Airbus S Courage Malaysia S Lack Of Integrity

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"An act of courage", the NST column by Deputy Chairman of the Kuala Lumpur Foundation to Decriminalise War (shortened as KL War Foundation), Prof Salleh Buang brief explanation on the settlement in the Airbus judgement in the UK revealed that it originated from an internal investigation by the company CEO, Tom Enders.

Suspecting wrongdoing behind certain irregularities, he lodged a report to the authorities. It led to a crackdown to sack more than 100 staff, bite the bullet and eventually negotiated a settlement to US$4 billion fines to three countries.

His action brought a closure and limit the liability to the company to allow it to keep going on as a going concern. However, there was certainly no original intention to limit the financial liability to the company. It was a genuine of integrity for corporate governance, accountability and transparency on the part of the CEO.

Sri Lanka has acted swiftly to charge former CEO of SriLankan Airlines and his wife on February 6th, which is less than a week after news broke of the judgement. Surprisingly, there is no development in Malaysia despite MACC's immediate statement issued.

It is making a mockery of the Tan Sri Abu Kassim Mohammed's International Anti-Corruption Award 2020 at the launch of his initiative, the Perdana International Anti-Corruption Champion Fund (PIACCF).

Another launching that will eventually have no continuity and purely an exercise to flatter the PM. When there is fund available, surely there will be insidious hidden hands at work to manouver.

In his speech, PM and Chairman of KL War Foundation, Tun Dr Mahathir did the revolting act to pay tribute to Tan Sri Gani Patail. Tan Sri Dr Zeti Aziz and Dato Shukri Abdul. At the same time, Abu is manouvering to clean his tracks in fabricating charges on SRC-1MDB on the wrong person through a recent expose. 

An open display of hypocrasy when considering 5 days earlier, Mahathir attempted to defend AirAsia with the excuse offset and turned the term as the new term for bribe. Airbus channeled money into privately owned Caterham and was concerned on the compliance issue of their own action [read latest Edge weekly].


This is a big test for Latheefa Koya, but for 10 days, she went completely silenced till her latest update, in which still waiting for documents from the UK's Serious Fraud Office appears to be an excuse for a purpose. How then did Sri Lanka managed to file charges 5 days earlier?

Maybe, Agong should consider sacking and changing the MACC Chief Commissioner with a Ceylonese. Too many Malayalee with questionable integrity in important positions - Kerala-born Latheefa, Tommy Thomas (practises a Christian sect originally from Kerala), Tony Fernandez (mother-side), and Mahathir (father side). 

MACC is exploring into possible corruption. SC is looking into wrongful loss to the public-listed AirAsia. And, Mavcom is looking into the fitness of the unnamed executives to lead an airline.

All these agencies are not likely to put their neck on the line after the cue from the PM and the swift transfer of top civil servants by PH Ministers.

It would be foolish of government to attempt any cover-up. It would put the integrity of authorities, leader and country into question by the public, and  aviation and international communities. Who would want to be seen associated and do business with Malaysia?

Open book


The Airbus-AirAsia-Caterham affair is already open book and the details are already out there.

The latest Edge Weekly is dedicated a detailed six page report that the publication sold out early Saturday morning with only few discrete ones available at obsure newstands. There is the suspicion AirAsia bought out all issues sold publicly. Good thing Tong Kooi Ong's copy went viral.

There was a series of email proofs:


Though Tony Fernandez and Kamaruddin denied involvement, but they are private owners of Caterham. They claimed it did not make money but beyond possible criminal possibility of money laundering, there were governance issue:


It could put the future of AirAsia at stake:



The email evidence and the timing of the purchases and payments of Airbus planes bought were uncanny. MACC cannot ignore since the process and decision to purchase the planes are made at AirAsia's Kuala Lumpur headquarter:


Edge Weekly provided the deals and email trails in a timeline:



Tony and Kamaruddin still need to be investigated to ascertain the criminality of their actions, but to claim, they cannot claim to be honest and clean. According to Edge Weekly, they have left a trail of questionable dealing with Rolls Royce too:


Investors and market player are now worried.


But, did they ever questioned the integrity and professionalism of the founders, shareholders and company in their dealing?

As for the consumers, who now is quiet but were defending to the hilt when he came in the scene and a phenomenon under Pak Lah administration, why bother about integrity? Tony could publicly claim they are exploitable in an interview, extract below:
“I know Malaysians well. They’ll risk their lives for a bargain – ‘800 ringgit? I’m not going! 80 ringgit? Who cares?’” On record


Fervant detractor and former MP for Wangsa Maju, Wee Choo Keong was sued for defamation in 2015 but case thrown out in 2018. He has came out blazing from February 1st with 6 postings including one before to label Anthony Loke as Minister of AirAsia.

Continuing on Tony's past arrogance before the crash that killed hundreds, Wee went on record with a posting on his claim that Tony boasted, "I got MAS under my armpit!".

He went on record in Parliament to question the share swap that would enable AirAsia to have stake in MAS. Wee accused them of cannibalising MAS's Rural Air Service planes and behind disallowing Firefly from competing fairly against Air Asia.

It is an open secret in the local aviation industry that AirAsia then were getting preferential treatment under Pak Lah while MAS was being cannibalised including MAS catering was outsourced to Pak Lah's brother, LSG catering which subsequently was sold off to a Chinese owned PLC.

Khazanah's Tan Sri Azman Mokhtar, his partner in Binafikir, Datok Rashdan "Danny" Yusof, Dato Nazir Tun Abdul Razak, Khairy Jamaluddin and the mastermind, Tan Sri Nor Mohamaed Yakcop were literally cavorting with Tony and Air Asia to taking MAS apart piecemeal.

Wee put on record to link the Airbus judgement to Tony and Kamaruddin in his posting, "Now Everyone Can Bribe Directors of AirAsia and AirAsia X". Before Edge Weekly feature, Wee highlighted the email evidence mentioned in the verdict in his posting, "AirAsia Executive 1’s email To Airbus: “I WANT MY 16M NOW”!"

The shareholders are concerned with the share prices of AirAsia and company's future, but they do not seemed concerned that bribery that happened defraud shareholders. Wee went on record to show "Now Everyone Can Defraud Shareholders Of AAX" on the Rolls Royce deal also and other offenses committed by Tony and Kamruddin including such opportunist low class of insider trading by owners in "Now Everyone Can Know The Real Tony & Kamaruddin".

The spin doctors for AirAsia have been active since the announced "MACC & Security Commission Are Investigating Into The Bribery Scandal of Two Directors of AirAsia."

Government not serious 


There is likelihood that no action will be taken with PH government not seriously looking to implement the programs expressed in their manifesto to eradicate corruption. The former Chief Commissiner of MACC, Tan Sri Abu Kassim was tasked as Director General of National Governance, Integrity and Anti-Corruption Centre (NGIAC).

For years. Abu Kassim expressed concern for political funding, but his only action is to institute more regulation than proposed a mechanism for political parties have access to funding and make cost of campaign minimally low. The US fund political campaign by matching public funds raised and assure access to media.

Abu Kassim set up a 'central secretariat' in the Prime Minister Office that was a failed centre before in UiTM after the MACC-AGC-BNM-PDRM super task force to fix Najib.

He is assuming the oversight powers over and above KSN by pseudo command to all as a secretariat to Committee Against Corruption chaired by PM. However, the secretariat is staffed by contract workers and secondees from MACC and PTDs with high postions and salaries but no real or structured works or processes.

It is heard Abu Kassim is subverting the governance of the Board of Directors of Institute Integrity of Malaysia, which is chaired by KSN, on matters of strategies, finance and resources. He is dictating the Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the BOD to reconsider the nominee of CEO after the Committee rejection due to 'unfit character and improper/ unqualified' basis.

Subsequently, he is directing the said nominee to appoint immediately the cronies for obscure consultancy jobs worth RM25,000 per pax by using the institute reserves.

In addition, using the pretext of anti-corruption agenda, that was MACC sole purview, he is subjecting the institute restructured platform for commercial gains and personal appointees. In the process, he has dismissed key core personnel by proxy directives using manipulative tactics, empowering special aides to be alter ego in deciding placements through pseudo PMO clout.

The current acting CEO has just been re-appointed by PM after 6 months probation + 6 months extension last year because of his nomination, patronage and intervention. No experience, rejected candidate by former BODs yet personally favoured and protected. Having a godfather, she is always name dropping Abu Kassim.

With all these happening, can one expect anything to happen with Abu Kassim is not heard making any comments on the AirAsia debacle?

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