COMMENT | Offshore funds: Shouldn't they be asked to account for it?

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The NFCC should call up each Malaysian named in the Pandora Papers.

Just when we thought that the events of the 1MDB scandals are behind us after out-of-court settlements, criminal cases and civil suits, another bombshell was dropped on Tuesday with the worldwide publication of the Pandora Papers.

The Investigative Consortium of Investigative Journalists collated the information and provided access to its partners, includingReports on these documents, both in local and foreign publications and news portals, make good reading. It exposes how funds are laundered and layered in many cases and converted to assets – most of the time in properties.

No one has been spared – from Russian oligarchs to British businesspersons, and from politicians and dictators to unknown personalities whose names could have been used to open and operate these accounts. Journalists had to go through more than 11.9 million documents and other records from 14 offshore service providers that set up and managed shell companies and trusts in tax havens around the globe.Four CornersRead more from this author

 

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Looks like those who stay in power are promoting bad governance.

Rubbish. Why only target certain people? Why not tell all the fellows who call themselves tengkus, rajas, sultans, sultanahs, agongs and permaisuris to also tell from where they got all the money that they are throwing around?

Shows that Bank Negara is under the control and influence of some privileged parties.

must All under ground money its bad for country .. .

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