ORGANIZED CRIME RESEARCH MELBOURNE:
THE SUKKUR RAIL DISASTER PAKISTAN 1990
[EDITORIAL NOTE: THE TEXT BELOW NEEDS TO BE REWRITTEN AND EXPANDED BUT I AM ILL
AT THE MOMENT AND IT MAY TAKE ME TIME TO DO SO.]
Over the years I have refrained from testifying about certain matters because I
believed that it was better to be silent, rather than
make ‘fitnah’ (an Arabic word of wide-ranging meaning that includes
civil unrest, anarchy, social upheaval, riots, mayhem - see my
page GLOSSARY OF ISLAMIC TERMS).
However, since Allah’s (subhanahu wa ta’ala - glory be to Him, the Most
High) enemies have wantonly killed more than 70,000 of my unarmed brothers
and sisters in Islam in Gaza and have been extending their butchery to
the West Bank - including the murder of helpless little babies who are utterly
innocent in the eyes of my beloved Allah (subhanahu wa ta’ala - glory be
to Him, the Most High) - it is obvious I can no longer be quiet.
I need to tell what I believe to be the truth about incidents that occurred
while I was living in Pakistan from April 1985 to September 1990 and those
events in Melbourne, Australia, that led up to them.
THE SUKKUR TRAIN CRASH PAKISTAN ON 04 JANUARY 1990
For many years I have believed that the Sukkur train crash that occurred in
Pakistan on the 04th of January 1990 was not an accident, but a vicious act of
sabotage and murder, carried out by Allah’s (subhanahu wa ta’ala -
glory be to Him, the Most High) enemies - the Central Intelligence Agency
of the United States (CIA).
The CIA are the enemies of Rasoolullah (sall-allahu alayhi wa-sallam
- may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him), (khātam
an-nabīyīn - the last of the Prophets) and the enemies of Islam
- the straight path of the Sunnis.
The Sunnis are the righteous ones who reject the path of those who have
incurred His wrath (such as the Jews) and the way of those who have gone
astray (such as the Christians).
But, aside from telling a few people I covered the matter up. What was the
point of telling the truth if all it was going to do was make 'fitnah'. I
could not prove my suspicions - but considering my background and the
circumstances surrounding the crash the incident was more than suspect.
I should add too that I believe that the enemies of Islam not only were
responsible for the Sukkur rail crash but orchestrated much of the harassment
of me that had erupted in Pakistan from time to time while I was living
there from April 1985 to September 1990.
Some of Allah’s enemies have a long reach and deep pockets.
Before going into details, I want to address one important question. Why don’t I return to Pakistan to give evidence. (Obviously, It's a rhetorical
question so there's no question mark.)
Insha-Allah, I wouldn't even consider returning and there are
several reasons why. Firstly, I don’t trust the Pakistan Government. What sort of Muslim government – or more accurately so-called Muslim government
– nominates one of Allah’s (subhanahu wa ta’ala - glory be to Him, the
Most High) greatest enemies for the Nobel Peace Prize. A man who at the
time – June 2025 – had been complicit in the killing of about 56,000 Muslims in
Gaza by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
Well, the answer is the government of Prime Minister Shebaz Sharif in Pakistan
did just that. They nominated a man who is an enemy of Islam for the Nobel
Peace Prize.
In June 2025 the Pakistan Government announced that it was nominating the
President of the United States, Donald Trump, for the Nobel Peace Prize because
they claimed he had played a pivotal role in mediating an end to a four-day
conflict between India and Pakistan in May of that year.
According to a report published by the respected media outlet AlJazeera on the
21st of June 2025 the Pakistan Government posted the following statement on the
social media website X:
“President Trump demonstrated great strategic foresight and stellar
statesmanship through robust diplomatic engagement with both Islamabad and New
Delhi, which de-escalated a rapidly deteriorating situation.
“This intervention stands as a testament to his role as a genuine
peacemaker and his commitment to conflict resolution through dialogue.”
See Aljazeera’s report for the 21st of June 2025 at: Trump Nobel Peace
Prize.
It is important to note that Trump’s role in mediating the resolution of the
conflict has been disputed. BBC News reported on the 22nd of June 2025 that:
“India has denied the US served as a mediator to end the fighting last
month and says it does not want any diplomatic intervention from a third
party.”
[EDITORIAL NOTE: SOME MEMBERS OF THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY HAVE
MISGIVINGSABOUT THE BBC AND DOUBTS ABOUT ITS OBJECTIVITY. AS A FORMER
JOURNALIST I CAN ONLY SAY I HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE IN ITS PROFESSIONALISM - ITS
BALANCED REPORTING, ITS INTEGRITY.]
In support of my claim that Donald Trump is an enemy of Islam allow me to
quote from his 2015 website. The site has since been taken down, but a media
statement about Islam dated 07th of December 2015 said it all:
The statement was headed: DONALD J. TRUMP STATEMENT ON PREVENTING MUSLIM IMMIGRATION.
It included the following: ". .
. Shariah authorizes such atrocities as murder against
non-believers who won't convert, beheadings and more unthinkable acts
that pose great harm to Americans, especially women."
Needless to say, such claims as "murder against non-believers who
won't convert" are utterly false. A Muslim is not allowed to impose his or her religious beliefs on anyone
and it is strictly forbidden to force anyone to convert to Islam. Such
conversions are not recognised by the Shariah.
And I take Allah (subhanahu wa ta’ala - glory be to Him, the Most
High) who swears by the snorting chargers in Surah 100, Al-'Adiyat,
as my witness that I have told the truth about the statement on Trump's
2015 website.
The shaytans can run, they can hide, they can lie, they can deny, they can
cringe; but there is no escape from Allah (subhanahu wa ta’ala - glory be
to Him, the Most High). How I love those snorting chargers.
The French Medieval knights used to call such war horses 'destrier' and ride them into battle. Many nations had such magnificent beasts, but as every Muslim knows such fighting is only legitimate when it's Jihad in Allah's eyes (subhanahu wa ta’ala - glory be to Him, the Most High). Everybody else is just fighting for Iblis - utterly in vain.
Surah 100, Al-'Adiyat
1. By the (steeds) that run, with panting (breath),
2. Striking sparks of fire (by their hooves),
3. And scouring to the raid at dawn
4. And raise the dust in clouds the while,
5. Penetrating forthwith as one into the midst (of the foe);
6. Verily! Man (disbeliever) is ungrateful to his Lord;
7. And to that fact he bears witness (by his deeds);
8. And verily, he is violent in the love of wealth.
9. Knows he not that when the contents of the graves are brought out and
poured forth (all mankind is resurrected).
10. And that which is in the breasts (of men) shall be made known.
11. Verily, that Day (i.e. the Day of Resurrection) their Lord will be
Well-Acquainted with them (as to their deeds), (and will reward them for their
deeds).
The above quote is from the Noble Qur'an translated by Dr. Muhammad Taqi-ud Din
al-Hilali and Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan, published by Darussalam, Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia.
That statement by Trump may have been issued more than 10 years ago, but I
doubt his mindset has changed since then. I believe he is still an enemy of
Islam despite his posturing.
Having explained one of the key reasons why I’m not willing to return to
Pakistan to testify – that I don’t trust the present administration –
I would like to add that gone are the days when I lived in Pakistan, when
men like General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq ruled.
I believe Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq was a righteous man who prayed five times a day,
fasted during the Holy month of Ramadan, paid the zakat and believed in the
Shariah. I believe he was murdered along with 29 of his colleagues by Shaytan
in a plane crash because of his attempts to uphold the Shariah.
Those days have been swept away. Now all we have are people who bow and scrape
before one of Allah’s (subhanahu wa ta’ala - glory be to Him, the Most
High) greatest enemies.
If readers want to know more about the general, then as a starting point they
can read the Wikipedia article about him. The link is Zia-ul-Haq
Wikipedia.
Readers need to know that there is controversy surrounding his life and his
death. I hold personal opinions about both that some may not agree with. All I am willing to say is that the general is not forgotten.
I wrote a review of a book by the ninth Prime Minister of Pakistan, Zulfikar
Ali Bhutto, entitled The Third World: New Directions which was published in The
Age, Melbourne, on the 07th of January 1978. A copy is attached. The link
is The Age Third World: new directions.
Bhutto had been deposed in a military coup by General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq in
July 1977 and the former was later put on trial in Lahore for the murder of a
political opponent.
I predicted in the book review that if Bhutto was found guilty of murder he
would be hanged.
Later he was found guilty and duly executed. Readers need to
know that there is a lot of controversy about the trial with allegations that
it was unfair. Those interested can read about Zulfikar Ali Bhutto on
Wikipedia. The link is Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Wikipedia.
THE MURDER OF HIND RAJAB
An incident reported by BBC News on the 10th of February 2024 has always stayed
with me. It isn’t easy to forget, and it was one of the main reasons why I
decided I should testify against the Central Intelligence Agency of the United
States (CIA) and the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO)
even if I couldn't prove my allegations.
It’s a report about the death of a six-year-old girl, Hind Rajab, who was
killed by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) with other members of her family
while trying to flee to safety in Gaza,
Her story, as reported by BBC News, can be read on the following pages:
I see Hind's murder as being symbolic of the killing of the other thousands
upon thousands of Palestinian children by the Jews in Gaza and the West Bank. Killings that motivated me to decide I should testify about events in Melbourne
in the 1970s and 1980s and what came to pass when I flew to Pakistan in 1985.
For more details about the butchery and killings carried out by the IDF in Gaza
and the West Bank see my page Gaza: Israelis kill unarmed Muslims.
Insha-Allah, it is time to talk.
May Allah (subhanahu wa ta’ala - glory be to Him, the Most High) give
me the strength to complete the task and have pity upon me, an utterly
worthless wretch of no importance.
Last year I published pages on quran-e-hakim.net headed
‘organized crime research and its consequences'.
I took the pages down on the 09th of July 2024, partly because I felt my
intentions were being misunderstood, one of my brothers in Roselands, Sydney, thought I was having a go at the Pakistanis but that wasn't my idea.
I was trying to subtly say that I suspected the CIA had infiltrated their ranks and made mischief. However, I didn't want to spell it out at the time because I didn't want to make any fitnah.
I also took the pages down partly because I wanted to review them.
They included a lie on my part – a lie which I believed
was halal under the circumstances.
I believed it was halal because I could not prove my suspicions and I
thought it was better to lie rather than to make mischief.
However, in light of the repugnant behaviour of the Jews in Gaza and on the
West Bank I have decided to tell what I believe is the truth about certain
events that occurred while I was living in Pakistan from April 1985 to
September 1990 and those events in Australia that were the root cause of them.
So, Insha-Allah, let's take a look at the lie.
It appears in the text below that I have copied from the report I
published last year and which was deleted on the 09th of July. The lie concerns
the Sukkur rail disaster on the 04th of January 1990. To go to Wikipedia's article about the crash click Sukkur rail
disaster. I have also attached a copy of Wikipedia’s page to this website.
It can be viewed at Sukkur rail crash.
THE EXTRACT READS:
"GET STEAMED UP – TRAVEL PR
"I made the return journey from Islamabad to Karachi initially by bus
and then joined the train at Rahim Yar Khan in Sindh Province. It had been all
but impossible to catch the train at Rawalpindi – the platform was so
overcrowded you couldn’t move – so I elected to catch a flying coach.
"I knew it
would be an uncomfortable trip but hoped I could join the train further down
the track. I was fortunate in that I was able to do so at Rahim Yar Khan.
"It was that journey south from Islamabad that was to form the basis of
my story for Dawn headed ‘If you want to get steamed up – travel PR’ that
was published in their Magazine on the 30th of March 1990.
"Originally, the
Editor of Dawn’s Magazine, Anjum Niaz, wanted me to write an investigatory
piece about the Sukkur rail disaster that occurred on the 04th of January 1990,
but I felt it was too challenging for me to carry out such an investigation and
opted for a light-hearted piece that underscored the overcrowding on passenger trains.
"A copy of the Wikipedia article about the Sukkur rail disaster is
attached. The link is Sukkurrail 04 Jan 90.
"The crash was a shocking
accident in which more than 300 people were killed. Unfortunately, it excited
the imaginations of some people and there were some unfounded rumours
spread that India was responsible. It's possible that Anjum had those
rumours in mind when she asked me to write an investigatory piece about the
disaster. She may have hoped to quell such gossip if the paper published a
fact-based enquiry.
"However, I had already done one investigatory
piece for Dawn’s sister publication, the evening newspaper, The Star, which had
proved to be of concern. I had written a story that was published in The
Star on the 14th of December 89 about the alleged murder of the Regional
Director of the Pakistan Narcotics Control Board, Altaf Ali Khan.
"The police described his death as suicide, but there were many aspects of the case
that raised doubts about the official version.
"Even though I was confident
I could handle such investigatory stories in Pakistan there were aspects to my
writing of The Star story that made me wary. I make no mention of it in the
article, but as part of my research into the allegations that Altaf Ali Khan
had been murdered it was necessary for me to interview a doctor.
"I met him
at his surgery at night and we had only just begun talking when there was a
loud banging on the door of his surgery with people screaming in English – not
Urdu, but English – that they demanded to see him immediately.
"Several men
burst into his room demanding immediate medical attention. I felt their demands
were nothing more than a pretext and sensing that I was the real target of
their raucous behaviour sped past them and out of the room.
"It was this
incident that brought home to me that if I was to work as an investigatory
reporter in Pakistan, I had to have protection. I made no mention in the story
of the altercation at the doctor's surgery simply because I hadn't even had a
chance to frame my questions to him when the men burst in, but on reflection I
think it would have been wise to spell out what had happened.
"I make
mention in The Star story about an interview I had with a senior Pakistan
Narcotics Control Board (PNCB) officer and to make that interview the Editor of
Dawn, Ahmad Ali Khan, kindly provided me with a car and a driver to take me to
the venue.
"But, that was during the daytime and to interview the doctor I
had to travel at night by bus. Dawn’s driver wasn’t available at night and I
realised after the clash at the doctor’s surgery it was essential I always
had a driver from the newspaper with me.
"I knew such protection was not
going to be available all the time if I wrote an investigatory piece on the
Sukkur rail disaster, so I opted to write a light-hearted piece about the
journey from Islamabad to Karachi.
"Anjum wasn’t happy. I think if I was
asked to describe her reaction in one word it would be ‘fiery’. I had to admire
her. I knew how hard it must have been for her to hold such a senior rank and
to have to deal with wayward reporters such as me would have been tiresome.
"When I submitted the piece she not only made her displeasure
known but immediately complained to Ahmad Ali Khan, who handled the situation
very well.
"Don’t ever delude yourself into thinking that all Muslim women
are demure, dewy-eyed creatures who will murmur obediently to every demand by a
male. They’re not! And Anjum Niaz was the classic example of a woman working in
a highly demanding executive position as an editor in a male-dominated Muslim
society and like women all over the world she was aware she had to be able to
handle some men who might think they were superior simply because of their
gender."
EXTRACT FROM MY REPORT ENDS.
What was the lie?
In my report I wrote: "the crash was a shocking accident . .
." but I believe it was not correct.
For years I have believed it was not an accident, but a vicious act of sabotage
and murder, carried out by Allah’s enemies - the Central Intelligence
Agency of the United States (CIA); the enemies
of Rasoolullah (sall-allahu alayhi wa-sallam - may the blessings and
peace of Allah be upon him), (khātam an-nabīyīn - the last of the
Prophets); the enemies of Islam - the straight path of the Sunnis.
But, aside from telling a few people I covered the matter up. What was the
point of telling the truth if all it was going to do was make 'fitnah'. I
could not prove my suspicions - but considering my background and the
circumstances surrounding the crash the incident was more than suspect.
I should add too that I believe that the enemies of Islam not only were
responsible for the Sukkur rail crash but orchestrated much of the harassment
of me that had erupted in Pakistan from time to time while i was living
there. Some of Allah’s enemies have a long reach and deep pockets.
But now the Jews have shown their true hand - a pitiless hand of cruelty and
hate; of merciless brutality - I realise I can no longer remain silent.
So now, Insha-Allah, it is time to speak up.
But why? Why would anybody deliberately sabotage a passenger train carrying
civilians – peaceful men, women and children – in an attempt to discredit
me. Surely you say ‘that can’t be right. Why would the enemies of Islam
seek to discredit you? You are of no importance’.
Well at first sight it could be suggested that the Central Intelligence Agency
(CIA) of the United States might have been only too pleased to discredit me –
they had a motive to do so.
ALLEGATIONS THAT HAMER WAS BEING BLACKMAILED
While I was living in Melbourne in the early 1980s, I had worked as a
journalist and assisted a Liberal Party State Member of Parliament, Morris
Williams (Morrie), investigate organized crime allegations that
included claims the then Premier of Victoria, Rupert (Dick) Hamer, was being
blackmailed while he was in office. See the Wikipedia entry for Morrie. The link is Morris Williams
(politician). I have saved a copy of the Wikipedia page, and it can be
viewed at Morris Williams MP wiki.
The entry for Morris on the Parliament of Victoria’s website can be viewed by
clicking Morris Williams MP Vic. I have also saved a copy of the page
about Morrie from the Parliament of Victoria’s website. It can be viewed
at Morrie Williams MP Victoria.
The Victorian Parliament has two chambers, the Upper House, called the
Legislative Council, and the Lower House, called the Legislative Assembly.
Morrie was a member of the Legislative Assembly. Both Houses can be simply
referred to as the 'House'.
The allegation was that Hamer was being blackmailed by members of the CIA
because he had been filmed having sex with a child in a hotel room in Pusan,
South Korea, in July 1979.
It was alleged that the CIA had set him up, that they knew about his
predilection for extra-marital affairs - especially the young - and taken
advantage of his weakness.
He had gone to Pusan in July 1979 to jointly open with the Mayor of Pusan the
Commodore Dynasty hotel, which had been built by an Australian hotel group
headed by George Frew.
A story published in The Age on the 10th of July 1979 about
Hamer’s visit to Pusan is attached.
There are two links. The first is a full page for that date so the story can be seen in context. It is Hamer visits Pusan The Age 10 July 79 FPand the second is a close up of the article. The link is Hamer visits Pusan The Age 10 July 79 ST.
I believe the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) -
aside from a few individuals who were deeply concerned about the morality of
the situation and the risks posed to the integrity of the State of Victoria -
not only knew Hamer was being blackmailed but turned a blind eye to it.
It was because of the unwillingness of such key informants to testify, that the
allegations could not be proven in court and that’s what matters. A journalist can make all the claims he likes but those claims mean nothing
unless he can prove them to be true.
If Morrie or I had testified in court that Frew and other informants had
alleged Hamer was being blackmailed while he was in office and we could not
prove they had told us those things, we could have been accused of 'hearsay'
and worse, if any of them had then denied they had made any such allegations,
we ran the risk of being charged with perjury - a serious criminal offence that
carries a jail sentence.
Those charges would have been under Victoria State criminal law, but as well as that we could have faced civil action by Hamer if we could not prove our claims.
The reality is neither Morrie nor I could prove the allegations. Nobody would
testify in court.
GEORGE FREW REFUSES TO TESTIFY PUBLICLY
Not only would ASIO refuse to testify, but they went into deniability mode. In
other words, not only were they unwilling to confirm that Hamer was being
blackmailed but they were prepared to deny they knew anything about the matter
or worse still they were prepared to say they had investigated the allegations
and concluded they were not true (even though they knew to the contrary).
My fears about the situation were exacerbated when another of the key
informants, George Frew, refused to testify in court.
Frew was willing to talk privately - the allegations were widespread knowledge;
many people knew about them including other politicians on both sides of the
House - but he was not willing to testify publicly.
George Frew was the founder and managing director of Commodore Ltd - the Commodore group which owned hotels and motels throughout Australia and which was to later build the Commodore Dynasty hotel in Pusan, South Korea where Hamer was alleged to have been filmed having sex with a child.
The Age published a story on the 01 March 1972 about an offer by Frew and another director Leslie Erdi for those shares they did not already own in the company. As usual I have published the full page for the 01 March 1972 and published separately a close up of the story.
I concluded there were powerful forces at work and my fears were confirmed in
later years when Morrie was intentionally fed false information and his
reputation as a State Member of the Legislative Assembly was shredded. (See below for further details.)
The CIA knew all of the above and that aside from speaking about the matter
privately I wouldn’t publish. I couldn’t make such an accusation without
solid evidence to back it up. And Frew and others refused to be publicly
identified.
I suspected, but could never prove, that Frew was warned by members of his
staff that Hamer had been filmed.
Frew turned against me when he found out that I had reverted to Islam in 1983.
He died in December 2019. Even if he had been alive today, I doubt he
would have supported me in my allegations about Hamer. He was more than
displeased about my change of religion.
As for the matter of the CIA, Morrie certainly believed that the CIA organized
the filming and told the Truth newspaper in Melbourne about the incident.
The story was published in The Truth on 08 March 1980. It is however to my way
of thinking a garbled piece. Insha-Allah I will return to this matter later.
There is no doubt that Morrie was persecuted because of the allegations. He had
the strength of character - the moral fibre - to tell the truth and speak up
about Hamer being blackmailed and was vilified by other members of the Liberal
Party for doing so.
LIBERAL PARTY MPs CHASTISE WILLIAMS
In support of this, read a story that was published on page three of The Age on
the 12th of March 1980. I have downloaded the story to this website. So,
readers can see the report in context I have downloaded a half page screenshot
and the article itself. The links are Williams castigated FP; Williams castigated ST and a third link to a close up of the story Williams castigated ST ENL.
Readers can also view the story on newspapers.com by clicking
on: The Age 12 March 1980 page 3. However, they have to pay
newspapers.com to do so.
I want to make it clear, that I supported Morrie’s allegations that Hamer was
being blackmailed while he was in office and believed the film existed. As for
the Liberal Party room meeting reported by The Age on the 12th of March 1980, I
can only say some men should hang their heads in shame.
For Morrie to have been castigated in that meeting in such an evil
manner when some of those MPs knew he was speaking the truth is utterly
obscene; repugnant at best. Some of those individuals would have called
themselves Christians but the truth is they had made nothing but a mockery of
the religion. They wouldn't know a Christian if they fell over one.
To facilitate my commentary on the matter of Hamer being blackmailed, I quote
below from a letter I wrote to an NSW state MP, Sonia Hornery, dated the 03rd
of March 2010.
I was living in Newcastle, Australia, at the time and Sonia Hornery was my
local state member for Wallsend. I had also met her while working as a
journalist for a community newspaper in Newcastle called ‘The Post’.
I contacted her because I was concerned about the ongoing harassment of me by
the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO). The quote is verbatim
except that I have made some minor changes to the indentation and punctuation.
THE QUOTE FROM MY LETTER TO SONIA BEGINS:
“Morris made a statement to The Truth newspaper about Hamer being
blackmailed. It was published on 8 March 1980.
“On page
one Truth reported: ‘Some casino opponents are spreading rumours that
the Mafia has blackmailed a high-ranking Liberal MP over a film showing
him having sex with teenage girls in an Asian hotel. ‘Veteran Liberal
backbencher Morris Williams has told Truth he believes the film exists.’
“The
story spills on to page two and among other things Williams was reported as
saying: ‘MAFIA bosses had moved in on the ‘shell’ of a company and were hoping
to use it to obtain a casino licence – with the help of blackmail over the
alleged sex film.
‘ORGANISED crime would control any casino established in
Victoria. AMERICAN CIA chiefs had become involved after discovering a
multi-million dollar meat racket in which sub-standard Australian meat was
shipped to hamburger chains in the United States under Mafia domination.
An
Asian intelligence group had passed the sex film to the American CIA in
Australia who had then given it to ASIO.
’“Now firstly, you need to know that
even though I did not start dealing with Morrie until 1981 I had already met
him.
I had been introduced to him by mutual friends in 1979 and I can tell you
this beyond a shadow of a doubt that Morrie knew as I did that the blackmailing
of Hamer had nothing to do with Garrick Gray or the casino.
“I say this
because it was one of those mutual friends who was a source of information on
Hamer being blackmailed. He was not the only source for me but he certainly
carried a lot of weight,
“I also know for certain that Morrie was told as
I was, that the blackmailers had been CIA agents – it was them that
commissioned the film not Garrick Gray or anybody connected with him.
“I
accept the allegations made by the informants and believe it was quite correct
that he was filmed having sex with an Asian girl in the hotel room and it was
indeed in Pusan, South Korea. I frankly couldn’t care less how many girls were
involved, what mattered, leaving aside any moral questions of paedophilia, was
that he was being blackmailed and according to the informants it was costing
the State money.
“In saying this I am not trying to make light of the
moral aspects of the matter. As I told you in my letter dated the 15th of
February his behaviour was appalling, but the reality is that he could not be
prosecuted.
“What was also alarming was that despite all the efforts made
by people to break the grip of the blackmailers the situation
continued.
“It was also nonsense to talk in terms of the film being passed
by “An Asian intelligence group . . . to the American CIA in
Australia who had then given it to ASIO”.
“As I understand it the film
was never in the hands of an Asian intelligence group. The people who made the
film according to my informants were Korean criminals who had been commissioned
by corrupt CIA agents.
“The film was then passed back to them but it was
never in the hands of anybody in ASIO in the sense that the matter was under
their control and Hamer was safe.
“According to my informants an attempt
by honest ASIO agents to investigate the allegations failed and inquiries into
the matter were suppressed.
“When Morrie and I started dealing with one
another in 1981 I asked him about the story that appeared
in Truth because I was annoyed on the one hand and puzzled on the
other. I knew my informant had told Morrie the truth and I couldn’t understand
how such a jumbled version of events could have been published.
"Morrie
defended himself by saying that you had to be careful what you said, which was
quite true, nobody felt like putting their head in a noose, but he also added
that at the time the story was published he wasn’t sure of the truth. He knew
Hamer was being blackmailed but he wasn’t certain who was responsible.
"He claimed that the informant hadn’t been as forthcoming as he had been with
me until after the story was published. It was a defence that probably had a
lot of truth in it, but I still found the situation irksome.”
THE QUOTE FROM THE LETTER TO SONIA HORNERY ENDS.
[EDITORIAL NOTE: In my letter to Sonia Hornery I wrote: “When Morrie and I
started dealing with one another in 1981 I asked him about the story that
appeared in Truth because I was annoyed on the one hand and puzzled
on the other. . ." but, I must admit that it is possible I started
dealing with Morrie in the last half of 1980, not 1981 as I told Sônia.
It's a long time ago and it's not so easy now to be certain about dates.]
But the story that appeared in The Truth on the 08th of March 1980 was
misleading. For a start the paragraph on the front page was wrong. It
read:
“Some casino opponents are spreading rumours that the Mafia has blackmailed a
high-ranking Liberal MP over a film showing him having sex with teenage girls
in an Asian hotel.”
Before proceeding with my comments about Hamer, I should explain that at the
time the state government was considering a proposal for the building of a
casino in Melbourne.
CASINO SYNDICATE HEADED BY GARRICK GRAY
The proposal, which was first floated in 1979, was being promoted by a
syndicate headed by a solicitor called Garrick Gray – a leading tax lawyer.
Morris Williams, myself, and others, including several politicians and some
journalists were opposed to the proposal, not just because of grave concerns
about Gray’s character, but on principle. We rejected the idea of a casino.
I did so for religious reasons - gambling is forbidden in Islam - and I know
that some others were strongly against it. Allah (subhanahu wa
ta’ala - glory be to Him, the Most High) states explicitly in Surah
Al-Ma'idah Ayah 90 that "Intoxicants, gambling, idols, and drawing
lots for decisions are all evil of Satan’s handiwork".
The full quotes for Ayah 90-91 are:
90: O believers! Intoxicants, gambling, idols, and drawing lots for
decisions are all evil of Satan’s handiwork. So shun them so you may be
successful.
91: Satan’s plan is to stir up hostility and hatred between you with
intoxicants and gambling and to prevent you from remembering Allah and praying.
Will you not then abstain?
The quotes are from quran.com. The translator is Dr Mustafa Khattab. The link
to the relevant Ayat is Surah Al-Ma'idah 90-91.
To exacerbate the matter, if we did raise the casino issue and express our
opposition, we were accused of being wowsers.
See the brief story from The Age
dated 07th of August 1980. As usual I have attached a full-page so the story
can be seen in context plus the article itself. The links are anti-wowser FP and anti-wowser ST.
In my page Garrick Gray - solicitor I have detailed some of the
background to the establishment of a casino in Melbourne. I have done so partly
because I believe that the casino issue was used to cover up the allegations
that Hamer was being blackmailed.
If anybody raised the blackmail allegations, then attempts would be made to
discredit them by saying that they were opposed to the casino and were simply
trying to tarnish Hamer’s name.
To the best of my knowledge no opponents of the proposed casino – including
Morrie and me – had claimed that the Mafia was blackmailing Hamer by using the
film that was alleged to have been made of him having sex with a child in a
hotel room in Pusan South Korea.
As way of explanation, I add that Gray had been accused of having ties with the
Gambino family – an infamous Mafia outfit based in New York. Even though I
believe the allegations were true it was all but impossible to prove it,
especially to the point where a court would uphold any such accusations.
Gray loved to threaten opponents with legal action, and it was essential not to
leave yourself exposed to a writ.
Gray sold Nine Darling Street reception rooms in mid-1979. From what I recall
the visit, or raid if you wish to call it that, by the police on the premises
took place in either 1977 or 1978, but I must admit I cannot now be certain of
the exact date.
Copies of a story published in The Age on the 04th of August 1979 about Gray,
headed ‘The man who raised the casino cash’ are attached. It includes a
reference to the sale of Nine Darling Street. The links are The
Age Gray Casino cash 04 August 1979 FULL PAGE and The Age Gray Casino
cash 04 August 1979 STORY, but I have added a third link - a close up of the story - because I find it difficult to read some of the text on my laptop. The link is 04 August 1979 ST ENL.
[EDITORIAL NOTE: THERE IS AN INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN EARLIER COPY I WROTE IN
APRIL 2024 AND TEXT I WROTE RECENTLY, WHICH IS PROBABLY ACCOUNTED FOR BECAUSE
I'M TIRED FROM BEING ILL AND AS A RESULT, I AM FORGETFUL.
ON THE 14TH OF APRIL 2024 I WROTE: "Gray's position had been further
weakened when at one stage it became known that he and Patterson used to play
poker together at Nine Darling Street - reception rooms owned by Gray in South
Yarra - and that on one occasion during a 'visit' by police Gray and Patterson
had been found to be in the company of known criminals."
RECENTLY I WROTE: ". . . the police raided Nine Darling Street while
Gray and his associates were playing poker, but no charges were laid because
there was no money on the table.
I cannot now recall with certainty, but I think there were two raids. Even
though there was no money on the table the police took the names of all those
present.
It was said the police were acting on a tip off about the poker games, but tip
offs can work two ways and there is no doubt that Gray knew about the raids in
advance. I believe that warning came from Jeff Patterson. That was why there
was no money on the table.
From what I recall Patterson was not present at the reception rooms when the
raids took place. "]
Gray's dead now but while he was alive, he was a formidable presence in the
Hamer years and his determination to establish a casino carried a lot of weight
in certain quarters.
The revelation that Patterson, had been linked to the mafia family headed
up by Carlo Gambino, not only damaged Gray but later also Hamer, when he
was under fire from some members of the Liberal Party because of the tensions
surrounding the allegations he was being blackmailed.
Even though most MPs were unaware of the specific allegations against Gray they
had heard rumours he was corrupt and that didn’t sit well with some of them
For more about Gray see my story Garrick Gray - solicitor.
WILLIAMS PERSECUTED BECAUSE OF HAMER ALLEGATIONS
I have written above: “There is no doubt that Morrie was persecuted because of
the allegations. He had the strength of character - the moral fibre - to tell
the truth and speak up about Hamer being blackmailed and was vilified by other
members of the Liberal Party for doing so.”
Because I am so weak physically from being ill - I was discharged from the
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPA) only recently, Tuesday the 31st of March
2026 - I have copied an extract from a statement that I dropped from this
website on the 14th of April 24.
It deals with two issues, one concerning the Alexopoulos brothers, Con and
Athur, who operated night clubs in Prahran, Melbourne, and the second about the
murder in 1977 of Donald Mackay in Griffiths, NSW.
Even though I am satisfied that Morrie was intentionally fed false information
about the Mackay murder as part of a payback for telling the truth about Hamer
being blackmailed, I am not sure what happened with his information about the
Alexopoulos brothers, nor do I know how he got it.
There is no doubt he was flustered during his speech about the Alexopoulos
brothers, but I simply don't know whether or not he was intentionally fed false
information that was designed to discredit him.
WILLIAMS FED FALSE INFORMATION ABOUT MACKAY'S MURDER
In a speech of the 25th of May 1982 to the Legislative Assembly, Williams made
false claims concerning the murder of anti-drugs crusader Donald Mackay in
Griffith in 1977.
He alleged that Mike "the Enforcer" Rizzetelo an alleged mobster
from the United States, had murdered Mackay, allegations that were
palpably false. Williams’ credibility was left in tatters.
Please note that James Frederick Bazley was convicted in 1986 of conspiracy to
murder Donald Mackay. A link to the Wikipedia article about Donald Mackay
is: DONALD MACKAY WIKIPEDIA.
The claims made by Williams about Donald Mackay’s murder had nothing to do with
James Frederick Bazley.
The circumstances surrounding Williams' speech to the House were troubling.
Morrie had not told me he had received information about Mackay's murder. I
only learned that he was planning to make the speech from another source -
Donald Saltmarsh - a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), who was friends
with him. Saltmarsh can be viewed on Wikipedia: DONALD SALTMARSH
WIKI.
I immediately went to Parliament to confront Morrie about the
matter. Going up the stairs of Parliament, I bumped into an officer from
the Victoria Police Bureau of Criminal Intelligence (BCI) who had heard the
same rumour - that Morrie was planning to reveal the name of Donald Mackay's
murderer. I don't know, but I suspect that the officer's source for the rumour
was Donald Saltmarsh. The officer asked me if I knew who the informant was and I told him I didn't
know, but I was going to try to find out.
The reality is I feared for Morrie. I knew how hot-headed he could be and how
he sometimes failed to check out the veracity of information he had received.
I confronted him in his office and asked who the informant was. He brushed me
off and refused to discuss the matter, except to say that it was a former NSW
police officer.
I pointed out that we were supposed to trust one another and he should confide
in me so I could check out not just the source, but the accuracy of the
information.
It just didn't happen. Instead of trusting me he just kept muttering about
'confidentiality'. It just wasn't good enough.
Williams then went ahead and made the allegations during an address in reply to the Governor's Speech on the 25th of May 1982. Hansard page 231.
His speech about Mackay reads:
“I know that is it a source of some
amusement to Government party members but this man, Rizzetelo, is the man who
shot Donald Mackay, the anti-drug campaigner, in Griffith on 17 July 1977.
Mr Miller - What is your evidence?
Mr WILLIAMS - “This 'man came here in a
private jet with an American entertainer. . . "
I was shocked by the claims made by Williams that Mackay had been murdered
by Rizzetelo and believed them to be wrong. After the speech I
demanded to know how we could contact the informant.
Williams sheepishly confirmed that it had been a former New South Wales
policeman - I had cast doubts on the identity of the informant - and admitted
he had been unable to contact him.
Later attempts at contacting this person, proved all but fruitless and it
became obvious that Morrie had been set up.
Williams had been taken for a ride. The information was completely wrong. I
didn't doubt that he had been set up in an attempt to discredit him. In the
eyes of some people he had had far too much to say over the years, especially
about the allegations that Hamer was not only being blackmailed while he was in
office, but later when he stepped down from parliament.
A copy of a story published in The Age on the 27th of May 1982 headed MLA NAMES
US MAN AS MACKAY'S KILLER is also attached. Once again, there is a copy of the
full page plus a copy of the story. The links are THE AGE 27 MAY 1982
FP and THE AGE 27 MAY 1982 ST.
Obviously sensing that something was wrong, The Age ran another story on the
29th of May 1982 highlighting that the FBI had failed to comment on Williams'
allegations.
ALLEGATIONS AGAINST ALEXOPOULOS BROTHERS: WILLIAMS FLUSTERED
An example of Williams becoming flustered under pressure is an incident in a
speech he made to the House on the 03rd of June 1982 in which under parliamentary
privilege he condemned a member of the Greek community, Con Alexopoulos, for
allegedly being corrupt. It was the second time he had made allegations against
the Alexopoulos brothers, Con and Arthur.
The first time was in the speech he made to the House on the 25th of May 1982
in which he made several allegations about the brothers. A full copy of the
speech as it was reported in Hansard is attached. The link is WILLIAMS
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY 25 MAY 1982.
Note that in the Hansard report for the 25th of May the brothers’ surname was
misspelled as Alexopolous. My understanding of the correct spelling is that
that was reported in The Age stories of the 28th of May, the 04th of June and
the 08th of June, namely Alexopoulos.
His speech in the House on the 03rd of June 1982 was reported in The Age on
Friday the 04th of June. Two copies of The Age story are attached. The first
focuses on the story about Williams’ allegations that Alexopoulos was
corrupt The Age Alexopoulos 04 June 82 and the second attachment is a
copy of the full page so the story can be seen in context. The Age
Alexopoulos full page 04 June 82.
Also attached is the full text of Williams’ speech during the grievance debates
on the 03rd of June. Because it was a long speech in which Williams
covered various matters relating to organized crime, I have spread it over five
pages.
It is not always easy to find one’s way through Hansard. As such I have
provided a link to the relevant page on the parliamentary website which readers
can follow if they wish to read Hansard for themselves. The link
is Parliament of Victoria - Hansard.
If you click on it that will take you to copies of Hansard for the years 1982
to 1984. Parliament describes all those volumes from 1856 to 1999 as
Historical Hansard. Volumes 1999 onward are described simply as Hansard.
Morris Williams speech during the grievance debate can be found in Volume 364
of Hansard.
The links to the speech are:
If you look at the story headed ‘Alexopoulos in shop racket, says MLA’ published in The Age on Friday the 04th of June 1982 you will
see there is a breakout written by Bill Birnbauer headed ‘Chuckles, but
Williams says claims are no joke’.
In the breakout, Birnbauer highlights Williams’ inability to cope and quite
rightly points out that at times he broke into laughter, which was quite
inappropriate given the gravity of the allegations.
Birnbauer reported: “This time he was describing how Mr Con Alexopoulos had
been shot in the legs by a double barrel shotgun. Mr Williams’s amusement,
which drew peals of laughter from Government members, lasted until he
discovered that some of his speech notes had fallen on the floor. ‘Oh dear, oh
dear,’ he said, ‘I can’t even go with these notes.”
Williams’ performance was appalling and did untold damage to his reputation
which had already been seriously impacted by his speech of the 25th of May 82.
What was concerning about Williams’ allegations was that there was no proof
that either Alexopoulos brother was running illegal gambling operations from
185 Russell Street.
In his speech to the House on the 25th of May 1982, Morrie
said: “I inform the Minister for Police and Emergency Services that he ought to make
inquiries tomorrow morning on why the Police Force has not enforced the Supreme
Court judgment of Mr Justice Starke that Arthur Alexopolous should discontinue
running a common gaming house on the second floor of 185 Russell Street,
Melbourne. because a common gaming house is still operating there in defiance
of the order by Mr Justice Starke."
However, it was not enough to rest allegations against Arthur Alexopolous on Mr
Justice Starke's judgement. Morrie needed to be able to prove that such
gambling was ongoing and I don't believe he could do that.
I certainly had no proof of any such activities, but what was true was that a
former tenant at the premises, Peter Paltos, was alleged to have been running
an SP operation there.
Morrie made only an alluding reference to Peter Paltos in his speech of the 25th of May 1982. On page 230 of Hansard he said:
“Among the top men running the gambling
scene in Australia are self-styled betting commissionaire, George Freeman of
Sydney and two Melbourne entrepreneurs, Con and Arthur Alexopolous, brothers
who run a multi-million dollar starting-price interstate betting business. Their
local headquarters are located at 185 Russell Street, Melbourne.
“I inform the Minister for Police and
Emergency Services that he ought to make inquiries tomorrow morning on why the
Police Force has not enforced the Supreme Court judgment of Mr Justice Starke
that Arthur Alexopolous should discontinue running a common gaming house on the
second floor of 185 Russell Street, Melbourne. because a common gaming house is
still operating there in defiance of the order by Mr Justice Starke.
“I remind the House and the Minister for
Police and Emergency Services that the biggest race-fixing and racketeering operations
going on in racecourses both in Melbourne and Sydney are being carried out by
George Freeman, the Alexopolous brothers and another infamous man, Peter
Paltos-Peter the Greek-the biggest race fixer in the country.
What was puzzling was that Williams made only a passing reference to Peter Paltos in his speech. What readers need to understand is that there were two Peter Paltos' - a father and a son - and it was the former who was more heavily involved in the SP operations at 185 Russell Street than the latter.
It is true however that the son was involved - a training ground for him if you like to put it that way.
As I wrote above, while I was living in Pakistan, I was repeatedly harassed. I
believed that harassment was being carried out by CIA agents concerned about my
research into the allegations that Hamer was being blackmailed.
In an attempt to frighten them off - because I knew they would not want me raising any allegations of corruption at all - I wrote a story for MAG in Karachi which
was published on the 26th of April 1990 headed ‘Claims Of Corruption Should Be
Treated Warily’ in which I tried to explain to the Pakistanis that they were
not the only ones facing problems because of high level corruption.
In that story I set out some of the allegations about Peter Paltos but made no
mention of my investigations into the alleged blackmailing of Hamer. That was a
subject that I felt was too sensitive to be made public without proof.
However, the allegations I had to make were far more comprehensive than those made by Morrie. I directed my ire at the son, Peter Paltos, and wrote:
"To illustrate just how deep the
corruption is let me cite a particular example. Illegal gambling is widespread at home [in Australia} and at one stage a man called Peter Paltos who was involved in the illegal gambling industry was granted a licence to run a cabaret called the Top Hat by a late state politician, Sir Arthur Rylah.
"Rylah had been friends with Paltos’ father who had been working as an SP-a popular term for a man who is an illegal bookmaker. As you know gambling on horse races is lawful in Australia and today people are allowed to bet both on the
course and off the course. But originally punters were only allowed to bet at the race-track
with registered bookmakers.
"An SP was an unlicensed bookmaker
who operated off the course. In the days when the Australian currency was still pounds, shillings and pence—today it is the dollar—Paltos’ father was making weekly settlements of £1000
a week. A very large sum of money at the time.
"The word
settlement means the amount of money one bookmaker owes another after he has
been laying off – that is passing on bets to colleagues to try to minimise his
losses if a particular horse wins.
"Paltos had got the cabaret licence through
influence and was not entitled to it. And it became a case of the initial
corruption being perpetuated and spreading.
As I wrote above, Williams made mention of Peter Paltos on page 230 of his speech of the 25th of May - his address-in-reply to the Governor's Speech - but
failed to elaborate on the allegations against him.
If he had done so he may have been far more successful than targeting the Alexopoulos brothers. There was a welter of evidence against the Paltos duo compared to the dubious evidence that Morrie raised in the House on the 25th of May and the 03rd of June 1982.
If Morrie wanted to cite Mr Justice Starke's order that Arthur Alexopolous should discontinue running a common gaming house on the second floor of 185 Russell Street, he had to be reprepared to present concrete evidence to the House that he was continuing to do so.
As for his speech on the 03rd of June 1982 in which he utterly alienated journalists by claiming that Con Alexopoulos had been shot in the legs I frankly think Morrie's claims were false and he had again been fed false information as part of the ongoing campaign to discredit him because he told the truth about Hamer being blackmailed.
The stories I wrote for Dawn in Karachi headed 'So, you don’t like Pakistan,
eh?' parts one and two published on the 05th and 12th of January 1990
respectively, were also written for the same reason - to try to frighten off
Allah's enemies.
It had become obvious the CIA was trying to bring me down, but there was no-one
to turn to for help. People had been alienated by all the stories circulated
about me - that I was a Qadyani or a paedophile - and I just felt it was
hopeless trying to reach out to anyone. The stories I wrote for Dawn are also attached to my page 'Living in Pakistan'.
Needless to say, I am not a Qadyani, nor a paedophile, nor a Communist - that
one came up from time to time - nor a Shia. I am just what I say I am. A revert
in 1983 to Islam - the straight path of the Sunnis, who follows the Hanafi
school.
TO BE CONTINUED:
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REMEMBER RAID(S) ON NINE DARLING STREET.
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