What does Kerismuddin know, he is busy answering for the missing OPV's and missing helicopters, which were all paid for!!! This is what he said. Jangan ugut!!! Ugut-ugut tak jalan!! How can any soldiers forget this, a betrayal?  Ingat tak Kerismuddin? Soldiers have elephant memories.

More than 150 armed terrorist just "marched" into Lahad Dato like their own grandfather's land and making stupid demands and our mentally challenged Kerismuddin and Zahid just could not wipe them out.

PETALING JAYA, June 24 — Indonesian nightlife chain Holywings has issued an apology after backlash over what has been regarded as a blasphemous marketing campaign using the name Muhammad. In the now-deleted post, Holywings promised a bottle of Gordon’s dry gin for men named Muhammad while women who are named Maria would get a bottle of Gordon’s Pink Gin every Thursday, reported Coconuts Jakarta.

Although Maria is an important figure in both the Bible and the Quran, the outrage was centred on the use of the name Muhammad, who is the last prophet in Islam. The nightlife chain issued an apology on Instagram yesterday and promised to do better for future marketing campaigns….

Many were infuriated in the comments section saying that the marketing team should have known better than to post something related to the country’s main Islamic faith.

In a statement, Agriculture and Food Industries Minister Ronald Kiandee said the cabinet also decided in its meeting to set the ceiling price of chicken eggs at RM0.45 per piece for Grade A eggs, RM0.43 for Grade B, and RM0.41 for Grade C - an increase of RM0.02.

The new ceiling prices are effective this July 1.

“The decision was made in consideration and coordinated with the Keluarga Malaysia Aid (Bantuan Keluarga Malaysia, or BKM), which was announced by Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob recently, a cash assistance initiative that provides up to RM500 to the B40 group and a part of the M40 group,” Ronald said.

Judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali

They are all the threat to Malaysia security thus should be arrested under Sosma without further delay. All 3 of them should attend their current court proceedings straight from prison daily.

IGP has full command and control of the police force under the Police Act 1967. Please act fast to reduce the level of international embarrassment to Malaysia.

Malaysiakini : Judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali’s previous role in Maybank is irrelevant to the RM42 million SRC International corruption case against Najib Abdul Razak, the prosecution contended.

In an affidavit filed at the Federal Court this afternoon to oppose the former premier’s bid to adduce fresh evidence, deputy public prosecutor Mohd Ashrof Adrin Kamarul contended that the alleged evidence sought has more to do with a separate ongoing RM2.28 billion 1MDB graft trial against the accused.

The DPP pointed out that Nazlan’s previous role as group general counsel and company secretary with Maybank was already in the public domain as it was reported by the media as far back as Aug 2, 2018.

Ashrof noted that it was not possible for Nazlan presiding over the SRC trial to cause a conflict of interest because Maybank Investment Bank Berhad then merely provided strategic advisory services to 1MDB to develop an overall strategy and business plan of SRC, a then subsidiary of the Malaysian sovereign wealth fund.

Nazlan was once attached to Maybank Investment Bank Berhad.

‘Nothing but red herring’

The prosecutor pointed out.............

According to a June 15 report,

Qassim Falah Muhammad attacked Mona Wafdi Marzouk, 35, as she was walking to her family farm early in the morning to assist her sick and ailing father.  Muhammad crept up behind her and began to strangle her; then, according to the report, “he grabbed a sickle [a sharp tool used for cutting weeds] and tried to slaughter her with it.”  Luckily, the sickle had dulled over the years and did not fully slice though the arteries of her neck.

Muhammad then fled the scene, as reported by Mona’s cousin, Makari, who saw the incident from a distance and ran to the butchered woman’s aid.  He and other family members instantly transferred her to the nearest medical center, where she received seven stitches to her neck. 

In response to a police investigation, Muhammad’s family instantly produced a certificate indicating that he is “mentally ill”—a tactic on regular display in Egypt whenever a Muslim is caught after attacking a Christian, to get him the most lenient sentencing.

With the headline: “Marbles were broken in Hagia Sophia”, Cumhuriyet talks about: “Endless martyrdom of Hagia Sophia” due to the new damage.

“The destruction continues in Hagia Sophia, which has been turned from a museum into a mosque. The historic marbles were broken in many places by the heavy machine used to clean the marbles,” the newspaper notes.

Media Lies

The so-called secular media has long worked to water down heinous crimes, especially when the accused belongs to the minority community. By calling a Muslim occultist, who reportedly poisoned nine members of the Sangli family a ‘Tantrik’, many renowned media outlets like Aaj Tak, News 18, Hindustan Times and The Indian Express on Tuesday proceeded to give this incident a Hindu spin as well.

In general parlance, the ‘Tantrik’ is a practitioner of the “tantra vidya“, and is mainly associated with Hinduism, leading to a perception that a Hindu individual committed the crime.

On June 20, nine members of the same family namely Dr Manik Vanmore (49), a veterinarian and Popat Vanmore (52), an art teacher, their mother, wives, and four children of the two couples, were found dead inside their house in Maharashtra’s Sangli. As per the prima facie evidence, the local Police suspected it to be a case of mass suicide. It was reported that owing to their abysmal financial condition, the family members consumed poison and died by suicide.

However, now, further investigation into the case has revealed that it was not a case of suicide but cold-blooded murder.

Kanhaiya Lal's information was leaked in a similar way Kashmiri Hindu's information was leaked during 1990s

ASI Bhanwarlal called those who were threatening him and had initiated a 'compromise' between Kanhaiya Lal and the others. Kanhaiya Lal had told police that his own Neighbour Nazim and others were tracking his movements and were keeping an eye on his shop.

On June 28, a Hindu tailor named Kanhaiya Lal was brutally murdered by two Islamists identified as Mohammed Riyaz Akhtar and Mohammed Gos for an alleged post in support of former spokesperson of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Nupur Sharma. It has now come to light that his name, photograph and location were leaked and made viral by his neighbour Nazim who had also filed a complaint against Kanhaiya Lal for the alleged post.

On June 15, 2022, five days after the initial complaint by Nazim, Kanhaiyal had approached Police for legal action and had sought protection. In his application to the Police, he said few days prior to the complaint, his son accidentally shared a post on Facebook while playing games on his mobile phone. 

Two days after the post was made, two men approached him at his shop and demanded to see his phone. They told him about the post, to which Kanhaiya Lal replied that he did not know how to operate the phone, and his son used it to play games. They deleted the post and warned him not to repeat it.

‘We were treated like animals,’ says Al-Husseina Amadou said. ‘Now we are free.’ Some estimates put the number of enslaved people in Niger at 130,000. Photograph: Fred Harter

Like her parents, she was born into slavery in southern Niger. Forty-five years ago, when she was 15, a wealthy businessman from across the border in Nigeria arrived and bought her from her family’s master as a “fifth wife” or wahaya.

“My parents had no say,” she recalls. “I was just a girl and he bought me like a chicken in the market. When I left with him, I was crying with my mother.”

For 15 years Amadou lived with her “husband” in northern Nigeria, cooking and cleaning for his four “official” wives, whom he had married in accordance with Islamic law, and their children, while also working in their fields and tending their livestock.

Barely fed, she would eat the family’s leftovers or steal handfuls of grain. She ran away dozens of times, returning to her family in Niger, but was always caught and brought back.

For these transgressions she was beaten with a stick and still carries the scars on her back. “If I fled or didn’t work, the wives and even the children would beat me,” Amadou says. “It was a pitiful situation. I was skinny because I was always hungry. If my husband bought food he would just give it to his wives and children. I got nothing.”

Abang Sallehuddin Abang Shokeran, another fat man with nothing to do

Semakan atas sejarah DBP jelas menunjukkan DBP sendiri telah menganiaya Bahasa Melayu dgn mengunakan istilah bahasa Inggeris!

Diantara contohnya - ilmu alam jadi 'geografi'; rumusan jadi 'sinopsis'; istirehat jadi 'rekreasi'; dan banyak lagi! Harap jangan terjemahkan 'bodoh sombong' kpd Inggeris!

Malaysiakini : Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP) is amending the DBP Act 1959 to be tabled in Parliament as soon as possible to ensure that the use of the Malay language is enhanced and upheld as the national language which is the foundation of national identity, said its director-general, Abang Sallehuddin Abang Shokeran.

He said the amendments would also empower the agency in ensuring that the official language enshrined in the Federal Constitution is not neglected.

"This amendment empowers DBP in terms of enforcement and legal action if there is a violation of the use of the Malay language and among the things proposed is an action against any party who deliberately insults and denigrates the national language.

"This (amendment) is done based on the existing rules and laws, it is not to inconvenience any party but to ensure harmony among the people based on the Constitution and Rukun Negara," he told reporters today.

Libyan dictator Moammar Qaddafi claimed Shakespeare was Arab, while University of Sussex professor and dean Matthew Dimmock says no Islam, no Shakespeare.

Libyan dictator Moammar Qaddafi claimed in 1989 that Shakespeare was an Arab whose real name was "Sheikh Zabir." Turkish conspiracy theorist Kadir Mısıroğlu made news in 2016 by claiming that "Shakespeare was not English and his original name is 'Sheikh Pir.' Even more, he was a secret Muslim."

The latest salvo from the grassy knoll of literary criticism came last month from TRT World — an Ankara-based Islamist outlet controlled by Turkish strongman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's Justice and Development Party (AKP) — in an article by Nadia Khan declaring absurdly that "there would have been no Shakespeare were it not for Islam."  

If Islam truly were central to Shakespeare's thought and work, one might expect the word "Islam" to appear somewhere in his oeuvre. It does not. Nor does "Alcoran" (the spelling in Shakespeare's day), or any other variant of "Koran." In all the plays, there is a single reference to "Mahomet." There are 25 references to "Jesus/Jesu," nine references to "Christ," and 796 references to "God," but no references to "Allah."

Penny Wong

Malaysiakini : Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, who was born in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, recalls her family history in her maiden visit as a minister to the country.

In her keynote address during a networking brunch in Kuala Lumpur today, Wong said it was an “extraordinary privilege and honour” for her to visit Malaysia as the Australian foreign minister.

“I doubt my Poh-Poh (grandmother) could have ever imagined it. Her name was Madam Lai Fung Shim. She was of Hakka descent,” she said.

Her grandmother and the rest of the family were in Sandakan when war came to Malaysia, said Wong, who is the first Asian-born member of an Australian cabinet.

Here our Minister's openly pass remarks that they think that the public us stupid or are they testing their intelligence. They can easily get away with the kampung people concerning the remarks, but Malaysians are no more ignorant. Secondly their political position is never in jeopardy, even after passing some of the most ludicrous remarks.

Mr.Minister this concerns the life of humans. Humans that are either fathers, mothers or are children of some family. How would you feel if one of your own family is treated in such manner ? Instead of giving an answer that will either pacify their families in give then hope that serious investigations will take place to find the cause of death, at the same time work out solutions to that this situation is not repeated, you are actually adding salt to their wounds.

At the same time creating friction between nations, also opening an avenue where our own Malaysians may end up in similar circumstances abroad. No wonder we are heading southwards with such leader's in position.

Bukit Gelugor MP Ramkarpal Singh

Malaysiakini : A DAP lawmaker has accused Home Minister Hamzah Zainudin of ignoring the main issue after he responded to a recent report of detainees dying in Sabah immigration centres by saying anyone can die anywhere.

Bukit Gelugor MP Ramkarpal Singh said the fact that the report highlighted appalling conditions in immigration detention centres was lost on the minister.

“Does Hamzah not realise that the gist of the concern in the said report was not about ‘predicting’ deaths in detention centres, but about appalling conditions in such centres?

“(The appalling conditions) prompted the report to observe, amongst others, that, ‘owing to the poor conditions in the immigration detention centre, detainees quickly turned into patients’,” Ramkarpal said in a statement today.

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Crooks walking free

Malaysiakini : Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and his predecessor Najib Abdul Razak will be attending the Sabah BN convention this Saturday. Zahid will attend the closing of the event while Najib was slated as a speaker at a programme called “Bicara seorang negarawan” (Thoughts of a statesman).

In a statement, Sabah BN chief Bung Mokhtar Radin said 5,000 delegates are expected to attend the event and believed that this would likely be the last of such gatherings before the next general election. Bung Mokhtar said he expected party delegates to scrutinise BN’s preparation plans for the next general election.

'Oh Narendra Modi, hope knife reaches your neck as well': Hindu man beheaded in Udaipur by two Muslim men for post supporting Nupur Sharma

Two Muslim men in Rajasthan’s Udaipur murdered a Hindu man, Kanhaiyya Lal, on Tuesday afternoon over his post in support of ex-BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma. In the videos that have emerged, the two men entered the tailor’s shop as customers and grabbed to behead him with a knife. 

In the horrific crime that has emerged following the Nupur Sharma controversy, it has been learnt that the incident took place near the Bhoot Mahal on Maldas Street in Udaipur. The victim who is a tailor and proprietor of Supreme tailors was killed in broad daylight amidst the hustle-bustle on the adjoining road. The Udaipur Police rushed to the scene after the enraged merchants in the surrounding area complained of the inhumane incident.

In the video posted by Delhi BJP politician Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga, it could be seen that one Muslim man entered the victim’s shop as a customer while the other was possibly shooting the video. While the tailor was taking the man’s body measurements, he grabbed his neck and attacked him from the back. After this, the man started hitting the tailor, with the victim pleading with him to let him go.

Hamzah Zainudin

In what pejorative words can we accurately describe that minister and the defence he haughtily pronounced in an effort at justification? Callous, insensitive, crude, rude, ignorant, uneducated, arrogant, irresponsible, base? They are all equally appropriate yet insufficient even together to express our contempt for such shameless vermin as Hamzah Zainuddin that local politics produce.

We witness again the sorry depths into which those in authority would collapse, especially when they believe themselves to be linchpins irreproachable and omnipotent in what now passes off as the Malaysian government. But I believe the rot set long before they entered the public eye. When a person is devoid in youth of teachings that reveal the light, of proper upbringing learned on mother’s lap, we see the inevitable likes of this Home Minister.

Remember, Hamzah Zainuddin, many have sought it but immortality eludes all. Cometh soon that day.

Malaysiakini : A PKR Youth leader has called for the sacking of Home Minister Hamzah Zainudin over the latter’s remarks regarding the deaths of migrants in Sabah immigration detention centres.

Johor PKR Youth legal bureau chief Lau Yi Leong made the call yesterday, pointing out that the government has shown no intention to investigate the rising cases of deaths in immigration custody.

“If the government still maintains any belief in human rights, I call upon Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob to immediately remove Hamzah as home minister.

“Form a Royal Commission of Inquiry and investigate conditions of the immigration detention centres, the widespread corrupt practice within the Immigration Department and the rising number of deaths in the immigration detention centres,” said Lau, adding that the move must be made with a view to implement urgent reforms to the immigration detention centres.

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Azam Baki

- Winston Churchill

COMMENT | Six months ago this week, political economist Edmund Terence Gomez quit as a member of the MACC’s Consultation and Corruption Prevention Panel. What started off as a ripple turned into a tidal wave culminating in street demonstrations calling for the resignation of its head honcho, Azam Baki.

In his resignation letter which was made public on Dec 27 last year, Gomez said disturbing questions had been raised about the “nexus between business and law enforcement” and a “conflict of interest” situation involving Azam and his ownership of corporate stock.  

The matter would have ended there but Azam announced at a media conference that he allowed his share trading account to be used by his brother. Maybe at that time, he was not aware that this was an admission of sorts that he breached the Securities Industry (Central Depositories) Act (SICDA). But the Securities Commission found that the trades were executed by Azam himself and not any third party.

To put it crudely, he was caught with his pants down for having lied to and misled the public previously by claiming “my brother did it”. Nevertheless, he was exonerated by the Anti-Corruption Advisory Board chairperson Abu Zahar Ujang, while the prime minister and members of his cabinet maintained an elegant silence on the matter as if it was a trivial issue.

In a bloodcurdling incident, Islamists mercilessly hacked a Hindu man in Udaipur to death for his social media post supporting former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma, who was at the centre of a raging controversy after Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair dog whistled her for her comments on Prophet Muhammad.

The deceased, a Hindu man and a tailor by profession, had posted a social media post in solidarity with Nupur Sharma about ten days ago. Since then, he was at the receiving end of the Islamist wrath, receiving a constant stream of death threats for simply extending his support to a lady targeted by the extremists provoked by Mohammed Zubair.

The man also approached police and filed a complaint with them over the unending barrage of death threats he was receiving from the bloodthirsty mob of Islamists. Then, on Tuesday, enraged Muslim fundamentalists barged into his shop in broad daylight and inflicted several blows with a sharp weapon and slit his throat. The video of the attack has since surfaced online, where the assailants can be seen attacking the victim with sharp weapons. 

Kanhaiyalal Teli, 40, was a tailor and owned a shop named Supreme Tailors near the Bhootmahal located in Dhanmandi. On Tuesday, two bike-borne miscreants stopped at his shop and entered inside. One after the other, they unleashed their murderous rage on Teli, attacking him with sharp weapons more than half a dozen times, leading to his death. Thereafter, the two miscreants fled away.

Seberang Jaya assemblyperson Dr Afif Bahardin

The Bersatu information bureau deputy chairperson said Pasir Salak MP Tajuddin Abdul Rahman’s revelations have confirmed rumours of a supposed secret pact between Anwar and Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi to bring down the previous PN-government led by Bersatu president Muhyiddin Yassin.

“I urge the Port Dickson MP (Anwar) to come forward and justify his readiness to gain the support of the ‘court cluster’ to be the prime minister. “What did he promise to Zahid and the court cluster in order to fulfil his pathological obsession to be named as prime minister?” said Afif in a statement today.

Today, 27 June 2022, marks the 183rd death anniversary of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, one of the foremost rulers of the Sikh Empire. On June 27, 1839, Sher-e-Punjab or Lion of Punjab, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, passed away following multiple health complications. With his death, the tragic story of his youngest son, Duleep Singh, began.

At the time of Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s death, Duleep was not even a year old. Following his demise, Duleep Singh lived a quiet life with his mother Maharani Jind Kaur Aulakh at Jammu for a few years.

During that period, the Sikh empire that was established by Maharaja Ranjit Singh was ruled by Maharaja Kharak Singh, who was followed by Maharaja Nau Nihal Singh and Maharaja Sher Singh. After Maharaja Sher Singh was assassinated in 1841, Duleep Singh and his mother were recalled to Lahore in 1843. He was proclaimed the next King of the Sikh empire on September 16, 1843, at the tender age of five, and his mother ruled the kingdom on his behalf for a while.

The Anglo-Sikh war of 1845

From 1843 to 1845, the Sikh army grew steadily. The foreign officials in the army were dismissed from their posts. At one point, there were over 70,000 soldiers in Sikh Army. On December 13, 1845, the British declared war against the Sikh empire and defeated the Sikh army. Though Duleep Singh was retained as the figurehead Maharaja or a nominal ruler, the Council of Regency replaced Maharani Jind Kaur. She was later imprisoned and exiled.

Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (centre) arrives at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex on June 28, 2022.

Today is the eighth day that Ahmad Zahid has been testifying on the witness stand. At the end of Ahmad Zahid’s testimony this afternoon, his lead defence lawyer Hisyam Teh Poh Teik requested for the trial to be temporarily paused until the High Court hears an application related to this case on July 7 or next Thursday.

This trial has already been scheduled to run on from this Monday to this Thursday, as well as next Monday to next Thursday. High Court judge Datuk Collin Lawrence Sequerah then said that this trial has to continue on.

Previously on February 18, Ahmad Zahid had applied to get the statements that anti-corruption investigators had recorded from 18 witnesses in his case, in order to prepare his defence in this trial. The High Court on May 9 rejected Ahmad Zahid’s bid for the witnesses’ statements and he had on May 10 appealed to the Court of Appeal to obtain the statements of just 11 of the witnesses. The appeal has yet to be heard.

Ahmad Zahid’s lawyers had on June 23 applied for the High Court to stay or pause his trial, until the Court of Appeal decides on his appeal to get the witnesses’ statements. The High Court yesterday scheduled July 7 as the hearing date for this stay application.

Malaysiakini : Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said it is up to his party’s members to decide the veracity of claims made by Pasir Salak MP Tajuddin Abdul Rahman. This is after Tajuddin alleged Zahid’s “no Anwar-no DAP” stance was a lie as the latter had sought Umno MPs to sign statutory declarations (SD) supporting PKR president Anwar Ibrahim as prime minister. 

“For me, what was stated by (Tajuddin), whether it is false or has slivers of truth, I leave that to the Umno members, especially the grassroots, to evaluate,” he told reporters in Kuala Lumpur today when asked about the SD allegation.

Tajuddin was sacked as an appointed member of Umno’s supreme council last week. This led to a tell-all presser yesterday, in which he alleged that Zahid, himself, and several others had signed SDs supporting Anwar as prime minister in 2020.

Responding to this, Zahid stressed that the crux of the matter was that Tajuddin was no longer a supreme council member.

Then check these images from Google of what Mustard gas looks like.

Source : Ten people were killed and more than 200 injured Monday in a toxic gas explosion in Jordan’s Aqaba port, authorities said. Footage on state TV showed a large cylinder plunging from a crane on a moored vessel, causing a violent release of a yellow gas.

The force of the blast sent a truck rolling down the harbourside, while port workers could be seen running for their lives. Nearby areas were evacuated and residents told to stay indoors.

The death toll rose to 10, government spokesman Faisal al-Shaboul told AFP, revising an initial toll of five killed. Prime Minister Bishr Khasawneh and interior minister Mazen al-Faraya headed to the site of the accident, state media reported. Civil defence spokesman Amer al-Sartawy earlier reported that 234 people were injured after the tank filled with toxic gas fell.

Malaysiakini : Dr Mahathir Mohamad trained his guns on Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar, challenging the Johor ruler to explain the selling of state land to foreign entities. The former premier said this when quizzed on the Johor state government pointing the finger at him for Malaysia losing its claim over Pulau Batu Puteh or Pedra Branca to Singapore.

Mahathir, who is known for not biting his lip on matters concerning the rulers, claimed the size of the land sold to the Chinese and Singaporean entities was much larger than Pulau Batu Puteh. "He can blame whoever he wants, but he is not a judge. He is a sultan. "He can give his opinion. In our country, the sultan is free to do anything (as) he is above the law. He can say anything, but I cannot respond.

"But I want to know, why did he sell 1,370ha of land to the Chinese? That is a much bigger area than just a piece of rock," he told reporters in Putrajaya.

Appum : Haven't reported for duty in Indonesia yet? Staying back to create havoc in Umno? Good boy!

Malaysiakini : The small but historical town of Pasir Salak in Perak will play host to Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob's ‘Aspirasi Keluarga Malaysia’ (AKM) roadshow this weekend. However, the involvement of Pasir Salak MP Tajuddin Abdul Rahman will likely bring the spotlight on this leg of the otherwise uneventful roadshow.

Unlike the AKM roadshows in Sabah, Perlis, Johor and Terengganu, the Perak leg is the only one that is not taking place in the state capital. Moreover, Pasir Salak is a Parliamentary constituency adjacent to the more populous Bagan Datuk - a seat held by Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi for six terms.

IndigoCamel7131 : Ex AG Blur still in meetings and racist mamak feels sick. They deserve each other.

Malaysiakini : Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad this morning walked out in protest from the Attorney-General's Chambers where he was invited for an interview by a panel on tort misfeasance regarding the sovereignty of Pulau Batu Puteh.

This comes after he learned that the panel was still being chaired by former attorney-general Apandi Ali, whom Mahathir said has a conflict of interest in the case. The Langkawi MP arrived at the AGC in Presint 4, Putrajaya at 9.40am but promptly left after learning that the government has not changed the panel chairperson.

"I am not attending this inquiry session. We have already written letters to the office (AGC) to get an explanation on why Apandi was chosen to chair this panel.

Mohamaddin Ketapi

Scheme of things? That's karma for you. Party that built by frogs will be destroyed by frogs.

Malaysiakini : Bersatu has lost another MP following Mohamaddin Ketapi’s departure today. Mohamaddin told a press conference in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah that he decided to leave Bersatu because he was being sidelined.

He claimed he was not allowed to lead the party's Lahad Datu and Segama chapters as earlier promised. Mohamaddin is both the Lahad Datu MP and Segama assemblyperson.

Lim Guan Eng

However, before the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court today, Ibrahim Sahari conceded he did not personally see the alleged bribes being paid to the former finance minister in relation to the island’s RM6.3 billion undersea tunnel project. The 29th prosecution witness was giving oral evidence during the trial of Bagan Datuk MP Lim (above) over four graft charges.

Ibrahim testified his belief following an alleged confession from the company’s senior executive director Zarul Ahmad Mohd Zulkifli in January 2018 that purported bribes were paid to the accused.

Is that a valid comparison, are we really that bad, and if we are not already anywhere near close, are we already firmly headed down that path? What lessons, if any, can we learn from Sri Lanka and can we draw parallels between them and us which would be useful for us? The answer is yes for some and no for others. Let’s get to it.

Right now, it’s really not a fair or reasonable comparison at all - Sri Lanka’s economy has collapsed - they don’t have enough reserves - just US$1.92 billion according to one report - ours was a very respectable US$116 billion at the end of last year.

Their trade balance was negative US$8 billion for 2020, ours was a positive US$63 billion for 2021 - we earn a considerable amount of foreign exchange to purchase our imports, they don't, which is why they can’t buy foreign goods.

Dzulkifli Abd Wahab

In the meantime, FGV should inform us the initial justification for paying NED Dzulkifli Abd Wahab a prince’s ransom of RM480,000 per annum, including RM15,000 car allowance a month. On what basis were these amounts determined and approved? Car Allowance of RM15,000 a month? For heaven’s sake, what does the car run on, Dom Perignon Plenitude champagne at 3 kilometres per magnum?

And for perspective purposes, FGV should also share details of NED Reward Packages and Company Performance over the last 5 years. Is FGV actually suggesting that it did better during the Covid years?

FGV’s cunningness is revealed when they blandly state that the car allowance has been replaced by the provision of a car drawn from a subsidiary company. The previous car benefit has since been converted to Board Fees of a matching RM180,000. This, FGV unbelievably pleads with great concern for public sensitivity, will not result in any additional cash outflow from the company.

Such logic can come only from former chief secretaries.

Malaysiakini : FGV Holdings Bhd had appointed an independent consultant to conduct a review and benchmarking on the non-executive director's remuneration.

In a statement, FGV said the non-executive chairperson, Dzulkifli Abd Wahab (above), was currently being accorded to receive on a cash basis, a director fee of RM300,000 per annum or RM25,000 per month and a car allowance of RM180,000 per annum or RM15,000 per month.

“FGV board was advised by the independent consultant that the car allowance accorded to the non-executive chairperson be replaced with the provision of a company car as it is not reflective of the market and sectorial norms as companies do not generally monetise the provision of a company car benefit in the form of allowances.

“Pursuant to the advice, the FGV board proposed to provide a company car to the non-executive chairperson and maintain the amount of cash accorded to him previously by converting the car allowance of RM180,000 to board fees.

Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday threw his weight behind Alt News co-founder after Delhi Police arrested him under sections 153 and 295A for hurting religious sentiments and attempting to incite riots.

Taking to Twitter and sharing an infographic by far-leftist portal The Wire, the Gandhi scion tweeted, “Every person exposing BJP’s hate, bigotry and lies is a threat to them. Arresting one voice of truth will only give rise to a thousand more. Truth ALWAYS triumphs over tyranny. #DaroMat.”

Hyun Bin (L) and Son Ye Jin

K-drama ‘Crash Landing On You’ stars Son Ye Jin and Hyun Bin will be parents soon. Son Ye-Jin took to Instagram and uploaded an emotional post, announcing their pregnancy to her fans. The couple married on March 31 this year.

“A new life has come to us. I’m still a bit dazed, but I am feeling changes in my body every day with concern and excitement~ As thankful as I am, I also feel that much cautious, so I haven’t even told anyone around me yet. Before it gets later, I am sharing this news with fans and acquaintances who must have been waiting as much as us,” Son Ye-Jin wrote.

“We will make sure to protect the valuable life that has come to us~ I hope all of you will also protect what is valuable in your lives and live in good health…Be happy,” the South Korean actor added along with a picture of a scenic sunset.