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Defiant Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim thought he was clever and invincible when he deliberately met with Hamas political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh during his 3-day visit in Qatar. He wanted to send a message to Washington that even if Malaysian banking system was helping the terrorist org
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Regardless whether you belonged to Baby Boomers (born from 1946 to 1964), Generation X (born from 1965 to 1980) or Millennials (born from 1981 to 1996), you can't run away from something called credit card debt. Consumers love using credit cards, but at the same time hate paying off outstanding debt
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Here's how to win a soccer game - score more goals than your rival, or watch your enemy score own goals (ignore penalty shoot-out). The result is out and the Democratic Action Party (DAP) Pang Sock Tao has won the Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election with a 3,869 vote majority. DAP, a component of Pakatan
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If DarSa Fried Chicken (DFC) is trying to replace Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), it should close shop now before it goes bust. Chances are it will fail miserably. Even before the local restaurant could make profits, it has already violated all business ethics. It is not price competitive, does not re
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In a desperate effort to buy votes, especially from fellow Malay Muslims of whom 80% did not vote for Anwar Ibrahim in the last November 2022 General Election, the Malaysian Prime Minister announced a record hike in civil servants’ salary of more than 13%. He bragged on Labour Day that the RM10 bi
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Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim appears to have chicken out from Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election. Now, Selangor Menteri Besar (Chief Minister) Amirudin Shari is the poster boy after Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil hinted that Anwar would not be present during the campaign for the largest constituenc
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Antony Blinken's visit - his second to China is less than a year - is the clearest proof that the U.S. Secretary of State was sent to beg the Chinese again. But as expected, nothing can be achieved from such visits as long as Washington arrogantly thinks it could tell Beijing what China can or canno
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About 40,000 people in Kuala Kubu Baharu will go to the polling stations again on May 11 to vote for a new assemblyperson. The largest constituency in the state of Selangor will see a four-cornered contest following the death of its three-term assemblywoman Lee Kee Hiong from the Democratic Action P
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A Canadian-American professor of political science, Bruce Gilley's alma mater included University of Toronto (B.A.), University of Oxford (M.Phil) and Princeton University (PhD). From Bachelor of Arts in economics and international relations to Master of Economics, he then received his PhD in poli
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Unable to accept the reality that a Chinese company could develop a highly popular app called TikTok, the United States has been trying everything in its power to control it. ByteDance now has two options - either sell it to American owners, or get ready to be banned. The Senate voted 79 to 18 after
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October 29th, 2018 by financetwitter
The interview started with a warm-up question - why did the people of Malaysia decide they wanted a change after 6-decade under Barisan Nasional government. Najib responded by claiming that his regime lost because of first, false promises by the opposition and second, propaganda war unleashed. Perha [...]
October 27th, 2018 by financetwitter
Najib Razak appears to be a step closer to spending years in prison. The ex-prime minister has consistently denied any wrongdoing since the 1MDB scandal erupted in 2015. He has claimed the US$681 million (popularly known by Malaysians as RM2.6 billion) deposited in his personal bank account were a d [...]
October 26th, 2018 by financetwitter
Former premier Najib Razak and former Treasury secretary-general Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah were jointly charged with six counts of Criminal Breach of Trust (CBT) involving government funds worth RM6.6 billion yesterday. They were alleged to have committed the offences between Dec 2016 and Dec 201 [...]
October 25th, 2018 by financetwitter
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday there was evidence to show that Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was the victim of a "cruel, violent murder." Coming from the mouth of Erdogan, the leader of the second-largest military force in NATO (after the U.S.), it speaks volumes the serio [...]
October 24th, 2018 by financetwitter
We know Ahmad Zahid Hamidi was a thug. Not only the Java-migrant was a gangster, he was also a bloody coward mugger. That explains why his family, obviously terrified and panicked after being slapped with 45 charges, had resorted to coaching his own 9-year-old granddaughter Sofee to unleash threats [...]
October 23rd, 2018 by financetwitter
Hishammuddin Hussein, the cousin of disgraced ex-premier Najib Razak, has been keeping a low profile since the corrupt Barisan Nasional government he was part of lost its power in May polls. While his colleague, ex-deputy PM Zahid Hamidi, eagerly wanted the UMNO presidency, Mr. Hishammuddin cleverly [...]
October 22nd, 2018 by financetwitter
Armed with 49 seats in parliament and 4-million votes in the May 9th general election, UMNO should theoretically be a force to be reckoned with. Although the Malay Nationalist party had lost its power for the first time in 61 years, it has nevertheless become the biggest opposition party. UMNO could [...]
October 20th, 2018 by financetwitter
In what appears to be yet another U-turn, President Donald Trump acknowledged that Jamal Khashoggi is likely dead. And the president has once again said he will consider "very severe consequences" for the oil rich U.S. ally Saudi, reversing his earlier defence of the House of Saud that news media we [...]
October 19th, 2018 by financetwitter
Zahid has finally been charged with multiple criminal breach of trust (CBT), abuse of power and money laundering, and he is already looking at 45 charges altogether. But this is just the beginning for the UMNO president. The authorities have not even slapped him with charges related to 1MDB yet. It [...]
October 18th, 2018 by financetwitter
Initially, Trump promised "severe punishment" for Saudi Arabia if the United States determined that Saudi agents were responsible in the gruesome murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. But in a sudden twist, the U.S. president has since suggested an alternative theory - rogue killers, not Crown Princ [...]
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