Albert teams up with Dr M to expose 'mastermind' behind Sabah scandal

Albert teams up with Dr M to expose 'mastermind' behind Sabah scandal


Published: Nov 25, 2025 8:38 AM
Updated: 11:38 AM



Businessperson Albert Tei - who is on a mission to take down politicians he allegedly gave bribes to for an unsuccessful bid to get mineral exploration licences in Sabah - is teaming up with Dr Mahathir Mohamad for another exposé.

PAS information chief Ahmad Fadhli Shaari posted a photo of the two, believed to have been taken during a meeting yesterday.

Citing "trusted sources", Fadhli said he was informed that Tei had complained to Mahathir about a group that had ordered the businessperson to record the incriminating videos against the Sabah politicians.

"I believe many can't wait to learn who actually planned this conspiracy, what was their intention and goal?

"Surely the mastermind is not an average person, let us wait for the next exposé. It will reveal the true face of this government hiding behind a 'Madani' mask," he said in a Facebook post today.

PAS leader Ahmad Fadhli Shaari

The development came amid a lack of progress and updates from the authorities regarding the Sabah scandal.

Over a dozen implicated

Tei had released videos of 14 Sabah politicians who were part of the incumbent state government.

Of the 14, only two were charged for taking bribes.

They are caretaker state assistant minister Andi Suryady Bandy and incumbent Sindumin assemblyperson Yusof Yacob. Tei was also charged with giving them bribes totalling RM500,000.

Another 10 of the 14 are still contesting in the state election.

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and the MACC have been accused of dragging their feet on the matter.

PM Anwar Ibrahim


Anwar repeatedly implied that there was insufficient evidence for the MACC to act on, although he clarified in Parliament that the case is still open.

Tei and his legal team had submitted more than 300 pages of evidence to the MACC, which includes money trails, bank records, documents, and written correspondence, to back up the claims made in the videos.

Kula: Indira's case matters to me, 'armchair critic' Naran can help too

 

Kula: Indira's case matters to me, 'armchair critic' Naran can help too

Yiswaree Palansamy
Published: Nov 24, 2025 8:20 PM
Updated: 11:21 PM


Summary

• M Kulasegaran defends his long-standing, pro bono work for M Indira Gandhi, challenging Gerakan’s Naran Singh to contribute meaningfully instead of criticising.

• Deputy minister emphasises that some aspects of the case fall outside his governmental purview but pledged to continue assisting Indira.

• The dispute unfolds amid renewed pressure over the 16-year search for Indira’s daughter, following public rallies, court orders to widen the police search, and revelations that the fugitive father remains in the country.

Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) M Kulasegaran today defended the work he has carried out for Hindu mother M Indira Gandhi, and took his Gerakan political critic to task, by questioning the latter's own contributions to the case.

Speaking to Malaysiakini, Kulasegaran (above) said that he and his legal team members have been fighting Indira's case since 2009, and did it all pro bono.

"The issue is close to my heart. I have been fighting Indira's case since 2009, and all of the legal work was done pro bono because this mother was wronged on many levels, and she must be defended at all costs. My firm worked hard for years on Indira's case.

"I am grateful to lawyers like Shanmuga Kanesalingam, Fahri Azzat and Aston Paiva, who worked tirelessly without any monetary benefits in this case from the beginning.

"Will be good for Naran to do something rather than being an armchair critic," the Ipoh Barat MP said, in response to Gerakan leader, Naran Singh.

Naran yesterday threw down the gauntlet to Kulasegaran and challenged the DAP lawmaker to resign if he fails to resolve Indira’s case within the next six months.

Without mincing words, Naran told Malaysiakini that Kulasegaran has failed both as a member of the government administration and as a lawyer in the long-standing efforts to reunite Indira with her daughter, Prasana Diksa, over the past 16 years.

Responding to Kulasegaran's pledge to organise a meeting between Indira and Inspector-General of Police Khalid Ismail within the next three weeks, Naran dismissed it as “empty promises”.

M Indira Gandhi


However, Kulasegaran stressed that there are certain matters that do not fall squarely under his purview.

He, however, pledged to continue his fight for Indira.

"Critics must also now understand that certain matters do not come under me in government. Notwithstanding all these limitations, I will do my best for Indira," he added.

March for justice

On Saturday, Indira and her supporters marched from Sogo to Bukit Aman police headquarters in Kuala Lumpur to hand over Prasana’s teddy bear to the IGP in a symbolic demand for her daughter’s return.

The group waited outside the police headquarters for nearly four hours, despite the IGP’s absence. They eventually dispersed after Kulasegaran - who had also joined the rally - assured them he would help Indira schedule a meeting with the IGP in the coming weeks.

Last week, the Ipoh High Court ordered police to widen their search for Indira's fugitive ex-husband, Riduan Abdullah, who has been accused of failing to return Prasana, rather than focusing solely on Kelantan.

M Indira Gandhi (middle) and her supporters marching down the streets of KL on Nov 22

Last month, Riduan was reportedly found to still be in the country after using his Budi95 petrol subsidy and Rahmah Necessities Aid (Sara) allowance.

This revelation reignited public interest in the case, prompting the Indira Gandhi Action Team (Ingat) and several NGOs to co-organise the justice march on Nov 22.

Man killed in Dengkil shootout with cops

FMT:

Man killed in Dengkil shootout with cops

The man opened fire at a team of policemen as they attempted to arrest him, prompting the cops to fire back

Bukit Aman CID chief M Kumar said police seized a pistol, three bullets and a clear packet containing crystal powder believed to be drugs. (PDRM pic)

PETALING JAYA: A criminal was killed in a shootout with police in Dengkil, Selangor, last night after opening fire at the cops as they attempted to arrest him.

Bukit Aman criminal investigation department director M Kumar said a team of policemen were conducting a crime prevention operation around the area when they came across a Perodua Myvi being driven by a man who was acting suspiciously.

“As the team moved to arrest him, the suspect fired gunshots at the policemen from inside the vehicle. The policemen fired back until there were no more threats to their safety.


“The suspect was confirmed dead by medical officers. Preliminary investigations show that the suspect is believed to be a local, though he had no identification documents on him,” Kumar said in a statement.

Police also seized a pistol, three bullets and a clear packet containing crystal powder believed to be drugs.

Further investigations are ongoing.

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Lately police have shot to kill - this reported incident has not been the only one. Are we becoming like the wanks? In my days cops only carried truncheons. Betya today the 'Young Ones' don't even know nor have seen a 'truncheon', wakakaka. 😂😂😂

Time for Rafizi to leave PKR and chart own course

FMT:

Time for Rafizi to leave PKR and chart own course

Maybe he can start a Reformasi 2.0 movement, along with like-minded colleagues

As much as it pains me to say so, Rafizi Ramli is at a major political crossroad, to either stay with PKR or leave to start a new party of his own.

I do not like to think that Rafizi is trying to get himself sacked, because that would never happen.


The most gentlemanly thing he could do is to chart his own path, if he is what he says he is: a man of principle, a man of action and a man of strategies.

As a Malaysian, I want to see the Reformasi spirit carve out a new political path, even if that means working with others.

As long as there is a Pakatan Harapan representative in the government, I believe changes will come. Without a representative from PH, the government will revert to the bad old days of Barisan Nasional under Dr Mahathir Mohamad, Najib Razak and Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

Why do I think that it is time for Rafizi to move on?

I was sad for him when he first announced that he might lose at the party elections earlier this year to those aligned with PKR president Anwar Ibrahim and his daughter, Nurul Izzah.

But if that is what the delegates want in a fair election, so be it. That is democracy. And if Rafizi was too busy to go to the ground and engage in politicking, then that is too bad.


And while I had found him to be, at one time, an astute politician, he eventually evolved into becoming a whingeing one.

When the PKR election results came out, Rafizi lost not by a little, but a lot. He insisted that there was something wrong with the voting system and also implied that members who had publicly backed him were threatened, although the claim was never verified.

An audit on the election results showed no irregularities, from what I understand; Rafizi didn’t drag the party to the Registrar of Societies or even to court, which brings me to conclude that his claims were just that – claims, made out of bitterness, in all likelihood.

Nevertheless, I still rooted for Rafizi.


When he decided to resign as a minister, I was disappointed and surprised. Why resign when you were not asked by the prime minister to do so?

His reasoning was that as a leader who lost in the party polls, he should resign as a matter of principle. Rafizi later said he had fallen out of Anwar’s favour and therefore his views in Cabinet would not be taken seriously.

Rafizi’s excuse is unacceptable both professionally and politically, when viewed against the case of Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah of Sarawak.

Karim, a state minister, was ousted as a vice-president of Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu, and offered to resign from the state Cabinet. However, he let chief minister Abang Johari Openg (also the PBB president) have the final say. Karim remains in Sarawak’s Cabinet.

Rafizi, once free of ministerial and party posts, did not hold back on criticising the government’s policies and those of Anwar, turning from a man who knew how to put political ammunition to good use into somewhat of a loose cannon and letting fly on issues ranging from the appointment of a new chief judge to Malaysia’s trade deal with the US.

But the issues he had raised fizzled, either because it was mere speculation or an explanation was provided. And in the end, he came off as nothing more than a poor imitation of Hassan Karim (PKR’s outspoken MP for Pasir Gudang).

While it is fine for Rafizi to take the principled and moral high ground and continue criticising the government, it could be detrimental if it leads to the current government being voted out. Should that happen, who should we blame?

Then came the rather ominous remarks about not making a comeback to the party’s leadership.

Why did he say that? Is PKR not a democratic party? Rafizi should be able to work the ground and convince the party members to reelect him back to the top and even to the very top, as president of PKR.

I thought Rafizi was a fighter. I thought he had all the data. I thought Rafizi was a war general. But the Rafizi I see seems intent on bringing Anwar and PKR down. For me Rafizi has already crossed the rubicon and I, like many others, are seeing the Mr Hyde in the Pandan MP.

Which is why I feel the time has come for Rafizi to find an alternate route to the top. Maybe he could start a Reformasi 2.0 movement, along with Hassan Karim and Wong Chen.

After all, he said it himself that there is no place in PKR. So what is he waiting for? Be magnanimous. Instead of being PKR’s thorn in the flesh, leave the party, along with those aligned with you, and form a new party.

Asia’s most dangerous flash point now rests in the south of Japan — Phar Kim Beng

Asia’s most dangerous flash point now rests in the south of Japan — Phar Kim Beng


Monday, 24 Nov 2025 5:30 PM MYT


NOVEMBER 25 — Japan’s decision to deploy medium-range surface-to-air missiles to Yonaguni — a quiet island scarcely 110 kilometres from Taiwan — signals a strategic shift with implications far beyond Japan’s immediate defence posture.

It confirms what regional observers have long feared: Asia’s most dangerous flash point is no longer confined to the Taiwan Strait alone, but has expanded to include the southern reaches of Japan’s island chain, where the security anxieties of Japan, China and Taiwan intersect with unprecedented intensity.

For Tokyo, the deployment is framed as necessary and defensive. Japan’s Defence Minister has argued that strengthening the country’s southern perimeter “lowers the chance of an armed attack”, pointing to an increasingly complex security environment shaped by Chinese military growth, rising tensions in the East China Sea, and the swirling uncertainties over Taiwan’s future.

From Japan’s vantage point, deterrence is not provocation — it is prudence.


But geography rarely bends to political interpretation. Missiles placed so close to Taiwan inevitably alter Beijing’s strategic calculations.


For China, they reinforce the narrative that Japan is aligning more openly with US and Taiwanese interests. For Taiwan, they may offer reassurance, but they also heighten the sense that its defence will increasingly depend on a broader coalition of actors — whether Taipei openly acknowledges it or not.

The result is a dangerously compressed environment in which military assets, surveillance platforms and political signalling crowd the same narrow maritime and air space.


This is what makes southern Japan the new epicentre of risk in the Indo-Pacific.

Yet focusing solely on the missiles misses the deeper danger: the accelerating breakdown of diplomatic trust.

Beijing has revived historical narratives questioning Japan’s sovereignty over the Ryukyu islands. Tokyo has interpreted China’s statements as creeping revisionism.

Meanwhile, both publics have grown more entrenched, more anxious, and more susceptible to nationalistic rhetoric.

The region now stands one miscalculation away from confrontation — not necessarily because anyone seeks war, but because mutual recriminations have displaced responsible diplomacy.

It is in such moments that mature and peaceful diplomacy becomes not merely advisable, but indispensable.

Diplomacy matters because it prevents misreading of intentions. When military deployments occur without open channels of communication, the risk of misinterpretation multiplies.

Japan may genuinely believe its Yonaguni missiles are defensive, but China may just as genuinely interpret them as escalatory. Without diplomacy, both positions harden.



Diplomacy matters because it prevents misreading of intentions. When military deployments occur without open channels of communication, the risk of misinterpretation multiplies. — Reuters pic



Diplomacy matters because the people of the Ryukyu islands — like communities across the region — bear the human cost of miscalculation. Their fears cannot be dismissed as peripheral. If they do not feel secure, deterrence alone cannot deliver stability.

Diplomacy matters because Asia’s major powers are deeply interdependent, economically and strategically. Trade, supply chains, energy flows, maritime safety — these hinge not on missiles, but on cooperation and restraint.

Finally, diplomacy matters because a region that chooses accusation over engagement is a region that sleepwalks into crisis.

The southern tip of Japan is now where great-power anxieties converge. But it does not have to become the place where great-power conflict begins. Japan, China, Taiwan and the wider Indo-Pacific must resist the fatalistic logic of militarised rivalry. Strengthening defence is understandable; but strengthening dialogue is essential.

Asia’s future stability will not be decided by how many missiles are placed on Yonaguni.

It will be decided by how wisely — and how peacefully — its leaders navigate the tensions now gathering around it.

* Phar Kim Beng is Professor of Asean Studies and Director, Institute of International and Asean Studies (IINTAS) International Islamic University Malaysia

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Japs looking for trouble

Controversial US-backed GHF to end ‘mission’ in Gaza: Statement

al Jazeera:

Controversial US-backed GHF to end ‘mission’ in Gaza: Statement

Rights observers condemned aid scheme for bypassing UN and deadly attacks at distribution sites

A Palestinian man shows blood stains on his palm after he carried people wounded while seeking aid from the US-backed GHF in Khan Younis in southern Gaza [File: Hatem Khaled/Reuters]

By Al Jazeera Staff
Published On 24 Nov 2025



The Israeli- and United States-backed GHF organisation has announced it is ending its “mission” in Gaza.

The group sparked controversy after it began distributing food in the Palestinian enclave in May.

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It has been widely condemned for bypassing the United Nations and other humanitarian aid infrastructure in Gaza and for deadly violence that regularly broke out at or near its crowded distribution sites by Israeli soldiers and its own security contractors.

“From the outset, GHF’s goal was to meet an urgent need, prove that a new approach could succeed where others had failed, and ultimately hand off that success to the broader international community,” GHF Executive Director John Acree said in a statement on Monday.

The statement pointed to provisions in the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas that went into effect in October as the reason for ending its operations.

That included the creation of the US-backed Civil-Military Coordination Center, which is meant to coordinate aid to Gaza, and Israel allowing UN-backed aid distribution efforts to partially resume.

“As a result, we are winding down our operations as we have succeeded in our mission of showing there’s a better way to deliver aid to Gazans,” it said, claiming to be the “only aid operation that reliably and safely provided free meals directly to Palestinian people in Gaza, at scale and without diversion”.



The Killing Field


The statement directly contradicted many top figures in the international humanitarian community.

In August, 28 UN experts appealed for the GHF to be dismantled, calling the scheme an “utterly disturbing example of how humanitarian relief can be exploited for covert military and geopolitical agendas in serious breach of international law”.

They added that “Israeli forces and foreign military contractors continue to open indiscriminate fire on people seeking aid at so-called ‘distribution sites’ operated by GHF.”

At the time, the experts reported at least 859 Palestinians had been killed around GHF sites since the beginning of its operations in late May.

Among other issues, the experts noted that the scheme required aid seekers to make long, dangerous journeys to a handful of GHF sites to receive supplies, departing from the UN aid delivery model, which emphasises bringing aid more directly to affected communities.

The US had presented the GHF as a solution to delivering aid in Gaza at a time when Israel’s restrictions on humanitarian operations were causing famine in parts of the war-torn territory, according to the world hunger monitor, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification system.





UN officials maintained that allowing independent aid workers unfettered access to the enclave was the best way to address the crisis.

In the statement released on Monday, the GHF acknowledged it opened only four distribution sites in Gaza, three in southern Gaza and one near Gaza City. Still, it hailed its operations as a model for future aid deliveries.

It added that GHF leaders “will maintain readiness to reconstitute if new humanitarian needs are identified” and will remain a registered nongovernmental organisation.

Over 100 evacuated as rains trigger Taman United, Seputeh landslide crushing cars and bikes

Over 100 evacuated as rains trigger Taman United, Seputeh landslide crushing cars and bikes



Pictures of the affected areas. — Picture via X

Monday, 24 Nov 2025 8:27 PM MYT




KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 24 — Residents of an old apartment in Taman United, Seputeh here, felt tremors shortly before a 60-metre slope collapsed, crushing two cars and several motorcycles this morning.

One of the residents, Lim Yuet Ming, 74, said she was at home when she felt the tremors but did not realise what had happened until a friend contacted her.

“I’ve lived here for over 30 years, and we have never experienced a landslide in this area before,” she told Bernama at the scene today.


Another resident, Foo Le Choo, 70, who has lived in the apartment complex for nearly 48 years, said she noticed the incident only upon returning from the market and seeing police and fire department presence near her home.

“I had just returned from the market at about 10 am and saw police and firefighters in the area.

“At first, I thought someone was ill or had passed away, but when I saw the landslide, I panicked and immediately checked on my 38-year-old son, who was sleeping inside,” she said, adding that they have been instructed to evacuate due to safety concerns.


Foo, who lives in the home inherited from her grandmother with her two children, said the incident has left them anxious about their safety, especially with the incessant rain that could worsen conditions.

Meanwhile, a resident known as Ooi, 60, said the apartment’s drainage system has long been problematic, and the ageing building has worsened the impact of the incident.

“We want the relevant authorities to take action to prevent similar incidents from recurring. There are houses located uphill near these apartments, and we fear further collapses.

“This situation will undoubtedly affect our homes and jeopardise residents’ safety,” said Ooi, who has lived at the apartment complex for seven years.

Bernama had earlier reported that more than 100 residents of a low-cost apartment in Taman United were ordered to evacuate after a landslide following continuous rain since this morning.

The Kuala Lumpur Fire and Rescue Department’s Operations Centre received a report of the incident at 11.02 am involving a slope collapse at Jalan Sepadu 6, and a team from the Seputeh Fire and Rescue Station was dispatched to the scene. No casualties were reported.

Meanwhile, Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) in a statement said water diversion works are being carried out to prevent water flow from entering the affected area and reduce the risk of further soil movement before subsequent works are undertaken.

“DBKL has gone to the sites of the soil movement incidents in Taman United involving Jalan Sepadu 6, and Jalan Sepadu 7, as well as Jalan Medang Tanduk, to assess the actual situation and direct immediate action on the ground,” it said.

The statement said the landslide at Jalan Medang Tanduk occurred on private land, but mitigation measures will still be taken promptly for the safety of city dwellers. — Bernama

The import of so-called ‘heritage players’ is taking away football opportunities for the Malaysian youth

Murray Hunter


The import of so-called ‘heritage players’ is taking away football opportunities for the Malaysian youth

FAM has betrayed young Malaysians

Nov 24, 2025





Liga Suparimau FB


Picture young Malaysians going through their school years working hard to one day represent their own country as a member of the national football team. This is a dream that many young boys train for, aspire to, and hope for. The opportunity to represent their country. It has always been a major driver of youth motivation, which creates character youths display throughout their lives.

However, the Football Association of Malaysia’s (FAM) practice of recruiting foreigners to fill places in the Malaysian national football team is taking away this opportunity for Malaysia’s youth.

The hopes and aspirations for those young Malaysians training and playing various football competitions throughout their school lives, coupled with personal ambitions to one day become a national team member has been put out of reach. FAM has betrayed the nation’s youth. Before the FIFA sanctions, there were up to 10 foreigner footballers, who were given ‘heritage status’ that have taken away national team places that Malaysians deserve. The national football squad has 27 members. 10 were taken away.

FAM is destroying the hopes and aspirations of Malaysia’s youth. FAM committed forgery in an attempt to gain Malaysia a place in the 2026 World Cup, where 8-9 spots are now allocated to Asian teams. The World Cup should be a tribute to national youth development in each respective member country, but FAM tried to circumvent this and turn its back on Malaysian youth in their own quest for glory. FAM turned its back on domestic talent.

Not a team made up of Malaysia’s best, but a team made up of foreign mercenaries.


Quick Boost verses domestic youth pipelines

Malaysia got caught up with looking for a quick boost by seeking out talent overseas and breaking the law to grant these players citizenship so they could be eligible to play in the Malaysian national team. This has cut off Malaysia’s youth pipeline – slow and evolutionary growth of domestic skills, talents and pride.

A generation of Malaysian youth has been denied the opportunity of gaining a place on the national team. This is going to destroy the morale of Malaysian youth, where their years of effort and training go down the drain because of FAM policy. Today, a young budding football player who started his football career playing with his kampong friends has nothing to aspire to and dream about.

Children have the right to the football dream.

NST

In effect, Malaysian youths have been sold out. This single FAM policy will set back domestic football standards back for a generation to come, as those who attend primary school will quickly learn that no matter how hard they work, they will never have the opportunity to be a member of the national team.

FAM is destroying domestic football standards. FAM has destroyed the heart of the youth, who will continue to live in hopelessness back in the kampong.

Malaysia had made significant strides in youth football development since the early 2010s, driven by the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) and government initiatives. The focus was on grassroots participation, talent identification, and holistic player growth to address past over-reliance on naturalized players. Programs emphasize technical skills, fitness, psychology, nutrition, and education, aligning with FIFA and AFC standards.

The aim was to produce sustainable talent for national teams like Harimau Muda (U-16, U-19, U-22). Participation has grown, with over 500 teams in national leagues and international exposure via camps in Europe and Asia. Programs span grassroots (ages 5-12), state-level talent ID (13-17), and elite academies, integrating competitions like Liga Suparimau.

It now appears that FAM was never sincere about these programs. They held their local players in contempt and sort to import players, who would take places over locals who were nurtured for over a decade.

The ‘heritage player’ scandal has set back Malaysian domestic football for a generation. Malaysians have been betrayed by FAM. Malaysia as a nation must invest in its current youth, who will one day lead the nation. Its often the case that local football heroes become the great citizens of tomorrow. Instead, FAM is directing the nation’s youth away from sport into disappear and low self-esteem.

This is the real national scandal behind the so-called ‘heritage player’ scandal.

Mahathir : Malays have lost Penang

OPINION | Mahathir : Malays have lost Penang


24 Nov 2025 • 7:00 PM MYT


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Mahathir is out again, cranking up the “Malays are in danger” narrative.


In his latest statement, he even claims that Malays face the danger of “losing their country” because half the peninsula has supposedly slipped out of Malay ownership—urban and suburban lands, former colonial estates, luxury housing, industrial zones, theme parks, agricultural lands, mines, and even “almost the entirety of Penang.”


He further warns that Malay-majority constituencies will shrink, that Malays refuse to vote, and that Malay disunity ensures no Malay party can form a government.


Additionally, he is also claiming that the Malays have lost Penang. It used to be that he would only claim that the Malays have lost Singapore, but now I suppose he is adding Penang to the list as well.


He is also proposing to freeze Malay land sales except to Malay-controlled funds (PNB, EPF, KWAP, Tabung Haji), to use massive reserves such as Bank Negara’s RM400 billion, and to mobilise Malay institutions to restore Malay economic power.


And unsurprisingly, his solution is always the same:


The Malays must unite under one umbrella, put aside parties and NGOs, and gather beneath a single leadership “to save Tanah Melayu.”


And of course, that umbrella just happens to be the one he created — and the leader he wants Malays to unite under is himself.


And who does Mahathir think is posing a danger to the Malays? He doesn’t say, but considering that the country is basically made up of Malays and non-Malays, you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to figure out what Mahathir is dog-whistling about.



After all, it’s not like we only found out who Mahathir is yesterday. We have known him for a long time. Too long a time, if you ask me. When you know someone for as long as we have known Mahathir, you will always know what he means even if he doesn’t say it openly. When you know the person, you don’t have to investigate too much to know what is in their heart and mind — the fact that you know them means you know all that needs to be known.


Anyway, when I thought about why Mahathir keeps coming up with this “Malays are in danger” narrative, I realised that at the root of the problem is us — we are at fault for giving Mahathir power for too long. He ruled for 22 years in his first stint, and he likely did not fully retire after stepping down — instead he probably continued to wield power behind the scenes until he returned for another 22 months in 2018. Only after he was ousted in 2020 by the Sheraton Move was he truly expelled from the corridors of power.


As Lord Acton famously said: Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.


Going by Lord Acton’s wisdom, Mahathir has been holding power for so long that it is inevitable his heart and mind have been thoroughly corrupted by it.


When you have power but are not yet corrupted, you will see power as something you possess because of your abilities and practices.


You will believe that you gained power because you trained hard, gained skills, kept abreast of information, and that you are supposed to use all this to achieve something real.


But if you remain in power for too long — long after you have achieved your aims, or long after you’ve been given every opportunity to do so — you will become corrupted by power. And when you become corrupted, you stop associating your position of power with your abilities. Instead, you start associating it with yourself.


And when you associate power with yourself, you start believing you deserve to be at the top because it is your destiny to be there. That your nation or people depend on you being at the top. That if you are not at the top, they are in danger.


A sign you have been corrupted by power is when you start to conflate your own fortune or misfortune with something greater than yourself — the nation, the people, even God.


When you have power, you cannot understand why people complain that things are not well. You will insist that everything is fine because you are in power, and if anyone disagrees, it is because they are ungrateful, spiteful, or harbour ill intentions towards the nation and the people, for refusing to acknowledge all you have done for the people and the country.


Following the same logic, when you suffer misfortune or danger, you assume something greater — your entire race, nation, or even God itself — is also suffering. And then you start deluding yourself and everyone else into “saving” these things from danger, even though they might not actually be in danger at all and in truth, all that you are trying to save is yourself.


I think Mahathir has been corrupted by power, because why else would he still think he is capable of being prime minister, or that he has a role to save his race and nation, when he is so old he can’t even bend down to put on his shoes anymore?


In a video I saw not too long ago, the man can't even bend down to put on his shoes - instead he has a stick like apparatus that he uses to slip his shoes onto his foot while standing.


The only explanation for why someone who cannot even put on their shoes believes they are the best person to lead the country is that their heart and mind have been so corrupted by power that they genuinely believe they are the only one chosen by destiny to save the country and the people.


To justify why he must return to the top, Mahathir keeps coming up with all sorts of excuses — including that the Malays are in danger and on the brink of losing the country to “others.”


But while Mahathir might be crying wolf because he is equating his personal fears with the fears of the Malays, do the Malays feel the same way?


Well, I for one seriously, seriously doubt it.


The Malays today may have problems, but their problem is not that they think they are weak or facing imminent disaster. In the 60s, when Mahathir made his name, perhaps that was the sentiment — but not today.


The problem with the Malays today is not that they are losing, but that they don’t feel like they are winning.


When you feel like you are losing, you will feel that you don't have much, but what little you have - be it your dignity, land, self-respect and freedom, is being taken away from you. That might have been how Malays felt in the 60s. But that is not how they feel today.


Today, Malays do not feel like losers — they simply don’t feel like winners even though, by every measure of resources, status, titles, institutions, and wealth, they have every reason to feel like winners.


Winners always feel like they would rather be themselves than anyone else. Until you become a winner, you always want to be someone else. It is only when you win that you truly prefer to be yourself. That is why all of us want to be winners in the first place - it is because it until we believe that we are winners, we will never be comfortable being ourselves - we will always be harassed by a desire to be someone else.


There are many reasons why someone might not feel like a winner even when they technically have won — some internal, some external. But because this article is not about what it means to be a winner, and is instead about why Mahathir is crying wolf again, I will say this:


Whatever problems the Malays face today, Mahathir just doesn’t get it.


That is why when he preaches about Malays being in danger, his message will not make an impression on their hearts — any more than a warning about drowning will impress someone suffering from a broken heart on dry land.


In other words, because Mahathir doesn’t understand what Malays today are struggling with, whenever he tries to “help” them, all he will do is conflate his problems with theirs — and Malays will increasingly feel that Mahathir is only trying to help himself while claiming to help them.

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He's NOT worried about 'Malays losing this or that'. He's worried about:

(1) His sons' future under an Anwar government,

(2) Political rule of Malaysia will oscillate for a long long time amongst Anwar's PKR, UMNO and DAP. Yes, his bete noires (and heirs) are or will be in power for a long long time, namely, Anwar, Najib, KJ, &

(3) Blardy Chinapek (including the red dot) cannot be effectively 'dhimmi-rised'

Detractors jeer Syerleena for exposing her online perpetrators, brand her as traitor to Malay, Islam

Detractors jeer Syerleena for exposing her online perpetrators, brand her as traitor to Malay, Islam





DAP lawmaker Syerleena Abdul Rashid who has come out to strongly condemn the spread of defamatory videos on the TikTok platform which she described as a planned personal attack against her has apparently not earn any sympathy from the Malay Muslim community.


Instead, a cross-section of them even intensified their offensive against the Bukit Bendera MP with derogatory remarks such as excelling as a (DAP) lapdog, traitor to the Malays/Islam and willingly support infidels for the sake of power, among others.


Such distasteful reaction can be gauged from two Facebook posts which reported Syerleena exposing three TikTok accounts – @nowadd_, @cikguirisdelea and @sayapkiri916 – which she claimed had posted content full of false accusations, distortion of facts and hateful narratives targeting her as a woman, a Muslim and a political leader.

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Ahli Parlimen Bukit Bendera, Syerleena Abdul Rashid tampil mengecam keras penyebaran video fitnah di platform TikTok yang disifatkan sebagai serangan peribadi terancang terhadap dirinya.

Beliau mendakwa tiga akaun TikTok iaitu @nowadd_, @cikguirisdelea dan @sayapkiri916 telah menyiarkan kandungan yang penuh dengan tuduhan palsu, penyelewengan fakta serta naratif kebencian yang menyasarkan dirinya sebagai seorang wanita, Muslim dan pemimpin politik.

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Malaysia Bangkit

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Ahli Parlimen Bukit Bendera, Syerleena Abdul Rashid tampil mengecam keras penyebaran video fitnah di platform TikTok yang disifatkan sebagai serangan peribadi terancang terhadap dirinya.

Beliau mendakwa tiga akaun TikTok iaitu @nowadd_, @cikguirisdelea dan @sayapkiri916 telah menyiarkan kandungan yang penuh dengan tuduhan palsu, penyelewengan fakta serta naratif kebencian yang menyasarkan dirinya sebagai seorang wanita, Muslim dan pemimpin politik.

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While she is open to democratic criticism, the 45-year-old who was previously the DAP state assemblywoman for Seri Delima claimed that the three posts constituted character assassination and exploited religious and gender-related sentiments.

“It is a systematic attempt to silence me and destroy my credibility as a Malay-Muslim woman and elected representative,” she told a media conference in the Parliament.

Syerleena Abdul Rashid

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Berikut adalah Kenyataan Media Yang Berhormat Syerleena Abdul Rashid, Ahli Parlimen Bukit Bendera mengenai video-video TikTok yang tular yang berunsur fitnah dan hasutan kebencian.

Dikepilkan adalah gambar laporan polis yang telah dibuat di IPD Patani Road, Pulau Pinang (19 November 2025) dan link bagi video-video tersebut:

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“One of the videos said I invited Muslims to dine in a (non-halal) Chinese kopitiam, but I never did that. Nevertheless, I will continue my duty as an MP and will not allow this to distract me from speaking out for my constituents and Malaysians.”

Following this, she has recently lodged two police reports against the TikTok account holders for defaming her by calling her a threat to the country and Islam.

In a ll fairness, her electorate have credited Syerleena for showcasing exemplary tributes in accepting diversity by visiting non-Muslim places of worship, attending non-Muslim religious-centric events in her constituency or even dining with non-Muslims (in halal establishments).

Detractors unfazed

But such gesture is viewed with prejudice from the narrow-minded faction of her own community.

This led to her political enemies reminding Syerleena that she could eventually win millions in legal suit against her online perpetrators but “she still loses in the eyes of the rakyat who evaluate her”.

Or if she was unable to accept criticism “as how she has incited to bring down others, then it’s better for her just to become a garbage collector”.



Some apparently Al-Arqam sympathisers were still sour with the Madani backbencher for having proposed in the Dewan Rakyat in October 2024 that the government immediately seized the business assets of Global Ikhwan Services and Business Holdings (GISBH).



All in all, this is not the first time that Syerleena has been subject to online abuses.

On Aug 17 last year, the former pupil of Penang’s Convent Green Lane lodged a police report against individuals who have slandered her on social media by accusing her of supposedly “fighting to change Malaysia’s official religion” and “planning to attack Islamic institutions, especially JAKIM”.

“These claims are clearly extreme slanders spread by irresponsible parties with the intent to create a negative perception of me, my party and the Madani government among the public, especially the Malay community,” she had justified. – Nov 24, 2025