Isn’t that the same “business first, hang human rights” China that supported the blacklisting of Malaysia on that G20 blacklist while not agreeing to blacklist her own territories on that blacklist that is now also actively supporting the SLORC/SPDC military dictatorship in ASEAN-member state Burma that has kept the rightfully elected democratic leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi imprisoned under house arrest for over thirteen (!) years and the Burmese people shackled in the chains of dictatorial servitude and poverty while they plunder and rape Burma to their heart’s content?

OrangRojak’s cynical view that “it’s just good business” is sadly, true and how the powerful in this world really tend to operate and use “diplomacy” i.e. semantic word games to fool people and justify what is clearly indefensible to logic and reason and compassion.

In my view, the human race is the only species on this planet, and perhaps of its kind in the Universe too, that f***s over its own kind for a “freaking percentage” in such a cold-blooded, clinical way.

“Imagine Power To The People” John Lennon.

He is now our Prime Minister.

If a french philosopher can say, “A bad king is better than no King”, I would add on to say that even a bad PM is still better than no PM. He is just like all of us, human and he needs all our support.

I won’t teach my children to condemn or bad mouth the elders and that include the PM.

Let us give him a chance to do his job.

The only place to expect a perfect PM is in a world yet to come for those in the Living state.

But having sad that, I still don’t think my vote will go to the BN.

BN, to me, has gone way too PROUD.

Mahathir s/o Kutty’s greatest success: creating a bunch of racist, mentally misplaced, power crazy and super greedy umnoputras.

We were suppose to head towards heavy industries with Hicom. Hicom now long gone.

We were suppose to be a car manufacturing hub for SEA. Now we are still stuck with car assembly. Instead Thailand claimed the trophy.

We were suppose to have the equivalent of silicon valley here in the multi-media supercorridor. What happened to it? Your guess is as good as mine. Another real estate development project?

We were suppose to have high tech industries. Still we are purely assembler. That is part of the reason why we need foreign workers. To keep the costs of down.

We were suppose to be an education hub in the region. This turned out to be a big great joke.

We were suppose to be a centre for medical tourism where tourists come to visit and for medical services at the same time. What happened? Fungus infested hospitals and burst pipes and poorly maintained air-con ducts are what we have to offer.

We were suppose to be so many things that we were not suppose to be or cannot be or not capable of becoming under the hands of umnoputras.

And all those suppose to be projects cost money. And whose money did they use?

I venture to guess. Perhaps zak, cintanegara, chengho and gang benefitted financially from those we-were-suppose-to-be projects.

And if they are the nation’s highest accolade conferred as a mark of recognition for good services rendered to Malaysia and the Malaysian People, then why are they being treated lik cheap, worthless trinkets and being handed out to those who have brought the nation and the Malaysian People to shame on the international stage?

IMO, the TUNship awarded to TUN Salleh Abas was meaningful. The ones awarded to Mahathir and AAB and some others clearly were NOT!

“Imagine Power To the People” John Lennon.

frankyapp

its a face saving gesture lah.
abdullah has been brow beaten
and bullied. got to be nice to him
once in a while lah.

RPRK’s credibility is now in ruin, a sweet news to the new PM and his wannabe-first-lady wife. A fabulous throne-ascending gift to the couple from Senior Assistant registrar Nor Hatini Abdul Hamid.

Thirdly, it could well be that najib made the request because he realised that he is NOT exactly very popular or well accepted. I shall not go into the precise support he has in % terms. It is sufficient for me to say that he knew his unpopularity well enough to make that statement.

Ah ha. Isnt there a hint of admission somewhere. The request for him to be judged by his performance is pregnant with unexpressed meanings. And yes there certainly are unlimited meanings that one could think of. And yes a lot of them would be outrageous or ridiculous. However, if the circumstances in which the request was made were taken into consideration, the possible meanings can be narrowed down meaningfully.

First, there are no better reasons for him to make the statement other than to seek or gain people’s confidence and trust. Hence, the request was made openly to all malaysians by him. It was not directed at any specific group of people in the country nor at any particular segment of the malaysian society. It was an open statement for everyone. This is an important fact.

Secondly and equally importantly, the request would not be made and in fact need not be made by someone who has a good report card to show or by someone who is popular or is well accepted by the people. In all these cases he already has the support, confidence and trust of the people. I cant see badawi saying “judge me by my performance” during his high point 5/6 years ago. It is so unnecessary and so irrelevant and so out of place that I am pretty certain it would not even occur to him to make such a request when his popularity was at 90%.

Thirdly, it could well be that najib made the request because he realised that he is exactly very popular or well accepted. I shall not go into the precise support he has in % terms. It is sufficient for me to say that he knew his unpopularity well enough to make that statement.

So why is najib not popular then? Rightly or wrongly, he has been linked with several scandals, namely. shady deals involving submarines purchase and military helicopter purchase. He has also been linked to the murder and disintegration of a woman and her unborned child using military grade explosives. The dead woman apparently was demanding for payment of her dues under the submarine deal. All these took place when he was defence minister.

Against this background it does seem probable does it not that he made the request because … er because … the rumoured scandal links are true? He has denied them – all of them – strongly and has even done so by swearing on the koran. I for one have no means or evidence to counter his denials. But in the circumstances, shouldnt he take the proactive step which LKS has suggested to clear his name? We can’t be a first world country if we have a leader who is engulfed by controversies, scandals and murder accusation. Apart from some countries that are trapped in what seemed like perpetual civil war / unrest, no other countries in the world has a leader who is a similar situation like najib.

China supported the blacklisting, but would not agree to have two territories, Hong Kong and Macau, classified as uncooperative tax havens.

It’s a pity Malaysia couldn’t ‘support the blacklist’ but not agree to its inclusion on it!

“It’s just good business”

Ah, yes, imranj, no evidence indeed.

One piece of evidence was blown to bits by c4, but luckily there are still some pieces of bones left as evidence.

Another piece of evidence disappeared after submitting two contradicting Statutory Declarations.

A third piece of evidence, the immigration records, also disappeared.

So, technically you are almost correct – the evidences have a habit of disappearing.