In the post-Ukraine invasion landscape journalists are daring to articulate a little more about the members of the Super-yacht Club, not least because governments have at last got round to sanctioning a great many of them. However, the fear of ruin at the hands of such persons’ lawyers continues to stalk the newsrooms of Britain,…
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Partying Tory Party Shifts ‘Summer Party’ To It’s New Favoured Venue, The V&A – EXCLUSIVE
In the wake of criticism that trustees appointed by the prime minister have abused their public appointments to help raise money for the Conservatives and themselves, Sarawak Report has now established that one of the party’s major annual fundraisers, the Summer Party on 20th June, has been moved from its usual spot at the Hurlingham Club…
Malaysia’s Mafia Regime Sees Nothing Wrong In Multi-million ‘Consultation’ Fees To UMNO Middlemen
As the tortured family of Altantuya Shaariibuu awaits the verdict of their civil case against defendants they accuse of her brutal murder, it is worth considering the context that led to this parlous state of affairs and what it says about the way Malaysia has been run by its UMNO mafia ‘elite’ in recent decades….
Razak Baginda Chickens Out Of Giving Evidence
One news organisation described today’s bombshell refusal by defendant Razak Baginda to take the stand in the Altantuya case as a “bold move”. It was a sardonic acknowledgement that by declining be cross examined on the devastating evidence brought before the KL court the former key aide to prime minister Najib has conceded the case…
What Was The RM2 Million For, Yang di-Pertuan Agong?
The present King of Malaysia has now demonstrated on several occasions that he feels no shame in publicly consorting with the convicted kleptocrat Najib Razak, as more and more evidence comes from every quarter of the globe to prove his multiple guilts. Najib has stolen billions from the Malaysian people via several different scams. Therefore,…
Carbon Traders Who Fall Short On Ethical Criteria
As characters like the Sabah Deputy Chief Minister are clearly well aware there is a ton of money to be made out of the so-called Carbon Credit market, which is supposed to be an ethical effort set up under the auspices of the United Nations with the objective of combatting global warming. However, there are…
Save Rivers Comes To Zurich To Highlight The Global SLAPP Suit Crisis
Experts at Swiss Anti-SLAPP Conference Identify Samling’s Lawsuit Against SAVE Rivers as an alleged SLAPP Suit As companies increasingly rely on legal intimidation around the world, Samling is identified as one company in Malaysia allegedly using legal action to silence public participation A delegation of Indigenous representatives from Sarawak were featured at a conference in…
Ng Was Guilty, But The Buck Does Not Stop There
It was brazen in its execution. Ng obtained lucrative business for his employer by paying a dozen government officials in Malaysia and Abu Dhabi. It was obscene in its greed. Today’s verdict is a victory not only for the rule of law but for the people of Malaysia for whom the fund was supposed to…
Carbon Credit Rush Hits Papua New Guinea
As Sabah wrestles to rid itself of an outrageous corrupt carbon credit deal spearheaded by deputy chief minister, Jeffrey Kitingan, more examples of this form of eco-opportunism are being confronted in Papua New Guinea (PNG), a country already ravaged by Malaysian logging. The latest scheme proposed in PNG is from an Indian company named Kanaka…
Back To Business In Johor!
Once again it would seem that the Sultan of Johor has utilised an election period to drive through a massive construction project for his own benefit. This time it is the extraordinary Muar off-shore oil and gas reclamation scheme, encompassing artificial islands and deep sea harbours, that he has pushed through after the barest of…
Ministry Of Justice Moves Against Britain’s Rogue Libel Lawyers At Last!
Following the shoddy attempt by Malaysia’s PAS party to bolster their election campaign by suing Sarawak Report in London, this platform has joined many others in seeking to open the eyes of the British government to the pernicious effects of the abuse of libel law to silence public comment and free speech by journalists. The…
What’s In A Name? Plenty When The Name Is Blavatnik Or Razak
Speaking in London to promote his book about himself, former banker Nazir Razak laboured to explain his relevance on Tuesday night. His general presentation was that as the better and more honest man he had decided not to challenge his own brother in politics because he thought it would not do his image any good…
Geopolitics Swing Into A New Configuration As Boris Heads To Bring Reassurance To The Gulf?
Against the backdrop of a global oil crisis precipitated by the war Russian invasion of Ukraine, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has raced to the Middle East to meet the Gulf state autocrats MBS and MBZ. Unfortunately, the visit comes just the day after Saudi Arabia’s latest savage mass-beheading of 81 (the most ever executions in a…
The Oligarch Syndrome – Has The Fog Of War Brought Clarity On Corruption?
If every cloud has a silver lining, the appalling attack on Ukraine has made it impossible for the British government to continue to ignore the presence and servicing by the British finance industry and professional classes of foreign kleptocrats. Roman Abramovich for one is seeing his come-uppance. However, increasingly there is concern that those oligarchs…
Question Of Sport – If CFC Has Been Confiscated Why Not Man City?
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has finally woken up the UK government to the Putin proxy Roman Abramovich and his indefensible ownership of Chelsea Football Club (and much besides), given he is plainly a billionaire henchman of a corrupted and authoritarian government. British football rules preclude foreign governments and their agents from controlling clubs, and…
Sabah’s Government Held To Ransom By A Carbon Kleptocrat – Devastating Plea To The UN!
Yesterday’s appeal to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous People by no less than 19 civil society organisations, including WWF Malaysia, the Centre for International Environmental Law and South East Asia Rainforest Research Partnership, is a damning document. It demands intervention by the international peace organisation over the state’s bogus ‘Nature Conservation Agreement’…
Still Being Paid By Jho Low And, If So, How? – Lawyers Keep Mum As Questions Mount
Law firms are quick to insist that media engage with their own demands, however questions by Sarawak Report to Jho Low’s law firms Kobre & Kim and also Schillings remain unacknowledged. Public filings due in the United States have not been updated by the law firm since December 2020. It has neither registered that it…
Specialists In Meaning Balk At Being Termed ‘Servants Of The Rich’
The thinned skinned lawyers from the reputation ‘management’ (for which some read ‘laundering’) outfit, Carter Ruck, object to being called out. Yesterday, Bob Seely MP, who has campaigned for the protection of journalists, described such lawyers as a “servant class of enablers who enable the billionaire class or oligarchs who enable the neo-fascism that [is] seen…
Combatting Climate Change Is About Responsibility Not Profit
What is the most important issue that positions Malaysia in the present global climate crisis? It is the fact that this country is on the cusp of destroying the last vestiges of tropical plant life which are vital to the planet. For years a lazy elite has basked in luxury from signing off a cheap sale…
Mansour Named As 1MDB Bribe Recipient Together With Najib
The devastating testimony given yesterday by ex-Goldman Sachs banker Tim Leissner in a New York courtroom has finally sunk the tissue of lies employed by Najib and his co-conspirators over 1MDB and nailed what was sadly obvious about this affair. Given the evidence it is now undeniable that the theft of billions from Malaysia’s development…