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Category Archives: corruption

Corrupt leaders pushing nation to the brink

October 22, 2020

Kudos to Akhbar Satar, the former president of Transparency International Malaysia, for once again calling out our politicians for their …

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The RM4 million rebuke

August 17, 2020

The DAP could hardly contain its elation when it announced on Saturday that in just one week Malaysians from all …

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Look who’s talking

May 29, 2020

In response to growing public outrage over all the government appointments being handed out to Perikatan Nasional (PN) MPs, UMNO …

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Generational change of leadership is our best hope now

May 26, 2020

        The “Sheraton Move” which saw the fall of Pakatan Harapan (PH) and the rise of Perikatan …

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Malaysia: the price of treachery

May 18, 2020

Seeing the way state governments are falling to Perikatan Nasional (PN) and the way some former Pakatan Harapan (PH) politicians …

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AirAsia’s high flyers & the rule of law

March 21, 2020

It is being reported that AirAsia co-founders Tony Fernandes and Kamarudin Meranun have now been “cleared” of any wrongdoing in …

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Is clean government an impossible dream?

March 6, 2020

As Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin begins the arduous process of trying to form a cabinet, one theme that keeps coming …

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As disappointment with PH rises, daring to dream of a third force

December 24, 2019

  As disenchantment with Pakatan Harapan (PH) grows, the idea of a third force in Malaysian politics seems to be …

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The phony war against corruption

December 19, 2019

Looking back over the year, one thing that must surely stand out is the high level of corruption in our …

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Billions lost in defence procurement scandals

December 10, 2019

At the end of the day, having spent billions on defence, we are left with aircraft that cannot fly, helicopters …

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We will “be forever a sovereign democratic and independent state founded upon the principles of liberty and justice and ever seeking the welfare and happiness of its people and the maintenance of a just peace among all nations.” – Tunku Abdul Rahman’s Proclamation of Independence speech, August 31st 1957

“When the people fear the government there is tyranny, when the government fears the people there is liberty” ~ John Basil Barnhill

The Short Shrift

Is it about drink-driving or pushing a religious agenda?

The way some of our politicians are getting worked up about the whole drink-driving issue makes me wonder whether other agendas are driving the issue. Let’s get one thing straight: drink-driving (or driving while intoxicated) is just plain wrong. It endangers innocent lives and must never be tolerated. Many countries have very strict drink-driving laws […]

Crooks, the whole lot of them

The slew of accusations now being traded between former leaders about corruption, nepotism and malfeasance in office has, no doubt, confirmed what most Malaysians have long suspected: that their leaders are all corrupt and untrustworthy. They come around waving the flag and pretending to be great patriots but they are just opportunists out to enrich […]

Pigs in the house?

There was an interesting article in the media last September about the state of Malacca being invaded by pigs from across the Strait. Apparently, they were abandoning their habitat for greener pastures. Barely a month later, there was another newspaper headline that read “Question on pigs sparks off heated exchange at Melaka state assembly.” It […]

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“It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till. What weather they shall have is not ours to rule.” ~ J.R.R. Tolkien

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