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Baru-baru ini Tun Dr Mahathir telah menunjukkan belangnya yang sebenar dengan tidak mengendahkan kedaulatan bangsa Melayu Islam di negara ini. Apabila Sultan Johor, Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar bertitah bahawa tindakan harus diambil ke atas pihak yang bertanggungjawab tidak meneruskan permohonan semakan dan pentafsiran kes Pulau Batu Puteh, Tun Dr Mahathir sempat mengelak dengan mengaitkan kes itu dengan perkara yang lain. Apabila ditanya apakah perasaan orang Melayu Kedah jika Langkawi diberikan dengan begitu sahaja kepada Thailand, Tun Dr Mahathir enggan menjawab dengan fakta dan logik, sebaliknya mengubah topik kepada penjualan pasir.  Kes Pulau Batu Puteh adalah amat penting dalam kedaulatan negeri Johor, dan juga kedaulatan Malaysia. Namun begitu pada 2018, ketika pemerintahan Pakatan Harapan, Tun Dr Mahathir telah menarik balik permohonan semakan terhadap keputusan ICJ pada 2008 yang memihak kepada Singapura. Ini jelas sebuah perbuatan yang biadab dan tidak berasas. Lebih t...

Syed Saddiq once again caused a national furore with his recent push for the use of medical cannabis and ketum to be legalised. His argument is that there are a lot of families out there who are dependent on cannabidiol (CBD) oil as alternative treatment for epileptic children. He also claims that the medical cannabis industry is projected to generate RM400 billion in revenue for the country. Source: https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2021/10/14/syed-saddiq-leads-multi-party-caucus-on-medical-marijuana-and-ketum/2013304 These arguments are, however, not new but rather recycled from decades-long fight for the use of cannabis as an option in alternative medicine. Saddiq’s recent lament thus lacks originality, especially when Nurul Izzah Anwar has long advocated for a legislative resolve on this matter. As Saddiq’s circle of debate-craze officers would concur, Saddiq’s theatrics are none more than a “rehash”. One cannot help but to recall that another far more capable MP and one th...

The Pandora Papers – documents obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) on tax havens used by the rich and powerful – released recently have shown Malaysia how rich our former Minister of Finance, Tun Daim Zainuddin, actually is. In a widely circulated report by Malaysiakini, around RM 141 million in companies and trusts based offshore are held by Daim’s wife, children, and known associates. Source: https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2021/10/04/pandora-papers-shed-light-on-offshore-assets-linked-to-daim-who-insists-not/2010569 https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2021/10/04/pandora-papers-shed-light-on-offshore-assets-linked-to-daim-who-insists-not/2010569 Most notably, two of his sons were named owners of a British Virgin Islands firm, Newton Invest & Finance Limited, when they were both nine and twelve years old respectively. As they grew older, they ended up owning several other offshore firms set up in the British Virgin I...