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Following the money in Malaysia. Editor @themalaysianist. tips: dms open

Kuala Lumpur
Joined May 2018
As Najib heads homes, what will Anthony Loke do?
20%Continue in office
51%Resign
29%Anthony, who?
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Anwar can't deal with the haze, so he took it out on Waze.
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With incentives to burn forests and choke and poison the whole lot of us, who then are the big buyers of Indonesian palm oil?
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emmanuelsamarathisa retweeted
Haa if you are around Ipoh this 17th october You are all invited to vibe out at our party this saturday Dj spinning lofi hiphop and special cakoi menu collab with @ButterAlways92 will be available on that day only Everyone is invited ! – at Sayung, Perak
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Soalan cepu emas: Did Najib pay his RM50 million? If yes, this ex-PM is liquid af.
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There’s definitely something Malaysia can do about the haze. Our awesome GLICs and tycoons own the planters, right? But we prefer sandiwara and wayang any day.
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Selamat datang ke Kualalumpurkarta
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So it took the Agong to tell gov to shut schools sooner. Our dear PMX "personally contacted Prabowo", who "agreed to take the necessary steps". Funnily, the two talked about forest fires on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Delhi last month. Yeah... it's a circus.
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This article is behind paywall but it tells of a familiar story. ie Government entities like Khazanah's Tengku Zafrul era Penjana and Najib Razak era Mavcap (both now merged into Jelawang Capital) continue to bleed in the name of "venture capital." themalaysianist.com/p/what-d…
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Convicted ex-PM Najib Razak serves the rest of his jail sentence under house arrest courtesy of a conditional pardon by the Agong. The viral letter that FT minister Hannah Yeoh called fake had house arrest in it, too. This isn't a good look lah. No matter the spin.
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There’s always more we can do. So we keep trying. #MalaysiaMadani #PakatanHarapan #KitaSelangor #SubangJayaKitaPunya
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Remember kids, it’s not “how much” you earn, but “how” you earn that matters.
"Tiga tahun saya tidak ambil gaji, jumlahnya mencecah jutaan ringgit" - PM @anwaribrahim #temuanwar #mckk #MalaysiaMADANI #anwaribrahim #keadilanuntuksemua
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If you take a look at embattled passport maker NexG's board, especially the new directors, you'll find a Roseli Abdul Ghani. He is a retired army man and a lawyer, but also an aspiring politician. He ran against KJ in Rembau during GE2018, under a PKR ticket and lost.
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Mr. R is not the PKR MP. They are two different people. Or at least that was the claim in the statements by Victor Chin and Abu Hanifah. Selamat pagi, Malaysia.
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Interesting items of late on The Malaysinist, a newsletter by journalist @esshimself. Among other stuff, there are insights on the corporate mafias and other kinds of mafias doing this and that, here and there. themalaysianist.com/
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Re: NexG tussle The glue here is Victor Chin, who's allegedly part of the so-called "corporate mafia", which he denies. First he teamed with Farhash, then jumped ship to Ishak Ismail's camp. So while the Anwar chump in NexG changed face, the backer/spine remains.
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