Mohan must reveal details of ‘missing’ funds

KUALA LUMPUR : MIC Youth chief T Mohan must reveal details of a fund collected through a charity dinner held on December, 2010, as some RM100,000 has "simply disappeared".In making the call, former MIC Youth public complaints bureau head R Ramanan said he was ready to reveal the "abuses" in the “Zuna Night” collection but on condition that Mohan and MIC Youth treasurer J Dhinakaran vacate their positions immediately.


He said the issue had been raised numerous time but Mohan's silence on the matter was deafening, indicating that something was not right with the accounts of the fund.He said that the fund raising dinner was organised by the Youth wing with the expenses fully borne by Human Resources Minister Dr S Subramaniam."I found out that the Youth wing managed to collect RM400,000. My sources tell me that about RM100,000 from the RM400,000 simply vanished from the accounts," he told FMT today.

In Malaysia, where Money is still God

Written by  Iskandar Dzulkarnain, Malaysia Chronicle


The case of a Customs officer found dead at the offices of the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission reminds us again of the ongoing corruption and graft facing Malaysia today.Most will agree that Malaysia is one of the most corrupted countries in the world now. The obscene amounts running into billions of ringgit from black market activities borders to the extreme, and completely boggles the mind. Governed by a near dictatorship, a police state and repressive laws like the ISA, OSA and the Sedition Act, Malaysia is on the brink of collapse.

The amount of corruption in Malaysia, if listed in detail, will be hundreds of pages long, but let’s just concentrate on the latest expose’ – the Customs controversy. Everyone is waiting in anticipation of the investigation of Sarbani, Asst Director of Selangor Customs.An autopsy was performed pending lab analysis, and he is already buried. A customs officer has been arrested with RM2 million stashed away is only the tip of the iceberg. What is ironic is that the corruption has been going on for half a century and the authorities took so long to clamp down on graft shows that none of the enforcement agencies have any clout or Independence.

TN polls: Blender-grinder of corruption

The polls campaigns to five Indian State assemblies in Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Pondicherry, are in full swing these days. The rising tide of protest against corruption is expected to feature prominently in these polls, especially with the new support gathering for the fast launched by Anna Hazare, a respected social and political leader, against corruption, and demanding key amendments to the proposed Lokpal legislation by the Congress led government in New Delhi, supposedly to fight corruption.

The Union Government and the Centre, and its allies in various states, will certainly be facing an uphill task as the Hazare campaign gains strength, and shows signs of becoming the precursor to a revolt in the Indian streets, at least in states such as Bengaloru, Kolkata, Kerala and in New Delhi itself. The magnet that Hazare’s fast, now in its fourth day, has been to the educated youth in the major cities of India points to the possibility of a new dynamic in the world’s largest electoral democracy.

Life savings gone into sinking homes

IPOH: Ten families who used their life savings to build their dream homes 15 years ago are now having sleepless nights – their houses are slowing sinking.Life for these families from Kampung Tersusun Buntong Tiga Tambahan has become a daily nightmare since then.The distraught residents feel they have been short-changed by the state government into building their houses on a former dumpsite.The families are former squatters who have been relocated from various squatter areas by the state government to this village which has about 500 houses.

MACC to Use Ground Floor for Business with Public

PUTRAJAYA, 8 APRIL, 2011: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) today announced the drastic measure of conducting all business involving accused persons, suspects, witnesses and complainants on the ground floor of MACC premises with immediate effect. MACC Deputy Chief Commissioner (Management and Professionalism) Datuk Zakaria Jaafar said that at MACC offices which did not occupy the ground floor, especially in the states, MACC officers would monitor these people at all times.

Samy Vellu: I never gave instruction to withdraw RM4m

KUALA LUMPUR: Former MIC president S Samy Vellu denied today that he had instructed the then Maju Institute of Educational Development CEO P Chithirakala to withdraw RM4 million from MIED's accounts and prepare three cheques to purchase shares for his son, S Vell Paari."It's a lie. I never gave such instruction," Samy Vellu said under cross-examination by Chithirakala's counsel J Chandra, at the Sessions Court here.He also disagreed with Chandra's suggestion that the money actually belonged to him but was kept under the name of Rashid Manaf, an AIMST Sdn Bhd shareholder.

'Customs man's injuries in line with fall from height'

The injuries found on Selangor Customs Department assistant director Ahmad Sarbani Mohamed are consistent with falling from a height, said Federal Territory police chief Zulkifli Abdullah.“From the injuries that were seen on his body, we think they are consistent with a fall from a height, but we have to wait for the laboratory report before coming to any conclusions,” he said.Speaking to reporters after officially opening the Kuala Lumpur police contingent monthly assembly today, Zulkifli said samples were taken from the deceased during a post-mortem that lasted more than a day.