If you don't know what "Malaysian" case's about, please read-lah Yesterday's press reports -- that RM50million jet engine that went missing from an armed forces camp! MO in Latin? is short for modus operandi which is "operations procedure".
Using a Malaysian term now loudly lauded by certain parties, wan MO is MALAYSIA BOLEH!:(
_________________________________From AFP, borrowed to educate my esteemed readers:)
Seized N.Korean weapons were bound for Iran: report
SEOUL, December 21, 2009 (AFP) - A planeload of weapons from North Korea seized in Bangkok this month was bound for Iran, a newspaper report said Monday, citing documents obtained by arms trafficking experts.
US Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair had said last week that the 35-tonne cargo, shipped in defiance of UN sanctions on Pyongyang, was bound for an unspecified Middle East destination.
The Wall Street Journal, quoting a flight plan obtained by researchers, said the plane was due to make refuelling stops in Sri Lanka, the United Arab Emirates and Ukraine before unloading in Tehran.
The paper said its new information came from a joint draft report by analysts at Chicago-based TransArms and the International Peace Information Service (IPIS) in Antwerp.
Thai officials said they impounded the Ilyushin-76 on a US tip-off after it landed to refuel at a Bangkok airport on December 11 with its cargo which included shoulder-launched missiles and rocket-propelled grenades.
The Belarussian pilot and four Kazakh crew have been arrested.
Thai officials said the aircraft flew to Pyongyang via Bangkok two weeks ago to collect the cargo, then returned to Bangkok to refuel on December 11.
The plane's crew have said they believed they were carrying oil drilling equipment. The Journal quoted one researcher as saying the crew may indeed have been in the dark, given that flight documents obtained by Transarms and IPIS stated the cargo was "oil industry spare parts."
Organisers of the shipment appeared to have taken great pains to hide their identities, using a variety of companies, the Journal said.
The plane is registered to a Georgia company called Air West which on November 5 leased it to another firm, New Zealand-registered SP Trading, itself apparently a shell company, the Journal said.
In another contract dated December 4, it said, SP Trading leased the plane to a Hong Kong-based company.
The Journal said the Hong Kong company is owned by a second Hong Kong firm, which in turn is owned by a third firm based in the British Virgin Islands, according to company registration documents.
"These companies appear to have organised the cargo," it said.
The plane is actually owned by Overseas Cargo FZE, a company based in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, the newspaper cited the researchers' draft report as saying.
It said the company's sole listed shareholder, who gives an address in Kazakhstan, refused comment when asked about the aircraft's seizure.
The United Nations banned all North Korean arms exports in a tougher resolution passed in June following its latest missile and nuclear tests.
The Bangkok case is believed to be the first airborne arms cargo from Pyongyang to have been seized since then.
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UPDATEd @12.16PM: for the benefit of some nazy hazy mazy lazy BUMmers hear! ~~ DesI:)
from freemalaysiatoday.com~~~~~~~~
Probe into missing RM50mil jet engine
Sun, Dec 20, 2009
National
BAGAN DATOH: A probe is continuing into how a RM50million fighter jet engine belonging to the Royal Malaysian Air Force went missing from the Sungei Besi base in 2007when the current Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak was Defence Minister.
The engine was sold to an international company based in South Africa. Also found missing were maintenance and other service records of the jet.
It was reported that the General Electric J85-21A afterburner turbojet engine, which served as a power plant for the single-seater F-5E Tiger 11 and RF-5E Tigereye, went missing late last year during a routine maintenance service check.
Yesterday, Defence Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi blamed the well-planned theft and sale of the engine on a group of low-ranking officers working in cahoots with civilians.
Saying that Najib was being kept updated on the progress of the probe as he was in charge of defence at that time, Zahid said the thieves had sold the engine to the South Africa firm, which was believed to have hired an agent to bring it out of the country.
He said the international company was interested in buying the engine because it was cheap as it was categorised as a faulty spare part and was to be repaired.
“The ministry will take legal action at the international level to go after the company involved and action will be taken against the RMAF personnel involved in betraying the country,” he said after launching an environmental programme.
Zahid said that all the documents pertaining to the sale of the engine were in the hands of the police.
He said his ministry was waiting for the police to complete investigations before taking further action. He also urged the RMAF to have a better inventory system.
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UPDATEd @2.28PM -- See how Desi pamper his esteemed readers!:(
And they stop byeing him endless rounds of tehtarik! "How about Puerh, my dear?"
AFTER MORE THAN TWO YEARS following the David CopperfieldED act, here's all your current Defence Minister had to tell the national news agency:
Tighter control systems for M’sian armed forces
KLANG: The inventory systems for the three branches of the Malaysian armed forces must always be monitored and updated according to current needs to prevent a recurrence of the loss of the F-5E interceptor aircraft engine.
GROUND VISIT: Ahmad Zahid (second right) with NGV Tech chairman Zulkifli Shariff (fourth left) while visiting the NGV Tech shipyard at Kampung Sinjangkang, Teluk Panglima Garang in Kuala Langat. — Bernama photo (Can u imagine Beatles stylo! -- Desi)
Defence Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the systems used by the armed forces had been completely revamped since the disappearance of the engine was realised, and the monitoring aspects with regard to the procedures, inventory and control of the movement of every asset had been tightened.
“The Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) particularly must review and improve the asset inventory control system to regain public confidence in the system adopted besides ensuring that a breach will not recur,” he told reporters after visiting the NGV Tech shipyard at Kampung Sinjangkang, Teluk Panglima Garang here yesterday.
He said the disappearance of the engine in 2007 was a complicated and difficult case as it involved an international syndicate which had used RMAF officers and personnel to achieve its objective.
Ahmad Zahid said the ministry was continuing its investigation and thus he could not give detailed information on the case as it involved legal aspects.
“We hope legal action can be speeded up.
So far, it is learnt that police investigation has been completed and they are waiting for instruction from the Attorney-General’s Chambers for further action,” the minister said.
He said action had been taken against several senior officers as well as junior personnel but he declined to disclose the type of action taken.
Ahmad Zahid said there was a strong demand for components and spare parts for the first generation supersonic fighter aircraft especially among countries still using the aircraft.
“The engine is an old asset where the manufacturer no longer produces it although there are still some countries using the aircraft. Thus there is still a market for the engine,” he said. — Bernama
NOTE: During the happening involving the RM50-million vanishing into thin air, the then Defence Minister is YOUR current Prime Minister. So continue to pray...
"God bless Malaysia!"
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A: men
For yourself-lah, and RPK2, and Desi3:):):)
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Another UPDATE @3.10PM because I am Free&Ezy todie:( -- YOUR not-so-coy PM speaks -- NO, not on the Altantuya case, on the RM50 case! -- OOps, I forgot the million. I think I have contracted the disease of knowing knotty counting.:( -- YL
MISSING AIRCRAFT ENGINE, NO COVER UP, SAYS NAJIB
PUTRAJAYA, Dec 21 (Bernama) -- The government has no intention to cover up
the case of the missing aircraft engine belonging to the Royal Malaysian
Air Force (RMAF), Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said today.
The prime minister said that a police report was lodged when the Defence
Ministry realised the incident which happened during his time as minister in
charge.
"In fact we went forward to the police. At that time I was the minister in
charge. I decided we should report it to the police," he told reporters after
chairing the Malaysian Aerospace Council meeting here.
Najib was commenting on the case of the missing RMAF F-5E fighter jet engine
in 2007, which was sold to an international company based in South Africa.
On the brigadier-general who was sacked but who retained his pension, Najib
said it depended on what he had done wrong and it was up to the Air Force and
the Armed Forces to decide on that.
"We wait until the full report comes out because we have cooperated with the
police," he said.
-- BERNAMA
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