Ledrog, Richard Kelertas was simply an analyst at Dundee who covered Sino Forest. He was NOT employed by Sino Forest. I noticed how you conveniently placed his name beside Sino Forest in the headline of your post to give the impression that he was involved and employed by Sino Forest and perhaps in the alleged fraud involving Sino Forest. Of course the alleged fraud allegation was perpetuated by Muddy Waters Reasearch, an infamous SHORT SELLER who published the fraud allegations. How convenient. A short seller accuses a company of fraud which sends the company's share price tumbling. Wow.

As for why Allana hired Richard? Maybe asking the company that question would give you a satisfactory answer. Maybe it's because Richard was already covering Allana and was familiar with the comapny and its plans?

Getting back to Muddy Waters, I wonder how many of the bashers on SH actually work for Muddy Waters?

Probably most of them.