Corruption
Chennah is supposed to be a 50:50 bet. Trying to predict the outcome in Chennah – comprising 47% Malay, 44% Chinese, 7% Orang Asli and 2% India – is like predicting whether Argentina or Spain would win the 2026 FIFA World Cup. However, if the recently concluded Johor state election is any indicator, the incumbent […]
... written on Jul 26 2026Everyone knows that MCA (Malaysian Chinese Association) president Wee Ka Siong was among the first Barisan Nasional MPs who signed statutory declarations (SDs) backing Muhyiddin Yassin as Prime Minister during the chaotic political deadlock following the November 2022 national polls that produced a hung parliament. MCA is a component party of Barisan Nasional. In […]
... written on Jul 19 2026By hook or by crook, the Democratic Action Party (DAP) must win the upcoming Negeri Sembilan state election. After losing 40% of its seats in the Johor state election on July 11, DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke Siew Fook is under tremendous pressure. Not only he has to retain Negeri Sembilan – his “home ground” – […]
... written on Jul 16 2026You know a government is increasingly authoritarian, corrupt, and arrogant when it starts cracking down on freedom of expression by censoring and blocking independent news portals, blogs, and social media platforms critical of the government. And you know such a dictatorship would lose power soon. It had happened to the Najib government, and it is […]
... written on Jul 13 20261MDB (1Malaysia Development Berhad) still has RM8.9 billion remaining debts, Deputy Finance Minister Liew Chin Tong said on July 9. As at end-June, Malaysia has paid RM42.5 billion for 1MDB-related debts, while recovering RM31.3 billion over the scandal. “If there are no further recoveries, the government will have to absorb RM20.1 billion in losses,” – Liew […]
... written on Jul 10 2026Malaysian Chinese have suddenly become a precious commodity this month. As expected, their value skyrockets every time there is an election. With the political campaign for the Johor state election entering its second half, every politician and political party treats the ethnic Chinese like a diamond, saying the Chinese are the best, the cleverest, the […]
... written on Jul 07 2026Ever wonder why Najib Razak’s lawyer – Muhammad Shafee Abdullah – has suddenly gone silent over a royal pardon and house arrest? Shafee, who had whined, cried, and bitched till foaming at the mouth about the government’s obstruction of a purported “addendum order” by the previous King allowing Najib to serve his jail sentence under […]
... written on Jul 02 2026What goes around comes around – meaning your actions, whether good or bad, will eventually have consequences that return to you. When politicians from Bersatu, Barisan Nasional, PAS, and a splinter faction of PKR met at the Sheraton Hotel on February 23, 2020, all eyes were on Muhyiddin Yassin and Azmin Ali. Both were walking […]
... written on Jun 20 2026Among the 40 DAP Members of Parliament, Hannah Yeoh arguably is the most rewarded lawmaker. Not only Asia Mobility Technologies Sdn Bhd, owned by her husband, was awarded the Selangor’s Demand-Responsive Transit (DRT) controversial billion-ringgit project, but she also received a promotion as the Federal Territories Minister – even though her performance as Minister of […]
... written on Jun 17 2026Before the November 2022 General Election, Bersatu (PPBM or Malaysian United Indigenous Party) and PAS (Parti Islam Se-Malaysia or Malaysian Islamic Party) were great buddies. The relationship between Bersatu president Muhyiddin Yassin and PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang was so close and intimate that it annoyed UMNO terribly. But on Monday night (June 8), […]
... written on Jun 12 2026
