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SCORPENE
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The ‘Architect’ emerges and disseminates ‘information’ in ‘Scorpene: The Untold Story’ published in the NST.
The architect of the Scorpene submarine purchase is
Jasbir Singh Chahl.
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Excerpts from SUARAM’s letter
Malaysia Chronicle
Tuesday, 30 July 2013 17:33
Tell the whole truth Jasbir, why did Najib & Baginda push you out from Scorpene deal
Written by SUARAM
Malaysian Insider
Jasbir was sacked before Scorpene deal sealed, reveals Suaram
Jasbir Singh Chahl, who caused a stir recently when he revealed that murdered Mongolian beauty Altantuya Shaariibuu was not party to the Scorpene deal, was sacked as the consultant and negotiator in the procurement of two submarines.
Abdul Razak Baginda came into the picture after Jasbir was sacked, said Suaram in a press conference today.
Jasbir then filed a RM50 million suit against Abdul Razak which was eventually settled out of court, said Suaram executive director Cynthia Gabriel.
She added that Jasbir, who is a witness in the on-going inquiry in Paris, did not disclose in full what he knew in the interview with the New Straits Times. – July 30, 2013.
Jasbir was sacked before Scorpene deal sealed, reveals Suaram
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Malaysiakini
Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim questioned why the “architect” of the Scorpene submarine procurement, Jasbir Singh Chahl, has recently resurrected the issue of deceased Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu’s involvement in the RM7.3 billion deal.
Jasbir is a director of Terasasi, a Hong Kong-based firm owned by well-connected political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda, who was freed of a charge of abetting the murder of Altantuya without having to call his defence in 2008.
Anwar said no one has suggested that Altantuya was involved in the negotiations for the purchase of the two submarines in 2002, when Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak was then defence minister.
“Whether Jasbir knows Altantayu or not is between him and her. We wonder why he has chosen to speak about this when nobody said she was part of the negotiations, nobody made reference to her in that role,” he said when met in Seberang Jaya during the weekend.
“What we are questioning specifically is her role as Abdul Razak’s translator. This has been quite established already,” stressed the Permatang Pauh MP.
PKR queries Jasbir’s move to resurrect Altantuya’s ghost
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The Malaysian Insider
Side Views
Why is the Scorpene “architect” surfacing now? – The Malaysian Insider
July 28, 2013
Jasbir Singh Chahl got his 15 minutes of fame yesterday, nearly seven years after Altantuya Shaariibuu was killed and her murder linked to the Scorpene submarines purchase.
Now known as the architect of the submarine deal, Jasbir was quoted in the New Straits Times yesterday as saying there was no links between the Mongolian interpreter and the negotiations, and it was a business arrangement that did not involve corruption.
Jasbir was a former staff of Thomson-CSF International (M) Sdn Bhd, the wholly-owned Malaysian subsidiary of France’s Thomson-CSF (now Thales), on the Royal Malaysian Navy’s Offshore Patrol Vessels project, the Crotale man-portable Shorad (short range air defence) system, and other projects of interest to Thomson-CSF and its subsidiaries.
So he should know the deal inside and outside but has decided to only spill the beans now.
Why now? Why didn’t Jasbir say all this the days before three men were charged for Altantuya’s murder or when the submarines had problems diving – which is what they are supposed to do from time to time.
While it is commendable that Jasbir wants to clear the air over the deal that has been linked to a murder, one thing is clear – he is is doing this because he has a vested interest in the deal.
So why should Malaysians believe what he says when he is an interested party in the deal?
He should explain that, too. Or the NST report ends up as another after thought to cover the tracks of interested parties rather than really clearing the air about the Scorpene purchase. – July 28, 2013.
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THE SCORPENE INVESTIGATION
The independent French investigation, covering several agencies including the French immigration, was initiated after Malaysian human rights non-governmental organisation Suaram lodged a complaint in the French courts in 2010, claiming that French naval firm DCNS had paid RM452 million as a bribe to Malaysian officials to obtain the contract for two Scorpene submarines.
The amount was paid to Perimekar Sdn Bhd, the company in charge of the logistics and the training of the officers and men of the Royal Malaysian Navy’s Submarine Force and covered project management and project integration ser vices, coordinating the involvement of Malaysian companies in the industrial participation programme in the provision of services during the construction phase and to monitor the performance of these firms, helping the main contractor comply with all local laws and procedures relating to the execution of the contract, coordinating and monitoring the training of RMN personnel in compliance with the main contract and in accordance with Malaysian Government and RMN expectations, and providing monthly reports on all of the above.
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THE OTHER SIDE HITS BACK!
Malaysian Insider
Side Views
Why is the Scorpene “architect” surfacing now? – The Malaysian Insider
July 28, 2013
Jasbir Singh Chahl got his 15 minutes of fame yesterday, nearly seven years after Altantuya Shaariibuu was killed and her murder linked to the Scorpene submarines purchase.
Now known as the architect of the submarine deal, Jasbir was quoted in the New Straits Times yesterday as saying there was no links between the Mongolian interpreter and the negotiations, and it was a business arrangement that did not involve corruption.
“I am willing to swear on my holy book, Guru Granth Sahib, that I did not know this person, that she was never part of the team, had never met her, that she was never in France during the entire time we were there trying to close the deal.
“I only knew about her when I read the papers in 2006 that they had found her body,” he told the New Straits Times in a special report entitled, ‘Scorpene: The Untold Story’, published in Kuala Lumpur today.
According to the report, Jasbir was a former staff of Thomson-CSF International (M) Sdn Bhd, the wholly-owned Malaysian subsidiary of France’s Thomson-CSF (now Thales), on the Royal Malaysian Navy’s Offshore Patrol Vessels project, the Crotale man-portable Shorad (short range air defence) system, and other projects of interest to Thomson-CSF and its subsidiaries.
So he should know the deal inside and outside but has decided to only spill the beans now.
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Malaysia Chronicle
Sunday, 28 July 2013 08:09
Jasbir’s disclosure of Scorpene purchase short-circuits Opposition play of fantasy – Bernama
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Malaysia Chronicle
Saturday, 27 July 2013 21:53
Altantuya was never in France from 1999 to 2006 – NST
In a startling disclosure following an exhaustive inves tigation, the French authorities have revealed that Altantuya, who had been linked to defence analyst Abdul Razak Baginda, was never in France during that time.
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Malaysia Chronicle
Saturday, 27 July 2013 23:09
Scorpene: 115 million euros is Perimekar’s service management fee
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Malaysiakini
The architect of the Scorpene deal, Jasbir Singh Chahl, says murdered Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu was never an interpreter for the submarine deal, nor was she ever involved in the contract.
In an interview published by New Straits Times today, Jasbir said whatever affair Altantuya had with defence analyst Abdul Razak Baginda, a central figure in the deal, was a personal matter.
“His dealings with her had nothing to do with the Scorpene deal. It’s unfortunate that it (the affair) coincided with our (submarine deal) timeline.
“Abdul Razak was the only common denominator in this. He was the only link, and a tenuous one, at best,” Jasbir is quoted as saying.
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‘Not bribery’
Jasbir also denied that the RM452 million paid to Perimekar Sdn Bhd from the deal was bribery.
He said the payment was for various services rendered by the company, which among others included project management and integration services and coordination works to ensure they meet the Malaysian government’s expectations.
“We’ve been made out to look like profiteers who just sat back and collected when, in fact, there was a lot of hard, tangible work, that was done,” he is quoted as saying.
He said other payments were for the cost of managing 145 Royal Malaysian Navy personnel including 49 officers and dependents, which include:
- Provision of food, accommodation and necessary services to the personnel in Brest, France and Spain for six years
- Health insurance premiums
- Per diem of Euro50 per person
- Return travel fares to Malaysia three times a year
Perimekar Sdn Bhd is owned by Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera (LTAT), Boustead Holdings Bhd and KS Ombak Laut Sdn Bhd, which is owned by Abdul Razak.
Suaram has filed a case in France against French naval company DCNS over kickbacks allegedly paid out in the Scorpene deal and the probe is still ongoing in Paris.
Scorpene broker: Altantuya never part of the deal – Malaysiakini
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