A reflection about what the theft of the Malaysian Royal Military Air Force (RMAF) symbolizes of our present political establishment. A lot of us expressed disbelief that a RMAF jet fighter engines worth RM 50 million each were stolen along with other parts from the aircraft. The total cost is well over RM 100 million… Continue reading Engine of Political Fraud
Month: December 2009
Why are investigations on missing engines taking so long?
More than two years after two F5-E fighter jet engines were stolen and a year after the theft was discovered, police investigators are finally looking for documents to provide clues as to how the equipment could have been taken out of the country. In a case that has become a major embarrassment for Malaysia and… Continue reading Why are investigations on missing engines taking so long?
Is the AG serious?
Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail has described the embarrassing theft of two F-5E jet engines as a “serious matter”. Which is why his chambers is going all-out to solve the case as “the public needs to know” — a full six months after the police investigation papers landed in his office. “It is a… Continue reading Is the AG serious?
Malaysian leaders hit by theft of jet engines
The Malaysian government faces a fresh corruption crisis after officials admitted that two fighter jet engines had disappeared from an air force base after apparently being illicitly sold by military officers to a South American arms dealer. Najib Razak, prime minister, said there would be a full inquiry into the thefts, which happened in 2007… Continue reading Malaysian leaders hit by theft of jet engines
Zaid: The era of Pakatan Rakyat
The person credited as the chief architect of the common policy document, PKR’s Zaid Ibrahim was in no doubt that Putrajaya was indeed within reach.
Not one but two engines missing!
The fact that not one but two fighter aircraft engines could go missing from the Royal Malaysian Air Force’s (RMAF) inventory is not just a normal case of theft. It involves national security. And not only must heads roll, those involved must be tried for nothing less than treason. The government’s response and the manner… Continue reading Not one but two engines missing!
The 100 billion legacy
… Wain was granted access to the former premier for a series of exhaustive interviews. It may well be the most definitive picture painted of Mahathir to date, and certainly is even-handed. Wain, now a writer in residence at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore, is by no means a Mahathir sycophant. Advance… Continue reading The 100 billion legacy
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