Government
Taiwan-China relations flourished when the KMT (Kuomintang) ruled Taiwan from 2008 to 2016. Interestingly, the Kuomintang was the same ruling party in mainland China until 1949, when it lost the Chinese Civil War to the rival Communist Party. But under Taiwan’s then-president Ma Ying-Jeou, Taiwan enjoyed a friendly relationship with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The relations between […]
... written on Nov 26 2018Social media have been flooded with messages about the Anti-ICERD rally on Dec 8. Supporters of UMNO Malays nationalist party and the PAS Islamist party have been spreading invitations through WhatsApp messenger to everyone to join the wild party. The hidden agenda of the rally is, of course, to overthrow the democratic elected Pakatan Harapan […]
... written on Nov 25 2018Najib son of Razak continues to show he is still the boss, despite being charged at the Session Court today. The defiant crook deliberately refused to enter the “dock” during the case management over his 25 charges of graft and money laundering relating to transactions amounting to RM2.3 billion linked to 1MDB – and there […]
... written on Nov 17 2018In the last 6 months from April to September, Facebook reveals that it removed over 1.5 billion fake accounts. That’s up from 1.3 billion accounts it removed in the previous six months. That speaks volumes just how widespread false content and accounts are on the social media platform. Yet, when it comes to Singapore’s request to […]
... written on Nov 16 2018Dr. Maszlee Malik was never meant to become the Education Minister of the new government that brought down the previous corrupted Barisan Nasional government. Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad wanted the portfolio for himself. Mahathir was actually the first Education Minister – not Maszlee – of the new Pakatan Harapan Government. Mahathir, who announced in […]
... written on Nov 15 2018For as long as one can remember, the previous Barisan Nasional government didn’t care if smart people decided to pack their bags. There were at least 10,000 Malaysians of various ethnic background migrated to Australia in 2016. In June 2014, there were already a staggering 154,000 Malaysia-born in Australia. But Australia wasn’t the only attraction […]
... written on Nov 13 2018Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong suggested on Sunday a general election may be called next year. Calling a general election by 2019, more than a year before his government’s mandate ends in January 2021, means something is brewing for the premier who makes S$2.2 million (US$1.6 million; £1.2 million; RM6.7 million) a year. While […]
... written on Nov 12 2018Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has announced yesterday (Nov 10) that his government would not offer government posts to Mustapa Mohamed, former International Trade and Industry Minister under previous Najib regime and one of UMNO warlords who had jumped ship from the corrupted and racist Malay nationalist party to Mahathir’s Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PPBM). […]
... written on Nov 11 2018On paper, it appeared Musa Aman could easily reclaim his old job as Sabah Chief Minister. Mr. Musa, who has been charged of pocketing US$63.3 million (RM264 million) as bribes in exchange for logging concession contracts to 16 companies and was slapped with 35 charges, has claimed that his dismissal as chief minister was illegal […]
... written on Nov 08 2018You know Donald Trump is in trouble when the boastful president suddenly said he wished he had taken a softer tone in his first two years as POTUS (President of the United States), just before the Democrats snatch the House of Representative from the Republicans. But it’s too late to have regrets as voters have […]
... written on Nov 07 2018
