August 28, 2015

BREAKING / INTERPOL SAYS NO TO MALAYSIA RED NOTICE REQUEST

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INTERPOL REJECTS MALAYSIAN COPS' RED NOTICE BID ON CLARE
REPORTED BY MALAYSIAKINI
Interpol has rejected Malaysian police’s request to issue a red notice against Sarawak Report editor-in-chief Clare Rewcastle Brown. 
A red notice is akin to an international arrest warrant where member states are informed about an individual wanted for extradition. In a letter to UK-based NGO Fair Trials International, Interpol secretary-general Jurgen Stock confirmed that the his organisation had rejected Malaysia’s request. 
Whilst Interpol does not usually comment on specific cases or individuals, in light of the significant press interest in this case we can confirm that Interpol’s general secretariat did receive a red notice request for Clare Rewcastle Brown from Malaysian authorities
In line with our standard operating procedure, a review was conducted and, on Aug 9, the request for the red notice was refused,” said Stock. 

August 26, 2015

BREAKING / BLOCKED AGAIN! SARAWAK REPORT FEARS US SOMEHOW

WHAT SARAWAK REPORT FEARS THE MOST

the
NINE QUESTIONS FOR SARAWAK REPORT.

 9 Q 4 SR v1.1 is ALSO BLOCKED BY SARAWAK REPORT — Really…are we that scary? ASKING THE 9 QUESTIONS HAS BEEN BLOCKED BY SARAWAK REPORT

Are the revelations by the NINE QUESTIONS Panel and affiliates that alarming for Sarawak Report and Clare Rewcastle Brown?

CURRENT / THE JUSTO CONFESSION ON THE STRAITS TIMES OF SINGAPORE

As in the above for example?

August 25, 2015

FOCUS / THE LIARS CAN'T EVEN KEEP THEIR STORIES STRAIGHT

Even UK Laws are unfortunately not on Clare Rewcastle Brown’s side.

FOCUS / THE LIARS CAN’T EVEN KEEP THEIR STORIES STRAIGHT 
REPOSTED FROM 9Q4SARAWAKREPORT@MEDIUM


There is a pattern of changing perception by misrepresenting facts; using outdated facts; and spreading misinformation to create outrage as the 1MDB story develops.

“Whether this was done intentionally we do not know, but it has created confusion on the part of social media users,” said the firm. 

('Poll: Netizens distrust PM; false news fuels confusion.' - MalaysiaKini, August 20, 2015


The tables are turning.

The facts surrounding the whole 1MDB debacle is rising to light despite the merry noise-making.

All the superficial demands for answers are just that: superficial…some people were not expecting to accept any answers. Period.

But the real facts speak for themselves.

Let’s examine some of that:

BREAKING / SARAWAK REPORT CAUGHT BLOCKING 9Q4SR TO AVOID SENSITIVE QUESTIONS

ASKING THE 9 QUESTIONS HAS BEEN BLOCKED BY SARAWAK REPORT on Medium — What are they afraid of?



BLOCKED BY SARAWAK REPORT FOR ASKING QUESTIONS–CERTAINLY, BLOCKING THE 9 QUESTIONS 4 SARAWAK REPORT IS EASIER THAN ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS

August 24, 2015

CURRENT / MACC: INVESTIGATION ON RM2.6 BILLION IN PM'S ACCOUNT STILL ON

MACC: INVESTIGATION ON RM2.6 BILLION IN PRIME MINISTER'S ACCOUNT STILL ON
REPORTED BY BERNAMA
KUALA LUMPUR, August 23, 2015–  
The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) is still investigating SRC International Sdn Bhd and RM2.6 billion funds deposited in the Prime Minister's bank account. 
MACC also refuted the statements by several quarters that MACC Chief Commissioner Tan Sri Abu Kassim Mohamed or MACC had issued statements that both the investigations had been closed. 
"In this regard, MACC stresses that the investigation on the case of SRC International Sdn Bhd and the RM2.6 billion are still going on," MACC said in a statement here, Sunday. 

August 23, 2015

CURRENT / SWITZERLAND'S FINMA LOOKING INTO POSSIBLE SWISS CONNECTION TO 1MDB

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SWITZERLAND'S FINMA LOOKING INTO POSSIBLE SWISS CONNECTION TO 1MDB 
REPORTED BY REUTERS
 August 19, 2015
Swiss financial regulator FINMA is checking with some of the country's banks on whether they carried out business with Malaysia's troubled state investment fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), a spokesman said on Wednesday. 
1MDB, whose advisory board is chaired by Prime Minister Najib Razak, was the subject of a probe by Malaysia's central bank which was completed earlier this month. The fund has been dogged by controversy over its $11 billion debt and alleged financial mismanagement. 

August 20, 2015

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

REPORTED BY CHANNEL NEWSASIA
"I am just the latest victim in an extraordinary series of recent events in Malaysia," says the London-based founder of investigative journalism site Sarawak Report.
LONDON, August 5, 2015 
The founder of alternative news site Sarawak Report Clare Rewcastle Brown describes an arrest warrant put out for her as an "irrational" move on the Malaysian government's part, done entirely for "domestic consumption". 
Malaysian police announced the arrest warrant on Tuesday (August 4), on the basis that Ms Brown is involved in "activity detrimental to parliamentary democracy" and for the dissemination of false reports which is an offence under the Malaysian penal code.

Ms Brown, the sister-in-law of former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said she does not think Malaysian authorities have a chance of extraditing her
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[RELATED: BREAKING / INTERPOL SAYS NO TO MALAYSIA'S RED NOTICE REQUEST – Sources, August 29, 2015
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CURRENT / JUSTO AND THE EDGE MEDIA GROUP

OWNER, PUBLISHER OF THE EDGE ADMIT MISLEADING SWISS NATIONAL INTO BELIEVING HE WOULD BE PAID FOR DOCUMENTS ON 1MDB
REPORTED BY THE STRAITS TIMES
KUALA LUMPUR, July 24, 2015–  
The owner and the publisher of The Edge Media Group admitted on Friday to misleading Swiss national Xavier Andre Justo into believing that he would be paid for handing over 400,000 documents relating to 1Malaysia Development Berhad's (1MDB) aborted venture with Saudi oil firm PetroSaudi.
In a joint response to The Straits Times' interview with the former PetroSaudi executive, Datuk Tong Kooi Ong and Mr Ho Kay Tat said: "Yes, we misled him." 
"But that was the only way to get hold of the evidence to expose how a small group of Malaysians and foreigners cheated the people of Malaysia of US$1.83  billion (S$2.5 billion)," they said in a statement posted on the Malaysian Insider, a news portal owned by the media group
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[RELATED: CURRENT / CLARE REWCASTLE BROWN'S INTERVIEW ON CHANNEL NEWSASIA REGARDING THE WARRANT FOR HER ARREST – "The Prime Minister has now finally had it announced through the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission that that was not anything to do with 1MDB moneywhich actually certainly I and I dont know of any investigative reporters who said it was." - Clare Rewcastle Brown - Channel NewsAsiaAugust 5, 2015]
[RELATED: SENSATIONAL FINDINGS! PRIME MINISTER NAJIB RAZAK’S PERSONAL ACCOUNTS LINKED TO 1MDB MONEY TRAIL - MALAYSIA EXCLUSIVE - Sarawak Report, July 2, 2015]
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August 18, 2015

BREAKING / MALAYSIANS LINKED TO JUSTO TO BE FURTHER QUESTIONED BY POLICE, SAYS IGP

MALAYSIANS LINKED TO JUSTO TO BE FURTHER QUESTIONED BY POLICE, SAYS IGP
REPORTED BY THE RAKYAT POST

KUALA LUMPUR, August 18, 2015 – 
Malaysians associated with imprisoned Swiss national Xavier Andre Justo can expect a further barrage of questions by police over the alleged conspiracy to discredit Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and his administration
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[RELATED: FOCUS / CLARE REWCASTLE BROWN'S IGNORANCE OF HER OWN COUNTRY'S LEGAL CODES – "1A Conspiracy to commit offences outside the United Kingdom." - UK CRIMINAL LAW ACT 1977August 112015]
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The move to call these individuals for further interviews has already been put in motion. 

August 17, 2015

CURRENT / MAHMUD TAIB: "EXAGGERATED WEALTH NOT REAL, BUT FORGERIES MASQUERADING AS HACKS"

EXAGGERATED WEALTH FOR MUTAAH CLAIM NOT REAL, THEY ARE FORGERIES MASQUERADING AS HACKS, SAYS DATUK SERI MAHMUD ABU BEKIR TAIB
REPORTED BY BlogTakes
Sarawak business entrepreneur Datuk Seri Mahmud Abu Bekir Taib today continued his testimony in the Shariah High Court of Kuala Lumpur in a re-examination by his counsel, testifying that an international politically motivated conspiracy had evolved from his divorce maintenance hearings against him and his family, in particular, his father Tun Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud, Governor of Sarawak and immediate former chief minister of the state.

What was [supposed] to be a private matter in divorce maintenance claims before the courts was blown up into an international attack and slander to change the political landscape of Sarawak. To add spice, my wealth was grossly exaggerated and misrepresented,” he said. 
He cited attacks from Sarawak Report led by British political activist Clare Rewcastle-Brown who is related to former UK prime minister Gordon Brown. Ms Rewcastle, he said, had picked up every conceivable piece of gossip and political scandal to undermine his reputation and credibility
It saddens me that my divorce, which is painful enough for all, should have been hijacked by politicians and activists, and used to disseminate falsehoods under the cover of this respected court.” 

BREAKING / BUSINESSMAN AT CENTER OF MAJOR MALAYSIAN CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION IS JAILED IN THAILAND

BUSINESSMAN AT CENTER OF MAJOR MALAYSIAN CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION IS JAILED IN THAILAND
REPORTED BY THE TELEGRAPH
A Swiss oil company executive who supplied material to Clare Rewcastle Brown about business dealings in Malaysia has been jailed for attempted corporate blackmail
A former oil company executive at the centre of claims that Gordon Brown’s sister-in-law was part of a plot to topple the Malaysian prime minister over corruption allegations has been sentenced to jail for attempted corporate blackmail. 
Xavier Justo, a Swiss businessman who used to work in London for PetroSaudi International, an energy company with offices in Mayfair and Riyadh, was jailed for three years in Bangkok after pleading guilty to the charges. 
In a written confession, Justo said earlier that he had met Clare Rewcastle Brown, a campaigning British journalist, as he tried to sell corporate data about PetroSaudi’s dealings with 1MDB, the scandal-plagued Malaysian state investment fund.