Ganesh Sahathevan

 by Ganesh Sahathevan  The anniversary today of the Lindt Cafe siege is being marked by, amongst other things, the release of a book about the incident by Police Officer "A" who shot and killed Man Monis, the Muslim terrorist responsible for the incident. Reporting the book's release the Daily Mail Australia reported: On Thursday, the eighth anniversary of the siege, Officer A released his tell-all book Tiger Tiger Tiger, unloading on NSW Police for the support he received before and after the siege. Officer A said he was sent legal warning letters as NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb, through the Office of General Counsel's Natalie Marsic and Crown Solicitor Greta Bromwich all tried unsuccessfully to stall the book's release. Former New South Wales Deputy Police Commissioner Catherine Burn was among the senior officers in charge of the management of the siege. She is now ASIS Deputy Director for Corporate Management and Capacity. Officer A's book adds to

 by Ganesh Sahathevan                In 2017 Anwar said that it would be "unjust" to exclude him from the then BNM  forex RCI Bank Negara suffered two significant losses of its reserves in 1995 and 1996, when the Minister For Finance was then, as it is now the newly appointed Foreign Minister (and Prime Minister), Anwar Ibrahim'  Bank Negara reported, in the fortnightly reports of its reserves,  in October 1995 and  February 1996 ,  a loss of reserves of approximately  RM  2  Billion  or about 3 per cent of its total reserves during the reporting period. This writer questioned Anwar Ibrahim about that loss, but received no answer to the question. The usual lecture on Bank Negara's statutory role was provided, and the question deflected. He was also quick to say that there were no FOREX trading losses.  Anwar is again  Finance Minister, he ought to provide answers to these losses which quite likely led to  the collapse of the  Ringgit during the Asian. Financial Crisis