Politik, Legislatif, Dasar dan Tadbir Urus

My article was earlier published in Beritadaily.com on 26/4/2016 Recently, the Official Secrets Act 1972, better known as the OSA, has become yet another tool used by the BN government to prevent people from exposing corruption, power abuse and mismanagement in the government. It seems very convenient for the government to hide whatever crimes its officials have committed in order to protect themselves from any probes or prosecution. Just look at the way the OSA has been treated. The attorney-general and the de facto law minister (minister in the prime minister’s department overseeing legal and judicial matters) have been openly seeking for the Act to be reviewed to enhance the penalty for leaks or exposes on corruption, power abuse and mismanagement in the government. So, whatever wrongs and crimes found within the government framework will be placed under utmost secrecy in order to protect the perpetrators of such wrongdoings. The issue of the RM2.6 billion deposit in the prime mi...

My article was earlier published in Beritadaily.com on 15/4/2016 Recently, four innocent Malaysians trying to earn a decent living were kidnapped off Sabah coast by the Abu Sayyaf terrorist group based in the southern Philippines. This is not the first time the Abu Sayyaf has encroached into Malaysian waters to kidnap Malaysian citizens for ransom. From 2001 to 2015, as many as eight people were murdered by this terror group. More than 10 people have been kidnapped and freed after ransoms were paid or they were rescued by the Philippine security forces. Those who could not afford the large sums of money demanded would end up being beheaded by the terrorists. In the wake of the latest kidnapping, we wonder what Putrajaya’s next course of action will be. It is not enough to just showcase the military might on national television and mainstream media -- the various assets from special forces, commandos, police speedboats, naval patrol craft, coast guard vessels, tanks and submarines to...

Luxembourg's state prosecutor has launched a judicial inquiry into allegations of money laundering involving hundreds of millions of dollars against Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB). The prosecutor said on Thursday that the inquiry followed evidence that funds held by the Malaysian government in offshore accounts in Singapore, Switzerland and Luxembourg had been misused. "The investigation aims to trace the origin of four transfers in 2012 and one in at the start of 2013 for a total of several hundreds of millions of dollars," a statement from the prosecutor's office said. The allegations concerned in particular the sums paid upon the issuance of two bonds in May and October 2012. 1MDB, whose advisory board is chaired by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, has been the subject of multiple investigations over the last year by authorities in Malaysia, Switzerland, Singapore and the United States following accusations of financial ...