tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141012282024-03-05T15:10:47.640+08:00Sad CafeScenes from a Sad Cafe in PenangUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger364125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14101228.post-54190804995224443412018-07-20T11:02:00.003+08:002018-07-20T11:10:01.581+08:00How to use RM2.6 billionEx-PM Najib received this generous amount from an anonymous donor (anonymous because the owner does not want to own up?) and knew very well how to make use of it.<br />
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Read how Najib plays Santa Claus here:<br />
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Special Report: <a href="https://pages.malaysiakini.com/politicalfund/en/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nicked from 1MDB or donation?</a><br />
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Recap ABC Four Corners Report in 2016: <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-29/najib-razak-bank-accounts-triggered-money-laundering-alert/7280244" target="_blank">Najib Razak 1MDB scandal: Malaysian Prime Minister's accounts triggered internal money-laundering alarm</a><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14101228.post-5667664608445457772018-05-05T14:18:00.002+08:002018-05-05T14:18:41.584+08:00Mentaliti Kolonialisme Orang Melayu Yang BaruAdakah orang Melayu telah sedar bahawa selama ini mereka telah diperalatkan oleh UMNO untuk kepentingan segolongan pemimpin UMNO sahaja? Kisah-kisah mengenai 1MDB, Felda, Mara dan Tabung Haji adalah contoh-contoh yang baik bagaimana puak UMNO ini telah lama mempergunakan institusi-institusi kerajaan untuk menambah kekayaan mereka sahaja dan siapa-siapa yang ingin untuk menjadi kuncu-kuncu mereka. Tidakkah semua ini satu <i>mentaliti kolonisme</i> yang telah lama dikatakan untuk menakutkan rakyat tentang orang Inggeris dan sebagainya? <br />
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Ya, saudara, orang Melayu sekarang juga masih di selindungi dengan <i>mentaliti kolonisme</i> - apakah dengan pejabat-pejabat kerajaan seperti ROS (Jabatan Pendaftaran Pertubuhan) dan EC (Suruhanjaya Pilihn Raya) yang memang patuh kepada perintah-perintah UMNO dan PM Najib sehingga tidak menghiraukan lagi kepentingan rakyat apabila kita melihat mereka melakukan perkara-perkara yang tidak patut dan yang tidak berprinsip langsung. Bukankah ini semua contoh-contoh <i>mentaliti kolonisme</i> yang baru? Hanya sekarang yang menjadi kolonis adalah UMNO itu sendiri!<br />
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Bolehkah kita sebagai rakyat yang telah mencapai kemerdekaan selama lebih 50 tahun membuang mentaliti ini sekali lagi dalam pilihan raya yang akan datang? Hanya orang Melayu boleh menjawab soalan ini. <br />
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A Kadir Jasin: <a href="http://kadirjasin.blogspot.my/2018/05/rabu-rakyat-akan-buang-umno.html" target="_blank">Rakyat akan membuang UMNO </a><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14101228.post-76792118713096489852018-03-11T18:32:00.001+08:002018-03-11T18:32:32.223+08:00Stop Thief! - Malaysia’s PM is about to steal an electionIN MOST countries a government that allowed $4.5bn to go
missing from a state development agency would struggle to win
re-election. If some $681m had appeared in the prime minister’s personal
account around the same time, which he breezily explained away as a
gift from an unnamed admirer, the task would be all the harder. An
apparent cover-up, involving the dismissal of officials investigating or
merely complaining about the scandal, might be the last straw for
voters. But in Malaysian elections, alas, voters do not count for much.<br />
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Under
any reasonable electoral system, the coalition running Malaysia would
not be in office in the first place. The Barisan Nasional, as it is
known, barely squeaked back into power at the most recent election, in
2013. It lost the popular vote, earning only 47% to the opposition’s
51%. But thanks to the shamelessly biased drawing of the constituencies,
that was enough to secure it 60% of the 222 seats in parliament.<br />
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This ill-deserved victory, however, occurred before news
broke of the looting of 1MDB, a development agency whose board of
advisers was chaired by the prime minister, Najib Razak. America’s
Justice Department has accused him and his stepson, among others, of
siphoning money out of 1MDB through an elaborate series of fraudulent
transactions. Much of the money went on luxuries, it says, including
paintings by Picasso and Monet, a private jet, diamond necklaces, a
penthouse in Manhattan and a gambling spree in Las Vegas. In February
Indonesia seized a $250m yacht that the Americans say was bought with
Malaysian taxpayers’ money. Authorities in Switzerland and Singapore
have also been investigating.<br />
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Mr Najib denies any
wrongdoing—and of course he has loyal supporters. But his administration
has not tried very hard to clear things up. Only one person has been
charged in connection with the missing billions: an opposition
politician who leaked details of the official investigation after the
government had refused to make it public.<br />
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All this is
unlikely to have improved Mr Najib’s standing with voters. Yet an
election must be held by August. Faced with the risk of losing power,
the government is rigging the system even more brazenly. Parliament will
soon vote on new constituency boundaries. The proposed map almost
guarantees Mr Najib another term, despite his appalling record.<br />
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<b>How to rig an election</b></div>
One
trick is gerrymandering, drawing constituency boundaries so that lots of
opposition voters are packed into a few seats, while ruling-party
supporters form a narrow majority in a larger number. Lots of this goes
on in Malaysia, as elsewhere: the new boundaries put two opposition
bastions in the state of Perak into the same seat. Gerrymandering is
made even easier by another electoral abuse called malapportionment.
This involves creating districts of uneven populations, so that those
which support the opposition are much bigger than those that back the
government. That means, in effect, that it takes many more votes to
elect an opposition MP than it does a government one. The practice is so
unfair that it is illegal in most countries, including Malaysia, where
the constitution says that electoral districts must be “approximately
equal” in size.<br />
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Nonetheless, the constituencies in the
maps proposed by the government-appointed election commission range in
size from 18,000 voters to 146,000 (see <a href="https://www.economist.com/news/asia/21738415-thanks-wildly-uneven-size-constituencies-it-takes-more-votes-elect-opposition-mp" target="_blank">article</a>).
The Barisan Nasional controls all the 15 smallest districts; 14 of the
15 biggest ones are in the hands of the opposition. The average Barisan
seat has 30,000 fewer voters than the average opposition one. And this
is the election commission’s second go at the maps—the first lot were
even more lopsided.<br />
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Unfortunately, the electoral
boundaries are not the only way in which the system is stacked against
the opposition. The media are supine. The police and the courts seem
more interested in allegations of minor offences by opposition figures
than they are in the blatant bilking of the taxpayer over 1MDB and the
open violation of the constitution at the election commission. The
latest budget seems intended to buy the loyalty of civil servants, by
promising a special bonus to be disbursed just after the likely date of
the election.<br />
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But these biases, as bad as they are, are
not the same as fiddling constituencies. As long as the electoral system
is fair, Malaysians will be able to judge the government and vote
accordingly. But a rigged system will rob their votes of meaning. That
is the point, of course. Mr Najib may be venal, but he is not stupid. He
fears that most voters would not return him to office if given a
choice, so he is taking their choice away.<br />
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Source: <a href="https://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21738363-american-officials-say-he-already-stole-millions-taxpayers-malaysias-pm-about-steal" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Economist</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14101228.post-28743569110543499812018-03-07T15:17:00.003+08:002018-03-07T15:29:57.764+08:00'Wolf of Wall Street’ producer to pay US$60 mil settlement<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden">
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ANGELES (March 7): The producer of the "Wolf of Wall Street" agreed to
pay US$60 million to settle claims it financed the movie with money
siphoned from a Malaysian state investment fund.<br />
The settlement between the U.S. Justice Department and Red Granite
Pictures Inc, which was co-founded by a stepson of Malaysian Prime
Minister Najib Razak, also covers U.S. forfeiture claims against the
producer’s rights and interests in two other pictures, “Daddy’s Home”
and “Dumb and Dumber To.”<br />
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The complaint targeting the 2013 picture, directed by Martin
Scorsese, is among more than two dozen forfeiture lawsuits filed by the
U.S. against US$1.7 billion assets that were allegedly acquired with
money stolen from 1Malaysia Development Bhd. The assets include mansions
in Beverly Hills, California, luxury condos in New York, jewelry and
artworks.<br />
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The Justice Department sought the profits, royalties and distribution
proceeds that are owed to Red Granite Pictures. The movie starring
Leonardo DiCaprio took in US$392 million in worldwide ticket sales,
according to the website Box Office Mojo.<br />
“We are glad to finally put this matter behind us and look forward to
refocusing all of our attention back on our film business,” Red Granite
said in a statement.<br />
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<b>1MDB probe</b><br />
Riza Aziz, Najib’s stepson, is a friend of Low Taek Jho, also known
as Jho Low, the Malaysian financier whom the U.S. alleges orchestrated
the scheme to loot US$4.5 billion from the Malaysian fund going back to
2009. Of the allegedly stolen money, US$1.7 billion has been traced to
assets in the U.S. and U.K.<br />
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Most of the civil forfeiture cases have been put on hold, while the Justice Department is pursuing a criminal investigation.<br />
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Elliott Broidy, a top Republican fundraiser for Donald Trump’s 2016
campaign, and his wife, engaged in contract negotiations to represent
Jho Low, according to emails that his lawyer said were stolen when
Broidy’s accounts were hacked.<br />
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The emails included talking points on why the U.S. should drop its
1MDB probe. One draft contract showed that the firm of Broidy’s wife,
who is an attorney, could have made US$75 million if they succeeded.
It’s unclear what if anything came of the proposal. The Wall Street
Journal first reported details of the effort.<br />
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The case is U.S. v. “Wolf of Wall Street,” 16-05362, U.S. District Court, Central District of California (Los Angeles).<br />
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Source: <a href="http://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/wolf-wall-street-producer-pay-us60-mil-settlement" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Edge </a><br />
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CNBC: <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/06/news-on-1mdb-a-yacht-is-seized-and-new-allegations-fly.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A super yacht is seized, and new allegations surface</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.cnbc.com/video/2018/03/01/what-happened-to-malaysias-1mdb-money.html?__source=cnbcembedplayer">What happened to 1MDB's money?</a> from <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/?__source=cnbcembedplayer">CNBC</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14101228.post-7456036741685523842018-02-06T15:42:00.000+08:002018-02-06T15:45:36.342+08:00Ousting Najib is now a possibility in MalaysiaMalaysia's Mahathir claims ousting Najib is on the cards<br />
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KUALA LUMPUR -- Mahathir Mohamad insists there is a real possibility of a new government coming to power when Malaysia goes to the polls later this year.
Speaking to The Nikkei at his office on the outskirts of the Malaysian capital on Monday,<br />
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Mahathir, who now leads a coalition of four opposition parties, said the mutual goal of unseating Prime Minister Najib Razak was of far greater importance than any differences they may have.
"This is what they called the mother of all elections," said the 92-year-old former prime minister. "It will be very big and the possibility of changing the government is there.<br />
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For the first time, the opposition is very united."
The Pakatan Harapan, or "Alliance of Hope," is an unlikely collection of politicians. Some, such as Parti Keadilan Rakyat leader Anwar Ibrahim and Lim Kit Siang of the Democratic Action Party, were jailed during Mahathir's 22 years in power.
Anwar, once seen as Mahathir's chosen successor, is serving a five-year sentence on sodomy charges that many believe were fabricated -- his second incarceration for a similar offense.
"This is more or less like the saying, 'your enemy's enemy is my friend,'" said Mahathir.<br />
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The veteran politician appears to have united a once fragmented opposition, a role once played by Anwar, even managing to gain broad consensus on seat allocation for the election, which must be called by June 24.
The coalition has agreed for Mahathir to be appointed prime minister should the bloc win, but make way for Anwar when his prison term ends in June. Anwar, however, will still need a royal pardon in order to become leader.
"Anwar will be the next prime minister after me," assured Mahathir, refuting allegations that his return was designed to pave the way for his son Mukhriz to take over.<br />
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Najib has repeatedly denied any involvement in the scandal and said it had been turned into a concentrated campaign to sabotage the economy for political gain. He has admitted there were "failings" at the fund, but these lapses of governance had been rectified after investigations.
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Regardless, Mahathir insisted the country would get "worse" if Najib stayed in power, and that he just wanted to put Malaysia back on track.
He also accused the current administration of blurring the lines between the executive, judicial and legislative branches of government.
Mahathir himself was no stranger to criticism during his time in office, but rebutted any suggestion that he might have been too hard-line.
"Dictators do not resign. I resigned."<br />
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Mahathir is the chairman of Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia, or the "Malaysian United Indigenous Party." The coming elections will be the tenth he has contested in a political career that began in 1964. He is expected to stand in Putrajaya, the suburb where his office is located, Langkawi or his previous constituency of Kubang Pasu.<br />
- CK TAN, Nikkei staff writer<br />
Source: <a href="https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Policy-Politics/Malaysia-s-Mahathir-claims-ousting-Najib-is-on-the-cards?page=1" target="_blank">Nikkei</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14101228.post-88338610943232947582016-11-19T13:54:00.002+08:002016-11-19T17:42:47.291+08:00Malaysians take to the streets to get rid of NajibMalaysians today will walk the streets again for Bersih 5 (in yellow) to peacefully demand for free elections and also for Najib's resignation while UMNO and BN will also similarly protest (in red) for the continuation of bribes, corruption and pillage of the nation's coffers as wonderfully demonstrated by their present leadership.<br />
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Mkini: <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=14101228#editor/target=post;postID=7829782120784390249" target="_blank">Live Coverage</a><br />
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Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/bersih5" target="_blank">Live tweets </a><br />
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MCA: <a href="http://www.agendadaily.com/Analisa/orang-melayu-tidak-sokong-bersih-mca-beri-amaran-kepada-dap.html" target="_blank">The Malays don't want free elections </a> (as usual they are confused who they should be speaking for)<br />
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MIC: <a href="http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/subramanian-tells-indian-community-not-to-join-bersih-5-rally" target="_blank">We don't want free elections either</a><br />
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UMNO: <a href="http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2016/11/16/umno-powerless-to-stop-members-from-wearing-red-shirts/" target="_blank">We can't help it if our members support Bersih </a><br />
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G25: <a href="http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2016/11/19/g25-says-took-part-in-bersih-rally/" target="_blank">We are there for good governance</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14101228.post-49733351155623228932016-07-23T15:00:00.004+08:002016-07-23T15:01:05.471+08:00UMNO now worried their assets overseas will be seized tooThe US government’s move to seize assets allegedly stolen from state firm 1 Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) has sent shock waves through the ruling Umno party, according to analysts.
The US Justice Department named a close business associate of Prime Minister Najib Razak and his stepson in a civil lawsuit to recover US$1 billion in assets that Washington says were bought by money embezzled from the fund.<br />
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Several senior Umno members are contemplating defecting to the opposition after Wednesday’s civil lawsuits alleging US$3.5 billion was misappropriated from 1MDB. Najib chaired IMDB’s advisory board until recently and repeatedly denied any wrongdoing.<br />
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“Umno is jittery to the core … a few senior leaders have started moves to ‘discuss’ with Dr Mahathir,” said Firdaus Abdullah, former political editor of the government-owned New Straits Times, referring to former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad.
Mahathir, who led the country for 22 years, has been Najib’s harshest critic, calling on him to step down over the 1MDB scandal.<br />
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Last week, he announced plans to set up a new party to challenge his one-time protégé.
“They are top Umno members, cabinet members and leaders of the ruling coalition component parties,” Firdaus added.<br />
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Former Law Minister Zaid Ibrahim said Umno is coming under “some pressure” but it would take a while for its members to jump ship.
“[Umno members] are timid. It will happen but slowly. I think Najib will be charged by the US eventually and then you will see people jumping ship,” said Zaid.
A source with knowledge of the investigation told the South China Morning Post that he expects criminal charges to follow.
“The DOJ wants to ensure that all these dirty money do not vanish into thin air. After this civil action, the criminal indictment commences,” said the source who did not give further details.<br />
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One senior Umno member who declined to be named told the Post that the party’s supreme council supports Najib.
“I wouldn’t say [everyone] but the supreme council is backing Najib,” they said.
The Supreme Council is a powerful body within Umno.
While Najib was not named, the US lawsuit said US$681 million from 1MDB was transferred to the account of “Malaysian Official 1”.<br />
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Last year, the Wall Street Journal said US$681 million was diverted from 1MDB into Najib’s personal account. Najib insisted the money was a donation from the Saudi royal family and denied any wrongdoing. “Our stand remains that we do not tolerate any act that goes against the law,” Najib was quoted as saying by The Star daily on Friday.
“All Malaysians who can read English knows that Najib is the Malaysian official number 1,” said Kadir Jasin, a close associate of Mahathir.<br />
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<a href="http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/1993349/pms-party-rattled-us-taking-steps-seize-embezzled-1mdb" target="_blank">Read more </a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14101228.post-11390313337399324862015-10-01T20:48:00.002+08:002015-10-01T20:48:21.651+08:00A Fractured MalaysiaCNA's documentary on "A Fractured Nation".
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This is one PM everyone should feel ashamed of for his racist comments to save his own skin.
This video should also be kept for posterity so that our future generations know.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14101228.post-79882946217842203592015-09-12T18:05:00.001+08:002015-10-01T21:00:30.178+08:00Murder in Malaysiaal Jazeera uncovers more mysteries in Altantuya's death.<br />
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Shot, then blown to smithereens with military grade explosives, the
2006 killing of Altantuya Shaariibuu was one of Malaysia's most
sensational murder cases.<br />
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Even though years have passed since the young Mongolian's death, it
is one case that has refused to disappear. If anything, the mystery has
deepened.<i> 101 East</i> investigates those who were involved in the case
and asks whether the two men convicted of her murder are "fall guys" for
others who ordered the killing of Shaariibuu.<br />
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Watch the video as Sirul makes a new explosive allegation. <br />
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<a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/101east/2015/09/murder-malaysia-150908131221012.html" target="_blank">Watch the video </a><br />
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MK: <a href="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/311910" target="_blank">al Jazeera's Mary Ann Jolley deported while investigating the story </a><br />
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FMT: <a href="http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2015/09/12/igp-utter-rubbish-about-razak-baginda-pulling-trigger/" target="_blank">IGP says 'Its utter rubbish" </a><br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14101228.post-87777165873025199622015-07-05T12:53:00.002+08:002015-07-09T10:22:22.737+08:00Is Najib Using 1MDB Funds?Malaysian investigators <a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10130211234592774869404581083700187014570">scrutinizing a government investment fund</a> have traced nearly $700 million of deposits into what they believe are the personal bank accounts of the country’s prime minister. A breakdown of what you need to know on this story:<br />
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<b>What is 1Malaysia Development Bhd.?</b><br />
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A strategic development fund Prime Minister Najib Razak set up in 2009, promising it would develop new industries and turn the capital, Kuala Lumpur, into a global financial center. 1MDB is 100%-owned by the Finance Ministry, which also is headed by Mr. Najib. But unlike sovereign-wealth funds, it financed itself through issuing debt, and today owes more than $11 billion.<br />
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Critics of the fund, including members of Mr. Najib’s ruling party, say it took on too much debt and lacks transparency. The fund raised billions of dollars in bonds and has moved large amounts to accounts offshore. Some of its projects, including plans to develop oil fields overseas and a mine in Mongolia, haven’t panned out. The fund this year has rescheduled debt repayments and had to rely on a $1 billion capital injection from an Abu Dhabi state fund to repay other loans. 1MDB has defended its record and says its assets are worth more than its debts. There are four official government investigations ongoing into the fund’s activities.<br />
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<b>What's the latest?</b><br />
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The Wall Street Journal in June<a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/fund-controversy-threatens-malaysias-leader-1434681241"> reported that 1MDB played an indirect role</a> in funding Mr. Najib’s election campaign in May 2013. The fund bought assets from a Malaysian company at what appeared to be an inflated price. That company later made donations to a Najib-linked charity that spent money on schools and other projects Mr. Najib was able to tout as he campaigned.<br />
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More recently, the Journal <a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10130211234592774869404581083700187014570">reported that Malaysian investigators looking into 1MDB</a> had traced nearly $700 million of deposits into what they believe are the personal bank accounts of Mr. Najib. The investigation documents, reviewed by the Journal, mark the first time Mr. Najib has been directly connected to the probes into 1MDB.<br />
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<b>How could this affect the U.S.?</b><br />
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Malaysia under Mr. Najib, who came to power six years ago, has drawn closer to the U.S. The country is seen in Washington as a bulwark against China’s growing territorial ambitions in the South China Sea. Foreign investors also have played a large role in Malaysia’s economy, and own about half of the country’s government bonds. Worries the government will have to step in and bail out 1MDB — worsening its fiscal position — have <a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/malaysias-ringgit-sinks-to-9-year-low-vs-dollar-1433737548">pushed the ringgit this month to fresh 10-year lows</a>.<br />
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Source: <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/briefly/2015/07/03/najib-razak-and-the-malaysia-1mdb-controversy-at-a-glance/" target="_blank">WSJ Blog</a><br />
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WSJ: <a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/fund-controversy-threatens-malaysias-leader-1434681241" target="_blank">1MDB used to fund Najib's election campaign</a><br />
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CNA: <a href="http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/almost-us-700-million-wen/1958192.html" target="_blank">Money went into Najib's personal account</a><br />
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NYT: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/08/world/asia/inquiry-into-malaysian-fund-also-puts-spotlight-on-prime-minister.html?ref=world&_r=3" target="_blank">Najib's accounts may be frozen</a><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14101228.post-16438299413954278472015-02-26T17:14:00.004+08:002015-02-26T17:14:56.833+08:00Rosmah's Hair Raising RM1200 HairdoIn comments quoted by news portal Malaysia Insider recently, Malaysian PM's globe trotting wife Rosmah complained of the 1,200 ringgit (US$330) cost of having her hair dyed, and the 500 ringgit she pays to have dresses tailored.
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“It is really hard to make tailored clothes these days. Their prices come up to RM500, and I am speaking as a representative of a housewife that buys made-to-order clothes,” she added.<br />
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The comments – made at a public event to discuss the introduction of a new consumer tax in Malaysia – were quick to anger many in Malaysia, where the official minimum wage is 900 ringgit per month. Many people are believed to survive on less than this.<br />
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Asian Correspondent: <a href="http://asiancorrespondent.com/130892/malaysia-rosmah-mansor/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Now you know why Najib needs the money</a><br />
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A Kadir Jasin: <a href="http://kadirjasin.blogspot.com/2015/02/expensive-hairdo-vs-memory-of-great.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The father was a frugal man</a><br />
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Malaysian Chronicle: <a href="http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=465722:how-now-rosmah?-rm1200-for-hairdo-when-minimum-wage-is-rm900&Itemid=2#axzz3SqAtZaLl" target="_blank">The public sympathizes with "poor" Rosmah!</a><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14101228.post-33831676656934019012015-02-26T16:44:00.000+08:002015-02-26T16:50:35.163+08:00A Day At The Museum<strong>Actually it was just two hours, but it was enough to leave the writer shaken and stirred. - <i>The Star</i></strong><br />
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I was given my first ever senior citizen concession last week. It was completely unexpected so I got slightly hysterical.
It happened when I decided to visit Muzium Negara over the Chinese New Year break. Two of my children, aged 24 and 20, tagged along to see what was “new” at the museum.
After all, it had been many, many years since I visited (the kids have no memory of ever visiting) and it had undergone a RM20mil upgrade in 2008.<br />
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At the ticket counter, I noted the entrance fee was RM2 for Malaysians and RM5 for foreigners. What I didn’t notice was the RM1 fee for the elderly and disabled as, to my mind, there were no elderly or disabled persons in my group.
Well, the eagle-eyed ticketing girl did. She accepted my RM6, glanced at our three Mykads (to prove we were citizens) and promptly gave me back RM1.
Seeing my puzzled expression, she enlightened me by saying, “Seorang warga emas, kan? (One senior citizen, yes?”)
“Nooooo!” I groaned inwardly as reality hit me. Yes, that’s me: Senior citizen June. Aunty got her first “official” nod as a “golden citizen”, as the Malay term puts it most glowingly, on the third day of the Year of the blasted Wooden Goat.
Blame it on the extended retirement age. Because of that, I have not been put out to pasture and therefore did not think of myself as a retiree with discount privileges.
To cover up my shock, I was giggling rather hysterically as I handed out the tickets to my children.<br />
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When I explained what happened, they tried soothing my frazzled nerves by saying, “But you don’t look old, Mum.”
Yeah, but I feel it now. Going into the museum made me even more aware of being a senior citizen. There are stairs everywhere – even to the cafeteria and the wet, smelly toilets located outside – and hardly anywhere for a tired visitor to rest.
Apparently, there is a lift for the disabled but it’s not immediately accessible; one has to go through the gift shop to get to it.
But since I wasn’t disabled and elderly-looking enough, I climbed the stairs to the first floor foyer where two of the four galleries are located.<br />
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Gallery A focuses on Pre-history while Gallery B is dedicated to the Malay Kingdoms.
I have a childhood memory of a replica of the huge ceremonial bird used to carry the Kelantan princes for their circumcision ceremony of yore. That was in what is now Gallery B, where there was also a dusty Peranakan matrimonial chamber in one corner.
Both ceremonial bird and Peranakan room are gone. New exhibits showcase the grandeur of the Malay court like the singgahsana or throne. There is a huge bronze bas-relief of Hang Tuah which assured me that our legendary warrior hadn’t lost his place in history after all.
Galleries A and B are quite well laid out in an open concept. But the lighting was a bit too low for my liking, as my golden citizen eyes had to squint to see some of the exhibits.<br />
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After the good impression from the first two galleries we were lured upstairs to Galleries C and D: Colonial Era and Malaysia Today.
Foreign visitors generally find the museum a good introduction to Malaysia and appreciate the nominal entrance fee. As a visitor from Canada posted on TripAdvisor: “This nice little museum is great for those who want to know more about what made Malaysia so unique. It does not take long to see it all and for only RM5, it was reasonable.”
But locals like my kids and I aren’t so forgiving.<br />
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As a journalist, I was bugged by the inconsistencies in spelling (is it “Melaka” or “Malacca”?), language confusion (nationalisme instead of nationalism), grammatical errors and occasional lack of context and coherence in the English texts for the exhibits. As a newly minted senior citizen, I felt it was rather thoughtless to make visitors climb up more steps to view a couple of the exhibits instead of providing ramps for easier access.<br />
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We found the last gallery, Malaysia Today, the least engaging. Quite frankly, by the time we finished, our interest had waned. It felt as if the museum had run out of steam and space to tell our post-World War Two shared history better.<br />
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As a British visitor wrote on TripAdvisor: “there is an emphasis on the Malay history (i.e. to the almost complete exclusion of the Chinese, Indian and other Malaysians) in the story of gaining independence, but this is somewhat ironically contrasted with the display on 1Malaysia, which gives one the impression that there is a little papering over the cracks of Malaysia’s issues going on.”<br />
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That’s quite an astute observation, made back in April 2012. After all, according to Department of Museums director-general Datuk Ibrahim Ismail in his website message, the national museum, in line with the 1Malaysia aspirations, is an “educational instrument” for “fostering a closer understanding, integration and tolerance among the people.”
He adds: “Our diverse heritage shaped from the assimilation of the different races in Malaysia showcases unity in various unique ways, something which is rarely seen in the international arena.”
That’s a lofty statement that sadly falls short in reality.<br />
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Therein lies my biggest disappointment with Muzium Negara: the failure to document the roles of Chinese and Indian leaders and the communities in the making of this diverse nation.
It’s a tad ironic really, considering the artist of the lovely murals on the walls of the museum was Cheong Laitong, the architect was Ho Kok Hoe and the Italian glass mosaic tiles for the murals which cost RM135,000 back in the early 1960s were donated by philanthropist Tan Sri Lee Kong Chian. Their contributions are not mentioned anywhere in the museum, unless I missed it.
But then, what’s also forgotten is that even the National Mosque, built at a cost of RM10mil, has a multiracial past. As reported in an August 2007 Star article, a mosque brochure stated it was “designed by a Malay, constructed by Chinese and Indians, and financed by Buddhists, Hindus, Christians and Muslims”.<br />
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If Muzium Negara cannot manage to tell a fuller and more inclusive history, then it’s time for a National Museum of the Malaysian Chinese and Indian, like the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington D.C.
I won’t mind contributing to a fund for that, as long as it is built to be truly accessible to all.<br />
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- <a href="http://www.thestar.com.my/Opinion/Columnists/So-Aunty-So-What/Profile/Articles/2015/02/25/Day-at-the-museum/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Article from The Star by June Wong</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14101228.post-2547395169938265502015-01-03T18:48:00.003+08:002015-01-03T18:48:49.392+08:00Will the floods wash Najib away?Raub MP Ariff Sabri says Najib is as good as gone with the floods as shown by his and his government's incompetence in handling Malaysia's worst flooding in years.<br />
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In his latest blog entry, the MP for Raub said, “To me, Najib has no
more future. The fate of UMNO and his own is already sealed by the next
GE.”<br />
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He argued that Najib’s handling of the floods especially in Kelantan,
the worst hit state, left much to be desired, adding, “Kuala Krai is
indeed a watershed which showed the government’s incompetence in
handling a national disaster.<br />
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Accusing Najib of taking things too lightly, Ariff said in a cynical
tone, “Najib and his gang appear to think, they can respond to the flood
with a jamboree mentality complete with his minions pointing to the
water and saying or mocking us – look Tonto – this is water.”<br />
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<img src="http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/ariff-sabri-najib-300.jpg" /><br />
<i>Look - Water!</i><br />
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<a href="http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2015/01/03/raub-mp-says-najib-is-finished/" target="_blank">Read more</a><i><a href="http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2015/01/03/raub-mp-says-najib-is-finished/" target="_blank"> </a></i><br />
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<a href="http://kadirjasin.blogspot.com/2015/01/banjir-is-watershed-for-change.html" target="_blank">A Kadir Jasin: </a><br />
Umno and BN can keep the PM
and pretend that everything in fine, but they must accept the fact that the risk
of them being chucked out at the next GE is immense.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14101228.post-27555646048069141082014-09-29T21:22:00.000+08:002015-02-26T17:23:22.263+08:00Is Proton Iriz Worth it?A game-changer(?) but the Proton showrooms are empty<br />
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The day the Iriz was launched I was jogging past our local Proton showroom and was surprised to see that it was empty except for a green Iriz and about 6 salesmen milling around beside the car. Dismissing it as merely coincidental (it was dinner time, and yes, it was a weekday) I did not give much thought about it. <br />
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However, after reading so much about this model being a game-changer and reading it all over the papers and on the radio I could not help wondering whether it really was a coincident that the showroom was empty. And so when I jogged past the showroom again two days later (a Saturday, and yes, dinner time again), again the showroom was empty except for a 4-year old peering inside the car and no sign of the 6 salesmen.<br />
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I could not help thinking about the crowd I saw in front of the Perodua showroom when they launched the Myvi (the first and the "lagi best" model). It made me start to think what is keeping the crowds away from Proton.<br />
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Is it the price? At RM42k for the lowest series model it is not cheap for a "compact" car. The Japanese can buy a sporty sedan from RM30k plus in their own country. So does the Aussies. Why is it that with all the subsidies for Proton we still have to pay so much for our own LOCAL car?<br />
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Some may argue the price reflects the tons of features offered in the Iriz. But do we really buy a car for its features? I believe car buyers go more for the look rather than the features and in this regard I don't think Proton has a winner here, it may be a game-changer to them but it is not much of a looker (ditto the Suprima). Proton has much to learn (maybe it should look at the Koreans now).<br />
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<img src="http://s2.paultan.org/image/2014/09/PAULTAN_Proton_Iriz_Interior_34-630x420.jpg" width="480" />
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<i>A very black and plastic look inside </i><br />
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Some may also argue that certain sections of the community are "unpatriotic" and do not support their local cars. I can't see why I should support something that has impoverished millions of car buyers in Malaysia by increasing the taxes for foreign cars to "force" us to buy a Proton. We are not much different from a communist country in this respect.<br />
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Another interesting fact to note was Proton's "use" of Dr M to sell the car. Is that a joke? Do you really want to remind the buyers that by buying the Iriz you will also be forking out a portion of your salary each month to pay Dr M's salary?? Jesus!<br />
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Actually, my second car years ago was a brand new Proton and it had a problem even before it left the showroom. One of the tail lights refused to turn on even after an hour of investigation by the salesmen. I was then asked to bring my car to the service center the next day. When I brought it to the center a few days later, I remembered the "technician" spent a few hours looking for the problem and eventually found the culprit which was a small piece of metal lodged between some terminals.<br />
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That incident did not really put me off Proton as I loved the car (then) but what I disliked was the hours of waiting every time you need to bring the car for service. Now if Proton can change THAT, THAT could be the game-changer!<br />
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Paul Tan: <a href="http://paultan.org/2014/09/26/proton-iriz-production-ceo-interview/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A game-changer which attracts no one </a><br />
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Read the review and pictures credit to <a href="http://paultan.org/tags/proton-p2-30a-global-small-car/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PaulTan.org</a> <br />
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Borneo Post: <a href="http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/11/22/muted-impact-from-new-launches-for-local-auto-sector/" target="_blank">Weak sales figures from Proton despite Iriz's launch</a><br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14101228.post-28013395584725517902014-05-22T14:13:00.001+08:002014-05-22T14:37:28.980+08:00Dyana Sofya: A New Hope For The Malays?<b>Why is a political novice like her getting so much attention by the powers-that-be?</b><br />
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The entry of Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud onto the political scene has been met by an unprecedented and sustained attack by some of the biggest guns in Umno: an Umno Supreme Council member, the head of Wanita Umno and none other than Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad himself.<br />
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Is it because she represents everything that Umno does not want the Malays to be? – <i>Capable, Confident and Unshackled?</i><br />
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Unshackled from the unhealthy culture of dependency that Umno has created and reinforced through a constant stream of propaganda and paranoia – all with the cynical aim of perpetuating Umno’s hegemony.<br />
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The unshackling of the Malay psyche spells the beginning of the end for the gravy train called Umno because it means that Umno can no longer take for granted that Malays will vote for them.
This is why they are so desperate to kill off Dyana Sofya’s political career before it has even begun.<br />
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Dyana Sofya is an even bigger threat than more established and prominent Malay opposition figures for the simple reason that her motives cannot be so easily brought into question.
Going by Umno’s narrative, Nurul Izzah Anwar is part of a political dynasty, Ariff Sabri is a disgruntled Umno man and Zairil Khir Johari is not a “real” Malay.<br />
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Yet it is not as easy to cast aspersions on an entrant like Dyana Sofya, particularly when in their own estimation, she stands more to lose than to gain.
She is a middle class Malay who grew up in Malaysia and graduated from UiTM (<i>surprise,surprise!</i>) with a law degree. And to top it off - her mother is an Umno member!<br />
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This is something Umno’s leaders simply cannot fathom or accept because they remain stuck in their feudal mindset. And it panics them.
It scares the shit out of them that - <i><b>there may be more Dyana Sofyas out there!</b></i><br />
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Malays whose conscience cannot be bought and who will not be cowed.
Malays who choose to live by the ideals of truth, equality and justice and who wish to build a better Malaysia hand in hand with their fellow countrymen.<br />
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<b>It is time we showed Umno that they are right to be scared!
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<i>Above Article from Malaysia Today</i> - <a href="http://www.malaysia-today.net/so-lets-remove-the-final-shackle/" target="_blank">Arise, the confident, capable and unshackled Malay!</a>
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<i>Original Article from Malaysian Insider</i> -<a href="http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/sideviews/article/arise-the-malay-that-umno-fears-umran-kadir" target="_blank"> Arise, the Malay that Umno fears </a><br />
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Marina Mahathir - <a href="http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/she-can-think-she-can-write-she-can-articulate-marina-mahathir-says-of-smar" target="_blank">She Can Think, She Can Write and She Can Articulate (not like our other politicians)</a><br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14101228.post-64631725848610169842014-05-02T13:58:00.003+08:002014-05-07T17:17:08.962+08:00How Malaysia Airlines lost MH370<i>CNN's Richard Quest dissects Malaysia's preliminary report:-</i><br />
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Controllers told the airliner to check in with their counterparts in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. "Good night, Malaysian Three Seven Zero," someone in the cockpit answered.<br />
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That check-in never happened, but something else did. <b>The plane dropped off radar</b>, and the clock ticked.<br />
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"Control of the aircraft had left Malaysia to Vietnam. Even so, for 17 minutes, neither Kuala Lumpur nor Ho Chi Minh noticed nor acted," Quest said.<br />
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Then at 1:38 a.m., Ho Chi Minh contacted Kuala Lumpur to let the controllers know that it had not heard a word from the plane. "Verbal contact was not established," the transcript said.<br />
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The two control centers began a conversation about communications attempts with Flight 370 and previous radar blips along its path.<br />
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Then two messages came from Malaysia Airlines which is BEWILDERING:<br />
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At 2:03 a.m. came the first seemingly reassuring message from the airline. <b>The plane was in Cambodian airspace</b>,the airline told Kuala Lumpur air traffic control<b>.</b><br />
The Malaysians passed the message on to Vietnamese controllers. They then tried to confirm Malaysia Airlines' news with Cambodian air traffic controllers.<br />
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<b>The airline later confirmed its reassuring message. It had been able to "exchange signals with the flight," which was in Cambodian airspace, the transcript read.</b><br />
But an hour after Flight 370 signed off, Vietnamese air controllers poked holes in Malaysia Airlines' message. The flight had not been scheduled to fly over Cambodia, and officials there had no information on the plane -- nor contact with it.<br />
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Malaysian air traffic controllers kept in communication with the airline, which gave them yet another seemingly reassuring message at 2:35 a.m.<br />
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The airliner was "<b>in normal condition based on signal download</b>," which placed it off the coast of Vietnam.<br />
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At 5:20 a.m., a Malaysian official pronounced, based on what was then known, "<b>MH370 never left Malaysian airspace</b>."<br />
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<b>Where was the military?</b>
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The Malaysian Prime Minister has said the military tracked the plane as it headed back across Malaysia.<br />
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According to the report, a playback of a recording from military primary radar revealed that an aircraft that may have been Flight 370 had made a westerly turn, crossing Peninsular Malaysia. The search area was then extended to the Strait of Malacca.<br />
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But it's unclear <b>WHEN</b> that happened. The report makes no mention of the military's role the night of the disappearance.<br />
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CNN: <a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2014/05/02/opinion/palmer-malaysia-report/" target="_blank">MH370 lost due to incompetence</a><br />
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CNN: <a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2014/05/01/world/asia/malaysia-airlines-plane-report/index.html?hpt=hp_t1" target="_blank">Why did Malaysia Airlines say the plane was in Cambodia?</a><br />
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Watch the video: <a href="http://edition.cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2014/05/01/newday-mh370-report-preliminary-findings.cnn&hpt=hp_t1&from_homepage=yes&video_referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fedition.cnn.com%2F" target="_blank">Richard Quest on Malaysia's anaemic and "disgraceful" report</a><br />
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Malaysia Chronicle: <a href="http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=274142:is-this-mh370s-tail?-now-uk-scientist-sights-debris-painted-in-mas-colors-in-area-flagged-up-by-us-pilot&Itemid=2#axzz30XGdlvzW" target="_blank">Is the search conducted at the wrong area "on purpose"?</a><br />
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William Pesek: <a href="http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-05-01/one-missing-jet-one-sunken-ferry-two-responses" target="_blank">Malaysian government intent on ensuring nothing changes as a result of this tragedy</a><br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14101228.post-3895246124232238432014-04-03T10:52:00.001+08:002014-05-03T19:44:32.745+08:00MH370: A PR Disaster for Malaysia<b>KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia</b> -- It may mean little to investigators
that the last words air traffic controllers heard from the lost jetliner
were "<i>Good night, Malaysian three-seven-zero</i>," rather than "<i>All right,
good night</i>." But to Malaysian officials whose credibility has been
questioned almost from the beginning, it means a great deal.<br />
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Malaysian officials said more than two weeks ago that "All right, good
night," were the last words, and that the co-pilot uttered them. They
changed the account late Monday and said they are still investigating
who it was that spoke.<br />
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The discrepancy added to the confusion and frustration families of the missing already felt more than three weeks after Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared, and as of Tuesday officials had not explained how they got it wrong.<br />
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"This sort of mistake hits at the heart of trust in their
communications. If Malaysia is changing what the pilot said, people
start thinking, 'What are they going to change next?" said Hamish
McLean, an expert in risk and crisis communication at Griffith
University in Brisbane, Australia.<br />
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"Information in a crisis is absolutely critical. When we are dealing
with such a small amount of information its needs to be handled very
carefully," he said.<br />
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Authorities have been forced on the defensive by the criticism, the most forceful of which has come from a group of Chinese relatives who accuse them of lying
about - or even involvement in - the plane's disappearance. In part
responding to domestic political criticism, defense minister
Hishammuddin Hussein has taken to retweeting supportive comments on
Twitter. He has <b>twice</b> in recent days proclaimed that "<i>history would
judge us well</i>" over the handling of the crisis.<br />
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"<i>There are some things that I can tell you and some things that I
can't</i>," Malaysia's civil aviation chief said cryptically in the early
days of the search.<br />
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"<b>That was a terrible, terrible response</b>," said Lyall Mercer, the
principal of Australian-based Mercer PR, a public relations company. "It
says to the families that 'we know things that we are not going to
share' and that 'something else is more important than you'."<br />
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The piece of information that families most want to hear - whether their
relatives are alive or dead - has remained impossible to say with
finality, creating a dilemma for the government. <br />
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On March 24, it tried to address that. Malaysia Airlines officials met
families in Kuala Lumpur and Beijing and sent a <b>text message</b> to others
saying "we have to assume beyond any reasonable doubt that MH370 has
been lost and that none of those on board survived."<br />
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Sarah Bacj, a 48-year-old American expatriate teacher whose boyfriend, Philip Wood, was on the flight, said the decision by Malaysia Airlines to inject some certainty into
the fate of the passengers was a mistake. Until then, she said she
thought the Malaysian government had acted responsibly, but the text
message "totally violated my trust."<br />
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"I fell off the cliff," Bacj said. "The way the text message came, I
expected proof. That they had found the bodies, or that they had found
confirmed wreckage, or something ... but they didn't actually tell us
anything at all. The only thing they did was make a judgment statement
about evidence - unconfirmed evidence, mind you."<br />
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The final words from the cockpit, and who said them, are of interest not
only because there are few other clues to the disappearance, but
because the communication occurred just a minute before the plane's
transponders were shut off. The words were in English, as aviation
communications are around the world. <br />
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<i>The above article was extracted from</i> <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/malaysia-flight-370-govt-changes-account-of-last-radio-transmission/" target="_blank">CBS News</a><br />
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International Business Times: <a href="http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/malaysia-airlines-plane-mh370-gaffe-prone-husseins-tweet-lands-him-hot-water-1443205" target="_blank">Blessing in Disguise Tweet lands Hishammuddin in hot water</a><br />
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CNN: <a href="http://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2014/04/world/malaysia-flight-documents/?hpt=hp_t1" target="_blank">Malaysia's preliminary report on MH370 (55 days later)</a><br />
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CNN: <a href="http://edition.cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2014/05/01/newday-mh370-report-preliminary-findings.cnn&hpt=hp_t1&from_homepage=yes&video_referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fedition.cnn.com%2F" target="_blank">Richard Quest analyzes the report (4 hours gap where no one took any action)</a><br />
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Bloomberg: <a href="http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-05-01/one-missing-jet-one-sunken-ferry-two-responses" target="_blank">Malaysia gets a D, South Korea an A-</a><br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14101228.post-91122911908788379752014-03-13T12:17:00.000+08:002014-04-08T14:17:14.735+08:00The world now sees the real Malaysia<i>People say that a person's true qualities will be shown when tragedy happens...</i><br />
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SEPANG, Malaysia — Malaysia’s governing elite has clung to power without interruption since independence from Britain almost six decades ago through a combination of tight control of information, intimidation of the opposition and, until recently, robust economic growth.
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But worldwide bafflement at the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has challenged the country’s paternalistic political culture and exposed its coddled leaders to the withering judgments of critics from around the world.<br />
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“<b>The world is finally feeling the frustration that we’ve been experiencing for years</b>,” said Lee Ee May, a management consultant and a former aide to a Malaysian opposition politician.
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Ms. Lee said she was embarrassed when the country’s defense minister, Hishammuddin Hussein, the scion of a powerful political family, rejected a reporter’s assertion on Wednesday that the search for the airplane had been disordered.
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“It’s only confusion if you want it to be seen to be confusion,” Mr. Hishammuddin said at a news conference that unfolded before an international audience.<br />
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<i>"Are you confused?"</i><br />
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<i>"Take it from me..."</i><br />
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NYT: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/13/world/asia/missing-jet-exposes-a-dysfunctional-malaysian-elite.html?_r=1" target="_blank">Malaysian leaders face rare criticisms from outside</a><br />
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Bernama: <a href="http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v7/wn/newsworld.php?id=1021546" target="_blank">Malaysia fails credibility test</a><br />
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USA Today: <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/03/14/malaysia-response-missing-jet/6427329/" target="_blank">A pathetic and incompetent leader </a><br />
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Reuters: <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/15/us-malaysia-airlines-defence-idUSBREA2E0JT20140315" target="_blank">An even more pathetic air defence system </a><br />
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Boston: <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/2014/03/17/missing-jet-reveals-uncomfortable-malaysian-truths/BOpONwjGWXNWL9zIUJ0lPO/story.html" target="_blank">Missing flight reveals a third world mentality</a><br />
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Malay Mail: <a href="http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/malaysia-worried-about-red-faces-from-radar-data-us-official-alleges" target="_blank">Worried about red faces caused delay in search</a><br />
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NYT: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/23/world/asia/a-routine-flight-till-both-routine-and-flight-vanish.html?ref=todayspaper&_r=0" target="_blank">A routine flight until routine and flight vanishes </a><br />
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USA Today: <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2014/03/23/malaysia-airline-najib-government-corrupt-column/6797203/" target="_blank">Malaysia's bumbling government</a><br />
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Kee Thuan Chye: <a href="https://my.news.yahoo.com/blogs/bull-bashing/most-ridiculous-assumption-mh370-052822567.html" target="_blank">How much longer can Malaysian government hide?</a><br />
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Al Jazeera: <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2014/03/malaysia-airlines-flight-this-n-201431991420818737.html" target="_blank">This is not a normal government</a><br />
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CBS: <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/malaysia-flight-370-govt-changes-account-of-last-radio-transmission/" target="_blank">Malaysian government has serious credibility issues</a><br />
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WA Today: <a href="http://www.watoday.com.au/world/search-for-mh370-mistakes-backdowns-and-corrections-20140402-zqpmw.html" target="_blank">Never ending mistakes, backdowns and corrections</a><br />
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Bangkok Post: <a href="http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/403778/jet-response-intolerable" target="_blank">Malaysia's response to missing jet is shameful</a><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14101228.post-13565053948443437052014-03-11T11:01:00.001+08:002014-04-03T10:32:50.458+08:00Our Immigration Officers can't tell Asians from CaucasiansOur politicians are now making a fool of themselves on the international stage (they must have tired of only performing to a local audience) and have chosen a very inappropriate time to do so.<br />
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The fate of the missing MH370 flight hangs in the balance as our Transport Minister (Acting) and DG of Aviation make fools of themselves on Live TV.<br />
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First of all it was revealed that two passengers who had false passports on the flight had Caucasian names. How they could get on the flight was dismissed as a common occurrence happening all over the world by the transport minister. Then it was revealed that they actually looked Asian but could still fool our immigration officers (Immigration later explained that its all SOP - standard stuff everyone knows la....).<br />
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The next day it became "clear" that they actually looked more like Mario Balotelli as revealed by our DG who couldn't even pronounce Balotelli correctly and had to be corrected by the reporters!<br />
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<i>"Was it Bartoli or Balotelli on the plane?" </i><br />
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And finally, on the next day... tadaa!! Surprise, surprise they look just like Iranians!<br />
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Kee Thuan Chye: <a href="http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2014/03/11/caucasian-names-asian-faces-no-theyre-blacks-whats-going-on/#more-26840" target="_blank">What's Going On??</a><br />
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National Post: <a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/03/10/malaysian-airlines-investigators-use-strange-soccer-player-comparison-to-describe-men-using-fake-passports/" target="_blank">Malaysian DG makes "strange" comparisons to Balotelli </a><br />
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Channel4: <a href="http://www.channel4.com/news/missing-plane-malaysian-airlines-strange-press-conference" target="_blank">This must be the weirdest press conference ever!</a><br />
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Telegraph: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/world/missing-malaysia-airlines-plane-probe-marked-by-confusion-misinformation-20140312-hvhqv.html" target="_blank">All Malaysians are liars!</a><br />
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SMH: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/world/missing-malaysia-airlines-plane-probe-marked-by-confusion-misinformation-20140312-hvhqv.html" target="_blank">More confusion and misinformation</a><br />
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Malay Mail: <a href="http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/failing-to-manage-mh370-crisis-exposes-leadership-limit" target="_blank">Malaysia's weak leadership exposed</a><br />
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Malaysian Insider: <a href="http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/seven-errors-in-the-search-for-flight-mh370" target="_blank">Seven errors in the search for MH370 and counting</a><br />
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Sakmongkol AK47: <a href="http://sakmongkol.blogspot.com/2014/04/making-sense-of-our-defence-spending.html" target="_blank">RM13bn to 16bn spent on our defence system each year but none of it seen being used to help search for MH370</a><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14101228.post-53553910637812891072014-01-15T09:27:00.001+08:002014-01-16T12:34:32.825+08:00Najib calls on Malaysians to "just eat kangkung"Never has there been a leader so bold in this country where he finally sees the courage to speak up after being condemned for his lavish spendings. If the price of everything has gone up, why not just eat "kangkung" (water spinach) which is cheap and available all over the country (especially near the longkangs). If you can't afford to travel by private jets why not just take the bus? If you can't have lavish wedding ceremonies why not just celebrate at home? If you can't have your nasi briani why not just have "nasi kangkang"? And if you don't like UMNO why not just leave the country?<br />
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Great advice from a <i>sage</i>? No, it's just our PM Najib.<br />
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<a href="http://sakmongkol.blogspot.com/2014/01/malaysias-kangkung-gate.html" target="_blank">Malaysia's Kangkunggate</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/najib-rapped-by-netizens-for-kangkung-statement" target="_blank">Najib calls on Malaysians to eat more kangkung so that he can continue to be PM</a><br />
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<a href="http://cenangau.blogspot.com/2014/01/kreatifnya-warga-maya-belasah-najib-kangkung.html#axzz2qQUJYQUk" target="_blank">Malaysia's learned scholars rush to award Najib his PhD in Economics</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/flashmob-treats-najib-to-kangkung-in-protest-of-price-hikes" target="_blank">Flash mob feeds Najib a free kangkung meal</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2014/01/14/from-mckangkung-to-world-kangkung-day/" target="_blank">Malaysians in love with Najib declares Jan 13 World Kangkung Day</a><br />
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BBC: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-25730815" target="_blank">Najib is fast becoming Malaysia's laughing <i>stalk</i></a><br />
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Jakarta Post: <a href="http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/01/15/msia-netizens-see-red-over-najibs-kangkung-remark.html" target="_blank">Najib blames the people for price hikes</a><br />
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<i> </i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14101228.post-12523522282215741312013-05-09T21:38:00.001+08:002013-05-15T09:58:06.062+08:00Najib blames the Chinese for BN's losses?<a href="http://malaysia-chronicle.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=98051:its-daps-fault-najib-continues-anti-chinese-rant-to-save-own-skin&Itemid=2" target="_blank">Najib starts the blame game to save himself</a><br />
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After going through the biggest loss in BN's election history, PM Najib is now trying to save his own skin by putting the blame squarely on Chinese votes for the Opposition. Maybe BN should be made up of just UMNO from now onwards so they can only blame themselves during the next election!<br />
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The Star: <a href="http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2013/5/7/nation/20130507175954&sec=nation&utm_source=TSOL_main&utm_medium=links&utm_campaign=GE13" target="_blank">Najib blames the Chinese</a><br />
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MC: <a href="http://malaysia-chronicle.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=98051:its-daps-fault-najib-continues-anti-chinese-rant-to-save-own-skin&Itemid=2" target="_blank">Najib blames the DAP </a><br />
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Utusan: <a href="http://ww1.utusan.com.my/utusan/Pilihan_Raya/20130507/px_03/Apa-lagi-orang-Cina-mahu" target="_blank">"Apa lagi Cina mahu?" </a><br />
<i>(Do you mean besides gambling, alcohol and women?? BTW - Thanks for all the free Tiger Beer in Penang recently!) </i><br />
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Anil Netto: <a href="http://anilnetto.com/malaysian-politics/malaysian-elections/farewell-to-1malaysia-free-beers/" target="_blank">Enjoy the free beer while it lasts!</a><br />
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<a href="http://sg.news.yahoo.com/dr-m-questions-bn-strategists-says-umno-to-091017936.html" target="_blank">Dr M blames UMNO</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/utusan-blames-dap-for-papers-offensive-against-chinese" target="_blank">Utusan blames DAP</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/litee/sideviews/article/this-is-what-the-chinese-want-ong-hean-teik" target="_blank">What the Chinese want (and what dullard Utusan and equally fogey Najib misses)</a><br />
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Asia Sentinel: <a href="http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5401&Itemid=178" target="_blank">Najib must take responsibility for giving the Chinese "free beer"</a><br />
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Asia Sentinel: <a href="http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5392&Itemid=178" target="_blank">How Najib managed to scrape through despite a huge opposition</a><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14101228.post-16609916032158413152013-05-05T14:06:00.001+08:002013-05-06T01:03:05.369+08:00Will it be a Malaysian Spring on May 5, 2013?<a href="http://gulfnews.com/news/world/other-world/malaysia-elections-only-fraud-can-stop-opposition-says-anwar-ebrahim-1.1179140" target="_blank">Only massive fraud will prevent the Opposition from winning</a> <br />
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Permatang Pauh, Malaysia: Anwar Ebrahim said only fraud can stop his
party from scoring a historic election win as the rival sides launched a
last-ditch campaign blitz on Saturday on the eve of a tense vote.<br />
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Sunday’s elections are the first in the country’s 56 years of
independence in which the only government Malaysia has known faces
possible defeat.<br />
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<a href="http://gulfnews.com/news/world/other-world/malaysia-elections-only-fraud-can-stop-opposition-says-anwar-ebrahim-1.1179140" target="_blank">Read more </a><br />
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<a href="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/229160" target="_blank">Live Malaysian Election Report from Malaysiakini</a><br />
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NYT: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/04/opinion/put-an-end-to-malaysias-race-baiting-politics.html?pagewanted=all" target="_blank">A Historic Chance for Reform by Malaysians</a><br />
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FMT: <a href="https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2013/05/05/no-phantom-voters-on-airasia-flights/" target="_blank">Tony says no phantom voters on Air Asia</a><br />
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FMT: <a href="https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2013/05/05/helikopter-terbalik-hisham-dan-keluarga-selamat/" target="_blank">Hisham's copter crash lands, in a hurry to somewhere?</a><br />
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Results:<br />
<a href="https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2013/05/05/pakatan-set-to-retain-penang/" target="_blank">Penang is held again by DAP</a><br />
<a href="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/229219" target="_blank">Pakatan retains Selangor</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/229219" target="_blank">BN obtains majority to form the next government</a><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14101228.post-32289642593445764242013-04-28T23:07:00.000+08:002013-05-04T21:14:10.337+08:00Malaysians go for change<a href="http://malaysia-chronicle.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=93172:ex-general-has-assured-army-will-escort-anwar-safely-to-take-oath-if-pr-wins-kee-kwong&Itemid=2">If there is violence we will not run away</a><br />
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"So we urge for calm because there are all sorts of slanders going on - stock up lah , there will rusuhan (riots) lah, Tanda Putera (movie of the May 13, 1969 racial riots), what have you! But the people are not scared. Let me tell you a personal story about a former neighbor, a lady lawyer. Last time we talked about it, she would be very scared but this time I met her, 'if there is violence, so be it'. I was surprised, shocked because they are very very rich but she said, 'No we are not running away."
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<a href="http://malaysia-chronicle.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=93172:ex-general-has-assured-army-will-escort-anwar-safely-to-take-oath-if-pr-wins-kee-kwong&Itemid=2">Read more</a><br />
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The Star: <a href="http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2013/4/27/nation/13031452&sec=nation&utm_source=TSOL_main&utm_medium=links&utm_campaign=GE13" target="_blank">Malaysians flying home in bid to change present government</a><br />
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Sarawak Report: <a href="http://www.sarawakreport.org/2013/05/down-at-the-airport/" target="_blank">Foreigners flying into Malaysia (sponsored by BN, of course) in bid to <i>maintain</i> the present government </a><br />
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Malaysia Chronicle: <a href="http://malaysia-chronicle.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=96932:the-aliens-have-landed??-get-out-the-vote-campaign&Itemid=2" target="_blank">Opposition to face up against an alien invasion</a><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14101228.post-70687800000444044092013-04-23T22:21:00.001+08:002013-04-24T23:10:42.771+08:00Cracks in BN begin to widen as unwinnable candidates dropped<a href="http://malaysia-chronicle.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=90582:i-have-never-seen-this-sort-of-crack-in-umno-anwar-on-najibs-shock-sacking-of-61-members&Itemid=2" target="_blank">BN in turmoil as "unwinnable" candidates proved too many for coalition</a><br />
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As trouble looms, the unwinnable candidates dropped by Najib from the election roll has proved to be a thorn among many BN leaders and their supporters. Some are also bewildered as extremists are fielded while moderates were sidelined.<br />
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The unwinnable BN candidates who have been dropped from the 2013 election roll:<br />
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<u>UMNO</u><br />
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi <br />
Rais Yatim<br />
Shahrizat Jalil<br />
Kamilia Ibrahim <br />
Radzi Sheikh Ahmad<br />
Arif Shah Omar Shah <br />
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<u>MCA</u><br />
Chua Soi Lek<br />
Ng Yen Yen<br />
Ong Tee Keat<br />
Gan Ping Sieu <br />
Hee Yit Foong <br />
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<u>Gerakan</u><br />
Koh Tsu Koon<br />
Teng Hock Nan<br />
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<u>SUPP</u><br />
Peter Chin<br />
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<a href="http://pilihanraya.info/whos-in-or-out-in-bns-list" target="_blank">Who's in and who's out</a><br />
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Gulf Times: <a href="http://www.gulf-times.com/asean-philippines/188/details/349356/najib-culls-scandal-hit-figures-from-malaysia-polls" target="_blank">Najib culls his herd to prevent more scandals </a><br />
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Radio Australia: <a href="http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/2013-04-17/malaysias-ruling-coalition-axes-scandalhit-figures/1117404" target="_blank">Najib axes his scandal hit and corruption tainted ministers </a><br />
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Anwar: <a href="http://malaysia-chronicle.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=90582:i-have-never-seen-this-sort-of-crack-in-umno-anwar-on-najibs-shock-sacking-of-61-members&Itemid=2" target="_blank">61 leaders sacked by Najib is unprecedented </a><br />
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Sin Chew: <a href="http://www.mysinchew.com/node/85594" target="_blank">Najib appeals for calm as dropped candidates turn against BN</a><br />
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Asia Sentinel: <a href="http://asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5355&Itemid=164" target="_blank">Seats stolen from ruling partners and given to UMNO</a><br />
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Coming Soon: <a href="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/226912" target="_blank">Sabotage and turncoats</a><br />
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Elsewhere: <a href="http://www.kinibiz.com/story/issues/16661/1mdb-revisited-mysterious-rm7-billion-investments-in-cayman-islands.html" target="_blank">BN continues to transfer large sums of money offshore</a>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14101228.post-37960991108527244552013-04-19T17:03:00.002+08:002013-04-20T14:03:12.498+08:00Najib's sex videos unlikely to sway the voters<a href="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/227337" target="_blank">Najib's sex videos production farms are working against him</a><br />
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The use of sex videos among other ill-thoughtout strategies to win over the rakyat are beginning to backfire over Najib and BN.<br />
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Three decisions on the part of BN in the last two weeks are leading to
tectonic shifts within the electorate, and thus strengthen the
opposition’s position nationally. <br />
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These are:<br />
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1. The use of sex videos against PAS and possibly other opposition politicians.<br />
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2. The fielding of Perkasa leader Zulkifli Noordin in Shah Alam.<br />
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3. The action by the Registrar of Societies (ROS) in not recognising DAP’s central executive committee (CEC). <br />
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The combined effect of these moves have strengthened the opposition
coalition and negatively impact the BN’s position with the electorate in the lead up to the May 5 general election. <br />
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