Corruption
Tomorrow’s rally, known as #KL112 (referring to Kuala Lumpur Jan 12th), to be held at Merdeka Stadium from 2pm – 5pm, should be the mother of all rallies considering that it involves some heavyweight NGOs namely Bersih (for clean and fair election), Royalti (for petroleum royalty), Anti-Lynas (to prevent rare earth plant in Gebeng, Kuantan), […]
... written on Jan 12 2013Tax Justice Network estimated a mind-boggling of between USD $21 trillion to USD $32 trillion is sheltered (or rather hidden) in tax havens worldwide. While dirty money or money laundering scheme can be easily made legitimate, the same cannot be said about money plundered via corruption, especially by politicians. You can withdraw a million dollar, […]
... written on Nov 27 2012After Budget 2013, the next biggest entertainment everybody is waiting for is perhaps the annual Auditor-General’s Report, which was deliberately delayed by the Malaysian Government for obvious reason. First of all, the two weeks delay in releasing the highly-anticipated report was to prevent opposition from embarrassing Najib administration since the audit report will reveal tons […]
... written on Oct 07 2012There are good reasons why the opposition does not and should not reveal its shadow cabinet. It would be a suicidal mission to do so in a country like Malaysia whereby racial politics and race-based policies are part and parcel of present government which has been ruling since independence. The moment the shadow cabinet is […]
... written on Oct 02 2012Slightly more than three months ago, I wrote an article about the reasons why you shouldn’t buy a car, at least for now. You can read it here. Basically consumers (yes, that’s you, dude) have been taken for a long ride since the introduction of former premier Mahathir’s pet project, Proton, not that it was […]
... written on Jul 24 2012Just like how Spain proved herself to be the best team in Euro 2012 final by beating Italy 4-0, yesterday’s Chua Soi Lek vs Lim Guan Eng debate 2.0 saw the same result – Guan Eng beats Soi Lek hands down 4-0. And just like how the Spanish finished Italian’s dream via magnificent four – […]
... written on Jul 09 2012Giant Pandas were used as diplomatic gifts for as long as history can remember, dating at least as far back as the 7th century Tang Dynasty, when Empress Wu Zetian sent a pair to the Japanese Mikado Emperor. Just when the pandas thought they won’t get “exported again”, their country did it again in what […]
... written on Jun 16 2012It’s been two weeks since the stunning 250,000 people brave the burning sun demanding for clean elections during Bersih 3.0 rally. Interestingly the topic is still selling like hot potatoes. Actually the rally is still hot news simply because both government and opposition wouldn’t want it to die a natural death. Understandably both sides are […]
... written on May 14 2012Bersih 3.0, perhaps the mother of all rallies before the coming snap election has ended with jaw-dropping reactions from both parties – the organiser and the government. This beast attracted such a huge crowd that even the police, infamous for playing down rallies participant’s number, estimated the number at 25,000. Some government-linked mouth piece toned […]
... written on Apr 29 2012Tomorrow is the Judgement Day for Malaysia PM Najib Razak. The outcome of the Bersih 3.0 rally will determine if he will indeed become the shortest (4-year) serving Prime Minister of Malaysia, the shortest in the history, even shorter than his father who died in office. Tomorrow’s rally will also determine if the people will […]
... written on Apr 27 2012
