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Swiss bank UBS is likely to face criminal proceedings over its role in an alleged money-laundering network said to involve Sabah Chief Minister Musa Aman.
Bruno Manser Fund (BMF), a rainforest advocacy group based in Switzerland, said that it had filed a complaint under criminal law against UBS with Zurich's public prosecutor over the bank's ties with Musa.
The complaint was filed on behalf of BMF by professor Monika Roth, a lawyer and well-known Swiss compliance expert, according to a statement released by the group yesterday.
The BMF accused UBS of having breached its due diligence duties as defined by the Swiss Criminal Code and called on Swiss authorities to take criminal action against UBS and those responsible for the bank's relationship with Musa (right), who is also the brother of Malaysia's Foreign Minister Anifah Aman.
Musa is being accused of having laundered over US$90 million (RM286 million) of corruption proceeds through a number of bank accounts with UBS in Hong Kong and Zurich.
In April 2012, the Swiss Federal Office of Justice confirmed that Switzerland has given legal assistance to Hong Kong's Independent Commission Against Corruption, which is investigating Musa's ties with UBS.
BMF has handed numerous documents as evidence to the Zurich Public Prosecutor's Office to prove that Michael Chia, a close associate of Musa, transferred large cash payments from timber companies with logging interests in Sabah into UBS bank accounts in Hong Kong.
From the same accounts, payments have been made to Musa's sons in Australia and to Mohd Daud Tampokong, a senior forestry official from Sabah, said BMF.
Yesterday whistleblower website Sarawak Report released a set of new documents, which had been submitted to the Singapore court in a civil case involving UBS and Chia, to back the money-laundering allegation against Musa.
The 'mover and shaker' for Musa
The BMF alleged that a Malaysian lawyer, to whose accounts where millions of US dollars were transferred, acted as a "mover and shaker" for Musa.
Bruno Manser Fund (BMF), a rainforest advocacy group based in Switzerland, said that it had filed a complaint under criminal law against UBS with Zurich's public prosecutor over the bank's ties with Musa.
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The BMF accused UBS of having breached its due diligence duties as defined by the Swiss Criminal Code and called on Swiss authorities to take criminal action against UBS and those responsible for the bank's relationship with Musa (right), who is also the brother of Malaysia's Foreign Minister Anifah Aman.
Musa is being accused of having laundered over US$90 million (RM286 million) of corruption proceeds through a number of bank accounts with UBS in Hong Kong and Zurich.
In April 2012, the Swiss Federal Office of Justice confirmed that Switzerland has given legal assistance to Hong Kong's Independent Commission Against Corruption, which is investigating Musa's ties with UBS.
BMF has handed numerous documents as evidence to the Zurich Public Prosecutor's Office to prove that Michael Chia, a close associate of Musa, transferred large cash payments from timber companies with logging interests in Sabah into UBS bank accounts in Hong Kong.
From the same accounts, payments have been made to Musa's sons in Australia and to Mohd Daud Tampokong, a senior forestry official from Sabah, said BMF.
Yesterday whistleblower website Sarawak Report released a set of new documents, which had been submitted to the Singapore court in a civil case involving UBS and Chia, to back the money-laundering allegation against Musa.
The 'mover and shaker' for Musa
The BMF alleged that a Malaysian lawyer, to whose accounts where millions of US dollars were transferred, acted as a "mover and shaker" for Musa.
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"UBS plays a key role in everything, given that many of the relevant transactions in this case passed through this bank, and its employee, Dennis Chua - a former client advisor with HSBC in Hong Kong - was actively involved.
"It is, however, evident that other financial institutions in Asia and possibly in Switzerland were involved in this mesh and indeed still are," said the advocacy group.
The group has also submitted the account numbers of Musa's personal bank accounts with UBS in Hong Kong and in Zurich.
"How UBS ought to handle banking relationships with politically-exposed persons is stated in the law and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority's (Finma) regulations. These rules were blatantly disregarded in that no suitable measures were taken for enforcing them.
"That makes UBS liable in accordance with the provisions ... of the Swiss Criminal Code," it added.
The BMF urged the Zurich public prosecutor to take action under Swiss law against UBS and against the bank employees who have disregarded their due diligence duties in the Musa case.
"Moreover, the question is to be asked whether the whole mesh of corruption is to be regarded as a criminal organisation, which would then be linked to the further question of whether the behaviour of UBS were not to be qualified as support for that organisation."
Skandal Taib Mahmud yang berkhidmat sebagai KM selama 31 tahun apa cerita? dengan skandal rasuah dan salahguna kuasanya yang tersebar luas hingga ke Britain, Switzerland dan Jerman.
ReplyDeleteTaib has become a CM for a quite long time. Longer than Musa. Taib must has more to 'share' with the people maybe.
DeleteSarawak Report asyik2 keluarkan isu Musa, kenapa tak dedahkan isu2 pemimpin lain terutamanya skandal pemimpin pembangkang? Sarawak Report ni berat sebelah pula dalam keluarkan berita.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure the opposition has keleton in theor closet. Its up to the sarawak report to discover it.
DeleteSarawak Report is busy focusing on the government only.
Deleteselagi belum dibuktikan bersalah, ia masih tidak bersalah.
ReplyDeleteHe is not guilty in any of those charges till he is proven guilty.
ReplyDeleteinstead of focusing in brining down sabah's cm, Sarawak report suppose to bring down their own cm. Taib has more corruption scandal than any of the CM in malaysia.
ReplyDeleteMengenai isu ini rasanya saya tidak ada banyak kata-kata. Yang pasti jika benar cuba tunjukkan bukti dan siasat mengenai perkara ini.
ReplyDeleteKenapa tidak ada isu mengenai Anwar dan Azmin pula mengenai rasuha yang mereka buat. Tidakkan takut untuk mendedahkan kebenaran.
ReplyDeleteSarawak report seharusnya bersikap adil dalam membuat pendedahan jika ia benar-benar media yang bebas dan tidak berat sebelah. jangan menjadi media yang hanya menjaga kepentingan sesetengah pihak sahaja.
ReplyDeleteSarawak Report is bias. Why must trust 100% what have they published, right?
DeleteJudging Musa by 'street laws' won't make any differences or will shake his position. His rivals are desperate want to bring him down.
ReplyDeleteWondering will Musa sues Sarawak Report if he is proven not guilty?
ReplyDeleteI think this issue will become hot topic among politicians in Switzerland.. if I'm not mistaken, Swiss bank UBS is protected by Swiss government.. so let them solve their problem there..
ReplyDeleteBN, its track record of being a very organised party is proven. the people of Sabah understand this and would vote for BN to power again.
DeleteSabah's financial standing at RM3 billion is the best ever under the leadership of Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman
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