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.

FOCUS / SR V RPK: SEDDONS LETTER REVEALS MORE THAN REWCASTLE INTENDED

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2. RELATED: THE SEDDONS-RPK CORRESPONDENCE
3. RELATED: KES SRC INTERNATIONAL DAN DANA RM2.6 BILLION: SPRM AKAN RESPONS ARAHAN PEGUAM NEGARA DALAM WAKTU TERDEKAT
4. RELATED: IS RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL SON COINCIDENTAL?
5. RELATED:  MALAYSIAN ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION SNUBS REWCASTLE BROWN
6. RELATED: A RECORD OF UNTRUE STORIES - THE CASE OF CLARE REWCASTLE

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DECONSTRUCTING THE SEDDONS CORRESPONDENCE

Underneath the strongly-worded, yet sloppy semi-confession and preemptive defence jumps out damaging details and admissions that Clare Rewcastle Brown can no longer deny.

BY CASSIUS PEREIRA

In a surprising development, Sarawak Report is confirmed to have served London-based blogger-in-exile Raja Petra Kamarudin (RPK) a letter of demand through their attorney, Seddons on April 7, 2016.

Contained within the correspondence are basically accusations of erroneous reporting on the part of RPK, demanding - amongst others - for the removal of specific articles that points directly to her murky, hidden past.

1. WHAT "DAMAGING MATERIAL" IS CLARE REWCASTLE TRYING TO KEEP BURIED?

"At the foot of the Malaysia Today article you have provided a hyperlink labelled "READ MORE HERE", inviting readers to click on the link and thereby visit and read what appears at http://www.opensourceinvestigations.com/malaysia/a-record-of-untrue-stories-the-case-of-clare-rewcastle/, a page on a website operated in the name Open Source Investigations ("the OSI article") ... As has obviously been your intention, by so doing you will have caused and will continue to cause readers of the Malaysia Today article also to visit and read the OSI article." – Seddons

Also, the letter continues, "The Articles assert that Ms Rewcastle Brown was a dishonest journalist who was not able to get a job at the BBC or ITV as she was known to publish stories that were known by her to be untrue ... It is your allegation that is deliberately untrue, designed as it is to undermine the corruption that our client has exposed and which you seek to hide. Ms Rewcastle Brown has never run a story that she knew to be untrue."

The article in question (see #6 below) actually features a short, but highly damaging report by the reputable Private Eye Magazine, in its 958th issue of September 4, 1998.

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 / JUSTO LAUNCHES HIS SINGAPORE ASSAULT

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2. RELATED: 1MDB LEAK DEAL: EX-PETROSAUDI EXEC SUES THE EDGE OWNER IN SINGAPORE COURT

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1MDB LEAK DEAL: EX-PETROSAUDI EXEC SUES THE EDGE OWNER IN SINGAPORE COURT

He also cited WhatsApp exchanges between Mr Tong, two other people and himself as evidence, as well as meetings in Bangkok and Singapore between himself and Mr Tong and/or others. These allegedly included two meetings with Ms Clare Rewcastle-Brown, the owner and editor of The Sarawak Report, in a Bangkok hotel in 2014.

REPORTED BY THE STRAITS TIMES OF SINGAPORE

Details of the alleged deal behind the leaks that spawned claims about the misappropriation of billions at a Malaysian state investment firm linked to Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak may well unravel in the High Court in Singapore.

Swiss national Xavier Andre Justo, the man allegedly behind the leaks, is suing the owner of Malaysia's The Edge media group Tong Kooi Ong and two others for damages.

Justo claims that he handed over two data storage drives in Mr Tong's presence at a Fullerton Hotel meeting in February last year in return for US$2 million (S$2.7 million) - money which he never received. 

He wants the items - which contain data about global oil services firm PetroSaudi and its business partner 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) - to be returned and for any copies to be destroyed, according to court documents filed last November.

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

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.

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.

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 / 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? 

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. 

EXPLOSIVE / THE LEAKED JUSTO CONFESSION

"EXPLOSIVE" IS "BREAKING", ONLY LOUDER

LEAKED: WRITTEN CONFESSION OF XAVIER JUSTO

REPORTED BY THE LSS REPORT

(SARAWAK REPORT), 26 June, 2015– 

Bangkok Remand Prison

On Friday the 26th of Jun 2015, I hereby confess to my full involvement in, and responsibility for, the offences for which I am charged. They are the attempted blackmail and attempted extortion of PetroSaudi. I make this confession of my own free will and accord without any pressure, duress or outside influence. I do not wish to have a lawyer present. 

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[1: EPISODES / DRAMATIS PERSONÆ–WHO'S WHO OF CLARE BROWN –"I further request that Mr Justo is given all the protection due to a whistleblower in this situation and that proper steps are taken to investigate a grave financial fraud in which PetroSaudi International has played a major role." - Clare Rewcastle Brown - Sarawak Report, July 24, 2015]

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[1A: EPISODES / CLARE AND CULLEN–THE DO-SI-DO – "We do not know whether Cullen Johnson/Dirk Pitt is a genuine battler against high-level corruption (entirely possible) or someone hired to lure us into a trap (equally possible)." - Sarawak Report, May 8, 2013]

[1B: EPISODES / DRAMATIS PERSONÆ–WHO'S WHO OF CLARE BROWN – "[Johnson and White] concocted bogus and stunningly realistic international banking information that would lead one party to believe the other had millions of dollars in assets offshore in places like the Channel Islands or the Cayman Islands. Over a period of time, the detectives would charge increasingly higher fees in return for more “banking information.” Often that information was presented in court as real and it took lawyers and judges years to understand it was false." - Toronto Star, January 17, 2014]

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[2: VISUAL AIDS / EXHIBIT 3 – "Squeezed out - former partner Ting Check Sii is looking for the return of his investment." - Sarawak Report, January 27, 2015]

[2A: EPISODES / DRAMATIS PERSONÆ–WHO'S WHO OF CLARE BROWN – "Tanaka is in substance, Dato Ting [Check Sii]’s mouthpiece ... I completely reject Tanaka’s contention on the Oral Agreements ... There is simply no credible evidence to substantiate the existence of the oral agreements at all material times ... I need only outline a few broad reasons here ... Tanaka’s case was originally premised on the purported directors’ resolutions of 1993 and 1994, which I find to be fabricated." - Justice Edmund Leow of The High Court of Singapore for 'Suit No 783 of 2012', June 29, 2015]

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[3: BREAKING / CLARE REWCASTLE TALKS BACK–WITH HILARIOUS RESULTS! – "Now they are working off “confessions’ [sic.] made by Justo as he tries to please his captors in order to get out of jail. Why are [sic.] NST trying to protect crooks?" - Sarawak Report, September, 8 2015]

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I fully admit my criminal behaviour and accept my guilt in these matters. I just want to set the record straight and apologise to those who I have wronged. I have conspired with others and further admit offenses of theft of data, handling stolen goods, selling stolen data and IT equipment to third parties and attempting to launder the proceeds of sale. My only motivation for selling the data that I stole was for monetary gain and I never considered myself a whistle-blower.

FOCUS / #FAIRTRIAL4CLARE–WHAT REWCASTLE BROWN MAY FACE IN COURT

Here, the NINE QUESTIONS Panel will list the possible breaches of laws that allegedly have been committed by this suspected conspiracy ring.
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REPERCUSSIONS FROM THE JUSTO CASE
REPORTED BY BERNAMA

KUALA LUMPUR (BERNAMA), September 7, 2015–

The three-year jail sentence against Xavier Andre Justo, a heavily tattooed Swiss IT expert, for corporate blackmail by a Thailand criminal court could spark criminal probes and lawsuits in Malaysia, Singapore and the United Kingdom. 

Justo pleaded guilty to the theft of huge amounts of corporate data from his former employer PetroSaudi International, information that became the source of an international media campaign against the Malaysian government over allegations of financial wrongdoings at 1Malaysia Development Berhad, a state-owned investment fund. 

Lawyers and police sources in Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur contend that the admission of guilt by the former PetroSaudi employee could expose those involved to numerous potential offences, including bribery, fraud, cyber security and computer crimes and money laundering. 

The principal players so far identified in the Justo saga are Clare Rewcastle-Brown, founder of the London-based website Sarawak Report, and Tong Kooi Ong, the owner of Malaysia's The Edge Media Group. 

However, investigations by the Thai police revealed that several other influential political and business figures played key roles in the campaign to undermine the Malaysian government led by Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. 

Police sources and lawyers also said that Justo's confessions to the Thai police and evidence seized from his home in Thailand's Koh Samui resort town could prove crucial in the ongoing investigations in Malaysia and trigger other actions in Singapore and the United Kingdom. 

The Malaysian government has suspended publication of The Edge and blocked access to Sarawak Report.

Police are also investigating Brown, Tong and the CEO of The Edge, Ho Kay Tat, over allegations that the three personalities are part of a conspiracy to subvert democracy in Malaysia.

Lawyers and police sources said that Brown and Tong might have breached the Bribery Act in the UK as they are alleged to have conspired to bribe and induce Justo to sell stolen corporate data. They may have also breached the UK's Fraud Act by allegedly knowingly acquiring stolen corporate data.

Lawyers and police sources said Tong, Ho and Brown may have also broken laws under Singapore's Computer Misuse and Cybersecurity Act and the island state's penal code for allegedly dealing in stolen property and for allegedly aiding and abetting a conspiracy.

Their actions may have also allegedly breached the Computer Crimes Act in Malaysia, while in Thailand, Brown, Tong and Ho could be charged with allegedly dealing with stolen property, lawyers and police sources said. 

('Repercussions from the Justo case.' - BERNAMA, September 7, 2015)

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The fact that there exists a conspiracy to commit offences, should – as far as the Panel can reckon – be sufficient to bring the alleged perpetrators to Justice, as their deeds do not necessarily have to fulfil a 'conspiracy to topple a government' per se, but simply needed to conspire in order to 'commit an offence', whether within the United Kingdom, or outside it.

BREAKING / CLARE REWCASTLE TALKS BACK–WITH HILARIOUS RESULTS!

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CONFESSIONS AND LIES - NEW STRAITS TIMES

REPORTED BY SARAWAK REPORT TALKBACK

Comment

This accusation is yet another twisted lie from New Straits Times, who [sic.] have [sic.] also lied that they [sic.] have tried to contact Sarawak Report* for advance comment on their [sic.] defamatory stories.

No one from PKR offered to pay Justo – they all laughed at the money he was asking and said if they had such money there was [sic.] a queue of things to spend it on. 

Yesterday New Straits Times extrapolated, twisted and altered meanings of private texts, as journalists were working diligently to draw out vital information from the crooks at PetroSaudi, who had fortunately fallen out with each other. 

Now they are working off “confessions’ [sic.] made by Justo as he tries to please his captors in order to get out of jail.

Why are [sic.] NST trying to protect crooks? 

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[1: EPISODES / CLARE AND CULLEN–THE DO-SI-DO – "We do not know whether Cullen Johnson/Dirk Pitt is a genuine battler against high-level corruption (entirely possible) or someone hired to lure us into a trap (equally possible)." - Sarawak Report, May 8, 2013] 

[1A: EPISODES / DRAMATIS PERSONÆ–WHO'S WHO OF CLARE BROWN – "[Johnson and White] concocted bogus and stunningly realistic international banking information that would lead one party to believe the other had millions of dollars in assets offshore in places like the Channel Islands or the Cayman Islands. Over a period of time, the detectives would charge increasingly higher fees in return for more “banking information.” Often that information was presented in court as real and it took lawyers and judges years to understand it was false." - Toronto Star, January 17, 2014]

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