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11 April 2019
Rameli Musa, who was implicated in the controversy surrounding the RM1.4 million settlement between PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang and Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle-Brown, has broken his silence.
In written correspondence with Malaysiakini, the KTMB chairperson said he felt aggrieved over being questioned by the MACC and becoming the victim of “extreme politics.”
“My name was tarnished in the international arena, where I mainly make my livelihood,” he said.
“I pity those who spread slander and who can stop slander, but did not do it.
“I have kept mum all this while because the matter is still under MACC investigation.”
Rameli said this when asked to respond to a source close to him who told Malaysiakini that Hadi was initially unaware of the RM1.4 million payment made to settle the PAS president’s lawsuit against Rewcastle-Brown.
The source claimed that the matter was handled by five influential individuals within PAS, using Rameli as an intermediary, before Hadi or the party’s central committee got wind of it.
Rameli was questioned by the MACC over the matter early last month.
On March 7, Hadi denied allegations that he or his party had made payments to Rewcastle-Brown, contrary to a Sarawak Report article published six days earlier confirming the payment.
‘Slander everywhere’
Asked to comment on meeting with Hadi’s representatives, Rameli refused to divulge details.
“I don’t want to comment much,” he said.
“I don’t really remember the dates (of the meetings) and how many times (these took place).”
Rameli added, without elaborating, that the country needs leaders with manners and integrity.
“There’s slander everywhere because the ones in the know pretend not to know, and the ones who do not know, do not want to know,” he said.
Hadi had sued Rewcastle-Brown after Sarawak Report claimed that several PAS leaders received RM90 million from Umno prior to the last general election.
The MACC has concluded its investigations into the case, with papers submitted to the Attorney-General’s Chambers for further action.
https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/471784
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1 March 2019
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Americk Sidhu: The cheque has been cleared. Meaning: We have the CASH.
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RAFIZI STRIKES BULLSEYE: ‘RAMELI MUSA’ THE ACCOUNT-HOLDER OF RM1.4MIL BANK ISLAM CHEQUE, IS HADI’S OLD FRIEND & HEAD OF A GLC – REPORT https://t.co/Ijp0a8oCbO
Rafizi Ramli decided to investigate the conflicting claims regarding PAS’ alleged RM1.4 million payment to Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle-Brown.
In a Facebook posting this afternoon, the PKR vice-president detailed how he had cracked the case.
According to him, the 10-digit Bank Islam account number stated in a confidential letter published by Rewcastle-Brown this morning was part of a 14-digit account number.
The chartered accountant turned politician said he discovered the rest of the digits by making comparisons with the account numbers on other Bank Islam cheques.
With the proper account number in hand, Rafizi claimed he successfully transferred RM10 to the account.
The PKR leader also named the account holder. Malaysiakini learned that the person heads a GLC.
Malaysiakini is attempting to contact this individual, who is described as an old-time friend of PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang.
Earlier today, Rewcastle-Brown confirmed that Hadi had paid her RM1.4 million to settle his defamation suit against her, which was filed in London.
Following this, PAS information chief Nasrudin Hasan claimed that the Bank Islam account used to purportedly transfer the RM1.4 million is fake.
“Some friends checked the account number which is being shared (on social media) by trying to transfer RM5 and RM1, and the account doesn’t exist,” he said on Facebook.
Nasrudin also urged others to attempt transferring funds to PAS’ authentic Bank Islam account.
However, Rewcastle-Brown’s lawyer Americk Sidhu told Malaysiakini that the cheque was written in front of him and that it had cleared into the Sarawak Report editor’s account.
Hadi had sued the London-based Rewcastle-Brown over an article published in Sarawak Report that PAS received RM90 million from Umno during the leadership of former premier Najib Abdul Razak in exchange for the Islamist party’s support in the last general election.
Earlier last month, Hadi and Rewcastle-Brown agreed to settle the case out of court.
Both PAS and Najib have denied the RM90 million allegation, which is now the subject of an MACC investigation. -MKINI
RM1.4 million to Sarawak Report came from real bank account, says Rafizi after PAS denial
THE money used to pay Sarawak Report for its legal fees to settle PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang’s defamation suit came from the bank account of a person named Rameli Musa, said former Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli.
Rafizi said this in response to claims by PAS that the RM1.4 million paid to Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle-Brown had come from a fake account.
The PKR politician said he analysed the numbers on cheques issued by Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd and the photo of a Bank Islam cheque used to pay RM1.4 million to the account of Rewcastle-Brown’s lawyer in trust for the British journalist.
Rafizi also said he transferred money to the account number in the photo of the cheque and in the settlement agreement with Hadi, and found it to be legitimate.
“The transfer also went through. This proves that the account that was noted in the agreement exists, and so too the RM1.4 million,” said Rafizi in a statement today.
The former Pandan MP was responding to PAS members who said he was spreading lies that Hadi had paid Rewcastle RM1.4 million to withdraw his defamation suit against her.
Rafizi said he had verified the account number by comparing it with three different cheques from Bank Islam.
Earlier today, PAS information chief Nasrudin Hassan Tantawi said the bank account number on the cheque used to pay Rewcastle was fake.
“Some people have checked the account number (in the photo) by attempting to make transfers of RM5 and RM1 to the account, but the account does not exist,” he said on Facebook.
PAS vice-president Idris Ahmad also said Sarawak Report’s confirmation of receiving the RM1.4 million was insufficient and called on Rewcastle-Brown to furnish more proof.
PAS has been adamant that neither the party nor Hadi had to pay Sarawak Report anything as part of the settlement agreement to Hadi’s defamation suit over a report the website published in 2016, alleging PAS had received RM90 million from Umno before the 14th general election.
Rewcastle-Brown’s lawyer Americk Sidhu, meanwhile, said there was no way the bank account used to transfer RM1.4 million to his client could have been fake.
Speaking to Malaysiakini, he said the cheque was genuine or the bank would not have cleared it. He also said that he personally witnessed the cheque being written but would not state who the account holder was. THE MALAYSIAN INSIGHT
MKINI / THE MALAYSIAN INSIGHT
https://www.malaysia-chronicle.com/?p=158911
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Rafizi turns sleuth, implicates GLC boss in PAS’ ‘RM1.4m’ for Clare https://t.co/I0liDsvCxQ https://t.co/94MVpDdq7Y
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INI BUKTINYA AKAUN YANG MEMBAYAR RM1.4 JUTA WUJUD DAN SIAPA YANG TOLONG BAYARKAN
http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Frafiziramli.com%2F2019%2F03%2Fini-buktinya-akaun-yang-membayar-rm1-4-juta-wujud-dan-siapa-yang-tolong-bayarkan%2F&layout=standard&show_faces=true&width=450&action=like&colorscheme=light1. Saya telah dimaki secara berjemaah oleh penyokong-penyokong PAS sejak pagi tadi kerana memberi ulasan mengenai pendedahan bahawa Presiden PAS, Dato’ Seri Hadi Awang telah membayar Clare Rewcastle Brown sebanyak RM1.4 juta untuk membolehkan beliau (Hadi Awang) menarik balik saman di mahkamah UK.
2. Saya dituduh menyebarkan fitnah kerana penyokong-penyokong PAS ini memberikan hujah bahawa nombor akaun Bank Islam yang terkandung di dalam perjanjian yang mengesahkan pembayaran (iaitu akaun Bank Islam bernombor 9010001388) itu dikatakan nombor akaun palsu.
3. Penyokong-penyokong PAS telah cuba memindahkan wang ke akaun Bank Islam bernombor 9010001388 ini untuk mengesahkan akaun itu wujud. Cubaan itu gagal kerana akaun Bank Islam mempunyai 14 digit dan nombor yang dimasukkan ke dalam perjanjian itu hanya ada 10 digit.
4. Lalu mereka (penyokong-penyokong PAS) telah menyebarkan komen-komen bahawa ini satu lagi penipuan terancang untuk memfitnah presiden dan parti mereka.
5. Mereka juga menindakkan kononnya pembayaran itu tidak pernah berlaku.
6. Saya pun mengambil keputusan untuk membuat sedikit penyelidikan mudah untuk mengesahkan nombor akaun itu benar-benar wujud. Saya tahu bahawa nombor 10 digit yang terkandung di dalam perjanjian itu hanyalah sebahagian dari nombor akaun penuh 14 digit.
7. Saya bermula dengan mengenal pasti corak nombor akaun 14 digit dari cek-cek Bank Islam yang ada di internet. Saya mengamati 3 cek iaitu dari akaun-akaunTetuan LC Signature, Tetuan Yayasan Taqwa dan Tetuan Sabasun, seperti yang ditunjukkan di bawah:
8. Saya mendapati ada pola khusus iaitu cek-cek dan akaun nombor Bank Islam mempunyai susunan “40”, diikuti dengan nombor 5 digit dan diakhiri dengan nombor 10 digit (lihat di kaki cek). Nombor 10 digit itu semuanya bermula dengan digit “9”, sama dengan kod “40” yang berulang-ulang.
9. Ini memberi gambaran bahawa digit “40” dan digit “9” adalah kod pengenalan yang bukan menjadi sebahagian dari nombor akaun 14 digit itu.
10. Saya juga menyemak nombor-nombor akaun Bank Islam yang sah dan mendapati banyak yang bermula dengan 14XXX.
11. Lalu saya menyimpulkan bahawa digit-digit “40” dan “9” adalah kod pengenalan dan nombor akaun sebenar ialah 5 digit bermula “14XXX” diikuti dengan 9 digit yang berkepalakan angka 9.
12. Ini bermakna nombor akaun bagi Tetuan Yayasan Taqwa adalah 14023010039425 dan nombor akaun individu yang membayar RM1.4 juta bagi pihak Dato’ Seri Hadi Awang ini ialah 14032010001388.
13. Seterusnya, saya memindahkan wang RM10 ke akaun Bank Islam Tetuan Yayasan Taqwa untuk mengesahkan bahawa kesimpulan saya mengenai peraturan kod akaun Bank Islam adalah betul.
14. Sistem CIMBClicks mengesahkan bahawa akaun Tetuan Yayasan Taqwa memang bernombor 14023010039425. Ini membuktikan bahawa teori saya mengenai peraturan kod akaun Bank Islam adalah betul.
15. Saya seterusnya memindahkan RM10 ke akaun bernombor 14032010001388 yang dinamakan di dalam perjanjian antara Clare Rewcastle Brown dan Dato’ Seri Hadi Awang.
16. Akaun itu wujud di bawah nama Rameli Musa dan pindahan wang RM10 itu lepas.
17. Ini mengesahkan bahawa akaun yang dinamakan itu wujud, sumber wang untuk RM1.4 juta itu juga wujud.
18. Tokoh yang ceknya dan akaunnya digunakan untuk membayar RM1.4 juta juga wujud.
19. Saya berharap penyokong-penyokong PAS dan pembangkang berhenti dari memaki hamun dan menerima hakikat bahawa presiden mereka telah membayar Clare Rewcastle Brown untuk tidak meneruskan perbicaraan.
Ini Buktinya Akaun Yang Membayar RM1.4 Juta Wujud Dan Siapa Yang Tolong Bayarkan
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Time To Clear The Air On The PAS Payment To Sarawak Report
When an out of court settlement was signed on January 24th agreeing that Sarawak Report’s legal bills should be paid to the tune of RM1.4 million (RM1,422,980.00) as part of the arrangement to allow Hadi Awang to withdraw from his case, Sarawak Report agreed to Hadi’s condition that both parties keep the payment confidential.
It is a common provision of such settlements that the out of court payments are kept confidential to spare the blushes of the party who paid, in return for saving both parties the further time and expense of futher litigation.
However, Sarawak Report only agreed to the UK court order to drop Hadi’s case on condition its costs were paid. In the event, the settlement payment was placed in escrow with Sarawak Report’s Malaysian lawyer to be released to Sarawak Report the moment that the court order withdrawing Hadi’s English case was stamped and sealed.
That court order withdrawing the proceedings therefore provided for ‘no order as to costs’, as Hadi’s contribution had already been paid and was in escrow.
Hadi and his colleagues in PAS were clearly willing to pay the money in order to be spared cross-examination on their conflicting testimony and furthermore to avoid the very likely danger of publicly losing the case and being forced to pay costs. If they continued to contradict each other in front of an English Court someone would have committed perjury for lying in a London law suit (‘sharia compliant’ lying is not recognised in the UK civil court any more than in most Muslim countries).
The out of court agreement did not oblige Sarawak Report to provide any of the remedies sought in Hadi’s claim, such as keeping silent on the subject of UMNO payments to PAS or anything else, since Sarawak Report had refused to apologise for its remarks or to surrender its commitment to fair reporting in the public interest.
Sarawak Report did agree to withdraw its own counter suit against Hadi for harassment so as to bring all legal action to an end.
Sarawak Report had filed its counter-complaint owing to persistant harassment relating to the case emanating from pro-UMNO bloggers such as the defamation outfit Malaysia Today, which we argued that Hadi was aiding and abetting by leaking court documents to the publication.
After all, Malaysia Today’s writer is Raja Petra Kamaruddin (‘RPK’), who was cited as Hadi’s witness in the case and is brother to Raja Idris Kamaruddin, who was acting as Hadi’s agent in the proceedings, allegedly interfacing with PAS’s London lawyers Carter Ruck.
Sarawak Report had complained that private and confidential information about the case was being leaked to RPK, which he was then twisting and abusing to attack Sarawak Report in a persistant, threatening and defamatory manner – whilst additionally lying about alleged multi-million dollar payments from various fictitious parties to Sarawak Report.
However, with Hadi’s case dropped, there was little interest in continuing further costly legal action relating to the misuse of court documents in the proceeding.
What Sarawak Report rightly assumed was that Malaysian commentators would swiftly see the settlement for what it was: a total climb down by Hadi from his claim against Sarawak Report over its reporting on alleged UMNO payments to PAS – there seemed no need to spell out the payment of legal fees.
A Commitment Works Both Ways
Ever since the closing of the case, however, PAS has sought to spin and deceive over the matter. In the process senior PAS officials have referred to lying in the political interests of the party as permissible under a surprising interpretation of Sharia law.
It has been implied that Sarawak Report backed out of the case, lied and said things it never claimed (for example that money paid into PAS party accounts came from 1MDB, when 1MDB money dried up in Februay 2015 after the scandal broke).
Now Hadi’s representatives in PAS have repeatedly broken the obligation imposed on Hadi to keep confidentiality about the terms of the settlement, by not only speaking about those terms but also misleading Malaysians by stating that no payment was made to Sarawak Report in settlement of the claim. It was.
Firstly, on Tuesday PAS secretary general Takiyuddin Hassan went public to deny a query from PKR president Anwar Ibrahim, who asked if it was true that PAS had paid Sarawak Reports legal fees as part of the settlement. Instead of fulfilling the commitment not to comment, he claimed that neither Hadi nor the party had paid any costs:
“In other words, the claimant Hadi does not make any payment of costs to the defendant to settle the case out of court.
“It should also be clarified that PAS does not make any payment for any part of this case, because PAS was not a party to the suit.
“PAS considers the PKR president’s statement a desperate move to divert the people’s attention from a crisis of confidence amongst Pakatan Harapan parties towards their chairperson Dr Mahathir Mohamad, who is also the prime minister,” [Malaysiakini]
Then on Thursday, following a further claim by Anwar that he had obtained bank documentation showing Sarawak Report was indeed paid, Takiyuddin announced that he would call a press conference at which he alleges he will provide ‘documents’ to ‘prove’ that Sarawak Report received no payment in order to settle the case:
PAS secretary-general Takiyuddin Hassan (above) said the party will be holding a press conference on this soon. “We will show everything. He (Anwar) said he checked with the London courts. We have all the documents and we will reveal everything.
“We are confident documents are stronger than mere words. We will answer based on the documents,” Takiyuddin told reporters at the MACC headquarters in Putrajaya today.
“I will show (that we didn’t pay RM1.4 million), based on documents. Not like him (Anwar), he is only speaking based on hearsay,” he added. [Malaysiakini].
It means that Takiyuddin, who is the top spokesman in the party and another of Hadi’s representatives in the litigation, has specifically referred to the details of the confidential terms in breach of the settlementagreement, but in a misleading way to imply he can prove that Sarawak Report was not paid, when in fact Sarawak Report received over RM1.4 million towards its legal fees.
Hadi should not have been discussing details of the settlement payment with a member of PAS at all. Takiyuddin’s representations on Hadi’s behalf is a flagrant and repudiatory breach of the confidentiality agreement, which is particularly egregious as it is untrue.
Sarawak Report therefore is entitled to consider itself released from confidentiality also, in order to be able to tell the truth to the Malaysian people who are being misled. There are no documents ‘proving Sarawak Report was not paid’, to the contrary there is copious evidence showing we were paid by agents of Hadi Awang to allow him to withdraw his claim.
We believe for political reasons the PAS general secretary is now attempting to delay his vaunted press conference to show this ‘proof’ until after a coming by election, again in order to deceive voters and the public that he will be able to bring such evidence when he cannot.
On the other hand, we are informed that this letter to Malayan Banking Berhad (below) was the document obtained by Anwar and it shows that Sarawak Report was forced under money laundering rules to explain the export of the equivalent of £260,ooo pounds sterling (RM1.422, 980.00) from Malaysia back to London. Attached to this letter was a copy of the confidential settlement and the court order.
The Truth Of What Happened
Sarawak Report can confirm that towards the end of last year it was approached with an offer for an out of court settlement by PAS through an intermediary, who is a known supporter of the party and who took part in the original decision to sue this site.
There were extensive negotiations with the intermediary, of which Sarawak Report has a record, which were relayed to Hadi and his agents in PAS who were involved in the case (London solicitors Carter Ruck have confirmed they were initially engaged both by Hadi and by PAS over this case).
Eventually, Hadi and his advisors in PAS agreed with Sarawak Report on terms that included this payment, at which point the intermediary, a lawyer and another PAS supporter visited SR’s KL lawyer on January 24th to finalise the terms.
The intermediaries indicated that the party wished to pay the sum in cash the following week. However, Sarawak Report’s lawyer refused a cash payment and accepted instead a post-dated cheque for January 31st from one of the intermediaries (who wanted time to recoup the money from PAS, which has been funding Hadi’s case).
PAS and Hadi Awang plainly wish to find every way to distance themselves from the fact they paid to gain a discontinuance of the case and avoid trial. However, the recent public statements are once again misleading Malaysians into an understanding that Sarawak Report was not paid and itself backed down from defending its position, which is untrue.
In the process they have broken the terms of an agreement they themselves imposed not to discuss the terms of the settlement, and therefore Sarawak Report is entitled to reveal the truth to the Malaysian public and hopes this will draw a line under the affair.
After all, Hadi has got out of the case that threatened to make a fool of him and his party in London and should be grateful for that.
http://www.sarawakreport.org/2019/02/time-to-clear-the-air-on-the-pas-payment-to-sarawak-report/
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“ I will show ( that we didn’t pay RM1.4million ) base on documents.
Not like him ( @anwaribrahim ) he’s only speaking based on hearsay. “
– PAS Secretary General
Takiyuddin Hassan
– Siapa PENIPU dan siapa MENIPU ???
https://t.co/rsbWQBflvg https://t.co/sEQrcWhJZ6
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#AnwarIbrahim says he has proof PAS paid Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle-Brown RM1.4million to settle out-of-court. PAS had earlier sued Rewcastle-Brown over an article alleging PAS received RM90 million from #UMNO & she counter-sued https://t.co/drOCyMupyW
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