Economic prospects look gloomy. Government institutions appear compromised. Some RM2.6bn has reportedly found its way into the Prime Minister’s bank account.
No to online registration: Stand up for media freedom #AtTheEdge
Woke up to the shocking news that the government is mulling a proposal to require online news portals to register under proposed amendments to the cyber laws, expected to be tabled in October.
Dr Jeyakumar, 38 others arrested at Perak MB’s office
A group of farmers facing eviction, accompanied by Sungai Siput MP Dr Jeyakumar Devaraj and political activists, was arrested this afternoon when they tried to make an appointment to see the Perak MB after eight memos over the last two years failed to elicit a satisfactory response.
Kami akan duduk sini selagi MB beri temujanji. #PetaniPerak pic.twitter.com/buWwuXe20C
— Parti Sosialis MY (@partisosialis) August 5, 2015
The ‘donation’ that shook Malaysia
Aside from all those jokes about ‘donations’ floating around in social media, 10 key questions come to mind about that RM2.6bn “donation”:
Cangkat Bukit Gambir project above 250-feet threshold
Another project that is above the threshold of 250 feet (72 metres) above sea level, the contour for which is indicated by the thin white line.
Ringgit falls to 3.87; foreign investors pull billions out of Bursa
The ringgit has fallen to close to 3.87, a level last seen during the 1998 Asian Financial Crisis, due to uncertainty surrounding the 1MDB probe, the prospect of a US rate hike, and the plunge in global oil prices. Foreigners, meanwhile, have pulled billions of ringgit out of Bursa this year, exceeding the level for the whole of last year.
TPP is NOT a trade agreement; it is an MNC Protection and Promotion pact
While most of us were focussed on the massive 1MDB scandal, we were nearly hit by the so-called Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement. Do-or-die TPP negotiations were almost concluded, but thankfully, they were stalled at the last minute by some sticky points.
But this TPP won’t go away so easily: it is not an ordinary ‘trade agreement’. That term ‘trade agreement’ is part of the corporate media propaganda ploy to try and ‘sell’ the TPP deal to a naive public.
Cops arrest 29 ahead of #TangkapNajib protest
Where o where is this country heading to under Najib’s leadership?
Show of support for #AtTheEdge campaign
More than a hundred people, about half of them from the press, turned up at The Edge office this afternoon in a show of solidarity.
President of Foreign Correspondents Club of Malaysia with other media rallying for press freedom. #AtTheEdge #1MDB pic.twitter.com/9b7moD1oNC
— Sumisha Naidu (@SumishaCNA) July 31, 2015
Minden Heights hill-top clearing above 250-feet threshold
Another hill in Penang, this time in the Minden Heights area in Penang Island, appears to be badly scarred, satellite imagery shows.