The Malaysian Scorpene Submarine Affair. Reprise

Hussein Abdul Hamid

(We are going to be talking about this Malaysian Scorpene Submarine Affair in the coming days now that Sirul has been released from detention at Villawwod. It has been over 17 years since Altanatuya was murdered - so let us refresh our minds as to what the Malaysian Scorpene Submarine Affair is all about ) and in the coming days I will share with you guys what I know, and what you don't know , about this affair.....and together I hope we can make some sense of how and why, Altanatuya was murdered .

World Peace Foundation - November 12, 2020 (updated September 12, 2022)

Page Contents

• Introduction

• Case Details

• Dramatis Personae

• Summary of Corruption Allegations

• Timeline

• Investigation Outcomes

• References

The EUR 1.2 billion sale of French ‘Scorpène’ submarines to Malaysia in 2002, and the dubious commissions which accompanied the sale, might have gone unnoticed were it not for the kidnap and murder of a young translator in 2006. The victim, who had worked for a key agent on the deal, was targeted when she attempted to get her share of the commissions. The subsequent murder trial implicated members of the domestic police’s special intelligence branch, who may have served the defense minister and future prime minister Najib Razak as bodyguards.

With investigations in Malaysia stymied by the political implications, momentum shifted to France. DCNS, the French shipbuilding company, was raided in 2010, and it eventually became clear that the company was under scrutiny for operating a chain of intermediaries to bribe Razak and the agent, Abdul Razak Baginda, in violation of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Convention on Bribery and its corresponding law in France.

More to come…….

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