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Monday, 22 May 2017

FLYING HIGH? SIX AIR STEWARDESSES ARRESTED IN SEPANG DRUG RAID



SEPANG – Six air stewardesses were among 12 people arrested in a drug raid at a house in Kota Warisan on Friday.

Police also seized about 0.05g of ketamine, along with drug paraphernalia, including ringgits which have been rolled-up to be used in consuming the drug.


It is learnt that all the suspects tested positive for drug, which was obtained from around the area.

Sepang OCPD Asst Comm Abdul Aziz Ali said the suspects were aged between 21 and 25 years.

– ANN

Cop shoots pregnant girlfriend dead

PETALING JAYA: A police inspector is suspected of shooting dead his pregnant girlfriend in Kampung Kakai, Serian in Sarawak on Sunday.

A police report was made on the incident at 3.32pm by a neighbour of the victim.

The neighbour, Laurence Michael, said he was awoken from his sleep at his aunty's house by a gunshot.

The report said that the victim’s mother ran over to his house to alert him that her daughter had been shot.

Michael then went over to the house and found that the victim was lying motionless on the floor.

Serian police chief Deputy Supt Aswandy Anis confirmed the incident.

It is understood that the victim was two months pregnant.

It is said that the suspect is an inspector based in Belaga.

Serian
Town in Malaysia
Serian is a town, and the capital of the Serian Division separated on 11 April 2015 from Samarahan Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. It is located about 40 miles from Kuching. Sub-district headquarters towns are Siburan and Tebedu. Wikipedia
Weather: 77°F (25°C), Wind S at 2 mph (3 km/h), 98% Humidity
Population: 90,763 (2010)



Based on earlier investigations, the suspect had walked into the room of the victim and shot at her.

A police spokesman said that the victim was a divorcee, and a girlfriend of the suspect and not his wife.

This was because police was not able to find official records that the couple was married.

"But we do not know if he secretly married the woman," the spokesman said.

The spokesman added that is was a "clear cut case" and investigations would focus on the personal aspects of the suspect and victim.

Police also revealed that the suspect escaped using a police car.

At 9.35pm, police confirmed that they arrested the suspect in front of the Emart supermarket at Matang.

"His weapons and bullets have been confiscated," a police report said, adding that the suspect did not resist arrest.

Cop shot pregnant girlfriend over personal issues, says S'wak police chief


BY STEPHEN THEN



Sarawak police commissioner Datuk Mazlan Mansor (centre) at a press conference on Monday.
 
MIRI: Police are still investigating whether the woman allegedly shot dead by a police inspector in Serian, near here, was married to the suspect.

The suspect, an inspector in Belaga who was arrested late Sunday following the 3.30pm incident, is expected to be brought to the court for a remand order later Monday

It is learnt that the woman was two months' pregnant. There was talk that the victim and the suspect were married to each other.

Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Mazlan Mansor said, however, that the marriage was not registered "so officially they were boyfriend and girlfriend before the tragedy".

"An initial probe shows that the motive for the shooting was over personal issues.

"The inspector is divorced. He was not yet officially married to the victim because there is no record of their marriage.

"So far, our probe shows that their relationship was that of boyfriend-girlfriend.

"He may have quietly married her but we are still investigating that," Comm Mazlan said Monday, adding that police are checking if the victim was pregnant.

Comm Mazlan said the pistol used in the shooting was officially assigned by the police force to the suspect.

"He is an inspector in Belaga and he was in Kuching for an official meeting.

"He was supposed to go back to Belaga after the meeting but the incident happened," Comm Mazlan said.


No difference between Malaysia and Singapore - If you are the right race - you can not do anything wrong even you messed it up

With regards to NOL (once Singapore's national shipping line, wholly owned by Singapore), the prophetic observations of the late great Dr. Goh bears it out.

On the back of his scholastic academic, Lieutenant General and Chief of Armed Forces, Ng Yat Chung, was appointed executive of Temasek Holdings after leaving the military.

He became the CEO and Group President of NOL in 2011 and singlehandedly brought NOL to its knees.

Under the stewardship of General Ng, NOL saw losses rising to US$460 million, while its debts grew more than US$4 billion.


Ng Yat ChungChief Executive of Neptune Orient LinesNg Yat Chung is a Singaporean business executive and former army general. He was the fifth Chief of Defence Force of the Singapore Armed Forces from 2003–2007 and held the rank of Lieutenant-General. WikipediaBorn: SingaporeEducation: University of CambridgeService/branch: Singapore Armed ForcesCommands held: Singapore Army



French maritime logistics, CMA CGM acquired NOL in mid 2016, last year and managed to turn the company around in slightly under a year.

The Business Times on Friday, 19th May 2017, reported...."Container shipping line CMA CGM posted higher first-quarter profits, helped by a turnaround at recently acquired NOL, and gave an upbeat assessment for the current quarter. The French-based group reported a first-quarter net profit, including Singapore-based NOL which it consolidated in June last year, of US$86 million compared with a US$100 million loss in the same period of 2016."

While General Ng messed up NOL in 5 years, CMA CGM managed to put it back in order, in under a year.

Never mind about his abject failure in NOL, today General Ng Yat Chung is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Singapore Institute of Technology and a Trustee of the National University of Singapore. He is also a member of the board of Singapore Power and an independent director to the board of Singapore Press Holdings.

God save Singapore.

Shipping firm CMA CGM upbeat as profits rise again

Friday, May 19, 2017 - 22:44


 Container shipping line CMA CGM posted higher first-quarter profits, helped by a turnaround at recently acquired NOL, and gave an upbeat assessment for the current quarter in another sign that the shipping industry is emerging from a slump. PHOTO: AFP


[PARIS] Container shipping line CMA CGM posted higher first-quarter profits, helped by a turnaround at recently acquired NOL, and gave an upbeat assessment for the current quarter in another sign that the shipping industry is emerging from a slump.


The French-based group reported on Friday a first-quarter net profit, including Singapore-based NOL which it consolidated in June last year, of US$86 million compared with a US$100 million loss in the same period of 2016.


This was also above the US$45 million net profit it recorded in the previous quarter when the privately held firm returned to profit after heavy losses earlier in 2016 during a severe downturn in container shipping.


Vessel overcapacity and tepid economic growth have eroded freight rates in recent years, contributing to the collapse of South Korea's Hanjin Shipping in 2016 and triggering consolidation moves, including CMA CGM's US$2.4 billion takeover of NOL.

Market leader Maersk Line and German rival Hapag-Lloyd reported first-quarter losses last week but each pointed to improving demand that was expected to boost earnings in the rest of the year.


SEE ALSO: Spain police find Singapore ship captain drifting at sea
CMA CGM, the world's third-largest container line, said in its results statement that it was confident operating profits would rise further in the current quarter, citing healthy volumes and a "continued improvement in freight rates".


The family-owned group's core earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) reached US$252 million, up from US$3 million a year earlier and US$193 million in the previous quarter. The group EBIT margin rose to 5.5 per cent from 4.2 per cent in the prior quarter.
A net profit of US$26 million for the former NOL business represented a first quarterly net profit for NOL since 2011, CMA CGM said.


Group sales rose 35.9 per cent from the year-earlier period to US$4.62 billion. Volumes increased by 34.2 per cent overall, but excluding NOL fell by 2.2 per cent, reflecting a focus on profitable growth, CMA CGM said.


Unit costs fell again, despite higher fuel prices, the company said, without giving figures.
CMA CGM is aiming to reduce its overall costs by US$1 billion in an 18-month plan that runs to the end of 2017, and has also pledged significant synergies from the integration of NOL.
REUTERS


Shame on you Nazri for taking the poor old man Mahathir on a wild goose chase

KUALA LUMPUR— Umno leader Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz claimed today that it was the police who had ordered his party members to lodge reports so as to halt a debate between him and former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

In a special question and answer session with the public today, Nazri, who is Padang Rengas Umno division chief and Umno supreme council member, said he was shocked when he found out and had confronted his party members, who then purportedly informed him that they were told to do so by the police.


“Actually the police do not want to allow me to debate with Dr Mahathir. It’s true, because they said it is based on security concerns, as there were many, many police reports made, saying that the villagers did not agree to the debate being held, on the reason that their security will be compromised.

“I asked the police; give me the report, I want to see. They didn’t give. Though they didn’t give, I got it still,” Nazri said, adding that he received five reports, all of which had the same template, with the same sentence structure.

“It was all typed. Not even handwritten, but those who signed below it, my Umno branch leader, my village head was also there. My village head one person, and my Umno Youth member. To all three of them, I asked — ‘Why did you do this work?’ They said police ordered them to,” he added.

“Truly the police played us out. I don’t care if the police are listening. Truly they played us out,” a furious Nazri said.

He said that it was ridiculous to cite security reasons for a mere debate between him, a Cabinet minister, and Dr Mahathir.

He said he was also angry, as he was concerned that the public would label him a cowardly person.

The tourism minister said it was then that he contacted Karangkraf Media Group’s managing editor and owner Datuk Dr Hussamuddin Yaacub to ask that the debate be held at his premise.

‘A day before that, it was cancelled. On the same reason. Security violation,” Nazri added.



He said he felt troubled by the whole arrangement, as Dr Mahathir’s permit to organise a political rally in his parliamentary constituency was not cancelled.

“If there is a debate, whatever he says about Datuk [Seri] Najib [Razak], I can answer. But if you give permit for the rally, my friends, if you heard what Dr Mahathir said, that Prime Minister Najib is a robber, thief, I cannot answer. Why? Because it’s his political rally,” Nazri added.

The dialogue between Dr Mahathir and the tourism and culture minister was originally scheduled for March 25 at the Mara Junior Science College in Kuala Kangsar, Perak.

MALAY MAIL

More exclusive leaks on the biggest heist in the world

Orb Solutions - Total Bill Tops RM68 Million! EXCLUSIVE
21 May 2017 14 comments

Sarawak Report has obtained further details on the expenditures made by Najib Razak on a mysterious company named Orb Solutions from money which he stole from 1MDB.

It was originally understood that Orb, which developed an App detailing ‘news and achievements’ by Najib Razak, received RM2 million for the job.  However, we have now been passed details of at least 24 separate payments made to the company between 2011 and 2014 totalling a staggering RM68 million.

Given that this was all public money, paid from accounts in the name of Najib Razak which were funded by 1MDB, more information should surely have been obtained by investigators into the purpose of Orb Solutions Sdn Bhd?


Just some of the payments listed for Orb Solutions…

The main Director and registered shareholder of KL registered Orb Solutions Sdn Bhd, Amhari Nazaruddin, has been with the company since its incorporation in 2010, not long after Najib became PM (and the first of the 1MDB money was stolen through the PetroSaudi joint venture).

Astonishingly, Nazaruddin is himself a public servant based in the Prime Minister’s Office.  He was joined by a second director in 2015, a senior Astra executive named Har Kok Kit, who is now registered as a 50% shareholder.


PM’s civil servant received RM68 million into his company paid from 1MDB stolen funds

Nazaruddin describes himself as a ‘Special Officer to the Prime Minister’, who works directly with Najib and who is also a Director of the Economic Division.  He explains he has a special interest in “Communications, Media, Political Campaigns and Digital Communication”,which would appear to be a main focus of Orb Solutions.

So, what on earth exactly was all that public money ploughed into Orb Solutions for?

A major obsession of the Najib premiership has certainly appeared to have been the promotion of positive propaganda on behalf of the Prime Minister, whilst at the same time supporting ‘Black PR’ campaigns against his perceived adversaries, which he frequently describes as ‘Media Warfare’ and ‘Cybertrooping’.

Although, Najib openly admits to the practice of ‘Cybertrooping’, very little of this sphere of activity is ever conducted in an open and legitimate fashion.  Anonymous attacks, deliberate disinformation, defamation and negative comments are the stock in trade of these campaigns and all these tactics have poured out of Malaysia against government critics (including Sarawak Report) in recent years.

So is it this form of covert activity what Orb Communications has been fed such staggering sums of money to orchestrate?  It is certainly time we learnt more about the exact purpose of this company hired by Najib at such public expense out of misappropriated cash.

Mr Nazaruddin should be further grilled by the Public Accounts Committee (and investigators) to explain how he as a civil servant received such vast sums of money from his direct boss into his own private company of which he is the formal shareholder.

He should also be probed over moonlighting with this major private enterprise alongside his official public job, unless of course he was fronting for his boss?  Mr Nazaruddin’s closeness to the Prime Minister was publicly highlighted just last month when ‘well placed Malaysian inside sources’ told the Straits Times that he was instrumental in framing the controversial settlement with IPIC over money owed due to 1MDB:

“The executive disclosed that that other key players in the negotiations included Datuk Amhari Efendi Nazaruddin, who is a senior advisor to Mr Najib, and senior officials from Abu Dhabi’s Executive Affairs Authority, a special government agency that provides strategic advice to the Gulf state’s rulers.” [Straits Times]

With evidence like this unearthed by the MACC and other Task Force investigations Malaysians have a right to once again ask what on earth did AG Apandi think he was doing trying to close down the investigation in to 1MDB’s stolen money?

Why bother when God is not even bothered about the Malays as must be scratching God’s head where God went wrong them

‘TO BE MALAY IS TO BE BAD LAZY & CORRUPT, SO WE HAVE TO BE MUSLIM’ : BEING MALAY IS NO LONGER ENOUGH – STUDY
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LAST year, we undertook a project to meet with Malay-Muslim youth and to find out how they felt about their identities as Malays and Muslims. The project is still ongoing.

What started out as a project based on our curiosity morphed into something bigger – in fact, we were quite naive when we first started out.


It was our first IMAN Research (IMAN) project, and we wanted to explore Peninsular Malaysia. Simply put, we just wanted to know what it meant to be young, Malay and Muslim.

And so we launched our Assalamualaikum Project. We began with 30 participants from Bangi, Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Gombak, Kedah and Terengganu. Both sexes participated equally, and we discovered many things – Malay youth wherever they are from are willing and wanting to discuss sensitive issues, and are articulate. They may be shy at first, but are not meek about voicing their feelings about politics, religion and race.

So what did we discover?
Among many things that knocked us back for six, are the following:

Resentment and distrust against non-Malays’ economic advancement, and increasingly, of other Malays’ success.

While most have an ideal view of an Islamic state, this is not demonstrated into a revolutionary zeal à la ISIS propaganda. Most do not agree with the violence. However, they are pulled into two directions: the violence may be abhorrent but DAESH are their Muslim brothers and sisters. They have to… sort of support them, no?

“Being Malay is equatable to being bad, lazy, corrupt. So the only (identity) we have is being a Muslim.”

This statement got us stumped, but we resumed our questioning. Why did they feel this way? And why were these sentiments the same across the board? Trust fund babies of Taman Tun Dr Ismail, working-class young Malays of Gombak, aspiring middle-class professionals in Bangi and not forgetting the youth we met in Kedah and Terenganu – they all said the same thing.

They felt as if they were under siege. They have been told at school, in college and university, by their families and teachers that everyone hated them for being Malay. No matter how hard they worked and did their best to dispel the negative perception others had of the race, it was not good enough.

Also, if the Malays acted and believed in Islamic principles, there would be no corruption, no political malaise in this country at all. Politicians talk and tout Malay rights, but Malaysia is in a mess. And that can be solved by implementing shariah law in Malaysia.

Even if they themselves were not too sure what hudud was all about.



This conversation we are having with youths is still ongoing. I had just come back from Johor Baru on the invitation of Bait Al Amanah, a Johor think-tank, and we have just finished a couple of focus group discussions with college students. While the responses were more varied, and this could be due to the fact that they were university students studying political science and literature, the same sentiments kept coming out.

This new batch we met all said that they had a slim future – and with more and more unemployed graduates in the market, what could they turn to?

To say it would be religion – even they themselves were conflicted, and yet, all they had for an identity was that of a Muslim.

Their sentiments, if we are able to summarise it at this stage, were that they were young, Malay and Muslim. They were feeling more and more disempowered and disenchanted by their own country every day. They may not agree with ISIS/DAESH, but they turn to one identity because that is all they have to give them hope for a future. – May 22, 2017.

* Dina Zaman left the media to found IMAN Research (IMAN) with her friends. IMAN is a research centre focusing on society, religion and perception.

THE MALAYSIAN INSIGHT

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BATTLE OVER ROSMAH’S BODY FAT INTENSIFIES: LATEST ‘CHEERLEADER’ KHAIRY UPSET WITH DR M FOR SAYING HIS BOSS’ WIFE SO FAT ‘SHE WALKS LIKE A GEARBOX’



Khairy Jamaluddin has criticised Dr Mahathir Mohamad for “fat shaming” a woman during his recent speech in Kedah.

“Bet he gets a free pass for fat shaming a woman. Free pass. All day, everyday,” said the youth and sports minister on Twitter.


The tweet included a link to a video which contained an excerpt of Mahathir’s speech in Kubang Pasu on May 16.

In the video, Mahathir, who is also Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) chairperson, said that he is slim because he does not “makan rasuah” (take bribes).

“I do not want to become fat like some people… like someone’s wife. When she walks, it’s like a gearbox,” he said, waving his arms up and down to mimick how the person walked.

Though he did not mention names, it appeared that he was referring to Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak’s wife Rosmah Mansor.

In an obvious referrence to Najib, Mahathir said he wanted “this person” to quit, but this person has refused to do so.

“If he does not want to quit, what do we do? We ensure he loses in the next election,” he added.

Bersatu Youth chief Syed Saddiq Syed Rahman later responded to Khairy’s tweet, agreeing that Mahathir should not have made such remarks.

However, he questioned why Khairy did not speak up when Umno politicians made disparaging remarks against women.

“Mahathir should not have said that, even as a joke.

“May I ask, where were you (Khairy) when your colleagues (Federal Territories Minister) Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor and MP rape shamed women as a whole,” he tweeted.




Tengku Adnan had said on May 17 that women who wish to avoid being harassed in public should dress in a shabby manner.

He had said this during a Transformasi Nasional 2050 (TN50) dialogue in Bandar Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur, in response to a woman who expressed concern about public safety.

“It’s because you’re so beautiful. The next time you go out, wear more comot (shabby) clothes,” he had quipped, after the woman expressed concern about robberies, kidnapping and being disturbed in public.

In early April, Tasek Gelugor MP Shabudin Yahaya had also caused an uproar when he said in Parliament that a rapist marrying his victim could be a remedy for social ills.

The MP pointed out that there was no law preventing those who had been raped from marrying their rapists.

He had also said that girls under 16 could marry under Islamic law, as long as they were granted leave by the syariah court.

MKINI

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Page from the Past - NOBODY WILL NOTICE, LAH! THE CRAZY STORY OF HOW A MALAYSIAN ‘1-CENT THIEF’ BECAME MILLIONAIRE

You’ve heard the peribahasa “sikit-sikit, lama-lama jadi bukit”, the line that parents and teachers always like to use to instill the habit of saving money and all that nilai-nilai murni stuff we learnt in Moral class.

This Malaysian guy applied the same principle, except in a not so moral way. Instead of saving up his own money, he STOLE money from other people, little by little, until he became a MILLIONAIRE! People knew him as the 1-cent thief although he didn’t actually steal one cents. That part of the story is more of an urban myth. If he did though, that would be a more amazing story. Such dedication! Too bad the 1 cent is now defunct, but on the bright side, 5 cents faster to reach 1 million compared to 1 cent.
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This is the crazy story of how he managed to pull off such a stunt…

He started out a regular bank executive, until he went for computer training

It began when 25-year-old Aman Shah Ahmad was working at Hock Hua Bank, along Jalan Raja Laut, KL, as a young executive in 1990. (A bit of background info on Hock Hua Bank… it was established in 1951, registered in Sarawak, but then in 2001 it was absorbed by Public Bank.)


Today this is the only remnant of Hock Hua Bank. Image from koleksijohari.com
Aman was described by his buds as a friendly guy, who liked meeting new people, and loved to joke AAAND heloved fast cars – it was this passion that got him caught later! According to a newspaper clipping, he was Money Market Processing Department Chief, earning about RM1,800 a month. Frankly, it’s quite hard to find information about him on Google, so we relied on old newspaper clippings people uploaded on the internet.

The former accounting student from Universiti Teknologi MARA was quite an efficient employee and soon he was trusted to manage customer accounts. He didn’t dive right into crime at first, but all that changed when the bank sent him for… computer training. It was then that he learned the ins and outs of computer banking and without anyone suspecting, hatched a genius plan that fooled even Bank Negara!



Aman Shah after his arrest. Image from carigold.com

Armed with computer knowledge and his new role as head of the department that processed Bank Negara’s Sistem Pemindahan Elektronik Untuk Dana dan Sekuriti (SPEEDS) aka the fund and transfer system, he set SPEEDS to transfer money every day from every customer account in Hock Hua Bank into his own account in Bank Bumiputra. And he successfully did this until he amassed:



RM4.1 million. .He bought 6 luxury cars and openly displayed them in Bukit Bintang


After Aman became rich from other people’s money, he left Hock Hua Bank to open his own advertising company, Bistro, near KL. So what next? Spend the money, duhh. He chose to park his cash in automobiles. You know, if you save RM10 a day, you could buy a Perodua Axia SE Edition in 10 years… provided prices haven’t inflated by then or they stop producing Axia. But he wasn’t content to buy a modest car, nope it had to be LUXURY cars for him,fulfilling his dream since high school.

He bought a Lamborghini Countach at RM1.3 mill, Mercedes Benz 300SL at RM502,000, Mercedes Benz 300E at RM192,000, Porsche 928 S4 at RM638,000, Porsche Carrera at RM350,000, and BMW 329i at RM68,000!! To give a better perspective on these purchases, a Proton Saga cost only about RM30,000 at the time.

The Lambo and Porsche Carrera were specially flown in from London, whereas the BMW 329i was a used car. He paid for all of them by cash. Three of them were unregistered and he didn’t have to pay import tax, while two were registered under his name, and another was registered to his girlfriend, Raha V V Aboo. What an odd name.

To protect his unusual assets, Aman parked his luxury cars at an exhibition centre at Plaza Bukit Bintang and would take them out for a spin whenever he wanted to. He was smart not to park them at his home, or surely the neighbours would start asking questions.

As if that wasn’t flashy enough, he appeared on national TV


We could only find the opening sequence of Sekapur Sirih, not the episode with Aman in it. Screenshot from Khairul Hazim Zainudin on YouTube
This guy’s bravado knows no bounds. You would think if he was careful not to keep his 6 luxury cars at home, he would be careful not to appear in the limelight, but when TV3’s talk show Sekapur Sirih invited him to the programme, he agreed to go on.

In that episode, he talked about his fancy rides. As it happens, his former manager at Hock Hua Bank watched the episode and that was the beginning of the end of his dream life, dun dun dunnnn. Immediately, Mr. Manager (he’s not named in the newspaper report) smelled something fishy about Aman’s lifestyle, so the following day, he did some internal audits and was shocked by what he discovered – RM4.1 million disappeared from the bank customers’ accounts.

The manager lodged a police report at Campbell Police Station (otherwise known as Dang Wangi Police Station) on 8 June 1990. Three days later, the police arrested Aman Shah Ahmad at a condominium in Bangsar (11 June). Game over!




The Sessions Court found him guilty of criminal breach of trust under Section 408 of the Penal Code on seven occasions, between 26 January to 27 March 1990. Judge Haji Muhammad Noor Abdullah sentenced him to five years jail. By this time, Aman was 26 years old. Throughout the court trial, he chose to remain silent and he appeared calm when the sentence was read. The small courtroom was packed with his family members.

In defending him, Aman’s lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah said his client was not himself ever since he got into an automobile accident in 1989, where he sustained head injuries. “According to his father, after recovering from his accident Aman Shah entertained grandiose ideas of owning a jet plane.” But then his friends said he memang liked fast cars from high school though.

After he was arrested he couldn’t even post bail



Newspaper clipping of Aman Shah’s court trial. Image from magnati’s Bucket on photobucket.com
Sadly, with all the wealth he acquired through criminal means, Aman couldn’t even post bail which was set at RM200,000 by the judge. Finally he was sent to Pudu Prison (now demolished).

“Most young people tend to show off if they hold responsible positions. They are attracted to ‘glamour’ like moths are drawn to light and it is no surprise that some of them come to a sad end. Aman Shah’s mentality and personality are that of a young person. He held a responsible post in the bank and he wanted to show off.” – Judge Haji Muhammad Noor in this newspaper clipping
This case was the talk of the town in the 90s, but we don’t know what happened to Aman after that. No news of his release from prison after five years.

He is not the first and only bank personnel to have stolen from his workplace. Bank Negara clerk Harun Osman was jailed five years and fined RM50,000 for stealing RM22.2 million in May 1989. A lagi high profile case is the one of former Bumiputra Malaysia Finance (BMF) Chief Lorrain Esme Osman who was charged with 39 counts of fraud and corruption relating to US$800 million (RM2.5 billion then) between December 1979 and October 1983. He served only one year in jail.

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Harun Osman’s case. Screenshot from Chronicle of Malaysia: Fifty Years of Headline News, 1963-2013, on Google Books
Moral of the story is, if you wanna commit a crime, don’t boast about your riches on TV. -_-“

– https://cilisos.my/

Lockheed pitches new F-22 models to boost the life of its stealth coating


By: Valerie Insinna, May 22, 2017

WASHINGTON — Lockheed Martin has proposed doing additional maintenance work on F-22s in the hopes of lengthening the life of the fighter’s low observable coating.

Under the current contract, Lockheed is charged with refurbishing the low observable (LO) coating on the inlets of 10 F-22s per year at its facility in Marietta, Georgia, while the U.S. Air Force recoats F-22 inlets at the base in Ogden, Utah, using its own organic maintainer staff.

However, the company believes it can get a head start on work planned for 2019, when the leading edges of the aircraft will need to be recoated, with a number of near-term modifications to keep the existing coating in good shape, John Cottam, the company’s F-22 deputy program manager told Defense News.


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Stealth aircraft
The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor is a fifth-generation, single-seat, twin-engine, all-weather stealth tactical fighter aircraft developed for the United States Air Force. Wikipedia
Top speed: 1,498 mph
Program cost: US$66.7 billion as of 2011
Number built: 195 (8 test and 187 operational aircraft)
Unit cost: US$150 million (flyaway cost for FY2009)
Engine type: Pratt & Whitney F119
Developed into: Lockheed Martin X-44 MANTA; Lockheed Martin FB-22
Developed from: Lockheed YF-22



Lockheed submitted its proposal for additional F-22 work in late April and is awaiting a decision from the U.S. Air Force on whether to move forward with any of the suggested work.

One of the modifications involves applying a product called Mighty Tough Boot to the aircraft, which fills gaps on the surface of an F-22 that could cause the aircraft to be seen on radar, Cottam said.

“The gaps on an airplane are what raises the signature of an airplane, so by putting these coatings or these gap fillers into the airplane, you’re helping the low observability of the airplane,” he said. “It reduces the amount of corners and things that are picked up by radar.”

From 2014 to 2016, the F-22’s mission capable rate has fallen from almost 73 percent to 60 percent. One contributing factor is the breakdown of the Raptor’s stealth coating, Col. Michael Lawrence, chief of the maintenance division in the Air Force’s directorate of logistics, said in a March interview with Defense News’ sister publication Air Force Times.



“Across the entire F-22 fleet, we’re experiencing low observable coating reversion problems. Basically, in high flow areas, what’s essentially happening is there’s a gradual deterioration of the coatings,” he said. “If the LO coatings aren’t doing what we need them to do, then the platform loses its ability to do its primary mission, which is get behind enemy lines without detection.”

However, Lockheed and the U.S. Air Force had always expected the LO coating to gradually degrade, and it is doing so on pace with the company’s predictions, Cottam said. He likened the LO coating deterioration to a painted fence post that is exposed to the elements.

“If you leave it out in the sun long enough, eventually that paint is going to crack, and if you don’t do anything to fix it when it cracks, eventually it’s going to start to peel off in chunks,” he said. “In this case we knew it was going to occur about this time in the aircraft’s life, [and] we are starting to see the coatings on the airplane start to wrinkle and crack just like you would the paint.”

A stealth jet’s inlets are the most critical part of the plane to recoat because, if the LO coating begins flaking off, it could be ingested by the engine, causing permanent damage.

“When we do these fixes to the inlets, and we will continue this as we do the edges, we’re actually using a different compound than we had used on the production airplanes, which has significantly stronger, lasts much longer, so it’s going to be giving the Air Force a longer time in the next interval where this might become a problem,” Cottam said.



Although both the F-22 and F-35 incorporate low observable technologies, the composition of the LO coatings are completely different and require separate application processes.

“We would very much like to go towards, as best we can, the way the F-35 coats their airplanes for a number of reasons,” he said. A single or more similar coating would lower material costs, enable the Air Force to train one set of maintainers to sustain the coating and simplify the inventory.

“If we could get closer to something common, it would be a great savings. We’re trying to work that. Our engineers are very busy trying to see where that is possible.”

Air Force Times reporter Stephen Losey contributed to this article.

Top US Air Force general opposes formation of separate 'Space Corps'

By: Valerie Insinna, May 18, 2017

WASHINGTON — While the U.S. Air Force needs to change the way it thinks about space operations, creating a separate “Space Corps” isn’t the right answer, at least right now, the service’s top general said Wednesday.

The U.S. Air Force is in the midst of a major strategic shift from seeing space as a “benign environment” to a “war-fighting domain” where adversaries could seek to start a war or engage in combat, Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein told lawmakers during a panel Monday.

Goldfein argued that the service’s focus should be on ensuring it can meld space operations with the rest of the war-fighting domains. The Air Force needs to figure out how it can apply its existing tactics, techniques and procedures in space instead of seeing it merely as an area from which to “report, sense and monitor.”

“Anything that separates space and makes it unique and different, relative to all of the war-fighting missions that we perform that are reliant on space, I don't think believe that will move us in the right direction at this time,” he said in a Senate Armed Services Committee strategic forces subcommittee hearing.

Last month, Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., called for the creation of a separate “Space Corps” that would be able to focus all of its attention on training, organizing and equipping in space.

Rogers pointed out that the U.S. Air Force has 12 core functions, and space makes up only one of those. Furthermore, the U.S. Navy and U.S. Army have their own stovepiped space capabilities and organizations, creating a fragmented, overly bureaucratic enterprise.


“Space must be a priority, and it can’t be one if you jump out of bed in the morning thinking about fighters and bombers first,” he said then, according to prepared remarks.

But Goldfein said his big concern is that a major organizational transition could slow down the changes the U.S. Air Force needs to make on the operational side to ensure that it is prepared to — if necessary — engage in a war that has extended into space.

“Whether there's a time in our future when we want to take a look at this again, I would say that we probably ought to keep that dialogue open,” he said. "But right now, I think it would actually move us in the wrong direction."

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The Government Accountability Office stated in a May 17 report that Defense Department space programs continue to face cost and schedule problems and that the continued fragmentation of the space enterprise contributes to those issues.

Cristina Chaplain, author of the GAO report, told lawmakers that she understood Goldfein’s reluctance to pursue a Space Corps and that Congress should take into account concerns about unintended effects to space operations before pursuing a sweeping reorganization.

“But I will say that the solutions tried to date that don't separate space as people think it should be separated, haven't worked very well,” she said. “And the reasons that people in these prior studies and even today believe there needs to be some kind of segmentation is to protect the space budget, is to leverage expertise for the workforce and it's to really clearly designate who is in charge. So if it's not going to be [a Space Corps] it needs to be some kind of solution that does those things."

U.S. Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson, whose first day on the job included testifying at the hearing, said the 2018 budget request would include a bump to space funding. As the Pentagon’s principal space adviser, she also plans to review proposed changes to the Air Force’s space organization.  

“I want to go through them in detail and analyze them and make sure that we’ve got this right, but there has been considerable staff work done on how do we organize effectively to support the war fighter,” she told reporters after the hearing.

Turkish company Otokar reveals 'urban operation tank'

By: Burak Ege Bekdil, May 19, 2017

ANKARA, Turkey — Private sector armored vehicles manufacturer Otokar, maker of Turkey's first new-generation main battle tank, the Altay, has revealed the urban operation version of the same tank, designed for asymmetrical warfare.

The Altay-AHT was showcased at the IDEF'17 defense and aerospace show in Istanbul on May 9-12.

“In response to hybrid and asymmetrical threats and conditions where unconventional forces and methods are employed spreading more widely, we designed Altay-AHT [to] meet future needs of Turkish Armed Forces, and [this new tank] will have high export potential," said Serdar Gorguc, Otokar’s general manager.

Altay-AHT tank Otokar
The tank is equipped with a directional dozer blade that can be operated by the driver.
Photo Credit: Otokar

Otokar designed prototypes for the Altay, which previously passed field and acceptance tests. The Turkish government will decide this year whether it will sign a serial production contract with Otokar for the Altay or launch competition for the contract.

Otokar developed the Altay-AHT on the Altay’s hull and turret platform in five months. The new version features a different armor system, mission equipment and a suspension with torsion bars.

Malaysian Indian Blueprint is a scheme to make MIC relevant again so no need to be hyper sensitive here

Malaysian Indian Blueprint lacks inclusiveness and it is a non-starter as it is only a get rich scheme for MIC and it's leaders only


Not a single photo of the Sikhs or the Gurdwara institution to be found in the 168 page report.




FEEDBACK: Dr Sarjit Singh Gill presenting his paper at the feedback session for the Malaysian Indian Blueprint organised by UKM’s KITA – PHOTO / SUPPLIED
By Sarjit S. Gill

Inclusive policy – This is the first time the Malaysian Federal ruling Government is taking seriously the Indian communities affairs in Malaysia. Under his policy, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said: “National development would not only be enjoyed by the urban residents but also raised the standard of living of the rural community especially those in the lower income group. We adopt a balanced and inclusive policy and I will not budge from this principle” (Bernama, 20 March 2017).
2. Representation issue – The Malaysian Indian Blueprint (MIB) is supposed to be an inclusive policy as indicated by the Prime Minister, nevertheless it lacks the inclusive approach – only a handful Sikh leaders were involved in the MIB consultations – no Sikh academics were consulted for feedback on their current research on the Sikh community in Malaysia.

3. Community concentration is misrepresented. The Tamil ethnic as a majority community among the Indians was the main attention of the MIB – other sub-Indians community’s such as the Sikhs, Telegus, Malayalees, Gujeratis and Sindhis have been overlooked. These pocket of sub-ethnic minorities also face various issues and challenges in Malaysia.

4. Sikh historical contributions were missing. No historical acknowledgment was recorded on the Sikh community (p. 10-13). They had served in the police force under the British colonial in Malaya since 1870s and made significant contributions in maintaining law and order. Some had even served as a Commandants and wardens in the prisons in Malaya, Sarawak and North Borneo (Sabah). Presently, Sikhs are still proud of their legacy and serve in the Malaysian Royal Police, Malaysian Armed Forces and Malaysian Prison Department. I came across only a brief introduction on various Indians communities (p. 10). Maybe some Sikh leaders who were involved in the MIB consultations have overlooked the Sikh history and their contributions in Malaysia. It should also be noted that Sardar Budh Singh, a Sikh himself, was the second Malaysian Indian Congress President (1947-1950). See here.

5. MIB photographs – not even a single photo of the Sikh community and the Gurdwara institution is to be found in the MIB (168 pages). This contradicts the Blueprint targets to improve perceptions of the Malaysian Indian community by those within and outside the community (p. 134). Hopefully the launch of a ‘Community Pride’ campaign, as stated in this Blueprint, will change the perception and mind set among the Indians communities. This campaign aims to create a national level awareness of Malaysian Indian achievement stories across different sectors, working hand in hand with other Malaysian ethnicities, by promoting outstanding individuals and teams, such as writers, educators, entrepreneurs, scientists, philanthropists, sports personalities, artists and young achievers (p. 134). I sincerely hope this ‘Community Pride’ campaign will be more comprehensive and not merely rhetoric in nature.


VOTING PATTERN: Dr Sarjit Singh Gill (second from right) presented a paper at a roundtable organised by the Council of Professors Malaysia to discuss on voter profile, issues and media in view of the next Malaysian general election. In the group photo are (L-R) Prof Dr Alias Abdullah (UIA), Dr Tunku Mohar Tunku Mohd Mohktar (UIA), Dr Lee Kuok Tiung (UMS), Abd Halim Jusoh (Political Secretary Minister of Higher Education Malaysia), Dr Sarjit and Prof Dr. Syed Arabi Idid

6. Tamil schools – as a main focus (p. 18-20). There was no information on the issues and challenges of the Punjabi schools faced by Punjabi Education Trust Malaysia (PETM), the education wing of the Khalsa Diwan Malaysia (KDM). Punjabi language is also facing some similar challenges like the Tamil language. PETM is running some 50 weekend schools, called Punjabi Education Centres (PECs), nationwide, serving 2,312 students. They comprise of 210 teachers, 10 teacher trainers and 23 school inspectors, according to the most recent numbers obtained from PETM.


FEEDBACK: Feedback session for the Malaysian Indian Blueprint organised by UKM’s KITA. Dr Sarjit Singh Gill was one of the presenters – PHOTO / SUPPLIED

7. Social issues among the Indians is well covered such as domestic violence, divorce and marriage breakdown, alcohol or drug abuse, criminal activities and suicide (p. 21-22). My recent study on the socio-economy status and social issues among the Sikhs in Malaysia has reported similar issues such as divorce, conversions and mixed-marriages (Sarjit S. Gill et. al. 2015). The issue was also picked up by Asia Samachar, an online media portal for Sikhs in Southeast Asia. See: ‘Social Issues and Identity Threat of the Sikh Minority Community in Malaysia’ (Asia Samachar, 28 Dec 2015) and ‘Malaysian Sikhs worry most about economy, divorce and conversion, reveals new ground breaking research’ (Asia Samachar, 24 Sept 2015).

8. IB40 as a main focus– Indian B40 (IB40) has been given a significant priority in the MIB. What about the M40 groups? Are those Indians in the middle 40 groups are not trapped in various socio-economic issues? They probably might fall into the B40 groups if they cannot sustain with the current economy conditions.

9. Technical Committee needs to be more inclusive (p. 163-164) – No Sikh representative was appointed in the technical committee which comprises of 34 members. Well-known Sikh organisations such as Khalsa Diwan Malaysia (KDM), Sikh Naujawan Sabha Malaysia (SNSM) and Malaysia Gurdwaras Council (MGC) should have been invited to sit in the Technical Committee.

10. Lop-sided treatment between the Indian communities must be addressed by the Government without marginalising any sub-ethnic minority groups, thus achieving a holistic and sustainable development in Malaysia.

11. Comprehensive database is needed – to record and monitor various information on the Indian communities’ contributions, issues and challenges in Malaysia.



Sarjit S. Gill, PhD, is an Associate Professor in Social Anthropology at Faculty of Human Ecology of University Putra Malaysia (UPM). His original paper was entitled ‘Review of Malaysian Indian Blueprint (2017-2026)’, was presented a paper at the Focus Group Discussion: An Independent Review & Appraisal of the Malaysian Indian Blueprint programme organised by Institute of Ethnic Studies (KITA), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, on 8 May 2017. He can be reached at sarjit@upm.edu.my

May 13 was a coup d'etat all but in name by Tun Razak against PM Tunku Abdul Rahman

Afraid of May 13? ( The Malaysian May 13 racial riots was actually a coup d'etat by Tun Razak against Prime minister Tunku Abdul Rahman for control of UMNO and Malaysia. )

Coup d'état
A coup d'état, also known simply as a coup, a putsch, golpe de estado, or an overthrow, is the illegal and overt seizure of a state by the military or other elites within the state apparatus.


by S. Thayaparan@www.malaysiakini.com

“When our government is spoken of as some menacing, threatening foreign entity, it ignores the fact that, in our democracy, government is us.”

– Barack Obama



They say we are afraid of what we do not understand and if this is true, we should be afraid of May 13 because we do not really understand what happened that day. Each side has a narrative, the official narrative and narratives such as author Kua Kia Soong’s which I happen to subscribe to.

They also say that ignorance breeds fear, which again points to why we should be afraid of May 13 because many people are ignorant of what happened on that day and are fed a steady diet of fearing the other, of losing power but most importantly, of their religion in danger of becoming irrelevant.

I have often referenced May 13 not because I wanted to be provocative but because especially in the alternative media, the issue of May 13 is not provocative enough. In ‘Ghost of elections past’, I wrote – “So the reality is that all these ‘ghost’ from our past don’t really scare us any more, not because we have not learnt from them but because there are more than enough monsters in our present to give us pause.

“If we discount the bravado of those who would make light of these threats of violence and those who would propagate such threats, what we are left with is the certainty that the only option we have is to vote with our conscience and let the chips fall where they may.”

However, because threats of racial violence have been normalised in this country, because people in power have Janus-faced agendas towards Malaysians of different ethnic origins, what we have become is numb to threats of racial violence. We are also cavalier to the very real threats of Islamic violence that lurk around the corner, hatched in the hearts of zealots raised on a diet of religious and racial supremacy and stamped with the imprimatur of foreign devils.



What really is terrifying of May 13 is the way how the state uses it to demonise Malaysians based on ethnicity. The people making the threats, the aggressors become the victims and heroes of their own narratives, and Malaysians who do not subscribe to orthodoxy become the villains and scapegoats for all that the system has wrought.

A really interesting complex example of this can be found in Lim Kit Siang’s blog post – “Ex-top cop Yuen Yuet Leng confirmed that the May 13, 1969 ‘urination’ incident at the Selangor MB’s residence was totally fictional as he never heard of it although he was based in KL during the riots.”

Readers are encouraged to read it because Lim references an email by former top cop, the late Yuen Yuet Leng (to The Sun daily) in a discussion about a very specific lie against the DAP leader. I’ll quote the opening because I think it summarises what most people forget about that day –

“While I appreciate your article in general summarised well what I wanted to be known to the nation on what were greater truths, I have to make clarifications. Information I imparted are in deliberate interest of objective nation and so that nation gets the right tutoring message and feel strongly why May 13 incidents should not ever be allowed to happen again either because of too much insensitivities or too much sensitivities on any side.

“The major redeeming factor in 1969 was the courage of non-racial Malaysians who were still there to put to shame the worse of their respective communities who rampaged, hurt or killed. This best of Malaysians dared to risk their lives in saving or sheltering fellow Malaysians of another ethnic community.”

Official narratives

Readers may not really be interested but one of the reasons I began writing about the state of our nation was because of a public disagreement I had with Yuen about the Bersih 2 rally. In a response to his piece, I wrote by first establishing my credentials – “… having worked with his predecessor, the late Tan Sri ‘Jimmy’ Khoo Chong Kong, who was assassinated by communists in Ipoh. I worked with Khoo in Kuching where I was the resident naval officer and a member of the State Executive Security Committee.”


May 13: Declassified Documents on the Malaysian Riots of 1969


Readers interested in such subjects should track down my piece, ‘Abandon immature rhetoric of our past’. Here is the ending which I think sums up the piece – “Lastly, I end with this rather telling quote from Tan Sri. ‘The timing is such that there appears to be a united front against the government, and this frightens them.’

Malaysian May13 racial riots


“Firstly, there seems to be a united front against the Barisan Nasional. I think this difference is very important. For far too long, this refrain of being ‘anti-government’ has been labelled against the ‘opposition’. The opposition is not anti-government. It may be anti-BN, but this is par for the course in any mature democracy, and I think we are indeed a maturing democracy and that we should abandon the immature rhetoric of our past.”

The consequences of May 13 have had far reaching implications. I have argued that it heralded the birth of the Malay middle class and the social engineering that came after it changed the racial landscape of this country.

It also meant that the opposition had to fight all its political battles with one hand (sometimes even two) tied behind its back. Actually, if you have seen the brilliant David Mamet film ‘Redbelt’, the idea of fighting with one hand tied behind your back has deeper intellectual and moral implications but again I digress.

THE 13TH MAY 1969 RACIAL RIOTS The True and Fair View

The only reason why there has been a slow change in this lopsided way of fighting is because the hegemon is failing, mired in infighting and stumbling because of the corrosive effects of unchecked corruption. The alternative media and the anonymity of the internet mean that the market place of ideas has destabilised the official narratives of the state.

I think most young people today are not, and should not, be afraid of May 13. What they should be concerned about is the threat of religious extremism that is invading our public and private spaces. Combatting this is difficult because race and religion are not mutually exclusive in this country.

I would argue that the official narratives of the state about May 13 is the earliest example of “fake news” but no matter, apparently we are living in a “post-truth” world and ultimately people will be afraid of what they do not understand or because of their ignorance.

Malaya where evolution missed a few apes

UUM Lecturer flaunts his Academic Qualifications, so what?

May 21, 2017 by http://www.malaysiakini.com


What is your hangup? It’s Hannah Yeoh’s Autobiography. If you want your  freedom of expression, then respect Hannah’s right to tell her story. There is no need to make a Police Report against her. Of course, it has nothing to do with UUM. Your academic qualifications are not the issue. But it certainly has a lot to do with your mentality and your character. As my good friend Dr. M. Bakri Musa once said to me, “Din, we can take the Malay out of the kampong, but we cannot remove the kampong from the Malay mind.”–Din Merican

Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) lecturer Kamarul Zaman Yusoff has touted his academic credentials in the face of derision after he accused Subang Jaya Hannah Yeoh of proselytising by making Christian references in her book.

“The Bachelor of Arts with double major that I obtained from Indiana University at Bloomington (IUB) was with highest distinction, which is reserved only for graduates with a cumulative grade point average of between 3.90 to 4.00.

“Apart from that, I was also a recipients of the Senior Achievement Award, an award reserved for students who have outstanding academic records and who are designated by their departments or schools as having unusual potential in their field),” he said in a statement.

Listing out the list of unflattering comments against him, Kamarul said his record proved that they were wrong.

“Therefore, it is very wrong to describe me as stupid, without quality and credibility, unqualified, without calibre, half-baked, narrrow-minded or extremist,” he said. Kamarul said he had no problems mixing with non-Muslims while he was studying in the US.

“I also do not have any problems working and mixing with non-Muslims in Malaysia.I am very comfortable and well-received by my colleagues and students at UUM,” he said.

Kamarul stressed that his views are based on facts and law and are not stupid nor extreme.He added that his opinion and police report against Yeoh over her book, ‘Becoming Hannah: A Personal Journey by Hannah Yeoh’, also had nothing to do with UUM.

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“Both (my opinion and police report) are unrelated to the education institution at which I currently serve, which is UUM.It is inappropriate for everyone to associate the actions I did in my personal capacity with UUM or any other educational institutions,” he said.

Kamarul said he only served at UUM beginning January 26, 2016 and does not hold any senior position apart from being the Director of Institute for Malaysia Political Analysis (Mapan).

“The ones who are stupid and extreme are those who do not argue based on facts and law, which include those who belittle anything that has to do with Malays or Islam, merely to get votes,” he said.

‘Attempt to silence academic freedom’

Meanwhile, a group of NGOs also defended Kamarul, claiming that there was an attempt to silence his academic freedom.

Centre for Human Rights Research and Advocacy (Centhra), Concerned Lawyers for Justice (CLJ), Muslim Lawyers Association Malaysia (PPMM), iPeguam and Young Professionals (YP), in a joint statement, pointed out that Yeoh was the one who had first lodged a police report against Kamarul over his comments about her on Facebook.

“Her report clearly amounts to the deprivation of the right of an academician to his academic freedom of speech and expression, a fundamental right that is guaranteed by Article 10(1)(a) of our Federal Constitution and Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).

“Further, the report aims at intimidating and suppressing academicians in Malaysia from expressing their valid and substantiated academic and professional opinion on any political party or politician.

“We also abhor and denounce the various comments made on social media directed at the Kamarul for his opinion and condemn the attempt at diverting the issue to one of his own faith in his own religion when clearly that has never been the crux of the issue at hand, which is Yeoh’s own refusal to countenance Kamarul’s opinion of her autobiography,” they said.

They also urged the Malaysian Human Rights Commission (Suhakam) as well as the Police to probe Yeoh.

What to worry when your own party is doing the arrangements for a farewell

This makes BN smile when PH chooses Anwar as a PM Designate. BN does not need to do anything or campaign as PH is now is in self-destruct mode. 


Dear Tun Najib

The below letter is only 0.001% of the real story and below some hints for you to know where you will be staying after the General elections PRU-14


The kind folks from the bamboo river resort are building a special villa for you and Mrs. Tun, your wife. Knowing that you both lover nature, they are in a quandary to build you chalet over a river and a hole for latrine or build the chalet in the middle of nowhere with a hole as a latrine.


The police have been practicing handling of toxic humans and also upgrading their holding cell with a uni-sex toilet at Peace hill complex


Temporary stay was supposed to be arranged at the natural park in Ulu Kelang but their residents for the zoological park do not want anything to do with VVIP’s because there are afraid their peanuts and bananas will be stolen and peanut / banana stealing criminals will also move in there


The famous Orange coveralls tailor will be visiting you and Mrs. soon to take some measurements


Price of stone pebbles have gone thru the roof and now for a bag of 5 stone pebbles it cost more than a Proton Saga and by the time the elections results announced , the price of stone pebbles are forecast to be in the price range of a Proton Perdana for a bag of 5 stone pebbles. I have invested in a truck load of stone pebbles and all have been certified by a certain religious party and the certain federal religious department. I may end up as the richest man in Malaysia if the people have their wish or I will go bankrupt if the people do not get their wish


The undertaker and the tailor who specialized in stitching think skinned people and hoping for the business too and have place an order for the most rotten looking wood to build a long 7 ft. box for 2 


The man who sharpens the knives is also hoping to sharp himself to history and will do the sharpening for free if he can use it first to test.


Not to worry this is not PH making arrangements but from your own party and they know how you like surprises

Yes We all love you for you made us forget the TV dramas we watch everyday


A “DEAR NAJIB” LETTER FROM A DAP INSIDER (NUDGE NUDGE WINK WINK!)

Someone, somewhere i trying to stir the hornets nest in DAP and umno with this letter purporting to be from a DAP insider to najib….just posting it here to make things a bit more livelier as we head towards PRU14….so take it with a bit of garam and pepper….smile…and then move to the next blog or FB.


UBER SET TO RELEASE FLEET OF FLYING TAXIS BY 2020

Rides in Airbus’s self-flying cars will cost ‘the equivalent of a normal taxi’: Firm reveals passengers will pay $1.50 to $2.50 per mile to travel by air
Airbus plans to charge consumers $1.50 to $2.50 per mile to fly in its air taxi
Low cost is because craft doesn't need the same maintenance as ground cabs
The electric aircraft is set to be tested later this year and hit the market in 2020 


By Stacy Liberatore For Dailymail.com

Traveling from point A to point B in a flying car may sound like it would break the bank, but Airbus has revealed a trip in its airborne vehicle will cost ‘the equivalent of a normal taxi’.

The France-based firm is set to unleash its electric aircraft, called Project Vahana, in 2020, which aims to reduce traffic jams around the world - people will summon the flying taxi with a push of a button.

Zach Lovering, the project leader at Airbus, told Business Insider that passengers should expect to pay $1.50 to $2.50 per mile – the low cost is possible because the craft does not need the same maintenance as ground cabs.

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Traveling from point A to point B in a flying car may sound like it would break the bank, but Airbus has revealed a trip in its airborne vehicle will cost ‘the equivalent of a normal taxi

MEET VAHANA 


 Project Vahana began earlier this year and is one of the first projects at A³, the advanced projects and partnerships outpost of Airbus Group in Silicon Valley.

The first conceptual renders have been revealed showing a sleek self-flying aircraft with room for one passenger who sits under a canopy that retracts similar to a motorcycle helmet visor.

Its also believed that the air taxis will take off and land vertically, as there are helicopter-like struts, and tilting wings each with four electric motors.

The team at Vahana aims to have a full-sized prototype in the air by the end of 2017 and a model on the market for sale by 2020.

Airbus has revealed its airborne vehicles will cost ‘the equivalent of a normal taxi’ - $1.50 to $2.00 per mile.

Last year, Airbus unveiled its plans to create a fleet of self-flying taxis to help commuters avoid the ever-growing issue of traffic during rush-hour.

And in January, the firm revealed that it planned to test its first single-person prototype, called Project Vahana, by the end of 2017, reported Danielle Muoio with Business Insider.

The aim would be for people to book the vehicle using an app, similar to car-sharing schemes, as it will pick up passengers at their requested location.

Currently, the firm has a prototype, but has set 2020 for when the final version will be ready to take to the skies – which the firm noted it is designed to fly 62 miles (100 kilometers) on a single charge.

But Airbus also has plans to equip each aircraft with spare batteries, allowing it to stay operational longer.

Project Vahana is one of the first projects at A³, which is the advanced projects and partnerships outpost of Airbus Group in Silicon Valley.


Conceptual renders of the futuristic vehicle have been passed around the web over the months, revealing an air taxi that will take off and land vertically that boasts helicopter-like struts and tilting wings on each of the four electric motors.

And there will also be space for one passenger, who will sit under a canopy that retracts like a motorcycle helmet visor.

Lovering told Business Insider that the flying taxi’s electric propulsion system is key to keeping costs down, as it does not need the same maintenance as gasoline engines.




Right now the firm has a prototype in the making, but has set 2020 for when the final version will be ready to take to the skies

UBER SET TO RELEASE FLEET OF FLYING TAXIS BY 2020

Uber announced in April that it plans to deploy its flying taxis in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas and Dubai by 2020.

Uber's flying taxis will be small, electric aircraft that take off and land vertically (VTOL) with zero emissions and quiet enough to operate in cities.

Aurora partners with Uber in development of eVTOL flying taxi

Uber's flying taxis will be small, electric aircraft that take off and land vertically (VTOL) with zero emissions and quiet enough to operate in cities.

It has also partnered with U.S. electric vehicle charging station maker ChargePoint Inc to develop an exclusive charger for its network.

Uber expects to conduct passenger flights as part of the World Expo 2020 in Dubai.

The company is working with Hillwood Properties to make four vertiports - VTOL hubs with multiple takeoff and landing pads, and charging infrastructure - in Dallas starting next year

Uber claims its flying taxis could revolutionize commuting - completing a two hour and 12 minute car ride will only be 15 minutes in the air.



And of course, these will be unmanned vehicles, so the firm will not have to pay a pilot to chauffer passengers around.

Not only will Airbus’s invention reduce traffic congestion, but CEO Tom Enders said that by using the skies could also.

The France-based firm is set to unleash its electric aircraft, called Project Vahana, in 2020, which aims to reduce traffic jams around the world - people will summon the flying taxi with a push of a button

Zach Lovering, the project leader at Airbus, told Business Insider that passengers should expect to pay $1.50 to $2.50 per mile – the low cost is possible because the craft does not need the same maintenance as ground cabs

He said using the skies could also reduce costs for city infrastructure planners. 'With flying, you don't need to pour billions into concrete bridges and roads,' he said in a January interview.

Airbus is also working on another type of flying taxi that would accommodate multiple people, which goes by the name of ‘CityAirbus’.

According to the firm, the vehicle ‘resembles a small drone in its basic design’ with multiple propellers.

This flying car will be operated by a human pilot until regulations are in place, which it will then fly around autonomously.


Conceptual renders of the futuristic vehicle have been passed around the web over the months, revealing an air taxi that will take off and land vertically that boasts helicopter-like struts and tilting wings on each of the four electric motors



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How to run in a Pool of own poo

EXPOSED! WHY NAJIB CANNOT STEP DOWN – 1MDB ‘EVIDENCE’ AGAINST ROSMAH PILES UP: NOT ONLY FROM SON RIZA AZIZ BUT HER OWN LAWYER DID NOT DENY SHE IS A SIGNATORY FOR ERIC TAN/JHO LOW BSI A/CS



It has been previously reported on this blog that evidence of Rosmah Mansor’s is emerging,out of documents filed in the US, as Riza Aziz fights the DOJ to recover assets acquired with funds
stolen from 1MDB.

These revelations should be read with this earlier article by this article from a related blog,where Rosmah’s lawyer did not deny that she was a signatory for the Eric Tan/Jho Low accounts at the former BSI Bank.
Taken together there is evidence of Rosmah’s role at the main and subsidiary levels of the 1MDB theft,directing the flow from the original theft,and then managing the funds parked in various subsidiary accounts.


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Rosmah’s lawyer Noorhajran does not deny that Rosmah Mansor is a signatory for the Eric Tan/Jho Low BSI accounts
by Ganesh Sahathevan
From Malaysia Outlook:

The legal firm of Messrs Noorhajran Mohd Noor has been authorised by Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor (hereinafter referred to as the ‘client’) to issue this media statement

This is a general statement issued on behalf of the client to the public pertaining to accusations and falsifications of facts against Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor.

Attention is drawn to a story carried by bloggers and social media postings recently.

The allegations are those to the innuendoes made that “Rosmah was the one who signed the cheques as Eric Tan”.
This media statement is issued, in relation to above, cross-referenced with the statement of facts made by the Attorney-General of Singapore dated Jan 10, 2017 pertaining to the case of Public Prosecutor v Jens Fred Sturzenegger.

Through the statement of facts issued by the AG’s Chamber of Singapore, there was nothing mentioned in the said statement indicative of the allegations made in the social media of the purported role played by Rosmah Mansor.

These allegations are serious, intended to make representations, publishes imputations intending to harm or knowing or having reasons to believe that such imputations will harm the reputation and done with malicious intent to destroy and reduce credibility of Rosmah Mansor as the wife the Prime Minister of Malaysia Dato Seri Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak.


However , that is not what is alleged by the Sarawak Report story on Eric Tan and Rosmah Mansor, which has been quoted and referred to by others.The relevant parts of the Sarawak Report story state:
Who was the actual signatory on the accounts?

That Tan was actually Low confirms the point made by Sarawak Report that someone who has stolen billions of dollars would be highly unlikely to trust the money in the hands of another.  It was for this reason that it was obvious Low would not have put a genuine associate in control of these vast accounts.
However, Low was not the only player behind this sorry saga and there were others who likewise were anxious for their own assurances.
Sarawak Report has heard through very well-placed sources that there was therefore a check on the use of these accounts, which was that the actual signatory was not Jho nor Eric, but someone else.  That signature was needed to authorise payments.
Sarawak Report has been told that this signatory was a woman with whom Jho Low was closely associated in the matter of 1MDB.  So, when insiders informed us over a year ago that Rosmah Mansor had complained over Jho Low’s spending, exclaiming “It’s my money as well”, perhaps this is what they were referring to?

Put simply, Sarawak Report alleges that Rosmah Mansor’s signature was required for any disbursements from the account. Rosmah’s lawyer Noorhajran Mohd Noor has not denied that and instead denied forgery. A simple ,somewhat child like attempt to deny something that is not, in an attempt to be seen to be denying the allegation.
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Who Was The Signatory On The Eric Tan Account?

Who Was The Signatory On The

Eric Tan Account?

Last week Sarawak Report connected the dots and concluded that the name of ‘Eric Tan’, the beneficial owner of several 1MDB related bank accounts, appeared to be merely an alias for the master-mind behind the thefts, Jho Low.
Now, the Singapore court has confirmed this suspicion, explaining that the Falcon Bank branch boss, Jans Sturzenegger, had confessed that Jho Low told him he used the identity on certain occasions ‘for security purposes‘. Sturzenegger was sentenced to 28 weeks jail and a fine for initially lying to the authorities and failing to report suspicious transactions, making him the first western banker to be convicted in this affair.
Jans Sturzeneggar 'saw Eric Tan's passport'

Jans Sturzeneggar ‘saw Eric Tan’s passport’
However, Sturzenegger is also reported as having claimed that he knew Eric Tan did actually exist, because he had been provided with a passport and a CV.
Anyone who has opened a bank account will know that somewhat more proof of identity than that is generally required to open an account – most particularly the would-be account holder needs to present themselves at the bank. In fact, Low had just impersonated Tan.
But, this matter now presses most on the Swiss side of the investigation. Sturzenegger, after all, was fairly far down the food chain at Falcon Bank and he was plainly carrying out his bosses’ orders. In particular, the CEO Eduardo Leemann, who first introduced ‘Eric Tan’ to Sturzenegger by email in January of 2012. The Singapore manager had not realised that his correspondent erickimloong.tan@gmail.com was Jho Low until he met him the following month.
The same Swiss bosses then pressured Sturzenegger to pass some $1.2 billion through these 1MDB related accounts, even though he was fearful and suspicious it might be money-laundering. He knew he should have reported the enormous transactions.
Acting casual in Dubai, Eduardo Leemann

Acting casual in Dubai, Eduardo Leemann
A former Goldman Sachs senior executive before moving to Falcon, Leemann has in the past seen fit to lecture that there needs to be far less regulation of banks. We suggest that his conduct makes clear that the exact opposite is the case and the Swiss prosecutors should make him and his colleagues a powerful example.
Criminal proceedings against Falcon were announced in Swizerland on 13th October. Two days earlier the regulator FINMA had recommended charges against two of its former senior executives, which Sarawak Report speculated ought include Leemann.
Meanwhile, the enormous half billion dollar backhanders to the over-all Abu Dhabi Aabar boss, Khadem Al Quabaisi, becomes more explicable – he had put his sovereign wealth fund and its private bank at the disposal of Jho Low to launder money from 1MDB.
What the Singapore authorities need to answer more fully is how their own flagship bank, Standard Chartered also ended up running a bogus Eric Tan account on behalf of Jho Low, laundering hundreds of millions through the so-called Blackstone Asia Real Estate Partners account.?
Why has Standard Chartered, by contrast, got off relatively lightly with a low key investigation and a modest fine – were they not equally culpable of funnelling hundreds of millions through an account run by a front?
Who was the actual signatory on the accounts?

That Tan was actually Low confirms the point made by Sarawak Report that someone who has stolen billions of dollars would be highly unlikely to trust the money in the hands of another.  It was for this reason that it was obvious Low would not have put a genuine associate in control of these vast accounts.
However, Low was not the only player behind this sorry saga and there were others who likewise were anxious for their own assurances.
Sarawak Report has heard through very well-placed sources that there was therefore a check on the use of these accounts, which was that the actual signatory was not Jho nor Eric, but someone else.  That signature was needed to authorise payments.
Sarawak Report has been told that this signatory was a woman with whom Jho Low was closely associated in the matter of 1MDB.  So, when insiders informed us over a year ago that Rosmah Mansor had complained over Jho Low’s spending, exclaiming “It’s my money as well”, perhaps this is what they were referring to?

– http://realpolitikasia.blogspot.my

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