Archive for December, 2019
Accusations of favouritism and hypocrisy – even evil conspiracy – have been slapped on Mahathir Mohamad, the oldest prime minister in the world. That was the anger and displeasure expressed by netizens on social media over the double standard practised by the prime minister after premier-in-waiting Anwar Ibrahim was accused of committing sexual assault. […]
... written on Dec 15 2019After Indonesian budget airline Lion Air Flight 610 crashed on Oct 29, 2018, killing 189 people, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) scrambled to investigate. The air safety regulator did nothing until a second crash involving Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 on Mar 10, 2019, killing all 157 people on board, including passengers from 35 nations. By […]
... written on Dec 13 2019Oil giant Saudi Aramco priced its IPO (initial public offering) at 32 riyals (US$8.53) per share last Thursday, marking the biggest share listing in history – beating Alibaba’s record US$25 billion listing in 2014. In essence, Aramco will become the world’s most valuable publicly traded company. Still, the IPO fell short of Saudi Crown Prince’s […]
... written on Dec 10 2019As Trump administration scrambles to shield Saudi Arabia from an unexpected attack by a Saudi national at a U.S. Navy base in Florida, the memory of September 11, 2001 attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda against the United States re-emerges. Of the 19 hijackers of the 9/11 attacks, 15 of them were from Saudi […]
... written on Dec 09 2019When prime minister-in-waiting Anwar Ibrahim said he was a patient man, but there was a limit to it, he was sending a message to Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. When he warned – “Don’t test me” – he was sending a message to his traitor deputy Azmin Ali. Anwar’s statements two days ago were unleashed as […]
... written on Dec 07 2019When Ahmad Zahid Hamidi was slapped with 47 charges of criminal breach of trust (CBT), money laundering and corruption involving RM124 million, it was already a record. At that time, his former boss Najib Razak was just facing 32 charges while wife Rosmah Mansor 17 charges. The charges against former prime minister Najib has since […]
... written on Dec 05 2019As part of the ongoing trade war with China, Donald Trump thought it would be a great idea to start a tech war with the Chinese as well. It would put tremendous pressure on President Xi Jinping to negotiate and surrender to the terms to be dictated by the United States. The target – Huawei […]
... written on Dec 04 2019Mahathir’s previous policy of allowing so-called “minimal and manageable” corruption among the warlords of UMNO, the dominant political party he once led, has proven more damaging than anticipated. The tentacles of corruption have not only spread deep into government and private institutions, but also within government agencies founded to protect the poor Malay community. […]
... written on Dec 03 2019London Bridge Terrorism – UK Was Naive To Think Radicalized Terrorists Could Be Easily Rehabilitated
Will they ever learn? In yet another terrorist attack, two innocent people were killed at the north end of London Bridge on Friday by 28-year-old Usman Khan, a man who was convicted in 2012 for terrorism. Three others – a man and two women – were also injured and remain in hospital. The terrorist, armed […]
... written on Dec 02 2019
