After a long period of silence since details of his unpaid travel bills led to the filing of a writ against him, PKR personality Azmin now apparently claims that the suit is a “political action” aimed at discrediting him. The public will see the truth of the matter when the case comes to trial. Will […]

Around sixty Opposition members of the Legislative Assembly have apparently failed to submit asset declarations as requested by the Speaker.One can rule out excuses for this failure such as illiteracy or innumeracy,  which leaves what? Sixty or so Members who either lack the ability to add and to write or the same number who have

It emerges that someone else paid for insuring twenty vehicles registered to former UMNO boss Zahid. Quite why someone needs twenty vehicles is for the owner to explain and also, at least to the taxman where the money to buy them came from and was it declared for tax? Perhaps voters should not be too

It is announced that senior MACC officers will be posted tp the Sabah Chief Minister’s office. That decision, even if attributed to MACC chief Latheefa Koya, who was present at an announcement ceremony, cannot have been taken without the approval of both the Chief Minister (who welcomed it) and Putrajaya. Congratulations to all concerned though

The latest in the battle by Opposition MLA’s to resist declaring their assets is to claim that there is no law requiring them to do so. Morality, it seems, plays no part in their thinking. What honest politician would resist a chance to prove to his constituents that he IS an honest politician? So far

Former Attorney General in Najib’s time Apandi is quoted as saying that it is “normal” for an appeal to be filed whenever someone is acquitted in a criminal trial. NORMAL? In the civilised world, in which he obtained his qualification to practice law, it is UNHEARD of to do so. A criminal trial takes place

After claiming that he needed time to prepare his defence Najib found out that, after all, he was ready to give evidence. No need for yet more delay. What is really surprising is that instead of being thankful for licence never before given to a multi-accused person he showed no gratitude for this remarkable clemency.

In Court Najib claimed that he only found out that there was one BILLION in his account AFTER he was queried by the MACC. Since that can only have happened after he lost the election it means that for at least five years he did not check his bank balance!! Who would believe a fairy

The more Chinese voters “swing back” to UMNO the better their chances of getting school funding from government. This from ex UMNO boss Zahid currently, still, awaiting trial on corruption charges. Clearly he fails even to understand what corruption is. What he was saying is in essence this. We will buy your votes. That sums

There appears to be increasing obscurity around the financial conduct of the Sarawak State government. especially over the proposed borrowing of billions to “fund major development projects”. Questions about this posed in the State Assembly do not appear to have received satisfactory answers, so adding to existing doubts. In a situation of that kind the

Press reports indicate that some (all?) opposition Members of the Assembly have or will refuse to declare their assets. If so why? Who has what to hide? Given the mountain of evidence of UMNO corruption under Najib Razak no one can sensibly deny that vast sums of public money have been stolen or otherwise misused

The government of Switzerland stands publicly exposed of failure to ensure that criminal proceedings, started long ago in their national justice system, are carried through to a proper conclusion. There will no doubt be a string of official excuses for delay but Swiss incompetence and or negligence are unlikely to figure among them. There is

An error on the part of the MACC in notifying a political party about alleged wrongdoing brings to light a little-known practice whereby the anti-corruption body is obliged (by law?) to notify a parent body of an individual under investigation for possible corrupt activity. This “safeguard” was, presumably, inserted in the original MACC legislation to

According to Press reports a Sarawakian Malaysian, described as a tycoon and close associate of Najib Razak [Bustari Yusuf], handed over to the MACC some 3.7 million ringgit. The reports indicate that everyone concerned, even the Judge, expressed themselves as pleased by this result. Ordinary members of the public will likely remain puzzled by all

With almost breath taking arrogance a PAS spokesman has instructed the Prime Minister on how to conduct himself and what to do next. Perhaps this spokesman thought he was passing on instructions from on high? There appear to be no limits to the arrogance of the leadership of this party. Perhaps they think that they

Sarawak`s Chief Minister, in a public statement ,claimed that the “interests and rights” of Sarawakians could only be safeguarded by his party, GPS! Coming from a man whose master Taib Mahmud has been systematically robbing the State and its people for forty years that is a bit rich. Would “Abang Jo” care to explain who

A Sarawakian has claimed, on behalf of his political party, that the 1963 Malaysia Agreement is void because it did not have any approval from the peoples of Sarawak and Sabah, then British North Borneo. He dismissed the report of the Cobbold Commission saying that it interviewed only a small part of the peoples of

During the current Budget debate in the State assembly it was disclosed that although the proposed development budget amounts to RM 6.5 billion the State is trying to raise RM13.3 billion for “development”. Even in the Alice in Wonderland state of Sarawak that calls for explanation. Which has not been forthcoming. Why not? 13 plus

This part of a sentence passed on a man convicted of the same number of acts of criminal breach of trust may have been thought apposite by the Judge passing that sentence. but hardly anyone else will agree with him. Quite apart from that form of punishment for criminal offence being out-dated and barbaric, the

This is how PAS leader Hadi Awang once described allowing non-Muslims to hold major political power. One supposes that this absurd and irrelevant notion did nothing to worry UMNO when it recently partnered with PAS; this time openly instead of privately as before the last general election. Now that they are political allies and partners

Of course some are more easily shocked than others  and Najib seems to be in the former category. He would have to be if he really was shocked when he learned that his defence was required to all seven charges brought against him. Surely his experienced counsel had told him that this was, at least,

The Malaysian State of Sarawak is in serious danger of being seen as never never land and especially in view of the antics of its Assembly Speaker. The latter is reported as saying that a speech made by an opposition Member had been “expunged” from the local Hansard because persons attacked by that speech “had

The Sarawak BN Chief Minister Abang Johari has been quoted as claiming that Sarawak has “regained autonomy over environmental matters in the State” For over forty years Sarawak politicians, led by Taib Mahmud, have systematically destroyed nearly all Sarawak’s forests for personal gain; and, it appears, without even paying income tax on their ill gotten

Alleged mega crook Najib’s latest attempt to evade justice is his objection to a highly qualified tax expert lawyer from conducting the case against him for huge tax evasion. Does he not know that the taxman never goes away and that whoever eventually conducts the Revenue case against him will have no problem in proving

There have been public demands for ex Minister Hishamuddin to explain why six helicopters, ordered and apparently paid for, have not been delivered. Such demands are a waste of time as whatever he says is unlikely to be believed. What should happen is that the MACC should make a brief enquiry to establish whether the