Op-Ed Columnist (Sinchew Daily, China Press). Business Specialist on Continental ASEAN, Intel, Cyber Defence. Elected Member of Parliament (2008-2018).
YTL & iBestariNet Nexus
MACC Investigation Division senior director Hishamuddin Hashim has confirmed that the case was being investigated under Section 18 of the MACC Act 2009.
Sources disclosed that MACC conducted raids at a government office and the YTL Communications Sdn Bhd
YTL & iBestariNet
The now-defunct 1BestariNet project has cost taxpayers a total of RM4 billion.
The project was awarded to YTL Communications Sdn Bhd in 2011 by the then education minister Muhyiddin Yassin.
YTL Communications, parked under YTL Power International Berhad
Thailand’s K-pop sensation Lalisa 'Lisa' Manoban sparked a new craze with a photograph of herself in a white shirt and a blue traditional Sinh skirt.
The Sinh skirt is made with Udon Thani’s famous indigo-dyed cotton, 'Pha Fai Mak Clone Yom Kram'.
Sweet and lovely.
Ini dah lebih!
Menteri Nga Kor Ming dengan Datuk Bandar Pulau Pinang Datuk A. Rajendran bersantai di restoran Nasi Kandar Hameediyah di tengah-tengah George Town, tapi semua petak parkir kereta disita untuk menghalang ia diguna orang awam. Berjam-jam.
Akhbar The China Press
Mr PM Anwar. Please dig in on Khazanah.
Khazanah’s 2021 financial statements tell exposed enormous debts vs. returns.
Liabilities: RM47.2 billion, of which RM45.1 billion were borrowings. Assets: RM73.8 billion.
What about Khazanah’s recent sale of the Iskander studios?
Mawla Muhammad Amin, possibly Algerian, claims to be the 38th generational descendant of Prophet Muhammad.
He enters and exits Malaysia using a social pass with French passport.
Home Minister says he's being tracked for possible deviant teachings.
Senyap-senyap Abang Mat.
Bangkok announced today that Malaysia has begun importing eggs from Thailand for the first time to alleviate its acute shortage in the marketplace.
Thailand can produce 43 million eggs per day, 1.5 million of which are destined for export.
Who are the traitors from within?
New Sunday Times asks all the pertinent questions today.
1) Why was China's vessel MV Chuan Hong 68 allowed into Malaysian waters to plunder WWII shipwrecks?
2) Why all MMEA data on the Chinese vessel's border trespassing and anchoring in
Grade 19 Immigration Officer.
Salary below RM4000 a month.
Owner of RR and fleet.
DS&F. Drive Safe and Fast.
Interesting website expose that MACC should check out.
May 24, the Malaysian Ringgit hit new low at 3.41 against the Singapore dollar. Why?
BNM blamed it on external developments such as the US debt ceiling impasse and 'episodes of stress' in the US and European banking sectors.
But Maybank chief forex strategist Saktiandi Supaat
Check on Rafizi's contractors.
A Datasonic Group subsidiary has secured a RM21.26 million from the Economy Ministry to rent out 818 vending machines via the People's Income Initiative (IPR) programme.
Check who's the chairman of Datasonic. Surprise!
Thapanee Kiatpaiboon, in-coming Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) governor, says Lalisa 'Lisa' Manoban's IG post on her recent visit to Ayutthaya wearing a Sinh skirt serves as a form of soft power to promote Thai tourism, culture and products.
Deep state made up of PTD elites?
I was referring to a story in FMT today. Excerpts…
1/
“A group of civil servants aligned with a previous administration is believed to be behind a poison pen letter aimed at discrediting a senior treasury official, says a well-placed
Malam Sabtu: Raptai
Malam Senin: Tan Sri Lim Kit Siang
Teringat juga lagu Broery Marantika…
Malam Senin mulai bertemu
Malam Selasa datang bertamu
Malam Rabu terus merayu
Malam Khamis darling I love you
Malam Jumat terima surat
Yang isinya cinta ditolak
Malam Sabtu tinggal lah
Front-page sensation of the day.
Zero response from Environment authorities nor the relevant minister Nik Nazmi, who had fast-tracked it since his March 12 visit.
Pre-GE15 opposition from Nurul Izzah and her father is now mute.
Gamuda… Hoi hoi ya hoi!
Day 1 of the Kongres Ekonomi Bumiputera 2024.
Afternoon session. Speaker at scene was Mydin boss, Ameer Ali Mydin.
He was made to speak to a near empty hall.
Kipidap!
Media advocate RUSUAH BUSTERS has gone public on the Sungai Bakap buy-election.
RM17,751,284.00 federal grant. & RM 290,000.00 (9 mosques & 20 suraus), all from national coffers.
Calling a spade a spade when wrong is wrong no matter which side is the govt.
Hello... ini Nik Faisal ke?
MACC has successfully brought back an individual — who has been missing since 2018 — from abroad for investigations for the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) and SRC International Sdn Bhd (SRC).
Arrival KLIA2 on May 3 at 3.30am. Private jet ke?
PKR contested 58 seats, won 25 seats, casualty rate: 56.9%.
PKR contested 19 seats in Kedah, Kelantan & Terengganu and lost all. Casualty rate: 100%.
PKR contested 39 seats in Penang, Selangor & NS, won 25 seats.
Casualty rate: 35.9%
DAP contested 47 seats and won 46 seats.
Pasal menteri dan datuk bandar nak bersantai, petak-petak parkir di sepanjang lebuh jalan disita untuk kegunaan VVIP.
DYMM Baginda Agong dan Sultan pun protokol tak macam begini di Pulau Pinang.
Ini dua gambar Sinchew Daily papar di edisi nasional hari ni.
Meluat betoi.
Medan Imbi.
Google “Koo Tee Yam @ Ah Lek” and you’ll get a sneak peek of the ‘Heavenly King”.
Who should move in to nab Mr Someone in DBKL that issued development order to build private real estate on government land... MACC?
The Edge FD 18/1/2019
After Ahmad Zahid, does it mean another DNAA for govt's politician?
DAP Chairman seeks dismissal of his corruption charges linked to Penang's undersea tunnel project.
#Malaysia
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#Post_Polls
What mainstream media don't tell you... Vote tally by the MBs/CM in the recent 6-state elections versus 2018:
1) KELANTAN - Dato' Ustaz Ahmad Yaakob (Pasir Pekan)
PRU14 - 8,352 majoriti
PRN15 - 12,811 majoriti
2) TERENGGANU - DS Dr Ahmad Samsuri
Total No. of seats Umno contested: 108
Won: 20
Lost: 88
Casualty Rate: 81.5%
Takeaway:
1) Umno needs to check on the relevance of its leadership, and
2) Anwar needs to review his reliance on Umno to gain traction in Malay heartland.
Justice after 7 years!
The Court of Appeal has imposed death sentence on 6 former National Defence University (UPNM) students for murdering navy cadet Zulfarhan Osman Zulkarnain.
This isn’t the perwira culture we want.
Zul Farhan shouldn’t die in vain.
Tajuk berita The China Press Edisi Utara 24/6/2024:
Masa DYMM dan Baginda Sultan bersantai di Nasi Kandar Hameediyah, protokol lalu lintas tak macam lagu ni.
Pulau Pinang, darul madani.
#Graftbusters
Singapore's PM Lee Hsien Loong has instructed his Transport Minister S. Iswaran to take leave of absence until the investigation on him by the anti-graft agency CPIB investigation is completed.
Going by Singapore's records, corruption by a minister in office is
Learn from Ahok.
It's unwise for any non-Muslims, worse off for a DAP leader-wannabe, to act as 'Lebai Celup' trying to make unqualified interpretation of the Quran.
Politicos should refresh themselves with the tragic fate that befell upon Basuki Tjahaja Purnama aka Ahok
#Malaysia
- Merdeka
I'd say it's akin to treason.
Perikatan Nasional (PN) Youth leader Ahmad Fadhli Shaari proposed the use of different themes and logos for the National Day celebration in the 4 PN-ruled states.
Immediate response is that it betrays the principles of
LRT3 cost.
It’s RM31.45b not RM15b as earlier reported.
MoF announced project owner Prasarana Malaysia Bhd for being reckless in managing cost. The Edge FD 11/7/2018.
Heads to roll?
What a Friday dish for Anwar, from Nikkei Asia.
Malaysian ringgit wobbles in face of political uncertainty - Currency struggles for traction amid expected state elections, falling exports, China woes...
'Story Killers' is a reporting project led by Paris-based journalism nonprofit Forbidden Stories, which seeks to complete the work of journalists who have been killed.
Journos get online attacks, when they tackle difficult subjects on powerful people.
Is this a blunder of ‘barang lain di order, barang lain dihantar’?
Muhyiddin’s former aide says PM Anwar’s ‘proof of Felda debt waiver’ is actually a wrong document.
PMO StratComm Office cam na? KSN ke?
#Malaysia
Whatever said and done, Johor’s Country Garden Forest City remains a US$100-billion ‘ghost town’.
Fundamental woes: Despite Malaysian government's new measures to support Forest City, analysts say the project faces an uphill battle to lure buyers.
It's now further
Constitutional Crisis 2.0.
Go tell Chun Wai. It is a constitutional crisis.
If we do nothing but to allow the Federal Constitution to be used to tapao the nasi lemak from now on.
Alert Anwar: Get smarter about foreign investment.
Pursue high-end projects to boost upgrading of economy instead of chasing after FDI.
Many economists maintain healthy skepticism but worry that Malaysia has started to prematurely deindustrialize.
Singapore.
First, they nabbed the suspect graft taker. A minister in office.
Next, they caught the suspect graft giver. A billionaire.
Swift. Make no mistake.
Wrapping up Umno assembly, Zahid says more Najibs will rise from party ranks.
More 1MDB's and more First Ladies.
That's what people dread most. Zahid not so clever.
Is that a hoax? AirAsia one-way KL-Kuching RM199, KL-KK RM249 as lauded by MOT.
Sinchew tried to buy the tickets but all not available.
When queried, AA said all sold out at once!
Sinchew Pg 4 today.
Freaky 19 MOUs signed with China, the world's 2nd largest economy.
1) It takes a former Finance Minister to query MITI and MIDA why companies with no track record were allowed to pull a fast one. Will Zafrul release the list of the culprits, if Jo Ghani is correct?
From the testimony tendered in court: Thus is the torture culture prevailing in the National Defence University (UPNM) circa 2017.
Is it still prevalent till today?
Strong words.
1) Dr Mahathir not sticking to list of candidates that DAP submitted
2) Cabinet lineup did not reflect seats won by DAP, the second most number of MPs after PKR.
3) A handicapped system where one party becomes too powerful in Harapan.
Riza Aziz and an open spat between ex-AG and current MACC Chief.
And a suspect walks free by just returning a small part of loots. No prosecution, no persecution.
Thus, the new AG’s silence over the matter is most deafening.
Rumah siap, pahat berbunyi...
As for the post of Finance Minister, you don’t expect Mahathir to put Dracula to be in charge of the blood bank, do you?
Hail Guan Eng as the new Finance Minister, so Long as he is a Malaysian.
Anwar's Dilemma.
Why is Malaysia’s ringgit in a slump? Will it affect PM Anwar’s coalition in the coming state polls?
SCMP offers some views, not at all paracetamol.
1) Ringgit doing badly: Over exposure to China’s economy and easing commodity prices.
2) Impact of weak
Bad stats in a day.
1) KLCI falls 50pt to 1,495.9 at 2.56pm/STAR
2) Unemployment rate spiked to 5% in April in Malaysia as jobless persons rose by 48.8% to 778,800 during MCO/STAR
3) Year-to-date, foreign investors have sold RM15.0bil net on Bursa Malaysia/STAR
@MelGohCNA
1. Hishammuddin Hussein (Umno)
2. Hasni Mohammad (Umno)
3. Jalaluddin Alias (Umno)
4. Isam Isa (Umno)
5. Adnan Abu Hassan (Umno)
6. Abdul Rahman Mohamad (Umno)
7. Wee Ka Siong (MCA)
8. Wee Jeck Seng (MCA)
9. M Saravanan (MIC)
10. Arthur Joseph Kurup (PBRS)
The list correct?
Denying Najib’s Denial.
Blow by blow, The Edge FD illustrates how IMDB’s fund was stolen to buy RM1m superyacht Equanimity.
Jho Low’s lawyers contest seizure.
Apandi earlier disclaimed Malaysia’s ownership.
Now Malaysia/1MDB says it’s legally ours.
The Edge FD 8/8/2018
Khairy in SCMP.
PMX’s silence amid tensions over the ‘Allah’ socks scandal speaks volumes.
His lack of leadership in this issue may alienate him from both Malay Muslims and non-Muslims who are now being thrown into a more serious racial confrontation.
Nah...!
States not following federal steps on CMCO May 4 will get sued?
That’s what Penang and Sabah showed Azmin Ali today.
Penang:
Sabah:
Meanwhile... Bank Negara cuts OPR by 50bp to 2pct, lowest since 2010.
Isthmus of Kra: Singapore's nightmare might be real.
That government has vowed to go ahead with the 1-trillion-baht Land Bridge megaproject after the House of Representatives endorsed a feasibility study on the project last week.
This is worrying!
“Guna apa sahaja cara termasuk kekerasan untuk melaksanakan MCO.”
To put a PAS leader in charge of law, fascism-inclined in his public utterances, is brewing recipe for disaster.
We want rule of law. Not law of rule.
#AseanWatch
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#Malaysia
Is this a prelude to something for Ahmad Zahid's 47 charges in Yayasan Akal Budi case?
Prosecutor Raja Rozela Raja Toran has been described as a hardworking prosecutor who had had tense exchanges with the accused throughout the trial.
Her continued MIA
#RTM
World Cup
RM40m broadcast rights fee translates to +/- RM1.50 per head of the population.
Soccer is a game pulling all Malaysians together on a common page. It's better than giving RM300m annual budget to BTN & Jasa.
Beware! Former BN crony corps will Q-up to sponsor.
Teoh Beng Hock comes into mind.
Human rights NGO Lawyers for Liberty (LFL) has slammed MACC chief commissioner Azam Baki over his attempt to ‘explain’ the death of a man under the graft buster’s custody.
Let the police complete their investigation.
US$2.59 per dose (RM10.55)
That’s the price of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine for a documented non-citizen working in the US, my nephew who is a young architect in New York.
It’s recorded in his vaccination record card.
Khairy shouid come clean on our pricing, add commission, if any.
Rockstar.
Mobile data usage in the Yaowarat neighbourhood has increased by approximately 15%, thanks to the latest single from Thailand’s very own K-pop princess, Lalisa “Lisa” Manobal, telecom giant True Corporation revealed on Friday.
The prosecutor extraordinaire.
Datuk V. Sithambaram, AGC’s outsourced lead prosecutor specifically for Najib’s SRC case.
He nailed and jailed the kleptocrat all the way, from the High Court, the Court of Appeal up till the apex Federal Court.
No drama and Shafee-styled antics.
I think Omar Mustapha Ong is still waiting for a phone call from Malaysiakini.
OMO was in court today testifying in the 1MDB trial of Najib Razak.
Testimony given, cross-examined & re-examination concluded. The judge released him as a witness.
But… 1/3
Ringgit fall /03.
Afiq Asyraf Syazwan Abdul Rahim, economist at Kenanga Investment Bank, says investors' confidence in the Singaporean economy is stronger, as it is supported by its AAA credit rating, substantial foreign-exchange reserves and solid current account surplus.
Bumiputera quota shrinking on Madani's watch?
MAHB, a GLC with decent revenue stream of a near monopoly, will be part-sold to GIP.
Ranhill (Hamdan Mohamad), will be on mandatory take-over by Type-C majority-owned YTL Group.
Who pushed the sail (sale)?
Why the drama, Latheefa?
If MACC has had evidence in hand and confirmed, just put the husband-and-wife under arrest and prosecute in court lah.
Who needs drama and theatrics anymore?
Dah mual sangat!
Self short-changing?
Former PM Muhyiddin questions Anwar’s decision to sign maritime border agreement with Indonesia which has led to the delimitation of territorial boundaries.
The territorial seas treaties signed by Malaysia and Indonesia earlier this week involved the
The statement by Johor State MMEA director, First Admiral Nurul Hizam Zakaria, shed no lights as to why official data on Chinese vessel MV Chuan Hong 68 were wiped out from its website.
It's as if MMEA has switched off its own AIS (Automatic Identification Systems) - untraceable
Home Minister's 3rd boo-boo in so short a time.
1) Self-confessing 401 people had been 'punished' under SOSMA;
2) AG's non-contest on Court judgment on 'Kalimah Allah' and then polemics ensued;
2) Ahmad Zahid's private visit and meals with Najib in jail.
A non-MP Home
#NSTnation
Lawyer Muhammad Rafique Rashid Ali has written an official letter to Home Minister demanding an explanation over Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi's visit to meet jailed former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.
Before this 'flip-flop if it benefits people' mantra, I remember another early draft of Anwar-nomics.
'Nepotism is OK so long as it's pro bono.'
Hopefully you'll live long enough to see Anwar-nomics in its full final version.
Senyap-senyap, Nurul Izzah declared she’s Papa PM’s Senior Advisor (Economics & Finance) with effect from January 3, 2023.
Source: Sunday Star 29.1.2023
Follow this 3:30 mins CNA video clip to see two things:
1) A dangerous precedent for Thai governance system;
2) How the junta-nominated Senators kill off parliamentary democracy
National apparatus in the wrong hands... it shouldn't be mistaken as the Thais getting the
🎥 WATCH: My
@ChannelNewsAsia
live report trying to make sense of a day in Thai politics where very little made sense.
This is how
@Pita_MFP
’s PM bid ended, the dangerous legal precedent it sets and what could happen next.
#โหวตนายกรอบ2 #ม็อบ19กรกฎา66
ALL AT SEA...
It’s like asking Lim Guan Eng and Azman Ali to consult Mahathir urgently about their respective Job Descriptions 7 months after entering Putrajaya.
Who is responsible for economic management of the country, tell us!
The Edge Weekly FRANKLY SPEAKING 24/12/2018
#Malaysia
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#Aug12_StatePolls
Anwar's government risks losing ground in Selangor and Penang strongholds at state polls: Observers.
CNA: Analysts expect status quo to remain after the polls, but with the opposition Perikatan Nasional gaining more support in ruling parties’
Do the maths.
995,396 foreign workers approved.
Sorang RM100 cukup. Berapa dah, SPRM?
So soon so early! Belum Raya pun.
Deepavali jauh lagi.
SecGen ada kes SPRM.
Deputy SecGen’s Pegawai Khas pun ada kes.
Camna?
My jaw dropped when my chatgroup commented on this.
Malaysians pay more for gourmet food and wine?
SCMP reports that since the war in Gaza broke out, imports to Malaysia are being delayed by up to two weeks and shipping rates have shot up by over 600%.
As always, added costs are passed on to consumers.
How Malaysian comedians weigh in on Jocelyn Chia and her MH370 joke that went awry.
1) Harith Iskander: Comedians have to 'to exercise some level of sensitivity and empathy';
2) Dr Jason Leong: 'Loved this bit'.
New York comedic tragedy club.
Singapore-born comic Jocelyn Chia, who joked about the MH370 mystery with foul language, reportedly deactivated her social media accounts.
Foreign ministers from both Singapore and Malaysia denounced her act.
Quiet.
Since May 9...
Zaid Ibrahim has been quiet.
Rahman Dahlan has been quiet.
Eric See-To @ Lim Sian See has been quiet.
Salleh Said Keruak has been quiet.
Pandikar Amin Mulia has been quiet.
Nasaruddin Tantawi has been quiet.
Peace.
Not again.
Chinese coastguard ships, warplanes engage in ‘parallel escalation’ and 'harass’ Malaysian vessels near the Kasawari gas field last month.
'Likely not a coincidence’, US think tank Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative says in a report.
I suggest the Kit Siang-Najib Debate is broadcast live in full-length Bahasa Malaysia, the national language, so that more kampung folks understand the gist of it.
Daulat Tuanku.
Agong knows the people are freaking fed up with politicians’ senseless politicking from both sides. But like it or not, the current government gets to stay on.
1MDB looted monies.
Swiss AG says there’s RM28b in the financial system.
But Apandi said no such thing hence no action, remember?
Reuters says Malaysia will send a team to meet DoJ in Washington, and AG Tommy Thomas’ team may join in.
Have no mercy on the corrupters will ya.
On your trip tomorrow Tun M, press Xi Jinping on effective graft-fighting tactics that kleptocrats and looters of national wealth would be exterminated. Bon voyage!
Hello Unifi c/o MCMC
I signed up and paid for 500Mbps Unifi Residential.
This is what I get.
Unifi cheated me on bandwidth by 57.6%.
Even at 85% ‘best effort rate’ (a dirty word)…
Unifi is worse off by 51.2%.
A failed state as far as OECD fibre broadband is concerned.
Hilarious.
Nine months after taking over Putrajaya many in the Pakatan Harapan government are still behaving like they are in the opposition, Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad said today. No naming names.
Classic: Harapkan pagar, pagar makan Padilla’s.
“After Barisan Nasional lost, they were tasked with transferring the money to a location. In the process, they ‘took’ part of the stash. “
The Star 29/8/2018