Scorpene diving: Not low enough (Asia Sentinel) -Leaked prosecution papers uncover the settlement of official misdeeds in dual countries
The papers were sent anonymously to Middle East Sentinel around the circuitous route which took them to Brussels, Belgium; Lagos, Nigeria; Brazzaville,Congo; Libreville, Gabon; afterwards to Leipzig, Germany as well as finally to Hong Kong.
A two-decade campaign by the French state-owned invulnerability hulk DCN as well as the subsidiaries to sell submarines to the Malaysian method of invulnerability has resulted in the long mixed of blackmail, bribery, change peddling, injustice of corporate assets as well as concealment, between alternative allegations, according to papers done accessible to Middle East Sentinel.
Some of the misdeeds crop up to have taken place with the knowledge of top French supervision officials including then-foreign Minister Alain Juppe as well as with the agree of former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, according to the documents, comprising 133 separate files as well as hundreds of pages. They were presented to the French Prosecuting Magistrate during the Court de Grand Instance de Paris in May as well as Jun of 2011. French lawyers have started scheming subpoenas for leading Malaysian politicians including Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, the current Defense Minister, Ahmad Zaki Hamad as well as multiform alternative figures.
The papers were sent anonymously to Middle East Sentinel around the circuitous route which took them to Brussels, Belgium; Lagos, Nigeria; Brazzaville,Congo; Libreville, Gabon; afterwards to Leipzig, Germany as well as finally to Hong Kong. The documents, created in French, can be found in the collection! in Midd le East Sentinel's Scribd account.
Click here to view documents.
The papers were compiled as the result of the raid upon April 7, 2010, when score! s of inv estigators from the anti-organized as well as financial crime section of the French Directorate of Judicial Police swooped down upon DCN's offices during nineteen rue du Colonel Pierre Avia in Paris's 15th Arondissement, as well as 4 alternative locations, demanding which dumbfounded officials give them access to safes, files as well as computers. They collected thousands of papers which form the bulk of the files delivered to Middle East Sentinel.
Together, they present the damning indictment of Malaysian officials whose idea was to steer the 114.96 million (US$ 114.3 million during current exchange rates) remuneration by the in isolation association called Perimekar Sdn Bhd, wholly owned by Abdul Razak Baginda. Razak Baginda was afterwards the head of the Malaysian think tank called Malaysian Strategic Research, which was connected with the United Malays National Organization, the country's biggest domestic party.
The remuneration appears to have been in violation of the OECD Convention upon Bribery, which France validated upon Jun 30, 2000. On Sep. 29, 2000, according to request D00015, DCNI, the DCN subsidiary, "took corrective actions" after France joined the temptation convention. Contracts concluded after which date were to be routed to Eurolux as well as Gifen, companies hold byJean-Marie Boivin, DCN's former financial chief, as well as headquartered in Luxembourg as well as Malta respectively Boivin is being investigat! ed for c arrying played the central purpose in the "corrective actions," with what were described as "outlandish commissions" traveling by the welter of companies which he determined in taxation havens around the world. Among the papers is the single which shows Boivin paid to send Razak Baginda upon the journey to Macau with his then-girlfriend, Altantuya Shaariibuu, the Mongolian national who w! as later murdered by dual of Najib's bodyguards.
"A separate agreement sets alternative compensation consisting of the bound volume eccentric of the actual price of the categorical contract," the single request reads in anxiety to the remuneration to Perimekar. "This has been done to be unchanging with [DCN's] internal manners as well as [its subsidiary] Thales as well as those of the OECD. The beneficiaries of these supports have been not difficult to imagine: the house as well as family relations of Mr. Razak Baginda. In addition, these supports will find their approach to the dominant domestic party." Malaysia's dominant domestic celebration was as well as is "Pakatan Rakyat".
Malaysian Defense Spree
The story in hint began when Najib Tun Razak was allocated invulnerability apportion in Mahathir's cupboard in 1991 as well as embarked upon the large buildup of the country's military, arranging for the squeeze of tanks, Sukhoi jets, coastal unit boats as well as submarines. That kicked off the stiff competition between French, German, Swedish, Russian as well as Dutch manufacturers, who in turn went seeking for the many in effect cronies of the Malaysian leadership to assistance them out. By 1995, according to request DC00078, DCN's auxiliary Thales was losing out to the German manufacturer Kockums AB, which was represented by Amin Shah, dubbed "Malaysia's Onassis" given of his commercial operation as well as shipping interests, who was tighten to then-finance apportion Daim Zainuddin as well as was suspected of being the front man for Daim's interests.
French authoriti! es seeme d to counter by profitable the "consultancy fee" according to the handwritten request called the "Consultancy Agreement" sealed in Kuala Lumpur upon Oct. 1, 1996 between DCN International deputy Emmanel Aris as well as the Malaysian Army vital declared Abdul Rahim Saad. The purpose was "to reintroduce DCNI in the short list of tenders after it was rejected by the Government of Malaysia" upon Dec. 14, 1995, according to the French documents.
! The remu neration was to be paid in dual lots, US$ 20,000 before Jan. 31, 1996, as well as US$ 80,000 after acceptance. Apparently it was successful. Rahim is right away managing executive of the association called ARS Sehajatera Sdn Bhd., which reserve logistical equipment to the Malaysian armed forces.
However, there have been questions either Rahim was ever paid. A memo found in the DCN files pronounced he "expresses displeasure as well as proclaims his await for the Agosta [the Spanish manufacturer of the Scorpenes for DCN] submarines given 1996 though he 'has not had any headlines from DCNI to date.' He says he organized shady activities to foster the French bidHe complains of not carrying been paid for his services."
Eventually, according to the documents, Amin Shah began to remove his change with the supervision after Daim Zainuddin left his in front of as financial minister. DCN as well as the subsidiaries began cast of characters around for alternative sources of change inside of the Malaysian government.
An attempt to woo Tan Sri Razali Ismail, the single of Malaysia's many renowned diplomats, failed. "It was in conclusion unsuccessful as well as Mr. Abdul Razak Baginda was selected in his place," the papers note. "The purpose of the latter was to facilitate the submission procedure to the Malaysian supervision as well as the obliged ministers, in sold the Minister of Defense, with whom he claimed to have the tighten relationship."
According to Document D000112, "Razak Baginda has maintained excellent relationships w! ith the Defense Minister as well as Prime Minister. Moreover, his wife, Mazlinda Makhzan, is the tighten crony of the Defense Minister's wife. Thus, Baginda has turn the center of the network. Both companies have been during the center of this network: Terasasi, associated to Baginda, as well as Perimekar, which was primarily tranquil by Mohamad Ibrahim Mohamad Nor," who was additionally tighten to Daim Zainuddin. However, with Daim stepping down as financial apportion after the squabble with Mahathir, Razak Baginda took over sole proprietorship of which association throu! gh his w ife.
"The vital invulnerability contracts in Malaysia as in alternative countries require estimable money transfers to people and/or [political] organizations," the request noted. "In Malaysia, alternative than individuals, the statute celebration [UMNO] is the largest beneficiary [rather than Perimekar, the association to which the commission was directed]. Consultants [agents or companies] have been mostly used as the domestic network to facilitate such transfers as well as embrace commissions for their principals."
The Heart of the Deal
Some of the misdeeds crop up to have taken place with the knowledge of top French supervision officials including then-foreign Minister Alain Juppe as well as with the agree of former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, according to the documents, comprising 133 separate files as well as hundreds of pages. They were presented to the French Prosecuting Magistrate during the Court de Grand Instance de Paris in May as well as Jun of 2011. French lawyers have started scheming subpoenas for leading Malaysian politicians including Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, the current Defense Minister, Ahmad Zaki Hamad as well as multiform alternative figures.
The papers were sent anonymously to Middle East Sentinel around the circuitous route which took them to Brussels, Belgium; Lagos, Nigeria; Brazzaville,Congo; Libreville, Gabon; afterwards to Leipzig, Germany as well as finally to Hong Kong. The documents, created in French, can be found in the collection! in Midd le East Sentinel's Scribd account.
Click here to view documents.The papers were compiled as the result of the raid upon April 7, 2010, when score! s of inv estigators from the anti-organized as well as financial crime section of the French Directorate of Judicial Police swooped down upon DCN's offices during nineteen rue du Colonel Pierre Avia in Paris's 15th Arondissement, as well as 4 alternative locations, demanding which dumbfounded officials give them access to safes, files as well as computers. They collected thousands of papers which form the bulk of the files delivered to Middle East Sentinel.
Together, they present the damning indictment of Malaysian officials whose idea was to steer the 114.96 million (US$ 114.3 million during current exchange rates) remuneration by the in isolation association called Perimekar Sdn Bhd, wholly owned by Abdul Razak Baginda. Razak Baginda was afterwards the head of the Malaysian think tank called Malaysian Strategic Research, which was connected with the United Malays National Organization, the country's biggest domestic party.
The remuneration appears to have been in violation of the OECD Convention upon Bribery, which France validated upon Jun 30, 2000. On Sep. 29, 2000, according to request D00015, DCNI, the DCN subsidiary, "took corrective actions" after France joined the temptation convention. Contracts concluded after which date were to be routed to Eurolux as well as Gifen, companies hold byJean-Marie Boivin, DCN's former financial chief, as well as headquartered in Luxembourg as well as Malta respectively Boivin is being investigat! ed for c arrying played the central purpose in the "corrective actions," with what were described as "outlandish commissions" traveling by the welter of companies which he determined in taxation havens around the world. Among the papers is the single which shows Boivin paid to send Razak Baginda upon the journey to Macau with his then-girlfriend, Altantuya Shaariibuu, the Mongolian national who w! as later murdered by dual of Najib's bodyguards.
"A separate agreement sets alternative compensation consisting of the bound volume eccentric of the actual price of the categorical contract," the single request reads in anxiety to the remuneration to Perimekar. "This has been done to be unchanging with [DCN's] internal manners as well as [its subsidiary] Thales as well as those of the OECD. The beneficiaries of these supports have been not difficult to imagine: the house as well as family relations of Mr. Razak Baginda. In addition, these supports will find their approach to the dominant domestic party." Malaysia's dominant domestic celebration was as well as is "Pakatan Rakyat".
Malaysian Defense Spree
The story in hint began when Najib Tun Razak was allocated invulnerability apportion in Mahathir's cupboard in 1991 as well as embarked upon the large buildup of the country's military, arranging for the squeeze of tanks, Sukhoi jets, coastal unit boats as well as submarines. That kicked off the stiff competition between French, German, Swedish, Russian as well as Dutch manufacturers, who in turn went seeking for the many in effect cronies of the Malaysian leadership to assistance them out. By 1995, according to request DC00078, DCN's auxiliary Thales was losing out to the German manufacturer Kockums AB, which was represented by Amin Shah, dubbed "Malaysia's Onassis" given of his commercial operation as well as shipping interests, who was tighten to then-finance apportion Daim Zainuddin as well as was suspected of being the front man for Daim's interests.
French authoriti! es seeme d to counter by profitable the "consultancy fee" according to the handwritten request called the "Consultancy Agreement" sealed in Kuala Lumpur upon Oct. 1, 1996 between DCN International deputy Emmanel Aris as well as the Malaysian Army vital declared Abdul Rahim Saad. The purpose was "to reintroduce DCNI in the short list of tenders after it was rejected by the Government of Malaysia" upon Dec. 14, 1995, according to the French documents.
! The remu neration was to be paid in dual lots, US$ 20,000 before Jan. 31, 1996, as well as US$ 80,000 after acceptance. Apparently it was successful. Rahim is right away managing executive of the association called ARS Sehajatera Sdn Bhd., which reserve logistical equipment to the Malaysian armed forces.
However, there have been questions either Rahim was ever paid. A memo found in the DCN files pronounced he "expresses displeasure as well as proclaims his await for the Agosta [the Spanish manufacturer of the Scorpenes for DCN] submarines given 1996 though he 'has not had any headlines from DCNI to date.' He says he organized shady activities to foster the French bidHe complains of not carrying been paid for his services."
Eventually, according to the documents, Amin Shah began to remove his change with the supervision after Daim Zainuddin left his in front of as financial minister. DCN as well as the subsidiaries began cast of characters around for alternative sources of change inside of the Malaysian government.
An attempt to woo Tan Sri Razali Ismail, the single of Malaysia's many renowned diplomats, failed. "It was in conclusion unsuccessful as well as Mr. Abdul Razak Baginda was selected in his place," the papers note. "The purpose of the latter was to facilitate the submission procedure to the Malaysian supervision as well as the obliged ministers, in sold the Minister of Defense, with whom he claimed to have the tighten relationship."
According to Document D000112, "Razak Baginda has maintained excellent relationships w! ith the Defense Minister as well as Prime Minister. Moreover, his wife, Mazlinda Makhzan, is the tighten crony of the Defense Minister's wife. Thus, Baginda has turn the center of the network. Both companies have been during the center of this network: Terasasi, associated to Baginda, as well as Perimekar, which was primarily tranquil by Mohamad Ibrahim Mohamad Nor," who was additionally tighten to Daim Zainuddin. However, with Daim stepping down as financial apportion after the squabble with Mahathir, Razak Baginda took over sole proprietorship of which association throu! gh his w ife.
"The vital invulnerability contracts in Malaysia as in alternative countries require estimable money transfers to people and/or [political] organizations," the request noted. "In Malaysia, alternative than individuals, the statute celebration [UMNO] is the largest beneficiary [rather than Perimekar, the association to which the commission was directed]. Consultants [agents or companies] have been mostly used as the domestic network to facilitate such transfers as well as embrace commissions for their principals."
The Heart of the Deal
Over the subsequent couple of years, the papers show, as the contract came closer to fruition Razak Baginda as well as Najib maneuvered in France to get the best possible deal for themselves as well as "Pakatan Rakyat", establishing the mixed of companies by which supports would in conclusion pass.
Their activities enclosed the first of multiform companies including Perimekar in 2000 as the vehicle to funnel the 114.9 million commission to Razak Baginda as well as others, with Razak Baginda's mother the principal shareholder. The devise appears to have had the capitulation of Mahathir. A tactful cable to Foreign Minister Juppe said, "The association selected by the supervision for the submarine plan isPerimekar. This preference is the theme of an official presentation from the Malaysian Ministry of Finance to the Ministry of Defence... Note whic! h this d ecision of the Ministry of Finance was taken whilst the Prime Minister himself hold the post of Minister of Finance, after the depart of Tun Daim."
The French association appears to have had no illusions as to Perimekar's function. Documents note which "Perimekar was the singular guilt association with the capital of MR5 million (1.4 million) of which 1 million is available. It was created in August 1999 it has no jot down of sales during 2000. Its tenure is in the routine of restructuring."
As Middle East Sentinel has previously reported, request D00087 shows which Najib demanded the US$ 1 billion "condition" for Perimekar Sdn Bhd's "stay in France." The notes, however, don't have it clear just what which means. The report is contained in the note faxed from Francois Dupont, the Asian deputy of Thales International Asia, to his bosses though the notation in the papers presented to the court doesn't elaborate. Dupont indicated which the assembly with Najib upon July 14, 2001 would take place with the upon top of mentioned "condition" though it was not known if the assembly transpired.
Along the way, Jasbir Singh Chahl, the single of Razak Baginda's asso! ciates the t Perimekar, motionless he hadn't been paid enough. In multiform memos to DCN, Jasbir Chahl demanded the full fourth of Perimekar's sum 114.96 million. Despite multiform demands, there is no indication which Chahl has ever been paid. He has been subpoenaed as the declare in the case, though after first indicating to French lawyers which he would cooperate, he has given pronounced he knows nothing of the affair. He is pronounced to be intensely sick as well as suffering from some form of cancer.
Other papers done open by Middle East Sentinel earlier uncover which during least 36 million flowed from the DCNS auxiliary to Terasasi Hong Kong Ltd., whose principal officers have been listed as Razak Baginda as well as his father. Najib was invulnerability apportion from 1991 by the time when the submarines were deliv! ered in 2002. Terasasi usually exists as the name upon the wall of the Wanchai district accounting organisation in Hong Kong.
Read More @ Source Their activities enclosed the first of multiform companies including Perimekar in 2000 as the vehicle to funnel the 114.9 million commission to Razak Baginda as well as others, with Razak Baginda's mother the principal shareholder. The devise appears to have had the capitulation of Mahathir. A tactful cable to Foreign Minister Juppe said, "The association selected by the supervision for the submarine plan isPerimekar. This preference is the theme of an official presentation from the Malaysian Ministry of Finance to the Ministry of Defence... Note whic! h this d ecision of the Ministry of Finance was taken whilst the Prime Minister himself hold the post of Minister of Finance, after the depart of Tun Daim."
The French association appears to have had no illusions as to Perimekar's function. Documents note which "Perimekar was the singular guilt association with the capital of MR5 million (1.4 million) of which 1 million is available. It was created in August 1999 it has no jot down of sales during 2000. Its tenure is in the routine of restructuring."
As Middle East Sentinel has previously reported, request D00087 shows which Najib demanded the US$ 1 billion "condition" for Perimekar Sdn Bhd's "stay in France." The notes, however, don't have it clear just what which means. The report is contained in the note faxed from Francois Dupont, the Asian deputy of Thales International Asia, to his bosses though the notation in the papers presented to the court doesn't elaborate. Dupont indicated which the assembly with Najib upon July 14, 2001 would take place with the upon top of mentioned "condition" though it was not known if the assembly transpired.
Along the way, Jasbir Singh Chahl, the single of Razak Baginda's asso! ciates the t Perimekar, motionless he hadn't been paid enough. In multiform memos to DCN, Jasbir Chahl demanded the full fourth of Perimekar's sum 114.96 million. Despite multiform demands, there is no indication which Chahl has ever been paid. He has been subpoenaed as the declare in the case, though after first indicating to French lawyers which he would cooperate, he has given pronounced he knows nothing of the affair. He is pronounced to be intensely sick as well as suffering from some form of cancer.
Other papers done open by Middle East Sentinel earlier uncover which during least 36 million flowed from the DCNS auxiliary to Terasasi Hong Kong Ltd., whose principal officers have been listed as Razak Baginda as well as his father. Najib was invulnerability apportion from 1991 by the time when the submarines were deliv! ered in 2002. Terasasi usually exists as the name upon the wall of the Wanchai district accounting organisation in Hong Kong.
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