Love, letter by letter — M Sassikala stands by G Saravanan as he spells out words on an alphabet chart resting below him. (Noorul Ariffin pic)

When former national athletes welfare foundation (Yakeb) chairman Noorul Ariffin called me on my phone last week and gently turned the screen towards G Saravanan, the man who once filled any room with easy laughter could not speak. The race walking legend lay on his bed in Bukit Mertajam, his body stilled by disease, a tube at his neck helping him breathe.

And yet, when he saw me, he smiled. It was unmistakably his: warm, knowing, almost mischievous. The kind of smile that used to come at the end of a race, when he had pushed his body to its limits and still found something left to give. Only this time, the race is different.

G Saravanan, 56, Malaysia’s only Commonwealth Games athletics gold medallist, no longer walks, talks or eats on his own. Motor neuron disease (MND) has gradually stripped that from him since his diagnosis in 2021.

Saravanan celebrates G Saravanan celebrates gold at the 1998 Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games with the woman who still stands beside him in his toughest race. (G Saravanan pic) In 2020, he weighed 79kg.

Today, he is down to about 40kg. His frame is frail, almost fragile, but his presence is not diminished. His eyes follow every word. He nods, gently, deliberately. He listens the way fighters do — fully, stubbornly, as if refusing to be left behind. For three minutes, I spoke. For three minutes, he answered without a voice. And in that quiet exchange, something inside me gave way.

Not because I saw a man defeated, but because I realised he is still fighting the only way he can. Beside him, his wife M Sassikala stood steady, calm, attentive, quietly strong. She has become his voice, his hands, his everything, caring for him while raising their three children and holding together a life that has been turned inside out.

When Saravanan wants to speak, he spells it out, letter by letter, pointing to an alphabet chart. It is slow and painstaking. But it is still communication. It is still him. He is fed through a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube, a feeding line inserted directly into the stomach through the abdominal wall, because even swallowing has become a struggle.

Recently, he spent 20 days in intensive care in Penang. At one point, he stopped breathing for two minutes before doctors revived him. Sassikala tells this without drama. Just fact. Just strength. She says he is still a fighter. You believe her. A year ago, when I first wrote about his condition, Malaysians responded with remarkable generosity, raising more than RM100,000.

Even Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim contributed. Today, Sassikala insists they are not asking for more. “People have already given, and that generosity has helped sustain his care, which costs about RM2,000 a month, with Yakeb reimbursing the expenses,” she said. Perhaps because Saravanan himself never wanted sympathy.

“While I appreciate the empathy people feel for me, I absolutely hate sympathy. I want to be as normal as possible,” he once told me. Normal, for Saravanan, was never ordinary. In his prime, he walked over 5,000km a year. Some days, he covered 55km in training. There was little sports science then, no real understanding of nutrition or recovery, no psychological support.

They trained through pain and recovered as best they could. He kept going. That same relentless will carried him through 50km of searing heat at the Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games, where he walked into history. He is still going. The race has only changed. The body has slowed. The voice has gone. But the fight, that stubborn, unyielding fight remains.

Sarjit Singh says his dismissal as national coach came as a shock despite guiding Malaysia to the World Cup. KUALA LUMPUR: The call came late on a Sunday night. By Monday, Sarjit Singh was told his time as national men’s hockey coach was over. No warning. No review. 

No chance to present his report. Just weeks after guiding Malaysia to the World Cup. “It came as a shock,” Sarjit, 63, said in an exclusive interview. “I couldn’t believe it.” He was told the matter had already been settled. Sarjit said he first heard of his fate from coaching and development committee chairman Majid Manjit Abdullah , who asked to meet him the following day.  

“I met him and he told me my contract was not extended,” Sarjit said. “I asked him why. He said the decision had already been made.” According to Sarjit, Manjit did not provide a reason, instead indicating that the move came from the president, Subahan Kamal, and the executive board of the Malaysian Hockey Confederation (MHC). 

“He told me the president would see me the next day,” Sarjit said. That meeting came on Tuesday morning. MHC president Subahan Kamal faces scrutiny over the decision-making process behind Sarjit Singh’s removal, as questions emerge over governance within Malaysian hockey. Rankings over results

This video examines the claim that Jesus must say the exact words “I am God, worship Me” in order to prove His divine identity. We explore why this demand is a logical fallacy and how Scripture consistently reveals who Jesus truly is — from the Gospel of John to the prophecies of Isaiah and the declaration of Alpha and Omega in Revelation. 

This man will not win till the end of his life about the truth one day he will understand about Jesus. X muslim Adam Seeker gave him open chalenge to come and debate but Zakir Nalayek is scared and he is ignoring Adam Seeker s chalenge. Zakir, kindly humble yourself. 

You will never succeed fighting the truth. Jesus is God and it's all over the Bible. You will only come to this realization of you humble yourself before Him. He will reveal himself to you as He has done to many including Muslims. Kindly read John 17:5, and Philippians 2:5-7.

Gurgaon: Tension in an Indian city over Muslim prayers, news from the Communist Bitch "The BBC"

In England a guy was jailed for putting up posters saying "It's ok to be white". Sensible, if that person commits a crime, there's no way to identify them. They DON'T come to search " better living conditions" BUT to INVADE & DOMINATE as they declare openly on ALL sites & interviews without HIDING their intentions.... 

I'm from Netherlands and I'm happy that there are some sane persons that defends decency. It's far from perfect though. I live in the Netherlands. Criminals run around dressed like patio umbrellas, committing crimes and totally free of facial recognition. There have been problems with Muslims for years here. These people all need to be put out before it is too late. That goes for all he other freeloaders, too!

Following the announcement, Donald Trump posted on his Truth Social platform, stating, “Robert Mueller just died. Good, I'm glad he's dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people!"

Critics and even some Republican lawmakers quickly characterised such an irresponsible response as a "callous" and "disturbing" reaction to the death of a former law enforcement official.

Needless to say, the reaction drew broad condemnation and was interpreted by many as an expression of his long-standing disdain for the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

By openly expressing joy over the passing of Mueller, Trump appeared to be in a state of acute delirium. His rhetoric stood in stark contrast to the standard of offering sympathy to a grieving family, showing a deep-seated personal animosity instead.

Treat deaths with solemnity

As far as I know, even in Christianity - let alone Islam - the death of an individual is always treated with solemnity, and celebrating the demise of any person - even an enemy - is generally discouraged as a departure from the heart of the faith.

In Islam, we are often taught to respect the deceased and show compassion to the grieving. Expressing joy at someone's passing contradicts the “adab” (etiquette) of a believer, which calls for mercy and dignity even toward those we disagree with.

WhiteLlama4337 : What is the point of this article? Many pretend to pious yet have no fear of God when holding positions of power. They believe that they will live forever. 

Look at Azam Baki and his legacy. Mahathir and his legacy. Anwar Ibrahim and his failed reformasi. Don't preach to us when we live under the yoke of a tyrant who has weaponised religion in Malaysia.

Maimun : Hanippa, focus on Malaysian extremist's comments of maza n group, hiding behind Islam n Malay.

Dr Suresh Kumar : What to expect from a shandenfreude narscissist? He will face his comeuppance. This said, does Islam condone the separation of a baby from her mother? Would like to hear your explanation on this, Thank you sir

Just Common Sense : islam this and islam that so when is islam going to tell us what happened to Amri, Koh, Ruth and Helmy who were abducted in a so called islamic country? 

Otherwise is all just hyperbole. What is iranian clerical regime doing to unarmed protestors including children in Teheran? Stop with all the taqiyah. The true face of the religion is obvious for all except the brain washed to see.

Kajang pigeon : This gas bag is back, and this time with his version of the truth . I like how he tries to roll in religion, to sell his point, rather than use facts . 

The facts are simple , Iranians are happy to rid of the dictatorship and women & children will not be treated like second class citizen if trump succeeds . 

Iran might actually return to being a nice place like it was in the 70s , nice try with this article , you might get a few likes from pas supporters but anyone with more than half a brain would laugh at your attempt

As the dams feeding Tehran run dry, Iran struggles with a dire water crisis

One element that’s going to be catastrophic for Iran has nothing to do with this war and everything to do with Iran’s own incompetence with the environment and its natural resources. Water. Iran is running dry, completely and will not have enough drinking water for its population. 

Its aquifers are emptied out and drying up. That country will not survive this and it’s all from the corruption and stupidity of its leaders over the past 40 plus years. It’s over building of dams without any consideration the environmental impact are the chief component of this coming disaster. Because of this war no one’s talking about this. It’s coming very soon.

In a press release, the Danish Free Press Society explained why Raymond Ibrahim was awarded the 2026 Sappho. An excerpt follows: “For more than a decade, Raymond Ibrahim has been one of the most rigorous and intellectually consistent voices in the international debate on Christian persecution, Islamism, and the historical conflicts between Islam and the West. 

His work is grounded in extensive study of primary sources — including classical Arabic texts, medieval chronicles, and modern jihadist documents. Combining scholarly depth with rare communicative clarity, he has made complex historical realities accessible to a broad audience. 

Ibrahim insists on something fundamental: that religion matters. That sacred texts matter. That history matters. And that violence committed in the name of God does not become less real simply because it is uncomfortable. 

He has systematically documented the ongoing and structural persecution of Christians in large parts of the Muslim world, and has placed contemporary conflicts within a broader historical framework in books such as Crucified Again, Sword and Scimitar, Defenders of the West, and most recently The Two Swords of Christ. 

It is precisely this insistence on taking religious sources seriously that has made him controversial. On several occasions, attempts have been made to cancel his lectures under accusations of “Islamophobia” — including at the U.S. Army War College in 2019.

Appreciate for exposing this. Love your content. I was at a antimuslim protest across the street from a mosque in their epic city and they were burning American flags. The man next to me poured gasoline on this quron and began lighting it on fire. 

4 young muslim men ran aggressively across to our side so I stood up from my walker and it made my shirt come open exposing my glock 17 with 32 rds of 9mm hollow points. They stopped coming but screamed for help from the plano police. They were told that citizens can legally carry a gun. But since they are not they could not.

The forgotten voters: the Orang Asli in the Malaysia Baru

For the marginalised Indians, Chinese, Natives and others of Malaysia pic.twitter.com/PsAUlqfvvf

— David Swami (@DavidSwami1) March 25, 2026

Who is forcing a friendly neighbouring nation to become a state of the US, has threatened to invade territory belonging to a staunch Nato ally, abducted the president of a foreign country and his wife, cut off supplies to a country which did it no harm, and threatened former US presidents?

Who has put the world oil markets spinning in a tizzy, upended world trade by imposing ridiculous tariffs, is taking criminal action against the Federal Reserve chairperson, has set up a brutal force to track down immigrants, and takes delight in bombing foreign ports and oil installations “just for fun”?

Dr Peter Jebaseelan Jesudason : " White Man imperialist culture through the ages - Conquer, Colonise and Control. Asia, Middle East, Africa, Central and South America are all their victims since historical times." I think you need to educate yourself on colonial history. It will disabuse you from your "White man" racist beliefs. 

The Muslim Arabs conquered, colonised, victimised and forcibly converted peoples in Africa, Europe and Asia. The Mongols on horseback conquered vast terrritories from Mongolia right across central Asia , west Asia and Europe. They were well known for their barbaric and philistine behaviour. 

Famously, they ransacked the libraries of Baghdad and threw the books in the river Tigris. India had huge empires which covered most of South East Asia. The legacy is undeniable and culturally still remains impactful. . 

More recently , during WW2, Japanese swept through Asia including Malaya and Indonesia. They were particularly violent and cruel. Tibet is part of China following its territorial expansion in the 1940s but Tibetans still feel colonised. I suppose in time Tibetans will become assimilated. No, colonialism is not only a White Man's disease.

BlueShark1548 : Guna, Trump is a great US President who dared to do what many presidents dared not. Trump woke up NATO whose members neglected to raise their defence spending to 5% of their GDP. 

He met with the North Korean President.He arrested Maduro and created a climate of peace for South America and his actions is likely to have regime change for Cuba which would be beneficial for Cubans. 

Trump undertook a war with Iran which no US President dared and the world would soon enjoy the benefits of his actions in the Middle East .It is the Americans who made sacrifices for the war. Trump is not as bad as many including you thought him to be . 

The world is unlikely to have a US President like Trump.P Gunasegaram " thinks all aspiring leaders should be required to take tests of intelligence, knowledge, mental and physical fitness, ability, integrity, and honesty - and pass - before holding public office. 

Perhaps Malaysia can set an example by starting". The above should apply to journalists as well, and I am not sure Gunasegaram would pass the test. This article is pathologically biased against Trump and Netanhanyu. It is ignorant about basic notions of law, dishes out ad hominems against the two - such as preposterously being accused of being a Hitler and commiting genocide. 

Trump was feted like a beloved hero when he visited Malaysia recently, on the invitation of our Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to officiate at the ASEAN summit. Trump had a colourful dance troupe to welcome him as he got off the plane. Trump seemed thrilled with the reception and danced along giving us his signature moves. Anwar too joined in the jollity. 

At the summit, they both had fulsome praise for each other. Even the leaders of Cambodia and Thailand thanked Trump for brokering a peace deal. The notion that the ASEAN leaders regarded Trump as a Hitler is totally ridiculous because he charmed the socks off them ! 

Maduro the Socialist dictator had brought Venezuela, an oil rich country to its knees. A third of the populace fled the country because of lawlessness, government brutality and poverty. USA accused Maduro and wife of drug running and profiteering from illicit sales of drugs to USA and were arrested to face trial in a New York court of law. 

They will have due process. What Gunasegaram fails to acknowledge, either through ignorance or blind prejuduce is that Trump is regarded as a hero by many in Venezuela. Maduro's deputy has agreed to comply with good governance measures instituted by USA. A substantial portion of the profits from the oil extracted is returned to Venezuela to rehabilitate the country. 

For goodness sake, why has Gunasegaram blanked out the voice of the persecuted Opposition Leader Machado? She has praised Trump for helping Venezuela along on its path to democracy. She won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize and dedicated it to Donald Trump for supporting the long suffering people of Venezuela. 

With regard to the sham charges and warrant arrest of PM Netanhanyu for alleged war crimes by the International Criminal Court ( ICC ) the judges do not understand law. Israel is not a signatory to the Rome Statute, therefore the ICC has no jurisdiction to hear the case. 

The charges of genocide is a blood libel because the population of Gaza has increased since October 7 2023 when Hamas started the war. Also, the IDF did everything possible to save civilian lives which explains why 98% of the Gazan civilian population from October 7 2023 remain alive despite 70 % of buildings destroyed as a result of the war. 

The combatant death to civilian death ratio is less than 1 : 1 which is a world record in the history if modern urban warfare. This indicates that the IDF is the most moral and professional army in the world. Why does Gunasegaram unconscionably airbrush the genocide of unarmed Iranian civilians numbering reportedly about 50 000 perpetrated by the mass murderer Ayatollah Khamenei? 

This is unethical journalism. More lives have been murdered in 8 weeks in Iran than the 2 year complex war in Gaza which the IDF prosecuted with utmost professionalism and care for human life. Hamas gave a figure of 70 000 deaths in Gaza by November 2025. This was a blanket figure of all recorded deaths. 

The IDF claimed to have killed 25 000 Hamas combatants leaving a figure of 45 000 civilian deaths. However, a significant proportion of these deaths would be due to natural causes such as death due to old age, accidents, suicide, illness such as infection, heart attacks, cancer etc. 

The average figure is around O.7% - 0.8% of the total population per year. Over a 2 year period this figure would be around 0.008 × 2 × 2000 000 ( population of Gaza ) = 32 000 This means civilian deaths directly attributable to the war is 45 000 - 32 000 = 13 000 collateral civilian deaths. This is the lowest combatant : civilian death ratio in the history of modern urban warfare. 

Contrast this with the intentional killing of 50 000 mostly young civilians on the instruction of Ayatollah Khamenei. Talking about Hitler, his propaganda Minister Goebbels said a lie repeated often enough becomes regarded as truth. Genocide repeated ad nauseam by unethical hacks does not make it true. 

Sadly, the Woke Left Wing and Islamists have hitched together since October 7 2023 to promote fake narratives to promote their deranged agenda. Since 1979, the Ayatollahs have created proxy armies such as Hamas, Hezbollah and Houthi to form a " ring of fire " around Israel. Their religious aim is to annihilate Israel and to kill Jews. Trump and Netanhanyu are fighting an ideological battle to save Judeo-Christian values and Western Civilisation itself.

Just Common Sense : This writer is just obsessed with Trump Trump & more Trump. The US authorities treat their citizens with more respect than Malaysia where minorities like Koh, Amri, Ruth, and Helmy have been abducted off the streets by "rogue cops working with religious authorities". 

Teoh Beng Hock and Ahmad Sarbaini were found dead on government premises. All this while our current PM is quiet as a mouse pretending no see no hear no speak. Iran is very good eexample of what can happen when religion gets involved with government. 

We end up with a government who is only accountable to its deity. Trump will be gone in 3 years but Iran is stuck with clerical regime that believes it has deity-given right to be in power. That is lot more dangerous than Trump.

Domination rituals need to be stopped. They are not migrants, not refugees, they are soldiers and they are at war , it’s so obvious. Where's the riot squad and water cannon? It's time to fight this crap. There are enough mosques in London. The public prayer was a way of flexing. They are not allowed to do this in their own countries! Less than 100 yrs ago there was a way our father's took care of invasions and it cost each of them less than a few dollars.

If occupation is a crime why are they in Australia? They talk about occupation, while occupying someone else’s country. Schools are for learning and education, not for ideological indoctrination. I’m Australian and a Christian and love Israel … 🇮🇱 

Lord have mercy on my Nation.. our putrid Govt is ignorant and wanting Muslim votes and ignores Jewish and Christian voters .. shiara is demonic and has NO place in Australia!!! Oh god, the sheepishness of allowing these kids to be indoctrinated!!! Can a catholic priest go to a Muslim school and talk about Catholicism?

Go One Nation, finally people can see the Uniparty for what it is. We're proudly voting for One Nation 🇦🇺 it's time to reclaim Australia. One Nation has real people running ! Not just staffers that don’t know the real world! Like staffers, Albo, Rudd, Abbet, Gillard! 

Need real leadership that has seen the real issues of everyday Australians! When they start calling you names, they have lost the debate. Let’s go One Nation! Thanks for putting your own people first, the best people. The uniparty actions over the last few decades has proven that the Liberal Party is LABOUR LITE.

Only Fools can be Fooled by Fools! ”Diversity As A Strength” is the biggest BULLSHIT ever, and has NO basis in Anthropology and Sociology. Without a unifying culture as a basis, your society and culture will eventually disintegrate and fall. There is a stark difference between "civilized" and "savage" people !! 

We will not except Anthony Albanese's conclusion about Australia changing, we will change our votes to ONE NATION.🎉 Albo and Burke received "Welcome to Country" Islam style. We Asian Buddhists can easily assimilate into any societies. 

Because Buddha taught us how to love , peace, compassion, behave and self - control things. We are not problems for any societies. A proud Buddhist from Burma (Myanmar). Albanese thinks he has Authority over what people should think!!! and their opinions. 

Keeping crocodiles as pets, one day is one day. He is just a fcuking tart of a public servant! A blind and deaf person could see a certain religion would not integrate anywhere in the world!

By the end, you won’t just see bias, you’ll recognize the exact playbook being used on you daily, making this less of a commentary and more of a survival guide for thinking clearly in a manipulated information world. 

This video will completely rewire how you read the news by exposing the subtle, almost invisible tricks media outlets use to shape what you believe without ever technically lying. 

The reason Trump won while they were building up hope for Kamala. In the end, Trump won while they looked very very, stupid.

However, tactical success is not necessarily equivalent to strategic victory. It is hard to think of a single battle lost in Iraq or Afghanistan, yet the United States lacked a plan for strategic resolution in either theater. 

With this in mind, Iran’s current strategy is as follows: The mullahs can afford to lose their military because, ultimately, without U.S. troops on the ground, the regime will remain intact. This, and many other factors, begs the question: Where does Trump go from here? asks Victor Davis Hanson on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: 

In a Few Words.” “In other words, they're saying as long as we have oil, Kharg Island, and as long as we have these huge oil fields, when you get tired of pounding us into rubble, you're going go back to the United States. Israel's going go back and be quiet, and we're going get all of our oil revenues and we're going have them. 

“And we are going to buy from Russia, North Korea and China missiles, drones, recreate our own drone industry, and we probably have enough fissile material that you didn't get, and nobody could get. It's hidden deep in the mountains, that we will make bombs.

Putrid Dick Albanese

This is a result of "All cultures are equal", plainly not but we are blind to this. My Father who was an Officer in The Australian Army, Intelligence Section , specialising in Indonesia, why do you think our defence forces are situated where they are... 

He warned me for 50 years that the biggest single threat to Australia is Islamic Fundamentalists..and We need to fight back , this shit is real and needs to be stopped now!!!!! If Australia remains reluctant to confront Islamists like the UK has, they will fall like a house of cards!! 

Every country should follow China's policy on Islam. Albo and his circus have absolutely sold us out…and obviously on purpose as they still continue to do so. A lady just randomly started talking to me in the line at Officeworks. She said she home school her kids and 11 other parents pulled their kids out of the school. 

A lot of parents have worked out their kids are being indoctrinated. Especially at the public schools. I think there will be a civil war before parents let their kids be married off at 10. The average person in Sydney will die before they converted to Islam. In the end it'll be a fight to survive. If our government think they'll be protected they won't be.

Those soldiers died and got injured because they were saving humanity! THEY ARE HEROS! If Iran ever gets nuclear bombs, EVERY CONTINENT WOULD BE OBLITERATED!! I thank God every day, TRUMP WON!!!! Because if Kalama had won, we would have been attacked by Iran 🇮🇷 and in 90 mins, the whole world is over. 

People don't realize how serious this is!!!! "When people show you who they are, believe them the first time." (Maya Angelou). Thank God that I moved from being a Democrats to being a republican Republicans have national treasures such as this senator God bless you. 

Israel has a right to be, God gave the land to the people and God created the first Jew. Father Abraham. God bless Israel and may there be peace in Jerusalem. Shalom. Iran's IRGC is a terrorist regime. 

They are bombing the Gulf state Sunnis.) They want to kill Jews (and Christians) They supplied missiles to Hezbollah, Hamas, and Yemen. They are working hard to enrich uranium to 60% for nuclear bombs.

Straight from the mouth of the great divider! They have been caught lying for Years Hell Obumas was the Biggest Fraud on America saying they were a Man and Woman when Both are Men. Obama is a dam Marxist to the core. Anti God. Anti American. 

Why don't they blame the men responsible for IRAN. Obama and Biden. What's completely insane is catching our corrupt Democratic Party Representatives in the act of committing Treason over and over again, and acting like they committed a traffic violation. It's time to call in the military and arrest every single Democratic Party Representative and Rino and send them to military tribunals.

The Fcuking Putrid PM of Australia sitting on the floor, humiliating Australians

“If Anthony Albanese walks away from Friday thinking it was merely bad luck … then he has learned precisely nothing. “This was a meeting that went exactly as intended.” Pauline was howled down when she made a comment re Lakemba. 

But she is Right again. and again, and again. Wake up Australia. Fools rarely ever learn. Clash of cultures. A history attests this will never end well.  How in hell did Labor and the Greens think that this would ever go any other way?

"You a communist? Huh? How'd you like it, man? Let her stay there.

Cuba has always been a mess under the communist regime. Maybe Ilhan can join her. Ilhan Omar was raised communist. Her father was a soviet backed and trained military higher up. 

The US beat communism, the USSR fell, the brutal Soviet backed regime in somalia she was privy to fell. And now she likely blames the US for that lifestyle evaporating and her family needing to flee from the people they brutalized. 

Even Scarface ( 1983 ) tried to warn us about communism. The best way to summarize a communist regime is the monologue by Tony Montana. "You a communist? Huh? How'd you like it, man? They tell you all the time what to do, what to think, what to feel. Do you wanna be like a sheep? Like all those other people? Baah!

Baah! You wanna work 8, 10 f***ing hours? You own nothing, you got nothing! Do you want a chivato [snitch] on every corner looking after you? Watching everything you do? Everything you say, man?"

Our Local Taliban and ISIS

Tamim, who is sought by authorities over the desecration of a sacred Hindu symbol, made the comparison while sarcastically expressing pity for Urimai secretary Satees Muniandy, but did not elaborate on his comment.

 In a post on Threads yesterday, Tamim said “Ingat semua, Urimai = LTTE”, and attached a screenshot of comments responding to Satees’ Hari Raya Aidilfitri greeting.

The screenshot showed one commenter rejecting Satees’ greeting, telling him to handle the issue of “illegal” temples while saying that Tamim and independent preacher Zamri Vinoth do not disturb legitimate temples.

Another commenter warned others to be careful as “Tamil wayang (theatre) is (on)”.

On Friday, Gerakan Rakyat Anti Haram (Garah) interim chief Haniff Khatri Abdulla said his group was painted in a bad light due to the actions of “immature and irresponsible third parties”.

However, he neither named the other parties involved nor addressed the actions of controversial individuals linked to the movement, such as Tamim.

Controversial activism

Tamim was supposed to be charged in Langkawi on Tuesday for stepping on a holy Hindu trident, or soolam, but prosecutors sought a postponement to allow them to bring him to court as he had fled the country.

On Thursday, Tamim agreed to surrender himself to the police on the condition that authorities demolish a list of allegedly “illegal” Hindu temples.

He made his statement on the Threads account for “Tanah Malaya”, an activist group he founded that actively collects and shares information about temples allegedly built without permission in Malaysia.

Dr Suresh Kumar : Malaysiakini, if you publish an article, especially on a coward rabble rouser like this guy, then be prepared to hear the views of your readers. People will naturally be inclined to defend their religion. 

I support press freedom like wise you must also uphold the freedom of expression of your readers. If NEWS matters to you, so should the VIEWS of your readers matter too. Do not treat your readers with disdain.

World Citizen : Agree with you Dr. Suresh. Malaysiakini will delete any slightest negative comment on characters like Tamin, Vinodh, Firdaus Wong and the like yet MK is so eager to report anything negative they say about the Indians in this country. 

Either MK owes these characters something or they are too chicken that the Malay establishment will be after them. MK today is a pathetic version of its past.

HangTuahPJ : After my subscription expires, I am not renewing my subscription with Malaysiakini. I hope someone sets up an alternative news portal and report like how it was during Premesh and Gan's time. 

Malaysiakini is now very Malay centric and very bipartisan against non Malays. it has become something like Harakah. High time all of us boycotted and cancelled our subs with Malaysiakini.

Dr Suresh Kumar : Madam. I renew my subscription for only 3 months at a time even though Malaysiakini encourages me to to renew it for life. Why do I renew for only 3 months? 

Because if and when I decide to boycott Malaysiakini, I will only lose a small amount of money. I have also learned from commentators here that Malaysiakini do ban commentators. To be honest, so far they have not banned me and if at all they ban me, I will say good bye to them for ever. 

Yes you are right the Malaysiakini today is a far shadow from what they were once under Premesh and Gan and I have on numerous occasions highlighted this. I have even asked who are the latest owners of Malaysiakini, but so far I have not got the answer as yet. Yesss, we need an alternative.

Iamnotarobot : Tamim Dahri kamu yang berkelakuan seperti Taliban.Merosakkan harta benda agama lain dan melarikan diri dari undang undang dan meletakkan permintaaan yang tak masuk akal.

Nostromo : Malaysiakini give this fella so much publicity Other media hardly mention him But every move he makes is frontpage news on Malaysiakini. 

Last time, Malaysiakini's favourite posterboy is Akmal Last year, everyday it was Akmal, Akmal, Akmal in Malaysiakini Now, its Tamim. Malaysiakini loves to platform him Now, its this Tamim loser that Malaysiakini hails as a "Activist" 

I think Malaysiakini is just relishing platforming this fella to attack Indians And if you defend Indians in the comments, Malaysiakini will delete you Yet, they platform this fella, every insult he makes about Indians is front page news on Malaysiakini If i say more, they will delete me

- Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

COMMENT | There is this old Buddhist shrine on the roadside in a sometimes quiet but often bustling suburb in Petaling Jaya. It has been there for decades. Nobody really knows who built it.

For decades in this racially diverse neighbourhood, the roadside shrine had endured. School children passed by it on their way to and from school. Adults drove past it on their way to work and on the drive back.

There was nothing extraordinary about it; it was just there, and if you noticed, it was well-tended, and there were the usual offerings, but nobody really paid attention to it.

MS : It should be clear to all by now that Madani is viciously malevolent - a trait erroneously attributed to PAS. Those who have known the antics of the mendacious Manipulator from when when he first emerged as a rabble rouser are really not surprised by the hate-filled pathology now spreading across the country. 

Those who allowed themselves to be scammed by the fraudster playing victim for over two decades, who naively mistook skimmed milk for cream and bleated endlessly about reforms and such should awaken to where the country is heading. 

The "lesser of two evils", it appears, has turned out to be far worse than whatever imagined horror it was compared with.

Produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, HBO’s The Pacific (2010) follows the intertwined journeys of three U.S. Marines—Robert Leckie, Eugene Sledge, and John Basilone—as they endure the unthinkable across the Pacific islands. 

From the humid jungles of Guadalcanal to the volcanic sands of Iwo Jima and the meat-grinder of Peleliu, this series captures the psychological toll of combat in a way few war movies ever have. The worst thing about Peleliu is that apparently, the brass knew that it was un-necessary to take it, but, having planned for it, they couldn't (wouldn't) cancel the invasion.

Bring back Church bells on Sunday mornings! Everywhere! Wouldn't it be beautiful to hear the church bells ring on Sundays again.....!Missing. It seems to me that lately a certain section of the Muslim faith have a clear problem with Britain. 

White Christians are arrested immediately and we just don't see Hindus making public displays of dominance, what a liar. As a visitor here; I don't want to see your Trafalgar Square like this. Not with men with the 'back' in the air. Like looking at me... What's this doing to do to your Tourism?

I think Pauline is brilliant. I wish we had such brave Women as her here in England. What a treasure! They want to use deceit to take over Australia. Don't let your mask slip, this is strategic. The downfall of Nations always starts from the inside. 

Absolutely right: islam will turn against Labor and cronies as soon as they don't get their way- Albo is delusional. Why haven't those that threaten to kill him at the mosque been jailed, seriously why, any white Australian would be behind bars! " 

Give us an inch...now give us a foot...now give us a yard....now give us a mile....now get out of OUR country'. Albanese says, "just a few". Even if it is true. It took only 19 men to bring down both towers on 9/11 and kill over 2,900 humans.

That line demands a straight answer. 

Who pays?

Because this is no longer just a football issue. It is a public money problem. The national team unit that oversees the Harimau Malaya senior team and the Under-23 squad was built with heavy state backing. It received a RM10 million government allocation and private money that lifted the package to RM15 million. 

The brief was clear: build a stronger Harimau Malaya, close the gap, do it fast. Instead, Malaysia now carries match forfeits, a six-point deduction, and an Asian Cup campaign that collapsed before it mattered.

Now we hear talk of lawyers. Again. 

A fight few believe we can win 

The AFC acted after a Fifa investigation found that documents used to support seven foreign-born players’ eligibility were invalid. Malaysia went to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). That process did not clear the case. Now comes the language of “review”. The talk of “legal review” may steady a dressing room before a big match. 

It signals that the fight is not over. But messaging cannot replace accountability, and it does not answer the harder question of whether another legal battle makes sense. Is Malaysia preparing another legal challenge on ground it has already failed to defend? 

Is this heading back to CAS under a different label? If it is, the public deserves clarity. Who funds it? What is the legal basis? What is the chance of success? There is a more immediate question. With key resignations at the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM), who is authorising any legal spend at all? 

If public funds are frozen and governance is in flux, where exactly do the mandate and the money come from? These are not abstract questions. The government froze further funding in November 2025 after the naturalisation scandal broke. 

That decision reflected a loss of confidence in how the system was run. To press on with legal manoeuvres before fixing the underlying failure risks turning a governance problem into a financial one. This is not resilience. It looks like refusal to face facts.  

The structure that refuses to answer 

The national team unit was meant to professionalise elite football and operate with clear lines, separate from the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM). Instead, the lines blurred. When results come, the structure claims credit. When problems hit, the coach speaks. Senior management fades from view. Friend now sits at the centre of that criticism. Detractors describe him as a “matchday CEO”. 

A leader seen around fixtures, not embedded in daily operations. By his own account, he is based largely in Canada and travels in for matches. That model does not fit a national programme under scrutiny. Friend has said he joined the naturalisation process late and did not drive its early phase. That claim raises more questions than it answers. If the chief executive was not responsible, who was? 

If he was, why did controls fail? This is not about semantics. It is about authority. A national setup cannot run on partial roles and blurred accountability. Not when eligibility rules sit at the heart of competition integrity. Today, the unit looks overstaffed, overpaid and under-explained. And with qualification hopes gone, its purpose at current cost is hard to justify. 

Reset means more than words 

Some argue Malaysia escaped lightly. They point to Timor-Leste, where sanctions were harsher, and question whether the AFC applied its rules evenly. Some go further. They suggest unequal treatment across associations. The AFC has explained the difference. Timing. Legal scope. Competition context. 

Take that at face value. Even then, leniency is not a defence. It is a warning. You do not answer a governance failure by testing the limits of punishment. You mend the system that failed. That starts with ending this one. The national team unit, in its current form, has lost its case for existence. 

It spent public-backed funds, failed a basic compliance test, and now risks drawing more resources into a legal fight with uncertain footing. It should not be tweaked. It should not be repackaged. It should be dismantled. Return control to the FAM with clear, published responsibility. Who verifies eligibility. Who signs off. Who answers when things go wrong. 

Redirect funding to youth development and long-term planning. Rebuild trust where it matters. And accept the leadership consequence. Friend cannot front a reboot while defending the structure that produced this failure. If the structure goes, its leadership must follow. One more point. 

If Malaysian football cannot carry out that retune on its own, the next step may not be voluntary. Fifa normalisation committees exist for situations like this: temporary bodies appointed by the world governing body of football to take over associations in crisis. 

They run operations, rewrite governance rules, and organise fresh elections. They also remove control from local hands. That route is disruptive. It is a public admission that self-governance has failed. The longer accountability stalls, the closer that outcome moves from theory to risk in Malaysia.