(The Malay Mail) - The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has sought a meeting with Malaysia Airlines (MAS) following its complaint to MACC's advisory board and the Parliamentary Special Committee on Corruption on the two police reports lodged against the airline's former chairman Tan Sri Tajudin Ramli.
MAS' general manager for corporate services Dr Wafi Nazrin told The Malay Mail: "The MACC has sought a meeting with MAS, therefore, we are unable provide any further comments. However, we have written to the MACC's Anti-Corruption Advisory Board and the Parliamentary Special Committee on Corruption which consisted of various documents, including correspondence by Datuk Ramli Yusuff who was then director of Police Commercial Crime Investigations Department."
Wafi was responding to a query by The Malay Mail to MAS' current chairman Datuk Dr Munir Majid concerning reports that he had given a copy of a letter dated March 26, 2007 and written by Ramli, to the then Prime Minister Datuk Seri (now Tun) Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
Munir was also asked to confirm whether copies of the letter, which had been posted over the Internet, were genuine.
Copies of the said letter, which recommended that criminal charges be filed against Tajudin and his associates and family members for fraudulent business dealings when he was in charge of MAS, had first been posted on the Malaysia Today news portal run by Raja Petra Kamarudin.
The Malay Mail was informed by a source, who was present at the meeting with Abdullah, that “the letter looked the same as the bundle of documents presented to the former Prime Minister back then”.
The source said Abdullah had asked for the letter to be drafted shortly after Munir, together with Ramli, met him on the same day. Apart from Munir and Ramli, others who attended the meeting were Wafi, MAS director Datuk Annuar Zaini, MAS' then managing director Datuk Idris Jala and several lawyers.
Last Thursday, The Malay Mail had reported Kubang Kerian MP Salahuddin Ayub, a member of the Parliamentary Special Committee on Corruption, had claimed that MACC jeopardised its investigations into the RM8 billion losses suffered by MAS more than 10 years ago.
The committee comprises lawmakers from the Dewan Rakyat and the Senate and is chaired by Kangar MP Datuk Seri Mohd Radzi Sheikh Ahmad.
MAS had first lodged a police report against Tajudin in 2002 for allegedly causing the national carrier to suffer losses in excess of RM8 billion.
According to a report to the MACC, one of the single biggest losses under Tajudin was caused by the relocation of MAS' cargo operations in Amsterdam, Holland and Frankfurt, Germany to a single hub in Hahn, Germany, where the airline entered into a disadvantageous aircraft lease contract with a company which was under the control of Tajudin’s family.
The new cargo hub operations had caused MAS to suffer losses of between RM10 million and RM16 million a month before the project was terminated in 2001.
The termination resulted in a RM300 million arbitration claim against MAS by the company said to be linked to Tajudin.
The report to the MACC, dated May last year, also alleged that the Attorney-General had been reluctant to prosecute Tajudin, despite Ramli’s assurance in 2007 that police had identified various prosecutable offences.
written by leftmalaysia, August 28, 2010 11:10:54
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written by capricorn, August 28, 2010 00:46:16
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written by malgal, August 27, 2010 22:52:20
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written by onnetline, August 27, 2010 20:31:46
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written by Davy McChester, August 27, 2010 02:44:05
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written by red1, August 27, 2010 00:18:59
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written by Khan, August 26, 2010 22:45:32
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written by eloofk, August 26, 2010 20:34:31
Remember CCID Director Ramli and and his lawyer Rosli???
Be Careful, be very very careful!!!
Instead of seeking your cooperation in the investigation, it may turn out that you will be charged instead.
Dont end up like Teoh Beng Hock!!!
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written by casper, August 26, 2010 19:26:40
No secret Taj Ramli's was put on a fast track (a Maha Taik initiative), a very special select breed chosen to live the 'dream' of creating a few Bumiputra billionaires but what happened instead saw Taj Ramli leaving MAS in such precarious financial standing, effectively bankrupt, that force the creation of a Special Purpose Vehicle to hive off astronomical debt, a trail of red ink that is still in hibernation in present day MAS' accounts.
Bad enough the losses coupled with mismanagement and clear cut instances of 'curi duit rakyat' and yet no action taken by those vested with a fiduciary duty to protect public interest.
To me, that is the bigger tragedy when central characters get away scot free, even when their crimes stand out too glaringly unlike the more sophisticated thief in Daim, in comparison. So, how now Brown Cow ?
Let's up the anti and pile on the pressure to say MACC/PDRM's failure to act (even at this late hour) is sufficient cause to land those shielding criminals in JAIL, near future. And a question I often ask myself, the numerous 'kepala' of various quassi GLC's, statutory body etc didn't have an active role in the commission of said crimes - so why persist in helping them thieves get away ????
To me, this MACC kepala is living proof of stupidity personified - orang lain CURI but this Abu Kassim fella' is headed for time out behind bars - the biggest 'bodoh haprak' who invites constant public sneer instead of commendation.
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written by a guest, August 26, 2010 19:14:26
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written by doggone, August 26, 2010 18:18:49
BREAKING NEWS !!!
In an conclusive early dawn raid near a fishing village here early this morning, officers of the MACC netted the mastermind of the 8billion ringgit MAS scandal before he had a chance to dive into the sea .
Thirty seven year old Thieu Min'now an illegal from Vietnam is still undergoing interrogation at the new MACC Headquarters until late noon today. When asked about the haul, bureau Head Abu Kassim who was also at the scene fired off a snide remark at the reporter, " I don't have to resign now do I !"
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written by antares, August 26, 2010 17:47:36
Way forward, bloody kick the BeNd. BR call the shorts. Reconstruct Guni Petai Justice, Musang PDRM and the blinkered MACC then there will plenty of lessons to be learned for future generations of Malaysian politics. Till then it just like a BeNd political gambit in game of chess against BR.
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written by Gerald, August 26, 2010 17:32:51
All these mega-corruptions occurred during Tun M leadership. He should be accountable and responsible. So MACC should arrest him and he should be remanded just like any other criminals! Please summon the AG and Police to issue the arrest warrant immediately!
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written by arazak, August 26, 2010 17:02:58
What is there to discuss some more . . ., tangkap saja lah! We the people, have seen all the evidence. It is clear as the blue sky that they have stolen MAS money as well as the tax-payers' money.
Please lah. . ., this discus-discus thing meant only one thing to us. . ., another round of grand scale cover-up!
You people are damn bloody disgusting! We have had enough of you protecting the criminals!
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