Former Malaysian Prime Minister, Najib Razak is now supposed to go to gaol but is desperately trying to move UMNO to new elections which might enable the parliament to drop all charges against the great embezzler. Meanwhile in Germany it has been found that a ship building program also engineered by Najib in 2010 with a RM9 billion contract has yet to produce a single boat. Moreover RM1 billion has disappeared and cannot be accounted for. An Australian, Gordon Hargreaves, employee of major arms manufacturer, Rheinmetall, helped set up a convoluted ordering process to elude transparency and recently, as heat developed, stepped down from his pivotal role and handed the CEO job to a young inexperienced secretary incapable of explaining the complicated maneuvering of money.
Another of Najib's deals for submarine building by a French company also involved massive bribes. One can't help but wonder if Australia's cancellations of a multi billion dollar nuclear submarine development with a French company was at all influenced by the Malaysian revelations. Ironically Australia, having pulled out of the deal, is now having to pay $584 million in compensation to the French company.
It all reminds me of then Prime Minister Tony Blair's response to calls for an enquiry with the exposure of multi million dollar bribes involving sales of weaponry to Saudi Arabia. Blair asserted that an enquiry was not in the national interest.
Another of Najib's deals for submarine building by a French company also involved massive bribes. One can't help but wonder if Australia's cancellations of a multi billion dollar nuclear submarine development with a French company was at all influenced by the Malaysian revelations. Ironically Australia, having pulled out of the deal, is now having to pay $584 million in compensation to the French company.
It all reminds me of then Prime Minister Tony Blair's response to calls for an enquiry with the exposure of multi million dollar bribes involving sales of weaponry to Saudi Arabia. Blair asserted that an enquiry was not in the national interest.