Friday, April 27

Updates From AISPA - Ashok Bahirwani (27 Apr. 2012)

Good Evening Speakasians,

While writing my update yesterday I realized that it was my duty to bring forth before the family the way the media works in a most irresponsible, malafide and motivated manner and indulges in malicious reporting.

The media organizations created a smoke screen of propaganda to facilitate the state to act against the company SAOL.

The media indulged in fantasizing the unreal and ventured into the fairy tale land of Alice in wonderland. By their fantasies and imagination, they spun a nightmare, a nightmare for more than 12.5 lakh Speakasians

Since October, 2010, Money Life started a malafide campaign by publishing various news items about SAOL on their website.

This was followed by similar campaign by Times of India and other Electronic News Channels against SAOL, in a very organized and concerted manner which had the effect of crippling its operations.

Money life started defamatory and misinformation complaint against Speak Asia Online Pte. Limited Singapore in the most malicious and malafide manner, which is evident from the contents of the material they placed on the website.

All this material was published at the behest and connivance of the EOW in order to damage the reputation of the said company which proved to be ultimately detrimental to the interest of 15 Lack panelists.

Allow me to demonstrate the malicious ways of the Media herein under:

· October 8, 2010: article published in money life authored by Money life Digital Team. (Build Up of the Malicious Campaign which resulted in Prejudicing the Media, Judiciary and the Authorities in general)

The very caption of the article "Another MLM scam in the happening, this time under the pretext of an online survey" is defamatory per se and stinks with malice and malafide intention.

This article has been written without verifying the contents and is primarily based on presumptions and surmises. The sole aim of the author is to damage the reputation of the company in the eye of public without any cogent evidence to support the claims made therein.

In order to create doubt in the minds of the reader, it is stated that the said company has changed its name 3 times over past 5 years and is blacklisted for non-compliance in Singapore. This statement is false to the knowledge of the author and has been made with malafide intention.

· May 19, 2011: article published in money life authored by Money life Digital Team. (Days before the RBI circulated the circular dated 23rd May, 2011)

The heading of this article "Although prima facie the Speak Asia case appears to be fit for trial under the Prized Chits and Money Circulation Schemes (Banning) Act, the question is since it is not registered in the country, how and where the proceedings be initiated against the MLM company."

Here in her enthusiasm the author has stepped into the shoes of the prosecutor. This prima facie establishes the nexus and collusion between The EOW and Money Life.

The same article falsely predicts with malafide intent that enforcement directorate and income tax department could initiate proceedings against the company.

· June 2, 2011: article published in money life authored by Money life Digital Team.( Days before the PIL 30/2011 came to be filed in the Bombay High Court)

This article deals with the seminar which was held in Gurgaon sometime in May 2011. It states in bold letters "For the participants, the seminar was an enlightening exercise with super-normal returns that are never paid and attractively marked schemes like 'Speak Asia' that are most likely a repeat of hitherto shattered 'plantation' dreams that vanished without a trace."

This statement is a direct malicious attack on the company.

In another place it states with bold letters "Ms. Dalal spoke how to keep your money safe, which includes avoiding chain schemes like Speak Asia that is currently the rage." This statement shows the venom Mrs. Dalal has been entertaining against the company.

· June 16 and 17, 2011: article published in money life authored by Money life Digital Team.

Both these articles takes credit of exposing the scam relating to the company and reiterates that it hasduped people in general and that business of the company is sham and money circulation only.

In this article the team of authors has crossed all limits of malicious campaign by not only calling operations of the company as shady operation, but suggesting the authorities to inquire into the aspect of money laundering and terrorist funding.

It has also called the promoters of the company as shady. It claims that the company has looted millions of Indians everyday by Ponzi scheme.

· January 2 and 12, 2012: article published in money life authored by Money life Digital Team. (Just before the bail application of Mr. Melwyn Crasto)

In these articles attempt has been made to scare the panelists at large by stating that EOW is keeping strict vigil on several sites that promote and help communication amongst the Panelists.

It is pertinent to note that all the statements made in these articles are in line with the press statements of EOW Particularly with regard to Mister Colibri of Brazil.

All these reports are false and misleading just in order to get cheap publicity.

· February 1, 2012: article published in money life authored by Money life Digital Team. (Just before the February 6th Matter in the Hon’ble Supreme Court)

Through these articles the authors has tried to create doubts about the intentions of the company in its effort to refund the money to the public through the process of mediation started by Hon'ble Supreme Court of India which is not only misleading and defamatory but contemptuous in nature since, the Hon'ble Supreme Court is seized of the entire matter and in its wisdom in has appointed former chief justice, Mr. R.C. Lahoti as mediator to resolve the entire dispute amicably.

Aispa’s message for the media borrowed from Jonathan Mayhew:

“Let us prize our freedom; but not use our liberty for a cloak of maliciousness”.

To be continued….

Have patience, Have faith, Trust your company

WE ARE COMING BACK

Morya…. Bhai Morya.

Jai Speakasia,

Jai Speakasia,

Jai Speakasia.

Ashok Bahirwani
Secretary
AISPA