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Raphael Pura, "Tin Producers Hit Exports by Singapore", Asian Wall Street Journal, 16 January 1984.

Raphael Pura and Matt Miller, "Bank Bumiputra's Ills Begin to Shake Malaysia", Asian Wall Street Journal, 17 March 1983.

Interview with Mahathir Mohamad, 31 March 2008.

Raphael Pura, "Bank Bumiputra Change was Expected", Asian Wall Street Journal, 22 March 1982.

Raphael Pura, "Bank Bumiputra Faces Bad Debts from Heavy Lending in Hong Kong", Asian Wall Street Journal, 10 November 1982.

Raphael Pura and Matt Miller, "Bank Bumiputra's Ills Begin to Shake Malaysia".

Matt Miller and Raphael Pura, "Check Raises Questions on Bank Bumiputra Ties to Eda", Asian Wall Street Journal, 18 March 1983.

Raphael Pura, "Razaleigh Says Probe Continues into Bad Loans", Asian Wall Street Journal, 17 March 1983.

Raphael Pura, "Bank Bumiputra's Lending in Colony Chided by Aide", Asian Wall Street Journal, 4 April 1983.

Raphael Pura and Matt Miller, "For Bank Bumiputra, Some Troubling Questions Remain", Asian Wall Street Journal, 1 July 1983.

Raphael Pura, "Bank Bumiputra Unit's Hong Kong Loans Soar", Asian Wall Street Journal, 28 June 1983.

Raphael Pura and Matt Miller, "For Bank Bumiputra, Some Troubling Questions Remain".

Ibid.

Raphael Pura, "Mahathir Says Loans to Colony a 'Mistake'", Asian Wall Street Journal, 10 July 1983.

Raphael Pura, "Malaysia Due to Debate Loan Scandal Today", Asian Wall Street Journal, 11 March 1986. Dr. Mahathir's comments were contained in a letter appended to a white paper released by the government with the 1,075-page final report by a three-man committee of inquiry into BMF's Hong Kong lending.

Ibid.

Stephen Duthie, "Bank Bumiputra Suit May Rely on '86 Probe", Asian Wall Street Journal, 27 February 1992.

Stephen Duthie, "Bank Bumiputra is Target of Suit Filed in the U.S.", Asian Wall Street Journal, 26 February 1992. The suit was originally filed by Hong Kong-based Sinclair Nominees Ltd., which was later replaced by Capri Trading Corporation. Stephen Duthie, "Bank Bumiputra Faces Questions in Suit Involving Carrian Group", Asian Wall Street Journal, 29 April 1992.

Stephen Duthie, "Bank Bumiputra Suit May Rely on '86 Probe".

Stephen Duthie, "U.S. Federal Court Dismisses Suit Against Bank Bumiputra Malaysia", Asian Wall Street Journal, 24 February 1993.

Stephen Duthie, "Bank Bumiputra is Target of Suit Filed in the U.S.".

Stephen Duthie, "Bank Bumiputra Suit May Rely on '86 Probe".

Raphael Pura, "Malaysia Continues Investigation into Carrian Loans", Asian Wall Street Journal, 14 December 1984.

Raphael Pura, "Malaysian Banker's Murder Escalates Scrutiny on Loans", Asian Wall Street Journal, 25 July 1983.

Raphael Pura, "Prime Minister's Press Conference Sheds Light on Bumiputra Finance", Asian Wall Street Journal, 12 January 1984.

Later renamed the InterContinental Hong Kong.

Raphael Pura and Matt Miller, "Prosecutor Links Malaysian's Death to Carrian", Asian Wall Street Journal, 17 April 1984.

Matt Miller, Robert Magnuson and Raphael Pura, "Undisclosed Loans to Carrian Discovered", Asian Wall Street Journal, 16 September 1983.

K. Das, "A Gathering Storm: Kuala Lumpur is Embroiled in Mounting Debate Following the Revelation of Bank Bumiputra's Loans Debacle in Hong Kong", Far Eastern Economic Review, 3 November 1983, p. 90, http://www.feer.com/articles/archive/1983/8311_03/P054.html (accessed 25 January 2006).

Raphael Pura, "Bumiputra Finance Officials Resign Over Loans", Asian Wall Street Journal, 3 November 1983.

Raphael Pura, "Bank's Writs Reawaken Carrian Questions", Asian Wall Street Journal, 4 January 1984.

Raphael Pura, "Malaysia Begins Official Inquiry of Carrian Loans", Asian Wall Street Journal, 12 January 1984.

Raphael Pura, "Malaysia Steps Up Carrian-Loan Probe", Asian Wall Street Journal, 14 December 1984.

Ibid.

Raphael Pura and Matt Miller, "Mahathir Tilts to Theories Faulting Motives of Colony", Asian Wall Street Journal, 30 May 1984.

Raphael Pura, "Bumiputra Bank Panel Finishes Report", Asian Wall Street Journal, 9 December 1985.

John Berthelsen, "Malaysian Prime Minister Hits Bank Bumiputra Panel", Asian Wall Street Journal, 20 January 1986.

Raphael Pura, "Bank Bumiputra's Inquirer Wins Praise", Asian Wall Street Journal, 13 March 1985.

Raphael Pura, "Bank Bumiputra Reports Large Loss for Last Year", Asian Wall Street Journal, 21 September 1984.

Ibid.

Raphael Pura, "Malaysian Bank Rescue Will Be Costly", Asian Wall Street Journal, 17 September 1984.

Ibid.

John Berthelsen, "Malaysian Vote Sanctions Bank Rescue", Asian Wall Street Journal, 15 April 1985.

John Berthelsen, "Mahathir Draws Fire on Bumiputra Plan", Asian Wall Street Journal, 22 September 1986.

Raphael Pura, "Malaysia Steps Up Carrian-Loan Probe".

John Berthelsen, "Malaysia's Biggest Bank Explains Losses", Asian Wall Street Journal, 24 June 1985.

Stephen Duthie, "Bank Bumiputra Seeks New Rescue Plan", Asian Wall Street Journal, 9 October 1989.

Stephen Duthie, "Petronas to Help Bank Bumiputra Again", Asian Wall Street Journal, 16 October 1989.

Stephen Duthie, "Bank Bumiputra's Troubles Blamed on Property Loans", Asian Wall Street Journal, 18 October 1989.

A confidential review commissioned by UMNO showed that the party actually borrowed RM199.5 million from Bank Bumiputra and RM64.9 million from Malayan Banking for the project. "Khidmat Bersatu Sdn. Bhd.: Accountants' Report for the Period from 1st June 1981 to 31st March 1986", Hanafiah Raslan & Mohamad, Kuala Lumpur.

Stephen Duthie, "Bank Bumiputra Seeks New Rescue Plan".

Interview with Daim Zainuddin, 18 October 2007. Daim said UMNO "subsequently" repaid the loan, but "There was a haircut on interest."

Stephen Duthie, "Bank Bumiputra Seeks New Rescue Plan".

Stephen Duthie, "Bank Bumiputra is Sold to Government", Asian Wall Street Journal, 17 January 1991.

Leslie Lopez, "Fattened Up by Big Profits, Malaysian Bank Fields Offers", Asian Wall Street Journal, 8 November 1996.

Leslie Lopez, "Bank Bumiputra May Need Bailout as Problems Mount", Asian Wall Street Journal, 2 July 1998.

Leslie Lopez, "Government to Take Over Bank Bumiputra Bad Loans", Asian Wall Street Journal, 9 February 1999.

Ibid.

Alan Friedman, "Soros Calls Mahathir a 'Menace' to Malaysia", International Herald Tribune, 22 September 1997, http://www.iht.com/articles/1997/09/22/soros.t.php?page=l (accessed 24 March 2009).

Mahathir Mohamad, Reflections on Asia (Subang Jaya: Pelanduk Publications (M) Sdn. Bhd., 2002), p. 87.

Cynthia Owens, Stephen Duthie and David Wessel, "Malaysia is Said to Slow Activity in Currencies", Asian Wall Street Journal, 5 December 1989.

Interview with Daim Zainuddin, 18 October 2007.

Cynthia Owens, Stephen Duthie and David Wessel, "Malaysia is Said to Slow Activity in Currencies".

Ibid.

Ibid.

Nick Seaward, "Malaysia's Controversial Finance Minister Proves an Able Economic Manager: The Daim Stewardship", Far Eastern Economic Review, 1 September 1988, p. 52, http://www.feer.com/articles/archive/1988/8809_01/P062.html (accessed 25 January 2006).

Cynthia Owens, Stephen Duthie and David Wessel, "Malaysia is Said to Slow Activity in Currencies".

Interview with Mahathir Mohamad, 31 March 2008. Elsewhere, Dr. Mahathir said Bank Negara's currency trading room that he visited was in London: Pauline Ng, "Mahathir Denies Involvement