds with different cultures and beliefs.
Published by Danish Busmah, May 15, 2016

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KUCHING | CITY OF UNITY
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Kuching is now the world's first City of Unity, and together we share this joy and pride.
Published by Asa Esa Films, August 14, 2015

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MIRI, SARAWAK
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Miri is a coastal city in northeastern Sarawak, Malaysia, located near the border of Brunei, on the island of Borneo.
Published by Eriic Aubins, April 2, 2017

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VISIT SIBU YEAR 2017 PROMOTIONAL VIDEO
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For more updates, please visit: https://www.travelsibu.com

Published by Visit Sibu Year 2017, March 14, 2016

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Thus, while Clare Rewcastle Brown and Lukas Straumann can jump around campaigning and peddling false and divisive stories about Sarawak - where they do not even reside, nor ever had at any length in their useful lives - the holy grail of their misguided crusade remains a beacon of unity and exemplary cultural harmony, pragmatically pursuing a unique version of modernity with inclusivity as its core value.

Sarawak will run a course along with the rest of the world. We are just unsure if Sarawak Report, BMF and their clone organisations are in sync with the rest of humanity, and not still as a bunch of "katak di bawah tempurung" (insular frog living under a coconut shell).

– The NINE QUESTIONS Panel

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CURRENT / IN THE LATEST SALVO BY RAGGIE JESSY/THE THIRD FORCE, CLARE REWCASTLE BROWN'S ALREADY SEMI-EXPOSED SKIRT IS LIFTED EVER HIGHER FOR ALL AND SUNDRY TO SEE

IN what seems to be developing into a very public and acidic spat between two giants of electronic media, Raggie Jessy or The Third Force fires another blow to the Sarawak Report camp with the revelation of Clare Rewcastle Brown's murky, yet suppressed past.

For those who have sighted this aspect of her past life, it is worth a revisit. For those who hasn't, enjoy the revelation, in the well-crafted flowing style that The Third Force is known for by now. 

– The NINE QUESTIONS Panel

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2. RELATED: MP'S EXPENSES: HOW BROWN AND HIS CABINET EXPLOIT EXPENSES SYSTEM
3. RELATED: MP'S EXPENSES: GORDON BROWN'S HOUSE SWAP THAT LET HIM CLAIM THOUSANDS
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EVIDENCE SURFACES THAT CLARE BROWN AND HUBBY STOLE TAXPAYERS' MONEY

The scandal was deemed by the British House of Commons as a deliberate act of criminal malfeasance on Gordon’s part and an abuse of position by a public official to receive gratification. Ms. Rewcastle took the heat off herself and her husband by gallantly defending Gordon, saying, “He definitely needed a cleaner when in London, and it was part of his expenses entitlement”.

REPORTED BY THE THIRD FORCE via MALAYSIA TODAY

The Third Force (TTF) is a propaganda blog, says Clare Rewcastle Brown.

According to the Chief Editor of Sarawak Report, TTF “is not a news portal, but a habitually libellous propaganda blog that shouldn’t have been cited by any newspaper.” Ironically, this lady chose to air her fury via Free Malaysia Today (FMT), a Nelson Fernandez run portal that received RM12 million from John Soh between the years 2009 and 2014.

Even more ironical is the fact that the article was written by a Nawar Firdaws, an FMT columnist who was seen intimately dancing with the DAP’s Zairil Christopher in several photos at a drinking hole in the Hartamas area. Despite repeated claims by bloggers and freelance writers of the illicit love affair, FMT and the DAP remained tight lipped about the whole thing and went so far as to censor reports that even so much as mentioned Zairil’s name for several days.

'Apparently, the hand holding incident involving Zairil Christopher of DAP and FMT's Nawar Firdaws took place in Kuching - SeaDemon.' 

– TTF

Now, doesn’t this go a long way to show just how credibly and morally unsound FMT is? And is it just a coincidence that Nawar, having been accused of flirting with someone known to be a Lim Kit Siang apologist and stooge, was Ms. Rewcastle’s choice of a ‘journalist’ to take pot-shots at TTF? 

But then, it is not as if the FMT editorial came as a ‘huge surprise’ to me. 

After all, it takes one fake news portal to know another, which explains just why FMT religiously features claims made by Sarawak Report, including the infamous one where Ms. Rewcastle ‘mocked’ PAS president Dato’ Seri Abdul Hadi Awang for failing to sue her. 

The said article, published by FMT on the 8^th of April 2017, quoted the disgraced British journalist as saying that PAS failed to sue her despite threatening to do so. The Sarawak Report chief editor was referring to a letter of demand that Hadi’s United Kingdom (UK) lawyers issued her portal on the 13^th of December 2016. 

“They threatened to sue me within a week if I didn’t do lots of things in mid-December… but didn’t,” she said. 

But she may have spoken too soon. 

Nineteen days after that cocky and sarcastic jibe, Hadi got his lawyers to file a defamation suit against her and Sarawak Report at a High Court in London. The suit pertained allegations made by Sarawak Report that the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dato’ Seri Najib Tun Razak, had solicited political favours from Hadi by offering the latter a RM90 million bribe. 

Ideally, the suit should have been the ‘chance of a lifetime’ for Ms. Rewcastle to prove what she had been saying all along, that the Prime Minister of Malaysia was criminally perverse and morally corrupt, enough to offer bribes just to tighten his grip on government. Instead, she failed to offer the London Court even a shred of the “smoking gun evidence” she claimed to possess despite being given months to do so. 

And that’s not all. 

This lady, who “personifies herself to be the defender of truth and justice,” even had the cheek to tell the presiding judge that she ignored past letters sent by Hadi’s lawyers as none of the others she received ended in court battles. She made that bold yet reckless claim during a Case Management hearing on the 6th of August 2017 that was called to decide the amount Hadi needed to deposit with the court as security. 

Now isn’t that tantamount to telling the judge that you’re a habitual delinquent?

And yet, she labelled my portal a “habitually libellous propaganda blog” that the mainstream media should keep a ten-foot pole distance from. Tell me, who is this white piece of trash to dictate terms to the Malaysian mainstream media? How can anyone trust a lady who conspired with her own husband to defraud British taxpayers of their hard-earned money between the years 2004 and 2006? 

'You read right - Ms. Rewcastle and her husband, Andrew Brown, were accused of receiving thousands in taxpayer money between the years 2004 and 2006 just to 'clean' the then British premier's Westminster flat.' 

– TTF

And that, my friends, is not fake news, but the legitimate findings of the British House of Commons as reported by The Telegraph on 8^th of May 2009 (screen capture below). The British daily implied that the then Prime Minister of the UK, Gordon Brown, had abused his position in power by “paying his brother” using taxpayer money “for cleaning services at his private flat at Westminter.”

MP'S EXPENSES: HOW BROWN AND HIS CABINET EXPLOIT EXPENSES SYSTEM
Gordon Brown and his most senior ministers are facing questions over their use of parliamentary expenses after the Daily Telegraph revealed details their claims. – The Daily Telegraph, May 8, 2009 

And just in case you are wondering who Gordon’s brother is, think no further – he is none other than Andrew Brown, Ms. Rewcastle’s partner in wedlock. According to the daily, receipts submitted by Gordon to the Parliamentary authorities disclosed that between 2004 and 2006, he paid Andrew £6,577 (worth some £21,000 by today’s standards) over 26 months just to clean his flat!

And if that isn’t enough evidence to convince you just how corrupt the Browns are, following is the cut-and-dry proof (also reproduced below) that will tell you the kind of trash this white spin-master of a journalist is: 

FOCUS / REVISITING HADI AWANG'S COURTROOM VICTORY AGAINST THE MIGHTY DAILY MIRROR; HADI IS CURRENTLY SUING CLARE REWCASTLE BROWN AND SARAWAK REPORT

MANY commenters had forgotten that YB Abdul Hadi Awang, MP is no stranger to the British legal system, and in fact have had a successful outing in the UK, using the same lawyer he is currently retaining. 

A good general always knows to stick to the same dark horse that wins the race, and YB Abdul Hadi Awang is looking ever the confident commander after winning his case in 2007.

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2. RELATED: ABDUL HADI AWANG - AN APOLOGY

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LEADING MALAYSIAN POLITICIAN WINS LIBEL COMPLAINT AGAINST DAILY MIRROR OVER FALSE TERRORISM ALLEGATIONS

The Defendant has explained that the photograph was published in error by the newspaper, and that it was intended to refer to a completely different person, the suspected Al-Qaeda terrorist Mr Abdul Hadi Al Iraqi. Mr Hadi Awang has no connection whatsoever with that person. The article has caused Mr Hadi Awang great embarrassment and distress.

CARTER-RUCK PRESS RELEASE

19 October 2007 

The Daily Mirror today apologised in the High Court to Mr Abdul Hadi Awang, a well-known Malaysian politician and an eminent Muslim scholar, over false allegations that he was, among other things, the Al Qaeda “number 3” and that he was being held in Guantanamo Bay.

FOCUS / EVEN RJ/TTF IS RAISING THE ISSUE OF DONATIONS MADE TO CLARE REWCASTLE BROWN'S COURT BATTLE AND ITS MORAL CONTRADICTION

THE NINE QUESTIONS Panel is again reiterating that Clare Rewcastle Brown/Sarawak Report should return the money collected from the public in the event that she and her dungheap of a publication loses the case against her in London. 

She should be made to pay for whatever it is that she should be responsible for and not extract the responsibility from the public's goodwill. 

Goodwill which, in the highly likely event that she loses, will dissipate faster than one can say, 'FRAUD!'.

– The NINE QUESTIONS Panel

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2. RELATED: IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE, QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION, CLAIM NO. HQ17M01386
3. RELATED: CLARE REWCASTLE BROWN'S INABILITY TO SHOW PROOF TO COURT BRINGS INTO QUESTION SHOULD SHE RETURN THE MONEY COLLECTED TO DEFEND HER CASE

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CLARE REWCASTLE'S DONORS ACTUALLY GIVING HADI MONEY
Pakatuns are going to keep enriching Hadi and his lawyers, as Ms. Rewcastle is bent on delaying the trial past the 14^th general election (GE14) just to prevent Malaysians from discovering what I have been saying all this while – that all the evidences she claims to possess are nothing short of fabrications wrapped around conjectures and hearsay, none of which are substantiated, none of which hold in the court of law.

REPORTED BY RAGGIE JESSY/THE THIRD FORCE

Clare Rewcastle Brown has taken you guys for a jolly good ride.

Last Thursday, the disgraced British journalist failed to secure an extension from a London Court in a defamation suit brought against her by PAS president Dato’ Seri Abdul Hadi Awang. The suit pertains allegations that Prime Minister Dato’ Seri Najib Tun Razak solicited political favours from Hadi by bribing the latter RM90 million.

The court’s decision followed Ms. Rewcastle’s repeated failure to file and serve her defense right up to the 30^th of August 2017, a deadline stipulated within a court order dated the 2^nd of August 2017 (see #2 below). Ironically, this is the same lady who spent close to two years telling Malaysians that she had truckloads of “smoking gun evidences” to prove the Prime Minister of Malaysia was corrupt and criminally perverse.

But the evidence has yet to surface. 

FOCUS / CLARE REWCASTLE BROWN'S INABILITY TO SHOW PROOF TO COURT BRINGS INTO QUESTION SHOULD SHE RETURN THE MONEY COLLECTED TO DEFEND HER CASE

Sarawak Report's Clare Rewcastle Brown had famously collected £33, 513 to fund her defence in the London High Court. 

The legal suit initiated by PAS President YB Abdul Hadi Awang is revealing that Clare is having problems providing the necessary evidence to back her allegations, famously regaled through her aforementioned notoriously fake news mouthpiece. 

With this latest development in light, let's revisit what was written by Sarawak Report in order to solicit money through the portal Crowd Justice, and the NINE QUESTIONS Blog will let the readers decide whether such monies were well-spent, justified and whether those monies should be returned to the donors should Clare Rewcastle Brown be found guilty.

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DEFEND SARAWAK REPORT

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Sarawak Report is being sued by PAS, the Islamic Party of Malaysia. We believe we have a strong case and need to stand up to the big money that appears to be flowing into their action.

BY SARAWAK REPORT

For the past seven years Sarawak Report has detailed the consequences of politcal (sic) corruption in Malaysia on the environment, civil liberties and the prosperity of the nation.  We have worked on this project as a voluntary not for profit commitment.   

It was our work that exposed what has become the world's largest kleptocracy scandal, involving up to $7 billion dollars stolen from the development fund 1MDB. 

Numerous banks have been already held to account and 15th June the US Dept of Justice issued a third court order for the sequestration of over $1.5 billion in assets bought with money stolen by 1MDB.   

The Prime Minister of Malaysia, Najib Razak, has admitted he used much of this money to buy political support and to win the last election - although he claims that the $681 million that went into his own accounts came from a mystery Saudi Royal donor and not 1MDB as detailed by the joint US, Swiss, Singapore, Abu Dhabi, UK, Hong Kong and Luxembourg investigations into the scandal.Sarawak Report has led on this massive international scandal all the way, revealing story after story both on the crime itself and the distribution of all the proceeds.   

There have been numerous legal threats by various players, but so far none have sued us in the face of overwhelming evidence. [{SR} didn’t {respond to the letters} because the extremely recalcitrant and preponderant Ms. Rewcastle ignored the letters and told the judge that she received dozens of such letters, none of which ended in court battles. Earlier today, she asked the judge to grant her an extension to submit her case against Hadi but it was refused." – The Third Force] However,  Malaysia's Islamic party PAS has now taken exception to being caught up in the scandal, having broken with the opposition alliance in order to collaborate with the Prime Minister's own BN alliance at the very height of the exposures of theft from the development fund. 

Sarawak Report pointed out that the PM distributes money to gain political support and that considerable largesse was noted to have been passing from his administration for the first time into PAS during this very period of intense scandal, at which point a section of the leadership chose to rupture its links with the opposition and later work with Najib instead - splitting the party's own leadership and following in the process. PAS's President Hadi has said he views our comments as a personal attack on his reputation in the UK, yet he is seeking to avoid placing security of costs in the UK court before we file our defence. 

This forces us to pay for expensive legal support to file that defence, money we have little hope of retrieving, whether or not he continues with his case. We believe this is a politically motivated attack and that the people involved are hoping we will settle the action rather than place a defence.  They will then use that outcome, backed by BN's powerful propaganda machine to seek to discredit us.  Please help us fight this case in order to counter this the latest of so many attempts to discredit our work.

('Defend Sarawak Report.' – June 2017)

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One more question: Is this type of donation taxable, and were there any declarations made to honour it by Clare Rewcastle Brown?

– The NINE QUESTIONS Panel

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The NINE QUESTIONS Blog will return with more facts.

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FOCUS / ECO-GUNS FOR HIRE?: CORRUPTION WATCHERS REVEAL POSSIBLE STRONG LINKS BETWEEN CLARE REWCASTLE BROWN, BMF AND SWISS TIMBER COMPANY

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2. RELATED:  EXCLUSIVE: CLARE REWCASTLE BROWN – HALF A MILLION REASONS WHY

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CORRUPTION AT ITS WORST: ANTI-CORRUPTION HERO CLARE REWCASTLE MADE MARIONETTE FOR BIG MONEY?

Exclusive: British blogger and nature advocate, Clare Rewcastle Brown who dedicated her life work to battle corruption and saving the forests of Malaysia, is being sponsored by a wood exporting Swiss tycoon. 

REPORTED BY CORRUPTION WATCHERS 

According to new evidence, recently presented to Corruption Watchers by our sources, for the last few years, hundreds of thousands of euros were secretly channeled into Brown's business bank account, with the mysterious donor being Swiss billionaire Martin O. Pestalozzi. 

What does this magnate from Switzerland have to do with a London based freelance journalist who protects nature?   

Clare Rewcastle Brown is probably known best for her belligerent coverage of the deforestation phenomenon in Malaysia over the pages of her blog, Sarawak Report. Throughout the years she has revealed countless occurrences of corruption and misconduct, fighting for the environment and for justice. Another "quality" Brown is well-known for is her a total and utter vagueness surrounding her funding sources, the shocking revelations now clarify the reason behind this ambiguity.   

  

The perturbing new evidence reveals that Pestalozzi himself is the co-founder and owner of an international company exporting the tropical precious wood called Teak. Pestalozzi's company's not-so-hidden goal is obtaining monopoly over the global Teak market, or in their words: "become [one] of the preferred suppliers of manufacturers around the world" (according to our source, the majority of the blog's revenue  [consists of] Pestalozzi's hefty grants). 

But what role exactly does Brown play in Pestalozzi's "wood cartel"? 

FOCUS / HADI VS. CLARE ROUND 1: H=1; C=0

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2. RELATED: CLARE GAGAL KES PRA-PERBICARAAN, MAHKAMAH LONDON YAKINI SISTEM KEHAKIMAN MALAYSIA

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UK COURT RULES NO EVIDENCE THAT NAJIB AND MALAYSIAN JUDICIARY ARE CORRUPT

“Malaysians can now rest assured that Sarawak Report is nothing but a fake news portal that fabricated email transcripts, shopping receipts, banking documents, money trails and what have you, none of which were authentic, none of which would hold in the court of law.”

REPORTED BY THE THIRD FORCE

Last Wednesday, the 2nd of August 2017, a group of British lawyers representing PAS President Dato’ Seri Abdul Hadi Awang attended a Case Management hearing in London. The hearing was to decide the amount Hadi needed to deposit as security with the court in relation to a civil suit he is bringing against Clare Rewcastle Brown, the Chief Editor of Sarawak Report. 

The suit pertains allegations by Sarawak Report that the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dato’ Seri Najib Tun Razak, bribed the PAS president with RM90 million, money that Ms. Rewcastle claims originated from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). To date, she has yet to furnish the court with evidence to substantiate her claims despite being given ample time to do so. 

Yet, she asked the judge to fix £800,000 (about RM4.5 million) as the security Hadi needed to deposit with the court. The PAS president, on the other hand, offered to pay just RM80,000, arguing that the sum was “sufficient and uncontroversial.” Not only did the court accept Hadi’s offer, it ruled that Ms. Rewcastle herself needed to pay costs worth 15,000 pounds (about RM85,000) immediately and the balance upon assessment of the total cost.