Ganesh Sahathevan

by Ganesh Sahathevan  French business magnate Bernard Arnault was appointed a member of the Terengganu Investment Authority (TIA) Bhd board of advisors upon the approval of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, The Edge reporting on the 1MDB Audit tampering case which is being heard currently includes this excerpt: When TIA was acquired by Minister of Finance Inc,Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi — 1MDB’s first CEO — with the assistance of Najib as prime minister and finance minister — successfully quashed the audit after he wrote to the NAD that Najib did not consider it necessary and that Ernst & Young would be appointed as external auditors. The letter entailed the updates and approvals for 1MDB, copied to Auditor-General Tan Sri Ambrin Buang, Treasury secretary-general Tan Sri Dr Wan Abdul Aziz Wan Abdullah and TIA chairman Tan Sri Che Lodin Wok Kamaruddin. In the letter, TIA had referred to the decision and approval of 1MDB’s board of advisers, which...

by Ganesh Sahathevan NSW Chief Justice Tom Bathurst says he is "still enjoying the job". Wolter Peeters,AFRChief Justice Bathurst told the AFR's Michael Pelly was his "present intention" to serve until the end of February, 2022. However, he noted that he can continue to preside until March 17, 2023 (when he turns 75). In February last year this writer reported on this blog: The judiciary is usually sensitive to reports of  statements of this sort, which can undermine confidence in the judicial system. As reported by the SMH, 8 February 2019 : On Thursday evening, high-profile members of the legal profession and the judiciary, including NSW Supreme Court and Federal Court judges, attended an Islamic Service to mark the opening of the 2019 Law Term at the Auburn Gallipoli Mosque in Sydney. The president of the Law Council of Australia, Arthur Moses, SC, said the Islamic Service was "a significant occasion for both the legal profession and the...