At a recent talk on the GST, I asked those present what they thought “GST” stood for. Most of those present responded, “Goods and Services Tax”.
Then, I showed them a cartoon by Zunar which described GST as “Golfing, Shopping, Travelling”! They got the joke and laughed knowingly.
If you remember, the Penang state governrment allowed its controversial cross-channel tunnel project to piggyback on the Penang state transport masterplan. The tunnel was not the masterplan consultants’ idea, but the state government somehow got the consultants to tack the ill-conceived mega project onto the masterplan.
With Pas fixated on its hudud dream, with Mahathir firing broadsides at the administration, Anwar in jail, and no obvious credible Umno successor to Najib in sight, Razaleigh has stepped forward.
And this was the vigil, complete with a band singing and playing some music, outside the Jinjang Police Station on the night of her arrest:
Tasik Gelugor Pas information chief Abdul Rahman Kasim has predicted there is “no way” hudud can be implemented in Kelantan now even though the Shariah Criminal Enactment bill will in all likelihood be passed in the State Assembly this week.
Many Malaysians are outraged at this latest development while those who have squandered billions of the nations wealth are roaming free.
She has been taken to the Jinjang Police Station and could spend the night there, if she is not released later tonight.
Penang-based activist Tan Seng Hai came up with this report:
I took a drive to Teluk Kumbar in the South-East District of Penang Island for seafood the other evening. I was last there about six months ago. What I saw of the scale of development and hill-cutting shocked me.
Spare a thought for Adam Adli and Mandeep Singh who were arrested this evening after a protest at Sogo. See this Bersih 2.0 statement on the Aliran website.
A Kuala Lumpur-based political analyst sent in his impressions of the event:
By all accounts, it was an eventful night and the political stars from Pakatan Rakyat graced the occasion to lend support to Lembah Pantai Member of Parliament Nurul Izzah Anwar.
Mahathir’s blog at chedet.cc has been suspended for unknown reasons and is now inaccessible. The following is an excerpt from a snapshot of his blog as it appeared on 13 Mar 2015 07:22:52 GMT.
1MDB
Mar13th
Written by Che Det
1. UMNO telah mengadakan majlis penerangan tertutup yang dihadiri oleh sebahagian dari Ketua-Ketua Bahagian pada 8 Mac. Keputusan majlis mengikut akhbar ialah menyokong penuh Presiden parti.
The crackdown on opposition politicians, including those who participated at the ‘Kita Lawan’ rally, continues…
Left Prison. 4 Policemen at home. Unfortunately otw to KB. There’s alr appt at IPD Dang Wangi 16th Mac. Don’t understand why harshness reqd.
— Nurul Izzah (@n_izzah) March 13, 2015
Meanwhile, Mahathir’s blog has gone done after his scathing criticism of the 1MDB scandal. His blog now bears the message: “The account has been suspended.”
Mahathir had said:
What is needed is a forensic investigation by the police over the allegations against people who are involved in the financial management of 1MDB.