The mystery of the Indian intruder at the Opening Ceremony

..The mystery of the Indian intruder at the Opening Ceremony


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.By Chris Chase



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The Indian delegation marched into the Opening Ceremony just like the other 203 countries at the Summer Olympics. A flagbearer led the procession and was accompanied by a female sign holder and a young child ambassador. Behind them, the nation's athletes marched; India's team wore yellow saris and turbans. Someone else was there too, an unexpected intruder in the procession. She wasn't part of the lead group and wasn't an athlete. She was dressed in a red sweater and teal pants and was waving and cheering like she was supposed to be there. She wasn't.



Who was she? And why was she there?



The identity of the Indian Intruder became a major mystery in the country. "Who's That Girl?" blared the headline on the front page of The Hindustan Times. Another newspaper ran an editorial blaming London security for allowing a security risk to march with the team.



London organizing chairman Sebastian Coe revealed her identity on Sunday. "She was a member of the [Opening Ceremony] cast who got slightly overexcited," he said. "We had suspected she was probably a member of the cast but she clearly started in that venue and we will be speaking to the Indian delegation about that."



The country's Deccan Chronicle newspaper said she was likely Madhura Nagendra, a graduate student from the southern city of Bangalore who had been living in London. If she thought her stunt would be greeted with a sense of humor, she severely overestimated India's Olympic chief, Muralidharan Raga.



"She had no business to walk in with the Indian contingent and we are taking up the issue with the organizers," he said. "We don't know who she is and why she was allowed to walk in. It is a shame that she was with the athletes in the march past."



All right, all right: Let's not get out of hand here. The woman was trespassing and shouldn't have been allowed on the track to march with athletes who earned their spots in London. "A shame," though? A shame is the fact that India has been competing in the Olympics for 112 years and have only earned four more medals than Michael Phelps. This was a mysterious nuisance. And the case is closed.





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Shamsubahrin charge ‘diversion’ from NFC scandal?

The main plan was to bribe the police but with the NFC fiasco being in public domain . A "mess" was how the Auditor General had described it , and  a trailed of misappropriation by the NFC management  unearthed  daily  by the alternative  media for public consumption , no police officer in his/her right frame of mind would dare take the risk of accepting  any " kaotiam "  money . Certainly not from a herdsman tending  to exclusive  " lembus "  residing in  plush  condominiums downtown ,  Bangsar . 

Alas , the initial plot was a total failure . The cops on the other hand were calculative and viewed all options . One was the opportunity to seek reconciliation from all the adversed publicity the department was receiving . A rarity at its most  perfect of timing .  To make worthy their " sworn  " oath of duty , for a change. 

The men in blue ,  as to the manner of how events were unfolding  knew  it made perfect sense to  not simply undermine or  hogwashed the whistle-blower(s) and exposures made that were consistently  supported by documentary as well as physical evidence which has led   to the opening of one can of worms after the other. 

Owing to these circumstances  and as things stood , it  was the most opportune period  to play to the gallery and  side society instead  .

Hence ,  neither  hesitation nor  fickleness were to be the order of the day  and to not make it a subject of an  "afterthought" maneuver  by a highly skeptical public  , resolved as the dawning of an impending new year  ,  they highlighted the attempt of this alleged bribery.

But then again this Dato' Samshubahrin fella is a running dog for who?    if not  those who are Sayalazat lady minister's  hubby , children and associates , all of whom are either powerful or backed by the powers that be ,  but with a major setback  so hazardous , it was simply too unjustifiable    to be swept under the carpet even for an entity specifically endowed with the crafty art of deceitfulness  . 
Hazardous as it is , salvaging has to be done , nonetheless . Notwithstanding that , the total disregard for accountability has dragged the entire government machinery into hot soup 

Realizing  Plan A had not only gone into tatters but almost got  their protruding ugly asses paraded  out in the open ,  the masterminds behind this silly idea had to come-up with something new and  fast . 

So ,  Plan B is hatched  . However for the plan to run its course (convincing or not is another matter to be dealt with in due time ) ; seemingly , the top echelon of the PDRM hire-achy had to be persuaded to stretch  their cooperation a little further and  that is to charge Samshubahrin  for the crime of cheating the NFC boss . A claimed ,  with all due respect is even sillier  .

The latest twist and turn of events conjured-up by the authorities , has  undoubtedly  left the public with more questions than answers. 

The most valid of  em all  would be , Why have the PDRM or MACC not charge the suspect for attempted bribery or better still , charge the owners of the Feedlot for embezzlement of public funds? -  Danildaud

By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal

December 31, 2011

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 31 — The cheating charge against Datuk Shamsubahrin Ismail is an attempt to divert attention away from the National Feedlot Corporation (NFC) scandal, Pakatan Rakyat leaders claimed today.The opposition pact leaders added that allegations of misappropriating public funds linked to the national cattle farming project remain unanswered.
The case has been linked to minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil’s family. Her husband, Datuk Dr Mohamad Salleh Ismail, is the NFC chairman and chief executive while their children help run the business.
Shamsubahrin, 45, was charged at the Sessions Court yesterday with cheating Mohamad Sallehout of RM1.76 million in consultation fees by offering the latter fraudulent advisory services.
“The charge brought against Shamsubahrin Ismail shocks the nation and will go down in Malaysian history as the most ridiculous diversion ever attempted.
“The NFC scandal has reached the temperature that the public demands immediate action to recover all the public money spent and bring those responsible for the misappropriation to be accountable,” PKR chief strategist Rafizi Ramli (picture) told The Malaysian Insider.
He pointed out that the evidence disclosed to the public so far had been “compelling” and and that it has not been denied “even once” by the NFC, Shahrizat, or any other Umno leader from the ruling coalition.
“That Umno leadership thinks they can make Malaysians believe that the NFC leadership is a victim of a fraud perpetrated by Shamsubaharin, just proves that Umno has lost the plot.
“By the strength of this evidence alone, in other countries with a functioning rule of law (this) would be sufficient to bring Datuk Seri Shahrizat and her family to justice,” added the PKR leader.
Rafizi said that PKR would pursue the issue and make sure that the people responsible for approving the project and soft loans are brought to justice.
“PKR will make new revelation next week on NFC - if Umno refuses the rule of law to judge those responsible, then let the court of public opinion judges Umno and its leadership for its failure to act on NFC.”
DAP central executive committee (CEC) member Liew Chin Tong said that the charge against Shamsubahrin did not provide any explanation to how federal funds for a cattle project were used to purchase luxury condominiums.
“By charging him it does not mean the original case has gone away.
“Morally, politically something has to be done. Allegations on abuse of funds have to be answered,” he told The Malaysian Insider.
The Bukit Bendera MP said that the government should make public the papers and documents relating to NFCorp’s cattle project, and that complete transparency was the way to solve the debacle.
Police are investigating NFCorp for alleged criminal breach of trust, following accusations by PKR that the company had misused millions in federal funds meant for a cattle feedlot scheme.
The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) announced last week it would investigate claims that NFCorp had misappropriated government funds, despite previously saying it would not probe the matter.
The MACC later seized a computer CPU and several documents during a raid on NFCorp’s headquarters in Solaris Mont Kiara.
PKR first latched onto the issue after the RM250 million publicly-funded cattle project — run by Mohamad Salleh, husband to federal minister Shahrizat - made it into the pages of this year’s Auditor-General’s Report for failing to meet production targets. The opposition party has since made several revelations relating to the scandal, including NFCorp’s purchase of two multi-million ringgit condominium units in Bangsar and alleged use of project funds to Shahrizat and her family’s personal expenses and trips abroad.
It also claimed there was a transfer of resources to unrelated companies in Singapore, as well as the purchase a Mercedes-Benz CLS350 for RM534,622 and two plots of land in Putrajaya’s Precinct 10 for RM3,363,507.
The latest disclosure by PKR, made last Tuesday, further alleged that some RM10 million had been diverted towards the purchase of a luxury condominium unit in Singapore for Shahrizat’s family.
Shahrizat tried deflecting attention by stating she’s “only the wife” of the national cattle farming project’s chairman and had nothing to do with the NFC.
The senator has faced calls to quit as minister from within Umno, including from influential former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.