Government
Najib Razak has been telling everyone, especially his gullible supporters, that he didn’t steal a single penny from 1MDB (1Malaysia Development Bhd), a sovereign wealth fund which had accumulated a staggering debt of RM50.75 billion. He especially loves the part where he says the US$681 million (RM2.6 billion) found in his personal bank accounts was […]
... written on Mar 15 2022Barisan Nasional has managed to repeat its Melaka state election victory, winning two-thirds majority (40 out of 56 seats) again in the Johor state election on Saturday (March 12), despite scooping only 43.11% of all ballots cast. All the opposition parties grabbed the remaining 16 seats, even though they had won the popular votes (56.89%). […]
... written on Mar 14 2022Is the tearful episode involving single mother Loh Siew Hong, whose three children were converted to Islam without her knowledge, over? It appears not, judging by the MAIPS’ (Perlis Islamic Religious and Malay Customs Council) latest intervention to ensure the underage kids remain converted, despite recent court’s decision to award Loh the full custody of […]
... written on Mar 10 2022When Muhyiddin Yassin betrayed his friends and allies in the Pakatan Harapan namely PKR, DAP and Amanah in early 2020, he was on cloud nine. He was actually very proud of himself not because he finally managed to fulfil his ambition to become a prime minister, but because he thought he was a genius, outsmarting […]
... written on Mar 07 2022Najib Razak has every reason to smile, if the feedback from ethnic Chinese during his two recent visits is any indicator. First, the former prime minister visited the Foon Yew High School, the top Chinese independent school in the country. He was given an opportunity to speak at the school, despite being the first Malaysian […]
... written on Feb 28 2022Two UMNO leaders, Ahmad Maslan and Shahrir Samad, were charged with money laundering in January 2020 for having received RM2 million and RM1 million respectively from former Prime Minister Najib Razak. The money was part of at least US$4.5 billion stolen from 1MDB sovereign funds. Both politicians got into trouble for failure to declare the […]
... written on Feb 26 2022Najib Razak, the disgraced former prime minister of Malaysia, is appealing his corruption convictions after being sentenced to 12 years’ jail and fined RM210 million. The High Court delivered the guilty verdict in July 2020 for abuse of power, criminal breach of trust (CBT), and money laundering – all involving RM42 million stolen from SRC […]
... written on Feb 23 2022When China sent two warships – Type 052D destroyer “Hefei” and Type 071 amphibious ship “Jinggangshan” – to deliver aid to Tonga and the Solomon Islands, they had to sail through the Arafura Sea between New Guinea and Australia. The Chinese Navy also knew that the Australian military would not let them pass by without some sort […]
... written on Feb 21 2022PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang knew his Islamist party will be wiped out again, even before the polling begins in the Johor state election. It only won 1 seat during the 2018 General Election. Yet, Hadi has been talking as if his extremist party had won 51 out of 56 seats since the state assembly […]
... written on Feb 19 2022Donald Trump had been booted and Joe Biden has been crowned. The United States has seen a change of its president. Following the footstep of his predecessor, president Biden has continued the tech war against Chinese tech companies. Americans are being banned from investing in Chinese firms, including Huawei, China Mobile and even China General […]
... written on Feb 18 2022
