 Malaysian VIPs among those named in HSBC leaks, report showsPUBLISHED: FEBRUARY 15, 2015 10:17 AMUPDATED: FEBRUARY 15, 2015 05:15 PM KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 15 — Several Malaysian public figures, including the Sultanah Kalsom of Pahang, were listed among those who have an account with the Swiss branch of multinational bank HSBC, after a major leak revealed a clientele consisting of politicians, celebrities, criminals, traffickers and tax dodgers. According to the leak now dubbed, “Swiss Leaks”, Malaysia was ranked 87th among 203 countries with the most amount of US dollars in the HSBC Swiss account, at US$173.4 million (RM621.6 million). “Sultanah Kalsom, listed by HSBC as a ‘housewife’, was connected to a numbered client account under the name “3678TE” from September 1994 to November 1997,” said a report by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalism (ICIJ). “The leaked files do not specify the exact role that she had in relation to the account,” it added. ICIJ also pointed out that the Sultanah did not respond to its repeated request for comments. According to ICIJ, the profession of “housewife” popped up “with amazing frequency” to describe a wealthy married woman, but also in some cases industry pioneers, architects, journalists, teachers, princesses and heiresses.
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