BREAKING / JUSTO RECEIVES ROYAL PARDON

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JUSTO GETS ROYAL PARDON IN THAILAND
Justo will have his sentence commuted by one-third and will probably serve the remainder of his jail term on parole or be transferred to another prison.

REPORTED BY FREE MALAYSIA TODAY

BANGKOK (BERNAMA), August 9, 2016 –  

Swiss national Andre Xavier Justo, who was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for attempted blackmail of his former employer, PetroSaudi International, has received a royal pardon.

According to lawyer Worrasit Piriyawiboon, his client got the pardon in conjunction with Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s 70 years on the throne and Queen Sirikit’s birthday.

“The announcement of the royal pardon was released in a Royal Gazette website last night.

CURRENT / JUSTO V TONG & CO.: SET TO REVEAL THE BROWN CONNECTION; REWCASTLE BUYS TIME

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2. RELATED: JUSTO SAMAN THE EDGE, SARAWAK REPORT
3. RELATED: MEDIA TYCOON TONG KOOI ONG SEEKS TO STRIKE OUT JUSTO'S REPLY TO DEFENCE PAPERS

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TRIAL LOOMS OVER 'STOLEN DATA DEAL' BETWEEN JUSTO AND TONG

Singapore High Court case may reveal how Edge owner and Sarawak Report came to possess PetroSaudi and 1MDB data.

REPORTED BY FREE MALAYSIA TODAY

KUALA LUMPUR, April 12, 2016– 

Details of secret dealings between convicted extortioner Javier Andre Justo and Edge media group owner Tong Kooi Ong may surface if an on-going civil action goes to trial in Singapore, reports Singapore’s Straits Times, with a pre-trial conference slated to be held later this week. 

According to the report, Swiss national, Justo, 48, who was PetroSaudi International (UK)’s IT manager until April 2011, is suing Tong for damages in the island nation’s High Court. 

Justo says that he was owed US$2 million after handing over two data storage drives at Fullerton Hotel to Tong in February last year. 

CURRENT / JUSTO V TONG & CO.: PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE HELD

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2. RELATED: JUSTO'S, TONG'S LAWYERS HOLD PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE

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PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE HELD BETWEEN JUSTO'S AND TONG'S LAWYERS

Justo is suing Tong and Group Chief Executive Officer and Publisher of The Edge Ho Kay Tat and founder-editor of the Sarawak Report Clare Rewcastle Brown for damages.

REPORTED BY BERNAMA

SINGAPORE, April 13, 2016– 

A pre-trial conference between lawyers representing Xavier Andre Justo and Datuk Tong Kooi Ong was held in chambers at the Singapore Supreme Court this morning.

Damodara Hazra LLP appeared for the Swiss national Justo while David Lim & Partners LLP represented Tong, owner of The Edge Media Group, at the conference before

Assistant Registrar Ho Yee Tien Delphine.

Suresh Damodara, lawyer for the 48-year-old former employee of PetroSaudi International, and Tong's counsel Doris Chia declined to comment.

Justo is suing Tong and Group Chief Executive Officer and Publisher of The Edge Ho Kay Tat and founder-editor of the Sarawak Report Clare Rewcastle Brown for damages.

Ho and Rewcastle Brown were unrepresented.

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
Downloaded on: 09/12/2015 08:09 PM

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

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 / 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.

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 / 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.

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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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 / 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. 

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.