Scandal
Singapore 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 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 2018Just because he grew his beard to look like a holy Muslim man, doesn’t mean Musa Aman can claim innocence under the rule of law. He might escape punishment for his past corruption practice, had he lived in Afghanistan. But under the new government of Pakatan Harapan, his alleged corruption in connection with timber concessions […]
... written on Nov 06 2018For as long as one can remember, Utusan Malaysia, the country’s oldest Malay newspaper had been an obedient propaganda machine of the Prime Minister of Malaysia, who happened to be the president of UMNO, the dominant political party calling the shot behind the Barisan Nasional coalition government. Everything turns upside-down after the May 9th general […]
... written on Nov 05 2018Goldman Sachs, the 149-year-old American investment bank, raised nearly US$6.5 billion in three bond sales between 2012 and 2013 for 1MDB (1Malaysia Development Berhad). More than US$2.5 billion raised from these bonds was misappropriated by high-level 1MDB officials, their relatives and associates, according to U.S. Department of Justice civil lawsuits filed in a U.S. court […]
... written on Nov 02 2018Jamal Khashoggi’s body has yet to be found. There is a chance that it would never be discovered for obvious reason. Saudi Arabia has refused to reveal the location of the journalist’s body despite demands from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. To disclose the location of the body would unveil the brutality of Saudi Crown […]
... written on Nov 01 2018Whenever you hear a powerful UMNO warlord from the “north” is involved in some sort of sex scandal, you can bet your last penny the pervert has to be Shahidan Kassim. Formerly Mentri Besar (Chief MInister) of Perlis state, he has finally stepped forward and publicly admitted to being investigated for allegedly sexually harassing a […]
... written on Nov 01 2018Tommy Thomas was initially rejected as Malaysia’s next Attorney General when Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad proposed his name. Even the “Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Muhammad V (the King)” disagreed with the appointment of the senior lawyer as the country’s top legal adviser. The excuse – not only he isn’t a Malay-Muslim but an ethnic-Indian, he […]
... written on Oct 31 2018Angela Merkel, who has been Chancellor since 2005, announced on Monday that she would not seek re-election when her term expires in 2021. She said – “This fourth term is my last term as Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany. In the next Bundestag election in 2021, I will not run again as Chancellor. […]
... written on Oct 29 2018
