Wong Chen

Citing the government’s fiscal outlook for next year, Wong said the government is reducing the budget for subsidies and social assistance from RM58.9 billion this year to RM42 billion next year. This is a reduction of 28.7 percent, or RM16.9 billion.

“The minister of finance has been reading out a long list of goodies and social support for the last hour or so. The government is trying to create a perception that it cares for the people and will be providing a lot of aid, next year.  “This perception is not true!” he said in a Twitter post today.

The RM372.3 billion budget is the largest ever proposed by a Malaysian government and will be the last one before the next general election is to be held. Wong (above) panned it as a “budget for the rich”.

“Government tycoons and contractors are probably celebrating. A whopping RM94 billion of government projects are coming in the pipeline next year!

apanama is back : This is why I said this government need to be voted out because they are spending the money like their grandfather's money and as nobody's business. Sure will impose GST after GE15. Mahathir mentioned about UMNO Baru wining the GE15 hands down because they have money to buy vote, He also did that last time. "Buat bodoh" fellow. 450,000 families get RM2.5 billion under welfare department while JAKIM is getting RM1.5 billion. Where is the priority here?

New Delhi: She went to ask for her salary, but this Hindu labourer in Pakistan’s Bahwalpur got brutalised by her Muslim landlord, instead. The woman, wife of bonded labourer Gangaram, was hoisted upside down, beaten, gang-raped by six or seven men.

This is yet another instance which stands testimony to the absolutely dismal record of Pakistan when it comes to atrocities against minorities, especially Hindus.

The incident took place at Bhawalpur in Punjab’s Pakistan after the woman, Savitri Bai (name changed), went to Muslim landlord Mohammad Akram to ask for wages. Akram later went to the woman’s house with weapons and threatened her. He then kidnapped her and she was gang-raped and beaten.

In a video, Savitri Bai said, “He kidnapped me and took me to an unknown place. Over their they stripped me naked and kept beating me.”

She further said that they had covered my face and kept beating me.She added that she had gone there to get wages but “instead of clearing the dues, they told me that they will thrash me if I ask for money.” Reports say that the accused landlord has been trying to cover up the matter by getting into negotiation with doctors treating the victim….

Malaysiakini : The proposal to reinstate the Goods and Services Tax (GST) will be discussed in the cabinet, according to Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz.

He, however, said this will depend on how the country will fare economically next year.

"No, we didn't announce the GST in Budget 2023. We will be discussing the matter in the cabinet depending on the economy next year," he told a press conference at Parliament today.

This show details how the euphoric new beginning of Bus Diplomacy was subverted by the devious plans set in motion by 4 Pakistani Generals. How the Northern Light Infantry were tasked with occupying 132 abandoned Indian posts across the Line of Control and how 3 shepherds first noticed the intrusion.

The show tells the tragic story of Lt. Saurabh Kalia and his abduction and torture by Pakistani forces and it relives the pounding that was unleashed on them when India brought in the Bofors Howitzers. We also look at how the Indian Air Force redefined the waging of Air warfare in the rarified atmosphere of High Mountain regions.

The implications of the intercepted telephonic conversations, made public, between Gen. Pervez Musharraf and Gen. Md. Aziz. How the Government of India used open media coverage to swing international opinion in its favour and how the Electronic media came of age during the Kargil war.

In this episode we look at the bravery of the Indian soldiers and how they regained Tiger Hill and how the Indian Navy patrolled the Sea coast of Pakistan to cut off supplies and aid coming in from outside.

In a statement, Ikmal (above) said the report was lodged by his senior private secretary Mohammad Iskandar Idris at the Dang Wangi district police headquarters today.

"The report is against an article on Rafizi's Facebook yesterday entitled 'Cancel the intention to reward SPH (self-propelled howitzers) contract to a company tied to a deputy minister's son', which linked my name to a company named MA Analytics Sdn Bhd.

"It is slander and a politically-motivated lie to defame my good name," Ikmal said.

Knucklehead : It is such a simple question Deputy Defence Minister Ikmal Hisham Abdul Aziz, is your son involved in MA Analytics Sdn Bhd in any way? Yes or No? If yes, what slander is that? Sound like fact! Tell us please!!

Lebai stuffing his face

“Could be our last breakfast together,” he wrote.

The PAS deputy president posted the message after having breakfast with the ministry’s corporate communications unit in Putrajaya this morning.

Tuan Ibrahim was among the ministers who attended today’s cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

bumiputeri : One of the weakest link in the group. Can only doa.

WhiteGopher7081 : Could be your last breakfast, as Minister

apanama is back : For whole PAS as well!

Ahmad Maslan Nasi Goreng GST

He also claimed the move by Bersatu and PAS ministers indirectly showed they had no confidence in the leadership of Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

"It is not good for the current administration when 12 ministers wrote such a letter instead of resolving the matter in the Cabinet.

“Its (government’s) legitimacy has been eroded, from 100 percent previously to 60 percent now.

Sealthedeal : Of course it's right with a minority party pushing for GE15 just to save a few corrupt politicians.

GreenLeopard4021 : Get you UMNO PM to sack them immediately and restore some order and discipline as they have sabotaged your plans!

XoXo : UMNO, why don't you move a no confidence vote on PM if you have the numbers? Grow up UMNO and be jantan.

Deep Thought : All the hungry greedy Malay party leaders chasing for PM and form a new govt. They can then continue to steal money and get rich themselves, while the rakyat continue to slave and struggle

Krabian : . . . and this UMNO idiot thinks it's right for UMNO Court cluster to pressure PM Ismail Sabri to seek early election approval from Agong?

Ahmad Abu Murkhiyeh (Social media)

A gay Palestinian man living under asylum in Israel was murdered and beheaded Wednesday in the West Bank city of Hebron. The unnamed suspect, who was arrested by Palestinian Authority police near the scene of the crime soon after committing it, recorded the act in a video that he uploaded to social media before his capture.

The victim was 25-year-old Ahmad Abu Murkhiyeh, who according to reports on Ynet and Channel 12 had been living in Israel for the past two years as an asylum-seeker after authorities acknowledged his life would be in danger if he returned to Palestinian territory.

It was not immediately clear how or why the young man ended up in Hebron. Friends of Abu Murkhiyeh in Israel alleged he was likely kidnapped to the West Bank before his murder, though it was not clear that they had evidence of this.

Rita Petrenko, founder of Al-Bayt Al-Mukhtalif, a non-profit organization for the empowerment of the Arab LGBT community, said that she had helped to arrange for Abu Murkhiyeh’s asylum papers in preparation for his eventual resettlement in Canada and that he’d actively participated in LGBT discussion groups.

Describing the young man as “hard-working and intelligent,” Petrenko regretted that he had not been transferred to safety in Canada before his life was brutally taken from him.

The Kargil conflict started in May 1999 after the infiltration of Pakistani soldiers and irregulars onto the Indian side of the LOC. An old Pakistani army plan – vetoed in the past by Gen Zia and even Benazir Bhutto - was implemented by General Musharraf and his closest associates.

Laporan polis, yang mendakwa penglibatan Menteri Abdul Latif Ahmad dan isterinya, nampak macam entah kemana. Tanpa rasa kecewa dan putus asa, Rafizi Ramli kini muncul lagi dengan pendedahan terbarunya, yang melibatkan tender kontrak pembekalan meriam artileri SPH, berjumlah RM834 juta. Rafizi mendakwa, syarikat M A Analytics Sdb Bhd, ada kaitan dengan Timbalan Menteri Pertahanan sendiri, iaitu Ikmal Hisham Abdul Aziz, bersama syarikat-syarikat yang ada kaitan dengan anak Ikmal Hisham, iaitu Ikmal Hadzlan, dan isteri Ikmal Hisham, iaitu Norihan Ayob.

Bukit Aman secretary Noorsiah Mohd Saaduddin in a statement yesterday said the investigation into the website was conducted in accordance with Section 8 of the Official Secrets Act, Section 203A of the Penal Code and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998.

The investigation of the case was carried out by the Criminal Investigations Department's Special Investigation Unit after a report regarding the article which was published under the title ‘Rahsia: Laporan Siasatan Ke Atas Buku Tommy Thomas’ (Classified: Investigation report on Thomas’ book), she said.

RZee : The real reason they want to go after Tommy is because he dared to highlight, investigate and charge UMNO so called stalwarts and boss kus’ with crime and corruption. It was a pattern of 60 years that needed to be stopped.

Tommy was appointed to do that and was removed by the Sheraton movers to stop that. It didn’t work. The crimes have been highlighted. However now that Tommy has been removed, the crimes have restarted. When PH wins another Tommy needs to be the AG.

Aisyalam Let this “book” takes its course so that the can of worms already opened can mature into snakes in the courts. The home of these snakes that will be revealed to the public will be the AG’s office where TT formerly resides.

ScallopJilatDedak : So busy persecuting imaginary enemy whilst big corruptors mentioned in ZH, LCS still not probed. PH must win GE15 so that DAP can incharge of KDN and take action to reform this department.

He pointed out that Malaysia had once sheltered Uyghur asylum seekers from China but now appears to not care for the community's well-being. "Why is Malaysia no longer concerned about the Uyghur minority who are facing persecution and suffering? Does trade and business take precedence over the suffering of fellow Muslims caused by a major power?

"Malaysia, which is supposed to have a Muslim government, appears to be forsaking the plights of fellow Muslims and favouring business interests with China, the US and Israel," Raja Kamarul Bahrun said in a statement today.   The Amanah leader warned that Malaysia will no longer be relevant on the global stage or among Muslim nations if the country maintains its silence.

Malaysia was among 11 countries which abstained during a vote at the UN Human Rights Council yesterday on a proposal to debate China's treatment of the Uyghur minority.

The proposal was eventually defeated 19 to 17. Somalia was the only Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member to vote in favour.

Me : Besarnya Kemaluan!!!!

Uragt : Money trumps religion, China over UN. Malaysia is selective on the religious front, Palestinians over Rohingyas & Uyghurs.

BadCaptain : What about the best model institutionalized apartheid discrimInation in the world practiced by the Muslim Govt in Malaysia? The bottom line is Amanah is only fishing for votes. Put a wealthy Chinese business from China in front of Kamarul Amanah and that Malay politician will lick clean both feet of that foreign investor

MerdekaMerdekaMerdeka : Kamarul, you are asking what is the position of the minister in charge of Islam and the special envoy to the Middle East on this issue? Highly unlikely that you will get a response let alone a relevant one.

Their minds are now preoccupied with the imminent loss of all their gajibuta’s, perks, packages, privileges and permit to ride the gravy train again, post GE15, and how or what needs to be devised to continue hanging on. There cannot possibly be any other graver issues than that.

Turnedback : Our Msia Muslim politicians are only good to use religion and race to bully the non Muslim brothers. If no gain or benefits why they want to vote for Uyghur plight.

Kuniyo : They are too busy using 'perpaduan ummah' gimmick to attract votes from kampung and semi urban area, thus no time for what happened outside malaysia.

In fact, they like closed society that doesn't know what happened outside the tempurung, easy to control and manipulate. If UMNO-PAS won big next GE, first thing they will do is shut down internet and mute social media because it is 'immoral''.

GrayPanda9123 : Shameful & Shameless. Only few weks ago PM boastly said Malaysia will not hesitate to speak up on International fronts. This ia one classic example of chickening out. They rather the Uygurs dies than antagonise China. Malu Malu Malu...clever to find fault in western countries.

But the western predominantly Christian countries are the one who speak out & help out the displace & victimised Muslims everywhere. WHo Where is PAS & Umno & PN.... SHame SHame Shame.

MS : Malaysia's abstention on Uyghur vote 'shameful'? No it was a poignant demonstration of the unity of the ummah. Hadi will say so as will all the muftis and imams.

True blue : The special envoy for Middle East is still on holiday with 90 million to enjoy but spread venom against the Nons.

In a statement, Patriot president Mohamed Arshad Raji also demanded that Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein explain if he was aware of the alleged cronyism. "Was he (the deputy minister) actively involved in securing the contract?

"In all likelihood, he must have been fully aware. After all, as the deputy minister one would expect that he would be responsible enough to check all aspects before dobby marking the deal.

How much does Hisham know?

Arshad wants Hishammuddin to clarify to what extent he is in the know on the matter.

"Patriot further demands from Hishamuddin whether he too was in the dark or was it yet another case of our proverbial 'tutup satu mata' (closing an eye).

Save Malaysia : God bless you with long life mr arshad to see change in our country

Bornean : wait for it.. This fellow will come up with all sort of excuses... They will swear they are damn clean

Krabian : Resign ?? . . . those Putrajaya gaji buta clowns have skin thicker than elephant's skin.

Kepala Tak Centre : How can the Head doesn't know what the tail is doing? Sama sama cari makan ma....

GoldenHorse6871 : Nobody resigns in Malaysia! Even convicted criminals do not resign.

The vote - 19 against, 17 in favour, and 11 abstentions, including Malaysia - is only the second time in the council's 16-year history that a motion has been rejected.

The Western-led motion had demanded a debate on the alleged rights abuses against Muslim Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in China's western Xinjiang region. Co-sponsors for the motion are UK, Turkey, Canada, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Australia and Lithuania.

Nations voting against the motion were Bolivia, Cameroon, China, Cuba, Eritrea, Gabon, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Kazakhstan, Mauritania, Namibia, Nepal, Pakistan, Qatar, Senegal, Sudan, the United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan and Venezuela.

Kuniyo : All the bahasa speaking stunt and shout to defence palestinian and rohingya are just noise to attract votes from kampung. It doesn't matter when it mattered most. Money comes first, cash is king.

Proarte : Arab Palestininan citizens in Israel have equal rights and generally never opt to emigrate to Muslim countries who are quick to attack Israel's human rights record.

Contrast this with the widespread report of over a million Uyghurs who are Chinese citizens being sent to concentration camps to be rehabilitated from the "disease" of Islam and their traditional Uighur culture. There are even allegations of torture and murder.

The hypocrisy of Muslim nations and those economically beholden to China was seen in this recent UN vote. It has given Israel a huge boost because its treatment of Palestinians in the occupied territories will now be swept under the carpet by previously vociferous Muslim nations who voted in favour of China or who abstained.

Next time there is a vote on Israel's human rights record, the votes by Muslim countries against Israel will ring hollow because they betrayed their fellow Muslims in China despite the widespread allegations of anti-Muslim human rights abuses of China's Uyghur citizens.

Dummies Dhimmi : Typical cowardly government. Jump up and down for the Palestinians and the Muslims in Kashmir but in China keep their mouth shut. Its never about the defense of the religion but what you can gain from it by how you make or not make 'noise' about it.

Its either China gave moon cake to Malaysian politicians to gum up their jaws or there's nothing to gain politically by objecting to the ill treatment of the Muslims there.

RedQuokka9442 : Wow, none of the Muslim countries are in support of their brothers when it comes to the crunch. All good in paying lips service when it doesn't hurt...

KSK : Fair Play: >>"Malaysia made the right stand by doing what they did. Make friends, not enemies." Exactly, and to hell with the Uyghurs. Who cares about them? Right?

MazilamaniIt is strange to note that most Muslim majority countries either opposed or abstained from the UN vote for China Muslims(Uyghurs)including Malaysia. It is outrageously strange..

Why is Hadi or PAS not saying much about the plight of Uyghur Muslims, who have suffered much under the Chinese authorities. We have known it for a long time, that these people were rounded up, encamped and detained to undergo ''re-education''.

Even more strange is the fact the motion is being supported by Western Christian nations. When it concerns a country like China, PAS and Hadi remain silent, but why such arrogance with the Nons in Malaysia. So PAS knows who it should not offend.

GrayWhale2704 : Double standard again! Advertisement for Palestinian support everywhere, yet no nerve to cast a vote for debate?! The Muslims in China aren’t Muslims?

Kepala Tak Centre : Will PAS, Umno and Islamist go down to Padang Merbok to protest? What is Hadi Awang's stand? Anyhow, Hadi Awang himself can't decide whether to be with BN or PN.

RedGopher0486 : What is the point of sitting in the Human Rights Council if not willing to discharge responsibility without feat or favour.....

Stay Safe : Ok to support stone throwing and rocket shooting Palestinians but no to non-violent Uyghurs... ? Very funny way of practicing their religious jurisprudence ya..!

Quigonbond : Well, at least this time they are consistent with their racist attitudes at home. But Muslims at home, you know what this means about the cynicism of Ummah unity especially PAS.

Another Umno stalwart has his balls squeezed

Deputy Head of the Celebrity, Public, and Various Entertainers Desk Audit Unit, IRB Assessment Division, Zulkfli Tuan Lah said the investigating officer also did not furnish any documents relating to the receipt of the RM1 million, but merely told him that Shahrir received the money.

The 48-year-old said this when cross-examined by lawyer Syed Faisal Al-Edros Syed Abdullah Al-Edros, who is representing Shahrir (above) in the former Johor Bahru MP’s trial on a charge of failing to declare to IRB RM1 million which he received from former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak via an AmIslamic Bank Berhad cheque dated Nov 27, 2013.

Syed Faisal: If we want to determine whether the RM1 million which Shahrir received amounted to income or not, the best way to do it is with a tax assessor like yourself?

Mujaheed : Looks like LHDN is full of umno members, that is why they dont bother to tax the umno leaders

IndigoHorse9495 : Money laundering? Isnt this obvious? If anyone else hefty fine and languishing in jail.These currentso called leaders are just wrecking the nation with their irresponsibilty. Please vote UMNO and its allies out. Save this country from falling into the abyss 🙏

Boilumaik : Deep State corruption comes with protection

OBSERVER from Space : Indeed! Do IRB need instructions to investigate anyone?? Unbelievable stupidity in the civil service. That's why I left after 5 months in 1984...absolutely right decision. Otherwise I'm amongst the incompetent, dumb, corrupted lot...

LTA's chief executive Zainudin Kadir said the association has recorded 29 percent cancellations up to Oct 3 for bookings made for the upcoming long weekend, in conjunction with the Maulidur Rasul public holiday on Monday.

"The cancellations involve hotels, chalets and homestays registered under LTA. Most of the cancellations cited difficulties in getting ferry tickets to the island as a reason. "This is the biggest problem affecting the Langkawi tourism industry right now. An issue that needs to be immediately handled by relevant agencies and the government," Zainudin said.

"The people are tired of Langkawi, they choose to go to Cameron Highlands or Hatyai (Thailand) instead, and that's the reality," he told Utusan Malaysia when contacted recently. According to him, the LTA receives an average of 20 complaints daily from its members about the tourism industry on the island.

TRT : So called Free Trade Zone but the prices are cheaper in KL. Name it.

Fair Play : I suppose Pas Government in Kedah do not e courage concerts and tourism when males and females together.

apanama is back : Ask the Langkawi MP to solve this issue. Apa nama Mahathir! If that is the case, Langkawi folks should vote PAS out in coming GE15. If the folks suddenly forget this on voting day, we can't help them much.

Unherd : The rise of the Christian, ultra-conservative candidate Giorgia Meloni in Italy marks a strange split in European politics. Post-Brexit Britain is now in the minority of countries that have not seen a recent Rightward populist uprising.

The French election was disrupted by Marine Le Pen, the Sweden Democrats have ousted the centre-Left from power and Right-wing Vox have gained ground in Spain.

With the cost of living crisis worsening, culture wars raging and sanctions against Russia biting, will more countries fall for what some call ‘neo-fascists’? Or will certain parts of the media prove to be exaggerating the threat of hard-Right figures like Giorgia Meloni?

To try and answer these questions, UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers sat down with Ralph Schoellhammer, Assistant Professor of Economics at Webster University, Vienna.

Another Mahathir Brown Noser

The Emir Research president said that he submitted his resignation from the party he co-founded in 2015, yesterday.

"I have been an inactive party member since 2020 after a heart procedure and focused much on developing and nurturing Emir Research as an independent think tank.

GreenViper4010 : Looks like too much fondness for nasi lemak... Wasatiyyah??? Looks like too much fondness for nasi lemak...

apanama is back : Yes, it is a big deal that you resign. Thank you!

Arshruff Dudsuki

This comes after the 12 penned a petition to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to hold off the next general election until flood season was over. Umno Youth chief Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki raised the question because only the prime minister has the right to advise the Agong on the dissolution of Parliament.

"(Moreover) according to Article 43 of the Federal Constitution, a prime minister who loses support of the majority (MPs) can advise the Agong to dissolve Parliament or tender his resignation.

TRT : Ask Tok Hadi lebai gaji buta on the constituition.

Krabian : This UMNO Youth dude who lost badly in GE13 and GE14 at Tumpat is desperately barking for early election for another bite at power and get on the gravy train again.

MerdekaMerdekaMerdeka : Anything is possible, Asyraf. There is no honor amongst thieves, scoundrels, crooks AND betrayers / traitors.

Till today, Malaysians don’t really know if Mahiaddin actually had the numbers, coz way back then when all those traitors USURPED power from PH, he did not heed His Majesty’s call for hold a motion of confidence in Parliament (then).

There’s no honor…. Ask for your UMNO fellas to call for a motion of confidence at the next sitting in Parliament, if that is doubtful. Go ahead UMNO, that’s one way to find out.

The constituencies are the Batu Sapi parliamentary seat and Bugaya state seat in Sabah, and the Gerik parliamentary seat in Perak. They were placed under a state of emergency following the passing of their incumbent representatives in 2020, when the country was still badly hit by the Covid-19 pandemic.

It was done to halt by-elections during the outbreak, as the Federal and Sabah state constitutions require that an election be held within 60-days after the respective seats became vacant.

PahatMari : Maybe DYMM Agong can declare Emergency to bar PRU between now and after Monsoon, So politicians can stop presuring the PM to dissolve the parliament.

BlueShark1548 : GE 15? No it should only be in the context of it being held in 2023.The 3 bye elections would be announced but likely to be overtaken by GE15 which now would likely be held in February 2023 during CNY when all balik kampong.

GreenCrab8265 : Kita observe today jika bajet diteruskan maknanya parlimen tidak dibubarkan. Jika sebaliknya sendiri fikir dan beri jawapan.

Malaysiakini : ‘The die has been cast and the elections are about to be called.’

COMMENT | Harapan should welcome GE15

Old Horse: This election is not about winning and losing; it's about voters’ turnout. If you hold election fully knowing that flood and rain would hinder the process, it is not democracy, it is bad intention.

Worst of all, someone is trying to hijack the process for his own agenda so he would not be prosecuted.

Arjun: An immediacy for an election makes much sense and would seem the appropriate moral and responsible initiative that is long overdue. The present hotchpotch government, fabricated originally at Sheraton Hotel, has had little legitimacy in the eyes of the public.

Part of those in the present government as ministers forsook and betrayed the coalition that had gained majority and electoral legitimacy. Another part of the present government, including Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaacob, are parliamentary members of a political party that lost the majority in the last national election.

All this may seem properly legal and appropriate in a fledgling democracy and legally also enabling in one which is pre-eminently a raced-based political mould. But such allegedly insidious manipulation of elections is no good legacy to leave behind in the interests of future generations.

It could be viewed as a laughable matter as the question of proper legitimacy should and could have been tested at the earliest occasion after the Sheraton complicity.

Possibly by then most of those who betrayed the elected government through defection would have been probably tarred and feathered and shunned by a disgusted electorate.

More responsible and decent leaders could have emerged from any number of political parties and we could have saved the nation of much of the disadvantages and agony it had endured in the last many, many months.