SINGAPORE (March 9): Behind the sordid scandal of 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) is a real-life story of people trying to fight potent criminals. Two of them, Xavier André Justo and Laura, have put together an account of their own experiences, from when he started working with PetroSaudi International at its inception to his first suspicions of foul play, to where the husband and wife live today.

Rendezvous with Injustice is a story of integrity, they share via email from Valencia, Spain, a place they now call home with their young son. “We wanted to write the book for our Xander, our families and friends, the people of Malaysia, and all those interested in knowing what exactly happened. We started working on it when we settled in Malaysia in 2019 — it was a happy time in our life — but as we had to flee almost overnight, we couldn’t finish it as planned.”

Former Swiss banker Xavier was the whistle-blower who leaked to the media details about how billions of ringgit were siphoned off by 1MDB between 2009 and 2011. The sovereign fund set up by former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak had in 2009 entered into a joint venture with PetroSaudi, at which Xavier was then a director, to promote economic development through global partnerships...(click here for the full story on theedgesingapore.com.)