BONDI BEACH MASSACRE

 

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Monday, December 15, 2025

BONDI BEACH MASSACRE

It was a father and son team - a 50 year old Pakistani guy and his 24 year old son. The son had gone back to study in Pakistan where he was most likely indoctrinated. You can see them both casually shooting at the people. The father was killed while the son was seriously injured. 

Police shooting: Lawyer wants Malacca top cop to be put on leave

Police shooting: Lawyer wants Malacca top cop to be put on leave

Dania Kamal Aryf & Alyaa Alhadjri
Published: Dec 15, 2025 2:24 PM
Updated: 5:24 PM



A lawyer representing the families of three men killed in an alleged police shooting in Durian Tunggal, Malacca, has urged the authorities to place state police chief Dzulkhairi Mukhtar on garden leave immediately.

At a press conference in Petaling Jaya today, lawyer Rajesh Nagarajan said the call was made based on Dzulkhairi’s “completely false and illogical” claims that M Jayashree, the wife of one of the victims, had an extensive criminal record.

“Based on the attack against the victim’s wife, we demand that the IGP and home minister immediately put the Malacca police chief on garden leave.

“Alternatively, they should transfer him to another state where he will not interfere with the investigation,” said Rajesh.

Describing Dzulkhairi’s remarks as a form of “character assassination” against Jayashree, Rajesh clarified that she had only previously given police statements to assist with investigations and had never been convicted.

Malacca police chief Dzulkhairi Mukhtar


“A criminal record is only when you have been charged in court, and the judge has found you guilty… but if you give statements to the police, that is not considered a criminal record. So this is complete falsification, and it has completely diverted this entire issue into something completely unacceptable.

“If what he (Dzulkhairi) is saying is true, then he should show us which courts and which sections she had previously been convicted,” he stressed.

Last week, Dzulkhairi said Jayashree had 10 prior criminal records, including for armed robbery and attempted murder, while her father also had a criminal past and is wanted in connection with a robbery case.

He also claimed that Jayashree, who described herself as the wife of one of the victims, was not legally married to the man, and that the victim instead had another wife in Johor.

In response, Rajesh also criticised the remarks as unnecessary disclosure of personal information. He also clarified that the victim and his wife had been married through a religious ceremony.

“Why is the Malacca police chief investigating this issue? Whether she is married to him legally or traditionally at the temple, how is this relevant? How is her marital status relevant to the police case?” he said.

Bukit Aman impartiality

Rajesh also expressed scepticism towards Bukit Aman’s impartiality in investigating the case, and further accused Dzulkhairi of interfering in the investigation.

Lawyer Rajesh Nagarajan


“We find it hard to believe the Bukit Aman Special Task Force is investigating this case, because all the statements have been coming from the Malacca police chief so far.

“If it is true that Bukit Aman is investigating, then where is the statement from Bukit Aman? Who is the chairperson of the special task force? Why don't we know his name? Why is it being kept secret? The prime minister has already stated that this investigation must be transparent,” he stressed.

His remarks were in response to Bukit Aman’s Dec 3 announcement that it had established a team to investigate the case, including the police reports lodged by the victims’ family members.

Rajesh said the counsel has not yet received any updates from the special task force, and that the police have not classified under which section this case is being investigated.

“Has the investigation even been classified under Section 302 (of the Penal Code for murder)? If it hasn’t even been classified, then what are they investigating? Why is it so murky? Is it because it has been perpetrated by the police?

“No matter who does anything wrong, they must still be held to account,” he stressed.

PM wants transparent probe

On Dec 5, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said he had instructed Inspector-General of Police Khalid Ismail to conduct a transparent probe into the case.

Anwar had also reportedly asked the IGP to submit a detailed report on the incident to Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.

On Nov 24, the police shot and killed the men, aged between 24 and 29, after one of them allegedly used a machete to attack a police officer in an oil palm plantation in Durian Tunggal.

Dzulkhairi had defended his team’s actions, alleging that the incident caused a corporal, in his early 30s, to suffer severe injuries to his left arm.

However, the families’ lawyers rejected the police’s version of events, with Rajesh urging that the police officers who fatally shot the trio be charged with murder.

‘Hero’ bystander tackles gunman at Australia’s Bondi Beach shooting

al Jazeera:

‘Hero’ bystander tackles gunman at Australia’s Bondi Beach shooting

Officials and social media users have hailed bystander Ahmed al-Ahmed for disarming one of the attackers as seen in a viral video

Bystander disarms Bondi Beach gunman during mass shooting in Sydney

By Al Jazeera Staff and News Agencies
Published On 14 Dec 2025

A bystander who was filmed tackling and disarming an assailant during a shooting at a Jewish holiday event in Sydney, Australia, has been praised as a hero whose actions may have saved lives.

On Sunday, two suspects opened fire on a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach, killing at least 15 people.

Footage uploaded to social media shows a bystander in a car park running up to one of the gunmen, who holds a long rifle. The bystander then tackles the suspect, wrestles the rifle away from him and points the weapon back at him.

The disarmed gunman loses his footing and appears to back away towards a bridge, where the second attacker was located. The video ends by showing the bystander placing the gun down on the ground, propping it up against a tree.

On Monday, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed media reports that Ahmed al-Ahmed, a 43-year-old fruit shop owner, was the bystander who intervened.

“Ahmed al-Ahmed took the gun off that perpetrator at great risk to himself and suffered serious injury as a result of that, and is currently going through an operation today in hospital,” Albanese told reporters.

Albanese said the actions of the two attackers were “completely out of place with the way that Australia functions as a society”, contrasting them with al-Ahmed’s response.

“At the best of times, what we see is Australians coming together. And what I want is for Australians to come together, for this to be reinforcing the need for us to promote national unity, and that is critical. There is no place in Australia for anti-Semitism. There is no place for hatred,” Albanese said.

A relative of al-Ahmed, who identified himself as Mustafa Asad, told the Australian television news service 7News that al-Ahmed was shot twice during the incident.

“He’s in hospital, and we don’t know exactly what’s going on inside,” Asad told the outlet. “We do hope he will be fine. He’s a hero, 100 percent.”

In a separate interview with the Al Araby television network, Asad explained that al-Ahmed “is an Australian citizen of Syrian origin, from Idlib in Syria, from the village of Nayrab”.

He described al-Ahmed as someone who would not hesitate to step in to stop death and suffering.

“He couldn’t bear to see people dying,” Asad told the television station. “It was a humanitarian action.”



Australian PM declares Sydney shooting a 'terrorist' attack targeting Jews


As a video of al-Ahmed went viral, social media users praised his quick thinking and heroic actions.

“Australian hero (random civilian) wrestles gun off attacker and disarms him. Some people are brave and then some people are … whatever this is,” one person said in a post on the platform X.

“This Australian man saved countless lives by stripping the gun off one of the terrorists at Bondi beach. HERO,” another said.

Chris Minns, the premier of New South Wales state, where Sydney is located, said it was the “most unbelievable scene I’ve ever seen”.

“That man is a genuine hero, and I’ve got no doubt that there are many, many people alive tonight as a result of his bravery.”

Al-Ahmed’s actions have even gained international plaudits. New York City comptroller Brad Lander praised al-Ahmed’s “extraordinary courage”.

“A Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah,” Lander wrote on social media. “Praying for his full and speedy recovery. And so deeply inspired by his example.”

New York City’s Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani likewise held al-Ahmed up as an example of courage against hate.

“On Bondi Beach today, as men with long guns targeted innocents, another man ran towards the gunfire and disarmed a shooter,” Mamdani wrote.

“Tonight, as Jewish New Yorkers light menorahs and usher in a first night of Hanukkah clouded by grief, let us look to his example and confront hatred with the urgency and action it demands.”

James Chin slams rightist groups, Opposition for endless disquiet, fear of Chinese threats

James Chin slams rightist groups, Opposition for endless disquiet, fear of Chinese threats






VOCAL political commentator Prof James Chin is aghast over incessant claims by rightist politicians be they from the ruling Madani government or the Opposition that the Chinese citizenry constitutes a threat to the nation’s security.


This is given that all major state institutions in Malaysia – be they civil service, Federal government, armed forces, police, royalty, state Menteri Besar/Chief Minister positions (except Penang) and religious administration – are led exclusively by ethnic Malays.


Reacting to the call by Bersatu supreme council member Tan Sri Noh Oimar that the Federal Constitution be amended to ensure that the Prime Minister (PM) post can only be held by a Malay-Muslim, the inaugural director of the Asia Institute at the University of Tasmania hit out:


“Despite this overwhelming control, Malay communities are frequently warned about supposed existential threats posed by the ethnic Chinese minority.

The PM’s position, in practice since independence, has been held exclusively by Malays, making it effectively reserved for them through political convention.



If this were formally enshrined in the Federal Constitution as proposed by these figures (rightist groups/Opposition), would it fundamentally change anything?

It would merely formalise an existing reality. Would such a change convince right-wing Malay nationalists that the Chinese no longer pose a threat given that a non-Malay could never hold the top office?

Safeguarding Bumiputera rights

Making the call at the Melayu 153 convention which he chaired in Kuala Lumpur over the weekend (Nov 13), Noh who was the former Selangor UMNO liaison committee and Barisan Nasional (BN) chairman further urged Malays to unite politically on the matter given the need to defend the nation’s sovereignty after 68 years of independence.




The title of the convention is itself a reference to Article 153 of the Federal Constitution which safeguards the “special position” of the Malays and natives of Sabah and Sarawak and allows preferential policies on scholarships, public service positions, education and business licences.

The event was graced by twice former premier Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad who is also the adviser of the four Perikatan Nasional (PN)-ruled states (SG4).

Aside from Noh, Negeri Sembilan Bersatu chairman and former UMNO minister Tan Sri Rais Yatim has also called for Article 153 of the Federal Constitution to be strengthened to safeguard the special position of Malays and the natives of Sabah and Sarawak.

Delving further, Chin is adamant that even if Article 153 of the Federal Constitution is amended, the rightist groups would continue “portraying the Chinese as the primary danger to Malay interests, rights, and identity as this narrative has long been a staple of identity politics”.

Added the Sarawak-born academician who is also the senior associate at the Tun Tan Cheng Lock Centre for Social and Policy Studies of Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR):


Moreover, explicitly reserving the premiership for Malays would bar indigenous leaders from Sabah and Sarawak (many of whom are non-Malay Bumiputera) from ever aspiring to it. Would the natives of these Borneo states accept this marginalisation?

Or do peninsular Malays view Borneo natives as peripheral-uneducated ulu (remote/upriver) folk whose opinions need not be sought or considered?

“Sabah and Sarawak often seem to be overlooked in Malaya-centric decision-making, treated more as distant relatives than partners in the federation. Am I right?” – Dec 15, 2025

Activist cites 'new evidence' disputing police account of deaths

Activist cites 'new evidence' disputing police account of deaths

Alyaa Alhadjri & Dania Kamal Aryf
Published: Dec 15, 2025 1:51 PM
Updated: 4:51 PM



Activist Arun Dorasamy claimed there was more “evidence” to contradict official statements on the deaths of three men in Durian Tunggal, Malacca, allegedly at the hands of local police.

Speaking during a press conference at Lawyers for Liberty’s office in Petaling Jaya today, Arun revealed that he received a handwritten letter in Tamil from a whistleblower, along with photographs taken from the alleged murder scene.

He said the timestamps of the photos, which were shared with the media, corroborated an audio recording by one of the victims’ wives when the incident allegedly occurred.

“Plus (highway concessionaire company) spotted a car that stalled along KM224, and posted some ‘messages’ for tow trucks to go to their assistance.

“At 1.25am, the first tow truck ‘person’ came. That’s very similar to the timeline that we have put forward,” Arun said during the press conference with lawyers for the victims’ families.

Lawyers have consistently disputed Malacca police chief Dzulkhairi Mukhtar’s statement that his team had no choice but to open fire at the men, aged 24-29, after one swung a machete at a police officer at a palm oil plantation in Durian Tunggal.

Malacca police chief Dzulkhairi Mukhtar


The police’s account also stated that the incident occurred at 4.30am and allegedly caused a corporal, in his early 30s, to suffer severe injuries to his left arm.

Letter and photos

Arun said the whistleblower was a second tow truck driver who arrived on scene at 2.21am the same day, but wrote the letter based on the first driver’s account.

“The person who took these pictures and wrote this note (letter to Arun) went to the scene at 2.21am, but there was nobody there except for the Saga ‘CCP 7208’, so then he took pictures of the car,” he said.

Several photos showed the red car with its doors open and engine hood lifted, as well as inside the car.

“He took the pictures because he wanted to show the date and time, the time is 2.21am and the date Nov 24.

“Until three or four days ago, he did not know the car that he took pictures of was the car implicated in the Durian Tunggal murder case,” said Arun, who said the whistleblower discovered the connection as he was one of the activist’s social media followers.

Referring to another photo, Arun highlighted a mobile phone said to belong to one of the victims, 29-year-old G Logeswaran, used in a final phone call to his wife, M Jayashree, who was also present today.

“So again with this ‘evidence’, we debunk the narrative of the Malacca police,” he insisted.

Additionally, Arun said he and the lawyers went to the scene and verified the existence of a Plus highway CCTV that he argued would have captured the entire incident between 1.25am and 2.21am.

Conflicting accounts

On Dec 6, Jayashree and lawyers for the families said based on the audio recording on Nov 24, which has been submitted to Bukit Aman, the three men could be heard cooperating with the police as they were being detained.

She also said the recording did not indicate the victims behaving in a threatening manner as alleged.

Subsequently, the Bukit Aman central police headquarters announced that it had set up a team to investigate the case, including the police reports lodged by the victims’ family members.

Lawyer Rajesh Nagarajan, who was also present today, said they will submit the letter and photos as part of another police report to be lodged at the Petaling Jaya district police station today.

Recognising UEC does not drain the swamp

Recognising UEC does not drain the swamp

S Thayaparan
Published: Dec 15, 2025 7:00 AM
Updated: 10:47 AM



“The UEC issue is often sensationalised by politicians as a big issue, when in reality it only involves a small number of students. This matter needs to be clarified so that UEC does not continue to become a political issue that divides society.”

– Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli

COMMENT | PKR leader Rafizi Ramli is correct when he asserted that this whole Unified Examination Certificate (UEC) fiasco is political dopamine.

The question is not why DAP is bringing this up now, but rather why the party is not bringing up every other issue of compromised governance that it was supposed to reform.

The UEC issue is the dog ate my homework of excuses for not doing what you are supposed to be doing.

DAP and the Malay uber alles political establishment understand exactly what their roles in this debate are supposed to be. DAP is seen as championing a “Chinese” issue, and the other side is seen as protecting “bangsa and agama” (race and religion).

Let us say that Rafizi has got the figures right when it comes to who exactly is affected by the UEC. The question is, is this the hill DAP wants to die on?

Ex-economy minister Rafizi Ramli


But here is the thing, DAP knows that this isn’t really about the UEC. This is all performative and also good old-fashioned race-baiting politics. DAP gets to play champion of the Chinese community, and Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim also gets to play champion of the Malay community.

Meanwhile, both communities continue to decline under the weight of a corrupt system.


READ MORE: UEC: Are the criticisms justified?


Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM) president Larry Sng pointed out that the UEC could be recognised on a state level first, which basically means that if this was such an important issue and something that DAP supremo Anthony Loke was apparently willing to resign for, then Pakatan Harapan-led states could have normalised the UEC by doing so.

Why do you think DAP has not done this? After all, nearly every Malay uber alles party has at one time or another been ready to support the UEC to get Chinese votes.

DAP sec-gen Anthony Loke

The reason is simple, it is because DAP really does not place a high priority on this issue.

Malay rights weaponised

What about Mr Madani? Why does he babble on about the primacy of the Malay language?

Over a decade ago, Anwar said this of politicians who proudly display the religious flag.

“In Malaysia, such posturing by Muslim leaders has much more to do with politics than religion and ideology.

“The ruling government hopes that by taking a hard line, it will curry some favour with an increasingly radical right wing upon which its party is increasingly based,” he said in an interview with CNN.

I do not know if those words were prophetic, but the underlying cause for the religious turmoil was not the hate speech of rabble-rousing politicians but rather the policies of Madani.

Malay rights have been weaponised to the point that the Madani regime would rather not carry out any utilitarian policies that would benefit everyone, especially the Malays, for fear of the opposition claiming that Malay/Muslim rights are being sidelined because of DAP.

Compromised institutions

One of the biggest issues right now is the compromised and frankly inept state security apparatus, including the Attorney-General’s Chambers, the MACC and of course the police.

The recent alleged extrajudicial killings, the numerous deaths in custody and the fact that the men in blue think they are the moral police point to a dysfunction that happens after decades of political neglect and zero accountability and transparency.

This is a far more important issue than the tried and tested UEC issue. If DAP was seriously interested in reform, it would be scrutinising every institution which contributes to the decline of the democratic guardrails in this country, which in turn affects the economic security of the rakyat.

PM Anwar Ibrahim


Look at what Anwar said in 2010 about the importance of institutions, especially when combating right-wing theocratic impulses.

“The antidote for this behaviour is to restore credibility to the institutions of civil society.

“The media should be free, politicians must be held accountable through free and fair elections, and the judiciary must be able to operate without interference from politicians,” he said in the CNN interview.

Meanwhile, DAP remains silent when all these big-shot political operatives get off scot free under Madani when it comes to their corrupt acts.

You can see Anwar’s hypocrisy when he said this 15 years ago.

"We need to revisit the design of economic policy and how the country allocates welfare and resources. Affirmative action remains essential to ensure that the poor and marginalised are not forgotten.

"But there is no reason to exclude poor Chinese and Indians from the policy, as has been the case for so long. Endemic corruption has enriched a few well-connected businesspersons and politicians, but the vast majority of their wealth never trickles down,” he said in the same CNN interview.

What we get under the Madani regime, as far as political stability is concerned, are institutions that appear to be weaponised, enabling the religious bureaucracy, turning a blind eye to the corruption scandals-laden personalities that form this coalition government, coddling religious and racial agitators within the regime, and, of course, a clampdown on free speech.

Reforms of state institutions that minimise corruption and deregulation, as well as minimise cronyism, are some things we can all agree with and, perhaps, the most economically viable way to sway the Malay public opinion.

Reforming such a system is what DAP should be good at, at least this is what DAP propaganda promotes.

Madani is obviously not interested in draining the swamp. It would seem neither is DAP.

Both just want to distract the rakyat while the political class pick a pocket or two.

S THAYAPARAN is commander (Rtd) of the Royal Malaysian Navy. Fīat jūstitia ruat cælum - “Let justice be done though the heavens fall.”

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The root cause of poor Madani governance is PMX does NOT have solid Malay support. So he virtually bents forward (not backwards) to be bonk by them - if anything, just for a few more Malay votes.

Muhyiddin’s credibility now at stake after Dr M’s claims, says analyst

FMT:

Muhyiddin’s credibility now at stake after Dr M’s claims, says analyst

3 hours ago
Predeep Nambiar

Awang Azman Pawi says the issue is now about personal trust, rather than how a government is run

Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Muhyiddin Yassin fell out in 2020 after Bersatu left Pakatan Harapan, with Muhyiddin forming a new government as prime minister.

PETALING JAYA: Bersatu president Muhyiddin Yassin’s political credibility is now at stake even if accusations by Dr Mahathir Mohamad about the theft of party funds is disproved, says political analyst Awang Azman Awang Pawi.

While bad blood between the two men is not new, “in politics, repeated claims and public views often matter more than facts,” Awang Azman told FMT.

Muhyiddin now stands to lose political credibility, even if the authenticity of the video clip of Mahathir is disputed, he said. The issue would revive old doubts about trust and leadership within the opposition and could weaken Muhyiddin’s support among undecided Malay voters.


“It now involves matters of personal trust, rather than how the government is run,” he said.

Azmi Hassan of Akademi Nusantara said the claims were serious because they involved matters of money and trust. However, he also questioned why Mahathir had recently raised the issue.


“I don’t understand why this is happening when both figures are part of the opposition,” he told FMT. Azmi said the remarks could hurt opposition unity at a time when Perikatan Nasional was trying to strengthen its grassroots base. “This disrupts what the opposition has built so far,” he said.

Azmi and Awang Azman both said the issue would die down if no proof emerged, but the repeated focus on party funds could hurt Muhyiddin in the long run, especially as he remains PN chairman and a possible prime minister candidate.

Muhyiddin has denied the claims, made in a short video clip widely shared online recently, in which Mahathir appears to accuse Muhyiddin of stealing party funds and keeping the money at his home, and of seeking the prime minister’s post to avoid being imprisoned.

Johor Bersatu Youth chief Alias Rasman has said Mahathir was not talking about Muhyiddin and claimed the video was edited for political gain, saying legal action would be taken against those behind the recording.


Once allies, Mahathir and Muhyiddin fell out after the 2020 Sheraton Move, which led to the collapse of the Pakatan Harapan government and saw the latter emerge as prime minister. However, the two former prime ministers have had more cordial relations recently, with Muhyiddin deferring to Mahathir.

Muhyiddin has been contacted for comment.

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia’s Shamsul Amri Baharuddin said the episode was unlikely to resonate with voters, describing it as an elite-level issue. “This will be discussed in upper and middle circles, not by the rakyat, who are already bored with the antics of political leaders,” he said.

Shamsul also said Mahathir no longer held decisive sway; while political figures may still listen to the former prime minister, “they won’t take his words seriously”.

Thailand locks down border districts as fierce clashes with Cambodia escalate

Thailand locks down border districts as fierce clashes with Cambodia escalate



A Buddhist monk leads a procession as soldiers carry the flag draped coffins of four Thai servicemen killed in border clashes with Cambodia. — Reuters pic

Sunday, 14 Dec 2025 5:04 PM MYT


BANGKOK, Dec 14 — Thailand announced a curfew in its southeastern Trat province on Sunday as fighting with Cambodia spread to coastal areas of a disputed border region, two days after US President and would-be peacemaker Donald Trump said the sides had agreed to stop.

The South-east Asian neighbours have resorted to arms several times this year since a Cambodian soldier was killed in a May skirmish, reigniting a conflict that has displaced hundreds of thousands of people on both sides of the border.


“Overall, there have been clashes continuously” since Cambodia again reiterated its openness to a ceasefire on Saturday, Thai Defence Ministry spokesman Rear Admiral Surasant Kongsiri told a press conference in Bangkok after announcing the curfew.

Thailand is open to a diplomatic solution but “Cambodia has to cease hostility first before we can negotiate,” he said.


Thai forces on Saturday said they had destroyed a bridge that Cambodia used to deliver heavy weapons and other equipment to the region and launched an operation targeting pre-positioned artillery in Cambodia’s coastal Koh Kong province.


Cambodia accused Thailand of striking civilian infrastructure.

Thailand’s curfew covers five districts of Trat province that neighbour Koh Kong, excluding the tourist islands of Koh Chang and Koh Kood. The military had previously imposed a curfew in the eastern Sakeo province, which remains in force.


Thailand and Cambodia have exchanged heavy-weapons fire at multiple points along their 817-kilometre (508 mile) border since Monday, in some of the most intense fighting since a five-day clash in July that ended with Trump and Malaysian mediation.

Trump said he spoke to Thailand’s caretaker Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Cambodian premier Hun Manet on Friday, and said they had agreed to “cease all shooting”.

On Saturday, Anutin vowed to keep fighting “until we feel no more harm and threats to our land and people”.

A White House spokesperson later said Trump expected all parties to honour commitments and that “he will hold anyone accountable as necessary to stop the killing and ensure durable peace”. — Reuters

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Bondi terror attack: Death toll climbs to 15 plus gunman in wake of 'evil' terror attack on Jewish festival

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Anthony Albanese says the government will do "whatever is necessary" to stamp out antisemitism following the "evil" terror attack on a Jewish festival at Sydney's Bondi Beach.

Fifteen victims have died, including a 10-year-old girl. One of two alleged gunmen has also died, while a further 38 people are in hospital.

Key takeways from that Albanese and Minns update

By Tessa Flemming

• The 50yo gunman had a firearms licence, with six registered firearms 
• Police are not looking for a third suspect 
• Two NSW police officers are in a critical but stable condition in hospital
• Chris Minns and Anthony Albanese both say they will be looking at gun legislation
• Two "basic" explosive devices were found at the scene 
• Both gunmen were staying at an address in Campsie
• There will be an increased police presence around Jewish places of worship and community 
• Police declined to discuss the ideology of the gunmen at this stage

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PM says govt will look at 'whatever is necessary'

By Joshua Boscaini

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Australia needs to "stamp out" antisemitism in all its forms.

He says he's already had discussions with Jewish community leaders and the antisemitism envoy.

"We need to wrap our arms around Australians. We stand with them, we stand against antisemitism, we will do whatever is necessary to stamp it out," Albanese says.

"Antisemitism is a scourge. It's been around for a long period of time. We need to do whatever we can to stamp it out," he says.

He says the federal government will look at "whatever is necessary", including any legislative response, following the police investigation.

Thai-Cambodia conflict now a forest fire out of control

Murray Hunter


Thai-Cambodia conflict now a forest fire out of control


Dec 14, 2025



Outside court last Thursday with TLHR



Sorry for my long absence. The floods in Hat Yai destroyed my car and took away everything on the bottom floor of my home. Meanwhile I have been in Bangkok defending my case against the Malaysian MCMC. There are still lots of bail restrictions about what I can write about, and I am missing many important issues going on in Malaysia now.

I am very sorry. Hope to get back to normal again soon.

As we have reached the end of the first week of a renewed round of fighting along the Thai-Cambodia conflict, there is now a realization that there is no longer any mutually trusted mechanism by both sides to attempt to bring fighting back under control and broker a cease fire once again. The conflict is effectively a forest fire burning out of control.

US President Donald Trump and Malaysian prime minister Anwar Ibrahim called for a ceasefire for 10.00 Thai-time on Saturday 13, both parties just ignored it. Thai prime minister Anutin Charnvirakul is spurred on with an immediate rise in Thai nationalism not wanting any cease fire. As of this weekend December 13-14, its at football match fever. This is even though more than a dozen Thai army troops from poor rural families are already casualties of the fierce skirmishes along the disputed border areas.

The Thai military has made deep strikes into Cambodian territory taking out ‘military’ and political targets, while the Cambodian Army are sending in armed UAVs or drones into Thai Territory. Both sides are trying to reinforce their grip on the disputed demarcation lines along contested border areas.

Its not perfectly clear which side commenced the hostilities this time around. Cambodian authorities claim they are victims of Thai aggression, while the Thais claim that freshly laid mines on Thai territory injuring Thai servicemen patrolling disputed border areas.

However, the advent of this second round of hostilities came just a week after Thai premier Anutin was heavily criticized for the unpreparedness of government flood response during the Hat Yai floods. The floods were screened on local Thai TV 24/7 with Thais attacking the government, in particular the prime minister. With the beginning of the conflict with Cambodia a week later, the national media switched completely around towards covering the armed conflict, where Anutin has been portrayed as standing up to Cambodian aggression. Anutin called a snap general election on December 12, which must be held before mid-February 2026, with a surge of popularity behind him.

However, effectively the war effort on the Thai side is run by General Ukris Boontanondha, the current chief of Thai defense forces and his field commanders. Its obvious the Thai military planners had a detailed plan on the ready.

On the Cambodian side, the media is playing the victim card, but as the war progresses this will become less important. The senate president and former prime minister Hun Sen is in charge of the Cambodian war effort, which has prepared new offensive strategies, not unsimilar to what the Ukrainian army uses into Russian territory.

Those who are suffering the most are farming families along the 400 km long border with Thai-Cambodia along with their counterparts on the Cambodia side. With almost constant artillery battes going on along the border, hundreds of thousands have been evacuated on both sides, with Thai bombing reaching as far as Siem Reap province according to reports. Due to the veracity of the fighting its estimated some 400,000 people are involved in relocation efforts.

This comes at a time when the tourist high season is just about to swing in. Many western governments have already warned their citizens not to go anywhere near war-torn areas as it very unstable.

With President Trump’s appeal for a ceasefire ignored and current ASEAN Chair Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim’s call for a ceasefire ignored, there are no external mechanisms Thailand and Cambodia can rely upon to broker any potential ceasefire. To date, China is staying neutral in the dispute, leaving little room for any potential mediation in the near-term. In Thailand, any ongoing war may benefit conservative political parties aligned with the military during the election campaign over the coming weeks. However, if casualties keep building up this could change. Consequently, this latest breakout in fighting could last a while until military armaments start becoming depleted.

This could see the Thai-Cambodian conflict continuing another couple of weeks.

You might regret this: Zahid warns MIC of political limbo if it leaves BN

BN chairman Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has warned the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) against making a decision it may later regret, cautioning that leaving the coalition could leave the party stranded in political limbo as Malaysia’s political landscape shifts ahead of the next general election. - Bernama file pic, December 14, 2025


You might regret this: Zahid warns MIC of political limbo if it leaves BN


BN chairman urges MIC to carefully consider its decision, citing potential risks as Malaysia’s political landscape evolves ahead of the 16th General Election



Sandru Narayanan
Updated 43 seconds ago
14 December, 2025
6:50 PM MYT

KUALA LUMPUR – Barisan Nasional (BN) has warned the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) against making a decision it may later regret, cautioning that leaving the coalition could leave the party stranded in political limbo as Malaysia’s political landscape shifts ahead of the next general election.

BN chairman Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the political terrain is certain to change over the next 24 months, making it crucial for MIC to carefully consider its next move.

“The political landscape will change — I am confident it will change — because within the next 24 months leading up to the 16th General Election, many things can happen, and they almost certainly will happen,” he told reporters after officiating the Malaysian Indian Progressive Front (IPF Malaysia) annual general assembly in Semenyih today.

“That is why I say, do not regret a decision that is not made in line with changes in the political landscape.

“I fear they (MIC) could end up in a state of limbo if that situation arises,” he added.

Meanwhile, Zahid Hamidi said BN has yet to receive any formal resolution or letter from MIC following the party’s recent annual general assembly, which passed a motion proposing to withdraw from the coalition.

“I have not seen any resolution or letter from MIC),” he said.

“As such, no decision has been made. However, if they are unable to make a decision, then we (BN) will make a decision,” he added.

Zahid Hamidi also confirmed that no meeting has taken place between BN and MIC since the latter’s 79th annual general assembly.

Separately, when asked whether BN would consider accepting IPF as a core component party, he said the matter would depend on the unanimous consent of all existing BN component parties, in accordance with the coalition’s constitution.

“Under the BN constitution, all component parties must unanimously agree to accept any party as a core member,” he said.

“Because of these constitutional constraints, it is not only IPF, but many other parties as well, that have not been accepted as core component parties,” he added. – December 14, 2025