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Inquest into death of Customs man Posted: 02 Jun 2011 11:36 AM PDT 2011/06/03 By Dharshini Balan and Farrah Naz Karim news@nst.com.my KUALA LUMPUR: Police have recommended that an inquest be held to determine the circumstances leading to the death of Selangor Customs assistant director Ahmad Sarbaini Mohamed. The decision to file for an inquest was agreed to by Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail after studying the investigation papers submitted by the Kuala Lumpur police. "I have advised them (police) to file a case at the magistrate's court for an inquest. "When the cause of death cannot be determined, an inquest or an open inquiry has to be held," Gani said. The lawyer representing Ahmad Sarbaini's family, Ghazali Mohd Ramli, refused to comment on this latest development, saying he has yet to receive anything official from the police. Ghazali said he only found out about the police recommendation on an online news portal. Ahmad Sarbaini, 56, was found dead on the first floor of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission office in Jalan Cochrane here on April 6. He was among 62 Customs officers detained earlier by the MACC in a graft probe involving losses of up to RM2.2 billion in under-declared taxes. The Customs officers were mainly investigated for graft and money laundering. Ahmad Sarbaini was released on bail but returned to the MACC office on April 6 allegedly to meet the investigating officer in his case. Hours after his body was found, MACC investigations director Datuk Mustafar Ali had said that Ahmad Sarbaini came on a motorcycle at 8.26am. He allegedly came of his own accord. Mustafar had told reporters that Ahmad Sarbaini waited in the lobby for about an hour before an officer escorted him to the investigating officer's room on the third floor. The officerwaited with him for almost an hour before he left Ahmad Sarbaini alone for a few minutes to look for the investigating officer. When he returned, the Customs officerwas missing. He was later found sprawled on the badminton court on the first floor. Police had classified the case as a sudden death as it was believed that he had jumped to his death. Ahmad Sarbaini's family and friends, however, refused to believe he had committed suicide as he was said to be a religious man. One of his colleagues even revealed that he played tennis with Ahmad Sarbaini the day before he died and that he had not shown any signs of being suicidal. Last month, his family lawyers submitted new evidence to the police which they believed could clear Ahmad Sarbaini's name in the graft investigation and suspicions that he had committed suicide. Lawyer Ghazali had denied that Ahmad Sarbani was involved in money laundering as per the allegations against him. Earlier, the family had disclosed Ahmad Sarbaini's assets which revealed he had three cars — a Perodua Kancil, a second-hand Honda CRV and a Proton Persona — and a Modenas Kriss motorcycle. He also owned an apartment in Bukit Tinggi, Klang, worth RM65,872, an apartment in Puncak Alam costing RM68,988, a semi-detached cluster house in Saujana Impian in Sungai Buloh worth RM230,000 and RM35,000 in savings in Amanah Saham Bumiputra. It was reported Ahmad Sarbaini bought the semi-detached house on a government loan and the savings were from his wife Maziah Manap's Employees Provident Fund account, which she had withdrawn when she turned 50. Ahmad Sarbaini was survived by his wife and five children, between the ages of 12 and 27. The family was staying at the Customs quarters in Kelana Jaya. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

Targeting RM800b oil 'field' Posted: 02 Jun 2011 11:05 AM PDT 2011/06/02 By Eileen Ng news@nst.com.my KUALA LUMPUR: A one-stop centre to coordinate and promote the country's oil field services and equipment (OFSE) industry, to be known as Malaysia Petroleum Resource Corporation, will be set up, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. This government body will look into creating an attractive business environment for industry players and investors. "The government is in the midst of establishing the corporation to attract multinational companies by ensuring administrative ease as well as to promote Malaysian OFSE industry to overseas companies and investors," he said in his speech at the 13th Asian oil, gas and petrochemical engineering exhibition (OGA 2011) yesterday. Touted as the largest oil and gas show in the region, the event attracted some 1,500 oil and gas companies from over 50 countries, with products worth more than RM100 billion on display. Saying that the global OFSE market stood at RM800 billion and had undergone an annual growth rate of 25 per cent in recent years, Muhyiddin said the Asian market for oil field services alone had grown by 20 per cent per year over the past decade, primarily driven by the shift towards more technically challenging fields and increases in the price of crude oil. Currently, there were gaps in the domestic OFSE industry, with Malaysian companies lacking capabilities and experience, limiting their ability to gain a strong share in the regional market, he said. Muhyiddin said Malaysia's aspiration was to attract 10 to 20 major international companies to bring 10 per cent of their OFSE business operations to Malaysia. "This could translate to around 40 per cent of their regional activities and would mean positioning Malaysia as a cost-competitive base for engineering, procurement and construction as well as a strategic base for installation activities in the Asia-Pacific region. "As Malaysia is undertaking aggressive efforts and developing innovative solutions to drive the reserve growth and get more from existing fields, advanced technology and capability is crucial for us. "International companies have the cutting edge technology and expertise to assist Malaysia in the deep water sector and exploration services. Our local oil and gas players can also grow their capabilities by working together with these international companies." He said Malaysia was targeting five per cent annual growth for the energy sector from last year until 2020. "This target translates into an increase of RM131.4 billion in the period from 2010 to 2020. "There are significant number of business opportunities in the oil, gas and energy sector. Malaysia's offshore producing fields are more mature than those of our Southeast Asian neighbours. "There will be tremendous commercial opportunities for maintenance and replacement of assets in addition to development of new fields, which will continue to drive growth in this key sector." Muhyiddin added that another growing business opportunity was the regional midstream logistics market for oil and oil product storage, with crude oil consumption expected to grow by 420,000 barrels per day annually from 2010 to 2015. Malaysia, he said, was well-placed to complement Singapore and collectively operate a hub similar to Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp. "This hub can complement each other in areas of refining capacity, independent storage and blending capacity as well as access to markets." Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

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