[wonder if anwar has the guts to do so?...] Sabah Wanita PKR chief urges Anwar to put a stop to mudslinging

Sabah Wanita PKR chief urges Anwar to put a stop to mudslinging

KOTA KINABALU: PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim should immediately issue a gag order to prevent party leaders from further mud-slinging, says Sabah Wanita PKR chief Rahimah Majid.

She said the ongoing mud-slinging matches, especially on the recent sex scandal, were detrimental to the party's integrity and image.

"If the ongoing mud-slinging match among leaders are not immediately curbed, it would further undermine the party's integrity and ultimately leads to its demise," she said in a statement here Wednesday (June 26).

Having said that, Rahimah added that she fully supported PKR vice-president Zuraida Kamaruddin's statement that if she were party president, Santubong Youth chief, Haziq Abdullah Abdul Aziz, would have been sacked from the party.

Haziq, who confessed to being the man in the sex video and implicating PKR deputy president Datuk Seri Azmin Ali as the other man, was given a show-cause letter and given two weeks to respond.

Azmin, who is also Economic Affairs Minister, has dismissed the allegations against him as libel meant to destroy his political career.

Rahimah said she personally thought that it was only appropriate that Haziq be sacked from the party after he admitted to the indecent act in the viraled sex videos, which was against the law.

"If the party fails to act swiftly and resolutely against such disgusting act, it would inevitably send out the wrong message as if the party is protecting Haziq despite having publicly and shamelessly admitted to such an act," she said.

Rahimah, who is also Kudat PKR chief, thus rebuked PKR Wanita vice-chief Datin Faizah Ariffin for calling for disciplinary action against Zuraida over her remarks on the sex videos.

"By right, we in PKR should give our full and undivided support to Zuraida over her comments, instead of attacking her like what Faizah did in her emotional and hostile statement against Zuraida," she said.

She added that Faizah's statement smacked of a personal attack and did not reflect the true nature of PKR's struggle, which exemplifies "party unity" as its strength to serve and fight for the people.

While acknowledging that the consensus of the political bureau to follow due process was made collectively, Rahimah contended that it should not prevent someone from expressing their personal views on the matter.

She said as a mature society, they should be able to agree to disagree in matters such as this.

"There should be swift and tough action taken by the party against Haziq whose actions had severely tarnished the party's image and credibility,H" she added.

Rahimah said they were not questioning the party president's credibility, but wanted to protect the party from being ruined by internal squabbles induced by certain unscrupulous individuals with selfish agendas.

"I therefore call upon all PKR members to unite as one to fight all elements which are attempting to divide and undermine the party, in order to fortify the party which we love and built together in the last two decades," she said.

source : thestar

MACC clears Azmin of shady money transfer allegations (updated)

MACC clears Azmin of shady money transfer allegations (updated)

click here : video clip macc clears azmin of shady money transfer allegation. interview with deputy chief commissioner Datuk Seri Azam Baki

KUALA LUMPUR: The alleged transfer of US$741,440 (RM3.1mil) from UEM Group Bhd into the bank account bearing the name Datuk Seri Azmin Ali does not exist, says the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).

Its deputy chief commissioner Datuk Seri Azam Baki said an investigation was launched after Umno supreme council member Datuk Lokman Noor Adam lodged a police report on the matter earlier this month.

The investigation however revealed that the transaction between the accounts does not exist, and neither do the accounts.

“UEM and Maybank themselves have issued statements on the non-existent accounts,” he told the press at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex here on Wednesday (June 26).

Azam said the MACC would call more individuals for their statements on the case but declined to name them.

On June 11, Lokman lodged a complaint with the MACC over the purported transaction involving Azmin’s bank account.

UEM has denied owning a bank account with Maybank as indicated in the bank documents that went viral.

Maybank has also stated that the bank document was forged.

Azam also said MACC investigations also found there was no so-called Deutsche Bank account in Azmin’s name that was allegedly opened in September 2012.

The allegations were part of the sex video implicating Azmin that went viral earlier this month.

Former deputy minister’s aide Haziq Abdullah Abdul Aziz confessed to being one of the men in the video, and claimed that the other man is Azmin.

Azmin has denied any involvement in the sex video and called it a nefarious plot to destroy his political career.

source : thestar

[hmmmm...amacam lokman adam?...] ....Dakwaan pemindahan RM31j keakaun Azmin-tak wujud-SPRM / UEM Group nafi ada akaun Maybank cawangan Kuala Lumpur

Dakwaan pemindahan RM3.1j ke akaun Azmin tak wujud - SPRM

BERNAMA | 26 Jun 2019

Mohamed Azmin - FOTO ZAHID IZZANI

KUALA LUMPUR - Dakwaan pemindahan wang berjumlah AS$741,440 (kira-kira RM3.1 juta) daripada gergasi kejuruteraan UEM Group Berhad ke dalam akaun bank yang didakwa milik Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali tidak wujud, kata Timbalan Ketua Pesuruhjaya Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM), Datuk Seri Azam Baki.

Beliau mengesahkan ketidakwujudan transaksi itu dan akaun di atas nama Mohamed Azmin, selepas siasatan dijalankan berikutan laporan polis oleh Anggota Majlis Tertinggi UMNO Datuk Lokman Noor Adam awal bulan ini.

“Kami dapati transaksi antara akaun-akaun dan akaun itu sendiri tidak wujud,” katanya di sini hari ini sebagai menjawab soalan media berhubung perkembangan kes itu di Kompleks Mahkamah Kuala Lumpur di sini.

ARTIKEL BERKAITAN: UEM Group nafi ada akaun Maybank cawangan Kuala Lumpur

Terdahulu, beliau menghadiri prosiding kes bekas Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, yang menghadapi tujuh pertuduhan rasuah berjumlah S$D4.24 juta membabitkan Sistem Visa Luar Negara, di Mahkamah Sesyen di sini hari ini.

Azam mendedahkan siasatan SPRM turut mendapati tiada akaun bank yang dikatakan sebagai akuan Deutsche Bank di atas nama Mohamed Azmin yang didakwa dibuka pada September 2012.

Beliau berkata, SPRM akan memanggil lebih ramai orang untuk direkodkan kenyataan berkaitan kes itu, bagaimanapun beliau enggan mendedahkan nama mereka. Pada 11 Jun, Lokman Noor memfailkan laporan kepada SPRM dengan mendakwa UEM memindahkan AS$741,440 ke dalam akaun Malayan Banking Berhad atas nama Mohamed Azmin, yang merupakan Menteri Hal Ehwal Ekonomi dan Timbalan Presiden PKR, pada 19 Disember 2017.

Ketika menyangkal dakwaan itu, UEM menafikan pemilikan akaun bank yang didakwa itu dan pemindahan wang yang dikatakan itu ke dalam akaun Mohamed Azmin.

Maybank turut menafikan dakwaan sama dan berkata dokumen membabitkan bank itu telah dipalsukan. 

sumber : SinarHarian


UEM Group nafi ada akaun Maybank cawangan Kuala Lumpur

NURUL RIDUAN NOR ASHAHA | 12 Jun 2019

KUALA LUMPUR - UEM Group Berhad (UEM Group) menafikan mempunyai akaun di cawangan utama Maybank termasuk nombor akaun yang tertera dalam salinan transaksi tular yang dikaitkan dengan Menteri Hal Ehwal Ekonomi, Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali.

Dalam kenyataan media hari ini, UEM Group telah membuat laporan polis dan bersedia bekerjasama dengan pihak berwajib bagi membersihkan nama kumpulan berasaskan kejuruteraan infrastuktur dan perkhidmatan itu.

Semalam, dua salinan transaksi pemindahan wang yang tertera nama Mohamed Azmin Bin Ali tular bersama tiga rakaman video intim.

Satu salinan transaksi tertera logo Maybank manakala satu lagi, Deutsche Bank.

Mohamed Azmin melalui kenyataan hari ini menjelaskan tuduhan tersebut bersifat jahat dan kejam.

Menurutnya, fitnah itu adalah komplot jahat untuk mencemarkan reputasi dan keperibadiannya serta menjatuhkan dan memusnahkan karier politiknya.

Mohamed Azmin juga yakin Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM) dan Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) akan mengambil segala langkah yang perlu berhubung tuduhan jahat ini.

source : sinarharian

[penting untuk dibaca] Tun Dr. Ismail tokoh ketiga paling berpengaruh

[penting untuk dibaca] Tun Dr. Ismail tokoh ketiga paling berpengaruh

Sahidan Jaafar

TUN ABDUL RAZAK HUSSEIN (kiri) berbincang sesuatu dengan Tun Dr. Ismail Abdul Rahman di Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Kuala Lumpur pada 8 Mei 1971.

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TUN Dr. Ismail Abdul Rahman, Menteri Dalam Ne­geri dan Timbalan Perdana Menteri terus diingati se­­bagai ‘Tokoh Ketiga’ yang paling berpengaruh dalam sejarah politik Malaysia selepas Perdana Menteri, Tunku Abdul Rahman dan Tun Abdul Razak.

Menurut catatan Profesor Wang Gungwu, Pengarah Institut Asia Timur Universiti Nasional Singapura dalam biografi The Reluctant Politician: Tun Dr. Ismail and His Time (2006) oleh Ooi Kee Beng, Ismail seharusnya menjadi Perdana Menteri ketiga selepas Tun Razak tetapi sayang kesihatannya tidak begitu mengizinkan dan terpaksa bersara dalam usia muda.

Namun begitu, beliau dipanggil kembali menyertai kabinet dan Majlis Gerakan Negara (Mageran) selepas tragedi 13 Mei 1969.

Turut menyatakan sanju­ngan terhadap Ismail ialah Profesor Barbara Watson Andaya dari Pusat Pengajian Asia Tenggara Universiti Hawai’i yang melihat beliau sebagai potret seorang ma­nusia biasa yang kuat ber­tekad untuk membina Malaysia dan sedia menerima pelbagai kaum, tentunya amat menarik hati mereka yang hidup sepanjang tempoh pembentukan Malaysia ini, malah generasi seterusnya yang masa depan mereka turut diukir oleh Ismail.

Tun Dr. Mohd. Salleh Abas, bekas Ketua Hakim Negara, Mah­kamah Persekutuan Malaysia, menyatakan beliau beruntung kerana apabila undang-undang dan politik bercanggah, Ismail akan meminta pendapatnya. Beliau menganggap Ismail seba­gai seorang ahli politik yang pragmatik kerana sanggup memperjuangkan penyelesaian yang dipan­dang­nya terbaik.

ISTIMEWA

“Saya beruntung dapat bertemu beliau ketika mula bekerja di Kamar Peguam Negara di Kuala Lumpur pada 1963. Agaknya secara beransur-ansur saya memenangi keyakinan beliau kerana selalu sahaja pendapat saya dimintanya apabila undang-undang dan politik bercanggah.

“Apa jua masalah yang harus diuruskan, beliau (Dr. Ismail) mahu tahu apa kata undang-undang tentang per­kara itu. Peguam Negara waktu itu Allahyarham Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Yusof, juga seorang ahli politik dan ahli kabinet. Orangnya sibuk sekali, jadi tugas menasihati Allahyarham Tun beralih ke atas bahu saya sebagai Peguam­cara Negara.

“Hasil interaksi yang kerap dengan beliau dan Tan Sri Kadir, saya meraih keyakinan dua tokoh istimewa ini,” jelas Mohd. Salleh dalam kata pengantar biografi tersebut.

Menurut Mohd. Salleh lagi, susulan rusuhan 13 Mei 1969 Tun Abdul Razak memanggil beliau dan rakannya Allahyarham Tan Sri Hashim Yeop Sani ke Pejabat Perdana Menteri di Jalan Datuk Onn.

RUSUHAN

Sebaik Mohd. Salleh tiba di kediaman Perdana Menteri beliau melihat ada beberapa orang menteri kanan yang ikut hadir sama untuk membincangkan bagaimana cara mengendalikan rusuhan kaum itu yang sedang marak di Kuala Lumpur.

“Dari hujung Jalan Datuk Onn, kedengaran beberapa das tembakan dan kelihatan asap berkepul-kepul dari beberapa tempat di bandar raya dan daerah sekeli­ling.

“Sebentar kemudian, Allahyarham Tun Dr. Ismail yang sudah bersara daripada kabinet dua tahun sebelumnya, tiba dengan wajah penuh khuatir. Tanpa membuang masa dia pun ikut berbincang. Saya masih ingat kata-kata peringatannya kepada mereka yang hadir supaya jangan menggantung Perlembagaan buat selama-lamanya.

Katanya: “Kalau kamu ga­gal, kelak sama sahaja se­perti banyak kudeta yang lain, kamu semua nanti ditembak satu demi satu!.

“Berkat amarannya yang tegas, perbincangan berubah ha­luan lalu tertumpu pada perisytiharan keadaan darurat dan penubuhan Majlis Gerakan Negara untuk mentadbir negara sehingga suasana pulih seperti sedia kala dan Parlimen dapat bersidang semula”. kata Mohd. Salleh.

Ooi Kee Beng (2006) dalam buku biografi yang sama me­nyatakan, keadaan mulai tegang apabila parti pembangkang me­nyambut kemena­ngan dengan mengadakan tunjuk perasaan yang galak di Kuala Lumpur telah mendorong Tun Razak meminta Ismail kembali memegang jawatan Menteri Hal Ehwal Dalam Negeri.

Ketika itu angin kekacauan sudah mula bertiup kencang dan Ismail mula sedar kerajaan sedang berhadapan dengan bunga-bunga krisis dan kerana itulah dia sanggup menerima permintaan Tun Razak kembali ke dalam kabinet asalkan Perdana Menteri Tunku Abdul Rahman bersetuju.

ESOK: “Demokrasi sudah mati” - Tun Dr. Ismail

BERSAMBUNG ESOK..

source : utusan

[hot! the star interview haziq!] Haziq: My political career is over

[hot! the star interview haziq!] Haziq: My political career is over

LANGKAWI: Haziq Abdullah Abdul Aziz had wanted to run for public office in the future but his dreams have been dashed following the recent sex video scandal.

His shocking admission that he was the man in the clip and his allegation that Economic Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Azmin Ali was the other man has put a spanner in his political dream.

Furthermore, the Santubong PKR Youth chief has been slapped with a show cause letter by his party over the controversy.

He was also sacked as senior private secretary to the Deputy Primary Industries Minister. The ministry viewed his admission as “of a sordid nature”.

“This sex video scandal has affected my political dream but to what extent, I’m not really sure. But of course, in a bad way. For now, I have to forget about becoming a politician,” he added.

Haziq felt that it was tragic that he got dragged in a conspiracy to bring down Azmin politically.

“I’m a victim. I am not involved in the conspiracy and I have no idea who is behind it. I leave it to the police to investigate,” he said.

“Of course, the Malay Muslim community can’t accept this kind of behaviour. But one thing is I admit – I did it. It was a mistake and the right thing to do was to confess,” he said.

On his sacking as Datuk Seri Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin’s senior private secretary, Haziq said he felt disappointed.

“Just because I admitted that it was me in the video, how can you punish only one party when in fact the thing was done by two parties?” he asked.

On Saturday, The Star talked to Haziq in Langkawi where he went to take a break from the ordeal. Here are excerpts of the one-hour interview.

How did you and your family react when the sex video surfaced?

My family was very sad about this. On the day it went viral, my mum cried non-stop. My family was even afraid to leave the house (in Kuching).

When I made the video confession, they were shocked. At first, they thought that the video confession was fake. I told them, “look it was not fake, it was me”. They had to accept it.

Honestly, my family is very sad because my family is very conservative. And they want to jaga (take care) the good name of the family.

How did you react when the sex video came out?

I found out about the video at 8am when I woke up on June 11.

I was really shocked. At first, I thought that it was Azmin who recorded it because there is no way a senior minister’s room could be ceroboh (intruded) by anyone. The security must be tight, right?

At first, I did not want to admit it was me. At first, I felt afraid as a personal thing about me went viral. I was thinking of menyorok (go into hiding). That is why I deleted all my social media accounts.

On June 11, Hilman (Idham, who is Azmin’s political secretary) WhatsApp-ed me. He wanted to meet me. So, I asked where and he said Putrajaya Marriott. I waited for him for almost an hour before he turned up.

He basically asked me to deny it was me in the video. And he wanted to shoot my denial. I told him it is not in my nature to lie. It is not the right thing to do. Because of my refusal, Hilman got mad and he threatened me that within 48 hours he will finish it with or without me.

The thing that made me afraid was that Hilman showed me he had relations with SB (special branch), he got connections with MCMC (Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission), connections with powerful people. It was like he had control of government apparatus and I was very afraid.

After Hilman threatened me then I thought I better confess as he was willing to do anything for the sake of his boss.

But wouldn’t it have been better if you did not confess?

I was afraid that my fate would end up like Altantuya (Shaariibuu) or Kevin Morais. When people don’t know about you, anyone can harm you.

How come you looked cold in your video confession? And how come it looked like it was a deepfake and your father and friends even said it was not you?

After Hilman threatened me, I was very afraid. That is why I looked cold in the video.

Maybe, I also looked cold because the chair was big that I rested my arms on the sides and that’s why I looked awkward. But it is me. Even MCMC told me at first, they thought it was fake. Then they told me after they did their forensic analysis that they found my (confession) video was not fake but real.

Why, in your confession video, did you ask MACC (Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission) to investigate Azmin?

Because there are allegations of his corruption together with the viral sex clips. Don’t get me wrong – I was not saying the homosexual act is an act of corruption. That was not what I meant at the end of my confession video. Some members of the LGBTQ community felt offended because they thought I related homosexual act with corruption.

Aren’t you afraid that you will go to jail because of your honesty?

Of course, I’m afraid. But it is an act of sukarela (consensual). I mean there is no victim in this case. I mean those who took the video, they should punish the perpetrator. But consensual between two adults, I think, it’s not a crime.

But as a lawyer, you know that homosexual and oral sex is a crime. Aren’t you worried that you broke the law?

Of course, yes. I thought about that. But I had no choice. My safety and my life are quite important.

What do you think the public would think when they watch the sex video? What feedback did you get? Honestly, I have not read anything posted online. Because if there are negative comments, I don’t want to become stressed.

Why was there a video recording device in the room (at Four Points Sandakan)?

I am not sure because I felt that Azmin was the one who took the video for his own personal collection without my permission. That is why I was so mad.

How’s your life been in the last few days?

I don’t have my phone now. I have thrown it as I am afraid that someone will track me and kill me. I am very paranoid now.

So, I just stay in the house and watch TV and read books. Right now, I’m reading Francis Fukuyama’s Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment and watching Netflix’s Peaky Blinders (a TV drama on a notorious gang in 1919 Birmingham, England).

What’s next for you?

Right now, I don’t have a plan. But I can always go back to law practice in Kuching.

When was the first time you met Azmin? It was when I helped his campaign team in the PKR elections in 2014. Azmin was defending his deputy president’s post against Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim. After Azmin won and became Mentri Besar, I helped him professionally at first and then our relationship started to be lebih rapat (intimate).

What was your impression of him?

At that time, he was not very popular. If you remember people chopped him as having Umno DNA. We were against the norm by supporting Azmin. But we believed in his leadership and talent.

But what was your personal impression of him?

He was a very charming guy and very interesting.

How did it happen? Did you fall in love with him?

At first, we communicated using BBM (BlackBerry Messenger) because it was safer and more secure. We talked about party elections as I needed to report to him on what happened on the ground. But after the polls was over, we talked about casual things. And then I started to feel that he was homosexual when he gave hints. This was in 2016 when he was already Selangor Mentri Besar.

Are you gay or bisexual?

Ah ... Ah ... I don’t want to answer this question.

Did you ever have a girlfriend?

Yeah.

Why did people say that the lovemaking in the video was not passionate?

Because Azmin is the type of man who likes to be served – he’s the master. I guess that is his fetish. He is a political master; he is someone powerful – so he wants the guy to do it to him.

Why was there no reaction on his face? He is always like that. He is pretentious.

Are you with Pakatan Harapan or with Barisan Nasional?

Let me clear this. I joined the Perdana Fellowship programme as an intern to Nancy Shukri. (Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri, who was a Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department during the Barisan Nasional administration). Deep in my heart, I am still a PKR member. In fact, I never joined any of the BN component parties. About the allegations that I was planted by BN to do all this, if I am a BN Trojan horse, I would have lodged a police report right after we had sex at Four Points Sandakan or Hyatt Regency KL or during the 2018 PKR polls when I met Azmin at Pullman Kuching.

Is this sex video about the fight for the Prime Minister’s post?

I never thought about that. I don’t see how it can give any advantage to whoever aspires to be the next Prime Minister.

Who do you think would be the next PM?

Ok, who do I think or who do I want? Of course, I want ... . But if I say it, the public will say that – the person who I want to be PM – is behind all this.

Who do you think is behind this sex video?

I don’t have any idea. Even the police still have not come up with any conclusion.

Will the sex video split PKR?

Of course, in a way it will. In fact, PKR is divided now between two factions.

source : thestar

kzso : so what's azmin say is true...it's an insider job

LGE: MACC forfeiture list just tip of iceberg, press clubs implicated too

LGE: MACC forfeiture list just tip of iceberg, press clubs implicated too

KUALA LUMPUR: The civil forfeiture filed by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) against 41 individuals and entities to recover RM270mil from 1MDB is just the tip of the iceberg, says Lim Guan Eng.

The Finance Minister said he believed there were far more than 41 individuals and entities that had received monies from 1MDB.

However, he said he wasn't sure if the MACC would be drawing up a new list.

He said several companies and various associations, including press clubs, were involved in taking 1MDB monies.

"The list 1MDB money recipients who haven't been named in the first list is still very long.

"Tan Sri Abu Kassim Mohamed isn't sure whether there will be a new list, I'm not aware as well.

"But one thing for sure is that there are more than 41 entities who have received money from 1MDB. This includes companies, individuals, press associations which involves reporters and photographers from newspapers," he added.

Abu Kassim, the director-general of the Governance, Integrity and Anti-Corruption Centre (GIACC), was present with Lim at the Inland Revenue Board's (IRB) Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebration in Putrajaya on Tuesday (June 25).

Lim said he hoped those individuals and entities not yet named by the MACC would emulate what happened with taxpayers with the IRB's Special Voluntary Disclosure Programme. He said he hoped they would voluntarily return the monies from 1MDB to the Finance Ministry.

"Don't wait for the MACC to publish another list and freeze your accounts.

"I believe that this method is not only respected by the people, but would also reduce the government's challenges in recovering monies from 1MDB.

source : thestar 

1MDB: High Court orders Umno, six others to respond to govt’s forfeiture suit

1MDB: High Court orders Umno, six others to 

respond to govt’s forfeiture suit

Published on 25 June 2019

BY KENNETH TEE

Datuk Seri Hasan Malek is seen at the High Court in Kuala Lumpur June 25, 2019. — Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri

KUALA LUMPUR, June 25 — The High Court today ordered Umno and six others to respond to the government’s forfeiture lawsuit against them after the suit came up in court for the first time.

High Court Judge Mohamed Zaini Mazlan made the order in relation to the civil forfeiture suit filed by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to recover 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) monies last week.

Mohamed Zaini ordered Umno and six other respondents to respond to the government’s forfeiture lawsuit against them by filling their respective affidavits.

“All respondents need to file their affidavits in reply to the prosecution’s applications by July 25,” he said, adding the prosecution needed to file their replies to the seven lawsuits by August 15.

The court also fixed the next case mention for the seven lawsuits on July 29.

According to the lawsuit, Umno received around RM212 million of the total RM270 million allegedly misappropriated from 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).

Lawyer Nurfazreen Hazrina Rahim is seen at the High Court in Kuala Lumpur June 25, 2019. — Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri

Apart from Umno, four entities and two individuals — including former Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Hasan Malek — also appeared in court today after they were named as respondents.

The government is seeking to forfeit over RM216 million from Umno, late Paya Besar MP Datuk Seri Abdul Manan Ismail, Hasan, Wanita MCA, Umno Sabah Liaison Committee and two companies, Binsara Sdn Bhd and Perano Sdn Bhd.

The breakdown of the rest of forfeiture lawsuit are; RM1.25 million from Umno Sabah, RM300,000 from Wanita MCA, RM337,634.78 from Perano, RM827,250 from Binsabi, RM100,000 from Hasan and RM265,146.16 from Abdul Manan.

Deputy public prosecutor Kamal Baharin Omar also informed the court that they were also seeking to publish a notice in the Gazette to call upon interested parties to contest the seized money.

Lawyers representing the seven individuals and entities did not object to the Gazette order.

Umno was represented by lawyer Nurfazreen Hazrina Rahim, Alane Neo acted for Wanita MCA, lawyers Muhammad Hasi Hassan and Mohd Khalil Tajuddin acted for Binsabi, Thevini Nayagam for Perano, Harcharanjit Singh for Umno Sabah, and Amin Othman for Hasan.

High Court Judge Mohamed Zaini then allowed the prosecution to prepare a national Gazette two months from today by August 28.

Meanwhile, Kamal said that the prosecution seeks to amend the lawsuit against Abdul Manan as he had passed away in February last year.

“We want to substitute the claim with his wife’s name as estate,” he said.

Datin Seri Rohizah Ahmad is seen at the High Court in Kuala Lumpur June 25, 2019. — Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri

Abdul Manan’s widow, Datin Seri Rohizah Ahmad, earlier attended court proceedings.

In the forfeiture action, the Malaysian government is seeking to forfeit properties and monies that was dispersed or misused from 1MDB.

These funds were purportedly disbursed via an Ambank account opened under the name of former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

The lawsuit was filed against 41 recipients including political parties like Umno and MCA under Section 56 of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 (AMLA).

The entities or individuals named can challenge the forfeiture suit in court by filing in their notice of appearance and respective affidavits to convince the court that the civil forfeiture action should not be allowed.

A second batch of suits involving the respondents is expected to be heard at the High Court on July 2.

Lawyer Harcharanjit Singh representing the Umno Sabah Liaison Committee is seen at the High Court in Kuala Lumpur June 25, 2019. — Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri

source : malaymail

Dr M as PM a collective PKR decision, no change to his leadership timeline, says party sec-gen

Dr M as PM a collective 

PKR decision, no change 

to his leadership timeline, 

says party sec-gen

Published 3 hours ago on 25 June 2019

BY R. LOHESWAR

Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail speaks during a press conference in Putrajaya June 25, 2019. ― Picture by Shafwan Zaidon

PUTRAJAYA, June 25 — PKR secretary-general Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail today reiterated that nobody in PKR is pushing for Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad to step down as prime minister to make way for Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s ascension within the next two years.

Saifuddin said the party had collectively agreed to Dr Mahathir — who is from Bersatu — as prime minister when the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition defeated Barisan Nasional (BN) in the general election last year.

“Four months before the 14th general election, the party had already agreed to put Tun as the prime minister and there is no change to this timeline,” Saifuddin told reporters here after a news conference on living costs at the Prime Minister’s Office.

“People are entitled to their opinion, we can’t stop them, but the decision to make Tun the prime minister was a party decision.“Even Anwar, in his many meetings with Tun has said there is no issue with the arrangement,” he added.

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Saifuddin was asked his comment on Dr Mahathir’s recent reported remark that he will step down mid-term for Anwar.

US broadcaster CNBC reported the 93-year-old saying he would relinquish the PM post in three years instead of two, though Dr Mahathir has since denied making that claim.

Saifuddin stressed that the government leadership succession plan was decided in January 2018 during the party’s two-day convention in Shah Alam, Selangor and remains unchanged.

“In this matter, I appreciate the media’s interest in following it; however, the decisions on succession was made on January 6 and 7 last year and was agreed by everyone,” he said.

source : malaymail