Corruption
Najib Razak has done a marvelous job in exorcising his corruption and money laundering, which had cost Malaysia tens of billions of dollars. As of June 30, 2021, even after having repaid RM12.54 billion of 1MDB’s debt and RM3.8 billion of SRC’s debt, the “outstanding debt” (principal and interest for bonds, sukuk and term loans) amounted to […]
... written on Oct 17 2021Mahathir Mohamad was not only the world’s oldest prime minister, but could easily snatch another trophy as the world’s oldest racist leader alive. Having served twice as Prime Minister of Malaysia, first stint in 1981-2003 and second stint in 2018-2020, the 96-year-old former premier has not lost his remarkable touch in promoting racism and discrimination. […]
... written on Oct 15 2021In a national broadcast on Sunday, Prime Minister Ismail Sabri proudly claimed victory, announcing that Malaysia will allow interstate and overseas travel effective from Monday (Oct 11). However, only 90% of its adult population (along with their children) that have been fully vaccinated will enjoy the freedom, even though those unvaccinated will definitely try their […]
... written on Oct 12 2021United Malays National Organization (UMNO) is on the path of destruction, but the political party hasn’t realized it, thinking the worst is over after the May 2018 General Election, where it lost power for the first time in 61 years since independence in 1957. Now that it is back to power through a series of […]
... written on Oct 11 2021Following the collapse of Melaka state government on Monday (Oct 4), Governor Ali Rustam swiftly agreed with Chief Minister Sulaiman Md Ali, who had effectively lost his majority support, to dissolve the state legislative assembly. This means a state election must be held within 60 days. But the way Mr Sulaiman lost his power is […]
... written on Oct 07 2021More than 600 journalists from 150 media outlets in 117 countries were involved in the biggest journalism partnership in history to investigate and uncover financial secrets of 35 current and former world leaders, 336 high-level politicians and public officials in 91 countries. The battalions of journalists had to comb nearly 3 terabytes of data, which […]
... written on Oct 04 2021First, Prime Minister Ismail Sabri said the RM30 million renovation of the Prime Minister’s official residence – Seri Perdana – was done after taking into consideration safety factors and to uphold the country’s image when welcoming foreign guests. The renovation includes electrical improvement, mechanical wiring, air-conditioning systems and structural renovation. The scope of the […]
... written on Sep 30 2021More than 500,000 people travel across the Johor-Singapore Causeway every day, making it one of the busiest overland border crossings in the region. An average 300,000 Malaysian crossed the border daily to work in Singapore, lured by a favourable exchange rate. At today’s currency rate, it’s like earning Australian dollar (or US dollar in 2013). […]
... written on Sep 28 2021When Sabrina Meng Wanzhou, the CFO of Huawei Technologies and the daughter of Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei, was finally on her way back home to China on a charter flight arranged by the Chinese government , she could not control her emotion. After all, she had been detained for almost 3 years, despite living in […]
... written on Sep 26 2021Everything appeared to be rosy after the Barisan Nasional government was stunningly defeated in the May 2018 General Election. For the first time in 61 years since independence in 1957, the extremely corrupt coalition had lost power. Prime Minister Najib Razak, plagued with 1MDB scandal, could not believe the results as his advisers and surveys […]
... written on Sep 23 2021
