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might be relevant and material to any of the parties. had that view in mind when conducting the inspection"

I have no doubt that he

30. Whatever Mr Allison's view as to his duty in conducting the inspection, I do not accept that he selected any and all information and/or documents that are relevant to my case. I set out the following examples, emphasising that these are examples only and not exhaustive.

the minutes of the BBMB 31. Although he produced extracts from a number of

a further 17 sets Management Committee ("MC") which refer to BMFL, there are of minutes in which reference is made to BMFL, but which Mr Allison, in the exercise of his discretion as to which was material to my case, did not find to be so For example, in the MC minutes of 4th January 1979 ("CHA 1", 754) (Pages 11-12 "LEO 1"), the Committee (which consisted of the BBMB Chairman. Executive Director, BBMB adviser, and Senior General Managers of the various number of matters had been raised by the BMF divisions) discussed that

Genera BMFL be cleared

up by the should

1979, the minutes indicate tha 29th March

a

matter

auditors and

Manager.

At

that

the MC meeting

this

on

there was a discussion that BMFL was still performing below budget ("CHA 1",763) (13-14). In the meeting on 28th February 1980, as indicated by th minutes ("CHA 1", 810) (Pages 15 - 16 "LEO 1"), the members discussed that th building in HK was no location of the proposed Malaysian

Government

In the meeting on 5th August 1982, th sufficiently strategic to house BMFL. minutes ("CHA 1", 857) (Pages 17-18) shows that there was a general discussi about BBMB's operation in HK, including the effect of the impending expiry

I would submit tha the lease in 1997 and the effect on the lending of BMLF.

was unaware of BMFL's lendings given the Crown's allegation that BBMB

Carrian,

the frequency and type of information discussed by the executives

must in such meetings,

be relevant in t BBMB (including its Chairman)

context of my ability to answer such allegations.

which were selected by Mr Allison (

32. Even in respect of documents therefore exhibited at "CHA 3") documents were censored in a way which fai to disclose information I consider to be relevant to my defence. For exampl Mr Allison produced only two pages from the MC minutes of the 1st. April 1 those in attendar meeting ("CHA 1" 844). (19-20). The first page sets out The second page contains an extract, item 88 in relation to the finan

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