Open Letter from Lord Ahmed to the Malaysian Attorney General…
Open letter from Lord Ahmed of Rotherham to The Hon. Attorney General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail, Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed Minister of International Trade & Industry & the Federal Commercial Crimes Department chief Syed Ismail Syed Azizan
7th March 2013
Further to recent correspondence from The Hon. Attorney General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail to the ‘British Victims of Investing in Malaysia’ and recent statements by the Minister of International Trade & Industry Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed and the Federal Commercial Crimes Department chief Syed Ismail Syed Azizan, the British Victims of Investing in Malaysia and I would like to thank them all for their statements, comments and concerns. As Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed stated, “we leave it to police authorities to investigate”. British investors have patiently waited for 15 months now for the results of the criminal investigation and unfortunately, investors are no nearer to knowing where their $4,000,000 investment has gone.
For these 60 investors, their first experience of venturing into the Malaysian economy has been a traumatic and distressful one. Their legitimate right to know the whereabouts of their investment has been denied to them by the Chairman and Directors of Doxport Technologies for over 4 long years.
Furthermore, Doxport Technologies have supplied a substantial amount of documents which investors allege are ‘fake’. Emotions of concern and ‘sympathy’ that Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohammed has expressed must translate into swift action by the Malaysian police, the Money Laundering Division and the Attorney General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail, who has recently assured the investors that he ‘will look into the matter’.
I still have great faith in the Malaysian authorities and as such:
I request them to interview all the alleged suspects.
I request them to make all attempts to trace and freeze all the missing funds for the duration of any further police investigation.
I request them to investigate all the documents that the British investors allege are ‘fake’, be they invoices from Doxport to SingTel, used to procure investment or receipts for the telecom switches which the British citizens were led to believe they were investing in.
Those individuals involved in any alleged fraud must be held accountable for their actions, the world must see that Malaysian law is applicable to ‘all Malaysians’ and that nobody is above the law. I urge the Malaysian authorities to continue to investigate fully and without protraction and to get to the truth with justice.
Lord Ahmed of Rotherham
House of Lords, London
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Notes to Editors:
A Press Conference will be held in London this month by Lord Ahmed to highlight the case of the investors with several Members of Parliament and Journalists.
For further information on the Case please contact:
The Chambers of Kamarul Hisham & Hasnal Rezua, Kuala Lumpur. Tel: 603 6201 3566 or email [email protected]
To attend or for further information on the UK Press Conference please contact: [email protected]
Further information outlining the Case can also be found as follows:
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