Meanwhile, they’re constantly told that while their own history and heritage is full of slavery, oppression, and racism, the Muslim migrants who are arriving in Britain (and all over the West) in large numbers are bringing with them a noble, unsullied faith, the overall wonderfulness would be obvious to everyone if not for a wholly unwarranted, race-based “Islamophobia.”

And so the Oxford Mail recently ran an article about a young English lad from Oxfordshire who “converted to Islam as a teenager.” That must mean that he converted within the last three years, as we’re told that he is sixteen now. Judging on the basis of what we’re told about Islam and “Islamophobia,” one might have expected this story to be all about how Islam transformed this young fellow’s life, and led him to feel better, act better, and live better. 

One might have expected to read happy quotations from the boy’s parents, all about, say, how he had fallen in with a rough crowd, and there are just so many temptations facing young people these days, but then he discovered the Qur’an, and since then, has been quiet, studious, courteous, and serious about bettering himself and making something of himself in this cruel world.

The whole story might have been another establishment media attempt to reassure Britons who are jittery about their country’s present and downright fearful about its future. Everything is going to be all right, you see; Islam is certainly different to what we are used to, but it makes people sober, upright, and godly, and who could possibly object to that? All shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well, if only the “far right” would stop its endless agitating.

But that’s not exactly what the story is about.

Instead, it seems that this new Muslim now stands “accused of having a suicide vest and of supporting Islamic State (IS).” The pious young man has been “charged with stockpiling weapons, explosives and a suicide vest at his family home.” Even that is not all. He is “also accused of supporting IS and is suspected of sharing its propaganda on terrorist attacks as well as footage of battlefield explosions and killings.” He is even “said to have had swords in his possession as well as homemade explosives.”

Lawyer Lim Wei Jiet said the move follows confirmation from the police in January that previous investigations into Beng Hock’s death were conducted under Section 342 of the Penal Code for wrongful confinement. Those investigations were ultimately classified as no further action (NFA) in May last year.

“We believe that the investigation under ‘wrongful confinement’ has no correlation to Beng Hock’s death, which is the main grievance all of us are here for today. “A wrongful confinement offence is a ‘deprivation of liberty’ offence. It's not a ‘deprivation of life’ offence, which is what the late Beng Hock’s case is about,” Lim said during a press conference at the Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall today.

The application seeks a court declaration that the authorities have a legal duty to investigate the case under sections 302 or 304 of the Penal Code, which relate to murder and culpable homicide, respectively. It also includes a request for a mandamus order to compel the police and relevant authorities to carry out such investigations.

Five respondents were named in the application, namely the government, the attorney-general, the Royal Malaysia Police, the inspector-general of police, and the Criminal Investigation Department director. The application for leave was filed on April 16 and is expected to be heard at the Kuala Lumpur High Court on May 18.

17 years of seeking answers

In 2009, Beng Hock - then an aide to Selangor state executive councillor Ean Yong Hian Wah - was found dead after overnight questioning at the Selangor MACC office, then based at Plaza Masalam in Shah Alam. A 2011 royal commission of inquiry concluded he had been driven to suicide by aggressive interrogation.

However, the Court of Appeal ruled in 2014 that his death was caused or accelerated by unlawful acts, including those of MACC officers. On Nov 21, 2024, the Kuala Lumpur High Court ordered the police to complete the investigation into Beng Hock’s death within six months.

The Attorney-General’s Chambers later ultimately classified the case as NFA. Expressing her frustration, Beng Hock’s sister, Lee Lan, who was also at the press conference today, said the family could not accept the outcome after nearly two decades of seeking justice.

“This is really disappointing in the sense that the police cannot perform their duties correctly and rightfully to investigate the death of a citizen. “We want to ask the IGP, why the wrong (provisions of the) penal code to investigate (Beng Hock’s death)?” she asked.She urged members of the public to show support by attending the upcoming court proceedings.

“We hope that the people can attend the judicial review application on May 18, 9am at the Kuala Lumpur court to support us,” she added.

Mechi : Who is behind this stubborn situation. Could it be the ex ex IGP. Could it be top Umno leaders? Don't blame Madani alone. Definitely, the longest ruling party during the TBH days was Umno. They are mostly responsible. Talk about accountability in Mysia? Credit to the family of TBH for the utmost persistence. Hope, there's accountability. Sadly, the people responsible then, I hear have been promoted.

Sealthedeal : We all know you are dealing with a police force with criminal intent not to pursue the truth and the MACC who are equally corrupt. All right thinking Malaysians are with you.

Rakyat Tertindas : another never ending saga like Indira Gandhi. Why our police cannot do a proper job?

OBSERVER from Space : Failure to hold government servants responsible ? Surely it’s murder; he couldn’t have fallen to his death if he had a heart attack, could he?? Call it and face the truth. 

The Government has never had the courage to uphold truth and justice; yet claim to be defenders of the faith. What faith instructs us to defend murderers??? Pray tell us PMX??? Malu Apa Bos!!

GalaxyM : All the righteous people are supporting the move to take those responsible for his death in MACC office 17 years ago to the court and charged for murdering TBH. 

18th May 2026 has been fixed and I hope the discerning public will be present at the High Court in Kuala Lumpur to lend their support to the move.

Sealthedeal : The best thing the incoming head of the MACC can do is turn the perpetrators over to the police for charges. And secondly charge the Sabah mining crooks.

He never was born in USA and was president of USA? Obama is literally disgusting! It's so apparent he is so jealous of!Trump! He definitely fits the Divider and chief! Literally condemning everything he does! This is a perfect example of inciting violence! And wonder why he is trying to be assassined! Obama didn't do anything on his terms. And Michael is right behind him. Obtht the hama and Michael are inciting racist at the highest level! Love your show Dillon keep up the great work!

Fang Fang, the Chinese spy

Pelosi knew all about it and did nothing. Half the democrats in congress have done this, starting with Bill Clinton.  Remember Monica Lewinsky, and the infamous BJ. ONE POLITICAL PARTY THAT PROTECTS SERIOUS PREDATORS IS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY LED BY CHUCK SCHUMER & HAKKIMM JEFFERIES. 

Half the democrats in congress have done this. They all fake and phony. Politicans uses the greatest tool of the Devil, lying. Here's a question. If swalwell is married, why was he living at the donors house? 

Here's the truth, Swalwell wasn't living in California for years, owned no property in California. Both are a restored run for governor. Swalwell wasn't even qualified to run, but when do DemonRATS ever follow the rules???

The Khilafat movement which was supposed to have been a movement against the British soon became a religious war often referred to as a jihadi massacre of Hindus. The so-called “uprising” or “rebellion” of the Moplahs was a poor excuse to exercise their authority over the hapless Hindus whom they considered to be servants of theirs – an illogical ideology deeply entrenched because of successive Muslim invasions since the 11th-12th century (starting with Mohammad Ghori).

The murderous Moplah genocides in the Malabar was initiated by a band of fanatic Muslims who were prone to frequent and irrational violent tendencies driven by either economic or religious reasons. The protagonists of the Khilafat movement and the Ali brothers made incendiary speeches asking Muslims to come together to fight a religious war that in all fairness was totally unwarranted and uncalled-for.

The Moplahs who never needed any reason to rebel used supposed past agrarian grievances to spur themselves into action and begin a pogrom against the Hindus. Weapons (Moplah sword) were collected and a mass movement was initiated to declare the imminent establishment of the Islamic kingdom. One Khilafat leader, Ali Musaliyar was proclaimed the king, Khilafat flags were raised and two provinces of Eranad and Valluvanad were declared as Khilafat kingdoms.

Moplah Genocide 1921: The Malabar Hindu Massacre History Won't Tell You

Revolution always sounds brave and romantic until you hear about what happens after. Iran 1979, Russia 1917, China 1927, Cuba 1959, Argentina 1966. A lot of the largest revolutions began for very understandable reasons. 

A lot of them also brought about a worse system than they ended, caused the deaths of countless innocents, and brought to power some of the worst dictators ever. You could probably even classify the rise of the Nazis as a revolution, or the rise of any dictator. I mean, a revolution is basically just flipping the current way a society works on its head. 

So any drastic sudden change of government qualifies, I suppose. I’m not saying don’t do it. I’m saying that it’s important to know what it can turn into, and that the sense of victory tends to be very short-lived because of the vast suffering that needs to follow.

That’s definitely the truth no other president before Trump would ever want peace for them and trumps the only one with balls big enough to stand up to any one on this planet. USA has been very clear. We do not negotiate with terrorists, domestic or foreign. I'm so proud I'm alive & my vote was heard...so proud of our President!! Hakeem Jeffries is afraid of the truth because he's lying!

“Do I deny that there are issues with the cost of living and prices of goods? I do not. Should they be addressed wisely? Yes. “Are we able to help? My answer is partly yes - we are not able to help everyone,” he said.

Anwar was speaking at the prime minister’s monthly assembly with ministry staff, held in conjunction with the Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Ministry's monthly assembly today.

GreenWalrus1469 : You can’t help everyone but can help the ketuanans to escape with NFAs and DNAAs. You can stuff taxpayers funds to Palestinians, billions to Jakim and bumi agendas. You can’t help races which contribute to national development but happily nick temple’s lands. We can’t wait to show you the door.

Veteran 1972 : Madiah, you have no business contributing monies that are Malaysian taxpayers to Arab, Palestinians. Who are they? Your relations? Definitely NOT Malaysians!!!

PinkJaguar7289 : The people did not vote for a government to recognise their suffering from a podium; they voted for leaders to reduce it. Saying “we cannot help everyone” may be fiscally honest, but politically, it sounds like surrender after years of election promises. 

The cost of living cannot be swept under the carpet with slogans, selective aid, and clever explanations. If subsidies are too costly, show clearly where the money is going, cut waste, stop leakage, and make the rich, cartels, and cronies pay their share. 

A government that wants everyone’s vote cannot later tell ordinary people that not everyone can be helped. Do not ask the people for a blank cheque, then tell them the account is empty.

On the Other Hand : We would really like to see the money trail of RM 200 million of taxpayers funds that was supposedly sent to help the civilians of Gaza. 

To date, we do not know who exactly it went to, how much commissions were paid out to 'friendly' parties, and how much 'leakage' there was. Were any of these funds given to HAMAS, and if so, how much was used to buy arms?

A Promising Young Soldier's Life Destroyed  Wantonly

This comes after the minister’s brief statement on Thursday, which the family’s lawyer, N Surendran, said only raised more questions than answers. He questioned Khaled for not being transparent on what happened to the army’s special forces member, whom they believed was subjected to corporal punishment.

“... the defence minister offered no explanation as to why the family of Hamid was told that he had suffered these terrible injuries after a fall in the bathroom. “This was manifestly untrue, and even the police have confirmed that two soldiers were arrested and are under investigation over the injuries. “Why was the incorrect information given to the family? Who was responsible and what action has been taken against them?” the lawyer asked in a statement.

Surendran said Khaled also failed to explain why the victim was only taken to the hospital on March 12, more than a day after he had collapsed, allegedly due to physical assault.

Knucklehead2 : I mean seriously—who would want to join the army after reading this? And which parent would encourage or support their child to enlist under such circumstances? For a minister to ignore this issue is unacceptable. 

Don’t scream later about recruitment problems when the reasons are staring you in the face. It’s simple: address the problem, or stop pretending to be surprised when people don’t want to join.

GrayCondor1956 : Crowd fund and sue all involved. Bullying is getting worse and no one wants to take responsibility nor put an end to it. 

These atrocities do not seem to affect the big guns nor big mouths like Akmal. They go by the rule that silence is golden. Now, we the Rakyat must do something about it ourselves and may it begin here.

Veteran 1972 : The Senior Officer in charge should be held accountable. Not some lowly other rank who is normally used as a scapegoat. Khalid too as he is the Defence Minister, start at the top. Everyone will start passing the buck. Get them all!

- Galen Centre chief executive Azrul Khalib

COMMENT | The proposed reduction of the healthcare budget by Madani because of the so-called austerity drive due to the conflict in West Asia perpetrated by Tel Aviv and Washington is the kind of news item that gets lost in the mendacious games of our political elites.

I have no idea which genius in Putrajaya thought it was a good idea in these times to mess with the healthcare budget.

In a time when some folks are cancelling their insurance because of sky high premiums thereby relying on public healthcare, private hospitals are under the microscope for excessive billings, the pricing of drugs means that patients, even those who are eligible for expensive life saving treatments because their close family members are government servants, are disenfranchised and the rakyat is feeling the pinch when it comes to the cost of transport and groceries, this government decides that healthcare should be trimmed to save money.

Just Common Sense : Madani spent millions on print 1 million qurans because of a lunatic somewhere in Europe few more millions on Palestine and billions on building houses of worship for the majority and for religious departments. 

Now they want to cut healthcare for all Malaysians? Can we first know how much Malaysian govt has spent on above 3 items from 1957 to now? Is Dap too dhimmi to ask?

On the Other Hand : Pumping billions into JAKIM and Gaza, but taking it away from our own hospitals and healthcare. PMX idiocy at its finest. Why doesn't he pray for money to fall from the sky, if he thinks his and JAKIM's prayers are worth anything?

AyamKambingBack : Budget for religion matters should be cut at least 80% because the more budget given, the more maksiat happen in that community. 

Ketum, drugs, mabuk, rogol, isap kot*, divorce cases, porn websites surfing, homicides, mat rempit, bicycle lajak, racism, bullying, BIG corruptions etc...

Dismantling Global Jihad Post-9/11

Burnham said the will has been lost throughout Europe, Canada and Australia. We are Americans. We're different. We absolutely do have the will or we surrender to this. Future generations will know. Democrats now face legitimate disaster with voters fleeing their lies while Trump dominates. The real pizdec comes next and it will be brutal for them. How bad does it get from here? We are different. We don’t care what they call us any longer. We the people have had enough. It’s time for accountability.

Anwar, who is also the finance minister, said the approach demonstrates that the government does not subscribe to elitism at the expense of bumiputera interests, as alleged by certain quarters.

He pointed to the government’s decision to grant automatic matriculation placement to students who obtain 10As regardless of race, while at the same time, maintaining the existing quota for bumiputera students.

“At the same time, 90 percent of bumiputera students continue to be given opportunities through the matriculation programme, reflecting the government’s inclusive approach.

KitaBoleh : Strong Bumi agenda means nothing left for non Bumi. What happened to the anak XXX, anak saya. Another one of Madani BS. Votes are slipping away... Where are you going to stand? Tambun?

GreenHare9358 : The empowerment that was originally planned under nep to be achieved in 20 years by 1990, but obviously it didn’t quite after getting hijacked by elites for elites. 

Which was then used as an excuse to extend it like forever by and for the same elites, and so apparently even in next 30 years it didn’t achieve the original objective. 

Hopefully, now this strong agenda under madani will soon achieve the objective to empower the bumis at last, while not ignoring the needy minorities.

BesamanMucho : 60% population but 90% allocation.

MS : "The bumiputera empowerment agenda has been pursued more assertively, firmly, and boldly under the Madani government over the past three years, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said." 

So what's stopping the Chameleon from renaming his outfit Parti Keadilan Rakyat MELAYU? Hypocrisy.

Chefoo : The MM will take all that you give and vote for PAS in GE16…. You are just one term PM….not sure if you can complete the one term or not A PM should be for all Msians. 

Didn’t the NM supported and vote for you. So all the singing about “anak Cina anak saya, anak India anak saya, anak Kadazan….” are fake.

BlueCougar1744 : Why 90%? Go for 100%. Make sure you use not taxes from NM lah.

So far, the Muslim population has swollen to an estimated 2.4 to 2.5 million souls—roughly 5% of the nation’s total—fueled overwhelmingly by immigration from North Africa, above all Morocco, which accounts for 65% of the Muslim immigrant cohort. These communities cluster with ominous symbolic precision in the ancient strongholds of al-Andalus: Andalusia and Granada alone shelter some 400,000 Muslims, while Madrid, that later-born capital, now harbors 100,000. Fertility differentials compound the shift; children born to at least one Muslim parent represented 11% of all Spanish births in 2024, a rate that mocks the anemic native birth figures.

From a historical perspective, this is no neutral migration. It is a slow-motion reversal of the Reconquista, a reconquest not by scimitar but by womb and ballot box. And yet polite discourse still clings to the saccharine fable of al-Andalus as a lost paradise of harmonious convivencia between Muslims, Christians, and Jews. 

That fable is a lie—a dangerous, ahistorical lie—and the gathering tensions in present-day Spain expose it as such. The impending conflict between post-Christian, secular Europeans and the resurgent Muslim Arab (and Arabized Berber) populations is not a fever dream of the far right; it is the inexorable consequence of incompatible civilizations colliding once more on the same soil.

The myth of al-Andalus must be dragged into the light and eviscerated. For centuries, European romantics and modern multiculturalists have peddled the image of a tolerant Islamic Iberia where Jews and Christians flourished under benevolent Moorish rule. This is historical malpractice of the highest order. From the Umayyad conquest in 711 until the final fall of Granada in 1492, non-Muslims existed as dhimmis—protected but explicitly subordinate subjects under the Pact of Umar and its variants. 

They paid the jizya, a humiliating poll tax that bought mere survival. Public display of their faith was curtailed; new churches and synagogues were forbidden; distinctive clothing—often yellow badges for Jews, dark robes for Christians—was mandatory. Testimony in court weighed less than that of a Muslim; a dhimmi who struck a Muslim faced execution.

Coalition tensions are more visible, negotiations are more public, and decisions sometimes appear slower. What is often missed is that this conclusion is based only on what is visible.

The office of the PM remains one of the most powerful executive positions in the country. It can appoint and dismiss cabinet ministers, set national policy direction, and control the main tools of government. These powers remain intact.

It is important to be clear that this authority has not disappeared. What has changed is not the existence of power, but the conditions under which it is used.

Kajang pigeon : The uncomfortable truth is that Anwar was never exactly the brightest bulb in the hardware shop. Mahathir’s tyranny handed him a political gift hamper, and he rode that sympathy train all the way to relevance. 

Then came Najib’s kleptocracy, which he milked so thoroughly even a dairy cow would have filed a workplace complaint. At that point, let’s be honest — even an orangutan in a blazer, with the right slogan and a half-decent prayer pose, could have been launched as the nation’s “great reform hope.” 

We thought Anwar had emerged from prison as a transformed statesman — a man who had seen suffering, understood the rakyat, and would return with wisdom, humility, and justice in his pocket. Instead, we got a political mat rempit with a motivational-poster vocabulary, a shallow reform tank, and the leadership spine of wet tissue. 

He gave DAP the finger, winked at the old racist playbook, and somehow managed to repackage the same rotten rhetoric from the opposite side of the fence — like selling expired sardines in a new tin. Reformasi became “reformasi, but only when convenient.” 

Hope became “please hold, your call is important to us.” And the rakyat? Still standing there like idiots, realizing we didn’t vote for a saviour — we accidentally ordered UMNO Lite with extra disappointment

AntiRacial : DSAI is definitely a powerless and a puppet PM controlled by UMNO. DSAI does not dare to express anything against UMNO, worried that UMNO will pull out from the coalition government, and he will lose his PM position.

Mark Rowley, Metropolitan Police commissioner of London, arrives for a round table hosted by Prime Minister Keir Starmer at 10 Downing Street in response to the terror attack against Jews in Golders Green, April 30, 2026. Credit: Lauren Hurley/No. 10 Downing Street.

Many have commented on the fact that Cole Tomas Allen, the 31-year-old shooter from California who allegedly set out to kill U.S. President Donald Trump and administration officials at the White House correspondents’ dinner last Saturday evening, parroted the same demonization of opponents and calls for violence against Trump and his supporters that incessantly emanate from the Democratic Party. 

In videoed street interviews in New York after the attack by Allen, young Americans said they definitely thought political violence was justified as “resistance” or protest because government systems were themselves violent or failing the people. One said that while he felt that Trump wasn’t bad enough to be killed, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was.

In London this week, there was yet another attack on British Jews when two men in the heavily Jewish suburb of Golders Green were stabbed. The attacker lunged at an ultra-Orthodox man in his 30s, before launching himself at an elderly man at a bus stop who had just put on his kippah. Both men were hospitalized.

The Karsi region in Sinjar, Iraq, where displaced Yazidis have sought refuge All photos are by Fouad el-Hassan

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Iraqi writer Fouad el-Hassan describes the journey of those who cling to life, convinced that their last hope lies on the other side of the border.  

A reader might recoil in shock, perhaps even get a case of the nightmares, after learning the stories of the people of Iraq or Syria. Even more unsettling are the tales gathered from both sides of the border, smuggled across lines like drugs, weapons, or human beings. They are the stories of people whose lives have closed in around them.

Travelers to Sinjar today would not miss the colossal wall stretching along the Syrian border. It rises on the horizon like a fence encompassing an empire of horrors, kept inside, lest they break loose exposing stories that would shatter the sanitized narratives promoted by governments on both sides on the border. The wall towers over the land, impenetrable to the masses who once crossed freely when they decided to escape their “great national death”, delivered to them by barrel bombs and the “pure and pious” Takbir¹ cries. 

Designed to span 614 kilometers, around 400 kilometers of the wall have already been constructed. The barrier is a concrete structure reinforced with tunnels and thermal cameras, intended to secure the border with Syria, as Iraqi authorities in charge of this project have declared.

A frantic escape

More than half a million Yazidis once lived in Sinjar, under the protection of the sacred Mother Goddess². Within hours, their homeland was transformed into a ghost town. Women were transformed into commodities traded in slave markets, men were rendered into skeletons jumbled in mass graves, and children were lured by fanatics who wanted to recruit them as future-suicide-bombers.

As the sun set behind the mountain, families climbed onto the rooftops of their mud homes to escape the summer heat. Men took their positions behind makeshift barricades, armed with rusty, light weapons, ready to resist ISIS militants alone, after the forces assigned to protect the area withdrew without warning. Two hours of sleep was all the residents of Tel Azir had before waking to the sound of gunfire. Death was approaching like a sky closing in.

U.S. Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit board M/V Blue Star III, a commercial ship suspected of attempting to transit to Iran in violation of the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports, as part of “Operation Epic Fury ” April 28, 2026. Credit: U.S. Marine Corps.

The joint U.S.-Israeli effort against Iran may only be two months old, but that is already too long for many people, most of whom never wanted armed conflict with Tehran in the first place. And that is proving to be politically problematic for President Donald Trump and the Republicans.

The Iran war is just one reason for the polls predicting defeat for the GOP in the midterm elections in a year when the incumbent party typically loses. There’s no question that the rise in gas prices, combined with the general unpopularity of foreign entanglements, is a drag on the chances of Trump’s party avoiding an electoral disaster this fall.

While his opponents have accused the president of having no strategy for victory and the president has been characteristically inconsistent, as well as vague when discussing his intentions, the path to success against Iran appears to require the sort of patience that the electorate may not possess.

Iran isn’t winning
And that’s the conundrum at the heart of the current impasse between Washington and Tehran, and Trump and the voters.

Contrary to his critics, Iran isn’t winning. The combined efforts of the United States and Israel have done enormous damage to the Islamist terror regime’s military assets, ballistic-missiles and what’s left of its nuclear program. Even if the conflict were to end today, Iran’s capability of inflicting harm on the West and American allies in the region has been greatly diminished. But that isn’t enough—and Trump knows it.

As he has repeatedly said, Iran must surrender its enriched uranium that has been buried in the rubble of the nuclear facilities that were bombed last June. It also needs to end its missile program and stop spreading terror around the region via its proxies—namely, Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis. Yet given the fanatical nature of the regime, and its theocratic and terrorist leaders from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), there’s little reason to believe they will do any of that. What’s more, by obstructing the passage of shipping through the Straits of Hormuz, Iran has been able to exert some leverage due to the impact on the supply of oil to Europe and the price of gas in America.

Considering that Trump’s critics in Europe and his Democratic political opponents at home are effectively cheering for the Iranians to hold fast and prevent Trump from being able to credibly claim victory in the conflict, Tehran has seemingly every reason to persevere until the United States gives up. Its leaders have played the waiting game before with Western nations and always got the better of them.

That seems like a formula for a defeat for the joint U.S.-Israel effort and, more importantly, as far as Trump’s political foes are concerned, also one for the president. That’s why so many in the American press and elsewhere have interpreted Trump’s acceptance of a ceasefire, albeit while still enforcing a blockade of Iranian ports, as a sign that the administration is weakening and will eventually concede failure at some point before rising gas prices turn a midterm setback into a rout.

Yet that assumption doesn’t take into account what Trump is obviously attempting to do.

Don’t forget that Oktoberfest, a harvest festival in Germany, has been called a “pesta arak” (alcohol party), the Bon Odori, the Japanese annual cultural festival, is “unacceptable to Muslims”, and greetings, like “Merry Christmas” or acknowledging Valentine’s Day, have been flagged as potentially confusing.

So, do we remove the plus (+) sign from our arithmetic books and redesign the aprons at our airports so that they don’t confuse Muslim passengers?

ABC123 : I never understand why the religious zealots are so sensitive about alcohol and a naked thigh and smelly animals, but not about the rampant corruption and leakages in our country that is bleeding the country dry.

Sealthedeal : Well said. These hypocritical Malay politicians and religious types love the word confusion and use it to justify their imposition of their own religion which non Muslims shun because of the restrictions on their freedoms. 

The fact is that most Malays don't get confused especially the younger generations and increasingly view the the conservative religious authorities negatively because of the excessive controls over their lives. 

It was good to see Yeo Bee Yin supporting the rain festival today in the Malay Mail. More should come out and support the initiative and fire back at the kill joys milking the event for their own selfish purposes.

Annus horriiblis : Spot on, Nades. A spade has to be called a spade. Politicians and others who dress up hypocrisy as virtue must be called out if we are to preserve our moral compass.

While France lined up three players capable of taking control, Malaysia cycled through options that never fully convinced. At the Thomas Cup 2026, the gap was not marginal. It was structural. France did not just beat Japan in the quarter-final. They swept them aside 3-0. Malaysia, against China, never looked in control of the tie.

They were chasing from the start and lost 3-0. That contrast is where this story begins. Kenneth Jonassen called it bluntly: Malaysia’s singles approach is not up to par.

He is right but the issue runs deeper than form. Top-level singles now demands early control. The first three shots matter. So does the ability to change pace without losing shape. The best players build rallies with intent. They defend with purpose, then turn defence into attack in one movement.

Malaysia’s players, in Horsens, struggled to impose that control. They reacted and they reset. They extended rallies without shifting momentum. Effort was visible, authority was not.

This is not about one bad match, it is about a style that no longer stands up. Leong Jun Hao Leong Jun Hao was caught between levels: effort intact, but the gap in control and clarity laid bare. Built systems vs borrowed belief

France did not arrive here by chance. They built towards it. For years, they invested in a cohesive pathway. Their best juniors trained within a single high-performance structure. Coaching, sports science, and competition exposure moved in one direction.

The result is now obvious. Three singles players who can all take a tie—each with clarity, each with belief. They do not wait for a star. They produce options. Malaysia still searches for one player to anchor the tie, and that difference defines everything.

It is not about passion, it is about planning. Justin Hoh Justin Hoh had moments of promise, but not yet the consistency a modern singles tie demands. (Bernama pic) Taking responsibility

Jonassen took responsibility after the defeat, but accountability must come earlier and go wider. If the style is outdated, who allowed it to stay that way? If tactical clarity is missing, where was it built? If confidence never grew across the week, what shaped the preparation?

A national singles director is there to solve problems before they surface, not just explain them after. At the same time, this cannot sit on one man. The system that feeds the senior team must answer as well. Because the harder truth is this: elite singles players are not made at 26.

They are identified young, developed early and tested before they arrive on this stage. If they are not ready by then, the failure began years earlier. Malaysia did not lack effort in Horsens. They lacked certainty.

They played rallies instead of controlling them. They waited for openings instead of creating them. That is habit. France shows what happens when a system commits to a clear idea and stays with it. Malaysia shows what happens when that idea never fully settles. The Thomas Cup 2026 did not create this gap. It revealed it.

As a result, Hamid suffered severe head trauma, with part of his skull removed due to the extent of the injury. Hamid is in a vegetative state, where he is unable to speak, eat, or recognise his surroundings, and relies entirely on feeding and breathing tubes.

Speaking at a press conference today, lawyers representing the family claimed that the initial explanation given by the military for the trooper’s injuries was due to a fall.

Lawyers N Surendran and Suzana Norlihan Alias, however, disputed this account, arguing that the extent of his injuries is more consistent with assault or severe physical punishment.

“The explanation given is that he fell. I don’t think anyone would believe that a 25-year-old, healthy commando could fall and end up like this. “Part of his skull had to be removed. Can you imagine? Can this happen from a fall?” Surendran said at the Lawyers for Liberty (LFL) office today.

Anony_1601363616034791660231601362776648 : ““Do the elites in Putrajaya understand what the normal people in this country are going through? This is our question,” he said, adding that such alleged incompetence would not transpire if it involved the children of renowned individuals." 

A 100% definitely true statement. Since the earliest times of military existence, no child of the billionaires, millionaires, royalties, politicians, elites, pengarahs joined the military and were sent off to the battle fields... The existence of these people in military attire and during ceremonial parades is just just rhetorics and facades, a show put up to demonstrate control and publicity stunt to make the rakyat kawtaw to the XXXXXX!! 

None of the categories of the people mentioned in the above paragraph can even do a military march past, do the physical exercises the military personnel go through or even handle the planes, ships or weapons. 

The children of the rakyat are sent to the battle fields to protect the childen of these categories of people, but when any unfortunate incidences happen, the military does no take care of the victims... What a fake madani and reformist UG!! Malaysia needs a "Pete Hegeth" NOT a umno politikus as a defence minister!!

“She was absolutely fine yesterday. We brought her to the emergency department yesterday morning, and she passed away earlier this morning.

“It was all very fast and unexpected. I was with her when she started to feel unwell, I was with her in the ambulance, and I was with her this morning,” said Christina. She said a wake for her mother will be held on May 3 and 4 at Nirvana 2, Kuala Lumpur, followed by a funeral on May 5.

Born in Sungai Besi, Kuala Lumpur, Wong retired from the police force in 1993 after 36-and-a-half years of service, at the time leading the Sexual Violence, Child Abuse, and Domestic Violence Investigation Division at Bukit Aman under Inspector-General of Police Hanif Omar.

Her nickname, Blossom, derived from her childhood hobby of planting flowers, was used as an alias early in her career while conducting surveillance to gather intelligence on communist activities.

According to a 2024 article by entertainment portal Juice, other highlights of Wong’s career include her role in leading some of the earliest anti-vice operations to rescue underage girls trapped by local prostitution rings.

Mano : Death only removes the physical presence of a person but the good memories of that person lingers on in our minds. May your soul rest in peace. The issue is some segments of society are SO UNPATRIOTIC that they think others are like them. 

When we see blatant corruption, misuse of power and positions to enrich themselves, their families and cronies, what can we think?? Are not those acts of theirs truly undermining the country ( the poor getting poorer but their elites live here and in the west with opulence). 

Is that patriotic?? They skillfully deliberately raise racial issues like pig farming, etc etc to fan racial murmuring-- that is patriotic and adheres to Rukun Negara? They show themselves to be totally disrespectful of the 3R themselves but claim the NM will undermine the country??

Veteran 1972 : Without the Type C infiltrating the CPM, you think we could have defeated the insurgency, oops I meant the "Cessation of Hostilities", which the Umno led government conveniently reneged upon, to suit their agenda?

Mazhilamani : Proud of what Puan Wong Kooi Fong did for the country at the risk of her own life. There were indeed Chinese who fought the Communist and there must be many such persons. 

Not the way it is narrated now. Thanks Puan, and may you find the well deserved Rest and Peace in the arms of the Divine.

Relieved : What an achievement to make the nation proud. I recall the days when there were many NMs leading important departments. Sikhs who were chief inspectors, Indians leading medical disciplines, etc. Which politician was most instrumental in ethnic cleansing of key appointments?