Note on slanderous and libelous information on the internet concerning the reputation, activities and family of Johannes Prinz von Sachsen-Altenburg ("Hans").
Verification is hereby offered to internationally recognized law enforcement agencies, that certain material regarding the reputation, activities and family of Hans Prinz von Sachsen-Altenburg, as published on the internet during the years 2005-2008 by a Mr. David John Mapley, or a series of aliases, (hereafter: "Mapley") and by people known or presumed to work in association with said Mr. Mapley, are slanderous and libelous with the intent to discredit the Hans Prinz von Sachsen-Altenburg for various purposes as explained herein and to extort substantial sums of money from him and/or a TV company under his control.
Hans supports basic human rights of free speech and expression of opinion on a worldwide basis.
Sadly, some individuals, among them fugitives from the law and without verifiable addresses, exploit such freedoms for the purpose of blackmail, enrichment, and personal pleasure. Certain individuals, roaming from one country to another one, hide their own activities behind false names, false or non-existing companies, and/or anonymity. Sometimes they derive their authority from 'facts' fabricated by themselves posing as journalists, governmental employees, bearers of insider knowledge.
Equally sadly, such persons may from time to time enjoy the protection by corrupt government officials who use their 'services' to malign political opponents, attorneys, judges, business competitors and others. By providing them with different identities, alibis, passports, protection from prosecution and/or financial rewards, such persons may act on an international scale by using the internet. They escape prosecution for lack of a verifiable domicile and by hiding in a country that provides such corrupt and evasive protection. They seem not unknown to law enforcement authorities in several countries.
Having obtained a controlling interest in a local newspaper in Georgia, Mapley used this publication to cause the spreading of rumors and false information under the guise of investigatory journalism. By his covert cooperation with corrupt government officials, he aided their attempts to suppress opposition. Mapley and his group appear to have a track record of the same pattern.
In and after 2005, Mapley continued to use stationary of Shimoda Resources Holdings in communication with the President of Georgia and the Georgian IRS when maligning victims and in trying to extort funds.
Shortly thereafter, Mapley seems to have appeared in the country of Georgia and received the protection of certain government officials. Many of said government officials, including a president, several prime ministers, other ministers and prosecutor general have since been found guilty of corruption or are awaiting trial upon extradition from countries where they found refuge.
As revealed under the laws of the U.S.A. in a report to the SEC, Form 10-KSB, by the U.S. based corporation Shimoda Resources Holdings (which had no revenues and no stock trading during the reporting period), David Mapley as CEO, President, and Director had been detained in 2003, and the Chief Financial Officer, Secretary, and Treasurer were under investigation for unauthorized removal of funds.
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In 2005, following the arrest of television journalists who had aired dissenting and critical opinions, Hans acquired a controlling interest of a non-governmental TV company in Georgia. The government at the time appears to have presumed Hans to direct his company to support the political opposition. They may have come to that conclusion because he and several attorneys in his law firm had filed criminal complaints and civil lawsuits on behalf of their clients against persons and companies supportive of the government at the time. The charges included illegal expropriation, corruption, violation of human rights, constitutional violations, violations of international treaties ratified by the country of Georgia, and the like. Hans was never politically active, but strongly supported the introduction of the rule of law in Georgia based on American and Western European standards. Selected TV shows were sponsored or supported by USAID, The American Bar Association, and through special funding from the U.S. Embassy at Georgia.
Both for his personal financial gain and his political protectors, Mapley appears to have become a willing instrument in the attempt to neutralize said television station and Hans personally, whose attorneys began to file complaints against the government of Georgia in domestic courts and the European Court of Human Rights on behalf of their clients. One example included the wrongful imprisonment of journalists without a valid court order (ECHR Case 1704/06 Judgement against Georgia).
In order to disrupt the operation of the TV station on behalf of his protectors, Mapley pretended a desire to acquire a participation in said TV company, then the entire company. He never concluded a purchase contract as required by law. As part of the attempt to silence and threaten both the TV company and the law firm, a series of false information was placed on the Internet.
The information placed on the Internet is in every detail false and libelous.
Hans has never been accused of any of the purported wrongdoings, has never been wanted by any law enforcement agency, and travels freely worldwide.
Mapley has never filed any civil lawsuit against Hans in any country. A fictitious criminal complaint filed against Hans in the country of Georgia was immediately dismissed as false.
Further investigation about Mapley and his group revealed a series of similar activities in Georgia, Canada, and other countries. Mapley's particular activity pattern includes becoming a part owner of, or consultant to, a company, then to advise on the possibility of tax evasion or avoidance by legal constructions with offshore countries, foremost the Cayman Islands, and then to exert pressure on said company officials for payments or personal advantages in return for NOT informing the government authorities and the IRS of the company's home country. Mapley had suggested these steps for Hans' companies but fell upon deaf ears, of course.
Another Georgian company alleged Mapley to have engaged in ‘financial machinations and fraud’, pressure to ‘move the company to an offshore zone’, disseminating false information to others including the President of Georgia and the IRS, (who concluded that 'Mapley’s accusations were groundless.’) A court judgment (2/8600-2006 TCC, 16 March 2007, res judicata, enforcement order issued 02 May 2007) confirmed
‘that John Mapley disseminated libelous information by newspaper.’
Mapley occasionally and falsely tends to claim or allude to be intimately associated with the CIA, U.S. Dept of Defense, U.S. Chambers of Commerce, Foundations, etc. In 2006 he claimed to have a ‘high-level U.S. military security clearance’.
Hans Prinz von Sachsen-Altenburg will make an extensive file on Mapley and his group is available to law enforcement authorities upon request.
Reference is hereby made to recent activities of said Mr. David Mapley leading to his dismissal from the Board of Directors, legal claims lodged against him and others, and the stock trading of said corporation to be suspended, purportedly because of his activities. Further information may be obtained from:
Asia Pacific Gold Mining Investment Ltd., New Brunswick, Canada,
Hans has not been and is not a party to this information which has been obtained from published information and is provided here solely for the sake of reference.