Cllr Rouf - Unemployed My Arse! Another Labour Liar!

Rouf is yet another Sandwell Labour liar who seemingly has no respect for the law and will shamelessly complete false legal declarations.

It was 10th July, 2014 when I first started to point out to Sandwell Police that Councillors may have been making false declarations on the Register of Interests but they chose - for their own reasons - to do "f" all. I am told that a DS P. Gilece is now dealing with these matters in Birmingham but who can say? Perhaps as with Sandwell Police another few months will go by (and, who knows, perhaps even an election) before we find out that it has all been "shelved".

Firstly, we had the Liar Cashmore. Then we had the discrepancy - which has yet to be resolved - with Cllr "Fudgy" Meehan. Then there was the BIG ONE - Deputy Leader Mahboob Hussain - who "forgot" to register his and his wife's shareholdings in a firm that won a share of two multi-million pound taxi contracts. (There is a further blog in preparation about the taxi contracts).

To make a false declaration in the register IS A CRIMINAL OFFENCE. I gave Sandwell Police and the Chief Constable of West Midlands the precise statutory provisions. Even the documents these liars have signed SAYS IT IS but it seems West Midlands Police now have the power to decide which bits of law they want to enforce and which bits they do not. (Remind them of that next time you get pulled over for a minor traffic matter and see how far YOU get!)

And now we have Councillor Mohammad Rouf. In recent blogs I have pointed out that Rouf has claimed to be unemployed. Indeed his compassionate Labour comrades have even sorted him a council house (even though he has apparently "sold" two properties he used to own). I also pointed out that whilst Rouf was claiming to be unemployed in the Register of Interests at Sandwell Council he was telling Companies House via a separate legal declaration that he was actually self-employed. Which seemed nearer the mark as there were people phoning me to say he was, in fact, a taxi driver in Birmingham.

Well here we go. In 2004 Rouf did declare himself to be a self-employed taxi driver but then started to lie. Here are his declarations of 10/07/2008:

"3. Any employment or business carried on by you"

"None"

"4. Any person or body who employs or has appointed you"

"None"

Well you can't get much clearer than that! But take a look at this! He filled in another legal declaration again just weeks ago dated 25/09/2014. Notwithstanding the spotlight I have put on this subject over the last few months he was obviously confident that Sandwell Police were taking no action on the other cases and that he could continue to lie with impunity. Maybe someone in Sandwell Police told someone in the Council there was nothing to worry about? Thus we get this (there is a new-style form):

"1. Any employment, office, trade, profession or vocation carried on for profit or gain (including employment outside of the Borough of Sandwell)"

"None".

Well Mohammad Rouf has had - and still has - a Private Hire Taxi Licence with Birmingham City Council number P09405. He first had it on 18th December, 2002 and the present licence is valid until 12th January, 2015. Not the sort of thing you forget - unless he is suffering from the same unfortunate affliction as his Councillor relative.

We know the idiot Cooper has lost control (if he ever had it) and that the senior staff at the Council like Jan Britton and Neeraj Sharma will do nothing. Clearly the Police MUST now act on these matters as must HM Revenue and Customs, the DSS etc. How has this bloke been given a council house? What happened to the sale proceeds from other properties? How did his son get the Florence Road plot? Is Rouf involved in the Midnight Pharmacy business? Who is ACTUALLY getting the income from 88 Shireland Road? Is it being declared? Is his taxi income being declared for that matter?

May I take this opportunity to encourage Sandwell Council employees to contact the police with ANY concerns. I hope to be able to supply a direct confidential means of contact shortly via this blog but I can give you some details if you contact me confidentially. There is a huge, pus-ridden, boil festering here. I am trying to lance it. Will you help me?

(I am told Rouf worked for Oak Tree Cars and Falcon Cars at one time or another but any info gratefully received - in confidence).

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