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Why DAP interested in 1 million but not 64 million

touristking — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 18:35:02 +0800

Why DAP so interested in finding out about this 1 million said to be from 1MDB but totally ignore the 64 millions in Zeti's husband and reported by Singapore to be from 1MDB?

Bad things when politician control central bank.

touristking — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 07:07:49 +0800

Are central banks enabling unsustainable government deficits?
5 mins ago
Raghuram G. Rajan
Recent developments suggest that the Federal Reserve's bond purchases are no longer just a monetary operation but an essential component of the US government's fiscal financing.

https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/...rnment-deficits

So much money?

touristking — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 11:22:16 +0800

4.5 times more than Selangor. No wonder DAP macai says Sarawakian are stupid to vote for Sarawak government.

NIISe and MyDigitalID

touristking — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 14:30:28 +0800

Read from 15-Jan need these to travel. Can someone explain what is this all about? Thanks

1MDB. Where were the regulatorm Bank Negara?

touristking — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 18:38:45 +0800

Looks like I am not the only one finding it strange......how come nobody want to call Zeti for the answers? To make it even more strange, Singapore said some of those money was in her husband's account.

1MDB, Bank Negara Malaysia, and the silence that still demands answers
In such a scandal, political culpability is only one part of the story. The other – and still largely unexamined – question is this: where were the regulators?

At the centre of that question stands Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM).

BNM is not a passive observer of financial misconduct. It regulates banks, enforces anti-money-laundering laws, receives suspicious transaction reports, and is tasked with monitoring transactions involving politically exposed persons. Even parents transferring a few thousand ringgit to their children studying abroad have to account to BNM.

The extraordinary debt, opaque guarantees, and vast cross-border fund movements associated with 1MDB were precisely the kind of activity that should have set off alarm bells. Yet for years, those bells appeared muted.

https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/...demands-answers

Cost 250 millions for free university tuition fees

touristking — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 15:43:05 +0800

Doesn't seem too much. How come Federal doesn't off this?

54 years old Christmas Parade

touristking — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 05:55:57 +0800

SIBU (Dec 13): Undeterred by rain and armed with umbrellas, caps, and raincoats, some 6,000 participants turned out for the Association of Churches in Sarawak (ACS) Sibu Christmas Parade 2025 tonight.
https://www.theborneopost.com/2025/12/13/th...as-parade-2025/

How long do you think this will go on? Another few years if PH or BN or PN has their way?

Malaysia has to terminate free trade with China?

touristking — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 21:07:54 +0800

From USA-Malaysia agreement. Does this means Malaysia give up her soverign rights to trade with anyone they wanted?

Article 3.3: Digital Trade Agreements
Malaysia shall consult with the United States before entering into a new digital trade agreement with another country that jeopardizes essential U.S. interests.

3. If Malaysia enters into a new bilateral free trade agreement or preferential economic agreement with a country that jeopardizes essential U.S. interests, the United States may, if consultations with Malaysia fail to resolve its concerns, terminate this Agreement and reimpose the applicable reciprocal tariff rate set forth in Executive Order 14257 of April 2, 2025.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statem...ciprocal-trade/

USA infringes upon Malay and Bumiputera rights.

touristking — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 15:26:36 +0800

Now, this is interesting. Very.

Dr M doubles down on criticism of US trade deal
2 hours ago
FMT Reporters
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The former prime minister repeated his claim that the trade deal infringes upon Malay and Bumiputera rights.

https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/...f-us-trade-deal

Mahathir: Why no police actions?

touristking — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 10:39:09 +0800

Mahathir lodges police report against Malaysia PM Anwar over US trade ...
Dec 2, 2025PUTRAJAYA - Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has lodged a police report against Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim regarding the Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (ART) between Malaysia and the United ...
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/m...r-us-trade-deal

Now government wants more Lynas factories

touristking — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 19:28:41 +0800

In the past, Pakatan die die reject Lynas. Now, they wanted more Lynas type factories.......

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 10): The federal and state governments must find new ways to work together to develop a coherent rare earth elements (REE) industry, said Deputy Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Liew Chin Tong on Wednesday.
https://theedgemalaysia.com/node/785482

Lim Guan Eng: GST vs SST

touristking — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 08:52:08 +0800

DAP use GST as one means to bring down Najib. Now SST bringing down DAP. How ironic.

Is a win for PAS still considered a win for DAP?

touristking — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 21:04:08 +0800

I seem to have heard something like that before. Still true or not true?

The enemy of my enemy is my friend

touristking — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 17:27:24 +0800

I doubt those 95% of Type C who voted against UMNO know what this means.

UMNO and PAS are natural enemy. So before voting, they should have ask themselves this VERY SIMPLE QUESTION: Who are they more afraid/angry of? UMNO or PAS

By helping PAS get rid of UMNO in 2018, Type C has already accepted PAS as a replacement of UMNO. So why are they now so afraid of PAS?

Sabah DAP chief falls in Likas, party wiped out

touristking — Sat, 29 Nov 2025 19:55:15 +0800

Unofficial:

https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/...ah-polls-begins

MIC sees PN as light at tunnel’s end, say sources

touristking — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 10:03:21 +0800

PETALING JAYA: The MIC is said to be moving towards quitting Barisan Nasional (BN) to work with Perikatan Nasional (PN) in the next general election, with party leaders seeing the opposition bloc as their “light at the end of a very dark tunnel”.

https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/...end-say-sources

Having 1MDB debt is good?

touristking — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 07:16:03 +0800

With 1MDB, Malaysia's debt is lower.

Without 1MDB, Malaysia's debt is now higher at 1.3 trillion.

why Malaysia wants US president at Asean summit

touristking — Sun, 05 Oct 2025 11:45:58 +0800

Anwar’s Trump card: why Malaysia wants US president at Asean summit

Despite Washington’s support for Israel, Malaysia’s PM Anwar Ibrahim is letting trade ambitions trump ideology, analysts say

Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has prioritised pragmatism over ideology in sticking to his guns on inviting US President Donald Trump to attend the Asean summit this month, observers say.

They add that the move aligns with the long-standing practice and principles of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, with Kuala Lumpur as chair taking a “low-risk” decision to maximise the member states’ trade aspirations with America and engage Trump on regional issues.
Mahathir Mohamad, former Malaysian leader and Anwar’s mentor turned nemesis, has urged the withdrawal of the invitation to Trump over Washington’s support for Israel’s actions against Palestinians in the Gaza war.

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/art...06-794e9ca9fc4f

Sarawak got 28.5 billions from Petronas since 2019

touristking — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 10:40:25 +0800

No wonder so many new bridges and roads to all sorts of place in interior.
https://dayakdaily.com/sarawaks-petroleum-s...9-says-premier/

Penang. Why new taxes?

touristking — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 09:10:07 +0800

Last time I heard DAP says, if there are no corruptions, there is no need for new taxes like GST. Is that true?