Military
Former general Prabowo Subianto lost to Joko Widodo in the 2014 Indonesian presidential election, capturing only 46.85% popular vote. President “Jokowi” Joko Widodo won more than 8 million votes. This year, Mr. Prabowo again tried his luck. The voter turnout – 81.93% – the highest in Indonesian presidential electoral history, saw Jokowi slaughtered Prabowo again […]
... written on May 23 2019In what appears to be a hit below the belt and a coordinate attacks against China in the second phase of a trade war between the Middle Kingdom and the U.S., Trump has banned Huawei. The U.S. president’s executive order effectively prohibits U.S. companies from selling semiconductors to (or buying technological equipment from) the China’s […]
... written on May 21 2019Hishammuddin Hussein, the cousin of Najib Razak, the former prime minister who faces a total of 42 charges of criminal breach of trust (CBT), money laundering and abuse of power linked to 1MDB, was once a rising star groomed to become Malaysia’s next leader. After all, he belongs to the “bangsawan class” of politicians or the […]
... written on May 15 2019We hope we don’t have to write an article entitled – “Congrats Mahathir, Suicide Bombers Inspired by Zakir Naik Wrecks Havoc in Malaysia.” And we certainly hope the U.S. will not slap Malaysia as “High-Risk” country for American travellers due to widespread terrorist attacks. The last things PM Mahathir can afford are foreign investors and […]
... written on May 14 2019As people continue to digest the fact that at least 290 people were killed, including at least 39 foreign tourists, and more than 500 injured in a series of suicide bombs tore apart churches and hotels across Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, questions have been raised if the radical Muslim extremists could have been stopped before they […]
... written on Apr 23 2019At least 290 people were killed and more than 500 injured in one of the bloodiest terror attacks in Sri Lanka. Three churches and three luxury hotels were targeted in Colombo, the capital of the Buddhist-majority country that was at war for decades with ethnic minority Tamil separatists, violence that had largely ended about 10 […]
... written on Apr 22 2019Without hidden hands, the Sultanate of Johor would not dare attack Mahathir government so openly. It definitely smells a rat when some nine student activists exposed how a group of four academics from local universities were involved in advising the Conference of Rulers and convinced the monarchies to reject the Rome Statute. The gang […]
... written on Apr 12 2019Brent oil prices rose on Thursday, touching US$70 per barrel for the first time in nearly five months. The crude price has seen a slow but consistent rally from its low of about US$50 a barrel in December last year, thanks largely to supply cuts by OPEC and its non-OPEC partner Russia, not to mention […]
... written on Apr 05 2019Let’s call a spade a spade. Despite the popular mantra of “not all Muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslims”, the Australian gunman who happily killed 50 people is a terrorist. Actually, unlike some fake Muslim Ulama, the 28-year-old Brenton Tarrant didn’t try to be holier than thou. He admitted that what he was […]
... written on Mar 17 2019Two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch have been terrorised on Friday when bullets were sprayed on worshippers attending Friday prayers. Witnesses told media that a man dressed in a military-style, camouflage outfit, and carrying an automatic rifle had entered Masjid Al Noor at about 1:45 p.m. and started randomly shooting people in the […]
... written on Mar 15 2019
