مهاتير محمد's Blog, page 35

CONGRATULATION ADENAN

1.I would like to congratulate Adenan Satem for the landslide victory of his coalition in the Sarawak election to the State Council. For a first-time Chief Minister this is a satisfying achievement indeed. Also congratulations to SUPP.

2.Najib has no reason to be happy. What the Sarawak BN achieved is to weaken the authority of the Central Government which Najib leads. He is now going to be even more dependent on the support of Sarawak than before. Already he has given in to all Sarawak’s demands.

3.There should be a balance in terms of power between the centre and the state. This will ensure interdependence between the two.

4.But after the 13th General Elections supports from Sarawak and Sabah become crucial to the Central Government. It requires only a loss (by defection) of 12 or 13 Members of Parliament for the Central Government to be brought down.

5.The strength of the Adenan Government means the authority of the Central Government has inversely been weaken.

6.Now more than ever Najib will have to pander to the demands of Sarawak. In fact Najib has been doing just that. Anything that Sarawak asks for Sarawak will get. The cry of Sarawak for the Sarawakians has become louder.

7.This turn of event has not been lost on the other states of the Federation. They too are more strident in their demands for greater autonomy. On the other hand the poorer states of the Federation will suffer from the imbalance on the treatment by the centre.

8.So, while Adenan and Sarawakians celebrate their landslide victory, Najib will have to worry about being over dependent on the fix-deposit states.

 

The 1MDB Saga (Part II)

The 1MDB Saga (Part II)

1. 1MDB, presumably upon advice of the company’s adviser i.e. The Prime Minister bought Government land in Kuala Lumpur at RM 60/- psf in an area where land had been sold for as high as RM 7000/- psf. Najib who is also the Finance Minister should have sold the Government land at near market price. By selling it at RM 60/- psf, the Government lost a lot of money.

2. There is a clear case of conflict of interest when the Minister of Finance is also the adviser to 1MDB. If it was not Najib who approved this sale, then who did? The officer approving this sale should be charged with losing Government money.

3. This land was revalued upwards so that the asset of 1MDB increased to RM 50 billion Ringgit.

4. Similarly the Sungai Besi airport land was sold to 1MDB. The price is not known but effectively 1MDB already owned the land and have made preparations for moving the RMAF base to Subang. Revaluing this land would increase the asset of 1MDB. Again the Government lost a lot of money.

5. 1MDB then sold a portion of the land in Jalan Tun Razak to Tabung Haji at RM 3,500 psf. Thus a fund contributed by intending pilgrims was used to repay 1MDB loans. This is grossly unfair to the intending pilgrims, most of whom are poor.

6. Land was also bought in Penang for higher than market price. This land is occupied by nearly a thousand squatters. Besides Penang is ruled by the opposition party. It is unlikely that development plan for this land would be approved.

7. 1MDB stand to lose more money because of this purchase.

8. All of 1MDB other investments have yielded hardly any profit. 1MDB simply cannot repay the RM42 billion loans that it had taken. There is evidence of fraud and unexplained loss of money. Claims that the money has been properly invested and is giving profits cannot be verified. No documentary proofs can be found as to where huge sums of money are being kept.

9. The belief is that the 2.6 billion Ringgit in Najib’s private accounts is from 1MDB has not been properly and credibly refuted.

10. The fact that Najib has not sued Wall Street Journal for exposing many of the wrongs committed by 1MDB and Najib himself seems to prove that what the newspaper had reported is irrefutable. So is the failure to sue Sarawak Reports on 1MDB and Najib’s 681 millions USD in his private account.

11. This is only a part of the 1MDB story. There are more scandals involving the 1MDB than any other funds in Malaysian history. This is a part of the reason why Najib should cease to be the PM of Malaysia.

 

VERSI BM

Saga 1MDB (Bahagian II)

1. 1MDB, kemungkinan atas nasihat penasihat syarikat it, iaitu Perdana Menteri telah membeli tanah Kerajaan di Kuala Lumpur pada harga RM60 setiap kaki persegi di kawasan mana tanah telah dijual pada harga mencecah RM7,000 setiap kaki persegi. Najib yang juga Menteri Kewangan sepatutnya menjual tanah Kerajaan pada harga hampir harga pasaran. Dengan menjual pada kadar RM60 setiap kaki persegi, Kerajaan telah kehilangan banyak wang.

2. Jelas terdapat konflik kepentingan apabila Menteri Kewangan adalah juga penasihat kepada 1MDB. Jika bukannya Najib yang meluluskan penjualan ini, maka siapakah yang melakukannya? Pegawai yang meluluskan penjualan ini harus didakwa atas kehilangan wang Kerajaan.

3. Tanah ini telah dinilai semula ke atas supaya nilai aset 1MDB meningkat menjadi RM50 bilion.

4. Begitu juga tanah lapangan terbang Sungai Besi telah dijual kepada 1MDB. Harga jualan tidak diketahui tetapi pada hakikatnya 1MDB sudah pun memiliki tanah ini dan telah membuat persiapan untuk memindah pangkalan TUDM ke Subang. Dengan menilai semula tanah ini nilai aset 1MDB akan sekali lagi meningkat. Sekali lagi Kerajaan kerugian banyak wang.

5. 1MDB kemudian menjual sebahagian daripada tanah di Jalan Tun Razak kepada Tabung Haji dengan harga RM 3,500 setiap kaki persegi. Ini bermakna dana yang disumbangkan oleh bakal jemaah Haji telah digunakan untuk membayar balik pinjaman 1MDB. Ini adalah tidak adil kepada bakal jemaah yang sebahagian besarnya terdiri daripada mereka yang miskin.

6. Tanah juga telah dibeli di Pulau Pinang dengan harga lebih tinggi daripada harga pasaran. Tanah ini diduduki oleh hampir seribu orang setinggan. Selain daripada itu Pulau Pinang diperintah oleh parti pembangkang. Tidak mungkin rancangan pembangunan untuk tanah ini akan diluluskan.

7. 1MDB menghadapi kemungkinan kehilangan lebih banyak wang kerana pembelian ini.

8. Semua 1MDB pelaburan yang lain hampir tidak menghasilkan sebarang keuntungan. 1MDB tidak boleh membayar balik RM42 bilion yang ia telah pinjam. Terdapat bukti penipuan dan kehilangan wang yang tidak dapat diterangkan. Dakwaan bahawa wang telah dilaburkan dengan sempurna dan akan memberi keuntungan tidak dapat disahkan. Tiada terdapat bukti dokumentari yang boleh menunjukkan di mana jumlah wang yang banyak itu disimpan.

9. Kepercayaan bahawa RM2.6 bilion dalam akaun peribadi Najib adalah dari 1MDB tidak disangkal dengan sempurna dan kebolehpercayaan.

10. Hakikat Najib tidak menyaman Wall Street Journal kerana mendedahkan banyak kesalahan yang dilakukan oleh 1MDB dan Najib sendiri seolah-olah membuktikan bahawa apa yang akhbar itu laporkan tidak dapat disangkal. Begitu juga kegagalan untuk mendakwa Sarawak Report mengenai 1MDB dan USD681 juta dalam akaun peribadi Najib.

11. Ini hanya sebahagian daripada cerita 1MDB. Terdapat lebih banyak skandal yang melibatkan 1MDB daripada mana-mana lain dana dalam sejarah Malaysia. Ini adalah sebahagian daripada sebab mengapa Najib perlu berhenti menjadi PM Malaysia.

The 1MDB Saga (Part 1)

 

The 1MDB Saga (Part 1)

1.1MDB is not a wealth fund as it is touted to be. Except for the one million Ringgit contributed by the Government, the rest of the RM 42,000,000,000 (forty-two thousand million) is borrowed money. Borrowed money cannot be regarded or classified a wealth. It is a liability which imposes on 1MDB or in case of its failure the Government to repay the interest and the principal. The sum is so huge that if the Government cannot pay them it could be bankrupted. This has happened to Greece.

2.The possibility of this happening imposes a heavy responsibility on the management of 1MDB and oversight by the Government. And very quickly it became clear that the executives and board of 1MDB did not take their responsibilities seriously.

3.Shahrol, the CEO of 1MDB borrowed five billion Ringgit from the banks without the knowledge and approval of the Board of Directors.

4.The borrowings were at high interest rates. In one case Goldman Sachs was paid a 10% commission for raising a loan with a 5.9% interest. This means that 1MDB gets only 90% of the loan but has to pay interest on 100%. It is the same with the principal.

5.The money was apparently used to buy power plants at well over the market price. The licences for some of the plants were due to expire. If the purchases were delayed until the expiration of the licences the prices would be for less than market price.

6.But the management seemed not to care about getting the best prices. As a result when the plants were sold to the Chinese, 1MDB suffered a loss of more than one billion Ringgit.

7.There are two other cases where the CEO Shahrol had acted without the approval of the directors of 1MDB. He entered into a joint venture (JV) with Petro Saudi before a proper and intensive due diligence was carried out. Then he invested USD 1 billion in the JV also without approval of the board.

8.The investment was so big that it demands for thorough and extensive due diligence before it could request for approval by the board of directors. The CEO really has no authority to invest such a huge amount. But this was what he did.

9.It is unthinkable that on three occasions the CEO, Shahrol, would act without following the rules of the company. In the memorandum of the company Section 117 states that all the affairs of the company must be approved by the Adviser of 1MDB, i.e. by Dato Sri Najib, the Prime Minister and Minister of Finance.

10.While Shahrol may be brave enough to act without the board’s approval, it is unthinkable that he would act without Najib’s approval. The responsibility for the three actions by Shahrol must have been made after, or on the instruction of Najib, the company’s Adviser. If not he would have been scolded and probably sacked by Najib.

11.Then 1MDB was unable to pay interest of two billion Ringgit on the loans. It had to borrow in order to pay. The borrowings have thus increased to RM 50 billion due probably to subsequent borrowings. This increase in the amount of borrowings is recorded in the PAC report.

12.Then it was reported that Najib had 681 million USD, equal to 2.6 billion Malaysian Ringgit in his personal and secret account in Ambank. No Prime Minister of Malaysia should have so much money in his own account. He should reject any such gift. If it is not a crime, it is morally wrong.

13.At first Dato Sri Najib denied the truth of the report. He said he could not be so stupid as to put the money in his account. His stooges all echoed his words.

14.Then he admitted that he did have the 2.6 billion Ringgit in his account but it was a gift. Then he explained that it was a donation from an Arab for his actions against I.S. and his interest in Islam.

15.Then the Arab became a prince and subsequently the late King of Saudi Arabia.

16.None of his explanation can be believed. No one would give this huge amount to anyone even if he had done something for Islam or for any other cause. The belief is that the money came from 1MDB, the only source of such sums accessible to Najib. He denies of course but he has no documentary evidence to prove the money is not from 1MDB.

17.Then IPIC which was appointed as guarantor for the loans for 1MDB made a statement to the authorities in London that a sum of 1.7 billion USD which was due to it had not been paid by 1MDB. It therefore refused to pay the USD50 million interests due on the loan taken by 1MDB.

18.1MDB said it had paid the money to a subsidiary of IPIC named Aabar PJS Ltd (British Virgin Islands).

19.IPIC says that Aabar PJS(BVI) is not an IPIC company although it has a company by almost the same name i.e. Aabar PJS Ltd. This company had received no payment from 1MDB. IPIC implied that the company the 1MDB paid to was a false company.

20.There was a suggestion of fraud and Arul the CEO of 1MDB admitted that it may have paid to the wrong company. But 1MDB insist that IPIC should pay the USD50 million interests as it was the guarantor of the loan. 1MDB would not pay.

21.A guarantor could be obliged to pay if 1MDB was really incapable of paying. But a guarantor is not obliged to pay simply because 1MDB refused to pay. Besides IPIC as guarantor had not been paid the USD1.7 billion which was due.

22.As both 1MDB and IPIC would not pay the interest on the loans, there would be a default. This will cross default other loans taken by 1MDB. Since 1MDB is a fully-owned Government company the defaults will affect the Government’s credit-worthiness. The Government may not be able to borrow any more in the market.

23.The Government will have financial deficits which may lead to bankruptcy if the loans are not serviced and the principal paid.

24.In the meantime the 2.6 billion Ringgit in Najib’s account were said to be moved into Singapore banks. Singapore was said to have frozen accounts of several people pending investigations for money laundering. Though no mention was made that the frozen accounts belong to Najib, as a financial center Singapore cannot be seen to cover up an obvious case of money laundering.

25.Bank Negara had made a report to the Attorney General presumably on Najib’s money in Ambank. But the A.G. dismissed the report, claiming that there was no wrongdoing by the Prime Minister. Similarly the report by MACC was also dismissed by the A.G. The contents of those reports were made official secrets to prevent public scrutiny. But the OSA is not meant to cover up possible crimes.

VERSI BM

Saga 1MDB (Bahagian 1)

1. 1MDB bukanlah dana kekayaan sepertimana yang diwarwarkan. Selain daripada RM1.0 juta yang disumbangkan oleh Kerajaan, yang lain daripada RM 42,000,000,000 (42,000 juta) itu adalah wang yang dipinjam. Wang yang dipinjam tidak boleh dianggap atau diklasifikasikan sebagai kekayaan. Ianya adalah liabiliti yang dikenakan ke atas 1MDB dan jika ianya gagal Kerajaan perlu membayar balik faedah dan pokok pinjaman. Jumlahnya adalah begitu besar dan jika Kerajaan tidak mampu membayarnya Kerajaan boleh jatuh bankrap. Ini adalah apa yang telah berlaku kepada Greece.

2. Kemungkinan ini berlaku membebankan pengurusan 1MDB dengan tanggungjawab yang berat dan menunjukkan kecuaian pengawasan oleh pihak Kerajaan. Dan dengan pantas sekali telah jelas kelihatan bahawa eksekutif dan lembaga 1MDB tidak menjalankan tanggungjawab mereka secara serius.

3. Shahrol, Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif 1MDB meminjam RM5.0 bilion daripada bank-bank tanpa pengetahuan dan kelulusan Lembaga Pengarah.

4. Pinjaman dikenakan kadar faedah yang tinggi. Dalam satu kes Goldman Sachs telah dibayar komisen 10% untuk mendapatkan pinjaman dengan faedah 5.9%. Ini bermakna bahawa 1MDB hanya mendapat 90% daripada pinjaman tetapi perlu membayar faedah ke atas 100%. Ia adalah sama juga untuk pokok pinjaman.

5. Wang ini kononnya digunakan untuk membeli loji janakuasa dengan harga lebih tinggi daripada harga pasaran. Lesen-lesen untuk beberapa loji janakuasa ini hampir akan tamat. Jika pembelian telah ditangguhkan sehingga tamat tempoh lesen, harga pembelian akan menjadi kurang daripada harga pasaran.

6. Tetapi pengurusan seolah-olah tidak kisah untuk mendapatkan harga yang terbaik. Akibatnya apabila loji janakuasa ini dijual kepada orang Cina, 1MDB mengalami kerugian lebih daripada RM1.0 bilion.

7. Terdapat dua kes yang lain di mana Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Shahrol telah bertindak tanpa kelulusan pengarah 1MDB. Dia telah memeterai usaha sama (JV) dengan Petro Saudi sebelum dilakukan “due diligence” yang intensif dan wajar. Kemudian dia melabur USD1.0 bilion dalam JV tersebut, juga tanpa kelulusan Lembaga.

8. Pelaburannya begitu besar dan ia memerlukan kajian “due diligence” yang menyeluruh dan perinci sebelum ianya dapat dibentang untuk mendapat kelulusan Lembaga Pengarah. Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif sebenarnya tidak mempunyai kuasa untuk melabur jumlah wang yang begitu besar. Tetapi ini adalah apa yang dia lakukan.

9. Tidak dapat dibayangkan bahawa dalam tiga ketika Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif, Shahrol, akan bertindak tanpa mengikuti peraturan syarikat. Dalam Memorandum Syarikat Seksyen 117 dinyatakan bahawa semua hal ehwal syarikat itu mesti diluluskan oleh Penasihat 1MDB, iaitu oleh Dato Sri Najib, Perdana Menteri dan juga Menteri Kewangan.

10. Walaupun Shahrol mungkin cukup berani untuk bertindak tanpa kelulusan pihak Lembaga, tidak dapat dibayangkan bahawa beliau akan bertindak tanpa kelulusan Najib. Tanggungjawab bagi tiga tindakan yang dilakukan oleh Shahrol sudah semestinya telah dibuat selepas, atau atas arahan Najib, Penasihat syarikat. Jika tidak, dia akan telah dimarahi dan mungkin dipecat oleh Najib.

11. 1MDB tidak dapat membayar faedah sejumlah RM2.0 bilion bagi pinjaman. Ia terpaksa meminjam untuk membayar. Pinjaman kini telah meningkat kepada RM50 bilion mungkin kerana pinjaman berikutan. Peningkatan dalam jumlah pinjaman ini dicatitkan dalam laporan PAC.

12. Kemudiannya dilaporkan bahawa Najib mempunyai USD681,000,000, bersamaan dengan RM2.6 bilion Malaysia di dalam akaun peribadi rahsia beliau di Ambank. Tiada Perdana Menteri Malaysia harus mempunyai wang begitu banyak di dalam akaun peribadi. Beliau harus menolak sebarang pemberian sedemikian. Jika sekiranya ia bukan suatu jenayah, ianya adalah salah dari segi moral.

13. Pada mulanya Dato Sri Najib telah menyangkal kebenaran laporan itu. Beliau berkata beliau tidaklah begitu bodoh sehingga sanggup meletakkan wang di dalam akaun peribadinya. Tali barut beliau semuanya melaung-laung kata-katanya.

14. Kemudiannya beliau mengakui bahawa beliau memang mempunyai RM2.6 bilion dalam akaun beliau, tetapi ianya adalah hadiah. Kemudian beliau menjelaskan bahawa ianya adalah sumbangan dari Arab oleh kerana tindakan beliau terhadap I.S. dan minat beliau terhadap Islam.

15. Kemudiannya Arab tersebut menjadi seorang putera dan seterusnya Allahyarham Raja Saudi.

16. Tiada satu pun penjelasan beliau boleh dipercayai. Tiada siapa yang akan memberi jumlah wang sebesar ini kepada sesiapa pun walaupun beliau pernah melakukan sesuatu untuk Islam atau bagi perjuangan-perjuangan yang lain. Apa yang dipercayai adalah wang ini datangnya dari 1MDB, satu-satunya sumber wang begitu banyak yang boleh diakses oleh Najib. Sudah semestinya beliau menafikannya tetapi beliau tidak mempunyai sebarang bukti berdokumen untuk membuktikan bahawa wang itu tidak daripada 1MDB.

17. Kemudiannya IPIC yang telah dilantik sebagai penjamin bagi pinjaman untuk 1MDB membuat kenyataan kepada pihak berkuasa di London bahawa wang sejumlah USD1.7 bilion yang patut diterimanya tidak dibayar oleh 1MDB. Oleh sebab itu, mereka enggan membayar faedah berjumlah USD50 juta yang perlu dibayar ke atas pinjaman yang diambil oleh 1MDB.

18. 1MDB berkata ia telah pun membayar wang itu kepada anak syarikat IPIC bernama Aabar PJS Ltd (British Virgin Islands).

19. IPIC menyatakan bahawa Aabar PJS(BVI) bukanlah sebuah syarikat kumpulan IPIC walaupun ia mempunyai sebuah syarikat dengan nama yang hampir sama, iaitu Aabar PJS Ltd. Syarikat ini tidak menerima sebarang bayaran daripada 1MDB. IPIC membayangkan bahawa syarikat yang dibayar oleh 1MDB mungkin adalah sebuah syarikat palsu.

20. Terdapat saranan bahawa telah berlaku penipuan, dan Arul, Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif 1MDB mengakui bahawa mungkin wang telah dibayar kepada syarikat yang salah. Tetapi 1MDB menegaskan bahawa IPIC perlu membayar faedah USD50 juta itu kerana ia adalah penjamin pinjaman. 1MDB tidak akan membayar.

21. Seseorang penjamin boleh dibertanggungjawabkan untuk membayar jika 1MDB adalah benar-benar tidak mampu membayar. Tetapi penjamin tidak diwajibkan untuk membayar hanya kerana 1MDB enggan membayar. Selain itu, IPIC sebagai penjamin tidak dibayar wang sejumlah USD1.7 bilion yang perlu dibayar.

22. Oleh sebab 1MDB dan IPIC tidak akan membayar faedah ke atas pinjaman, akan terjadi kemungkiran. Ini akan menyebabkan kemungkiran bertalian (cross default) bagi pinjaman-pinjaman lain yang diambil oleh 1MDB. Oleh sebab 1MDB ialah syarikat milik penuh Kerajaan, kemungkiran akan menjejaskan status kredit Kerajaan. Kerajaan mungkin tidak lagi dapat meminjam di pasaran.

23. Kerajaan akan mengalami defisit kewangan yang boleh membawa kepada kebankrapan jika pinjaman tidak diservis dan pokok pinjaman dibayar.

24. Dalam pada itu RM2.6 bilion dalam akaun Najib dikatakan telah dipindahkan ke bank Singapura. Singapura dikatakan telah membeku akaun beberapa orang sementara menunggu siasatan pengubahan wang haram (money laundering). Walaupun tidak disebutkan bahawa akaun-akaun yang dibekukan itu adalah kepunyaan Najib, Singapore, sebagai pusat kewangan, tidak boleh dilihat sebagai menutup satu kes yang jelas melibatkan pengubahan wang haram.

25. Bank Negara telah membuat laporan kepada Peguam Negara, barangkali mengenai wang Najib di Ambank. Tetapi Peguam Negara menolak laporan itu, dengan dakwaan tidak ada kesalahan yang dilakukan oleh Perdana Menteri. Begitu juga laporan oleh SPRM turut ditolak oleh Peguam Negara. Isi kandungan laporan tersebut telah diisytiharkan sebagai rahsia rasmi untuk mengelakkan penelitian awam. Tetapi OSA tidaklah bertujuan untuk menutup kemungkinan berlaku jenayah.

PENIPUAN DALAM 1MDB

1. Akhirnya penipuan yang dilapor oleh media cetak dan elektronik di seluruh dunia diakui benar oleh Presiden dan Pengarah Eksekutif 1MDB, Arul Kanda Kandasamy.

2. Arul mengaku akan kegagalan 1MDB membayar US 1 billion (RM 3.9 billion) kepada IPIC (International Petroleum Investment Company – Abu Dhabi), syarikat yang menjamin hutang 1MDB.

3. Mengikut IPIC syarikat bernama Aabar PJS Ltd (British Virgin Islands) yang menerima bayaran dari 1MDB bukanlah miliknya walaupun IPIC mempunyai sebuah syarikat dengan nama yang hampir sama, iaitu Aabar PJS Ltd.

4. Jika 1MDB membayar USD 1 billion kepada syarikat palsu, ada kemungkinan syarikat berkenaan ditubuh dengan pengetahuan 1MDB sendiri dan duit itu akhirnya dimasuk dalam akaun persendirian. Sangkaan seperti ini memang dibuat oleh ramai orang, dan kenyataan Arul bahawa ada penipuan besar berlaku dalam 1MDB hanya mengesahkan sangkaan.

5. Arul akan cuba membetulkan yang salah tetapi benang basah sukar ditegak selepas pengakuan olehnya. Adalah lebih baik Arul cerita semua, berkenaan juruaudit dibuang, 1 billion US dilabur dalam JV 1MDB/Petro Saudi, tanpa kelulusan pengarahnya, tanpa pemeriksaan due diligence, dan kemudian dibubar tetapi modal tidak dikembali kepada 1MDB, sebaliknya diberi pinjam kepada Petro Saudi, duit yang pergi ke Cayman Islands yang tidak balik ke Malaysia tetapi ke Singapura yang menjelma jadi unit, yang dilihat oleh Arul tetapi tidak dilihat olehnya, peranan bank BIS dan lain-lain milik Jho Low perjalanan wang 1MDB ke Hong Kong, Switzerland, London, Amerika, British Virgin Islands, Seychelles, Abu Dhabi, penyalahgunaan duit KWAP, duit SRC mengalir ke dalam akaun Najib, konsesi minyak di Argentina dan Turkmenistan yang menjadi aset dan kemudian tidak menjadi aset dan beribu lagi cerita yang melibatkan wang 1MDB, dijelas, dinafi, diakui dan hilang tidak disebut lagi.

6. Sesungguhnya negara Malaysia tidak pernah melihat skandal yang sebegitu besar seperti skandal 1MDB. Rakyat yang sukar memahami berapa besarkah satu juta, sekarang mencuba menggambar banyak manakah satu billion, dan empat puluh dua billion. Bagaimanakah wang berbillion boleh kesana kesini sehingga akhirnya berada dalam akaun peribadi Najib. Rakyat menjadi bingung dengan cerita-cerita wang begitu banyak yang merata ke semua pelusuk dunia.

7. Dicerita pula pembiayaan pengeluaran filem lucah dengan ratusan juta Ringgit yang dibuat oleh anak tiri Najib, Waah! Banyaknya duit. Dari mana datangnya. Mudah. Duit Keluarga. Rupa-rupanya multi-milionaire Melayu sudah lama ada.

8. Dan banyak lagi pengakuan yang boleh dibuat oleh Arul, oleh pengerusi jawatankuasa penasihat, Peguam Negara dan Ketua Polis Negara dan jangan lupa Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi yang begitu berani bertindak sendiri meminjam dan melabur berbillion Ringgit dan USD bagi pihak 1MDB tanpa kebenaran, tanpa kelulusan badan pengarah dan orang atasan. Waah! Confident sungguh Shahrol. Apakah dianya juga yang terlibat dengan bayaran kepada Aabar PJS Ltd (Virgin Islands).

9. Satu filem drama boleh dibuat berkenaan 1MDB dan tokoh-tokoh serta lokasi diseluruh dunia yang terlibat. Red Granite boleh labur dan beberapa tokoh terkenal boleh jadi pelakon. Mungkin akan menang Oscar.

10. Demikianlah cerita 1MDB yang berjaya memperkenalkan Malaysia ke seluruh dunia. Akan lebih ramailah pelancong yang akan datang ke negara 1MDB.

11. Memang hebat Malaysia dizaman Najib!!

DEKLARASI RAKYAT

1. Saya adalah antara empat puluh lima orang yang terawal menandatangani Deklarasi Rakyat mendesak supaya Dato Sri Najib diberhentikan dari menjadi Perdana Menteri Malaysia.

2. Saya menandatangani deklarasi ini kerana semua jalan yang sah untuk menamatkan jawatan Dato Sri Najib sudah ditutup rapat olehnya.

3. Yang pertama UMNO sudah tidak lagi diurus sebagai sebuah parti demokratik yang memberi hak kepada ahli dan pemimpin untuk memilih pemimpin. Dahulu Presiden parti boleh ditegur, dicabar dan ditandingi. Ahli bebas mengundi mana-mana calon yang mereka suka. Sekarang hak ini sudah ditamatkan oleh Najib. Sesiapa yang menegurnya dilucutkan jawatan dan ditamatkan keahlian. Dan bermacam tekanan lain dikenakan.

4. Yang jelas ialah tidak ada lagi harapan atau peluang bagi UMNO menukar pemimpin dan menamatkan salahlaku Najib.

5. Rakyat juga kehilangan hak melapor kepada polis berkenaan salahlaku Najib. Mereka akan disoal, ditangkap, dimasuk dalam tahanan dan dihadapkan ke mahkamah. Peguam mereka juga akan ditangkap.

6. Akhbar dan TV tidak boleh melaporkan berkenaan salahlaku Najib. Rakyat disogok dengan berita palsu menafikan semua dakwaan salahguna kuasa olehnya, berkenaan skandal 1MDB dan 2.6 billion Ringgit yang ada dalam akaun peribadinya, kehilangan berbillion Ringgit duit Kerajaan, kemerosotan kewangan Kerajaan sehingga tidak dapat membekal Kementerian-Kementerian dengan peruntukan mengikut bajet, pemberian wang kepada pemimpin tertentu semasa PRU 13, peranan Jho Low, syarikat dan banknya melesapkan berbillion Ringgit duit 1MDB, cara hidup mewah keluarga Najib yang tidak dapat dibiayai oleh seorang Perdana Menteri dan bermacam lagi.

7. Wakil Rakyat UMNO membisu dan meluluskan apa sahaja akta yang dikemukakan kepada mereka. Undi tidak percaya tidak boleh diadakan kerana wakil rakyat UMNO tidak berani dan tidak akan sokong, walaupun mereka ketahui skandal disekelilingnya.

8. Kemungkinan UMNO memperbaiki keadaan atau menyingkir Najib sudah tidak ada lagi. Ahli UMNO sendiri tidak langsung ternampak mengambil berat akan masalah negara. Kebencian mereka kepada tokoh tertentu mengatasi kesayangan dan kesetiaan mereka kepada negara.

9. Oleh itu hanya rakyat yang cinta dan sayang negara sahaja yang boleh bertindak. Memang tidak ada peruntukan dalam Perlembagaan bagi rakyat bertindak. Tetapi dari sejarah perjuangan melawan Malayan Union, tuntutan rakyat supaya Raja-Raja Melayu menolak Malayan Union berjaya. Kita boleh percaya kali ini juga tuntutan rakyat akan mendapat layanan yang sama.

10. Oleh itu saya rayu kepada rakyat tanpa mengira kaum atau parti supaya menandatangani Deklarasi Rakyat untuk menyelamatkan negara kita Malaysia. Lebih ramai sokongan kepada Deklarasi Rakyat lebih besarlah kemungkinan matlamat menamatkan kedudukan Najib sebagai Perdana Menteri dicapai.

ENG VERSION

DECLARATION OF THE PEOPLE

1. I was among the earliest forty five people who signed the Declaration of the People urging Dato’ Seri Najib be dismissed from being the Prime Minister of Malaysia.

2. I signed this Declaration as all legitimate means to end his post has been tightly closed by Dato’ Seri Najib.

3. First and foremost, Umno is no longer managed as a democratic party which gives rights to its members and leaders to choose their leaders. Formerly, the president can be criticized, challenged and contested. Members are free to vote any candidate they like. Now these rights have been terminated by Najib. Anyone who criticizes him are stripped of his position and his membership terminated. And various other pressures are applied.

4. What is manifest is that there is no longer any hope or opportunities for UMNO to change its leaders and put an end to Najib’s misconduct.

5. People have also lose their right to report to the police on Najib’s wrongdoings. They will be questioned, arrested, kept in custody and brought to court. Their lawyers will also be arrested.

6. Press and TV cannot report Najib’s wrongdoings. People are fed with false news which deny all allegations on abuses of power by him, the 1MDB scandal and 2.6 billion ringgit in his personal account, the lost of billions of ringgit belonging to the Government, the deterioration of the Government’s financial standing and therefore its ability to provide ministries with their budgeted allocations, giving money to the particular leaders during the 13th general election, the role of Jho Low, his bank and company in dissipating billions of ringgit belonging to 1MDB, Najib’s family luxurious lifestyle that is not commensurate with a prime minister’s income, and many more.

7. UMNO’s Members of Parliament are silent and approve all Acts submitted to them. Vote of no confidence cannot be held because UMNO Members of Parliament dare not and will not support, although they know the scandals surrounding him.

8. The possibility of UMNO improving the situation or removing Najib is not there anymore. UMNO members themselves are not directly concerned with the problems facing the country. Their hatred towards certain personalities override their love and loyalty to the nation.

9. Therefore only people who have love and affection for the country that can act. Indeed, there is no provision in the Constitution for the people to act. But from the history of the struggle against the Malayan Union, the demands of the people to the Rulers to refuse the Malayan Union succeeded. We can believe this time again the demands of the people will be accorded the same treatment.

10. Therefore, I appeal to people regardless of race or party to sign the Declaration of the People to save our country Malaysia. The more the support for the Declaration, the greater the chances of achieving the objective of disposing Najib as Prime Minister.

THE FOREIGN MINISTER OF SAUDI ARABIA

1. What did the Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia Adel al-Jubeir actually say? The video recording of him answering the question posed by a Malaysian reporter is available to the whole world. Below is the transcription of the recording:

“Your Excellency” said the reporter, “are you aware of the background and details about the issue on the donation to the Prime Minister of Malaysia?”

2. In case Najib’s supporters failed to note, the question is whether Mr al-Jubeir is aware of the background and details about the donation. Accordingly the Saudi Foreign Minister replied, “We are aware of the donation and it is a genuine donation with nothing expected in return.”

3. And he “is aware that the Attorney General of Malaysia had thoroughly investigated the matter and found no wrongdoing (and in) so (as far as he is concerned) the matter is closed.”

4. Being aware of the statements of the A.G. does not mean he agreed with the statement.

5. In Malaysia and also in many countries of the world lots of people are aware of the A.G.’s statements. If you ask them if they are aware, they would say, yes they are aware. If they are asked whether they believe in the A.G.’s many statements, that the 2.6 billion Ringgit is a donation which the PM can do what he likes with it and Najib had done no wrong, their answer would be “No, they don’t believe.”

6. In the video, at no time did the Saudi F.M. retract his earlier statement or declare that the USD 681 million was a donation. Nor did he say he has now found new evidence that it was a donation. All he said was that he is aware when asked whether he was aware. He did not apologise or negate his previous statement made two months earlier to the New York Times. It is the Malaysian media which interpreted his awareness as a negation of his previous statement.

7. Being aware does not confirm anything. One example is the latest Singapore Straits Times report titled: “KL-Abu Dhabi stand-off may hit markets” in which one particular paragraph read: “IPIC said it was aware of media reports that 1MDB had sent money to a company called Aabar Investment PJS in the British Virgin Islands, but that the company was not in its corporate stable.”

In other words, IPIC being aware of media reports does not make Aabar Investment PJS BVI one of its company.

8. DPM Zahid told me to move on over the donation issue. I think Zahid needs to move on more than I do. But unfortunately he has nowhere to go. When his name was mistakenly mentioned as a possible successor to Najib, there was an uproar as the free citizens of Malaysia voiced their rejection.

VERSI BM

MENTERI LUAR ARAB SAUDI

1. Apakah yang sebenarnya dikatakan oleh Adel al-Jubeir Menteri Luar Arab Saudi? Rakaman video beliau yang menjawab soalan yang diajukan oleh wartawan Malaysia disebarkan ke seluruh dunia. Berikut adalah transkripsi rakaman tersebut:

“Tuan Yang Terutama” kata wartawan itu, “Adakah anda menyedari mengenai latar belakang dan maklumat terperinci mengenai isu derma kepada Perdana Menteri Malaysia?”

2. Jika sekiranya penyokong-penyokong Najib gagal mengambil perhatian, soalnya ialah sama ada Encik al-Jubeir sedar mengenai latar belakang dan butiran terperinci mengenai derma itu. Selanjutnya Menteri Luar Arab Saudi menjawab: “Kami mengetahui mengenai derma itu dan ia adalah derma ikhlas tanpa mengharap sebarang balasan”.

3. Dan beliau “sedar bahawa Peguam Negara Malaysia telah menyiasat dengan teliti perkara itu dan mendapati tiada salah laku dan (bagi dia) perkara itu ditutup.”

4. Menyedari kenyataan Peguam Negara tidak semestinya bermakna beliau bersetuju dengan kenyataan itu.

5. Di Malaysia dan juga di kebanyakan negara dunia banyak orang mengetahui kenyataan-kenyataan Peguam Negara. Jika anda bertanya kepada mereka sama ada mereka sedar, mereka akan berkata, ya mereka sedar. Jika mereka ditanya sama ada mereka percaya kebanyakan kenyataan Peguam Negara bahawa 2.6 bilion Ringgit adalah derma yang Perdana Menteri boleh gunakan sesuka hati dan Najib tidak melakukan sebarang kesalahan, jawapan mereka adalah “Tidak, mereka tidak percaya.”

6. Dalam video itu, tidak ada ketika di mana Menteri Luar Arab Saudi itu menarik balik kenyataannya sebelum ini (iaitu ianya satu pelaburan) atau mengesahkan bahawa USD681 juta adalah satu derma. Beliau juga tidak mengatakan bahawa kini beliau telah menemui bukti-bukti baru bahawa ianya adalah derma. Apa yang beliau katakan adalah bahawa beliau sedar ketika ditanya sama ada beliau sedar. Beliau tidak meminta maaf atau menafikan kenyataan beliau sebelum ini yang dibuat dua bulan lebih awal kepada New York Times. Hanya media Malaysia sahaja yang mentafsirkan kesedaran beliau sebagai penafian kenyataan beliau sebelum ini.

7. Menyedari sesuatu tidak membuktikan apa-apa. Salah satu contoh adalah laporan terbaru Singapore Straits Times bertajuk: “KL-Abu Dhabi Stand-Off May Hit Markets” yang mana suatu perenggan tertentu berkata: “IPIC telah berkata ia menyedari laporan media yang menyatakan bahawa 1MDB telah menghantar wang kepada sebuah syarikat bernama Aabar Investment PJS di Kepulauan British Virgin, akan tetapi syarikat itu tidak berada dalam kumpulan korporatnya.” Dalam erti kata lain, dengan IPIC menyedari laporan media itu tidak menjadikan Aabar Investment PJS BVI itu salah sebuah syarikatnya.

8. DPM Zahid meminta saya untuk beralih daripada isu derma itu. Saya berasa Zahid sendiri yang sepatutnya perlu lebih beralih daripada saya. Tetapi malangnya dia tidak mempunyai tempat untuk pergi. Apabila namanya tersilap disebut sebagai bakal pengganti Najib, berlakunya kekecohan, oleh kerana rakyat Malaysia yang bebas menyuarakan penolakan mereka terhadapnya.

MONEY TRAIL – The Route of “Cash the King”

1. Money, large sums of money cannot be moved without leaving a trail.

2. And so it is with the RM 2.6 billion (or USD 681 million) which the Wall Street Journal reported was in Dato Seri Najib’s secret private personal account in Ambank.

3. The first reaction of Najib was to deny but later he admitted to having this money in his secret personal account. People suspect it was from 1MDB. That would be stealing. Najib needed to make some explanation. He claimed it was a gift. People simply laughed. Then it was a donation by some Arab who wanted him to win the 2013 Elections. The Arab it seems thought he was such a good Muslim leader that he must continue to be Malaysia’s PM.

4. To verify this the newly appointed DPM stated that he has seen the Arab.

5. But who is this Arab he saw? No name. Anonymous. USD$681 million cash is not something just anyone can have or people give away easily. The donor must be extremely rich. Rich people can be rich through inheritance or through business.

6. Where did he get so much money? Business?? Nothing is known about this very successful businessman, not even in the O&G world. Who is his banker? There must be a banker or banks. You cannot keep USD681 million under your pillow. In fact even banks do not have such big amounts of cash in their strong-rooms.

7. The money would be in the form of entries in the books of the banks. Paying out would be by cheques or electronic transfer. No one has been given sight of entries in bank book, nor any cheque stubs or cheques presented to the bank.

8. Did Ambank receive cash amounting to USD681 million or Ringgit 2.6 billion? Or is it a cheque or electronic transfer. Whatever, it must be entered in the books of the bank. The bank must submit this account for internal and external audit. As the sum is huge, a report needs to be made to the Central Bank for approval. This is to ensure the money is from legitimate source and is not being laundered.

9. Today we are worried about money-laundering. If you deposit or you take out any sum more than RM50,000 you must get the approval of Bank Negara. For RM2.6 billion deposited in a Malaysian bank lots of questions have to be asked by Bank Negara about the origin, ownership and transfer of money. Bank Negara subsequently lodged a report to the Attorney General. We don’t know the contents of the report. But the A.G. dismissed the report. Najib is not guilty of any wrong-doing said the A.G. Just A.G.’s words. No documentary proof. Malaysians just don’t believe the A.G. anymore.

10. Then there is the income tax to be paid by the owner of the money. If no tax has to be paid, the Board of Inland Revenue must give a statement that the money was not taxable. No confirmation from LHDN.

11. In the meantime the donor has increased from one Arab to two. Then it is said to be from a Saudi prince. And finally it is claimed that the late Saudi King donated the money.

12. Now a Saudi Minister denies there is any record that the 681 million USD was a gift. He claims that it was an investment. He did not think the sum was so big.

13. The A.G. then claims that 620 million USD was returned to the Saudis in 2013. Exactly when? What proof. Previously the money was said to have been moved from Ambank to Singapore banks and the Singapore Government had frozen it. So how did Najib return the money if it is frozen. What banks were involved? What is the proof that the money was frozen? How much?

14. How long can a Government freeze an account? The freezing is to enable the Monetary Authority of Singapore to investigate the possibility of the money being laundered. We heard nothing from Singapore.

15. So where is this money now? Is it in Singapore banks, frozen stiff? Or is it with the Saudis? Is it the Saudi Government’s or Saudi prince’s or individuals? Was it returned to the donor? What proof. Is it in the reports by Bank Negara or MACC? No proof. Just A.G.’s words. Sorry I do not believe the A.G.

16. Now the Swiss A.G. claims that it is not Ringgit 2.6 billion but Ringgit 4 billion was in Najib’s account. The Swiss A.G. seeks cooperation of the Malaysian A.G. Immediately the Malaysian A.G. claims that it is not about the 681 million US dollars in Najib’s private accounts. There is nothing wrong there.

17. But he himself said that he dismissed the MACC report because the evidence was not sufficient. If it is not sufficient shouldn’t further investigation be carried out until it is sufficient.

18. But Apandi exceeded his authority and ordered MACC to stop investigating the 2.6 billion (681 million USD) in Najib’s private personal account at Ambank. The MACC is an independent institution. Even the PM cannot stop its investigation. But clearly Apandi is scared that more evidence would be found.

19. And now he wants to strengthen the OSA so he can jail leakers for life. Why? Could it be that he is hiding evidence. What does the law say about people who hide evidence about crimes?

20 Laws are not made to hide crimes. Laws are made to prevent crimes and punish criminals. Could it be that his attempt to keep the reports out of reach of the Swiss A.G. stems from his desire to hide evidence? That could be a criminal act.

21. Najib is strongly supported by UMNO division heads, UMNO members of Parliament and his Cabinet Ministers. They are prepared to accept the billions he has in his private accounts as normal.

22. When he tried to explain to the UMNO Supreme Council where he got so much money and why he did not tell UMNO, one council member said there was no need for him to explain. Just give RM5 million to him for the next election and he would win. Whether the money was stolen or not is not important to Supreme Council members. They seem to be prepared to accept stolen money. Can we trust such people to govern Malaysia?

23. Money cannot be hidden. A few thousand Ringgit as cash can be hidden but not billions of Ringgit. If you keep such huge sums of money in the bank, a lot of people who have to handle it and the accounts will know. But banking secrecy means that they will not tell what they know.

24. The MACC would be toothless and useless if they cannot get information because of banking secrecy. I don’t think they are subject to banking secrecy act. If they are, let’s forget about fighting corruption. We should legitimise corruption instead.

1MDB JAWAB

1. Banyak soalan telah dijawab oleh 1MDB. Tetapi tidak ada satu pun yang boleh dipercayai.

2. Hari ini 1MDB menjawab kenyataan akhbar yang dibuat oleh International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) bahawa IPIC dan anak syarikatnya Aabar Investment PJS (Aabar) yang didaftar dibawah undang-undang Abu Dhabi dan UAE, bahawa Aabar BVI (British Virgin Islands) bukanlah dari kumpulan mereka. Juga IPIC dan Aabar mengesahkan bahawa mereka tidak pernah terima bayaran dari Aabar BVI, dan mereka juga membuat pengakuan terhadap sebarang tanggungan (liabilities) bagi pihak Aabar BVI (seperti yang dinyatakan oleh 1MDB).

3. 1MDB menjawab bahawa dalam kenyataan terbuka yang diaudit pada 31.03.2014 menunjuk rekodnya telah dibayar kepada Aabar BVI.

4. Segala kenyataan oleh 1MDB tidak pernah disokong oleh dokumen apa-apa. Ini termasuk pemulangan wang dari Kepulauan Caymans yang kononnya di simpan di BSI Singapura. Kemudian BSI berkata tidak ada wang berkenaan yang disimpan oleh 1MDB dengannya. Lantas 1MDB menjawab simpanan itu bukan berbentuk wang tetapi berbentuk “unit”. Tidak ada penjelasan atau dokumen nilai sesuatu unit dan jumlah unit. Jelas bahawa dakwaan ini adalah satu pembohongan.

5. Kononnya dari RM2.6 bilion RM2.3 bilion sudah pulangkan kepada “penderma”. Tetapi wang (atau unit) ini telah dibekukan. Kalau dah beku, bagaimana dan bila wang ini dicairkan dan dipulangkan kepada “penderma” yang tidak boleh dikenalpasti. Hakikatnya semua kenyataan 1MDB dan A.G. juga tidak boleh dipercayai.

6. Aabar BVI didapati bukanlah Aabar anak syarikat IPIC. 1MDB kerap mengguna nama syarikat lain supaya dipercayai orang. Demikian apabila terdapat sebuah syarikat Amerika yang bernama Blackstone Group, maka sebuah syarikat di Hong Kong pun diberi nama “Blackstone Asia Real Estate Partners” supaya difikir syarikat ini ada kaitan dengan syarikat Blackstone Group di Amerika. Blackstone Group dilapor menafikan bahawa “Blackstone Asia Real Estate Partners” mempunyai kaitan dengannya.

7. Laporan dalam buku-buku 1MDB tidak boleh dipercayai sama sekali. Jika laporan media asing adalah fitnah dan tidak berasas, tuduhan saman malu boleh dibuat terhadap media berkenaan di negara mereka. Tetapi walaupun media asing ini membuat bermacam tuduhan terhadap Najib, seperti melapor Najib rasuah, Menteri Kewangan yang terburuk didunia, memiliki RM 2.6 bilion dalam akaun peribadi yang datangnya dari 1MDB, Najib tidak pernah bertindak saman malu terhadap WSJ atau Sarawak Report atau Washington Post dan lain-lain. Jika dakwaan mereka tidak berasas kebenaran saman malu oleh Najib bukan sahaja akan menghasil ganti rugi berjuta dollar tetapi dakwaan buruk terhadapnya akan berhenti. Tidak adanya saman malu oleh Najib mengesahkan tuduhan mereka adalah benar.

8. Kerana semua dakwaan pihak asing tidak menarik tindakan undang-undang maka penafian 1MDB yang dipimpin oleh Najib tidak dapat diterima sama sekali.

9. Demikian juga bahagian-bahagian dalam laporan PAC yang berasas kepada kenyataan 1MDB bahawa Najib tidak terlibat dengan segala salahlaku, tidak boleh diterima. Lagipun sebagai PM dan Menteri Kewangan serta Penasihat kepada 1MDB, membiar pegawai dibawahnya membuat berbagai keputusan berkenaan berbilion dilabur, dipindah, diberi pinjam, dihilangkan menunjuk sikap tidak mengambil berat terhadap wang Kerajaan yang begitu banyak. Najib tidak menjalankan tanggungan fiduciary dengan bertanggungjawab. Ini adalah satu kesalahan besar walaupun laporan PAC menuding jari ke arah Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Hilmi sepenuhnya. Sementara tindakan terhadap Shahrol perlu diambil, tindakan terhadap penasihat 1MDB yang mewakili Kerajaan tidak boleh diketepikan.

ENG VERSION

1MDB ANSWERED

1. Many questions have been answered by 1MDB. But there is not one that can be believed.

2. Today, 1MDB answered a press release issued by the International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) that IPIC and its subsidiary Aabar Investment PJS (Aabar) registered under the laws of Abu Dhabi and the UAE, that Aabar BVI (British Virgin Islands) is not part of their group. IPIC and Aabar also confirmed that they had never received any payment from Aabar BVI, and that they had pledged recognition of any liabilities on behalf of Aabar BVI (as stated by 1MDB).

3. 1MDB answered that, in an open statement that was audited on 31.03.2014, its record showed that payment had been made to Aabar BVI.

4. All statements by 1MDB has never been supported by any document. This includes a refund of money from Caymans Islands supposedly deposited in BSI Singapore. Then, BSI said there was no such money deposited by 1MDB with them. Subsequently 1MDB said the deposit is not in the form of cash but in the form of “unit”. There are no explanation or documents as to the value of a “unit” and of the number of “units”. It is obvious that these claims are lies.

5. Supposedly, from the RM2.6 billion a sum of RM2.3 had already been returned to the “donor”. But this money (or units) had been frozen. If it had been frozen, how and when was this money withdrawn and returned to the “donor” who could not be identified. In fact all statements 1MDB and Attorney General cannot be believed

6. It has been established that Aabar BVI is not the Aabar that is a subsidiary of IPIC. 1MDB often use the names of other companies so that they can be trusted by people. Thus, when there is an American company named Blackstone Group, a company in Hong Kong was named “Asia Blackstone Real Estate Partners” to give the impression that this company is related to the Blackstone Group in the United States. Blackstone Group reportedly denied that “Asia Blackstone Real Estate Partners” has anything to do with it.

7. Reports in the books of 1MDB cannot be trusted at all. If foreign media reports are merely lies and baseless accusations, the media can be sued for defamation in their own countries. But even though foreign media have made various allegations against Najib, such as accusing Najib of corruption, describing him as the worst Minister of Finance in the world, possessing in his personal account a sum of RM2.6 billion supposedly coming from 1MDB, Najib never acted to file defamation suits against WSJ or Sarawak Report or the Washington Post and others. If their allegations are baseless, successful defamation suits by Najib will not only yield millions of dollars in damages, but all wild accusations against him will stop. The absence of any defamation suits by Najib will only confirm the truthfulness of the allegations.

8. As all allegations by foreign parties do not attract legal action, mere denials by 1MDB led by Najib are not acceptable at all.

9. Similarly, the parts in the PAC report, which was based on statements by 1MDB that Najib is not involved in any misconduct, is unacceptable. Furthermore, as the Prime Minister and the Finance Minister as well as Advisor to 1MDB, by allowing an officer under him to make decisions involving billions to be invested, to be transferred, to grant as loans, and to squander, shows a could’nt care less attitude towards such a huge some of government money. Najib did not carry out his fiduciary obligations responsibly. This is a big offence even though the PAC report pointed its finger at Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Hilmi completely. While action against Shahrol should be taken action, action against 1MDB advisor, representing the Government, cannot be ignored.

NAJIB’S ADVICE

“Street rallies not the way. Don’t resort to demonstrations and signature campaigns, urges PM.”

1. I feel grateful to the PM for the many pearls of wisdom he showers on the people.

2. Yes, we should all avoid rallies and signature campaigns.

3. So what do we do? We should report to the police of course.

4. Then the police will call you (and your lawyer) for questioning, detain both of you and charge you under SOSMA (Security Offences Special Measures Act) for terrorism.

5. As for the police report that you make, the AG will dismiss it as he appears to be not just prosecutor but judge as well. He can charge you under the Official Secrets Act for leaking. You will then be found guilty and if he has his way sentenced to life imprisonment.

6. The Official Secrets Act I believe is to punish those who leak Government administrative documents on policies, cabinet papers and taxation.

7. They are for preventing the information from being made used of by individuals, companies or foreign Governments to their advantage.

8. They are not meant for keeping secret the crimes committed by officers, employees or individuals. Such crimes must be reported or exposed by whoever comes across them. Criminal proceedings should follow.

9. But the AG seems to think that crimes committed by Government personnel are Government secrets to be hidden from public eye. Anyone reporting on the crimes would be charged for breaching the OSA.

10. I would like to hear the AG state categorically that crime such as embezzling Government funds are Government secrets which must be protected under the OSA. Clarification on this subject is important because the AG is tasked with sending cases to the court for judgement. The public will then understand why he dismissed reports by Bank Negara and the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission and why he cannot allow the contents of the reports to be seen by anyone. Also the writers of the reports apparently are not allowed to talk about the reports.

KENAPA DEKLARASI KENAPA TIDAK UNDI TAK PERCAYA

1. Dalam negara demokratik memang cara yang terbaik untuk menukar Kerajaan atau Perdana Menteri ialah dengan undi tidak percaya dalam dewan.

2. Di Malaysia perlembagaan memperuntukkan penyingkiran PM boleh dibuat jika ada bukti ia tidak mendapat sokongan dari majoriti ahli Dewan Rakyat dengan apa-apa cara yang jelas walaupun tidak ada usul dalam Dewan. Ini bermakna jika majoriti ahli Dewan (Kerajaan dan Pembangkang) mengemuka pengakuan secara tertulis, ditandatangani dan bersaksi, bahawa mereka tidak lagi percaya kepada Najib, maka Yang diPertuan Agong boleh bertindak menyingkir Najib. Ianya sama seperti yang Najib lakukan di Perak pada 2009 dan di Kedah baru-baru ini.

3. Tetapi, seperti kita semua maklum wakil rakyat BN yang menjadi majoriti dalam dewan sudah mengikat diri dengan Najib untuk tidak menandatangani sebarang deklarasi yang tidak menyokong Najib. Pengakuan oleh Shahrir Samad dan Ahmad Maslan serta kenyataan oleh Dato Nazir, adik Najib, bahawa dia telah diberi wang sebanyak US$ 7 juta untuk diagih kepada pemimpin BN, mengesahkan penerimaan sogokan oleh Najib.

4. Oleh itu untuk menjayakan usul tidak percaya kepada Najib tidak mungkin dilakukan. Percubaan telah dibuat untuk mengenalpasti 24 wakil rakyat BN yang tidak utamakan diri sendiri, yang berasa bertanggungjawab, yang prihatin terhadap negara yang sanggup menyokong undi tidak percaya kepada Najib walaupun bersama ahli-ahli dewan dari pembangkang. Percubaan ini gagal kerana walaupun mereka sedar akan kesalahan Najib, tetapi kerana kepentingan diri, kerana takut tindakan seperti yang dilakukan kepada Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin dan Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal, takut juga kepada lain-lain tindakan oleh Najib, tidak ada yang sanggup menandatangani pengakuan menyingkir Najib. Oleh itu undi tidak percaya tidak boleh dibuat.

5. Membuat deklarasi mendesak Najib disingkir tidak ada dalam perlembagaan dan mungkin tidak berkesan. Najib tidak akan undur. Tetapi Raja-Raja Melayu akan termaklum berkenaan rintihan rakyat.

6. Semasa melawan Malayan Union, setelah Raja-Raja dipaksa oleh British menandatangani perjanjian menyerah negeri-negeri Melayu kepada mereka, rakyat bangun dan mendesak Raja-Raja supaya tidak menghadiri dan mengiktiraf pelantikan Gabenor bagi Malayan Union. Raja-Raja pun tidak hadir. British terpaksa batal rancangan Malayan Union mereka dan menubuh Federation of Malaya pada 1948.

7. Dari peristiwa ini kita boleh buat kesimpulan bahawa suara rakyat ada hikmat-nya.

8. Itulah sebab deklarasi rakyat penting.

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WHY DECLARATION AND NOT VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE

1. In a democratic country, the best way to change the government or the Prime Minister is no doubt a vote of no confidence in Parliament.

2. In Malaysia, the constitution provides for the removal of PM if there is clear evidence to show that he does not have the support of a majority of Members of Parliament even though there is no motion passed. This means that if a majority of the Members of Parliament (government and opposition) present in writing, signed and witnessed, that they no longer believe in Najib, then the Yang di-Pertuan Agong may act to dismiss Najib. It is the same as what Najib did in Perak in 2009 and in Kedah recently.

3. But, as we all know, BN elected representatives who make up the majority in Parliament had already tied themselves up with Najib not to sign any declaration that does not support Najib. Confessions by Shahrir Samad and Ahmad Maslan and the statement by Dato’ Nazir, Najib’s brother, that he had been given money to the tune of US$7.0 million to be distributed to the BN leaders, confirmed their acceptance of bribes given by Najib.

4. As a result, passing a motion of no confidence on Najib may not happened. Attempts had been made to identify 24 BN elected representatives who have no self interests, who feel responsible, sensitive towards the nation, and willing to support the vote of no confidence against Najib, even though working with Members of Parliament from the Opposition. These attempts failed because although they are aware of the wrong doings of Najib, but because of self-interest, fear of actions taken against them similar to actions taken against Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal, fear of other actions by Najib, no one is willing to sign a declaration to oust Najib. Therefore a no-confidence vote cannot be made.

5. Making a declaration urging Najib to quit does not exist in the Constitution and may not be effective. Najib will not back down. But the Rulers will be made aware of the plights of the people..

6. During the fight against the Malayan Union, after the Rulers were forced by the British signed a treaty giving up the Malay states to them, the people rose and urged the Rulers not to attend and recognize the appointment of the Governor for the Malayan Union. Rulers were not present. The British had to cancel their Malayan Union plan and establish the Federation of Malaya in 1948.

7. From this event we can deduce that the voice of the people has its wisdom.

8. That is why the People’s Declaration is important.