Malaysia Political Scene

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Originally Posted by hkh

Since Saudi likes him so much.......can they keep Najib there and let someone else rule MALAYSIA ??

Maybe they choose not to cos scared someone will be eaten by an Hippo.

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Dr M working with 50 Opp leaders. I think this is the official co-signing of declaration of Citizen

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?sto...08713149189581

But hor dun think got use.

Only way to get of Najib is via election but if wait till 2018 also no use cos he had ample to do a lots of magic.

Only now is the time.

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US investigating Hollywood links to Najib’s financial scandals, says report
Published: 10 February 2016 3:28 PM


The US Department of Justice (DoJ) is investigating the money flowing to and from Red Granite Pictures, the Hollywood production house owned by Riza Aziz, the stepson of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

According to entertainment portal Deadline.com, the investigation is part of the DoJ’s probe into Najib and tycoon Low Taek Jho (also known as Jho Low).

“At this point, the Justice Department is in fact-gathering mode and interested in real estate transactions by both Low and Riza as well as the financials of Red Granite. We’ve been told that a number of people have been questioned already,” the report said.

“There has never been anything inappropriate about any of Red Granite Pictures or Riza Aziz’s business activities,” a spokesman for Red Granite Pictures and Riza, was quoted as saying.
“What they have done and will continue to do is develop and produce successful and acclaimed movies that have to date generated more than US$800 million in worldwide box office revenues.”

Since its gala launch three years ago at Cannes, Red Granite has backed several movies which have done well. One of its most famous titles is the Wolf of Wall Street, with a production budget of US$100 million, and which took in US$392 million worldwide and nominated for five Oscars, including Best Picture.

Red Granite has said before that it was backed by money from Asia and the Middle East, and Riza specifically told The New York Times (NYT) in February 2014 that the biggest financier of Red Granite was a man named Mohamed Ahmed Badawy al-Husseiny.

Ahmed Badawy is chief at Aabar Investments, a company that has a strong relationship with Low. Ahmed Badawy told the NYT that he and private investors were helping to finance Red Granite, and a spokesman said that none of the money was from Malaysia.

In September last year, NYT reported that a unit in the US Justice Department was investigating Najib over properties purchased by Riza and Jho Low.

Quoting an anonymous source, NYT said the inquiry focused on real estate purchases in the US in recent years by shell companies.

NYT reported in February about these purchases using shell companies by various international figures, including Riza and Jho Low.

Ever since the exposes by The Wall Street Journal and Sarawak Report alleging that RM2.6 billion went into Najib’s personal account, the prime minister has come under tremendous pressure, especially over his handling of state investment vehicle 1Malaysia Development Berhad.

But after close to six months of investigations, Attorney-General Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali last month said there was insufficient evidence to implicate Najib. – February 10, 2016.

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Anwar throws support behind Dr Mahathir, others against Najib
Published: 3 March 2016 8:56 PM


Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today threw his support behind Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, dissident Umno politicians and opposition leaders to push for Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's resignation.

The jailed politician expressed his support for his former mentor-turned-nemesis who will lead a movement tomorrow demanding Najib resign over alleged financial shenanigans.

"I support the position of friends in civil society, political parties and individuals including Tun Dr Mahathir, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and others to build up strength and common understanding together as articulated by the leader of the opposition recently.

"This understanding will focus on the demand for Datuk Seri Najib to resign as prime minister as he has clearly failed to lead this nation. He is responsible for continuing to engage in selfish political acts, wreaking havoc upon administrative institutions, and burdening the rakyat with continued economic crisis," Anwar said in a statement released by his party PKR.
But he said the call for change must involve reforms at key institutions, which he said "have been badly damaged under the administration of Datuk Seri Najib".

"All this while, in representing the voice and conscience of the rakyat, we have pledged to fight to return the rights of the rakyat in an independent and sovereign nation.

"In line with this commitment, the rights of the rakyat must be returned through free and fair elections as well as an independent judiciary and free media," said Anwar.

He also called for economic reforms with a new focus on economic growth and equitable distribution of wealth.

"The 1MDB (1Malaysia Development Berhad) scandal involving the prime minister is the most severe scandal in our history and has badly damaged our nation's image.

"This can only happen when power is centred in one individual such as the prime minister, as well as the failure of key financial, judicial and enforcement institutions to perform their tasks independently without fear or favour," he said.

Anwar said history showed that any meaningful transition of power demanded a systemic change.

"Therefore, I urge my friends and the rakyat to stand together in this effort without limiting it with personal agenda or personal vendetta.

"We must together chart a new way forward to save our beloved nation," he added.

Both Dr Mahathir, who left Umno earlier this week, and Muhyiddin, who was suspended as the Umno deputy president last week, had called for reforms in their campaign to remove Najib.

Following his departure from Umno, Dr Mahathir reportedly held discussions with several opposition leaders.

Earlier today, The Malaysian Insider reported that Dr Mahathir was expected to lead a movement against Najib, following his meetings with politicians and activists.

It was learnt that Dr Mahathir would lead some 40 leaders to sign a declaration tomorrow seeking the removal of Najib as prime minister.

The declaration will be symbolically presented to a people's representative, followed by a news conference.

However, Pakatan Harapan today said it was not part of the event tomorrow. – March 3, 2016.

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[QUOTE=globalcookie;9938381]Anwar throws support behind Dr Mahathir, others against Najib
Published: 3 March 2016 8:56 PM


In politic, no forever friends or foe

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Yalor just how to make use of each other to achieve their individual aim

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Let these jokers run the country, will one day run to the ground.

Oops, I already gave up on this country politics since 2007.

Now just bystander HeHe

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http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com/in...#ixzz44G5f8y6k

Tuesday, 29 March 2016 23:40

SHOCK EXPOSÉ: NAJIB CODE-
NAMED 'MR X' IN AMBANK FOR HIS WILD MONEY ANTICS BUT ZETI REPEATEDLY REFUSED TO TAKE ACTIONWritten by Linton Besser, Elise Worthington & Jaya Balendra

So much money was pouring so rapidly into the Malaysian Prime Minister's personal bank accounts that it rang internal money-laundering alarms inside AmBank, a major Malaysian institution part-owned by Australia's ANZ.

Hundreds of millions of dollars were being wired into Najib Razak's accounts from the Saudi Arabian Government, a mysterious Saudi prince and two shadowy British Virgin Island companies, while the head of a Malaysian state-owned company topped up the Prime Minister's credit card accounts with millions of Malaysian ringgit in cash.

Mr Najib's Platinum Mastercard and Platinum Visa had been overdrawn thanks to a 3,320,670.65 ringgit ($US1,039,369.91) purchase of jewellery in September 2014 — a spending spree described inside AmBank as a "huge volume".

Mr Najib's wife Rosmah Mansor has previously been reported to have purchased a series of luxury items, from diamond jewellery to designer handbags, which appear beyond her husband's $A130,000 official annual salary.

Between opening his account at AmBank on January 13, 2011 and April 10, 2013, Mr Najib received a total of more than $US1 billion — or, more precisely, $US1,050,795,451.58 — including a series of individual deposits that ranged between $US9 million and $US70 million.

Inside the bank, the Malaysian Prime Minister's account was held under the codename "Mr X".

The startling new banking records have been obtained as part of a Four Corners program that aired last night, and*which resulted in the arrest of two members of its team, Linton Besser and cameraman Louie Eroglu.

'Highly sensitive' report flags PM's unexplained wealth

The records also show that as well as spending some of the money on hotel accommodation and luxury cars, Mr Najib used the money to fund political affiliates in the run-up to Malaysia's last 2013 elections.

Four Corners has established that Dr Zeti Aziz, the governor of Bank Negara Malaysia, Malaysia's central bank, was repeatedly warned about the Prime Minister's unexplained wealth by senior officials at AmBank.

At one such meeting in September 2012, the ABC has been told Dr Aziz handed back the bank's report, which had been marked "highly sensitive", not wishing for Bank Negara to have a copy on its premises.

When the ABC asked Dr Aziz what action she took when she received these warnings, she said there were limitations on the scope of investigations that Bank Negara could itself conduct, but that it always reported information it received to relevant authorities.

In January, the Malaysian Attorney-General shuttered a corruption probe of the Prime Minister, declaring Mr Najib had no case to answer.

Despite this, Dr Aziz said there remained ongoing investigations.

Asked who was behind the money flowing into Mr Najib's accounts, Dr Aziz said: "I cannot comment on this, it is an ongoing investigation.

'Absolute discretion' over use of 'Gift'

The remittances between 2011 and 2014 seen by Four Corners include payments by the Ministry of Finance in Saudi Arabia of $US49,999,988 on August 19, 2011, and $US29,999,988 on November 29, 2011.

There are also deposits recorded by AmBank as having come from a man named Prince Faisal bin Turkey bin Bandar Alsaud, of Riyadh.

These began on February 24, 2011, and continued into 2012 with $US49,999,965 deposited into Mr Najib's account on April 25, 2012, and another $US24,999,965 deposited on May 23, 2012.

These deposits were sometimes accompanied by letters to Mr Najib from a man described in the letter as "HRH Prince Saud Abdulaziz Al-Saud" which pledged gifts to the Malaysian Prime Minister which ranged from $US100 million on February 1, 2011, to $US800 million on March 1, 2013.

On November 2, 2011, for example, the letter pledged a grant of $US375 million, saying:

"This is merely a token gesture on my part but it is my way of contributing to the development of Islam to the world.

"You shall have absolute discretion to determine how the Gift shall be utilised.

"This letter is issued as a gesture of good faith and for clarification, I do not expect to receive any personal benefit whether directly or indirectly as a result of the Gift. The Gift should not in any event be construed as an act of corruption since this is against the practice of Islam and I personally do not encourage such practices in any manner whatsoever.

Multi-million-dollar 'donation' returned

There was another major source of funds to Mr Najib that has troubled investigators — a British Virgin Islands-incorporated entity called Blackstone Asia Real Estate Partners Ltd, which channelled its deposits via Standard Chartered Bank in Singapore.

The ultimate owner of the company has not been established, but it has been reported the company is associated with Low Taek Jho, known as Jho Low, a playboy financier at the centre of a highly controversial 2009 deal involving Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund, 1MDB.

Blackstone Asia Real Estate Partners paid Mr Najib $US69,999,988 on January 3, 2012, $US24,999,998 on March 13, 2012 and another $US24,999,988 on May 23, 2012.

Attempts to contact Mr Low were unsuccessful, but he has denied wrongdoing over the 1MDB deal.

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VIDEO:*Reporter Linton Besser questions Malaysian PM Najib Razak*(ABC News)

It had previously been revealed by online news site Sarawak Report and the Wall Street Journal that a mystery BVI company called Tanore Finance deposited a total of $US680 million into Mr Najib's accounts in March 2013.

Two months ago Malaysian Attorney-General Mohamed Apandi Ali said $US620 million of this money was a "donation" that had subsequently been returned.

Now the new banking records show Mr Najib also received 4.3 million ringgit in cash top-ups that set off money-laundering alarms inside AmBank.

These were deposited by Nik Faisal Bin Ariff Kamil, the former investment director of 1MDB and chief executive of state-owned company SRC International. The files show he was a signatory to the Prime Minister's account.

In January 2014 he wrote an apologetic letter to an AmBank manager to explain why he had to so hurriedly deposit large volumes of cash into the account, explaining that "there will be occasions when I won't be able to provide necessary transfer authorisations to the account".

Large sums spent on holidays, cars

SRC International has been in the spotlight since it emerged it made a 27 million ringgit payment that also ended up in the personal accounts of Mr Najib.

That payment formed the basis for a criminal charge that was going to be laid against Mr Najib midway through last year, but which was aborted after the Attorney-General was suddenly removed from office.

The bank records also detail how Mr Najib used his new-found wealth. Much of it went to political affiliates in the lead up to Malaysia's last election in May 2013, including party officials, the Liberal Democratic Party and the Sarawak United People's Party, as well as various advertising and media firms.

A company called Solar Shine Sdn Bhd received the largest distribution — 24 million ringgit or $US3.5 million today.

VIDEO:*Four Corners in Malaysia: 'No more questions please'(ABC News)

The company has been associated with an entity called 1Malaysia NGO which has run grassroots political campaigns on behalf of Barisan Nasional, the Prime Minister's party.

A sum of 7.5 million ringgit or $US1.9 million went to the Rahah Foundation, which hit the headlines in Malaysia when it donated cows alongside Mr Najib to the Selangor police to be sacrificed for Eid al-Adha, a Muslim ritual feast celebrated each year.

But there are other payments too that may not have had a political purpose.

These include 360,000 ringgit spent with fashion house Jakel Trading, 395,782.40 ringgit at the Shangri-la Hotel Kuala Lumpur, 178,000 ringgit spent with a company called Two One Holidays Malaysia and another 167,959.50 ringgit with Signature Exotic Cars, a dealer that specialises in Audi, Mercedes Benz and Porsche.

The files show Mr Najib directed cheques also to prominent businesspeople, academics and lawyers.

The Malaysian Prime Minister did not respond to*written questions from Four Corners.*- http://www.abc.net.au/



Full article:*http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com/in...ixzz44JZ3eDKQ*
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I so liked the "letter" from the Saudi Prince and its contents esp. those wordings..."Do as you please with the.........gifts"

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It is amazing how much external interest on this Msian corruption scandal that traced back all the way to the submarine deal in 2006 and yet till today, the biggest player still in power and continue to "sell" his country to foreign entities via "donations".

How many people has died? How many people has fled the country? Very drama. Yet this piece of najis is still in power.