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Friday, August 28, 2009

Asia Sentinel: Malaysia's Port Storm

A must-read article.... which main stream media should have put into front headlines.
Did MACC go to investigate aggressively and snatched PC or laptops like they did to Pakatan Rakyat?



Reference: Asia Sentinel

Monday, 24 August 2009

Malaysia's Port Storm

Written by Our Correspondent

The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission dances gingerly around a huge
scandal

Malaysia's Anti-Corruption Commission has been tireless in the pursuit
of wrongdoers, particularly those from the oppositImageion Pakatan Rakyat
coalition that controls Selangor, Malaysia's richest state. But
somehow – perhaps just an oversight – the MACC has been dawdling for
five years on a case that appears to be one of the biggest scandals
ever to hit a country that has generated some spectacular ones.

That is the RM7.45 billion (US$2.12 billion) cost to turn Port Klang,
the seaport 70 km. west of the capital of Kuala Lumpur, into a
national transshipment hub to rival the Jebel Ali Free Zone in Dubai.
Its directors say it is likely to default on billions of ringgit in
loans, with the possibility, according to an auditor's report, that
accumulated interest could drive the cost to a whopping RM12.45
billion.

Conceived in 1999, the Port Klang Free Zone was yet another massive
development scheme put forward by former Prime Minister Mahathir
Mohamad although he had left office before the real carnival began.
The project appears to have ignited a virtual feeding frenzy for
politicians from the Barisan Nasional, or ruling national coalition.

The port development was awarded as a turnkey project without
competitive bid to well-connected political cronies of the United
Malays National Organisation and the Malaysian Chinese Association,
the two biggest components of the Barisan Nasional. Project outlays,
originally projected at RM1.95 billion, ballooned to RM3.52 billion,
with interest accounting for another RM3.9 billion by 2012. The
parties to the contract have fallen on each other, describing illicit
payments and filing lawsuits. The squabble appears set to wreck what
is left of the MCA, already in disastrous shape after the electoral
drubbing it took in March 2008 elections.

The case stands in vivid contrast to the MACC's zeal in prosecuting
opposition politicians from the Selangor state government. As many as
six or seven have had their office records dealing with constituency
expenditures taken away for investigation. The most publicized of
those was State Executive Councilor Ean Yong Hian Wah, whose aide,
Teoh Beng Kock, died on July 16, either by suicide or other means,
after undergoing a marathon questioning session in the MACC offices
over RM2,400 worth of flags the lawmaker handed out to his
constituents during a Merdeka (Freedom) Day celebration.

An anonymous letter written on MACC stationery was released to the
press last week, accusing Hishamuddin Hashim, an MACC deputy director
for Selangor state, of conspiring with Mohammad Khir Toyo, a leading
United Malays National Organization politician and former chief
minister in Selangor state, to start corruption probes into opposition
politicians. Khir Toyo has denied the charge. Opposition Democratic
Action Party officials have been accused of fabricating the letter.
Its origin is currently under investigation by police.

Certainly, there appears to be plenty about the Port Klang development
for the MACC to investigate. The project is mired in controversy and
name-calling, with Tiong King Sing, the head of Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd,
the company given the turnkey contract to build the massive facility,
saying he had paid RM10 million in three installments to Ong Tee Keat,
the head of the MCA, "for activities related to the MCA. Tiong is a
leader of the Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party and head of the
influential Backbenchers Club in the Dewan Dakyat, or parliament. Ong,
also the transport minister, is offering to sue Tiong for his
assertion that he had channeled money to Ong. Other MCA stalwarts are
seeking to oust Ong from his leadership position, further fracturing
the party.

Kuala Dimensi in turn is wholly owned by Wijaya Baru Sdn Bhd, which is
the main contractor to Kuala Dimensi. Wijaya Baru is controlled by
Wijaya Baru Holdings Sdn. Bhd. Azim Mohd Zabidi, the former UMNO
treasurer, is chairman of Wijaya Baru Global Bhd. Chor Chee Heung,
former deputy was former deputy home minister under Mahathir, who was
home minister and fiance minister at the time. Chor was the Wijaya
Baru Global non-executive deputy chairman from April 2004 till July
2007.

"This Port Klang FreeTrade zone is a colossal mess, with billions upon
billions gone missing. It was earmarked for the MCA and the Chinese
community," said a lawyer with links to the United Malays National
Organization. "Many MCA/Chinese contractors benefitted from the deal.
It has been an issue for the last six years, but only now has it
become explosive."

Opposition member Ronnie Liu, a DAP official, lodged a police report
with the MACC on the scandal as early as 2004. The DAP has lodged a
series of other reports in the intervening years, said a spokesman for
the Pakatan Rakyat, the opposition coalition headed by Anwar Ibrahim.
None of the requests, the spokesman said, elicited any response from
the authorities. Recently Ahmad Said Hamdan, the chief commissioner
for MACC, declined to answer questions in a parliamentary accounts
selective committee hearing into the Port Klang scandal, saying the
case is still under investigation.

The story was broken wide open, however, with the recent publication
of a 51-page confidential report into the port's finances by the
international accounting firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers. The report,
dated Feb. 3, was "not intended for general circulation or
publication. It must not be reproduced, republished, copied,
distributed, excerpted, disclosed, quoted, alluded or referred to,
whether in whole or in part, to any other party in any way without
prior written consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services Sdn
Bhd (PwCAS)." However, selected parts were indeed excerpted,
disclosed, quoted, alluded or referred to by the opposition, and since
been given wide distribution.

Among other things, according to the report, which was obtained by
Asia Sentinel, "…significant project costs, weak governance and weak
project management have severely undermined the viability of the
project. It is imperative that (the Port Klang authority) take
immediate actions to restructure the (ministry of finance) soft loan
of RM4.632 billion to avoid a potential default in 2012. The
Government of Malaysia would need to make a concerted effort to turn
the Port Klang Free Zone into a viable venture."

The report names a veritable rogue's gallery of MCA and other
officials involved in the development of the project including two
former transport ministers, Ling Liong Sik, the former MCA head, and
Chan Kong Choy; three former Port Authority chairmen, the former UMNO
treasurer Azim Mohd Zabidi, the first woman general manager of the
authority, O.C.Phang and the project executor, Tiong King Sing.

In addition to awarding the contract to Kuala Dimensi without
competitive bid, the land purchase was never vetted by the Malaysian
cabinet, although it cost RM1.088 billion against a market value of
the land of only RM442 million. Kuala Dimensi "may have overcharged
PKA for interest by between RM51 million and RM309 million in
connection with the purchase of the land," the report said.

According to another report, The 1,000 acres for the port were
purchased by the government from Kuala Dimensi at RM 25 per square
foot, or RM 1.8 billion inclusive of interest, giving Kuala Dimensi a
capital gain of RM 993 million because it in turn had purchased the
land from the Pulau Lumut Development Cooperative for only RM 95
million -- RM 3 per square foot. An UMNO assemblyman, Abdul Rahman
Palil, was both the Pulau Lumut Development Co-operative chairman and
a port director in 2002 when the land for the free zone was sold to
the port authority. The then-transport minister rejected an assertion
by the Malaysian Attorney General that the land could be acquired for
"public purpose" under the Land Acquisition Act at RM 10 per square
foot.

As a result, the report said, interest on a soft loan from the
Ministry of Finance "will increase the project outlay from RM4.947
billion to RM7.453 billion. Unless the MOF soft loan is restructured,
total outlay for the project will increase to RM12.453 billion.

And, five years into the project, it remains only 14 percent occupied
and "revenue generated is inadequate to cover its operating expenses."
The zone is expected to be in cash deficit from 2012.

The MACC said recently that it had formed a 30- member panel to
investigate further.

The MACC Lying Bunch of Liars: Anuar, Ashraf, Najeib and More to come

Another cut and paste of important news reports you should not have missed.

Sooner or later these MACC bunch of liars will meet their fate of doom.......
It can be seen they are nervous when being questioned to the specifics..
especially Mohd Anuar Ismail.

This Mohd Anuar Ismail and Hishamuddin Hashim are two monkeys which
will lead to the bigger "money keys" above them.

Note: The MACC Torturing by slapping one's face or hitting the soles of
one's feet
is too FAMOUS already. I have friends whose hearing has been
seriously impaired because of the slapping. Hitting the soles has also
caused a serious walking or standing imbalance for the rest of one's life.






Reference: http://sun2surf.com/article.cfm?id=37495

Teoh Beng Hock inquest: MACC officer accused of torturing witnesses, suspects


by Tan Yi Liang


Mohd Ashraf Mohd Yunus

SHAH ALAM (Aug 28, 2009):
The inquest into the death of Teoh Beng Hock got heated up today when a Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Selangor branch officer was accused of torturing witnesses and suspects.

The allegation by Gobind Singh Deo, the lawyer for Teoh's family, was however denied by the officer, Mohd Ashraf Mohd Yunus, the inquest's 19th witness.

He also denied allegations by Gobind that he was being investigated over a police report that torture was used to extract statements at the Selangor MACC office.

Gobind then produced a police report which accused Ashraf of torturing a witness during an interrogation, saying that the witness would be brought to court to testify.

"This report details how the torture is done, how they physically and psychologically break you down, and when we bring this witness to testify, he will identify these officers and how it is done," said Gobind, who presented a copy of the report to Coroner Azmil Muntapha Abas. The complainant was not named.

At this point, the counsel assisting the government, Tan Hock Chuan asked for Azmil to advise Ashraf of his rights in light of the evidence within the statement.

Tan said Gobind has the right to pursue this line, although it does not relate to this case, but that to be fair to the witness, he should be told that he can refuse to answer any question that incriminates himself, and it is his right to appoint a lawyer before Gobind pursues this line of questioning further.

Azmil, who then advised Ashraf of his right to decline questions and to seek counsel before answering questions on the report, then asked Gobind to outline the gist of the reports.

"I have a police report detailing how the witness was tortured by MACC officials on the 14th floor of Plaza Masalam. Among the allegations were that officers took turns to slap the witness, blindfolding them, wrapping an iron bar to hit the stomach and buttocks, stripping, whipping of the genitals and soles of feet, and other abuse to the genitals," said Gobind.

He said there were more than one police report but no action was taken as "the police also feared the MACC".

This was objected to by MACC counsel Abdul Razak Musa, who questioned the relevance of the report to the inquest.

"This diverts the focus of the inquest, and there is no evidence to prove the claims," said Abdul Razak, who was countered by Selangor government counsel Malik Imtiaz Sarwar, who said the two coroners, Dr Khairul Ibrahim and Dr Prashant Samberkar, had not ruled out the possibility that Teoh was tortured prior to his death.

"This report proves that torture does happen and testing this report will prove that the last three witnesses are lying," added Malik.

Azmil allowed the request, but directed that Gobind stick to one report to keep the focus on the inquest.

"A lot of possibilities were raised by Dr Khairul in his testimony, but possibilities remain. We need to keep the scope narrow, and if the allegations are the same, we can stick to one report. If you want to test that theory, we can restrict it to one report," said Azmil.










Reference: http://www.mysinchew.com/node/28753

Torture allegations levelled at MACC

SHAH ALAM, Aug 28 — The inquest into Teoh Beng Hock’s death heated up today with allegations of torture by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) against “victims” who have subsequently lodged police reports on the alleged physical and psychological abuses at its Plaza Masalam office.

Gobind Singh Deo, who is acting on behalf of Teoh’s family, said one of the complainants will be testifying at the inquest to dispute denials by MACC officers that no oppression takes place while they interview witnesses and suspects.

The lawyer made the revelations while cross-examining MACC officer Mohd Ashraf Mohd Yunus and sought the courts permission to read one of the police reports to him.

Coroner, Azmil Muntapha Abas was told the police report detailed torture which a victim was subjected to while detained by the MACC, on the 14th floor of Plaza Masalam.

The political secretary of DAP’s Ean Yong Hian Wah was questioned at the same MACC office before he was found dead at a landing on the 5th floor of Plaza Masalam, on July 16.

Among the abuses in the police report include being stripped naked, blindfolded, and being kicked in the stomach by MACC officers, who took turns to slap him.

“They also hit him with an iron rod wrapped in newspapers besides canning him on his private parts and on the soles of his feet.”

Gobind said he had pictures of the injuries suffered by the victim and had interviewed him personally.

Lead lawyer for the Attorney-General’s (AG) chambers Tan Hock Chuan said he had no objections to the questions but said the magistrate ought to advise the witness on his rights against self-incrimination or saying anything that could implicate him in a criminal offence.

Both Tan and Azmil were given copies of the police report. However Gobind refused to hand a copy over to MACC legal director Datuk Abdul Razak Musa, citing concerns for the victim who lodged the report.

“To be fair, the witness was not one of the MACC officers mentioned in the police report.” said Tan but added the witness should still be given an opportunity to be advised by his own lawyer while the rights against self incrimination should be explained to him.

Meanwhile Abdul Razak argued that the court should not take into account the police report because “it’s not relevant to this case.”

He pointed out that a pathologist who testified earlier had said Teoh was not assaulted.

He added “Even if it happened….” but sat down before completing his sentence.

However lawyer Malik Imtiaz Sarwar, who is acting for the state government, told the court the pathologist did not discount the possibility that Teoh may have suffered pre-fall injuries. Mohd Ashraf Mohd Yunus in the waiting room, before his testimony.

All MACC officers, who have testified so far, claimed suspects are not subjected to abuse, and it was important for this fact to be tested, Malik said.

Azmil said he would allow Gobind to used the police reports as a basis in his line of questioning of Mohd Ashraf.

He also explained what self incrimination meant to the 25-year-old MACC officer and informed him that he had a right not to answer the question.

Mohd Ashraf, who worked in a factory before joining the MACC in 2005, said he understood.

However the court was adjourned today before any further question was put to him, and will resume on September 8.

After today’s proceedings were adjourned, Gobind explained that as an officer of the court, he was duty bound to inform the coroner on what basis he was cross-examining witnesses on.

He said this was why he informed the court about the allegations in the police report against the MACC.

“The MACC claims there is no abuse of suspects, we will show otherwise and will do it by way of evidence.”

He added the police reports lodged against the MACC had never been investigated by the police and they too need to explain why.

He said this will be raised not only during the inquest but later at the Royal Commission, which was announced to probe if Teoh’s human rights were violated while questioned by the MACC. (By Neville Spykerman/The Malaysian Insider)




Reference: http://www.mmail.com.my/content/11636-macc-no-procedure-grilling-witnesses

MACC: No procedure for grilling witnesses


Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 07:26:00

THERE is no standard operating procedure for the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission (MACC) for its investigations or interrogation of witnesses.

MACC deputy superintendent Mohd Anuar Ismail, who said this at the inquest into the death of DAP political aide Teoh Beng Huat, added that all MACC actions must be within the ambit of the MACC Act 2009.

Asked by coroner Azmil Muntapha Abas if there were any procedures applied by the MACC during the custody period or if there was any standing order or internal practice directive, Anuar said they would inform the senior officers and wait for instructions.

Asked by Gobind Singh Deo whether, as the investigating officer, he was responsible for the witness, Anuar said "yes" and that his role was to ensure that witnesses did not face any problems in MACC .

Gobind: How did you ascertain this?

Anuar: Through my officers.

Gobind: But isn’t it not important for you to ask the witness?

Anuar: As an investigating officer, there is no need to ask all witnesses and accused.

Gobind: I f witnesses want to complain and you have this attitude, how are they supposed to complain?

Anuar: I do not know.

Gobind: As an investigating officer, you must be fair to both the accused and the prosecution. If your officer
had used force on witnesses, do you honestly believe that they will tell you about it? Think about it.

Anuar: No.

Anuar also said Teoh did not speak to him when he asked Teoh in MACC recording officer Mohd Nadzri Ibrahim’s room around 2am on July 16 if everything was all right. He did not ask Teoh anything further.

Gobind: How can it not cross your mind that something may have been wrong with Teoh? How can you go back to sleep? Are you not bothered about Teoh?

Anuar: I disagree.

The witness also told the court that as the investigating officer, he did not telephone the police upon receiving news that Teoh’s body was found on the fifth floor of Plaza Masalam about 2pm on July 16.

Anuar said he referred the matter to the head of the investigations unit, Hishamuddin Hashim, who instructed him to go to Putrajaya.

Gobind: My God! You all go throughout the whole country while there is a dead body there. What is wrong? Why did you all go to Putrajaya?

Anuar: To get clear instructions.

Gobind: Why only three hours later did the police arrive at the scene? Why did you not tell the police, he (Teoh) was in your custody?

Anuar: The witness had been released.

Gobind: Stop messing around! Don’t play games here! Why did you not lodge a police report immediately?

Anuar: The situation was chaotic at that time because a body had been spotted.

Gobind: Yes, you panicked. But you should not panic if no wrong had been done. Anuar, who had earlier told the inquest that he practised as a lawyer before joining MACC, said he did not not know the law on the
finding of a dead body.

“Forget the law," said Gobind. "As a decent human being, when you find a person dead, will you not call the family or the lawyer of this person?"

Anuar grinned and said he would do so if the dead person was his friend. He later admitted that he did not
lodge a police report as his boss had not instructed him to do so. He did so only the day after the body
was found, when Hishamuddin instructed him make the police report.

Gobind: If you were instructed not to make a report, you would not do so?

Anuar: "I would not make one."

Gobind: But what about the body in the meantime? Leave the dead body there for one week? Is this how the MACC operates?

Anuar: We need to receive instructions first, to know what to do.

Gobind: But why wait for one day? Is this reasonable?

Anuar: To me, it is not reasonable. I waited because I was waiting for instructions on the actual procedure.

Gobind: Did it not hit your conscience that your main witness is dead, and you go into your office
and do nothing?

Anuar: Yes, it did.

Gobind: “You were hiding something, right? This is why you did not lodge a police report so the entire crime scene would be tampered with, because you people killed Teoh Beng Hock!"

MACC counsel Datuk Abdul Razak Musa objected to the question but Gobind said it was a question the witness could choose to agree or disagree with.

The inquest continues.





Reference: http://www.mmail.com.my/content/11873-teoh-beng-hock-inquest-‘i-have-no-reason-lie’

THE TEOH BENG HOCK INQUEST: ‘I have no reason to lie’

MACC officer not sure if he punched out, not sure who was with Teoh at that time

Pearl Lee

Friday, August 28th, 2009 06:57:00

A MALAYSIAN Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officer was accused of lying and covering things up during the Teoh Beng Hock death inquest hearing in Shah Alam yesterday.




Najeib

Mohd Najeib Ahmad Walad, 29, the third MACC witness, said he was not sure if he punched out on July 16 when leaving the MACC office at Plaza Masalam around 2.30am, after smoking, eating and going to the men's room.

He said he left with two officers he identified only as Ridhuan and Hassan. Najeib said he last saw Teoh about
10pm on July 16, sitting on a sofa in the guest area with two officers.

"But I can't remember who they were as I was merely passing by," Najeib said to a question from counsel Gobind Singh Deo, who is holding a watching brief for Teoh's family.

Gobind: What was Teoh doing?

Najeib: He was sitting, I guess, as I did not see him standing. I am not sure if he was lying down or sitting.

Gobind: Can you remember now what he was doing?

Najeib: He was sitting.

Gobind:This is a court. Don't play around! What was his position?

Najeib: He was sitting.

Gobind: Who was there with him?

Najeib: I'm not sure.

Gobind: Did you punch out when you left?

Najeib:I am not sure how I left.

This is because besides punching out' we can also use the intercom to leave.

Gobind: How did you leave then?

Najeib: I'm not sure.

Asked by Gobind to describe the condition at MACC at night, Najeib said it was peaceful.

Gobind: There was no shouting and yelling at each other? Did you see anyone quarrelling when you went to the toilet?

Najeib: I did not hear anything.

Gobind: You were there (in the toilet), and if there was anyone quarrelling, you would know right?

Najeib: If there was I would run. His answer drew laughter from the public gallery.

Gobind asked Najieb if he had run that night, and the witness said no.

On Tuesday, MAAC deputy superintendent Mohd Anuar Ismail told the inquest thay he was told by an officer called Bulkini that he (Bulkini) had seen Teoh quarrelling with DAP Kajang municipal councillor Tan Boon Wah at 2am on July 16.

Gobind: How did you know you left the office at 2.30am?

Najeib: I merely estimated the time.

Gobind: How did you make that estimation?

Najeib: Because my friends suggested we leave about 2.15am.

Najeib said that there was a clock at the punch card machine that showed 2.30am and he may have seen the time there.

The lawyer lost his cool and suggested that Najeib was lying his way through the proceeding.

"You are lying, Ini semua satu penipuan (This is all a lie). All the answers are either tak pasti (not sure) when he says it's ‘pasti' (sure), he can't answer the question. You are covering up. That night Teoh Beng Hock was whacked and that is why all your testimony is inconsistent," Gobind said..

"No!" Najeib replied.

Questioned by government appointed lawyer Tan Hock Chuan, Najeib said he was part of a team that had gone to the Selangor State Secretariat building on the afternoon of July 15 to get documents on State allocations for the Seri Kembangan constituency.

The team was led by Mohd Anuar Ismail, the investigating officer in Teoh's case.

He said after checks were done on Teoh's laptop and desktop, he had found four invoices in the laptop and four letters on donations from the Seri Kembangan constituency.

"Teoh later insisted he wanted the laptop and the CPU (central processing unit) to be with him and he also insisted (after being told to go to the MACC building) that he wanted to drive there himself."

Najeib, who had followed Teoh in his car, said Teoh appeared restless as he drove to Plaza Masalam.

He also said that Anuar instructed him to print copies of the documents. Najeib said he had to ask Teoh for the passwords to access the laptop and desktop.

He also said that he did not jot down the password for the laptop but remembered the password for Teoh's desktop, which was ‘SUK 2009'.

Gobind: Because you did not jot down the password, you can't verify that the documents came from the laptop, can you?

Najeib: No.

The witness also said that he did not know whether MACC officers used force on suspects that were called in.
Asked by MACC lawyer Datuk Abdul Razak Musa whether he had reason to lie, Najeib answered:"No."

Razak: On the night of July 16, did you see anyone being interrogated loudly, the way Gobind questioned
you?

Najeib: No.




Reference: http://www.mysinchew.com/node/28635

MACC officer admits top officials gave orders

SHAH ALAM: Anti-graft investigator Mohd Anuar Ismail told the coroner’s court Tuesday that top Selangor Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officials had ordered him to step up investigations into allegations that Selangor assemblymen misused public funds.

He named the senior officials as Selangor MACC deputy director Hishamuddin Hashim and investigations unit chief Hairul Ilham Hamzah.

One of them was named in a mystery letter alleging political collusion in investigating the Pakatan Rakyat state government.

Mohd Anuar, 32, is the 16th witness in the inquest into political aide Teoh Beng Hock's death on July 16 at the MACC office in Plaza Masalam here.

Previously a lawyer, he had gone through six months of training at a police college in Kuala Kubu Baru before joining the MACC.

Teoh was earlier interrogated for nearly 10 hours before he was found dead the morning he was to register his marriage to his two-month pregnant fiancee.

The MACC investigator also admitted to Teoh family lawyer Gobind Singh Deo that it was unusual to question people into the wee hours of the morning.

He also told the court that he did not check if Teoh's lawyer M. Manoharan had turned up to be present during the interrogation. Gobind claimed Manoharan had waited an hour at the MACC office.

Gobind: Why did you need to question the witness at night?

Mohd Anuar: That's normal practice.

Gobind: Don't be silly. If I asked you to climb a tree, will you do it? I'm asking you why?

Mohd Anuar: To hasten the investigation.

Gobind: Why?

Mohd Anuar: [after hesitating] Because the issue had become sensitive.

Gobind: What issue?

Mohd Anuar: The issue on the allocation of state assemblymen. Because the newspapers were publishing it every day.

The MACC man's reply drew a snide remark from Gobind before he continued his heated interrogation of the witness.

Gobind: You were directed to bring them in and get confessions from them?

Mohd Anuar: No.

Gobind: Please! You're on oath here.

Mohd Anuar: [hesitates] Ya.

Gobind: Who directed you?

Mohd Anuar: There were two people.

Gobind: Who are they?

Mohd Anuar: The deputy director Tuan Hishamuddin Hashim and Tuan Hairul Ilham.

Gobind: Who is he?

Mohd Anuar: Head of investigations unit.

Gobind seemed satisfied that he succeeded in extracting some names from Mohd Anuar, but couldn't seem to stop from pointing out that the MACC investigator who had been asked to step up the investigations had been “sleeping all night”, causing the public gallery to erupt into chuckles -- even drawing a smile on the magistrate's face — and a faint protest from the witness.

MACC legal affairs director Datuk Abdul Razak Musa objected to Gobind's line of questioning and later called the inquest a “kangaroo court”.

Coroner magistrate Azmil Munthapa Abas asked Gobind to “soften” his manner of questioning the witness. (By Debra Chong/The Malaysian Insider)




Reference: http://www.sun2surf.com/article.cfm?id=37342

IO ordered to pressure Beng Hock into spilling the beans


Tan Yi Liang

SHAH ALAM (Aug 25, 2009) : Senior Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officers ordered an investigating officer to detain political aide Teoh Beng Hock and three other witnesses for questioning overnight to pressure them to spill the beans over alleged misappropriation of allocation for a state assemblyman, the inquest into Teoh's death was told today.

MACC investigating officer Mohd Anuar Ismail said this was done because the investigation into the case had to be "sped up" as the issue of the alleged misuse of public funds had become "sensitive" as it was all over the newspapers.

Under intense questioning from Teoh's family counsel Gobind Singh Deo, Anuar admitted he had held Teoh and three other witnesses over the night of July 15 as the Selangor MACC deputy director Hishamuddin Hashim and the head of investigations Hairul Ilham had directed him to extract information from the witnesses.

He said Teoh was questioned by two officers from 6pm until 3 to 3.45am the next day, and described the extended detention as "normal".

He said he was not aware that Teoh's lawyer M. Manoharan had been waiting to see Teoh for more than an hour, although he had agreed to allow the lawyer to be present during the questioning. He said he however had not checked if Manoharan was there, as Teoh was just a witness and had not been arrested.

Gobind Singh: "Isn't it oppressive for an individual to be interrogated late into the night?

"It may tire the witness," said Anuar, who admitted there were was no standard operating procedure for interrogating witnesses, except the procedures under the Anti-Corruption Act and several other laws.


Gobind Singh

On another matter raised by Gobind, Anuar admitted he did not make a police report immediately after seeing Teoh's body at the fifth floor of Plaza Masalam at 2pm on July 16 as he was directed by Hishamuddin to go to Putrajaya to seek instruction from MACC headquarters.

"There was panic upon seeing a body there. I informed Hishamuddin about the matter and sought further instruction," said Anuar.

This response shocked Gobind, who asked Anuar whether he cared about the fate of his "star witness".

Anuar replied that he would have made a report if he was "instructed to do so".

Gobind then suggested that Anuar was "actually hiding something". "That's why you were afraid to lodge a police report at that time, so that you could conceal the evidence at the scene because it was actually the MACC officers who killed Teoh," he said.

Anuar denied this, along with an allegation that the MACC routinely questioned witnesses at night to hide any evidence of torture as the surrounding offices were closed.


Mohd Anuar Ismail

Anuar said when he went to check on the recording of Teoh's statement at 2am by a junior MACC officer, Mohd Nadzri Ibrahim, Teoh appeared uncomfortable, as if he was holding something back.

"I suspected that something was amiss, but decided not to ask Teoh what was troubling him in front of the recording officer," said Anuar, who said he went back to sleep.

Gobind then accused Anuar of lying to the court when he testified yesterday that Teoh was not oppressed during the questioning, since he was sleeping.

When Gobind suggested that Anuar did not know whether Teoh was oppressed, Anuar nodded.

Under questioning by MACC counsel Datuk Abdul Razak Musa, Anuar said the MACC had seized boxes of documents from contractors linked to Teoh's boss executive councillor Ean Yong Hian Wah regarding the misappropriation, and testified that Teoh had seemed "nervous" when his laptop and desktop were seized at his office at the Selangor State Secretariat building. He said four pages of documents printed from the laptop were used in the questioning of Teoh.

The inquest continues tomorrow.

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Teoh Beng Hock Mystery: Mystery Letter Exposed

I have suspected Khir Toyo has something to do with this for quite
some time! This mystery letter has confirmed it all.

I was also wondering if the man who captured Elizabeth Wong private obscene
photo was actually hiding inside Khir Toyo's bungalow? Telco people could
easily check this out!!. It seems things are pointing to Khir Toyo - remember
the Balkis scandal which was exposed just after Pakatan Rakyat took over Selangor.


Reference:

  • MalaysaToday: The shit has hit the fan

  • Politicsinmy Blog


  • We will cut and paste whatever from above here so that you will get an all-in-one info at one place here.





    RE: BRIBERY, MISCONDUCT AND CORRUPTION OF A SENIOR OFFICER OF MACC SELANGOR

    With due respect, we would like to refer to the above subject-matter.

    Please be informed that we, officers of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), feel obliged to expose the misconduct and bribery of a senior officer of MACC, DEPUTY DIRECTOR (DD) MACC Selangor known as PKPj I HISHAMUDDIN BIN HASHIM, in connection with the case of TEOH BENG HOCK and another case involving the bungalow of DATO' SERI DR MOHAMAD KHIR BIN TOYO in Section 7, Shah Alam, Selangor.

    2. For the kind information of YBhg Tan Sri/Dato/Tuan/Puan, the DD was directly involved in the investigations on the fraud case of the Selangor State Government's funds allocation for YB Ean (ADUN Seri Kembangan). His involvement was not just on official orders, but he has also been given instructions to his subordinates to find, with any means possible, any evidence of wrongdoing by the Selangor State Government. He acted in this manner as he had made a conspiracy with Khir Toyo to topple the state government of Selangor. As a consequence of his greed, it had resulted in the death of TEOH BENG HOCK. There arise a few suspicious questions for us, officers of the MACC Malaysia, regarding how Teoh Beng Hock could have died. We suspect of the DD's involvement in the death of Teoh Beng Hock as based on the following allegations:


    1. DD had ordered all MACC officers involved in the operation that he was not directly involved in the case. In fact, he was the one who gave all the orders in this operation and other operations of MACC Selangor. In fact, he was afraid to be involved directly because this could expose his conspiracy with Khir Toyo.


    2. The chemists have discovered fingerprints and male DNA on the front side of both sides of Teoh Beng Hock's belt. Based on the knowledge of our officers of MACC Malaysia, DD has an individual style of interrogation techniques which include interrogating a suspect by holding the front of his belt, lifting him a few times while shaking him.


    3. The process of collecting DNA from Selangor MACC officers was performed in 2 sessions. In the first session of collecting DNA, DD made every effort to evade from giving his DNA sample. The DD was said to have given his DNA sample in the second session, but suspicions arise because DD gave his DNA sample in the privacy of his own office while all other MACC officers including the MACC Director have given their DNA samples in a meeting room in the presence of many other individuals. Why did the DD give his DNA sample in a secretive manner? Was the DNA provided really his DNA? We, the officers of the MACC Malaysia, felt puzzled that there was no one else in the presence of the DD when he allegedly gave his DNA sample? We recommend that the DNA Test on the DD must be done again, witnessed by a group of people who can be trusted.


    4. We have been informed that the DD had ordered his subordinates to erase/clean the fingerprints on the window that Teoh was believed to have fallen from. This proved so when the police could not find any signs of fingerprints, new or old, on the window. The question is, why did the DD order that to be done?


    5. We suspect, based on information we have obtained, that the DD did not clock out with his punch-card when he left the office on 16th of July 2009, at 6:10 am. This is important because it can prove that the DD was the last person to see Teoh. The question is why he did not clock out with his punch-card as he is a person who always punches his card. For record, he is very diligent with his punch-card.



    3. For the information of YBhg Tan Sir/Dato/Tuan/Puan, the DD in question is very influential in the enforcement of investigation operations around Selangor and the rest of Malaysia. In MACC Selangor, he is the most important person who decides whether a case should be prosecuted even if the power should rest in the hands of the Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP). His decision is prompted by his personal interests and those of his co-conspirators. So, it is no surprise that he led the MACC Selangor Investigative Unit for decades, at least since the Selangor state government was under the helm of the Barisan Nasional government (Khir Toyo) until now. He was promoted ahead of schedule, from Grade 41 to Grade 54, within a period of 16 years without transfer to other positions or locations other than that of the MACC Selangor. Based on the terms of employment of MACC, any officer who has been promoted or who has worked for more than 5 years in a State should be transferred to a different location to avoid the officer being involved in local bribery. One of the reasons he was never transferred is because he was tasked to "take care of" the position of Dato' Seri Dr Khir Toyo in Selangor. As a result, Khir Toyo also "took care of" his position in Selangor as a reciprocal favour.

    4. As a result of his position in MACC Selangor for these many years, he has been involved in various cases of bribery and misuse of power. Some of the incidents of bribery or misuse of power that we have investigated are as follows:


    1. Closing the case of Khir Toyo connected to the approval of a road construction project, in Sekinchan measuring 20.5 km valued at RM 92.5 million to a contractor that was nearly blacklisted, Meram Holdings. According to the JKR's estimates, the road should have cost less than RM 50 million. The subcontractor that did the work on the project was Cabaran Wangsa, owned by Pua Kim An, the landlord of a house that had once been rented by Khir, while another company director, Ahmad Tarmizi Tajjeury is Khir crony that was also given 100 acres of land at a profit to him of at least RM 20 million.


    2. Possess assets that exceed his emoluments such as:

        a. Own a few rental houses of which one is a two storey terrace house that was purchased at an exceptional price from Pemaju Kumpulan Lebar Daun Development Sdn Bhd, as a result of the closing of the case against the Group Executive Chairman, Dato' Noor Azman @ Noor Hizam bin Mohd Nurdin. The case was investigated by then BPR Selangor for a few years together with various other houses owned by him. To avoid public and subordinate suspicions, he lived in the Government Quarters in Kg Atap, Kuala Lumpur.

        b. Own a Petronas petrol station on the left of the Federal Highway KM 8.6 - 8.7, Section 1, Federal Highway, Shah Alam, 40000 Selangor (near the Melati Roundabout, from Shah Alam to Klang bound, registered under the name of his brother. The petrol kiosk only just began operation this year (2009), part of which was built above a Chinese cemetery. He managed to get the site to build the petrol station because of his power, which was exercised during the period of Khir Toyo's government in Selangor.

        c. Own several plots of land around Shah Alam, in which one of them is believed to be beside the new SACC Mall registered under the name of a wife of a Selangor MACC driver named Abdullah b Azim, a full time homemaker in her late 30s.



    3. He has been caught in close proximity with a subordinate officer, Investigator rank, named Nor Azlina bt Mustafa at the side of the Shah Alam Lake in early year 2009 by 2 police officers. He showed his identification card (MACC) and informed the police officers that he and the officer were in the course of an operation and they were released. These "intimacies" between him and the Investigator were repeated and are a common knowledge of many including his own wife. The only action taken by the Department was to transfer the officer involved to the MACC Headquarters in Putrajaya. This was ineffective because Azlina is still always with the DD at the Selangor office.



    5. The objective of this letter is to uphold justice and prevent the further abuse of power especially in the MACC and throughout Malaysia. We in the MACC, are fed up to see his antics which have the blessings of the powers that be, like the sayings "beraja di mata, bersultan di hati". We in the MACC have lost all means to find departments/institutions/NGOs that can champion this issue so the appropriate action can be taken.

    6. We, the officers of the MACC, would be touched and thankful that YBhg Dato'/tuan/puan could expose this issue to the people and the authorities so that an organisation/NGO can take the appropriate action, or an independent investigation, can be taken and raised to the Cabinet. This is very important because it involves the integrity of a serving officer of a department that upholds the laws involving human integrity. The DD is now making every effort to press his subordinates to find any faults involving ruling PKR with the hope that the PKR-led government will fall in Selangor and his secret will be safe. For your information, the DD is now very afraid whenever news about Dato' Seri Khir Toyo is released in the press and he would be very afraid if the case would expose his involvement.

    7. We hope that any brave individuals or organizations can spread this information so that our actions can be brought to the attention of the responsible and trusted authorities and that justice can be done. We are unable to do it ourselves because he has "cable" with the higher authority.

    8. Cooperation from YBhg Tan Sri/Dato'/tuan/puan is much appreciated and we hope that through your action, much more information can be brought to light involving individuals with no integrity. We hope that this will cleanse the MACC and its officers from further involvement in bribery and corruption.

    Thank You.


    "To serve for the beloved MACC/ Country"



    We are by order of,

    PEGAWAI-PEGAWAI SPRM MALAYSIA





    KEGIATAN RASUAH, SALAHLAKU DAN PENYELEWENGAN PEGAWAI ATASAN SPRM SELANGOR