Mahathir According to SOROS

AS IS WHERE IS BASIS Taxpayers and voters were made to pay for his ‘visionionary’ expenses enriching selected vendors along the way all paid by taxpayer or rakyat’s money. The corruption of Mahathir based on SOROS’ REPLY TO MAHATHIR – Adapted from Bangkok Post (Not published locally)

 

I have always said Dr Mahathir is a menace to his own people. Now only you can see the effects of his foolishness when the ringgit has halved its value overnight and your economy goes kaput. Single handedly you have caused hardship to millions of your own people. You have built useless mega projects at tremendous cost to the country.

The telecoms tower in Kuala Lumpur and the highest building in the world show how stupid you are. Not only does it cause massive traffic jam, it has totally no purpose.

If you need high ground for telecoms antennae a nearby mountain is there for free.

This tower has no purpose from the ground up to 300 metres. The satelites make this totally unneccesary. A fool and his money are soon parted. The only thing is you are the fool and the money belongs to Malaysians. You make 20% in every project, you have real estate in Japan and billions of shares corruptly acquired.

Your 3 sons are worth 8 billion US$. Where do they get this money? Of course, corruption.

You are known as the Marcos of Malaysia, having enriched yourself to the tune of billions.

You dare to shed crocodile tears during UMNO delegates meeting about the ills of corruption.

Yet you are the most corrupt of all the prime ministers before you. A thief is crying thief and hopes people look the other way. Who dares to say anything when the chief is caught with his hands in the candy jar?

You said wisdom is not the monopoly of the West. So is foolishness. You have more foolishness than most people would believe. Billions are used to build two high rise Petronas buildings that benefit nobody. They now stand tall, a symbol of stupidity and irresponsibility. Instead they just add on to traffic jams. What is this reclamation of 10 islands off Kedah? Totally absurd and stupid. Of course your benefit is 20%. And the bridge across from Malacca to Sumatra across international waters?

Why not build a bridge to the moon? I am sure you still can get your 20%. You called me a Moron. How can a Moron make so much money. By allowing short selling and borrowing millions of shares from your banks we fund managers made millions out of your inexperience and poor regulations.

You lose all Malaysians’ money, therefore you are the Moron. Now you know too late and start crying over spilt milk.

Corrupt Dictator to IBM to Smallest One

In Australia you are known as the recalcitrant ego maniac; in UKthe corrupt bastard because of your stupid purchase of our movie studio and the 290 million ringgit Lotus racing car plant and the shady Pergau dam loans from the UK. They are useless to us and you still want to buy them.

What about buying British reject submarines through your agent, of course. The agent/ broker is designed to make millions out of the Malaysian government..

Your purchase of our battleships is at least 50% more than others are paying. Your purchase of 9 hospitals from UK lock, stock and barrel does not support your local architects or your industry and the British send you obsolete medical equipment. The design is atrocious, one end to the other is half a kilometer and there is no CT-scan, an absolute necessity.

In the UK your face appears in no less than 17 newspapers as a corrupt dictator. In Malaysia you are known as the (IBM) International Big Mouth. In Japan they call you the ‘smallest one’ (brain size). In Pacific islands, the Santa Claus (giving advice left and right). In south America they call you the parrot (he talks a lot but does not know what it is about). In Manila the living Marcos.

In Malaysia they are spending millions to lure tourists and you talk rubbish scaring every foreigner away. When he is dumb he is doubted a fool, when he opens his mouth it removes all doubt.”

56 YEARS UNDER BN

1. PKFZ RM12 billion

2. Submarine Commission RM500 million

3. Sime Darby RM964 million

4. Paya Indah Westland RM88 million

5. Pos Malaysia (Transmile) RM230 million lost

6. Eurocopter deal RM1 billion wasted?

7. Terengganu Stadium collapse RM292 million

8. MRR2 repair cost RM70 million

9. Maybank overpaid BII RM4 billion

10. Tourism – NYY kickback RM10 million

11. 3 paintings bought by MAS RM1.5 million

12. Overpayment by Sport Ministry RM8.4 million

13. London’s white elephant sports complex RM70 million

14. MATRADE repairs RM120 million

15. Cost of new plane used by PM RM200 million

16. InventQ irrecoverable debt RM228 million

17. Compensation for killing crooked bridge RM257 million

18. Loss in selling Augusta RM 510 million

19. Worth of APs given out in a year RM1.8 billion

20. Submarines (future Muzium Negara artifacts) RM4.1 billion

21. PSC Naval dockyard RM6.75 billion

22. The Bank Bumiputra twin scandals in the early 1980s saw US$1 billion losses (RM3.2 billion in 2008)

23. The Maminco attempt to corner the World Tin Market in the 1980s is believed to have cost some US$500 million (RM1.6 billion)

24. Betting in foreign exchange futures cost Bank Negara Malaysia RM30 billion in the 1990s

25. Perwaja Steel’s US$800 million (RM2.56 billion) losses

26. Use of RM10 billion public funds in the Valuecap Sdn Bhd operation to shore up the stock market

27. Banking scandal of RM700 million losses in Bank Islam

28. The sale of M.V. Agusta by Proton for one Euro making a loss of €75.99 million (RM348 million) Same as No.20?

29. Wang Ehsan from oil royalty on Terengganu RM7.4 billion from 2004 – 2007

30. For the past 10 years since Philharmonic Orchestra
was established, this orchestra has swallowed a total of RM500 million. Hiring a Kwai-Lo CEO with a salary of more than RM1 million per annum!

31. In Advisors Fees, Mahathir was paid RM180,000, Shahrizat Abdul RM404,726 and Abdul Hamid Othman (religious) RM549,675 per annum

32. The government has spent a total of RM3.2 billion in teaching Maths and Science in English over the past five years. Of the amount, the government paid a whopping RM2.21 billion for the purchase of information and computer technology (ICT) equipment which it is unable to give a breakdown. Government paid more than RM6,000 per notebook vs per market price of less than RM3,000 through some new consortiums that was setup just to transact the notebook deal. There was no Maths & Science Content for the teachers and the notebooks are all with the teachers’ children now.

33. The commission paid for purchase of jets and submarines to two private companies – Perimeker Sdn Bhd and IMT Defence Sdn Bhd amounted to RM910 million.  Expanding on No. 2?

37. RM300 million to compensate Gerbang Perdana for the RM1.1 billion “Crooked Scenic Half-Bridge”

38. RM1.3 billion has been wasted building the white elephant Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) facilities on cancellation of the Malaysia-Singapore Scenic Bridge

39. RM100 million on renovation of Parliament building which leaks

40. National Astronaut (actually tourist) Programme – RM40 million

41. National Service Training Programme – yearly an estimate of RM 500 million

42. Eye of Malaysia  – RM30 million and another RM5.7 million of free tickets

43. RM2.4 million on indelible ink

44. Samy Vellu  announced in September 2006 that the government paid compensation amounting to RM38.5 billion to 20 highway companies. RM380 million windfalls for 9 toll concessionaires earned solely from the toll hike in 2008 alone

45. RM32 million timber export kickbacks involving companies connected to Sarawak Chief Minister and his family.

46. Two bailouts of Malaysia Airline System RM7.9 billion. At a  time when MAS is incurring losses every year, RM1.55 million used to buy three paintings to decorate its Chairman’s (Munir) office. Expanding on No.11

47. Putra transport system bailout which cost RM4.486 billion.

48. STAR-LRT bailout costing RM3.256 billion.

49. National Sewerage System bailout costing RM192.54 million.

50. Seremban-Port Dickson Highway bailout costing RM142 million

51. Kuching Prison bailout costing RM135 million

52. Kajian Makanan dan Gunaan Orang Islam bailout costing RM8.3 million

53. Le Tour de Langkawi bailout costing RM3.5 Million

54. Wholesale distribution of tens of millions of shares in Bursa Malaysia under the guise of NEP to cronies, children and relatives of BN leaders and ministers worth billions of ringgit.

55. Alienation of tens of thousands of hectares of commercial lands and forestry concessions to children and relatives of BN leaders and Ministers worth tens of billions of ringgits.

56. Since 1997, Petronas has handed out a staggering RM30 billion in natural gas subsidies to IPPs who were reaping huge profits. In addition, there were much wastages and forward trading of Petronas oil in the 1990s based on the low price of oil then. Since the accounts of Petronas are for the eyes of the Prime Minister only, we have absolutely no idea of the amount.

57. RM5,700 for a car jack worth only RM50

58. Government-owned vehicle consumed a tank of petrol worth RM113 within a few minutes

59 A pole platform that cost RM990 was bought for RM30,000

60. A thumb drive that cost RM90 was bought for RM480

61. A cabinet that cost RM1,500 was bought for RM13,500

62. A flashlight that cost RM35 was bought for RM143

63. Expenses for 1Malaysia campaign paid to APCO?

64. RM17 billion subsidy to IPP

65. US$24 million Diamond Ring for Ro$mah  -    Cancellation of Order – how much compensation ?

66. CowGate RM250 Million

67. Monsoon Cup  RM800 million per year

68. Illicit Fund Transfers out of Malaysia ( 2000 – 2009) : RM 1,077,000,000,000!

69. Tajudin-Danaharta settlement to cover up for Dr M and Daim

70. Billions of ringgit toll concessions that disadvantage the government and taxpayers

Malaysian Maverick Barry Wain on Malaysia

watch video

HONG KONG, Jan. 19, 2009 – Barry Wain offers blunt assesments of Malaysia’s “exposed” economy and a lurid government murder scandal. (4 min., 3 sec.)

HONG KONG, January 19, 2010 -
Corruption in Malaysia is spiraling out of control, according to Barry Wain, Writer-in-Residence at the Singapore-based Institute of Southeast Asian Studies and author of the new book Malaysian Maverick: Mahathir Mohamad in Turbulent Times. Wain made the charge in a talk before the Asia Society Hong Kong Center in which he addressed a number of problems currently besetting the nation of 28 million people.

“The place has always been corrupt,” Wain alleged, “and it has deteriorated markedly and shows up in Transparency International’s annual report. In UMNO (the ruling party), people join to get advantages in business, to get contracts. They expect to make money by joining the party. UMNO itself as a party needs to reform, but it needs to be part of wider reforms to stamp out corruption.”

A former editor of the Asian Wall Street Journal, Wain blamed Malaysia’s controversial affirmative action program for the exodus of talented Malaysians to neighboring Singapore, which has prompted concerns of a brain drain. “Its benefits are no longer accruing to Malaysians who need it most—the poorest. They are accruing to the best-connected Malaysians, basically those connected to the ruling party.”

Meanwhile, the predominantly Muslim nation is beset by worsening ethnic tensions triggered by political considerations. “When UMNO is in trouble,” Wain said, “when it looks like it’s losing its appeal, it harps on about Malay domination that flows into Islam and religion, and gets nasty. I think inter-ethnic relations have deteriorated and I’m a bit worried about the way it might go, particularly if UMNO starts getting closer to defeat.”

Wrestling with the long-term decline of his party, Najib Razak—who became Prime Minister last April—has been hindered by the pervasive patronage system that was in place under former premier, Mahathir Mohamad. To make matters worse, Wain continued, Najib’s reputation has been tainted by a scandal in which one of his key advisers was acquitted in the murder of his ex-lover, a Mongolian model.

“It is potentially very embarrassing for the prime minister to be implicated in such a grisly murder this way. His attitude is to ride it out and hope it goes away. Unless he comes clean and makes a statement and explain the connection, it may haunt him for a long time,” Wain speculated.

With a rising level of discontent, the disaffected have turned to the coalition of opposition parties led by Anwar Ibrahim, the former finance minister. A one-time protégé of Mahathir Mohamad and UMNO stalwart, Anwar spent almost 20 years in the party until losing favor with Mahathir.

“Malaysians will have to make up their own minds how much they trust him. There’s certainly a prevailing view that he changes too quickly and too often and cannot be trusted,” observed Wain.

Reported by Penny Tang, Asia Society Hong Kong Center

http://asiasociety.org/policy/governance/national/malaysia-after-mahathir

The ‘arrogant leader’ in Teoh’s interrogation

Friday, July 22 @ 08:18:07 CDT

RCI REPORT Contrary to his testimony, Hishamuddin Hashim was found to have been in full control and actively involved in the entire operation.

Although the then Selangor MACC deputy director Hishamuddin Hashim had disclaimed active involvement in the graft busting operation which led to the death of Teoh Beng Hock, the royal commission of inquiry (RCI), however, found that he had played an instrumental role in the tragedy.

According to the report, contrary to his testimony, Hishamuddin (above) was found to have been in full control and actively involved in the entire operation from the very start.

The commission discovered that during the period of the operation, the officers involved would keep him updated twice in a day when he would give them specific directions.

“Even when the officers were on the ground, they would call him on their mobile phones for directions should they encounter any problem in the operation, or he would call them to give directions,” the report said.

“He not only was involved but he also unleashed his officers to do his bidding in order to get results within that night (of July 15) and morning (of July 16) come hell or high water.

“He was clearly accountable for what transpired at the Selangor MACC during the period in question, and the submission of counsel for the MACC falls flat in the face of these facts,” read the RCI report.

It pointed out that Teoh was driven to commit suicide by the “aggressive, relentless, oppressive and unscrupulous interrogations” by MACC officers acting on Hishamuddin’s orders.

The commission named Hishamuddin, together with two of his officers – Mohd Anuar Ismail and Mohd Ashraf Mohd Yunus, as the trio who questioned Teoh in the postulated fourth interrogation that was described as the “final straw that broke the camel’s back”.

Deadly obsession with achieving aim

Therefore, the RCI report stressed that although there was no direct evidence to prove that Hishamuddin had a hand in the death of Teoh, he should be held responsible for the actions taken by him and his officers, which propelled Teoh to take his own life.

NONEThe senior officer, who has been with the MACC for 21 years, was described by the report as an “arrogant leader who would have no qualms in lying as long as his ends were achieved, regardless of the means employed”.

“We found him to be arrogant, given to falsehoods, untruthful and uncompromising in his stand.”

However, he had been promoted after the incident and currently holds the senior position as Negeri Sembilan MACC director.

The commission said Hishamuddin had launched a full-scale operation, mobilising the whole Selangor MACC while seeking manpower support from other MACC offices on the mere belief in the informant and without supporting facts.

“…Hishamuddin should have exercised every caution as the complaint was serious in nature and involved the state government of Selangor…,” read the report.

The commission said Hishamuddin was simply too stubborn to retreat from his mistake in mounting such a massive operation against Selangor elected representatives, particularly when it had received wide and extensive press coverage.

Disappointed at the negative result obtained from witnesses, the commission believed that Hishamuddin must have resorted to a personal and more aggressive interrogation of Teoh since the latter held the vital link between Ean Yong and the suppliers or contractors.

“And if anything were to be made to ‘stick’ on Ean Yong, it would have to be through Teoh,” the report added.

‘Iron grip a major hindrance’

Hishamudin’s tight grip on his officers also hindered the RCI from unearthing the truth from other MACC officers.

“Hishamuddin was described by MACC officer Azian as a workaholic. As a boss, he also instilled fear in his officers. Opportunities for promotion rested mainly in his hands.

“The whole range of interview-interrogation techniques would have been employed by his officers and himself to satisfy his desire to obtain results in the shortest possible time.

“Thus, it was not at all surprising that most of his officers, save two strong souls (Azeen and Azian) who pointed out the truth, had the inevitable habit of lying,” read the RCI report.

teoh beng hock rci witness 57 270411 azeen hafees jamaluddinAzeen Hafees Jamaluddin (left) and Azian Umar were the two MACC officers who exposed Hishamuddin’s falsehoods during the inquiry.

They revealed that Hishamuddin had called all the Selangor MACC officers involved in the case for a meeting on July 16 evening, to exclude himself from the responsibility and shift it all to Anuar.

The commission noted that Hishammudin appeared to have absolute authority to probe anyone whom he suspected to be involved in any corrupt practice in the state without even informing or obtaining the consent of his superiors at the Putrajaya headquarters of the MACC headquarters.

But the commission was later told by the current MACC deputy chief commissioner that this shortcoming had been rectified and that certain cases in any state now require approval and consent from HQ before investigations can commence.

The report also touched on the anonymous letter dated Aug 5, 2009 purportedly written by MACC officers which alleged the corrupt practices, misconduct and abuse of power committed by Hishamuddin in connection with the cases involving Teoh and former Selangor menteri besar Mohamad Khir Toyo.

It pointed out that although the letter had received the attention of the then-MACC chief commissioner, the anti-graft body did not carry out a formal investigation on the matter, given that the anti-graft body has very wide powers to set its investigative machinery in motion.

“According to section 29 of the MACC Act, a report may be made orally or in writing, and in the present matter before this RCI, the information that set the investigation machinery of the MACC in motion had purportedly been conveyed to Hishamuddin merely over the telephone,” the report added.

RCI: MACC officers LIED to cover-up the nefarious activities – TEOH WAS NEVER RELEASED FROM CUSTODY

Can Malaysians trust and cooperate with officers from a department responsible to uphold principles of morality and integrity when they keep on lying to the public?

Hishamuddin Hashim

(look at this MM report dated Oct 15, 2009)

MACC not responsible for Teoh’s death, say witness

Submitted by ayu on Thursday, October 15th, 2009

Bernama

Thursday, October 15th, 2009 12:59:00

The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s (MACC) deputy director for Selangor today told the inquest into the death of Teoh Beng Hock that the commission was not responsible for the political aide’s death because the deceased was no longer under its responsibility when he died.

Hishamuddin Hashim in his testimony, said Teoh had been allowed to go home after giving a statement at the Selangor MACC’s office on the 14th floor of Plaza Masalam here, before he was found dead on the fifth floor of the same building on July 16.

Negeri Sembilan MACC Director (current) Hishamuddin Hashim Lied in Court

But the RCI concluded that Teoh was never released and was still detained by Selangor MACC as other witnesses were also not allowed to go home and “his attendence was practically effected by force although claimed otherwise and therefore the panel cannot percieve Teoh would have wanted to stay a minute longer if he was free”.

( Meaning that Teoh was still in the custody of MACC when he died. Hence MACC MUST take FULL RESPONSIBILITY for his death. )

Blue wall of silence

The RCI stated that the conferment of extensive powers on MACC without checks and balances would inevitably result in those powers being abused, and such abuse becomes difficult to prove as the only witnesses would be those officers whose conduct was being probed.

The RCI had earlier found that anti-graft officers in Selangor viewed witnesses and suspects as “the enemy” and were brutal in their interview techniques,

“The investigation into this will bring in its wake the inherent and harsh realities of meeting ‘a blue wall of silence’ based on brotherhood ties among those officers. The characteristics of this ‘blue wall of silence’ came amply into play in the present case as evidenced by untruths spouted by MACC officers to cover-up the nefarious activities that took place on July 15 and 16.

(Isn’t lying in court /RCIs an act of Pejury i.e. The deliberate, willful giving of false, misleading, or incomplete testimony under oath.)

“This clinging to brotherhood ties by those officers has resulted in our facing extreme difficulties in gathering evidence to arrive at the truth.”

It noted that the Selangor MACC’s operation to obtain evidence to support its corruption case had led to the death of, whom it described in the report as “a young man in the prime of life who had everything to look forward to’ and whose family had been “robbed” of a son, brother, husband and father.

FORCED SUICIDE IS HOMICIDE AND ACTION MUST BE TAKEN AGAINST TBH’S MURDERERS. JUSTICE MUST BE DONE!!

RCI: ‘Arrogant Leader’ should be held responsible for the actions taken by him

Hishamuddin Hashim, was found to to be arrogant, given to falsehoods, untruthful and uncompromising in his stand,” RCI said, noting that Hishammuddin had persistently lied being part of the operation.

HH launched a full-scale operation involving a large number of witnesses and mobilised the whole Selangor MACC and sought manpower support from other MACC officers as well based only on mere belief. Who gave the instruction to HH to conduct such massive exercise. It is obvious that there was political motive to take over the Selangor government.

An anonymous letter, purportedly from all MACC officers in the country, accused Hishammuddin of misconduct and power abuses which involved former Selangor Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Khir Toyo. These accusations were NEVER investigated.

TEOH BENG HOCK WAS NOT EVEN A SUSPECT BUT MERELY A WITNESS!

Teoh Beng Hock died based on a blatant lie . Shockingly , HH has now been promoted to head Negeri Sembilan MACC.

RCI: Senior graftbuster launched Selangor investigation on ‘mere belief’
By Debra Chong
July 21, 2011

KUALA LUMPUR, July 21 — A senior Selangor anti-graft officer launched a full-scale fund abuse investigation solely on an informant’s “mere belief” and without supporting facts, the royal panel reviewing the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s (MACC) procedures said.
In its report released today, the Foong Commission found Hishammuddin Hashim (HH) “passionately involved” in the graft operation against a Selangor DAP lawmaker, leading to the death of his political aide Teoh Beng Hock.

“There was no direct evidence to prove that HH had a hand in the death of TBH. But as the senior most officer involved in the operation… he should be held responsible for the actions taken by him and his officers which propelled TBH to commit suicide,” the royal commission of inquiry (RCI) said.

“We found him to be arrogant, given to falsehoods, untruthful and uncompromising in his stand,” it said, noting that Hishammuddin had persistently denied being part of the operation.

The panel said they only learnt the truth when two of Hishammuddin’s men testified the former Selangor MACC deputy director was the one who issued all instructions and even directed the officers on who and how to interview witnesses.

Hishammuddin is now the Negri Sembilan MACC director, the panel noted.

“From the start we observed that he was fully convinced of the truth of the information he had received. However, he was fully aware of the fact that information was grounded on the belief of the informant that Selangor state assemblymen were receiving monies from the allocation without the programmes being held or the projects being carried out,” it said.

It noted that Hishammuddin who had 19 years experience then “should have exercised every caution as the complaint was serious in nature and involved the State government of Selangor”.

The RCI added that instead of carrying out basic groundwork to confirm the truth of his informant’s claims, “he launched a full-scale operation involving a large number of witnesses and mobilised the whole Selangor MACC and sought manpower support from other MACC officers as well for this purpose”.

The panel said Hishammuddin could have checked by interviewing independent persons who had previously attended the events, or visited the project sites, or even call up the land or district offices to know if the budgeted programmes had been held.

The RCI also noted an anonymous letter, purportedly from all MACC officers in the country, addressed to its chief, which accused Hishammuddin of misconduct and power abuses in connection with Teoh’s case  and former Selangor Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Khir Toyo.

The letter was submitted as evidence although there was no proof to suggest a formal investigation was ever carried out.

The RCI noted that Hishammuddin had been described by his fellow officers as a “workaholic” and an ambitious person who put fear in his colleagues.

“Thus, it was not at all surprising that most of his officers… had the inevitable habit of lying,” it said.

The RCI recommended that the MACC Act passed two years ago be amended to prevent further abuses and misinterpretation of the law and to afford protection to witnesses and suspects against human-rights abuses as well as to take a more balance approach in the fight against corruption.

Teoh’s sister: My brother was murdered

Tarani Palani | July 21, 2011

Teoh Beng Hock’s family rejects the RCI findings that he committed suicide and will consider a judicial review.

KUALA LUMPUR: The family of Teoh Beng Hock said today that they rejected the findings of the Royal Commission Inquiry (RCI) that Teoh had committed suicide due to aggressive interrogation techniques by three Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officers.

Teoh’s sister Teoh Lee Lan told reporters that the family cannot accept the report’s conclusion that her brother had been driven to suicide, saying that her brother was not a weak individual.

“We cannot accept the (RCI’s) conclusion… that he was driven to suicide. That is not an answer to us,” she said .

The clearly distraught and angry Lee Lan said that RCI report still failed to provide answers. Although it had pointed to bad interrogation techniques, it fell short of stating that Teoh was murdered.

“(The report) showed that he was badly tortured. But did they prove that Beng Hock was murdered? These RCI finding shows how bad MACC procedure is. (But) it did not tell us what really happened to Beng Hock,”she said.

“It is not an answer for us. We will continue to fight for justice.”

Lee Lan, who was reduced to tears during the press conference, said that her brother was not weak.

Minister in the Prime Minister’s department Nazri Abdul Aziz said earlier that the RCI conclusion was also supported by forensic psychiatrist Dr Paul Mullen, who was engaged by the Bar Council.

Mullen had said that Teoh’s risk of committing suicide soared drastically due to the long hours of aggressive interrogation.

Lee Lan also said that the MACC had killed her sibling, quoting many eye-witnesses who have recounted their experiences during RCI proceedings.

“They killed him. This fact we know,” she said adamantly.

Lee Lan also slammed the government saying: “The RCI report merely tell us that the government doesn’t want to bear the responsibility. They used some improper manner, but nobody tells who should bear the responsibility.”

“We will not compromise, we will go nationwide and tell all that you are an irresponsible government.”

‘Time needed to study report’

Meanwhile, family lawyer, Karpal Singh, said that more time was need in order to study the report carefully before deciding on the next course of action.

He added that they will most likely decide on the matter next week.

Asked if any legal criminal charges can be taken against the three MACC interrogators, Karpal said that the focus should instead be on the RCI conclusion that Teoh had committed suicide.

“We have to look at the larger picture (the matter) of suicide. The finding (that was) suicide, that is what we are concerned about,” Karpal said, agreeing with the family’s sentiment that they did not accept the verdict of suicide.

Karpal also said that the family would definitely consider a judicial review as suggested by Nazri.

“The RCI, although it is a royal inquiry, it is still an inferior tribunal. In law, its findings are still reviewable by the High Court,” he added.

Elaborating further on the matter of criminal prosecution of the MACC officers, another lawyer for the family, Gobind Singh, said that legal action against officers alleged to have abetted Teoh’s suicide was not a common occurrence and needs time to be studied.

“It is not something that commonly happens. I can tell you in India there is a law that prosecutes in-laws who drive women to suicide,” he said, adding that Malaysia did not have such law.

The RCI, which was headed by Federal Court Judge James Foong, had reached its conclusion unanimously.

Its proceedings, which began in February this year, ended after five months which saw the five-men commission taking testimonies from some 70 witnesses, including MACC and police officers and other forensic experts.

The 124-page report was then was submitted to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin on June 22. A copy was also given to Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak.

Teoh Beng Hock’s wife: It’s a slap in the face

Soh Cher Wei compares the findings of the commissioners a ‘slap’ that has woken her from slumber. The wife of Teoh Beng Hock has described the months of anticipation waiting for the findings of the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) into her husband’s death as a “dream” that had just ended. “Thanking” the RCI for allowing her at least to have false hopes that justice would be done over her husband’s death, Soh Cher Wei (left) compared the findings of the commissioners a “slap” that had woken her from slumber. “Thanks to the RCI for letting me dream for a few months. Now that I’ve been slapped (awake), it’s time to rise,” she said in a mobile text message to the press. Meanwhile, in Alor Gajah, Teoh’s mother does not acept the RCI’s finding that her son committed suicide. Teng Shuw Hoi, 58, said she does not believe her son committed suicide because he was a good person. “I am a mother, I cannot accept that my son committed suicide,” she told Bernama when met at her home today. Teng did not wish to comment further and said the family’s lawyer would be making a statement on the matter. She said she and her husband Teoh Leong Hwee and the other members of her family would be going to Kuala Lumpur later today to meet their lawyers. Sombre mood at family’s press conference Later in the evening, a sombre mood hung over Teoh’s family’s press conference, as the RCI report had dashed their hopes of proving Beng Hock was murdered. “We cannot accept this decision. Beng Hock driven to suicide, is not an answer for us,” slammed Teoh’s sister Lee Lan, unable to hold back her tears. “The whole country knows that Beng Hock wouldn’t commit suicide, but the government refused to bear the responsibility.” Silently weeping by Lee Lan’s (right) side was her mother Teng and father Leong Hwee, who all vouched that their youngest son was “not weak” as stated in the findings of the RCI. “They (RCI) proved that Beng Hock was treated badly and tortured. But they did not show that Beng Hock was murdered,” said Lee Lan, insisting that her brother was killed. “The RCI report merely tells us that the government doesn’t want to bear the responsibility. “What really happened to Beng Hock? They said they searched through all the evidence but did they really perform their job. This is not an answer,” she said. The family’s lawyer, Karpal Singh said that they are in the process of studying and dissecting the report before pursuing the matter further. “This is unacceptable, they (the family) wants justice done not the ruling of suicide,” said Karpal, adding that the family is not ruling out a judicial review of the findings. He added that they do not regret pulling out from RCI proceedings in the beginning. Beng Hock’s family had applied to have the RCI proceeding postponed until the revision of the inquest’s open verdict was decided upon. However, this was denied. The revision pending in the Shah Alam High Court is expected to heard on Aug 18 and 19. Karpal, however, added that the RCI is an “inferior tribunal” and its findings are reviewable by the high court. Quizzed on whether there are legal avenues to prosecute the three Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officers found guilty of driving Beng Hock to suicide during the overnight questioning on July 16, 2009, he said: “There cannot be an abetment to suicide. Most probably disciplinary action will be taken against them.” Lawyer Gobind Singh also agreed but added that they have yet to thoroughly study the report to make a conclusive statement. Legal recourse to punish the three MACC officers for driving Beng Hock to suicide is “not something common”, he said. “It is not something that commonly happens. I can tell you in India there is a law that allows for the prosecution of family (in-laws) who drive women to suicide,” he said, adding that Malaysia did not have such law. Ex-boss: MACC caused Beng Hock’s death Teoh’s former boss, Selangor exco member Ean Yong Hean Wah, said in a statement that he still does not believe that Beng Hock committed suicide. However, he said the RCI report at least proved that the investigate officer of MACC had abused their power. It is true that they had applied tough measures on Teoh and they also used improper procedures in interrogating Beng Hock. Ean Yong (right) claimed that due to this abuse of power, tough measures and improper interrogation procedure, the MACC had caused the death of Beng Hock. “The RCI’s investigation process seems to be reasonable, which also exposed lots of MACC’s scandals. But the investigation report was out of expectations and seems unreasonable. “I believe that all Malaysians will have their own measurement in themselves, and the truth of the incident will never able to be covered up,” he added. “In fact, the investigation results of MACC shown that neither me nor Beng Hock was involved in any abused of power or receive any bribe. This also proved that the action of MACC was to act against Pakatan’s assemblypersons in Selangor and has an ulterior political motive behind it along with PM Najib Abdul Razak’s conspiracy on getting back Selangor political power ‘at all costs’,” Ean Yong said. He vowed to continue to try to find out the truth about Beng Hock’s death, until the real murderer has been charged, and justice is done. TI-M: Public has to trust findings In another development, Transparency International-Malaysia (TI-M) president Paul Low told Bernama that the public has to trust the findings of the RCI. “We have to trust the findings of the RCI because it is properly constituted with people of integrity,” he told reporters in Putrajaya today. However, Low (right) said the way of interrogation by the MACC needed to be revamped. “This is to make sure it is done in a professional and proper manner,” he said. “If they violate the SOPs (standard operating procedures), then under the disciplinary procedures of the MACC, they have to take the proper action,” he said, referring to the MACC officers who interrogated Teoh. Additional reporting by Nigel Aw.

RCI names MACC men as ‘abuser’, ‘bully’ and ‘the arrogant leader’

“HH the arrogant leader who would have no qualms about lying as long as his ends were achieved, regardless of the means employed,” the report said.

 

By Debra Chong

July 21, 2011

KUALA LUMPUR, July 21 — A royal commission said Teoh Beng Hock was broken by three senior graft investigators it referred to as “Arman the bully, Ashraf the abuser and HH the arrogant leader.”

It also concluded that most MACC officers in its Selangor office were prone to lying.

The trio are the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) then deputy director for Selangor Hishammuddin Hashim, officers Arman Alies and Mohd Ashraf Mohd Yunus, who were among a number of investigators named in the commission’s report as having broken Teoh Beng Hock during a four-stage interrogation session that started from July 15, 2009 to the next day.

The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Teoh’s death said that “Arman the bully” would “manipulate his witness to obtain evidence.”

“Ashraf the abuser.” it said, was described as Machiavellian in his method to secure evidence.

But what was most damning in the report’s assessment of MACC methods was their description of Hishammuddin.

“HH the arrogant leader who would have no qualms about lying as long as his ends were achieved, regardless of the means employed,” the report said.

As a boss, Hishammuddin was also said to instill fear among his officers.

Under Hishammuddin, most officers also had the inevitable habit of lying, the report concluded.

Three psychological experts also said that Teoh’s mental state had shifted immediately when he was taken in for questioning by on July 15, 2009  “from the low-risk group to the high-risk group for suicide”.

Below are the panel’s other remarks:

•    “TBH appeared to have been propelled into a fear-inducing situation as shown by the pattern of calls that he made when the MACC officers were conducting their investigations into the office. He needed reassurance form his colleagues… he was pacified when given the chance by Anuar to discuss his concerns privately for a few minutes with both YB and Manoharan in the SUK building before he was taken away to the Selangor office but when not allowed to see them after that he was cut off from outside world

•    “Taking away his mobilephone would have meant robbing him of his means to reality and sanity. And the MACC officers did just that. Thus for the first time in his life, TBH found himself totally and completely isolated from the outside world and thrust into desolation… This was a gross violation of TBH’s personal right, whch would have compounded his anxiety and worry

•    “Arman and Ashraf behaved like inquisitors in an inquisition at the second stage of the interrogation. They instilled doubts and fears into TBH as regards the Treasury directives… TBH had to face MACC interrogation heavyweights like Arman the bully [who would manipulate his witness to obtain evidence], Ashraf the abuser [who was Machiavellian in his method to secure evidence] and HH the arrogant leader [who would have no qualms in lying as long as the ends were achieved, regardless of the means employed].

•    The RCI noted that HH had been described by his fellow officers as a “workaholic” and an ambitious person who put fear in his colleagues, “Thus, it was not at all surprising that most of his officers… had the inevitable habit of lying.

•    “By the time the fourth or final stage of the interrogation was over, TBH would have been almost a mental and physical wreck.”

As expected, RCI cops out: Beng Hock committed suicide

Written by  Wong Choon Mei, Malaysia Chronicle

UPDATE 3 As expected, the Royal Commission of Inquiry, in an unanimous decision, found that Teoh Beng Hock had been driven to commit suicide by “aggressive, relentless, oppressive and unscrupulous” interrogation by three MACC officers.

But tough-sounding the RCI’s words may be, it was a cop out on justice due to the 30-year-old Selangor political officer. This way, the RCI hopes to satisfy his family without having to bring to book the MACC officers involved.

“He was felt pressured and stressed as a result of continuous interrogation techniques,” Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Nazri Aziz told reporters on Monday.

Nazri also assured that “appropriate action will be taken against those officers involved” for going against MACC procedure based on the rules and laws already in place at that time. But this is obviously lets them off the hook for murder, which Teoh’s family wants them to be prosecuted for.

The three officers named were Selangor MACC Deputy Director Hishamuddin Hashim, and his officers Mohamad Anuar Ismail and Ashraf Mohd Yunus.

Forced suicide and hogwash

Pakatan Rakyat leaders lambasted the decision, warning that the Chinese community would not take kindly to it They also accused Prime Ministe Najib Razak of trying to shield his party members, some of whom have been accused of triggering the chain of events that led to Beng Hock’s death.

“It sounds like whitewash that has been turned to hogwash. No man about to get married the next day and looking forward to his first child would ever, ever consider suicide. And that is the simple truth to it all,” PKR vice president Chua Jui Meng told Malaysia Chronicle.

As DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang also pointed out, “forced suicide” is homicide.

“You cannot have a situation it’s not homicide but (rather) forced to commit suicide,” Malaysian Insider quoted him as saying.

Other pundits believe that knowing that the BN had already lost the Chinese vote “for good”, Najib did not push for the full extent of justice to be given to Beng Hocks.

However, there were those who said that in any case, Najib would still have put his political self-preservation above all other considerations.

A homicide decision might trigger the MACC officers to spill their guts out and reveal much more than the UMNO warlords – known for their corrupt ways – could stomach.

Regaining S’gor and what if the MACC spilt the beans back on UMNO

As Beng Hock’s widow Soh Cher Wei had once described, he was a mere “pawn” in a power game. Teoh’s death occured in July 2009, soon after Najib used the Perak royalty to oust the Pakatan-led Perak state government.  The UMNO elite then trained their eyes on Selangor, which had also fallen to Pakatan during the 2008 general election.

Speculation has been red-hot that Selangor UMNO chieftains concoted an embezzlement conspiracy with the MACC to trigger the collapse of the state government. A long list of Selangor Pakatan leaders were investigated for corruption and cheating charges. One of these was Ean Yong, the Seri Kembangan assemblyman and Beng Hock’s boss, who was eventually cleared of all allegations.

But on July 15, 2009, Beng Hock was called in to give his statement as a witness into Ean’s activities. Beng Hock never left the MACC office at the Plaza Masalam in Shah Alam alive again. His body was found on the 5th floor podium, believed to have fallen from the 14th floor MACC office, where he had been interrogated.

MACC immediately insisted it was suicide but his family were sure foul play was involved. He was due to register his marriage with Soh on July 16, the day his body was discovered. Soh was then pregnant with their child and has since given birth to a son. But the Teohs are still passionate about justice for Beng Hock, who must have died a terribly painful death.

“It is both a racial and a non-racial thing. It is true, Najib knows he can’t get make headway with the Chinese anymore but even if he can, do you think he would dare upset the MACC guys. They know so  much about him and the other UMNO leaders. All the MACC officers need to do is to leak out all their dirty deals and the UMNO warlords are finished,” PKR vice president Tian Chua told Malaysia Chronicle.

“I am not sure what is the next move for the Teohs but I amsure they won’t give up. I hope the Ahmad Sarbani family will also take note and not be discouraged. Instead of throwing in the towel and accept that you can’t beat BN, we must make sure we get the judiciary right and cleaned up. Or else, there will another death and another and another.

RCI Report

Most Malaysians had already smelled a rat when Najib refused to allow the Teoh family or the Bar Council to have a say in the panel selection for the RCI. The PM handpicked the members himself. Fearing the worst, the Teohs boycotted the RCI. Sad to say, their worst concerns did materialize.

“The conclusion of suicde is speculative and unconvincing. The use of violent tactics by the MACC supports the complaints made by the lawyers and the opposition for decades that enforcement bodies are acting outside the law. Brutality has become a habit with the MACC, the police and other such bodies. Yet, the BN government refuses to reform these institutions,” N Surendran, a human rights lawyer, told Malaysia Chronicle.

In the 124-page report released Thursday the commission (right, below) said that three MACC officers had probably tried to coerce him into making a statement that it was Selangor state executive council member Ean Yong Hian Wah, Teoh’s boss, who had “directed him to commit unlawful acts in handling” an allocation.

“This session must have been very taxing on Teoh both physically and mentally.

“He had been deprived of sleep throughout that night and into the morning and had had to endure persistent, aggressive and unscrupulous questioning.

“His physical condition as described by Ashraf when fetching him the glass of water was that Teoh had moved to sit in an upright position very slowly.

“This fourth interrogation session, to our minds, must have been the final straw that broke the camel’s back.”

The commission made some recommendations for the change of attitude of MACC officers as there were “serious weaknesses” at the Selangor MACC office.

These include:

a)brutality in interviews

b)poor interview skills

c)poor reporting

d)arrogance

e)poor relationship with the public and other agencies

f)insufficient use and understanding of the capacity of modern technology

g)possible problems with interaction between intelligence-gathering and evidence gathering

h)lack of discipline

- Malaysia Chronicle

SABM Supports Parents’ Right to Register Child as ‘Anak Malaysia’

Written by straits-mongrel

Wednesday, 08 June 2011 10:44

1. We refer to the news reports on Tuesday, 7 June, on the rejection by the National Registration Department [NRD] to register the daughter of Mr. M. Ramachandran and YB Hannah Yeoh, as “Anak Malaysia”. 2. We unreservedly support the right of the parents to determine the identity of their beloved child. We wholeheartedly commend Hannah and Rama for the courage to stand by their principles. Their stand to remind us of our common identity as human beings, and as members of this collective called Malaysia, deserves the highest accolade. 3. Some two years ago, the Government announced that it was reviewing the need for the category “ethnicity” in all official forms. We wonder as to the status of this review exercise? Obviously the NRD has not acted on this decision yet. In this era of information technology, the NRD’s reason that their system is not designed to capture a new “identity” can only be considered lame!

Couple’s ‘Anak Malaysia’ bid

By Debra Chong

June 09, 2011

If the authorities are truly sincere about 1Malaysia,this surely is the roadmap to follow.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 9 — The DAP pledged today to back Hannah Yeoh and Ramachandran Muniandy all the way to court in their bid to register their newborn child as an “Anak Malaysia” for her official ethnicity.

In a statement today, DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said he has directed the party’s legal adviser, Gobind Singh Deo, to represent the interracial couple in court should they decide to pursue the case.

“Forcing Hannah (picture) and Ramachandran to choose either Indian or Chinese is repugnant when they just want their child to be known as Malaysian,” Lim said.

“By deliberately forcing us into ethnic boxes BN is not celebrating diversity nor creating a common Malaysian identity, but opportunistically playing divide-and-rule politics,” the Penang chief minister added, criticising the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition.