Donors exposed! Money from timber kickbacks (REVISITED)

LIST OF DONORS EXPOSED! Ting Pek Kiing among KEY contributors to Musa's RM40mil fund

The key donors – Sarawak Report exposes the source of the money!

In which case the Prime Minister will surely not mind if we spell out some of the sources of the funds that have been pouring into the UBS accounts managed by Michael Chia in Hong Kong, from which he pulled the RM40 million.

These documents all form part of the MACC investigation, which is now being suppressed by Ministers.



Donor 1 - Andrew and Freddy Lim, Sabah timber tycoons

The Lim brothers have numerous concessions provided by Yayasan Sabah of which Musa Aman is the Chairman (as well as being Chief Minister and of course the Chairman of UMNO).  These are some of the concessions:

Concessions provided to Andrew Lim, according to documents in the possession of the MACC investigation.

Our researches show that the companies Maxland Sdn Bhd, Cergas Kenari Sdn Bhd, Maju Sinar Sdn Bhd are all run by Priceworth Industries Sdn Bhd of which Andrew Lim is the boss. Lim is also the controller and shareholder of numerous other timber companies in Sabah.

The registered shareholder of for example Bountiful Returns Sdn Bhd, which received a logging permit for 8,000 hectares of “Primary Virgin Forest” at Kuamat in 2003 (see above) is Andrew Lim.

Lim Nyuk Foh is Andrew Lim

Andrew Lim and his brother Freddy Lim were also behind the timber agents Wayco Enterprises Ltd, based in Hong Kong and the company Hillywell Inc. which were paying millions of dollars into Michael Chia’s UBS accounts.  These payments were highlighted by the Hong Kong Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) in their investigations.

Numerous payments from Wayco and Hillywell were made into Chia’s accounts. Should secret donations from timber barons receiving timber concessions go unrecorded by UMNO?

If there is nothing wrong with millions of dollars being donated to Sabah UMNO (Chaired by CM Musa Aman) from timber barons who have received valuable concessions granted by the Board of Yayasan Sabah (Chaired by CM Musa Aman), why does the Prime Minister leave it to Sarawak Report to make all this public?

He should openly admit his donors and say he is proud that UMNO Sabah benefits from millions in timber kickbacks for licences that have destroyed great areas of remaining virgin forest and that it is pleased to receive these moneys in unmarked, dirty notes, transported by illiterate couriers in black bags (Chia, who is registered on numerous timber concessions himself and has a string of flash motors, has described himself as illiterate many times in court depositions).

Chia Tien Foh is the Michael Chia who was arrested carrying RM40million in a bag from Hong Kong. UMNO has now admitted that the money was destined for CM Musa Aman to spend on the party’s election costs in 2008. Fuller details required!

Donor 2 – Ting Pek Kiing, Sarawak Tycoon/ Ngui Ing Chuang/ Simon Ling

Companies associated with Sarawak tycoon Ting Pek Kiing have also received numerous concessions from Yayasan Sabah. Meanwhile other companies associated with the tycoon have at the same time generously donated to the accounts from which Michael Chia drew USD$16million (RM40million) to bring to Musa in 2008.

Simon Ling Ding Dieng is Ting Pek Kiing’s cousin and business partner and he has received concessions as has timber baron Ngui Ing Chuang.

Some of the companies awarded concessions which were owned by these businessmen

So, no surprise that Ngui Ing Chuan and Ting Pek Kiing’s own son Peter Ting (Ting Sie Huong) turn out to be the key shareholders of a company Borion which has paid numerous large payments into the accounts of Michael Chia, which were then drawn from to provide this payment to Sabah UMNO’s Chairman, Musa Aman!

Chia has received payments from Borion into numerous different accounts, including the one he withdrew money from for the Sabah UMNO Chairman, Musa Aman

Donor No 3 – Admond Looh, Sabah timber tycoon

Java Industries’ Admond Looh Boon Chai (sometimes called Edmond) also received a great number of timber concessions through a large number of companies, listed by the MACC in one of the documents we have received.

Edmond/Admond Looh (Looh Boon Chai) was the Chief Executive Director of Java Industries until 2010 and organiser of numerous concessions from Yayasan Sabah through many companies

Looh was also the controller of a number of companies which paid substantial sums into the network of companies controlled by Michael Chia on behalf of Musa Aman (as has now been admitted).  These companies included Well Capital Finance, Ever Fame Enterprises and Multilink Star Incorporated.

Looh knew just what he was paying Chia for – the transaction was labelled “payment for concession”! Is this acceptable income for Sabah UMNO?

Mr Looh was always very particular in making sure that his telegraphic transfers to Chia’s companies spelt out the reasons for the payments, perhaps in case the recipient might not remember what these particular millions were for.

The MACC has evidence of numerous payments from Looh’s companies, after all he had numerous concessions granted by Musa Aman in his capacity as Chairman of Yayasan Sabah.

“Deposit for logging concession”! Mr Looh’s helpful reminder in this payment from Multilink Star

In fact money was pouring in from Mr Looh’s various companies into Chia’s accounts over a number of years and all this information is with the MACC!

Zenique was just one of the BVI companies that Chia controlled to accept these payments

There is a good deal more evidence of such kickback payments in the mass of documentation that is available to the MACC.  However, clearly BN has now made a judgement that kickbacks are OK as long as they are destined for their own political party (as opposed to others?).

This is how the Prime Minister answered awkward questions over the weekend:

“Every political party has a right to receive political donations,” he said, adding that the political donation was done in a proper and acceptable manner.

Mr Najib declined to reveal the source and added that the opposition also received political donations. ”The opposition also receives donations and they don’t disclose,”[New Straits Times]

Source: Sarawak Report for more details