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Rafizi RamliLiked about an hour ago

Menteri bertanggungjawab enggan dedahkan nama syarikat pembekal dakwat kekal di Parlimentetapi mengesahkan syarikat lain iaitu Nash Ventures mendapat kontrak perbekalan topi dariSPR semasa PRU13.

Share & like page Rafizi Ramli untuk bantu sebarkan fakta hubung kait Nash Ventures Sdn Bhddan Mohamed Salleh.

Berdasarkan carian di SSM, selain menjadi pemegang saham dan pengarah kepada IntergratedChallenger, Mohamed Salleh adalah pemegang saham & pengarah kepada Allisons Sdn Bhd.

Perniagaan utama Allisons Sdn Bhd adalah membekalkan peralatan ketenteraan kepadaKementerian Pertahanan dan Kementerian Dalam Negeri.

Turut menjadi pemegang saham & pengarah kepada Allisons Sdn Bhd adalah wanita bernamaShamsia Mansoor.

Shamsia juga merupakan pengarah di Nash Ventures Sdn Bhd iaitu syarikat yang mendapatkontrak perbekalan topi dari SPR secara rundingan terus.

Hubungan antara Mohamed Salleh dan Shamsia adalah berkemungkinan besar sebagaipasangan suami isteri kerana mereka tinggal di alamat rumah yang sama dan nombor MyKadkedua-duanya menunjukkan berasal dari Singapura.

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Tidak mengejutkan bilamana ketiga-tiga syarikat ini mendaftarkan alamat perniagaan merekapada alamat yang sama.

Turut menjadi persoalan bagaimana syarikat berkenaan dipertimbangkan untuk pembekalankepada SPR kerana syarikat itu tidak mengemaskini rekod kewangan dan kali terakhir difailkankepada SSM ialah pada 2009.

Memandangkan kontrak diberi secara rundingan terus walaupun terdapat keraguan tentangkemampuan syarikat tersebut (yang telah terbukti gagal) makin menguatkan lagi dakwaanMohamed Salleh mempunyai hubungan baik dengan kepimpinan SPR.

Friday, 19 July 2013 04:33

'Marked man' Rafizi steps up to the challenge, throws backindelible ink dare to EC, MACCWritten by Malaysia Chronicle

VIDEO INSERTEDKUALA LUMPUR - Challenged to make his indelible ink expose's

outside the Parliament hall, where he would no longer immunity from lawsuits, MP for

Pandan Rafizi Ramli not only did just but gave additional details that will make itextremely hard for Prime Minister Najib Razak's government, the Election Commission

and the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission to ignore without losing further

credibility.

"The fight is not with me, I am doing my job. The fight is for them (the EC or Malay

acronym SPR) to clear their name and whatever their answer or reaction, I am sure

they can be transparent about it. I am not making any accusations," Rafizi told a press

conference at the Parliament lobby on Thursday.

"It is only fair and it's only logical to question on what grounds when 3 companies by

one person were awarded three contracts that were not delivered satisfactorily and

there are also question marks as to the background of the shareholders unless there is

something else and one of the possibilities is the closeness (to top officials in the EC

and the government)."

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"It is not only the EC's standing at stake but also an opportunity for the MACC (or

Malay acronym SPRM) to regain the confidence of the public. The sooner they act

when it is already quite clear, and some of the details are out, the better it is."

A marked man

Rafizi has been the target of BN leaders including Prime Minister Najib Razak himself

after exposing the RM250mil NFC cattle livestock debacle involving Umno Women's

chief Shahrizat Jalil. The Pandan MP's promise to reveal at Parliament the name of the

supplier of Malaysia's controversial indelible ink used during May 5 general election

had further alarmed and dismayed his rivals.

Nonetheless, the 34-year-old Rafizi proceeded to pose the name of Integrated

Challenger Sdn Bhd as the local firm awarded the RM7.1million indelible ink contract

through direct negotiations during the first sitting of the august House following the

May 5 general election.

Minister in charge of Parliament Shahidan Kassim has not denied or verified if this was

true. In fact at a press conference held later on Thursday afternoon, Shahidan had

asked if Rafizi had repeated his allegations to reporters at the lobby. When told that

Rafizi had done so, Shahidan still refused to confirm when pressed several times if

Integrated Challenger was indeed the ink supplier, saying he would hold another press

conference later.

Malaysia's recently-concluded 13th general election has

been the most controversial and divisive in the country's history, with the EC accused

of colluding with Najib's BN coalition to rig votes and pad-up the electoral roll with

fictitious or phantom names. The indelible ink was also a sensational feature as mostof the 8 million-odd electorate found the ink could be easily washed off within hours

although the EC had promised it would stay on for at least 4 days.

Meanwhile, BN lawmakers had demanded that the Speaker of the House referred

Rafizi to a committee for disciplinary action on the basis that his allegation was untrue.

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This despite the absence of any denial from Shahidan. The BN MPs also dared Rafizi

to repeat his allegation outside Parliament.

However, the request for disciplinary action was rejected by the Speaker, who instead

asked Rafizi to table a motion to discuss the integrity of the top EC officials at the next

sitting. The Speaker also repeated the request of the BN lawmakers that if Rafizi wasconfident of his information, he should repeat his statements outside the House. This

way, those parties, if any, maligned by the allegations could sue him.

Dormant firms but granted contracts and through direct negotiations

Rafizi not only complied with the Speaker's direction, he

gave further details of the people behind Integrated Challenger and Nash Ventures

Sdn Bhd, a related unit believed to have been awarded a contract to supply caps for

the election.

Rafizi also identified another firm Allisons Corp Sdn Bhd, which although did not get an

EC-related contract, was also linked to Mohamed Salleh Mohamed Alli, the main

owner of Integrated Challenger.

Allisons is a firm that obtained procurement contracts from the Ministry of Defense,bolstering Rafizi's earlier claim that Mohamed Salleh and co-director Shamsia Mansoor

were active business operators with close rapport to senior decision makers in the

government.

"The financial records of the firms have not yet been updated. The last filing with the

Companies Commission of Malaysia was in 2009 and yet they were given the chance

to get 3 contracts through direct negotiations. Doesn't this indicate that Mohamed

Salleh Mohamed Alli has good relations with the EC leadership?"said Rafizi.

Malaysia Chronicle

Rafizi to EC: Sue meAnisah Shukry

| July 18, 2013

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Pandan MP confident he is correct in accusing the Election Commission of

awarding the indelible ink contract through direct negotiations to its crony,

Mohamed Salleh Mohamad Ali.

KUALA LUMPUR: PKR strategy director Rafizi Ramli told Parliament today that he waswilling to make public his statement that a businessman linked to top Election

Commission (EC) officials had secured the indelible ink contract through direct

negotiations.

In repeating the assertion outside the Dewan Rakyats walls, the Pandan MP risks facing

legal action from the EC as he will no longer be given immunity as a parliamentarian.

I am ready for the EC to commence legal action against me, Rafizi told reporters at the

Parliament lobby, adding that he was unperturbed by such a turn of events as he had

the facts on his side.

I will also file a motion in the Dewan Rakyat so we can discuss the issue of the ECs

integrity during the next Parliament session, he added.

Rafizi stressed that the onus was on the EC to convince the public, and not just him, that

they were in the clear.

In accordance to Article 114(2) of the Federal Constitution, the Election Commission

must be appointed from among those whom have public confidence on their side.

So the fight is not with me. The fight is for them to clear their name, stressed Rafizi.

On Tuesday, Rafizi told the House that Mohamed Salleh Mohamad Ali was awarded the

contract to supply the EC with indelible ink, caps and T-shirts for the 13th general

election.

He claimed that Mohamed Salleh had close relations with BNs top brass, including the

EC chairman and deputy chairman.

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Rafizi was spurred to repeat his stance outside of the Dewan Rakyat when Speaker

Pandikar Amin Mulia suggested he do so today, during the debate session in

Parliament.

Motion denied

Earlier today, Pandikar had denied a motion from Reezal Merican Naina Merican

(Kepala Batas-BN) to refer Rafizi to the rights and privileges committee for his remarks

on the indelible ink contract.

Reezal Merican had contended that Rafizis claims had misled and insulted the

House, and in doing so violated Standing Order 36(12).

But Pandikar pointed out that Rafizis statement had failed to meet the three criteria

required to refer a lawmaker to the committee: (1) the statement is false, (2) the MP

knows the statement is false but does not correct it, (3), the MP has the intention to

mislead the House.

I cannot say that the statements were misleading, because there were no opposing

facts. And if you wanted to refer him to the committee, you should have done this

immediately, said Pandikar, in denying the motion.

Another thing is intention. Pandan was sure he had his facts and was confident he was

right. So if Pandan is brave and sincere, he will repeat his statement outside.

He added that Rafizis remarks only violated Standing Order 36(8), which does not allow

parliamentarians to mention certain public figures, including members of the EC, in the

House unless a motion was moved for that purpose.

This prompted Rafizi to stand up in Parliament and say: I will file a motion under 36(8)

to discuss the Election Commission and I shall repeat my remarks outside the House.

Shahidan confirmed my expose

Later, in a press conference at the Parliament lobby, Rafizi claimed that his assertions

had been vindicated by the fact that Minister in the Prime Ministers Department

Shahidan Kassim had yet to issue a denial on the matter.

Instead, Shahidan had admitted yesterday that a firm named Nash Ventures, also

allegedly controlled by Mohamed Salleh, was awarded a contract to supply caps to the

EC during the recent elections.

I had previously said three firms controlled by Mohamed Salleh received contracts

through direct negotiations through the EC, including his main company, Integrated

Challenger (M) Sdn Bhd, said Rafizi.

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Nash Ventures is also linked to Mohamed Salleh. One of the directors of Nash Ventures

is Shamsia Mansoor, who is also the director and shareholder of Allisons Corp. The

other director and shareholder of Allisons Corp is none other than Mohamed Salleh.

He suggested that Mohamed Salleh and Shamsia were related, citing the fact that both

had the same home address.

He said that the fact that Mohamed Sallehs companies financial records with the

Company Commissions Malaysia had not been updated since 2009 also suggested cosy

ties with ECs top brass.

Among the key criteria for a project to be awarded to a firm through direct negotiations

is sound financial position. This is because such negotiations are done for immediate

performance work.

This is why I question why a company whose financial records have not been

updated and filed since 2009 was chosen to supply the indelible ink, said Rafizi.

Rafizi repeats allegations about

ink supplier outside theparliamentHASBULLAH AWANG CHIKJULY 18, 20 13

Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli, who revealed in Parliament the identity of the

supplier of the indelible ink and linked him to the leadership of the

Election Commission, has repeated his statement outside the parliament

where there is no immunity.

Rafizi repeated the name of the supplier and the company in the lobby

after Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia rejected a motion to refer Rafizi

to the rights and privileges committee.

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He had advised the MP to repeat the allegations about the EC chairman

deputy chairman and their purported ties outside the chamber.

Rafizi said he would and did it at an afternoon press conference in the

lobby today.

He provided evidence that a company, which supplied hats to the EC,

Nash Ventures Sdn Bhd, has links with the ink contractor.

Rafizi said a search at the Companies Commission revealed that a director

of Nash Ventures, named by Minister in the Prime Minister s Department

Shahidan Kassim as the supplier yesterday, is also a director of Allisons

Corp Sdn Bhd.

Mohamad Salleh Mohamed Ali is director of Allisons Corp and Integrated

Challenger.

Rafizi had said Integrated Challenger was the ink contractor.

Earlier, Kepala Batas MP Datuk Seri Reezal Merican Naina Merican moved

to refer Rafizi to the committee because the EC chairman had denied the

link.

This, he said, was in an article reported by Elizabeth Zachariah in The

Malaysian Insider yesterday.

He said given the denial by the EC chairman, the allegation by Rafizi can

be seen as misleading the House.

Reezal also said that this will allow the chairman and deputy chairman

who were not in the house to defend themselves against the allegations.

Pandikar, however, rejected the motion, saying it should have been done

at the first opportunity, when the Pandan MP made the statement, not

after two days had lapsed.

The speaker also said that Rafizi's statement cannot be seen as

misleading as there were no opposing facts.

Pandikar also noted that before making the statement, Rafizi had asked

for the name of the supplier to be revealed. July 18, 2013.

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Speaker denies motion to send Rafizi to

rights committee over inkBY BOO SU-LYNJULY 18, 2013UPDATED: JULY 18, 2013 02:19 PM

Rafizi said last Tuesday that the supplier of the indelible ink used in Election 2013 is linked to Election

Commission (EC) chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof and deputy chairman Datuk Wan Ahmad Wan

Omar. Picture by Choo Choy May

KUALA LUMPUR, July 18 Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia rejected today a

motion to refer PKR MP Rafizi Ramli to the Parliaments Rights and Privileges

Committee over the latters remarks on the indelible ink supplier.

Rafizi, who is the Pandan MP, said last Tuesday that the supplier of the indelible ink

used in Election 2013 is linked to Election Commission (EC) chairman Tan Sri Abdul

Aziz Mohd Yusof and deputy chairman Datuk Wan Ahmad Wan Omar.

In this matter, I am fair, Pandikar ruled in Parliament here today.

The three conditions fall short, he said, referring to the three criteria required to send a

lawmaker to the Parliaments Rights and Privileges Committee, which are: the statement

is false, the MP knows the statement is false but does not correct it, and the MP has

intentions to mislead the House.

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The motion was moved by Barisan Nasional (BN) Kepala Batas MP Datuk Seri Reezal

Merican Naina Merican, who said Abdul Aziz had denied knowing who Mohamed Salleh

Mohamed Alli, the alleged indelible ink supplier, was or that he and Wan Ahmad were

involved with the procurement of the ink.

Pandikar, however, pointed out that Reezal Merican had stood up in the Dewan Rakyat

last Tuesday and said Whats wrong with it?, after Rafizi said that the indelible ink

contract was awarded via direct negotiation to Mohamed Salleh.

The Speaker also said that the motion to refer Rafizi to the Parliaments Rights and

Privileges Committee should have been done immediately, and not two days later.

If Pandan is brave, he should repeat it outside, said Pandikar, referring to Rafizi.

Rafizi later repeated his allegation at a press conference in Parliament here that the

contract for the indelible ink had gone to Mohamed Salleh, besides the contract to

supply caps and T-shirts to EC workers in the 13th general election.

He noted that Minister in the Prime Ministers Department Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim

had told Parliament yesterday that the contract for the supply of 100,000 caps to the EC

was awarded to Nash Ventures Sdn Bhd, which Rafizi said was connected to Mohamed

Salleh.

That confirms my statement in Parliament that Mohamed Salleh Mohamed Alli got the

contracts to supply T-shirts, caps and indelible ink, said Rafizi.

I believe strongly that Integrated Challenger is the company for the ink on the basis that

if theyre not, the minister would have denied it on record in the Dewan, he added,

referring to another company he said belonged to Mohamed Salleh.

The indelible ink, which became a national scandal after voters complained about it

coming off easily with household detergents or soap and water, cost about RM7 million,

according to Shahidan.

The indelible ink fiasco is now the subject of a civil suit, which was filed last Monday by

Pakatan Rakyat (PR) against ECs seven commissioners, including Wan Ahmad and

Abdul Aziz.

The opposition coalition is suing the EC officials for allegedly practising fraud through the

use of the indelible ink, which is meant to prevent double-voting, in the 13th general

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election and wants the High Court here to order fresh polls in all 222 federal

constituencies.

PR has noted that it had lost about 30 federal seats with less than 10 per cent of the

votes, saying in its statement of claim: Therefore, even if a small percentage of

dishonest voters were able to wrongfully vote more than once because of the deliberate

failure of the EC to implement indelible ink, they were sufficient to affect the results in a

significant number of seats.

BN maintained its grip on power in the May 5 polls by winning 133 federal seats to PRs

89, 21 seats more than the required 112 seats to form a simple majority.

Dasar anak jantan, Rafizi Ramli sahut cabaran

speakerOleh elleh pada 18 Jul, 2013

Sebelum ini Pengerusi SPR merintih berkaitan dosa kepada Rafizi Ramli, Kenapatuduh di bulan puasa macam ini? Dia tak takut dosa ke?. Ini kerana dakwaan RafiziRamli berkaitan pembekal dakwat yang mempunyai hubungan dengan pihak atasanSPR.

Hari ini juga, Speaker Dewan Pandikar Amin Mulia, meminta Rafizi mengulangidakwaan pembekal dakwat kekal di luar Dewan bagi membolehkan pengerusi dantimbalan pengerusi SPR, mendapatkan keadilan, boleh menyaman Rafizi. Sebagai

anak jantan Rafizi Ramli menyahut cabaran tersebut dengan mendakwa bukan hanyasatu, tetapi tiga syarikat Mohamed Salleh mendapat tender dari SPR di lobi Parlimen.

Kalau MP BN, mereka berani tuduh dalam Dewan aje, macam Bung Mokhtarsemalam!!

Dua lagi syarikat yang dikawal Mohamed Salleh iaitu Nash Ventures Sdn Bhd danAllisons Sdn Bhd mendapat kontrak runding terus dari SPR. Sebelum ini Rafizimendedahkan tentang Integrated Challenger Malaysia Sdn Bhd.

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Semalam, kebenaran dakwaan Rafizi adalah benar apabila Menteri Di JabatanPerdana Menteri, Shahidan Kasim mengesahkan Nash Ventures Sdn Bhd mendapatkontrak perbekalan topi dari SPR semasa PRU13 lalu.

Jadi, dengan tiga syarikat, Rafizi Ramli yakin Mohamed Salleh mempunyai hubunganrapat dengan pihak atasan SPR.

Selepas ini Pengerusi SPR akan tanya, Kau tak puasa ke Rafizi??.

Rafizi dedah Mohamed Salleh

terbabit dua lagi syarikat

pembekalan SPROLEH HASBULLAH AWANG CHIKJULY 18, 2013

Ahli Parlimen Pandan, Rafizi Ramli (gambar) hari ini mendedahkan dua lagi syarikat

yang dikawal oleh Mohamed Salleh Mohd Ali iaitu Nash Ventures Sdn Bhd dan

Allisons Sdn Bhd yang dikatakan mempunyai kaitan mendapat kontrak pembekalan

secara rundingan terus daripada Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR).

Semalam, Menteri Di Jabatan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Shahidan Kasim di

Dewan Rakyat mengesahkan Nash Ventures Sdn Bhd mendapat kontrak perbekalan

topi dari SPR semasa Pilihan Raya Umum ke 13 (PRU13) lalu.

Rafizi berkata, berdasarkan carian di Suruhanjaya Syarikat Malaysia (SSM),

Mohamed Salleh adalah pengarah kepada Allisons Sdn Bhd bersama Shamsia

Mansoor dan wanita itu juga adalah pengarah di Nash Ventures Sdn Bhd.

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Menurut Pengarah Strategi PKR itu, berkemungkinan Mohamed Salleh dan Shamsia

adalah pasangan suami isteri kerana tinggal di alamat yang sama dan nombor

MyKad kedua-duanya menunjukkan berasal dari Singapura.

Rafizi turut mempersoalkan syarikat berkenaan dipertimbangkan untuk pembekalankepada SPR kerana syarikat itu tidak mengemaskini rekod kewangan dan kali

terakhir difailkan kepada SSM ialah pada 2009.

Beliau berkata, dengan diberi peluang secara rundingan terus makin menguatkan

lagi dakwaan Mohamed Salleh mempunyai hubungan baik dengan kepimpinan SPR.

"Saya masih percaya Integrated Ventures Sdn Bhd sebagai pembekal dakwat kekal

kerana jika saya berkata perkara yang tidak benar sudah pasti ahli parlimen BN

merujuk saya ke Jawatankuasa Hak dan Kebebasan Parlimen," katanya.

"Speaker menggesa saya untuk mengulangi pertuduhan syarikat berkenaan ada

kaitan dengan SPR. Maka oleh sebab itulah sidang media ini diadakan," kata Rafizi

pada sidang media di Parlimen, hari ini.

Dakwat kekal: Rafizi akan ulangi dakwaan di

luar Dewan

Rafizi memberikan jaminan ini selepas Speaker Dewan Rakyat, Tan Sri Pandikar

Amin Mulia menolak usul untuk menyeret beliau di bawah Jawatankuasa Hak dan

Keistimewaan.

Harakahdaily, 18 Jul 2013

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Selepas menolak usul itu, Pandikar mencadangkan agar Rafizi membuatnya di luar

Parlimen di mana dia tidak dilindungi oleh sebarang imuniti.

Rafizi bangun dan berkata dia akan melakukannya di samping akan memfailkan satu

usul untuk membincangkannya sebagaimana dicadangkan Speaker.

Sebelum ini, Rafizi membuat dakwaan di Dewan Rakyat bahawa pembekal dakwat

kekal kepada SPR mempunyai kaitan dengan pemimpin kanan badan itu.

Pengerusi SPR, Tan Sri Abdul Aziz menafikan dakwaan itu dan mempertikaikan

dakwaat Rafizi. Beliau juga meminta persoalan itu ditanyakan kepada Setiausaha

SPR, Datuk Kamarudin Baria, kerana ia diuruskan oleh beliau dan urusetianya.

Kamarudin pula dalam kenyataannya turut mempertikaikan kenyataan Rafizi itu dan

memperlekehkan Rafizi kerana hanya berani membuat tuduhan dalam Dewan Rakyat

yang dilindungi imuniti.

Kamaruddin turut menafikan beliau mengenali pembekal dakwat kekal, Mohamed

Salleh Md Ali yang dikatakan rapat dengan kepimpinan tertinggi badan pengendali

pilihan raya itu seperti didakwa Rafizi.

- 18 Julai, 2013.

Rafizi to go public with ink

allegations against EC leadersBY JENNIFER GOMEZ AND YISWAREE PALANSAMY

JULY 18, 2013

Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli, who revealed in Parliament the identity of the supplier ofthe indelible ink and linked him to the leadership of the Election Commission, willrepeat his statement outside the parliament where there is no immunity.

Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia rejected a motion to refer Rafizi to the rightsand privileges committee but advised the MP to repeat the allegations about the ECchairman and deputy chairman outside Parliament.

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Rafizi stood up and said he will do it.

He added that he will also file a motion to discuss the matter in Parliament, assuggested by the speaker.

Earlier, Kepala Batas MP Datuk Seri Reezal Merican Naina Merican moved to refer

Rafizi to the committee because the EC chairman had denied the link. This, he said,was in an article reported by Elizabeth Zachariah in The Malaysian Insideryesterday.

He said given the denial by the EC chairman, the allegation by Rafizi can be seen asmisleading the House.

Reezal also said that this will allow the chairman and deputy chairman who were notin the house to defend themselves against the allegations.

Pandikar, however, rejected the motion, saying it should have been done at the firstopportunity, when the Pandan MP made the statement, not after two days hadlapsed.

The speaker also said that Rafizi's statement cannot be seen as misleading as therewere no opposing facts.

Pandikar also noted that before making the statement, Rafizi had asked for the nameof the supplier to be revealed. July 18, 2013.

EC deputy denies link to indelible ink

supplierBY BOO SU-LYNJULY 17, 2013

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A polling clerk marks with ink a voters finger at a polling station in Pekan on May 5, 2013. AFP pic

KUALA LUMPUR, July 17 Election Commission (EC) deputy chairman Datuk Wan

Ahmad Wan Omar today denied knowing the supplier of the controversial indelible ink

that was used for the May 5 polls, and insisted that he played no role in its purchase.

PKRs Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli told Parliament yesterday that the contract for the

indelible ink was awarded via direct negotiation to a businessman named Mohd Salleh

Mohd Ali, whom he alleged were close to the ECs chief and deputy.

I dont know him and I dont have anything to do with buying the ink, Wan Ahmad

told The Malay Mail Online today.

Wan Ahmads denial came after news portals reported EC chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz

Mohd Yusof yesterday as saying that he did not have any ties with Mohd Salleh.

Abdul Aziz was also quoted as saying that the procurement of the ink was handled by

EC secretary Datuk Kamaruddin Mohamed Baria.

When contacted, however, Kamaruddin declined comment, merely saying: I dont wantto talk to reporters.

The indelible ink, which turned into a national scandal after voters complained about it

coming off easily with household detergents or soap and water, cost about RM7 million,

according to Minister in the Prime Ministers Department Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim.

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Wan Ahmad has explained that the election ink failed to stick for a week because the

level of silver nitrate needed to give the ink its permanence had been kept at just

one per cent following the Health Ministrys recommendations and to meet halal

requirements for Muslims.

The matter, however, sank deeper into controversy when Shahidan appeared to suggest

that even the one per cent of silver nitrate had not been present, telling Parliament last

month that there were no chemicals in the ink, and just food colouring.

But Wan Ahmad later contradicted Shahidan and said that the ink did contain one per

cent silver nitrate, and that it was likely classified as a metal, instead of a chemical. He

said that food dye was used to turn the indelible ink red for early voters and dark blue for

ordinary voters.

The indelible ink fiasco was turned into the subject of a civil suit filed last Monday byPakatan Rakyat (PR) against ECs seven commissioners, including Wan Ahmad and

Abdul Aziz.

The opposition coalition is suing the EC officials for allegedly practising fraud in the use

of the indelible ink, which is meant to prevent double-voting, in the 13th general election

and wants the High Court here to order fresh polls in all 222 federal constituencies.

PR has noted that it had lost about 30 federal seats with less than 10 per cent of the

votes, saying in its statement of claim: Therefore, even if a small percentage of

dishonest voters were able to wrongfully vote more than once because of the deliberate

failure of the EC to implement indelible ink, they were sufficient to affect the results in a

significant number of seats.

Barisan Nasional (BN) maintained its grip on power in the May 5 polls by winning 133

federal seats to PRs 89, 21 seats more than the required 112 seats to form a simple

majority.

- See more at: http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/ec-deputy-denies-link-to-indelible-ink-supplier#sthash.Uykts7uT.dpuf

Bingo! This is indelible ink Stephen Ng

JULY 18 Finally, the formula is out!

Ladies and gentlemen, The fiasco indelible ink is made of:

Silver Nitrate 1 per cent

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Organic colour 60 per cent

Moisturiser 29 per cent

Solvent 10 per cent

This, as declared by Minister in the Prime Ministers Department, Shahidan Kassim makes a

perfect 100% indelible ink fiasco that rocked the nation and mocked our countrys electoral

process.

It has made me wonder why the Election Commission (EC) as a constitutional body set up to

safeguard the electoral process from being manipulated by either party, has not been that

forthcoming with the truth or willing to use the right tool correctly to tighten the loopholes within

the system.

Now, with the ink formula being told in parliament, there is finally light at the end of the tunnel.

Firstly, the Minister should be censured for misleading the Dewan Rakyat by earlier stating that

the ink did not have chemicals and only contained food colouring.

Minister Shahidan, please do not also make a mockery out of our august House by stating what is

apparently untrue. Even a young teenager will be able to tell you that silver nitrate and

moisturizers are chemicals; or else, would you also categorise them as food colouring that can

be consumed?

But at least you score a point by telling the world the composition of the indelible ink. So, to be

fair, now we know that in the indelible ink, there is one percent Silver Nitrate after all! I give the

Election Commission chairman, Abdul Aziz Yusof a one-point score for stating the ink should not

be more than 1 per cent Silver Nitrate, but excuse me, I have to minus two points from his deputy,

Wan Ahmad Wan Omar for insisting that the ink had at least 4 per cent Silver Nitrate.

Do not think that the rakyat are all stupid. We are in fact very disgusted with the way how

ministers and the EC duo contradict each other, hoping that the public would buy their stories.There are no reasons why they should be playing the hide-and-seek, especially since the EC no

longer enjoy public confidence after the indelible ink fiasco. If they have any sense of dignity left,

they should immediately resign.

After over a thousand police reports being lodged after GE13, the issue is still being taken lightly?

Why?

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Silver Nitrate!

According to public knowledge, industry standard for electoral inks contain anything between 10

to 18% silver nitrate solution, depending on the length of time the mark is required to be visible.

A one percent silver nitrate is as good as the 2 per cent aqueous silver nitrate solution used for

the treatment of Ophthalmia neonatorum (ON), or neonatal conjunctivitis. In other words, if a 2

per cent silver nitrate solution cannot cause a stain on the eyes of newly born babies, do not

expect a 1 per cent silver nitrate to do the magic that we all know about in the genuine indelible

ink.

There is, in fact, no basis for the ink manufacturer to reduce the silver nitrate to 1 percent,

especially since there is hardly anything carcinogenic about silver nitrate.

As my chemistry professor at Monash University in Clayton wrote in his email reply to my query:

Silver nitrate has been spilt on hands of dozens of students before OHS were tightened. The

effects are unsightly stains that are hard to remove, but I have not heard of adverse health

effects. Further AgNO3 has a long history in removal of warts from hands and feet, again without

adverse effects other than stains. Given the attention to heavy metals I would have thought

adverse effects would be documented by now. If not in MSDS, it should be OK.

I thought my knowledge of chemistry has gone to the rust, but a well-known chemistry professor

confirmed my suspicions that silver nitrate, which can be purchased online at its 99.9% purity, will

not harm human beings. Why then the fuss of keeping it at one percent? If the ink supplier has

any knowledge about the indelible ink, who then instructed them to change the formulation to one

percent? Why was only one percent used? Was it done by intention?

Moisturiser!

Instead of silver nitrate, which is reduced to a mere one percent, moisturizer content in the ink is

(Ooops!) 29 percent! I have yet to come across an ink which carries a moisturizer, but I have

seen ink formula which uses a binder never a moisturizer! This is not about moisturizing the

finger to keep it give it that youthful glow at all times, but to make sure that an indelible stain is

made on the skin to stop multiple voting.

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With the electoral roll frauds that we have seen, this is one way to stop people from voting more

than once. It is a quick, easy and cheap way of deterring people from multiple voting. But to use

moisturizer in indelible ink, I have to ask, Who gave that instruction?

Moisturiser is essentially an emulsion preparation of oil and water, and sulfur lauryl sulfate (SLS)

is used to stabilize the emulsion. For the sake of the ordinary folks, SLS is basically soap or

detergent. It will only help remove stains. Oil, as you know, is repellent to any form of ink

adhesion. If you have a moisturizer mixed into an ink, it doesnt take a rocket scientist to tell you

why the ink would not adhere to the skin after it is being washed.

Eureka! Thats why our friends in Sabah could remove the ink using grass to clean their index

fingers within the same day which means the electoral process has a loophole, left there

inadvertently or by design, I let you decide!

If there are health concerns over the use of silver nitrate which the EC chairman kept harping on,

Abdul Aziz should be more concerned about the use of moisturisers. First, it has to do with the

ingredients used in the moisturizer as a recent study had cited that the application of certain

moisturizers increases the incidence of skin cancer in high-risk mice, but these animals were

subjected to UVB radiation in high doses over a long period of time prior to application of

moisturizers.

There are also other factors to consider when using a moisturizer in the ink such as allergy, as

some ingredients can cause irritation, rashes, and other allergic reactions. Besides that, the ink

supplier had failed to include a most basic ingredient, which is the biocide since the moisturizers

run the risk of being contaminated with bacteria that can cause disease.

In the first place, using a moisturizer in the indelible ink is not only making us a big laughing

stock, but totally unthinkable and unsound as far as formulation of inks is concerned.

Minister Shahidan Kassim could have scored a point if he had said 89 per cent of the ink is food

colouring, but for revealing the 29 per cent moisturizer content in the indelible ink, I shall remove

2 points from his score.

There is a reason why you cannot use food colouring alone for the indelible ink, but I shall wait for

the right time to reveal. However, any chemist would immediately pick up that, without the

peroxides (in hair dye) or the silver nitrate in this case the indelible ink, the organic food colouring

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It is obvious to me after monitoring the development around the ink fiasco that there was a

deliberate attempt to make the ink fail to perform, thus making the electoral process vulnerable to

manipulation by multiple voters.

My proposal of indelible ink

Having the privilege of working in the research and development laboratories in all three areas

printing ink, paint and emulsion polymers I share with you my philosophy behind my own

backyard product if I were to formulate the indelible ink.

I would put 18 per cent silver nitrate to make sure that the ink is indelible. The rest of it, I would

add perhaps a 15% per cent organic dye depending on the colour and opacity that you want. I will

also need about 0.5 per cent biocide to make sure that the ink does not become contaminated

with bacteria. I still have a room of 66.5 per cent to play with.

Given the selling price is RM6.9 million of halal money, I would be generous to put a dose of 0.5

per cent fragrance to make the ink smell good. You can choose jasmine, lavender or rose. The

rest of it, its nothing but a combination of water and alcohol.

Doesnt this work better for an indelible ink?

I go back to the Wikipedia for a quick reference and bingo!

It says: Electoral stain typically contains a pigment for instant recognition, and silver nitrate which

stains the skin on exposure to ultraviolet light, leaving a mark that is impossible to wash off and is

only removed as external skin cells are replaced. Although normally water-based, electoral stains

occasionally contain a solvent such as alcohol to allow for faster drying, especially when used

with dipping bottles, which may also contain a biocide to ensure bacteria arent transferred from

voter to voter.

* Stephen Ng is a chemist by training. He dealt with printing ink, paint and emulsion polymer for

15 years before becoming a freelance writer.

RAFIZI: MINISTER WISHY-WASHY ON INDELIBLEINK

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Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli says that Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Shahidan Kassimgave differing answers on the contents of the indelible ink used in the May 5 general election.

Rafizi said Shahidan (right) had in his reply to Parliament last month, said that the ink did nothave chemicals and only contained food colouring.

"As I remember, in the first week of Parliament, he said there was no silver nitrate as this hadbeen replaced with food colouring.

"Today the minister said there is one percent silver nitrate. That is why I say the answers given bythe Election Commission and minister are different," he said at a press conference in theParliament lobby today.

He was commenting on Shahidan's speech in Parliament where the minister mentioned therewas silver nitrate in the ink.

Shahidan when quizzed repeatedly by Pakatan MP's to explain on how the ink could be washedoff easily, had asked the lawmakers not to focus solely on silver nitrate.

"The content of the indelible ink is one per cent silver nitrate, 60 percent organic colour, 29

percent moisturiser, and 10 percent solvent," he said.

"I cannot disclose the content in the solvent. If I did, it would be manipulated," he said.

Earlier, Shahidan declined to reveal the identity of the indelible ink supplier, although Rafizi (left)hadnamed a company yesterday.

Despite being harassed by various opposition lawmakers, Shahidan refused to verify Rafizi'sclaim.

The minister however, denied that the company also supplied t-shirts and hats used by the EC asclaimed by Rafizi.He added that the indelible ink issue is being investigated by the Malaysian Anti Corruption

Commission.

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Pejabat Syarikat pun x wujud!! Tetiba bolehbekal dakwat kekal tapi x kekal 1 Malaysia!!

Menjejak tauke dakwat kekal ~ Sinar Harian!!

Nama Mohamed Salleh Mohamed Alli tiba-tiba jadi tumpuan apabila dikaitkan

ahli Parlimen Pandan, Rafizi Ramli di Dewan Rakyat dua hari lalu sebagai

pemilik syarikat Integrated Challenger (M) Sdn Bhd yang membekalkan dakwat

kontroversi kepada Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) untuk digunakan pada

PRU13, Mei lalu.

Rafizi juga mendakwa Mohamed Salleh turut terlibat membekalkan topi,

kemeja-T untuk digunakan petugas SPR.

Berpandukan maklumat yang dinyatakan Rafizi termasuk nombor kad

pengenalan lelaki itu, Sinar Harian cuba menjejak Mohamed Salleh dengantujuan bertemu dan mendapatkan reaksinya susulan dakwaan itu.

Daripada pencarian itu, didapati Mohamed Salleh Mohamed Alli adalah nama

ketua pegawai eksekutif sebuah syarikat yang beralamat di Seksyen 9, di sini.

Syarikat itu bagaimanapun bukanlah Integrated Challenger (M) Sdn Bhd yang

disebut Rafizi.

Juga tidak dapat dipastikan sama ada persamaan nama itu hanya kebetulan,

ataupun sememangnya Mohamed Salleh adalah empunya kepada kedua-dua

syarikat, dan mungkin juga banyak syarikat lain - lumrah bagi kebanyakan ahli

perniagaan yang berjaya pada masa ini.

Menariknya, setelah anggota pasukan penyiasat kami turun ke lokasi syarikat

itu di Seksyen 9, didapati alamatnya sama dengan alamat yang disebut Rafizi

dalam Dewan Rakyat kelmarin.

Kebetulan yang kedua!

Namun tidak ada pula papan tanda nama Integrated Challenger (M) Sdn Bhd di

premis itu. Malah di seluruh kawasan itu pun tidak ada.

Kami menghubungi syarikat berkenaan menerusi telefon berpandukan

maklumat yang diperolehi.

Wanita yang menjawab panggilan itu menafikan pihaknya yang membekalkan

dakwat kekal kepada SPR sebaliknya memberitahu, mereka hanya pembekal

alat tulis.

Dia juga enggan memberitahu nama syarikat, malah namanya sendiri. Namun

katanya sejak kelmarin (selepas Rafizi mendedahkan maklumat mengenai

Integrated Challenger di Parlimen), mereka dihujani ratusan panggilan telefon

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yang bertanya mengenai syarikat itu.

Selepas memberitahu hal berkenaan, dia terus meletak telefon. Di pintu masuk

premis yang alamatnya 'kebetulan' sama dengan alamat Integrated Challenger

(M) Sdn Bhd itu, kami cuba bercakap dengan pihak di dalam menerusi

interkom. Seorang wanita menjawab.

Sinar Harian: Selamat pagi, boleh kami bertanya, adakah ini syarikat Integrated

Challenger (M) Sdn Bhd?

Wanita: Selamat pagi, untuk apa ye encik?

Sinar Harian: Kami datang mahu berjumpa dengan Mohamed Salleh Mohamed

Alli, beliau ada di syarikat sekarang?

Wanita: Saya minta maaf encik, Encik Mohamed Salleh tiada di pejabat

sekarang, dia outstation.

Sinar Harian: Kalau dia tak ada, boleh ke kami berjumpa dengan sesiapa dari

pejabat dia?

Wanita: Tidak boleh encik, sekarang tiada seorang pun pihak atasan yang ada

di pejabat.

Sinar Harian: Bila kami boleh datang semula ke pejabat?

Wanita: Saya pun tidak tahu...(padamkan interkom)

Cubaan kami untuk hubungi kakitangan wanita itu semula tidak berjaya kerana

di pintu masuk itu mempunyai sistem kamera litar tertutup (CCTV).

Ketika kami masih menunggu di pekarangan syarikat tersebut, seorang lelaki

kelihatan baru keluar dari pintu pejabat berkenaan.

Lelaki ini bertanya kepada kami apa tujuan kami menunggu di kawasan itu, dan

kami memberitahu mahu berjumpa dengan pemilik syarikat Integrated

Challenger.

Katanya, di lot kedai tersebut, terdapat banyak syarikat lain yang menyewa

bilik dan syarikat Integrated Challenger mungkin menyewa sebahagian

daripada pejabat di situ dan ia tiada kena mengena langsung dengan pihaknya.

Setelah mendapati harapan untuk bersemuka dengan Mohamed Salleh yang

sebagaimana didakwa Rafizi mempunyai hubungan rapat dengan individu

tertentu dalam SPR semakin tipis, kami pun meninggalkan lokasi pejabat

syarikat berkenaan dengan janji kepada diri sendiri, kami akan datang lagi

setelah cubaan pertama ini gagal.

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Indelible ink supplier very media shy

Integrated Challenger (M) Sdn Bhd, the alleged indelible ink supplierrevealed in Parliament yesterday, has refused to entertain several journalists

who visited itsoffice.

Based on information contained in a company search, Malaysiakinivisitedthe indelible ink supplier's office at an office complex in Section 9, Shah Alam

at about 2pm yesterday.

The company's premise did not have a signboard and was located on top of aBalinese spa. However,Malaysiakiniwas able to speak to one of the

company's staff, who insisted on communicating anonymously through theintercom.

Malaysiakini: Good afternoon. Is this the office of Integrated Challenger? I

would like to speak to its director, Norsiah Yusoff.

Staff: She is not in the office right now as she has a job outside.

Malaysiakini: I want to get comments regarding the company, which is said

to supply the indelible ink to the Election Commission. To whom can we

address the issue?

Staff: I don't know. I do not know when Norsiah will complete her task.

Close ties with EC

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The staff also refused to provide Norsiah's contact details or that of otherexecutives in the company to answer the allegations made in Parliament.

After waiting for about an hour outside the office, there was no sign ofNorsiah or any other company staff.

Two journalists from other media organisations arrived later, also to seekinformation about one Mohamed Salleh Mohd Ali, whom Pandan MP Rafizi

Ramli named in the Dewan Rakyat as one of the directors with links to theEC.

However, they left with only photographs of the building.

Ink supplier revealed, what a calamity!

VOXPOP 'One wonders whether Shahidan Kassim knew what he was talkingabout when he defended the need for secrecy regarding the indelible ink

supplier.'

FellowMalaysian: It certainly sounds like a clandestine deal indeed on how

the supply of indelible ink, used for the first time in the recent GE13, wasclinched by the expert businessman in direct-negotiation dealings.

But truly, this businessman need not be too skillful as all the threecompanies involved in the negotiations are either fully or partially controlledby him and is thus assured of the deal.

Election Commission's (EC) head and his deputy, Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof andWan Ahmad Wan Omar,need to answerto Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli'scharges.

And if they are reliably ascertained to be true, it reveals a dire lack ofscrutiny, diligence and transparency on the part of EC in carrying out theirsacred duties in an impartial manner.

Refusing to name the suppliers after repeated calls by PKR has given rise to

the impression that EC has some stealthy reasons for doing so.

The EC must come clean as otherwise, the law suit filed on Monday by PKRagainst all the seven members of EC will eventually reveal the truth.

Sali Tambap: Syabas Rafizi. No wonder the EC chief fought tooth and nail

not to disclose the supplier. Corruption is at its zenith here.

The EC is supposed to be the bulwark of impartiality and core of ourdemocracy but human beings fall to the depths of evil and unable to resist

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the temptation of personal interest.

One also wonders whether Minister in the PM's Department Shahidan Kassimknew what he was talking about when he defended the needs for secrecyregarding the supplier of the so-called indelible ink.

Bash: Is there any misappropriation or cheating of public funds? Cancorruption be proven? Will the culprits be charged? If the answers are 'no',

then don't waste our time.

GoodToBeMalaysian: The Spanish prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, wasimplicated for taking illicit bribe of only 322,231, and it was headlined, 'Theatom bomb explodes in Spain'.

Such is the level of accountability there. Mind you, Spain is not even a tier 1democracy. But here in Bolehland, 322,231 (RM1.35 million) is kacang

putih' (peanut).

Even EC's indelible ink far exceeds that. I wonder how many "atom bombs"had already exploded in Malaysia.

Supercession: OMG (oh my God), now that Rafizi has identified the edibleink supplier, the rakyat will surely stampede to the supplier to purchasemassive amounts of the edible ink, dip their fingers in it, and march to the

polling stations demanding to vote.

What a calamity! What a threat to national security!

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INDELIBLE INK SCANDAL EXPOSED