![]() ![]() Regular payments for the Tengku’s education as well as giftsĪltogether Sarawak Report has identified ten payments to the Tengku either for ‘Education’ or ‘Grants & Gifts’ between 2011-2014, the majority being paid in current dollar equivalents to a regular sum of RM210,000 totalling US$673,000 (RM2.2m).ġMDB has advertised its support of various education grants, but perhaps a little more could be heard or known about these special 1MDB proteges and why these particular students were receiving so much direct support from the development fund for their foreign educations? ![]() The Tengku also received further regular payments that appear to be for fees, under the title of ‘Education’, for example on 23rd December 2011 US$75,100 was paid for his ‘Education’: On 5th November 2012 he received US$68,571 (RM210,000) and on 22nd January 2013 another US$68,284 for these grants and gifts: On top of these payments the Tengku also received further payments under the auspices of ‘Grants & Gifts’. Under the auspices of ‘Education’ Tengku Ahmad received similar payments for what appear to be extraordinarily high fees, even for the United States. There was another even larger ‘Education’ pay out by 1MDB over the same period, consisting of several payments over many years to a titled student in the United States named Tengku Ahmad S Tengku Omar. If so, 1MDB’s established reputation as a giant slush fund for the Prime Minister gains another example. Sarawak Report asks why was 1MDB directly paying for the education of a government-friendly politician’s daughter, since, inevitably people will ask whether this was part of the inducement to encourage a widow to run for her husband’s former office on a public sympathy vote in what was considered at the time to be a crucial by-election for Najib? But, why was 1MDB apparently paying for her elder daughter’s Australian education in 2012?ġMDB paid for MP’s daughter’s ‘Education’ in AustraliaĪccording to the statement obtained by Sarawak Report 1MDB paid Charlene Tze Yi ChongAUS$107,605/ RM345,41205 for ‘Education’ expenses on 13th March 2013. Persuading his wife to run for the seat, which she won on a sympathy vote for the BN-allied PBS party in Batu Sapi, was seen as a coup for Najib in 2010. One was for the daughter of a Sabah BN politician, Edmund Chong Ket Wah, who had tragically died in a road accident. Certain payments and receipts stick out, however, and Malaysians would doubtless be grateful if the parties involved could provide an explanation.įor reasons that are not entirely clear, the foreign college fees of two students were covered directly by 1MDB, according to the data. ![]() The first outstanding feature of 1MDB’s bank transactions during this period is the relative inactivity of what was presented to the nation as a busy public fund, investing billions raised on behalf of the state. They give details of receipts and payments made by 1MDB and related companies between 20. Sarawak Report has received more leaked documents relating to 1MDB. ![]()
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