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Tag Archives: 1MDB

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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ECRL: No cause for celebration

April 19, 2019

After months of conflicting signals and intense behind-the-scenes negotiations, the Pakatan Harapan government finally announced that it had reached agreement …

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Hadi: the voice of hypocrisy

January 23, 2019

At a party-political campaign meeting in Cameron Highlands in support of the UMNO candidate, PAS president Hadi Awang insisted that …

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Does UMNO deserve a second chance?

November 8, 2018

As the 1MDB noose tightens around former UMNO president Najib Tun Razak and more and more details emerge of the …

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The CIA letter & the treason option

July 21, 2018

Recent calls by the Patriots Association and others to thoroughly investigate a letter allegedly written by Hasanah Ab Hamid,the former …

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Najib: the end of impunity?

July 10, 2018

These are heady days we are living in, days few imagined would come to pass – a former prime minister …

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UMNO: Leadership without honour

July 5, 2018

Any hopes that UMNO would somehow be able transform itself into a viable political party in keeping with the hopes …

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The complicity of our friends

June 11, 2018

Corruption and the abuse of power on such a staggering scale, after all, do not  happen unless officials in other …

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Fake news bill – a fatal assault on our democracy

March 30, 2018

Despite mounting domestic opposition, the administration of Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak appears determined to ram through parliament an odious …

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GE14: Last chance for change

March 21, 2018

We are now on the cusp of GE14, one of the most momentous political events that any of us will …

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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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