1MDB Yacht - Its Not Over Till The Fat Lady Sinks

This is from yesterday's Asia Sentinel :

US prosecutors to return to court in Los Angeles on April 30 to start over 

after defeat temporarily in Indon’s notorious courts

to seize  yacht from JoLo – mastermind 1MDB scandal

JoLo led officials on merry chase

crew turning off vessel’s (AIS) to hide location

fugitive from criminal indictment in US

pudgy JoLo made himself scarce 

main mode of transportation is under threat


ship part of vast treasure trove of assets 

real estate in New York and California 

US$35m executive jet

Vincent Van Gogh and Claude Monet

personal jewelry adorning Rosmah 

movies Wolf of Wall Street, Dumb and Dumber To

US govt after US$1.7b  assets connected to family

biggest kleptocracy action ever brought by US against foreign official

JoLo brains behind 1MDB 

JoLo buying jeroboams of Cristal champagne 

he and family own part of EMI Music, Myla Lingerie, Park Lane Hotel in New York  

looting started not long afterward 

US$681m disappearing from 1MDB into MO1 personal account Ambank in KL

Najib claimed money from Saudi royal family 

Indon court system, 18 judges hit with arrests in just 4 months in 2017 

South Jakarta District Court handling case considered most corrupt 

court system considered one of world’s worst

Last August investigators arrested court’s registrar on bribery 

2013 PT Chevron Indonesia official acquitted, lack of evidence in bribery

In 2015 court ordered imprisonment of teachers 

guilty of raping three children 

case rigged to help plaintiff win US$125m lawsuit against Jakarta Intercultural School

school’s main campus now stands on Jakarta’s most valuable real estate

teachers remain in prison in case where evidence tainted

US DOJ believe procedural matter once finished, they will sail away with Equanimity

My comments :  Thus began a whole life of running.