Why it's gd fer rich people to hv SG PAP cronies in Interpol high office ......
When rich millionaires wif biz interest in SG in troubles .................
ST Jan 2, 2010
Wanted by Interpol, but no arrest request
Businessman denies Indonesian allegations that he's involved in forgery, counterfeiting
By K.C. Vijayan
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businessman Sukamto Sia, a Singaporean of Indonesian descent, is wanted by the Indonesian police in connection with
forgery and counterfeiting.
He is on
Interpol's Red Notice alert, which requires its 184-member police force to keep a lookout for the man, with a view to arresting and extraditing him.
It was placed in October last year, but both the police and Indonesian Embassy here said they had received no request to arrest Mr Sia, who has his
office in Ngee Ann City in Orchard Road.
The tycoon is one of more than a score of Singaporeans on the Interpol Red Notice list, which at one time included Mas Selamat Kastari, who fled from the Whitley Road Detention Centre in February 2008 and was nabbed last April.
Speaking to The Straits Times earlier this week, Mr Sia, 51, denied outright that he was involved in forgery and counterfeiting.
He said he would be
turning to Singapore Police Commissioner Khoo Boon Hui, who is also Interpol's president, for help to investigate the case and take steps to remove his name from the list. He did not elaborate on why he would not go to Jakarta to clear his name.
He believes the Interpol notice had its roots in a defamation probe against him in Jakarta in September 2008.
Then, Indonesian police sought his presence as a witness in their probe. He said he did not turn up to address the summonses as he was busy travelling and was also facing a defamation lawsuit in Singapore.
In December that year, he was named as a suspect, and an arrest warrant was issued against him.
Mr Sia said he came to know that the Indonesian police had sought Interpol's help when he landed at Istanbul Airport in October last year.
'Turkish police stopped me and told me there was a wanted notice on me then, and it was in connection with a defamation matter,' he said.
He was stunned to find out that he was on a Blue Notice, a less serious alert meant as a request for information about a person's identity or activities in relation to an alleged crime. It is not known why the alert was upgraded to the Red Notice.
Mr Sia, who made his fortune in real estate and other investments, had a reported net worth of US$800 million (S$1.1 billion) at his peak. He was also a
former chairman of Singapore-listed property and trading firm Transmarco and once held a significant stake in hospital operator Parkway Holdings.
Asked about the case, police spokesman Tham Yee Lin said: 'All requests from foreign states for assistance in criminal matters would be made via established diplomatic or law enforcement channels. These requests will then be dealt with according to the laws of Singapore.'
An Indonesian Embassy official told The Straits Times it had not been notified by Jakarta about Mr Sia being wanted by police there.
'If we receive such information, we normally act on a government-to-government basis to pursue the request,' the official said.
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..... PAP minion just wave a wand n corruption gets a clean approval to get on wif business, all in 18 days !!!
ST Jan 20, 2010
S'pore tycoon taken off Interpol wanted list
By K.C. Vijayan, Law Correspondent
THE name of a Singapore tycoon with extensive business interests in Hong Kong, Macau and China has been
mysteriously dropped from the Interpol's Red Notice wanted list.
Mr Sukamto Sia (left), 51, who was born in Indonesia, was wanted by Indonesian police in connection with alleged counterfeiting and forgery, according to the list.
Mr Sia made his fortune in real estate and investments, and had a reported
net worth of US$800 million (S$1.1 billion) at his peak.
When The Straits Times broke the news on Jan 2 that he was wanted by Interpol, the former chairman of Singapore-listed property and trading firm Transmarco, who once held a significant stake in hospital operator Parkway Holdings, denied the allegations.
The latest turn of events followed a check last week on the Interpol website, which no longer indicated details of Mr Sia's alleged offences. By the end of the week, his name was also removed.
The Interpol did not respond to queries, but it is understood that those on the list can file an appeal to the organisation to be removed from the list, and this will be dealt with by an independent panel.
Typically, the names can also be removed when the person is caught, dealt with or is no longer wanted by the requesting country.
When contacted last night, Mr Sia said: 'I am glad it is all over.'
Although the Interpol notice was first issued in October last year, he has been operating out of Singapore for more than five years.
Mr Sia's Indonesian lawyer, Mr O.C. Kaligis, claimed that the case against his client was fabricated, and he had alerted the Indonesian police about 10 days ago. Shortly after, Mr Sia's name was no longer on the list.
'I have asked my lawyers to probe the case with the authorities in Jakarta and find out who is behind this,' he said.