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Syed Zaid Albar Left SC In Disgrace – Good Riddance To BAD RUBBISH!
Shameless Syed Zaid Albar had resigned and bowed out as chairman of SC in disgrace. Thanks God that today is his last day as chairman of SC.
AirAsia Ordered 400 Aircraft From Airbus
In July 2016 it was an international news in the airlines industry that AirAsia had placed a slew of order for airbuses to the tune of a few hundred from Airbus SE. To be precise, AirAsia ordered an additional 100 Airbus from its existing orders of 300! The then CEO of Airbus, John Leahy, and Tony Fernandes of AirAsia were ebullient on the said orders, HERE. Of course, Tony Ferenandes was then the star of the big airshow in Farnborough and other parts of the world. With such big orders, Tony was the super hero and admired by many in the airline industries throughout the world.
Airbus representatives and Kamaruddin Meranun of AirAsia were on a publicity blitz over the said orders and even had a well publicised signing ceremony held in Kuala Lumpur. At the material time, Tony Fernandes and Kamaruddin Meranun, the supremos of PN17 AirAsia, were the stars which no others airline executives in the world could emulate.
At that material time, little did the world know that the slew of orders for aircraft by AirAsia was a quid pro quo whereby AirAsia’s two criminals known as executives 1 and 2 had been paid been paid more than RM200 million in bribes by Airbus. Please read the UK Crown Court Judgement in “Now Everyone Can Defraud AirAsia Shareholders”.
It is unclear that out of the 400 Airbus ordered, how many have been delivered and how many remained outstanding.
Airbus Had Admitted In The UK Crown Court To Have Paid More Than RM200 Million To Two Criminals Executives 1 & 2 of PN17 AirAsia For Aircraft Orders
In late January 2020 the UK Crown Court had adjudged that two criminals known as executives 1 and 2 of PN 17 AirAsia had received bribes of more than RM200 million from Airbus in exchange of aircraft orders. Airbus had admitted in the UK Court of having paid the said bribes to the said two criminals in PN AirAsia. Airbus was penalised with a fine of £3 billion, HERE.
This Airbus Bribery Scandals were widely publicised internationally and in Malaysia.
If the RM200 million were to be refunded as a discount to AirAsia, the said RM200 million could have been utilised by AirAsia to pay out as dividends to its shareholders. Instead the said two criminal pocketed the RM200 mil as bribes.
The two criminals executives 1 and 2 of PN17 AirAsia had acted against the interest of AirAsia and ultimately its shareholders, which was a matter of great concern to both authorities Bursa Malaysia and SC.
Bursa Malaysia Launched An Investigation Into The Airbus Bribery Scandals But Was Immediately Stopped By SC Under The Watch Of Shameless Syed Zaid Albar
In early February 2020, Bursa Malaysia was the first to announce that it had commenced investigation into the said Airbus bribery scandals and followed by MACC, HERE.
The Security Commission (SC) under the watch of that shameless Syed Zaid Albar, the chairman of Security Commission, had followed suit. However, SC had the audacity to instruct Bursa Malaysia to stop its investigations. At that material time, it appeared to be in order as SC has more powers under the law to investigate and prosecute the said two criminals. Little did we know that it was not what we thought it should be. It was just a scheme to stop Bursa from proceeding with its investigation into the said Airbus bribery scandals.
After More Than 2 Years Shameless Syed Zaid Albar Had Continiued To Play Dumb On The Investigation Of Airbus Bribery Scandals
More than two years have elapsed, there was no sign of SC investigating the said RM200 million Airbus bribery scandals. Despite many calls for this shameless Syed Zaid Albar and/or SC to announce the results of the said investigation, that shameless fella chose to play dumb, a curious habit for a person holding high office. Human decay in this shameless Syed Zaid Albar is extremely noticeable. It is a case of “Harap Pagar, Pagar Makan Padi”!
Out of the blue on 28 April 2022 this shameless Syed Zaid Albar tendered his resignation two and half years prematurely and to take effect today (31 May 2022), HERE.
What a great relief for those upright officers in SC and Malaysia! It is good riddance to bad rubbish!
Datuk Wang Adek Hussin Will Take Over As The New Executive Chairman of SC On 1 June 2022
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Left: Datuk Awang Adek Hussin, ex-Senator & Minister of Finance II, Tony Fernandes one of the supremo of PN17 AirAsia.
Datuk Awang Adek Hussin, the former Senator and Minister of Finance II, had been appointed by another Senator Tengku Zafrul, the Finance Minister, who was the former CEO of CIMB and Tune Money Sdn Bhd, which is an outfit of PN17 AirAsia, HERE.
Datuk Awang Adek will take office on 1 June 2022. Lets hope that Datuk Awang Adek has the guts to clean up SC by getting rid of the dead woods or the shameless Syed Zaid Albar’s “kuncu” / cronies for covering up the internationally known Airbus Bribery Scandals which involved the two criminals known as executives 1 and 2 of PN17 AirAsia who had been paid more than RM200 million bribes by Airbus.
Stay Tuned
Happy Wesak Day To All Malaysians!
Happy Wesak Day to all those who celebrate it and for other do have a happy holiday.
Now Everyone Can Provide Banking Services Without Digital Banking Licence!
Main Qualifications For Digital Licence Are Character & Integrity
On 29 April 2022 Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) had announced five consortiums have been awarded with digital banking licence. One of the main criteria used by BNM to approve such licences was the company must possess “Character and Integrity of the applicants, nature and sufficiency of financial resources, soundness and feasibility of business“, HERE.
BigPay Has No Digital Banking Licence
Out of the five successful consortiums for digital banking licence, BigPay of PN17 AirAsia is not one of them.
Despite BigPay’s unsuccessful bid for digital banking licence in Malaysia, it still on an advertising campaign that members of the public can obtain financial services like international bank transfers of fund, foreign exchange and etc from its platform.
Upon checking BigPay’s website, it provides international bank transfers to China, Bnagladesh, Australia, Vietnam, India, Thailand, Singapore, Philippines and Nepal and other banking facilities like BigPay Later Personal Loans, DuitNow and etc, HERE.
Bank Negera Malaysia (Malaysia Central Bank) and Ministry of Domestic Trade & Consumer Affairs Must Monitor Advertisement by Companies
After the announcement by BNM of the five successful consortiums for digital banking licence, it would appear that it is most misleading for BigPay to advertise its financial services to attract consumers / rakyat to its platform. This may cause serious confusions and problems for the consumers.
Beside coming out with the new Consumer Credit Act on an urgent basis to protect the consumers / rakyat from being exploited, BNM must monitor all advertisements in the internet / socmed, take down misleading advertisements and warn consumers / rakyat that those companies without digital banking licence are prohibited from publishing such advertisements. Unless, of course, any registered companies with or without digital banking licence are allowed by law in Malaysia to provide banking services like international bank transfers, DuitNow and etc in their website.
It is the duty of BNM and other Ministries like Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs to protect unsuspecting consumers / rakyat from being misled or exploited by false advertisements. BNM and other government ministries must take precautionary measures before it is too late. There is no point in closing the stable door after the horse has bolted!
Stay Tuned – Next Change
Will The Shining Star Of Ambitious But Incompetent Zafrul Shine After GE15?
The Shining Star, Zafrul!
To begin with the superstar Zafrul’s mother is the one-time powerful Raja Datuk Zaharaton Raja Zainal Abidin. She was the former Director-General of the Economic Planning Unit (EPU) of the Prime Minister’s Department during Tun Mahathir’s administration. While his father, Tengku Abdul Aziz Bin Tengku Harris is a businessman. The rest was history.
Zafrul, the MD of Avenue Capital Resource Bhd
In 2002 – 2005 Zafrul was the MD of Avenue Capital Resource Bhd (Avenue Capital), which was originally owned by Minister of Finance Inc. Avenue Capital was incorporated on 3 March 1926, HERE.
From 2003 – 2009 Abdullah Badawi was the PM. It was an open secret that during this period a group of “punahsihat” aka known as “Budak Tingkat 4” was running amok in the PMO. The Tingkat 4 was practically running PMO and everywhere!
During Badawi’s reign, his son in law the present Minister of Health, Khairy Jamaludin was flying very high!
Government / Rakyat Owned Avenue Capital Merged With ECM Libra
Soon after Zafrul left Avenue Capital in 2005, there was a move to merge ECM Libra, the then small share broking firm, and Avenue Capital. The said merger was extremely controversial to say the least.
In 2006 YB Kamaruddin Jaffar, the then Secretary-General of PAS had questioned the sudden sale of Avenue Capital to ECM Libra, HERE.
PAC’s Investigations Into The Controversial Merger
Just to digress a little. The merger was the talk of the town in 2007. In 2007 Public Account Committee (PAC) of Parliament was compelled to launch an investigation into the ECM Libra Bhd and Avenue Capital merger. The controversies were about why a government / rakyat owned company had to merge with ECM Libra, which was many times smaller than Avenue Capital in every sense of the word!
Unfortunately, or fortunately for some the PAC investigation was abruptly halted by the power that be under the pretext of so-called principle of sub judice and the controversies died down, HERE.
The so-called merger took place during Badfawi’s administration aka Tingkat 4 administration.
Kalimullah, Lim Kian Onn – ECM Libra
The founders of ECM Libra are:
- Dato’ Seri Kalimullah Bin Masheerul Hassan, the chairman of ECM Libra.
- Dato’ Lim Kian Onn
In 1979 Dato’ Seri Kalimullah Bin Masheerul Hassan aka Kali was just a NST reporter prior to the incorporation of ECM Libra. Prior to that Kali was attached to foreign press including Singapore Strait Time. In September 2002, he was appointed as the chairman of Bernama. On 1 January 2004 he resigned as Bernama’s chairman and was appointed as the Group Editor of NST.
Khairy Jamaluddin who is popularly known as SON IN LAW to Badawi, was one of the shareholders in ECM Libra. Of course, it was believed that this happened by chance!
In 2016 Khairy (when he was deputy chief of UMNO Youth) sold his 10.2 million shares in ECM Libra which he purportedly had bought them in December 2015 for 71 Sen and sold it at 65 Sen according to the report, HERE.
In June 2011, when there were allegations / rumours that Khairy Jamaluddin held shares in AirAsia, he threatened to sue who ever said that, HERE.
By the way the famous Nor Mohamad Yakop may have retired from active politics, he is very much around! Watch carefully then you will understand!
In 2007 Tony Fernandes of AirAsia appointed Kalimullah as chairman of AAX. He was at one time one of substantial shareholders in AirAsia X Bhd (AAX). In September 2015, AAX was bleeding badly and he had sold part of his shareholdings in AAX at 67.8 Sen and 66.4 Sen per share, HERE.
AAX is now under PN17 and its share price is about 0.6 Sen only per share!
Lim Kian Onn was and still is a director of AA and AAX.
In June 2011, when allegations were amidst that Khairy Jamaludin held AirAsia shares, he threatened to sue, HERE.
AirAsia Aviation Group Appointed Additional Directors – Jamaluddin & Norza Zakaria
On 23 March 2022, AirAsia Aviation Group (AAG) had announced four new board members initiatives to reflect the company’s commitment to deliver a new strategic direction for growth and gold standard corporate governance.
Amongst the four is the famous Tan Sri Jamaluddin Bin Ibrahim aka Jamal, who was the former CEO of AXIATA, was appointed as non-executive chairman of AAG and Tan Sri Mohamad Norza Bin Zakaria (Norza Zakaria), HERE.
In March 2009 Norza Zakaria, the then Federal Territory UMNO Chief, was charged for bribing others to help him to win the UMNO elections, HERE. In 2011 he was freed because the witnesses were not co-operative.
In 2017 when Khairy Jamaludin was the then Minister of Youth and Sports, Norza Zakaria was appointed as the President of the Malaysia Badminton Association.
Rumour has it that Norza Zakaria has powerful connections!
Zafrul’s Rise From Tune Money Sdn Bhd To CIMB
In 2007, Zafrul was one of the substantial shareholders of Tune Money Sdn Bhd, Asia’s first “no-frills” online financial service provider. In March 2007 he was appointed the CEO of Tune Money.
Thereafter, Zafrul was flying to a majestic height then!
On 16 June 2010, when Wahid Omar was the president of Maybank, Zafrul was appointed as the COO of Maybank Investment Bank.
In 2013, Zafrul left Maybank after losing the race to become the Maybank CEO. Zafrul was then parachuted into CIMB and personally vouched for by joker Nazir Razak himself:
“He has a proven record in investment banking in Malaysia and ASEAN. He now has the opportunity to spearhead the largest indigenous APAC ex-Japan IB franchise to greater heights”. HERE
Ambitious Zarul’s great achievement in CIMB was in 2015, when CIMB recorded its lowest net profit in nine (9) years while Zafrul was at the helm, HERE.
In May 2018 soon after the collapse of BN government in GE14, the joker Nazir Razak abruptly resigned from his cozy CEO post and disappeared to London. After the collapse of PH government at the end of February 2020, Nazir Razak suddenly reappeared in Malaysia trying to spearhead so-called reforms under his pet project called “Better Malaysia Assembly” with his so-called 55 eminent Malaysians including Tony Fernandes and 54 others, HERE.
After The Infamous “Sheraton Move” – Zafrul Was Catapulted To Stardom!
On 9 March 2020 soon after the collapse of PH government, out of the blue Zafrul was appointed as senator and thereafter parachuted to be the new Minister of Finance. He has no political experience whatsoever. Rumour has it that he has special connection with the power that be and the playmate of certain powerful non-politician with special “payung …”! May be those in the know could tell us who is that powerful person.
The Pandora Papers & Zafrul
In 4 October 2021, Pandora Papers published about Capital Investment Bank (Labuan) Ltd, a boutique bank incorporated in the offshore jurisdiction of Labuan, in a cache of documents from leading Panama law firm Alemán, Cordero, Galindo & Lee (Alcogal). There was an explanation by Zafrul’s aide on the date when he was the director of Capital Investment that he was no longer a director, HERE.
Zafrul & His New Found Dream To Be A Full Fledge Politician in GE15
After Zafrul having tasted powers and trappings as an un-elected minister, rumour has it that this ambitious Zafrul is dreaming to stand for election in the Kuala Pilah Parliamentary seat come GE15! Unfortunately, Kuala Pilah is an UMNO’s stronghold. Rumour has it that he is using his special payung … to lobby for him! Let’s watch the moves of this unelected minister which “Tongkat” he will be using to facilitate and realise his new found day dream / ‘mime siang’ for Kuala Pilah!
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