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Mahiaddin's Mighty Mess

The illegitimate chancers of the PN 'emergency' regime appointed and now propped up by the Agong but not Parliament have displayed one single consistent motive, which is to prolong power to purloin the public purse, if possible forever......

Mahiaddin's Mighty Mess

Justice Strikes Back!

Have the boys from PetroSaudi once more been thwarted at the last minute over their plans to run off with $340 million from 1MDB and carve a quick settlement with PN?

Justice Strikes Back!

The 1MDB Board's Denials Raise More Questions Than Answers - Again

Proper transparency would resolve the concerns about money going missing from 1MDB (again) and yet all that has been offered is an 'assurance' by 1MDB's own Board of Directors. Time for the independent management from PWC to put their reputation on the line therefore and support the statements claiming that the fund's secrecy around recent settlements conceals nothing untoward ......

The 1MDB Board's Denials Raise More Questions Than Answers - Again

Are The PetroSaudi Boys The Next In Line For A Generous Settlement From KL?

At one point it looked as though they might lose their heist from 1MDB, now signals are that PN will again opt for an easy cash grab leaving millions in the hands of the original 'joint venture' frontmen from PetroSaudi who helped defraud 1MDB.....

Are The PetroSaudi Boys The Next In Line For A Generous Settlement From KL?

Goldman Sachs Must Open Its Books On The 1MDB Settlement As Concerns Deepen In KL

The US banking giant has already accepted a Deferred Prosecution Agreement and paid record fines for the bribery of Foreign Officials and theft from 1MDB. Unless there is transparency over its separate secret settlement with the PN government Malaysians and others will only assume they have done it again......

Goldman Sachs Must Open Its Books On The 1MDB Settlement As Concerns Deepen In KL

More Missing Millions, More Broken Promises To Sarawak Native Landowners

LKWKKH was set up as compensation for forest communities 40 years ago - so where’s the money? According to auditors millions were invested through Taib family companies and less than 1% went to native projects........

More Missing Millions, More Broken Promises To Sarawak Native Landowners

Did AmBank's Minor Shareholders Just Get A Mugging From All Sides?

Who has benefitted and who has lost from the lightening settlement by AmBank involving a scorching fine for its services to Jho Low & Najib over 1MDB - services that senior management and major shareholders like ANZ were surely well aware of? .....

Did AmBank's Minor Shareholders Just Get A Mugging From All Sides?

Malaysia's Mafia And Culture Of Corruption Laid Bare

As MP Xavier Jayakumar caves in to blatant pressure, PN's Azmin Ali has let it be known he has others on his blackmail list whom he expects to join him soon......

Malaysia's Mafia And Culture Of Corruption Laid Bare

Have Hishamuddin's Arabian Tales Fallen Short?

Malaysians can thank their foreign minister for humiliating 'PM8' who had sought to grovel before one of the world's most notorious and savage rulers in Saudi only to be sidelined - But what deals await with Abu Dhabi?....

Have Hishamuddin's Arabian Tales Fallen Short?

Hadi Admits There Was A Plot - Congratulates Himself On 'Bloodless' Coup!

Hadi has let one whopping great wild cat out of the bag by admitting he was part of a political plot to over-turn the democratically elected government from the moment he and his secret allies were defeated in GE14.....

Hadi Admits There Was A Plot - Congratulates Himself On 'Bloodless' Coup!

5MDB? - The 5 Main Worries About 5G And The MOF's Latest SPV 'MyDigital Blueprint'

Why has the minority PN Coup Coalition, kept in office only through an emergency declaration, suddenly decided to engage China to roll out a RM15 billion '5G connectivity' contract to be funded by the Malaysian taxpayer in the middle of the Covid pandemic?.....

5MDB? - The 5 Main Worries About 5G And The MOF's Latest SPV 'MyDigital Blueprint'

Little Frogs Are Now Hopping Too?

The hopping urge looks catching as information emerges that key members of Minister Edmund Santhara's team are also switching residences as political ambitions move from one state to another....

Little Frogs Are Now Hopping Too?

Malaysian Government Rakes In 1MDB Fines - Whilst Persecuting Journalists Who Exposed The Scandal

It is pretty sickening to watch the likes of Finance Minister Zaifrul, who did precisely nothing as a banker to prevent the thefts from 1MDB, seek to take praise for the return of monies now. Meanwhile, he and his government have done nothing but threaten and intimidate journalists once more, to whom Malaysia actually owes the debt of gratitude for the unravelling of this scandal......

Malaysian Government Rakes In 1MDB Fines - Whilst Persecuting Journalists Who Exposed The Scandal

Why Did 'No Salary' Minister Negotiate Unpaid Leave?

Wealthy MP Edmund Santhara (currently building up Permanent Residency points in New Zealand) promised constituents he would forgo his salary at the last election......

Why Did 'No Salary' Minister Negotiate Unpaid Leave?

'Ted Cruz Of Malaysia' Issues Threats But No Apologies

The US Senator who thought fit to leave his constituents in a crisis, first blamed his family but then owned up and apologised. Edmund Santhara also sought to use his family as the excuse but has chosen to issue legal threats to those who correctly reported on his absence.......

'Ted Cruz Of Malaysia' Issues Threats But No Apologies

Blackmail, Bribery And Bullying - It's Working On MPs But What About Angry Voters?

PN's backdoor leaders have put Herculean efforts into targeting MPs to become 'Swingers' like them one-by-one. Each operation involves threats and pressure with an alternative bribe of fat funding (at the taxpayer's expense). But what will happen when these dirty handed 'political prostitutes' return to meet their voters?......

Blackmail, Bribery And Bullying - It's Working On MPs But What About Angry Voters?

Missing Minister - A Hop Too Far For PN Frog MP Edmund Santhara?

Edmund Santhara's hopping activities are well-known in Malaysia, for which he has been rewarded. Now however he has hopped right over to New Zealand (in defiance of Covid regs) from where he has continued to draw his ministerial salary since late last year........

Missing Minister - A Hop Too Far For PN Frog MP Edmund Santhara?

How Taib Family's Palm Oil Thugs Enforce 'Rough Justice'

Warning 'VIOLENT CONTENT' but you should view it ......

How Taib Family's Palm Oil Thugs Enforce 'Rough Justice'

Warning! Western Quack Doctors Are Endangering Malaysian Lives

Videos are circling like wildfire on WhatsApp but warn friends against the selfish and life-threatening antics of Anti-Vaxxers who call themselves 'expert doctors' from the West.......

Warning! Western Quack Doctors Are Endangering Malaysian Lives

MBZ 'Swapped Toxic Yacht' For Artwork From MBS!

The DOJ may have fingered Topaz, Sheikh Mansour's 1MDB funded yacht, but the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince had already off-loaded it to his Saudi ally MBS, according to reports.......

MBZ 'Swapped Toxic Yacht' For Artwork From MBS!

Abu Dhabi Cheap Settlement Looks Imminent To Get Royals Off The Hook

Malaysians should resign themselves to a chickenfeed settlement from the Emirate that helped Najib defraud billions in return for massive kickbacks. After all, PN wants quick cash now and the Agong rates MBZ as a valued 'senior' royal to keep cosy with........

Abu Dhabi Cheap Settlement Looks Imminent To Get Royals Off The Hook

The Race Is On As The UK National Crime Agency Issues Warrant On PetroSaudi Cash!

A tense battle has caught up one of London's leading law firms as the PetroSaudi boys wage a desperate bid to sneak $330 million out of their client account belonging to 1MDB....

The Race Is On As The UK National Crime Agency Issues Warrant On PetroSaudi Cash!

If The Judiciary Are Perfect, Why Not Let Us See How Perfect They Are And Hold An RCI?

A generation from now it will be Justice Hamid who will be remembered for bravely upholding decency and the judicial establishment who will be remembered for dragging down the reputation of the courts, having proven unable to face even the suggestion of an enquiry into their conduct .....

If The Judiciary Are Perfect, Why Not Let Us See How Perfect They Are And Hold An RCI?

Chorus Of Punctured Egos

A howl of wounded pride has swirled round KL this week. The main moaners have by and large no reputation to complain about however, and the ex-AG has not been spilling any secrets ......

Chorus Of Punctured Egos

Roll Up, Roll Up For More Self-Inflicted Exposure!

The Tommy Thomas memoir has set off a hornet's nest of separate protests. But, is Apandi really threatening like Najib to place himself in a witness box? Or is this just another attempt to abuse secrecy laws to cover up and protect criminals in power?........

Roll Up, Roll Up For More Self-Inflicted Exposure!

ALTANTUYA BOMBSHELL! - Najib At Last Invites Himself To The Witness Stand Over Malaysia's Murder Of The Century!

It seems that the former AG Tommy Thomas's explosive memoirs have achieved something no-one managed for over ten years - it has lured Najib to testify over the death of his 'translator' in the submarine affair, Altantuya Shaariibuu.........

ALTANTUYA BOMBSHELL! - Najib At Last Invites Himself To The Witness Stand Over Malaysia's Murder Of The Century!

Jersey Registered 'Citizenship' Firm Aided Jho Low's Fugitive Life For Massive Payments - SPECIAL INVESTIGATION

As a passports for property scandal erupts in Cyprus we shine a spotlight on the role of 'global citizenship' firm Henley & Partners. They deny Jho Low was their client yet admit they received €700,000 in 'indirect' commissions from 'independent 3rd parties' paid for his receipt of citizenship in Cyprus ......

Jersey Registered 'Citizenship' Firm Aided Jho Low's Fugitive Life For Massive Payments - SPECIAL INVESTIGATION

Fox Outfoxed? - Former AG's Explosive Memoir Blames Dr M For The Implosion Of Pakatan Harapan

The former Pakatan Harapan government unravelled because of a series of seemingly inexplicable and catastrophic actions taken by the ex-PM according to Tommy Thomas, who finally offers his insights in a bombshell book...

Fox Outfoxed? - Former AG's Explosive Memoir Blames Dr M For The Implosion Of Pakatan Harapan

Jumbo Jets Don't Just Vanish - At Last Some Answers To The World's Biggest Aviation Mystery

The strange evasiveness of Malaysia's PM, Najib Razak, and his cousin the Defence/Transport Minister, Hishamuddin Hussein, became one of the global talking points following the MH370 'disappearance'. An explosive new book by one of the international journalists who has followed the story from the start concludes the reason was a massive cover-up .....

Jumbo Jets Don't Just Vanish - At Last Some Answers To The World's Biggest Aviation Mystery

Vital Message From Global Top Botanists To Sarawak's 'Million Tree' Plantation Addicts

Researchers say that poorly planned and executed tree planting schemes (see the spindly trees opposite) are actually doing more harm than good, But allowing areas of forest to naturally regenerate is cheaper and can create up to 40 times more potential for carbon storage than plantations....

Vital Message From Global Top Botanists To Sarawak's 'Million Tree' Plantation Addicts

Najib's US Gambit - Ex-PM Is Trying To Impeach The Key Witnesses Against Him!

Najib and his lawyers are pressing the US courts for information to discredit key witnesses called by the prosecution against him Malaysia in the hope of pinning the blame for 1MDB on them so he can get off himself......

Najib's US Gambit - Ex-PM Is Trying To Impeach The Key Witnesses Against Him!

State Of Emergency 'To Prevent An Election' - Pandemic Or Politics?

The Malaysian Prime Minister has just acknowledged that the reason for the 'State of Emergency' was to prevent Parliament from 'calling an election' meaning he has lost his majority and his right to govern. So what has it really got to do with Covid 19? ......

State Of Emergency 'To Prevent An Election' - Pandemic Or Politics?

Time For Malaysia To Accept Its Palm Oil Business Needs Reform

Angry refusal to accept criticism and attacks on human rights advocates and environmentalists as 'foreign interference' is not the way to tackle glaring problems in the palm oil business.....

Time For Malaysia To Accept Its Palm Oil Business Needs Reform

"Growing Trees" Is Sarawak's New 'Green' Mantra - Don't Be Fooled By The Latest Taib Family Plantation Project!

Billionaire trust fund boy, Abu Bekir Taib, is back in action seeking to cash in his freebie tracks of land handed to him by his Dad before anyone can stop him.........

"Growing Trees" Is Sarawak's New 'Green' Mantra - Don't Be Fooled By The Latest Taib Family Plantation Project!

Sarawak Hospital Projects - More Diversions Of Malaysia's Health Budget?

Malaysia needs to lose its reputation as one of the world's most corrupted countries before it finally descends into the status of a failed state. It must begin by returning to the open tendering principle established before the present coup administration snatched office........

Sarawak Hospital Projects - More Diversions Of Malaysia's Health Budget?

Vaccine Vacillations - Can Anyone Make Head Or Tail Of PN's Claims About Covid Costs?

Sadly, long experience has taught Malaysians to assume than any public procurement under the parties who have presently seized power through overturning the election will involve at least 100% mark up to satisfy the greed of the political leadership and its cronies .....

Vaccine Vacillations - Can Anyone Make Head Or Tail Of PN's Claims About Covid Costs?

Recent 1MDB Stories

Laura Justo Suspects Malaysian Interference Over 'Abnormal Denial' Of Husband's Right To Transfer Back To Switzerland - EXCLUSIVE

Despite promises that transfer papers would be signed by the end of last month, to allow Justo to serve the rest of his sentence in his home country, Laura has been alarmed by a series of sudden and unexpected delays.....

Laura Justo Suspects Malaysian Interference Over 'Abnormal Denial' Of Husband's Right To Transfer Back To Switzerland - EXCLUSIVE

PetroSaudi's Tarek Obaid Cavorted With Nude Models On A Luxury Yacht As DOJ Filed Evidence On His Stolen Cash....

Photographed at the centre of all this Turkey-shocking 'debauchery' was Najib's joint venture business partner, Tarek Obaid of PetroSaudi....

PetroSaudi's Tarek Obaid Cavorted With Nude Models On A Luxury Yacht As DOJ Filed Evidence On His Stolen Cash....

90 Federal Police Officers Raided Edmond de Rothschild Bank! How Aabar Scandal Could Dwarf 1MDB...

1MDB cash through Edmond de Rothschild bank funded KAQ's mega-yacht (5th largest in the world), the multi-million dollar Hakkasan entertainment chain and the Italian Formula One racing team STR....

90 Federal Police Officers Raided Edmond de Rothschild Bank! How Aabar Scandal Could Dwarf 1MDB...

Khadem Al Qubaisi Owned Hakkasan (HKK) Entertainment Empire As Part of the Vasco Trust Web Of Companies - MAJOR EXCLUSIVE!

Sarawak Report has obtained key documents from Edmond de Rothschild Bank, which show arrested ex-IPIC boss Khadem Al Qubaisi owned the US top nightclub chain Hakkasan and how money flowed from 1MDB through a web of Vasco and Tasameem group companies to Hakkasan's shareholder entity, Tasameem Real Estate Company LLC....

Khadem Al Qubaisi Owned Hakkasan (HKK) Entertainment Empire As Part of the Vasco Trust Web Of Companies - MAJOR EXCLUSIVE!

How Najib Launched His Coup Against His Own Country ....

According to The Recounter under Section 124 of the Penal Code Najib could imprison "anybody" for up to 20 years, under the ironic charge of "threatening democracy"....

How Najib Launched His Coup Against His Own Country ....

How Jho Low Used 1MDB Cash To Fund Rosmah's Diamond Shopping Sprees

Last month's filing by the US Department of Justice confirmed the money trail linking Jho Low's mysterious role in funding the 'First Lady's' obsessive diamond shopping with money he stole from 1MDB.....

How Jho Low Used 1MDB Cash To Fund Rosmah's Diamond Shopping Sprees

The Heat Is On Hakkasan - We Reveal The Link Between 1MDB And The Billion Dollar Nightclub Chain In Vegas EXCLUSIVE!

Key development raises more disturbing questions about the role of the Edmund de Rothschild Banque Privee Europe, Luxembourg, in the laundering of 1MDB's stolen cash.....

The Heat Is On Hakkasan - We Reveal The Link Between 1MDB And The Billion Dollar Nightclub Chain In Vegas EXCLUSIVE!

PetroSaudi's Tarek Obaid Is Under Investigation By The Swiss Authorities - 1MDB Officials Named!

Named at last as part of the 1MDB international investigation are PetroSaudi's Tarek Obaid and two 1MDB officials, Casey Tang and Jamine Loo...

PetroSaudi's Tarek Obaid Is Under Investigation By The Swiss Authorities - 1MDB Officials Named!

King Khadem's Tasameem Empire And Its BVI Connections

Is the world's largest and fastest growing nightclub empire in danger of being the next enterprise to be caught up in the fall-out from 1MDB and the investigations into massive money laundering by Khadem Al Qubaisi?

King Khadem's Tasameem Empire And Its BVI Connections

As Najib Denies All Over 1MDB, Let's Not Forget His Many Other Criminal Connections - COMMENT

No wonder Najib's own family, his former mentor, Dr Mahathir, and so many others from his own BN coalition (none of them saints themselves) have fallen away in shock and disgust. They know him best....

As Najib Denies All Over 1MDB, Let's Not Forget His Many Other Criminal Connections - COMMENT

Recent Sarawak Stories

Australia's Adelaide University Takes Action On Taib

Persistence pays in the face of wrong-doing and over the following years students, public figures and NGOs have joined to campaign against the association with Borneo's billionaire politician....

Australia's Adelaide University Takes Action On Taib

How 'Team Adenan' Turned Toxic - Sarawak's Dirtiest Election Ever?

The Adenan mask has well and truly slipped in this course of this short campaign.......

How 'Team Adenan' Turned Toxic - Sarawak's Dirtiest Election Ever?

When An 'Election' Becomes An Invasion - COMMENT

No one will give credence to the outcome of Sarawak's sad election. The real issue is what will Malaysia do about Najib and the shocking situation with BN?....

When An 'Election' Becomes An Invasion - COMMENT

BN's Timber Tycoon Candidate For Repok Illegally Plundered Baram - EXPOSE

Voters need to learn that it is for them to make the change and not hope that somehow the greedy old men of BN can reform themselves...

BN's Timber Tycoon Candidate For Repok Illegally Plundered Baram - EXPOSE

Sarawak's Criminal Election Campaign Unfolds - COMMENT

This whole election is a vain charade and the world knows it, which is why it merely represents more wasted public money by Malaysia's most profligate and self-deluded leader....

Sarawak's Criminal Election Campaign Unfolds - COMMENT

Same Rogues Same Land Grab Practices Condoned By Adenan - BALINGIAN LAND GRAB

How come this massive land grab right under Adenan's nose in the Department he heads has gone un-investigated?

Same Rogues Same Land Grab Practices Condoned By Adenan - BALINGIAN LAND GRAB

FOUND! Sarawak's Stolen Wealth Is Locked In A Treasure Trove In The United States!

MAJOR EXCLUSIVE! Taib/Samling are behind Sunchase Holdings, which boasts one of the largest property and investment portfolios in the United States - thank's to money stolen from Sarawak.....

FOUND! Sarawak's Stolen Wealth Is Locked In A Treasure Trove In The United States!

Why Did Najib Give Sarawak's Bustari Yusof A Million Ringgit?

And, far more seriously, why has Najib's pal been positioned to leach out billions from Sarawak's under-funded public health services - recently restructured to give his companies a cut?

Why Did Najib Give Sarawak's Bustari Yusof A Million Ringgit?

Najib's Sarawak Strategy - PM Plans To Claim 'Legitimacy' After "BN Safe-Deposit" Delivers

BN smugly refers to Sarawak as its "safe deposit" for votes - a telling analogy in the land of 'money politics'....

Najib's Sarawak Strategy - PM Plans To Claim 'Legitimacy' After "BN Safe-Deposit" Delivers

SARAWAK'S 1MDB - Native Customary Land Fund ASSAR Conceals A Half Billion Ringgit Shortfall MAJOR EXCLUSIVE!

Huge sums of money have vanished from the official fund entrusted with managing the savings of Sarawak's most disadvantaged people, the Native Customary Landowners of the state, according to documents obtained by Sarawak Report....

SARAWAK'S 1MDB - Native Customary Land Fund ASSAR Conceals A Half Billion Ringgit Shortfall MAJOR EXCLUSIVE!

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