Archive for February 8th, 2022

Malaysia may exceed 15,000 Covid-19 cases early next week but it should not be the cause for panic so long as the daily fatality rates keep to single-digit numbers

(Versi BM)

Malaysia may exceed 15,000 Covid-19 cases early next week but it should not be the cause for panic so long as the daily fatality rates keep to single-digit numbers.

Today, the Health Ministry reported 13,944 new Covid-19 cases today bringing the cumulative infections in the country to 2,939,198. Yesterday, there were 11,034 cases and nine deaths.

It would appear that the Minister of Health, Khairy Jamaluddin’s figure of 15,000 cases, the Health director-general Noor Hisham’s 22,000 cases and my public health expert’s 25,000 cases may be exceeded by the middle of the month, and we will be heading to new daily peak for Covid-19 cases – which was set on 26th August 2021 at 24,599 cases. Read the rest of this entry »

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What a contrast – in New York a Goldman Sachs banker is standing corruption trial but in Malaysia the key personality in the 1MDB scandal is seeking to return as the 10th or 11th Prime Minister of Malaysia

What a contrast – in New York a Goldman Sachs banker is standing corruption trial but in Malaysia the key personality in the 1MDB scandal is seeking to return as the 10th or 11th Prime Minister of Malaysia.

Roger Ng, Goldman’s former head of investment banking in Malaysia, has pleaded not guilty to helping to launder hundreds of millions of dollars looted from Malaysia’s 1MDB sovereign wealth fund and bribing officials to win business. Read the rest of this entry »

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