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Ever 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 allowin
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While Malaysia's multi-coalition Unity Government remains intact at the federal level, the United Malays National Organization (UMNO), a governing partner, is waging selective wars in its strongholds that are threatening to expose the fragility and weakness of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s admin
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You don’t actually have to win your match to reach the knockout stage at the FIFA World Cup. At a time when Asian soccer giant South Korea failed to make it, a tiny island with the same population as Maldives but few people knew existed stunningly made it through – without winning a single matc
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UMNO-led Barisan Nasional (BN) may have miscalculated when Johor Chief Minister Onn Hafiz Ghazi arrogantly declared war on Pakatan Harapan (PH). Not only he announced that BN will “go solo”, will contest all 56 seats in the next Johor state election, and will leave no space for cooperation or n
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On May 1, 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) – under Executive Order (E.O.) 13902 - designated three Iranian foreign currency exchange houses and their associated front companies as part of Economic Fury and Treasury’s ongoing efforts to disrup
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One of the easiest gimmicks to scam voters to win elections is to create problems and then pretend to solve them, and voila, people would burst into tears in appreciation and gratitude. Taking away something before giving it back has been one of the oldest tricks used by many parents to handle misb
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What 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
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Among 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 F
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President Donald Trump has said a deal to end fighting between the U.S. and Iran is scheduled to be signed on Sunday (June 14), despite Iran casting doubt on the timing. On Saturday, Pakistan, a key mediator, also said the deal was "likely expected" to be finalized within 24 hours and they were "pr
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Before 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 th
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June 2nd, 2025 by financetwitter
Anwar Ibrahim’s original plan was to weaken Rafizi Ramli – supposedly key strategist – as the 47-year-old deputy president of PKR (People’s Justice Party) has become a threat due to his rising influence. As PKR president Anwar enters his third and final term, the time has come to install hi [...]
May 30th, 2025 by financetwitter
Former Goldman Sach banker Tim Leissner has been sentenced to two years in prison by a judge in a New York court on Thursday (May 29) for his role in the infamous Malaysia's sovereign fund 1MDB scandal. He became a U.S. government witness in the case after his arrest in 2018, and was allowed to rem [...]
May 29th, 2025 by financetwitter
When BYD sneezes, the entire car industry catches a cold. Already the world’s largest Electric Vehicle (EV) maker, the Chinese “Build Your Dream” dropped a bombshell this week when it announced a sweeping price cut of up to 34%. The move sent shock waves not only in China, but also the world. [...]
May 28th, 2025 by financetwitter
As PKR (People’s Justice Party) scrambles to meet and find a new role for Rafizi Ramli, the respected strategist who had just lost his deputy presidency due to nepotism and cronyism in the just concluded party election, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim was caught with his pants down when asked by rep [...]
May 26th, 2025 by financetwitter
With nearly a trillion dollars worth of trade last year, U.S. companies exported more than twice to the EU what they sent to China. In 2024, the U.S. imported about US$606 billion in goods from the European Union and exported around US$370 billion. In comparison, U.S. goods imports from China tota [...]
May 23rd, 2025 by financetwitter
Rafizi Ramli was throwing everything, including the kitchen sink, to express his frustration - even anger - which he had been keeping for the last 30 months. Since becoming the Economy Minister after the Nov 2022 General Election, he has not been able to freely criticize the government because his [...]
May 20th, 2025 by financetwitter
When Standard & Poor's (S&P) lowered America’s AAA credit rating on August 5, 2011 after the 2011 debt ceiling crisis, very few thought it would take another 10 years before Fitch became the second major rating agency to do the same in August 2023 - downgraded United States of America’s [...]
May 18th, 2025 by financetwitter
Who will succeed Anwar Ibrahim as PKR - People’s Justice Party - next president? Two names immediately pop up - the party’s deputy president Rafizi Ramli and Anwar’s eldest daughter, Nurul Izzah. Unfortunately, former PKR deputy president Azmin Ali had become a traitor else he would make a fo [...]
May 16th, 2025 by financetwitter
On May 7, 2025, India launched “Operation Sindoor” in retaliation for a terrorist attack in Indian-administered Kashmir on April 22 that killed 26 people, mostly tourists. Sindoor - vermilion red powder - is a traditional marker applied on the foreheads of married Hindu women. The cod [...]
May 13th, 2025 by financetwitter
After just two days of talks (it was not even a negotiation), an agreement - despite a 90-day validity - has been reached between the United States and China in Switzerland. The best part is President Donald Trump is still waiting for a call from President Xi Jinping. That alone speaks volumes who [...]
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