Why Are Sarawakians’ Rights To Local Democracy Being Hijacked?
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Power Of Engaging
The NGO Engage joined forces with press and freedom groups on Thursday to re-launch a fund to protect journalists and civil society campaigners from abusive and oppressive law suits designed to stifle public debate in Malaysia. Thomas Fann, the chairperson…
UK House of Lords Committee Hears Evidence On Terengganu’s Jail Sentence Against SR Editor
On Tuesday afternoon in the UK, after a judge directed the editor of this website, Clare Rewcastle Brown, to personally attend her appeal against a two year jail sentence passed against her in absentia in Terengganu, the matter came up at…
Going ‘Green’ Requires Governance
The GPS state government is plainly seeking to jump onto the carbon credit bandwagon, proclaiming alleged green policies. At the same time it is maximising the opportunities provided by a weak federal government by trumpeting its demand for total autonomy…
“The King now knows its me …. so I have to go back and eat shit”!
The sensational PetroSaudi fraud trial, which has at times had the Swiss Federal Court sitting late into the night, finished neatly at the close of day on Friday. Summing up, the lawyers for the two defendants Tarek Obaid and Patrick…
PetroSaudi Prosecutors Demand A Decade In Jail For 1MDB JV Alleged Fraudsters!
After a fractious two and a half weeks in the Swiss Federal Court in Bellinzona the prosecutors who have alleged serious fraud and aggravated money laundering charges against the two PetroSaudi directors, Tarek Obaid and Patrick Mahony, have finished their…
Tarek’s Royal Trump Cards
The final day of questioning for the PetroSaudi defendant Tarek Obaid, charged in Switzerland with the theft of nearly two billion dollars from 1MDB, saw his lawyers once again name-dropping royal contacts. In their ongoing attempt to portray their client…
Tagged As A ‘Flight Risk’! – Obaid Is Slapped With Electronic Cuff
The PetroSaudi boss and alleged mega-fraudster, Tarek Obaid, spent last week arguing in the Swiss Court that he needs secrecy and protection from Saudi Arabia. However a court order released on Friday has undermined those claims, indicating his earlier actions…
Speak Out And I Am Dead! – The Drama Continues In The Swiss PetroSaudi Trial
It would appear that the alleged Saudi fraudster and money launderer, Tarek Obaid, was in fact some sort of Gulf version of 007: a secret agent acting on the direct instructions of the former King of Saudi Arabia. He cannot,…
Samling’s Blueprint Carbon Venture Raises Red Flags For Sarawak – SR INVESTIGATION
Samling’s pilot carbon credit project, sanctioned under new legislation by the state government, could make billions for the company but represents extremely poor value for the public say experts. The Marudi Forest Conservation and Restoration Project (MFCRP) under the timber giant’s…