Billionaire Chief Minister

Letter reveals Taib's billionaire status

Oct 16, 10

A letter that a former employee of Taib Mahmud's family business empire wrote to the Sarawak chief minister in 2006 reveals the former's billionaire status, claims the website Sarawak Report.

The letter which was written by the late Ross Boyert also reveals a meeting between the chief minister's Canadian son-in-law Sean Murray with “multi-billionaire banker” David Rockefeller to effect a transfer in excess of US$100 million that Boyert claimed was “seemingly effortless”.

The website has published the key points of the 388-page letter that Boyert had written to Taib to complain about his sacking as chief operating officer (COO) of Sakti International, the Taib family's United States-based property company.

The Sarawak Report article follows news of the 60-year-old's untimely death last Sunday.

Boyert (left), in the letter, explains how Murray in 1994 had “bragged about the chief minister's extreme wealth”, and disclosed his meeting with Rockefeller.

Murray, husband to Taib's daughter Jamilah, had at that time approached Boyert to help run Sakti International.

“The position I accepted in 1994 required the formation of an operating company to administer and renovate the Group's assets... The renovations were to be fully funded by equity capital which I was assured was in ample supply,” wrote Boyert in the letter.

“In his discussion of the family wealth now nearing US$1 billion, Sean told the story of the meeting with David Rockefeller and how his request for funds to be placed in his bank was met with the seemingly effortless transfer of what I was told exceeded US$100,000,000.

“He explained how the family controlled its wealth through a series of interlocking offshore trusts giving the example of Sakti International Corporation, held by Sakti Holdings which is held in turn by Sogo Holdings Limited etc.”

Knew too much?

Sarawak Report speculates that Boyert, in confiding all that he knew about the family business and bitter family rivalries, may have angered the chief minister and put the final nail in the former COO's coffin.

“It is likely however, that by confiding in this way to Abdul Taib Mahmud (right), a man he had met but a few times, and by revealing that he was fully aware of the chief minister's great wealth and commanding role in the company (which was meant to be a closely-guarded secret), Boyert had naively sealed his own fate,” says the website.

“Instead of gaining sympathy, it is likely he would have incurred the old man's ire and convinced him that with all this knowledge, he was a dangerous liability to his company and reputation,” it added.

It claims that Boyert's letter backfired and did not convince Taib to intercede, but that the chief minister instead “left Murray to pursue a devastating counter-suit against Boyert's complaint of unfair dismissal, accusing him on numerous counts of embezzlement and dishonesty.”

It says that the confrontation between Boyert and Murray reveals details of both the Murray family's involvement in Taib's business empire as well as the Sarawak family's true position.

“There is no reason to believe he (Murray) or his family members have controlling shares in the other property companies, despite an increasingly active and important managerial role.”

“Sarawak Report therefore concludes that it may suit the Taibs and flatter the Murrays to conceal the real ownership of this property empire by describing it as a 'Murray family business', but that employees like Ross Boyert knew exactly who is in charge,” it said.

The FBI connection

“Thanks to Boyert we now also know that in an apparent attempt to conceal their ownership further, the Taibs transferred Sakti International to an offshore company based in Jersey in the Channel Islands, named Sogo Holdings Limited in 1997.

“Here the company's ownership is registered under Deutsche Bank International Limited, performing a paid service to act as 'nominee'.

The website says Ross also revealed that Sakti's sister corporation Wallyson's, that owns the Abraham Lincoln Building housing the FBI's top security facility in Seattle, has been transferred to a British Virgin Island company called Rodinmass.

Boyert's letter, says Sarawak Report, made clear the sensitivity of Taib's alleged ownership of this key FBI facility.

“This banker, Mr Bob Koch, knew me, and knew the whole story of ... the Abraham Lincoln Building and our relationship to the FBI.” wrote Boyert.

According to the website, the former employee also complained to Taib that having built up a US$80 million company “for the family they, who already had so much wealth, would turn him away with nothing and then attempt to destroy him.”

According to Sarawak Report, Boyert had for 12 years served as the sole manager of a number of the office blocks and residences owned by the Taib family in San Francisco and Seattle.

He was found dead last Sunday in a Los Angeles hotel room with a bag tied around his head.

"It is speculated that he may have taken his own life, but the coroner is withholding judgement pending further investigations," said Sarawak Report, that has recently published a series of explosive revelations on Sarawak's 'first family'.

The story of Malay arrogance

October 16, 2010

The MAS Story: Of Arrogance and Folly

by Din Merican

In the early 1990s, Tajuddin Ramli was the poster boy of then Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s plan for Bumiputera wealth creation. He was the iconic bumiputera businessman and a  key “payung” (mentor) for other bumiputera entrepreneurs. For that he was practically handed the post of President of the Malay Chamber of Commerce.

Why bother? Do they matter? Making Obscene Money under Crony Capitalism

Tajuddin would inspire the Malays to achieve the 30% bumiputera equity which was the target under the  now controversial New Economic Policy. The economic objective to eliminate poverty amongst the Malays and give them a share of the economic pie became  the primary means for  enrich ing only a few Malays , especially those associated with the dominant ruling party, UMNO and their cronies (crony capitalism). An economic pie meant for the Malays who constitute 50% of Malaysia’s population of 27 million people would now be in the hands of only a handful of Malays. Now that can be a big pie!

Mentor for other bumiputera entrepreneurs!

Making Obscene Money under Crony Capitalism

In 1994, Tajuddin was handed on a silver platter control of the national airlines, Malaysia Airline System Bhd (MAS). MAS was flushed with cash then. To be exact, according to various reports, including the MACC report made by the MASKargo’s Managing Director, Shahari Sulaiman, MAS had RM600 million in cash. That was a lot of money at that time. By 2001, Tajuddin had to leave and MAS was burdened with a RM8 billion debt. That was a lot of money to lose at that time. Despite the losses, the government bought back MAS from Tajuddin at RM8 per share when the market price at that time was just slightly below RM4 per share. That was a 100% profit for Tajuddin. That was a lot of money to make after having caused MAS to lose RM8 billion!

Tajuddin sued MAS

So, MAS sued Tajuddin Ramli and his cohorts. According to the reports, the former Chairman counter sued several parties including Danaharta and the Government of Malaysia for RM13.6 billion. In his  counter suit, Tajuddin alleged that he was just a government agent and nominee. By his rationale, he did nothing wrong. If he plundered, he did so with the government’s blessings. So, what’s wrong with that? After all, Abdullah Badawi also did the same thing in the LSG Skychef- Ibrahim Badawi deal with MAS!

Mega-financial scandal : the RM8 billion MAS-Tajuddin Scam !

Then last month, in a filing to Bursa Malaysia, MAS announced that Tajuddin had also filed a countersuit for RM 500 million claiming that he had been defamed by MAS when MAS complained to the MACC. That Bursa filing also disclosed that Tajuddin’s countersuit was in retaliation for MAS suing him for various breaches of fiduciary and statutory duties and for defrauding MAS in several related party transactions.

I was getting a bit loss there because MAS Bursa’s filing said that MAS wanted damages against Tajudin for RM174,620,695.00 for the losses caused by Tajuddin in the Hahn Airport project and for an indemnity for the amount MAS had to pay to an ICC Arbitration involving ACL Advanced Cargo Logistics GmbH. As far as MAS is concerned,  ACL is a Tajudin camouflaged company. Instead, Tajuddin wants RM500 million from MAS for having caused MAS to suffer that loss? Now this is becoming a bit dizzy. Tajuddin caused loss to MAS and yet he now wants MAS to pay him because MAS complained against him to the MACC? Does that make sense to you? Maybe, but not to me.

The Bursa Malaysia filing also disclosed that Tajuddin’s counter suit for RM 500 million was in retaliation for MAS when MAS complained to the MACC

Then it all  began to make sense when RPK’s postings on September  8 and September  14 showed that Tajuddin had claimed in his court papers, in his affidavit to be exact, that he was given immunity by UMNO. Then it all made further sense when RPK posted letters from Tajuddin’s lawyers, Messrs Lim Kian Leong, that Tajuddin is seeking a “Global Settlement” with the assistance of the Courts in a “‘mediation process”.

Tajuddin’s Lawyers, Messrs Lim Kian Leong, that Tajuddin is seeking a “Global Settlement” with the assistance of the Courts in a “‘mediation process”.

“Global Settlement” Sought

Now, what this “Global Settlement” is about is not yet known. But it is not too difficult to imagine that Tajuddin is beginning to be worried that he may not be protected forever especially since he had maligned Dr Mahathir and others as being responsible for his actions in MAS. He is worried that Dato’ Seri Idris Jala who was the former MAS MD, is now the Minister in charge of the National Key Result Areas (NKRA)  and PERMUDAH and knows all Tajuddin’s misconduct in MAS. He is worried that former IGP Musa Hassan who had been so unceremoniously bundled off  is no longer there to provide him cover. He is worried that his photo with A-G Gani Patail had been made public. He is worried that the relationship of A-G Gani with his henchman, that ex-policeman who was once charged for corruption, Shahidan Shafie, has been exposed. He is worried sick that his web of deceit in covering up his ownership in the so called German company, ACL GmbH ,has now been discovered. Tajuddin Ramli is a worried man. So he wants a “Global Settlement”.

TajudinRamli is worried sick that his web of deceit in covering up his ownership in the so called German company, ACL GmbH ,has now been discovered.

It is not too difficult to imagine that the “Global Settlement” will result in all the criminal cases against him which have been identified by Dato Ramli Yusuff, former Director CCID PDRM,  being remain buried. That his crimes which have been NFA’d by the AG Gani Patail will not be re-opened. It is not too difficult to imagine  why the MACC did nothing about MAS’s complaints of the collusion between the PDRM and A-G Gani Patail. It is not to difficult to imagine that deals will be struck to cover all these up. It is in this context that the revelations in an Open Letter by former Kuala Lumpur CID Chief, Dato’ Mat Zain Ismail, become a powerful testimony of the manipulation of the country’s criminal justice system by no other than former IGP Musa Hassan and AG Gani Patail.

“Global Settlement” will result in all the criminal cases against Tajuddin Ramli which have been identified by Dato Ramli Yusuff, former Director CCID PDRM, being buried. That his crimes which have been NFA’d by the AG Gani Patail will not be re-opened.

Dato Mat Zain’s Open Letter

Dato Mat Zain holds Musa and Gani  responsible when he asked this rhetorical question:

“Apa sudah jadi dengan Sistem Keadilan Jenayah kita?…siapa yang sepatutnya dipersalahkan? Siapa yang menyebabkan Sistem Keadilan Jenayah kita menjadi kucar kacir sehinggakan sesiapa juga boleh mempermain-mainkannya tanpa takut kepada sebarang tindakan dan hukuman undang-undang?

Saya tidak teragak-agak untuk menyatakan bahawa keadaan ini berpunca daripada ‘precedent’ yang dibuat oleh Tan Sri Gani Patail dan Tan Sri Musa Hassan sendiri.” .

On October 8 2010, Mat Zain bin Ibrahim wrote a 20-page open letter that blows the lid on many issues. You have to read this letter to believe it. In that letter, the former senior cop tells all about long-lodged reports that have only gathered dust in the back-offices of the authorities. Why - because these involved the untouchables, namely Dr Mahathir, Rafidah Aziz, Rahim Thamby Chik, Eric Chia, Attorney-General Gani Patail, recently-retired IGP Musa Hassan ... the list goes on ...

So what do we have here now with Tajuddin Ramli? He is still a wealthy man while those who pursued him — ex-CCID Director Ramli Yusuff and lawyer Rosli Dahlan — ended up in court facing trumped up charges. Tajuddin could get away with murder because Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was also plundering MAS. Others in UMNO were also plundering MAS. And they are in power and can still manipulate the criminal justice system.  RPK’s MACC Part 14 also disclosed the manipulations by those in the corridors of power of the criminal justice system.

Dato Murad Khalid reappears

RPK exposed that Dato’ Murad Khalid formerly Assistant Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia was forced to sign a Statutory Declaration (SD) in order to crucify Anwar Ibrahim. These are all connected to the VK Lingam’s tapes of fixing appointments in the Courts and in the A-G Chambers.

In order to do justice for his own sake, Datuk Murad Khalid signed a Statutory Declaration (SD) in order to crucify Anwar Ibrahim. These are all connected to the VK Lingam’s tapes on fixing appointments in the Courts and in the A-G Chambers.

When talking about Dato’ Murad’s SD, RPK said this – “What happened to lawyer Rosli Dahlan who was brutally arrested and charged for defending his client, Dato’ Ramli Yusuff, is not the first. The only difference is that Rosli Dahlan is fighting back. He is not taking things lying down as some have done in the past.” On this part, I am about to differ with RPK.

Lawyer Rosli Dahlan from Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill

I am not too sure now if Rosli still has the stamina to fight back. I noted from the MAS Bursa announcement the part which states this: “MAS has been advised by its solicitors, Messrs Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill, that it has a good defence to Tan Sri Tajudin Ramli’s counter claim.

MAS has instructed its solicitors to take the necessary action to set the matter down for trial as soon as possible, so as to avoid further interlocutory proceedings that have already delayed this matter for over 4 years and which may further delay this matter.”

Tajuddin’s Countersuit of RM500 million for Defamation

I  spoke to several lawyer friends who said that Tajuddin’s counterclaim of RM500 million for defamation is frivolous. Usually frivolous claims are struck out. Yet I see from that announcement that Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill is not taking that course of action. Is it because Hishammuddin is instructing his former firm to not pursue this? Is it because this is part of the deal, the “Global Settlement” mentioned by Tajuddin’s lawyers. That MAS announcement did not mention Rosli Dahlan’s name, but I have no doubt that Rosli is the lawyer responsible for pursuing Tajuddin in that case.

Is that why the MACC is dragging Rosli’ case which has now again been postponed to December 28? Quite clearly, nobody works at that time of the year and it can be anticipated that Rosli’s case will drag on until the year 2011 and may be beyond. Is the MACC being used like how it was used against Dato’ Murad Khalid to secure Rosli’s cooperation not to push the MAS case against Tajuddin too hard? Is this also part of the “Global Settlement”?

MACC is dragging Rosli’ case which has now again been postponed to December 28, 2010 !!

Rosli’s Curt Response

I tried calling Rosli to find out about all these. I wanted to clear the air about them. I wanted to be assured that Rosli is not succumbing to pressure and caving in. But Rosli gave me a curt standard lawyer’s phrase that he can’t discuss his professional work. I respected that, but I suspect there is more to it. I suspect that he is tiring out and emotionally depleted. I suspect that there is something fishy in this “Global Settlement” and that in the end everything will be buried.

I want to remind Rosli that I have been writing about his case because I believe he will stand up against gross injustice. That he would not take things lying down. Yes, I will not deny that was my agenda for reporting his case. I believe writing about Rosli could inspire other Malaysians to speak up against the wrongs that have been perpetrated. I believe that Rosli could play a role in the Third Force in the next General Election.

I wanted to prod him in that direction. Rosli is the right recipe for an election candidate. If Loh Guo Burne can be a PKR candidate and Member of Parliament by just snooping around and catching VK Lingam on tape, then Rosli is better suited to be an MP. It is not every day that you have a low profile bumiputera lawyer taking on the whole establishment.

This is an election story. The signs are already there. Yesterday’s budget speech is an election budget speech. Have no doubt that GE 13 is not too far away. But these recent developments have caused me some concern. I hope I am wrong about Rosli caving in. I hope the government is not using the MACC to squeeze Rosli by delaying his case. I hope Rosli will not succumb to pressure. So I thought I would ask Rosli for coffee if he was uncomfortable talking over the phone.

I asked to meet him at the Kuala Lumpur Golf Country Club on Wednesday November 13. I waited from 9am but Rosli did not turn up, even past 10 am. I was getting upset, until providence step in. While Rosli did not turn up,  Tajudin Ramli appeared. He was with a group of Chinese friends.

Tajuddin, once a bank officer from Kedah, was snobbish, arrogant, and "elitist" when I last saw him at KLGCC.

I knew Tajudin since his banking days. I thought this was a good opportunity for me to seek clarification from him, to give him the opportunity to tell his side of the story. I heard that both he and Halim Saad have said that they are victims of the government’s machinations, of UMNO’s to be more specific. So I thought it would only be fair I hear Tajuddin out and then post his version of things on my blog.

Snubbed by Tajuddin

To my dismay, when I walked over to shake his hands, he waved me away in a “kasar” (rough) manner .I was stunned.  Here was a man younger than me and behaving so “kurang ajar”. The only other occasion in recent times, someone treated me that way was that insolent DPP Zulqarnain during Rosli’s case. I saw the similarities between Tajuddin and that DPP Zulqarnain. Both are kurang ajar people.

I walked away and sat with my friends. Tajuddin Ramli has not changed. I have previously heard complaints about his dictatorial tantrums when he was Chairman of MAS. He treated the company’s assets as if they were his own. He flouted company’s internal policies with impunity. A retired general who was on the MAS Board of Directors was even forced to resign when that general pointed out about Tajuddin taking out money in batches of RM10 million fifteen times just to come within the financial authority limits without being detected. But the MAS Board found out.

Tajuddin behaved like a despot and mentioned Dr Mahathir’s name ever so often that nobody dared challenge him. Not even the then representative of the Ministry of Finance, Tan Sri Clifford Herbert, dared to go against Tajuddin. That is corporate Malaysia for you.

Even the then representative of the Ministry of Finance, Tan Sri Clifford Herbert, dared to go against Tajuddin. That is corporate Malaysia for you.

Tajuddin thinks I don’t know of the things he did. I do, but I only raised his case in the context of how the criminal justice system has been manipulated. I raised it to show that in Malaysia it may not be the crook who gets charged. In Malaysia, it may be the other way round. That is why professionals like Dato’ Ramli and Lawyer Rosli can be fixed. It can be manipulated because people like Tajuddin can go scot free with arrogance. He remains unrepentant.

Azmin opens the campaign move

Team Azmin kicks off with a bang

Regina Lee
Oct 16, 10

Mohamed Azmin Ali's PKR deputy presidency campaign entered fifth gear almost immediately after lodging in his acceptance form for nominations today.

Kicking off with a literal bang, his supporters arranged a gendang (drum) welcome to fanfare his entry into the party headquarters this morning to confirm his candidacy.

It is a stark departure from previous months of intense but rather quiet lobbying and strategising, with Azmin relatively tight-lipped about his chances and selective with exclusive media interviews.

Even fellow elections aspirants have been tight-lipped and coy about their support for him.

The situation just a few hours after the handing of his candidacy papers is significantly different, with his lineup clear as daylight during the function organised to officially mark the start of Azmin's campaign.

No short of pomp

Dubbed 'Reformasi towards Putrajaya', the launch held at Petaling Jaya's Dewan Sivik saw all roads leading to the venue littered with banners depicting Azmin with an outstretched arm, the Prime Minister's Office in Putrajaya beckoning in the background.

Accompanying him on stage were heavyweights including Penang deputy chief minister Mansor Othman, Wanita chief Zuraida Kamarudin, Batu MP Tian Chua and Selangor exco Xavier Jayakumar, among others.

One by one, many took to the stage to sing his praises.

Azmin in turn peppered his 'acceptance for candidacy' speech with Latin, Tamil and Mandarin phrases.

The audience of some 1,500 supporters were visibly lapping it up.

However, in stark contrast to his rival Zaid Ibrahim's abrasive style against party elders, Azmin instead called for grace and respect for the seniors leaders.

"We must appreciate the sacrifices of (outgoing deputy president Syed Husin Ali). We are grateful for all the work he has done to his party," said Azmin in his speech.

Zaid had previously been reported to have openly criticised the outgoing deputy, after the latter had chided the former minister for not having attended party meetings.

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How many Malaysians in Singapore?

The 10th Malaysia Plan revealed in June announced a Talent Corporation to headhunt Malaysians abroad with the skills to drive economic growth based on innovation and entrepreneurship.

Prime Minister Najib Razak (below) said last week that the body will start work in January.

So far, however, Malaysia has had little success in getting its best people home. Two programmes in the last 15 years have drawn fewer than 1,000 respondents, according to The Straits Times Singapore on Oct 14. Since Singapore is probably the country with the most Malaysians, it is perhaps a good starting point.

The Singapore Census of Population 2010 Advance Census Release revealed some surprising statistics about Malaysians in Singapore.

It says about 1 in 4 (23 percent) of the resident population - Singaporeans and permanent residents (PRs) - were not born in Singapore. Of that 23 percent, about half (45 percent) were from Malaysia.

The above statistics surprised everyone in Singapore, since it has been raised in various blogs and the media that the recent rise in the local population was due mainly to immigrants from China.

The population of Singapore-born residents dropped from 81.9 to 77.2 percent from 2000 to 2010, ie from 3.3 to 3.8 million.

The non-Singapore-born population rose from 18.1 (592,000) to 22.8 (859,000) percent.

What the census does not say is how many of the 386,000 Malaysian-born residents are Singapore citizens and how many are PRs.

Malaysians everywhere

Out of the total population of 5.08 million, Singapore has 3.77 million residents, of which 3.23 million were Singapore citizens and 0.54 million were PRs. This means that about 4 in 10 are not Singaporeans.

The number of Singapore PRs grew by 1.5 percent in 2010, a decrease from the minimum 6 percent annual growth noted between 2005 and 2009. Growth in the number of non-residents also slowed to 4.1 percent in 2010, down from the peaks of 15 percent in 2007 and 19 percent in 2008, and the number of Singapore citizens increased by only 0.9 percent.

In this regard, what are the corresponding statistics for Malaysia?

According to Wikipedia, Malaysia has 10 to 20 percent foreign workers, the exact figure being uncertain due in part to the large number of illegal workers. There are a million legal foreign workers and perhaps another million unauthorised foreigners.

Sabah alone had nearly 25 percent of its 2.7 million population listed as illegal foreign workers in the last census. Sabah NGOs estimate that out of the 3 million population, 2 million are illegal immigrants.

As Singapore does not allow dual citizenship, Malaysians who take up Singapore citizenship will have to give up their Malaysian citizenship.

In this connection, how many of the 40,000 new citizens and 140,000 PRs in the last two years were Malaysians?

The majority of the increase in PRs comprise immigrants from Malaysia and the Indian subcontinent. The ethnic Chinese PRs in Singapore predominantly hail from Malaysia.

Over the 10-year period, the number of Malaysia-born Chinese in Singapore (PRs and Singapore citizens combined) went up by 81,000, while that of China-born Chinese rose by just 13,000.

Over half million working in S'pore

I understand that when Singapore left Malaysia in 1965, Singaporeans were given the option to choose to become Malaysian citizens. My uncle was one of them. How many Singaporeans made this choice in 1965?

How many of the 1.3 million non-residents in Singapore now are Malaysians, on work permits, employment pass, S-pass, student pass, long-tem visit pass, entrepreneur pass, certificate to seek employment, etc?

Since none of the above statistics are publicly available, I estimate the total number of Malaysian-born in Singapore to be about 600,000, since Malaysia's Human Resource Ministry says that there are about 350,000 Malaysians working in Singapore, and that 386,000 PRs (excluding Malaysian-born Singapore citizens and non-resident Malaysians) were Malaysians.

In addition to the above, what about Malaysian tourists who come to Singapore everyday?

Bus loads of Malaysians have been arriving at Singapore's two new integrated resorts (IR), Resorts World Sentosa and Marina Bay Sands (below), almost hourly since they opened this year. Malaysia's Express Bus Agencies Association has said that on weekends, at least 50 tour buses roll into Resorts World Sentosa alone. There are at least 30 coach-based travel agencies that run IR tours from Johor.

For example, the purchase of S$100 (RM238) worth of casino chips comes with a free bus ride and freebies like a food voucher, or a discounted RM30 ticket for the two-way bus ride, in addition to loyalty and promotional membership programmes.

Tour packages from Johor to Genting Highlands have reportedly dropped by about 50 percent since Singapore's two IRs opened. Michael Tay, deputy chairman of the MCA's public complaints bureau in Johor Bahru has said that the number of gambling problem cases he handles have jumped from about four or five a month to 16 in the last two months, with about half related to the IRs in Singapore.

Chinese and Malay population slides

In 2005 (latest data available), only 5.4 percent of Malays, were admitted to Singapore's publicly funded universities, compared to 30 and 11 percent for Chinese and Indians respectively. The figures for 1980 was 0.5, 5.9 and 3.5 percent respectively.

Another interesting statistic is that the population of Chinese and Malays in Singapore declined, while that of Indians and others increased. Chinese declined from 76.8 to 74.1, Malays from 13.9 to 13.4, Indians rose from 7.9 to 9.2, and Others from 1.4 to 3.3 percent.

Considering this, it would be interesting to know the breakdown of Malaysians in Singapore along the four ethnic groups.

I wonder if the Malaysian Government have the statistics of Malaysians in Singapore and if so, is it public information?

For example, perhaps one of the most "talked about" topics in my casual conversations with Malaysian friends is how many Malaysians have become Singaporeans, and vice versa.

Perhaps all Malaysians who have given up their citizenship could be encouraged to return by offering them Malaysian citizenship again or allowing dual citizenship.

Some notable countries that allow dual citizenship are the United States, France, Canada, Italy, New Zealand, Switzerland, Sweden, United Kingdom.

LEONG SZE HIAN's late father moved from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore in 1952. Since he was born in Singapore in 1953, there may be some confusion as to whether he was conceived in Malaysia or Singapore.
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