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

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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RELATED (1-3)
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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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RELATED (1-4)
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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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FOCUS / CLARE'S CONTRADICTIONS–THE FORKING OF THE TONGUE

FOCUS THIS TIME WILL EXAMINE THE GROWING INSTANCES OF CRUCIAL DISCREPANCIES THAT WE HAVE COMPILED, AND ARE CONTINUING TO COMPILE AS THE CASE DEVELOPS IN REAL-TIME

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"I don’t think I’ve made any clangers so far 

on the 1MDB story."  

- Clare Rewcastle Brown - Esquire Malaysia, July 21, 2015

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CLARE'S "CLANGER" #1

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FUNDING HYPOCRISY

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"Clare told 16×9 she has received no money from Malaysian politicians and that her donors are 'all non-politically motivated Europeans'." 

- Global News Canada, December 2, 2011

(EPISODES / CLARE AND CULLEN – THE DO-SI-DO)

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 "The funding for her radio, she says, comes primarily from a single “European philanthropist” who wishes to remain anonymous; listeners also send donations through the website." 

- Foreign Policy, March 13, 2013

(EPISODES / CLARE AND CULLEN – THE DO-SI-DO)

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"Clare said Radio Free Sarawak (RFS) is largely funded by a reputable European foundation which focuses on rainforest issues. We also receive...mainly small donations from people...through our site's donation page." 

- The Sun Daily, September 1, 2015

(CURRENT / CLARE'S FACELESS DONORS–MORE DOUBLE STANDARDS)

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RELATED (1)
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[1: 'SARAWAK REPORT ARTICLES ON PM NAJIB "VERY GOOD FICTION", SAYS FORMER JOURNALIST.' – "[Lester Melanyi] also claimed that BMF, a non-profit conservation group, paid him money, which was banked into his account by Rewcastle-Brown, to edit the articles." - The Straits Times, July 21, 2015]

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"[PM Najib Razak] is saying that was just a donation, an anonymous donation and really Malaysians are asking: "Who donated and where did the money go?." 

- Clare Rewcastle Brown - Channel NewsAsia, August 5, 2015

(CURRENT / CLARE REWCASTLE BROWN'S INTERVIEW ON CHANNEL NEWSASIA REGARDING THE WARRANT FOR HER ARREST)

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CLARE'S "CLANGER" #2

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NO OBJECTIVITY

BREAKING / NST ON CLARE'S CONSPIRACY: WE HAVE THE STORY

'I WILL DRINK WHEN NAJIB IS DONE'
REPORTED BY THE NEW STRAITS TIMES

KUALA LUMPUR, September 7, 2015– 

Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle-Brown, in conspiring with others against Malaysia, had sensationally told Xavier Andre Justo that she was changing the “destiny of one country” and that she would celebrate with a glass of champagne when “Najib is done”. 

CURRENT / CLARE'S FACELESS DONORS–MORE DOUBLE STANDARDS

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CLARE DENIES RECEIVING FUNDS FROM MALAYSIA
REPORTED BY THE SUN DAILY

PETALING JAYA, September 1, 2015: 

Sarawak Report (SR) founder Clare Rewcastle-Brown has denied receiving any funding from very powerful people in Malaysia as per Lester Melanyi's claim. 

In an immediate response to Melanyi's accusation, Clare said Radio Free Sarawak (RFS) is largely funded by a reputable European foundation which focuses on rainforest issues and that she sustained her web hosting costs for both sites from that source.
"We also receive a steady and welcome stream of mainly small donations from people who support our work through our site's donation page, and those dozens of small donations add up very helpfully to cover some of the expenses we have incurred," she told theSun. 

"For the past year, I have received a salary for my work at RFS and SR, which has fallen below the level of taxable income in the UK. Prior to that I worked on the project entirely unpaid for over four years," she added. 

On Melanyi's call for her to show her Sarawak Report accounts, she said: "We publish our accounts the normal way and these are available at Companies House [The NINE QUESTIONS Panel requests that Sarawak Report publish these records, simply to avoid practicing double standards. A direct hyperlink is also helpful]." (Companies House is the United Kingdom's registrar of companies and is an executive agency and trading fund of the British Government.) 

CURRENT / #ICYMI: CLARE ADMITS TO CONSPIRACY RING, DEFRAUDING JUSTO

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SARAWAK REPORT CONFIRMS JUSTO UPSET WITH TONG FOR NON-PAYMENT BUT WANTED TO HELP EXPOSE NAJIB, 1MDB CORRUPTION

REPORTED BY MALAYSIA CHRONICLE

(MALAYSIAKINI) July 25, 2015– 

Clare Rewcastle-Brown, the editor of whistleblower website Sarawak Report today said she was not involved in attempts by media tycoon Tong Kooi Ong to mislead former PetroSaudi International Ltd (PSI) executive Xavier Andre Justo regarding financial payment for information. 

Contacted by Malaysiakini, she said Tong had indicated to Justo that he would be paid. 

"But when it emerged they were not paying Justo, I had to deal with a lot of upset from him (Justo). I did not want to have anything to do with it but offered to try and mediate. 

"It did not come to anything," she said.  

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[RELATED: BREAKING / BUSINESSMAN AT CENTER OF MAJOR MALAYSIAN CORRUPTION SCANDAL IS JAILED IN THAILAND – “I did pursue [Justo] doggedly to get the material. In the end he surrendered it for free." - Clare Rewcastle Brown - The Telegraph, August 17, 2015]

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