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We Are All Seditious: A Conversation with Fahmi Reza at Harvard University

By Herman Leong, Harvard ’26 The Asia Center is honored to have Fahmi Reza, a prominent Malaysian activist, in CGIS South on 10 March 2023 to communicate with students from … Continue Reading →

Ismail Sabri paid a visit to the UAE & was furious there was no special welcoming committee. No police outriders. No special protection police. And horror upon horror, he had to queue at immigration just like you & I. Kesian? Or Padan muka?

When you have lived all your political (and possibly normal) life as a species of the Ketuanan Melayu tribe, it is maddening that when you go overseas, people do not … Continue Reading →

When Najib goes “IN”, the Rakyat’s morale will Soar.

By Mariam Mokhtar
9 December, 2021
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Each time, the convicted criminal, Najib Abdul Razak, humiliates the court, it is the judiciary which ends up in the spotlight and is scrutinised by the rakyat for their lack … Continue Reading →

Najib PM again? God forbid it!

By Mariam Mokhtar
13 August, 2021
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By P Ramakrishnan Why should a person who plundered and looted his own country deserve a royal pardon? It is difficult to believe that a group of Muslims had indeed … Continue Reading →

By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes… Shafee has returned & now claims that the “truth” will help disgraced Najib, as it did Riza.

Senior lawyer, Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, who is defending former prime minister disgraced Najib Abdul Razak in his RM2.28 billion 1MDB trial, is not worred that the prosecution is considering calling … Continue Reading →

Nor Salwani Muhammad saved Malaysia with her integrity and courage, but what does it say about her superior and the top civil servants who ordered copies of the 1MDB report to be destroyed?

By Mariam Mokhtar
22 November, 2019
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Malaysians are indebted to National Audit Department (NAD) staff officer, Nor Salwani Muhammad who in 2016, secretly kept one of 60 copies of the original 1MDB report which the department had prepared. … Continue Reading →

Will Najib Abdul Razak and Arul Kanda wear the MACC’s orange lock-up overalls, when they are charged in court?

By Mariam Mokhtar
11 December, 2018
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On, 12 December, former Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and former 1MDB Chief Executive Officer Arul Kanda Kandasamy will be charged with allegations of altering the 1MDB audit final report. … Continue Reading →

The Al-Jazeera interview which prised open Najib’s can of worms (BTW…did you see his massive emerald ring…what will the poor makcik who donated to his legal aid fund say about it?)

By Mariam Mokhtar
5 November, 2018
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In the Al Jazeera interview 10 days ago, did Najib think that he could prove his innocence during the interview…? Or is he an attention seeker and desperate for the … Continue Reading →

The MACC is looking for Najib’s former “PR man” Paul Stadlen, in connection with 1MDB. Do you know where he is? Errr… BTW, why has Stadlen “permanent resident” status?

By Mariam Mokhtar
1 November, 2018
2 Comments

At the height of his power, the disgraced, former PM, Najib Abdul Razak employed a British citizen called Paul Stadlen as his public relations and press operations chief. Stadlen was … Continue Reading →

Najib’s arrest: Now is NOT the time to gloat or show disrespect. Now is the time to be magnanimous.

Former premier Najib Abdul Razak was arrested at his residence in Langgak Duta, Kuala Lumpur, this afternoon. Let us hope that politicians and civil servants, whose responsibility it is to … Continue Reading →