Ganesh Sahathevan

by Ganesh Sahathevan Caption: Chris Leong, Past President, Bar Council of Malaysia, Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Richard Malanjum, Chief Justice of the Federal Court, Malaysia, Arthur Moses SC, President, Law Council of Australia, Elizabeth Espinosa, President, Law Society of New South Wales, Datuk Seri Panglima David Wong Dak Wah, Chief Judge of The High Court of Sabah and Sarawak, and Andrew Goledzinowski AM, Australian High Commissioner in Malaysia. The photograph above was taken in mid-to late January 2019 . Law Council of Australia President, Arthur Moses SC, travelled to Malaysia and Hong Kong for his first official engagements to open the legal year. In Kuala Lumpur Mr Moses  was  "invited to give an address at the Australian High Commission, attended by members of Malaysia’s judiciary, including Chief Justice Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Richard Malanjum, members of the Malaysian Bar Association, and High Commissioner to Malaysia, Andrew Goledzinowski AM." In his speech...

by Ganesh Sahathevan Australian PM Scott Morrison (left) condemned the comments made by Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan presenting the attack as part of an assault on Turkey and Islam. PHOTOS: DPA, REUTERS Turkey's President Erdogan's anger towards Australia may be primarily motivated by the support his rival Fetullah Gulen receives from the highest levels of government,especially in NSW. As reported by SBS: Turkey's 'most-wanted terrorist' and his well-connected friends in Australia Gulen's friends in Australia include the Premier NSW, the AG NSW and the Governor designate, Margaret Beazley AO,and other senior members of the judiciary (see story below). Gulen receives this support despite evidence of the Gulen movement's influence peddling.See for example this paper located at the Australian Institute Of International Affair's website: The Case against Gülen And of course, Gulen receives this support eventhough the Erdogan is the leader of a country...

This Comment  was circulated to a limited email group in 2017.The issues are today even more relevant given the attempt to justify a shift away from fighting jihadism, by claiming instead that the real threat is from "right wing white extremists". See also   "Muslim terrorists" , like "Islamic bomb" is a marketing tool created by Muslim leaders COMMENT It has become fashionable among the Australian Government's "countering violent extremism","de-radicalization" ,  "counter-terrorism" and other "experts" to exclude  9 - 11  from their analysis. Doing so, the likes of Anne Aly and Greg Barton have argued that the real threat of terrorism  is from right wing extremist. That argument is also used to discredit policing ,defence and intelligence initiatives put in place after  9 - 11 . The Government and its's agencies seem to have gone along with this idiocy.  However,  9 - 11  was not random in the sense that it ...