An invitation to Petra Kamaruddin to name names
FROM Ganesh Sahathevan
19 William Edward St,
Longueville
NSW 2066
In his story on Malaysia-Today dated Wednesday, June 22, 2005 and titled" Does a conspiracy to GET ANWAR really exist? ", Peter Kamaruddin(aka Raja Petra Kamaruddin) says :
" Also in 2003, a meeting was held in Kuala Lumpur in the Bangsar homeof a prominent Umno man closely linked to both Prime Minister AbdullahAhmad Badawi as well as Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak. Presentwere Malaysian as well as Australian journalists. The matter to bediscussed was: Get CIBT.""As the meeting progressed, it became clear that the target was notreally CIBT but Anwar Ibrahim. They wanted to 'expose' CIBT under theguise of 'accountability and transparency', but it was more so thatAnwar could be implicated in this so-called wrongdoing. On realising this, the Malaysian journalist backed out of the group. They thendecided to use Harakah instead, the official newspaper of the IslamicParty of Malaysia (PAS), as well as Jeff Ooi, who owned theScreenshots blog."
Peter Kamaruddin has said all of this in October 2003, on the FreeAnwar wesbite. (see story below).
There he names the "Malaysian journalist (who) backed out " as MGG Pillai.Then, as I will do again , I asked MGG Pillai and RPK to name names.
Both have refused.For my part (I am named in the story below as well as that above) I can say that all that has been written now, and was written before,are lies .
Essentially , MGG Pillai was not involved in the story presented byGinny Stein of SBS Dateline-and on which I worked as researcher-henever met with either of us to discuss the story; all he ever did wasto tell each us (in two separate telephone conversations) thatCommercial IBT was a legitimate operation-despite the facts that hadbeen gathered -and despite the story that he himself wrote in April 2003.
There was no meeting as described by MGG Pillai and RPK (in the storyof yesterday and of October 2003 ) and certainly I never attended anymeeting at which he was present. I have met this man only for mealsand coffee ,on the 3-4 ocassions that I have visited Malaysia since Ireturned to Australia in May 1997.
However, there is no need for anyone to believe me; for I challenge RPK, (and MGG Pillai) , to state :
a) the name of the UMNO man (or UMNO businessman,or UMNO linked businessman)
b)the address of his home or other premises
c) the identities of all those said to be present at the said meeting
d) the exact nature of the matters discussed-ie spare us the drivelabout conspiracies-tell us exactly what these meetings were about -ifyou say these meetings were about " getting CIBT"-why was CIBT chosen,and how was it to be gotten at. Further, how did " getting CIBT" have anything to do with "getting Anwar"
e) The identity of " John Wise" with email address investigator_editor1@yahoo.com; given that
RPK places so much trust in him. I already know that he is Adrian Ong Chee Beng, CEO of
Commercial IBT.
Answers by the close of business today
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There was no meeting as described by MGG Pillai and RPK (in the storyof yesterday and of October 2003 ) and certainly I never attended anymeeting at which he was present. I have met this man only for mealsand coffee ,on the 3-4 ocassions that I have visited Malaysia since Ireturned to Australia in May 1997.However, there is no need for anyone to believe me; for I challengeRPK, (and MGG Pillai) , to state :a) the name of the UMNO man (or UMNO businessman,or UMNO linked businessman)b)the address of his home or other premisesc) the identities of all those said to be present at the said meetingd) the exact nature of the matters discussed-ie spare us the drivelabout conspiracies-tell us exactly what these meetings were about -ifyou say these meetings were about " getting CIBT"-why was CIBT chosen,and how was it to be gotten at. Further, how did " getting CIBT" haveanything to do with "getting Anwar"-Answers by the close of business today .END``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````Sunday, 02-Nov-2003 3:25 PMSBS DATELINE transfers Anwar to the Kajang PrisonExcerpt:On SBS' statement that "the story was inspired solely from the workdone by Ms Stein and the researcher", this is not what M.G.G. Pillaihas to say."I was involved in this programme which began as an investigation onanother matter," said Mr Pillai. "Then it shifted to Saudi funds,Malaysian Muslim businessmen, and terror."Mr Pillai goes on to say, "SBS dropped me when I told them someinconvenient facts that would have sunk their programme. I was thenaccused -- in emails the correspondent and a researcher exchanged andsent to all and sundry -- of having been bought.""Then it (SBS) worked with a deputy minister who hates Datuk Seri
-- to destroy him," reveals Mr Pillai. "And (also worked with) abusinessman who gave the correspondent the slant she wanted -- butlater offered to help launder the money.""The businessman (SBS worked with) was against the Malaysianbusinessmen she wanted linked to the war on terror because he wasmiffed he was not consulted on how the funds could be laundered andhas since proposed to them how it could be. And these are the sources-- who had nothing to offer but self-interest and vitriol -- SBSrelied upon to put forth its allegations."Yes, Mr Pillai knows what transpired in the run-up to the so-calledinvestigation on Anwar\'s links to international Islamic terrorists. Infact, the meeting Mr Pillai attended to discuss this conspiracy washeld in a certain Umno man\'s house (who we promised not to name, butwill if taken to court). Mr. Pillai, on realising that the real targetwas Anwar Ibrahim, backed down and refused to be involved any further.(see http://web.archive.org/web/20040501015522/http://www.freeanwar.net/July2003/facnews021103.htm)",0]
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Anwar Ibrahim and did all he could -- including manufacturing evidence-- to destroy him," reveals Mr Pillai. "And (also worked with) abusinessman who gave the correspondent the slant she wanted -- butlater offered to help launder the money.""The businessman (SBS worked with) was against the Malaysianbusinessmen she wanted linked to the war on terror because he wasmiffed he was not consulted on how the funds could be laundered andhas since proposed to them how it could be. And these are the sources-- who had nothing to offer but self-interest and vitriol -- SBSrelied upon to put forth its allegations."Yes, Mr Pillai knows what transpired in the run-up to the so-calledinvestigation on Anwar's links to international Islamic terrorists. Infact, the meeting Mr Pillai attended to discuss this conspiracy washeld in a certain Umno man's house (who we promised not to name, butwill if taken to court). Mr. Pillai, on realising that the real targetwas Anwar Ibrahim, backed down and refused to be involved any further.(see http://web.archive.org/web/20040501015522/http://www.freeanwar.net/July2003/facnews021103.htm)
19 William Edward St,
Longueville
NSW 2066
In his story on Malaysia-Today dated Wednesday, June 22, 2005 and titled" Does a conspiracy to GET ANWAR really exist? ", Peter Kamaruddin(aka Raja Petra Kamaruddin) says :
" Also in 2003, a meeting was held in Kuala Lumpur in the Bangsar homeof a prominent Umno man closely linked to both Prime Minister AbdullahAhmad Badawi as well as Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak. Presentwere Malaysian as well as Australian journalists. The matter to bediscussed was: Get CIBT.""As the meeting progressed, it became clear that the target was notreally CIBT but Anwar Ibrahim. They wanted to 'expose' CIBT under theguise of 'accountability and transparency', but it was more so thatAnwar could be implicated in this so-called wrongdoing. On realising this, the Malaysian journalist backed out of the group. They thendecided to use Harakah instead, the official newspaper of the IslamicParty of Malaysia (PAS), as well as Jeff Ooi, who owned theScreenshots blog."
Peter Kamaruddin has said all of this in October 2003, on the FreeAnwar wesbite. (see story below).
There he names the "Malaysian journalist (who) backed out " as MGG Pillai.Then, as I will do again , I asked MGG Pillai and RPK to name names.
Both have refused.For my part (I am named in the story below as well as that above) I can say that all that has been written now, and was written before,are lies .
Essentially , MGG Pillai was not involved in the story presented byGinny Stein of SBS Dateline-and on which I worked as researcher-henever met with either of us to discuss the story; all he ever did wasto tell each us (in two separate telephone conversations) thatCommercial IBT was a legitimate operation-despite the facts that hadbeen gathered -and despite the story that he himself wrote in April 2003.
There was no meeting as described by MGG Pillai and RPK (in the storyof yesterday and of October 2003 ) and certainly I never attended anymeeting at which he was present. I have met this man only for mealsand coffee ,on the 3-4 ocassions that I have visited Malaysia since Ireturned to Australia in May 1997.
However, there is no need for anyone to believe me; for I challenge RPK, (and MGG Pillai) , to state :
a) the name of the UMNO man (or UMNO businessman,or UMNO linked businessman)
b)the address of his home or other premises
c) the identities of all those said to be present at the said meeting
d) the exact nature of the matters discussed-ie spare us the drivelabout conspiracies-tell us exactly what these meetings were about -ifyou say these meetings were about " getting CIBT"-why was CIBT chosen,and how was it to be gotten at. Further, how did " getting CIBT" have anything to do with "getting Anwar"
e) The identity of " John Wise" with email address investigator_editor1@yahoo.com; given that
RPK places so much trust in him. I already know that he is Adrian Ong Chee Beng, CEO of
Commercial IBT.
Answers by the close of business today
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There was no meeting as described by MGG Pillai and RPK (in the storyof yesterday and of October 2003 ) and certainly I never attended anymeeting at which he was present. I have met this man only for mealsand coffee ,on the 3-4 ocassions that I have visited Malaysia since Ireturned to Australia in May 1997.However, there is no need for anyone to believe me; for I challengeRPK, (and MGG Pillai) , to state :a) the name of the UMNO man (or UMNO businessman,or UMNO linked businessman)b)the address of his home or other premisesc) the identities of all those said to be present at the said meetingd) the exact nature of the matters discussed-ie spare us the drivelabout conspiracies-tell us exactly what these meetings were about -ifyou say these meetings were about " getting CIBT"-why was CIBT chosen,and how was it to be gotten at. Further, how did " getting CIBT" haveanything to do with "getting Anwar"-Answers by the close of business today .END``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````Sunday, 02-Nov-2003 3:25 PMSBS DATELINE transfers Anwar to the Kajang PrisonExcerpt:On SBS' statement that "the story was inspired solely from the workdone by Ms Stein and the researcher", this is not what M.G.G. Pillaihas to say."I was involved in this programme which began as an investigation onanother matter," said Mr Pillai. "Then it shifted to Saudi funds,Malaysian Muslim businessmen, and terror."Mr Pillai goes on to say, "SBS dropped me when I told them someinconvenient facts that would have sunk their programme. I was thenaccused -- in emails the correspondent and a researcher exchanged andsent to all and sundry -- of having been bought.""Then it (SBS) worked with a deputy minister who hates Datuk Seri
-- to destroy him," reveals Mr Pillai. "And (also worked with) abusinessman who gave the correspondent the slant she wanted -- butlater offered to help launder the money.""The businessman (SBS worked with) was against the Malaysianbusinessmen she wanted linked to the war on terror because he wasmiffed he was not consulted on how the funds could be laundered andhas since proposed to them how it could be. And these are the sources-- who had nothing to offer but self-interest and vitriol -- SBSrelied upon to put forth its allegations."Yes, Mr Pillai knows what transpired in the run-up to the so-calledinvestigation on Anwar\'s links to international Islamic terrorists. Infact, the meeting Mr Pillai attended to discuss this conspiracy washeld in a certain Umno man\'s house (who we promised not to name, butwill if taken to court). Mr. Pillai, on realising that the real targetwas Anwar Ibrahim, backed down and refused to be involved any further.(see http://web.archive.org/web/20040501015522/http://www.freeanwar.net/July2003/facnews021103.htm)",0]
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Anwar Ibrahim and did all he could -- including manufacturing evidence-- to destroy him," reveals Mr Pillai. "And (also worked with) abusinessman who gave the correspondent the slant she wanted -- butlater offered to help launder the money.""The businessman (SBS worked with) was against the Malaysianbusinessmen she wanted linked to the war on terror because he wasmiffed he was not consulted on how the funds could be laundered andhas since proposed to them how it could be. And these are the sources-- who had nothing to offer but self-interest and vitriol -- SBSrelied upon to put forth its allegations."Yes, Mr Pillai knows what transpired in the run-up to the so-calledinvestigation on Anwar's links to international Islamic terrorists. Infact, the meeting Mr Pillai attended to discuss this conspiracy washeld in a certain Umno man's house (who we promised not to name, butwill if taken to court). Mr. Pillai, on realising that the real targetwas Anwar Ibrahim, backed down and refused to be involved any further.(see http://web.archive.org/web/20040501015522/http://www.freeanwar.net/July2003/facnews021103.htm)
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