今日重磅！新加坡媒體驚天踢爆：1MDB又變賣資產給中國套現14億，驚險償還IPIC債務，檳雪兩州544畝黃金地段落入中國手中！

一馬公司昨日按照和解協議，向國際石油投資公司（IPIC）還清今年款項。新加坡《海峽時報》指稱，一馬公司是把屬下兩家公司的股權，售給中國官企，才得以付款予IPIC。

該報引述消息指出，一馬公司脫售的兩家公司，分別於檳城北部及巴生港口一帶擁有土地。

「馬來西亞政府官員拒絕透露地產交易的買方身份，但一名了解內情的金融界人士披露，中國官企所控制的公司收購這些一馬公司的地產。」

「惟那人拒絕透露更多詳情。」

缺現金叫停發展

2013年大選前，一馬公司匆匆宣布以13億8000萬令吉高價，購買位於檳城亞依淡的234英畝土地，以興建廉價屋和經濟屋。 但檳州政府卻披露，一馬公司沒有購獲100%土地擁有權。

2014年，一馬公司在巴生港口自貿區附近的英達島購買310英畝土地。

儘管一馬公司有意發展檳雪兩片土地，但因為現金不足，發展計劃因而喊停。

中資公司並非首次入股一馬公司的相關公司。2015年11月，一馬公司宣布將旗下Edra全球能源公司全部脫售給中國廣核集團，作為重組計劃一部分。

幾經拖延才還款

一馬公司與IPIC今年4月24日達致部分庭外和解，一馬公司將會支付12億零545萬美元（馬幣51億6000萬令吉）予IPIC。

根據和解協議，一馬公司將分兩次支付這筆款項，其中第一筆的6億零272萬美元將須在8月1日前支付，而餘款則必須在今年年終前支付。

不過，一馬公司無法按期繳付第一筆款項，最終幾經拖延下，才分別於8月11日與30日支付總共6億零272萬美元。

至於餘下的6億零273萬美元（馬幣約25億7400萬令吉）須在今年年終前付款，相信就是IPIC昨日公布的還款。

一馬公司在昨日文告並沒透露如何籌募第二筆的6億零273萬美元，只說一切資金源自重組計劃的收益。

尚須還債券款項

無論如何，按照今年4月的和解協議，一馬公司尚需在未來負責償還兩筆債券的利息和本金，數額不明。

事緣一馬公司於2012年發行兩筆總值35億美元的債券，以募款收購發電廠。一馬公司更為這兩筆預訂2022年到期的債券，爭取到IPIC的擔保。

當時，IPIC作保條件是一馬公司必須向IPIC支付14億美元抵押金，同時提供IPIC收購發電廠49%股權的期權。不過，一馬公司後來協議改用近10億美元贖回IPIC的期權。

惟IPIC去年堅持沒有收到上述兩筆資金，進而引爆與一馬公司的糾紛，雙方將此事帶上國際仲裁庭。

這是因為一馬公司堅持已經把錢匯於所謂的IPIC子公司——阿爾巴BVI。惟IPIC否認阿爾巴BVI是其子公司，並表明其真正的子公司乃阿爾巴PJS。

China to help 1MDB settle multi-billion-dollar legal dispute with Abu Dhabi: Financial Times

Malaysia's state investment fund 1MDB is preparing to make a repayment with Chinese assistance to Abu Dhabi's state-owned fund as it seeks to settle a US$6.5 billion (S$9.25 billion) dispute over an alleged breach of contract, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday (Dec 7).

The report followed one by The Straits Times in July that said Chinese companies we re looking at buying a piece of 1MDB-owned prime land in Penang as a financial lifeline for 1MDB .

The move to begin repaying what 1MDB owes Abu Dhabi’s International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) was confirmed by two people familiar with the matter, FT said, and marks a step forward in efforts to resolve the financial position of the heavily indebted state fund.

China has been approached as a source of funds for 1MDB, FT said, citing three people with knowledge of the matter, one of whom said Malaysia would swap assets for financing. 

It is not clear if the assets mentioned in the FT report consist of the Penang land.

The dispute between 1MDB and IPIC is part of a financial scandal engulfing Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, who is increasing tilting towards China to help resolve the huge financial burden at 1MDB, which carried debts of more than US$12 billion at one point.

The spat arose from a bailout deal last year in which IPIC agreed to lend US$1 billion to 1MDB and assume payments on US$3.5 billion of the Malaysian fund’s debt in a debt asset swap deal. It also forgave some debt that 1MDB owed IPIC. 

But the Emirati firm claimed in April that 1MDB had not repaid the US$1 billion advance and applied for arbitration in London, where it is publicly listed.

The Straits Times said in July Chinese companies were looking at buying a piece of prime land on Penang island for about RM2 billion, or entering into a joint development deal with 1MDB that would guarantee profits of about RM3.5 billion.

China’s state-owned entities were also exploring the prospect of putting together a financial lifeline for another distressed Malaysian state-owned entity, SRC International, ST reported, citing financial executives involved in the negotiations..

Malaysia last year twice brought in Chinese investments to pare back 1MDB’s debts.

In response to the FT report, 1MDB president Arul Kanda told The Straits Times: "1MDB has nothing further to add to earlier statements relating to the dispute with IPIC."

On the Penang land deal Mr Kanda said 1MDB would issue a statement at an "appropriate juncture". 

Malaysia's second finance minister Datuk Johari Abdul Ghani, whose ministry owns 1MDB and provided indemnity on the deal with IPIC, referred queries to 1MDB. "We're basically leaving it to 1MDB to sort out at a business-to-business level," he told The Straits Times.

Mr Najib has been forging increasingly close ties with Beijing. Last month, he dismissed as 「absurd and absolutely false」 allegations that he has pawned off Malaysia’s sovereignty after making deals worth RM144 billion (S$46 billion) with China during a visit to Beijing.

Chinese state-owned enterprises have led a bailout of 1MDB - acquiring assets including a power generation business — that has relieved pressure on Mr Najib's government at a time when financial flows linked to the state fund are being probed by regulators in the US, Singapore and Switzerland.

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