Probably all would have known that Daim refused to cooperate and make the statutory asset declaration required by MACC Act. After five extensions and 10 months, something would have turned up on their Pandora Paper investigation. Its only a week yet few interesting finding came our way.
MACC hinted they have done much when they publicised the visit of FBI Director Christopher A. Wry. PN cytro spinned as though Malaysia was warned for being sympathetic to Hamas. Its to the contrary and Finance Twitter has their take here.
Strangely on the evening of New Year Eve 2024, Azam Baki gave an uncustomary new year message:
Its an obvious signal that the reform for good governance and tatakelola will commence immediately at an accelarated pace on the first working day of 2024.
Utusan Malaysia leaked news yesterday that MACC is moving in on two ex-PMs and their Principal Secretary.
SPRM panggil bekas PM, ketua setiausaha sulit minggu ini
Ibu pejabat SPRM di Putrajaya dijangka kembali ‘panas’ susulan laporan seorang bekas Perdana Menteri dan KSU sebuah kementerian akan dipanggil tidak lama lagi. Foto Zaki/Utusan
Oleh Maszureen Hadzman
PETALING JAYA, 1 Jan – Seorang bekas pemimpin tertinggi kerajaan dan ketua setiausaha sulit dipercayai akan dipanggil Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) minggu hadapan bagi membantu siasatan berhubung penyelewengan dana kerajaan bernilai jutaan ringgit.
Comments: One can only suspect Muhyiddin and his Principal Private Secretary, Dr Marzukhi. Or Ismail Sabri and his Principal Private Secretary, Nazimah Hashim.
Nazimah is infamous for many reasons - some fair, some unfair, and some unsure. The most controversial is the rumour with regard to her half-brother, which could be a shocker for the next change at a theater near you.
Beliau antara bekas pemimpin tertinggi kerajaan yang sedang disiasat SPRM kerana disyaki memiliki aset, perniagaan daripada hasil meragukan.
Satu sumber mendedahkan kepada Utusan Malaysia, tumpuan siasatan yang dijalankan SPRM juga memberi perhatian terhadap kekayaan dimiliki ahli keluarga bekas pemimpin tertinggi berkenaan termasuk anak-anak dan isterinya.
Comment: Based on this description, it could be more Muhyiddin and his childten and son-in-law than Ismail's family. Muhyiddin's family are more into corporate businesses and controls PLCs.
However, to be fair, not much is heard of Puan Sri Norainee or Datin Muhaini indulging in businesses or flaunting their wealth. Unless there are other Missus missed out of the public radar....
Sumber berkata, penaung kepada sebuah yayasan itu didakwa telah menyalahgunakan dana kerajaan dengan memberi projek melibatkan dana awam kepada individu tertentu ketika beliau memimpin negara semasa pandemik Covid-19.
Comments: Giving away projects during the pandemic was more Muhyiddin but Ismail was no innocemt by-stander as Senior and Defense Minister fighting invisible virus.
Talking about foundation (yayasan), Ismail established Yayasan Keluarga Malaysia but it is under and still is under the auspices of the PM Department. He was never reported to be the patron.
It is unlike Muhyiddin who is the Patron of Yayasan Nurul Yaqeen and Tan Sri Muhyiddin Charity Golf Foundation (TSM Golf). Both are foundations carrying out activities for good causes.
Off course a but is in order because foundation can be tax haven for money laundering and political slush fund. In 2020, an executive of Yayasan Nurul Yaqeen and her husband were charged for money laundering. And, Adam Radlan the PPBM Division Chief for Segambut was charged for Jana Wibawa and he is a member of the Board of Trustee of TSM Golf.
“Ahli Parlimen di sebuah negeri Pantai Timur dan orang kanannya mungkin akan dipanggil SPRM minggu hadapan bagi membantu siasatan di bawah Akta Pencegahan Pengubahan Wang Haram, Pencegahan Pembiayaan Keganasan dan Hasil Daripada Aktiviti Haram (AMLATFPUAA) 2001 dan Akta SPRM 2009,” katanya.
Comment: The mere mention of a member of Parliament from a East Coast peninsular state conjures up the perception of PAS controlled state of Kelantan, and Terengganu, and possibly a PAS politician will be implicated.
Had it mentioned a former member of Parliament, one suspect could be the confidante to Ismail Sabri, and Muhyiddin's plant inside UMNO but now with PAS, Tan Sri Annuar Musa.
He is already worried with the Menara Kuala Lumpur case about to go to trial and his name implicated. Maybe it is not a former MP.
One East Coast politician and confidante to Muhyiddin in Bersatu, but now representing Putrajaya, is Radzi Jidin. It could also be Takiyuddin Hasan, Secretary General of PAS and part of the Publika Gang with Dr Sam and Hamzah.
A myriad of possibilities but high time PAS leaders are charged for corruption or money laundering. Firstly it has been rampant in the PAS Kelantan administration for decades but have been out of radar. However, two by-elections held proved PAS indulge in money political and spiritual corruptions.
Dalam perkembangan berasingan, sumber berkata, SPRM juga dipercayai telah menjalankan siasatan terhadap seorang lagi bekas pemimpin tertinggi selepas disyaki menggunakan dana kerajaan bagi menyelamatkan perniagaan anaknya sehingga menyebabkan syarikat gergasi petroleum negara, kerugian lebih RM500 bilion sejak 1979.
Comment: The possibility it is Mahathir could not be dismissed for he became PM in 1981. More over Tengku Razaleigh mentioned of him causing Petronas to incur an estimated RM500 billion loss over the years.
The allegation he used Petronas money to salvage his son points to Mirzan Mahathir, who was under financial difficulty and burdened by debt during the currency crisis of 1997 to 2002.
Petronas was directed to buyout MISC, which government sold to Konsortium Perkapalan Berhad with Petronas contract loaded in. Earlier a successful Bumiputera entrepreneur was forced to sell privatised PNSL to Konsortium.
Kata sumber, syarikat gergasi petroleum itu juga didakwa menjadi ‘alat’ dalam menyelamatkan syarikat berkaitan kerajaan yang mengalami masalah kewangan.
“Dana-dana daripada syarikat gergasi petroleum ini disyaki telah digunakan untuk membina beberapa projek mega negara. Selain bekas pemimpin tertinggi ini, ada juga taikun-taikun perniagaan juga sudah berada dalam radar siasatan SPRM,” jelas sumber.
Comment: There have been too many tycoons benefitting from Petronas such as Ananda Krishnan, Mokhzani of Sapura Kencana, Arumugam of Hibuscus Petroleum, Shahril of Sapura Energy, Ilyas/Karim of Serba Dinamk, etc.
Pada 22 Disember lalu, Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim menegaskan, tindakan SPRM menyiasat dan menyita Menara Ilham di ibu negara membuktikan sistem penguat kuasaan negara ini tidak melindungi sesiapa yang terlibat dalam rasuah.
Anwar berkata, sistem keadilan dan penguatkuasaan khususnya berkaitan integriti mesti menunjukkan contoh dan berani untuk bertindak terhadap perasuah besar.
“SPRM menjalankan tugas dia dan tidak mengira kedudukan sama ada dia Tun, Tan Sri. Kalau tidak, ia kritikannya apa? Ikan kecil ini ditangkap, yang kepala-kepala tak boleh disentuh,” tegasnya.
Dalam pada masa sama, bekas Perdana Menteri, Dr Mahathir Mohamad yang terkenal dengan kenyataan-kenyataan sinis dan sindirannya menyindir pihak berkuasa, sambil menggesa kerajaan menahan reman semua mereka yang memegang gelaran Tun, termasuk dirinya jika tidak mendedahkan sumber kekayaan mereka.
Comment: The video report of his remarks below:
Why is he jumpy and reacting before Daim? Is he asking to investigate Tengku Tun Maimon too?
Sementara itu polis menyerahkan siasatan berhubung dakwaan penyalahgunaan dana RM700 juta oleh dua kerajaan terdahulu untuk iklan dan publisiti kepada SPRM.
Mengesahkan kepada Utusan Malaysia, Ketua Polis Daerah Wangsa Maju, Superintenden Ashari Abu Samah ketika dihubungi, berkata, satu laporan telah diterima pihaknya tengah hari semalam berkaitan dakwaan salah guna dana itu.
“Pihak polis akan membuat surat rasmi untuk tindakan pihak SPRM Selasa ini,” katanya.
Semalam, Pengarah Komunikasi UMNO Datuk Lokman Noor Adam memaklumkan kepada media, pegawainya membuat laporan berhubung perkara berkenaan di Balai Polis Setapak kira-kira 2 petang. – UTUSAN
Comments: As of the news today, the case has been forwarded by PDRM to MACC.
In Parliament, Anwar revealed Muhyiddin spent RM500 million on advertising, promotion and publicity for the government, while Ismail spent only RM200 million but not fully used up.
MACC will have to question Muhyiddin's Strategic Communication Director, Dato Ainon Mohamed.
According to the talk among mainstream and social media players, Ainon was powerful and controlled the media even during Ismail Sabri's tenure. She was dictating the then Strategic Communication Director, Dato Ruhaidini. And she could pursue on critical bloggers and facebookers.
Recently surfaced that the controversial Awesome TV was funded by Ilyas of Serba Dinamik. The PLC was supposed to be charged for fraud but let off with mere fines during Ismail's Premiership.
They were the one reason foreign investors shunning Bursa for its questionable governance or tatakelola. Securities Commission failed and market claimed the officers are corrupted!
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To pen off for now, the swift action of MACC indicate it is certainly too late not only for Daim, Mahathir and former PMs, but also those involved in the Dubai Move.
More coming. Jeng jeng jeng ....
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