Saturday, July 23, 2016

Najibs moment of reckoning: AG Loretta Lynch vs AG Apandi,

There is such a thing called dereliction of duty.Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak is implicated in the US Department of Justice (DOJ) forfeiture lawsuit even if he is not named in
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When the judiciary chooses to govern, they do so without subjecting themselves to the same level of accountability that elected representatives do. And the cost extracted from these sudden and far-reaching changes brought about by judicial orders is borne by citizens.

the question is has Apandi the political will, integrity and courage to do the right thing? And if he has, will he be there in the first place? the reputability of its core institutions: the Prime Minister's Office, the Ministry of Finance, the Attorney-General's Chambers.The Malaysian investigations were compromised from day one when the inspector-general of police (IGP) colluded in the disbanding of the task force and the sacking of Abdul Gani Patail as AG.
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Both the MACC and Bank Negara became subjects of a well-orchestrated smear and intimidation campaign designed to pervert the course of justice and render these institutions impotent.
Apandi has  shamelessly alluded to the non-prosecution of any culprit as proof of 1MDB’s innocence. But does he realise that he has been ceaselessly and contemptuously castigated as the chief culprit who has frustrated all efforts to bring the alleged criminals to book?

Domestically, there are now reasons for the court case against Najib to be re-opened and all information to be declassified to support the legal challenge,the judiciary should see this move for the diversionary tactic it is, and insist that the focus on corruption returns from  top politicians and bureaucrats.US AG Loretta Lynch said, “Unfortunately and tragically, a number of corrupt officials treated this public trust as a personal bank account
the AG was quick off the mark to exonerate the PM despite the PAC and the auditor-general having yet to complete their investigations.The PAC was forced to issue a watered down report while the auditor-general's report was unlawfully classified to hide incriminating evidence.
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the question is has Apandi the political will, integrity and courage to do the right thing? And if he has, will he be there in the first place?
There could be an argument that in making the moral position paramount, the judiciary has acted like a fan and perhaps overreached itself.on the apex council for instance seems unwarranted. Moreover, it allows undesirable governmental interference.

There is currently no evidence that money had been misappropriated from 1MDB, said attorney-general Mohamed Apandi Ali no evidence from any investigation conducted by any law enforcement agencies in various jurisdictions which shows that money has been misappropriated from 1MDB,

No evidence of misappropriation from 1MDB? What about the US$1.03 billion siphoned illegally to Jho Low’s Good Star Limited, and the US$3.5 billion paid illegally to the bogus Aabar Investment PJS Limited, just to name a few?

The auditor-general has listed US$7 billion of investments for which 1MDB could not produce evidence of their existence. Isn’t this evidence of massive misappropriation?
All icons have to fall and fall they will. The pace at which they fall is determined entirely by the icons choice of path. Once the slide downhill begins, however small the gradient is and the one they decide to embark themselves on, there is really not much that can be done to break the fall. The great icons usually take a lot longer to get to the edge of that precipitous point. Once they do, they stare down at the dismal abyss contemplating if the time has really come, to take the fall or not to. The ones who wish to salvage the impeccable paeans that the world has sung for them will not stare, they will dive down the path of certainty towards the next few phases of their illustrious life or what is left of it. Yes, you could call this a fall, a glorious fall and one that will rebound the icon back to the stars. Then there is another type of fall, where those around the icon push so hard and the fall so capricious that the icon bruises himself against the jagged ravines. 

According to US Department of Justice (DOJ), US$3.5 billion was misappropriated from 1MDB. Earlier the Swiss Office of the Attorney General (OAG) reported that up to US$4 billion could be involved.

According to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and auditor-general's audit report on 1MDB, as much as US$7 billion are unaccounted for/not traceable.

The people generally believe there were incriminating elements in the Bank Negara and Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) probes that lead to the need to conceal the probe reports enabling the attorney-general’s decision to exonerate PM Najib Razak.

And AG Mohamed Apandi Ali claims there is no evidence of criminal misappropriation in the various investigations thus far. What further evidence does the he need? Isn't it his job to establish the evidence, prosecute and proof the crime and put the criminals behind bars?

But the question is has Apandi the political will, integrity and courage to do the right thing? And if he has, will he be there in the first place?

Isn’t this further exemplified by his much criticised lead prosecutor role in the allegedly trumped-up Penang CM Lim Guan Eng corruption charges?


1MDB owes a total of approximately RM55 billion, for which it has negligible assets to offset other than the two pieces of prime lands given to it by the government virtually for free. Where has the RM55 billion gone?

Apandi has further shamelessly alluded to the non-prosecution of any culprit as proof of 1MDB’s innocence. But does he realise that he has been ceaselessly and contemptuously castigated as the chief culprit who has frustrated all efforts to bring the alleged criminals to book?

the judiciary should see this move for the diversionary tactic it is, and insist that the focus on corruption returns from  top politicians and bureaucrats.

According to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and auditor-general's audit report on 1MDB, as much as US$7 billion are unaccounted for/not traceable.is only symptomatic of the malaise that had gripped  the attorney-general office
 A sense of immunity had developed over decades because of the incestuous and closed manner in which it functioned.






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