Friday, April 06, 2018

Mahathir's Karma

History Will Come Back To Haunt Us by Karamjit Singh (extracts only):


Most people have heard one version or another of the following quote, “Remember, what you do now will come back and haunt you in the future. Life has a funny way of making you deal with what you make others go through.”


The provisional deregistration of Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PPBM) comes as a firm reminder that karma exist. In his book ‘Government and society in Malaysia’, Australian political science scholar and author, Harold Crouch, revisited the birth of Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad’s Umno Baru.


During the constitutional crisis in Umno in the late 80’s, a new party called Umno Malaysia was formed under the leadership of the late Tunku Abdul Rahman with his deputy being the late Tun Hussein Onn. However, the Registrar Of Societies (ROS) rejected the application for the party formation. Tunku and Hussein formed an alliance to go against Mahathir for his ill demeanour. The ROS is part of the Ministry of Home Affairs and Mahathir was the minister then. As with everything else, if asked, Mahathir would of course deny his involvement in pulling the brakes on Umno Malaysia.


A leading Asean commentary site, ASEAN Today, has drawn similarities between the happenings to Mahathir today with Tunku between 1987-1990. Their analogy summed that what Mahathir did to Tunku has come back to haunt and taunt him. Despite being in poor health and confined to a wheelchair, Tunku traveled the country with a determination to stop Mahathir. Tunku too gave scathing interviews to foreign media, very much like Mahathir in recent times.


Tunku wrote in a highly influential and inflammatory weekly column, “As I See It”, in the Star newspaper. He often criticised Mahathir and his authoritarian mannerism. Following Mahathir’s Ops Lalang in 1987, the publishing permits of three newspapers were revoked, the Star being one of them. Six months later when the Star was permitted re-publication, the sitting government led by Mahathir allegedly gave strict orders to discontinue Tunku’s column.


Mahathir has also been known as a global ‘ambassador’ for election rigging during his time. From Project IC to gerrymandering, Mahathir violated every rule in the book to continue his tyranny. Despite street demonstrations and rallies across the country, the opposition could only shed tears. Presently, Mahathir is on the opposite bench with the mammoth task of upsetting the governing coalition. [...]


History is the best teacher. Errors of the past are wisdom and success of tomorrow. Malaysia’s Father of Independence passed on at the age of 87, with Mahathir very much in control of the government. With history clearly shadowing Mahathir.

Do as you might, one cannot go against the law of nature.




25 comments:

  1. Who would have thought that TDM would one day be contesting under a PKR banner and logo after 20 years. Would love to see him holding and waving a PKR flag.

    Anwar Ibrahim seems to be having the last laugh.

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    1. Last laugh until he realised Mahathir had effectively hijacked his party, especially if Jemin arranged his chess pieces well. Anwar's dynasty would be checkmated.

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    2. by the by, who is Jemin?

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    3. Internet colloquial of Azmin A.

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  2. if tat is the case, y not u just sit down n enjoy?

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    1. I am enjoying and also sharing with you lot, wakakaka

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    2. no, u sound upset, dismay, horror n anxious, almost daily.

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  3. Be careful Ktemoc....those wish ill upon other people will pay back for it later...

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    1. I have not wish anyone ill unless they have brutally hurt people like the Israelis, IS and WWII Japs. Germans have repented nationally

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  4. People who steal the rakyat's money in the billions, making the rakyat suffer tremendously while they themselves and their family live luxuriously on such ill gotten wealth will eventually, sooner or later, be sitting in the Karma Cafe which has no menus but will get served what they deserved, wakakaka.

    People who are the true purveyors of fake news but have the shameless brazen audacity to curb others to have the freedom of speech by forcing down their throats anti fake news law will soon or later be savoring this karmic law : what goes around comes back around, wakakaka.

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  5. Well, parliament has been dissolved, the electoral process has begun, enough already of speculation, allegations, forecasts, so on and so forth.

    Come election day - Que sera, sera! (Whatever will be, will be!)

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    1. Of course the dissolution just so timely, perfectly timed with the finalization of the Fake News Law, the re delineation exercise and ROS shenanigan, the 13 new seats created in East Peninsula....If the Chau Kar DUmno don't win this election then truly Ktemoc is the monkey's uncle, hihihi

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    2. I do not disagree with you, though you didn't mention najib had a good mentor, tutor and guru in all the political election shenanigans, wakakaka

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    3. Correction : ..the 13 new seats created in East Malaysia.

      Of course no one is disputing that Najib is not a good pupil of the his bapa angkat in all the chau kar-ness. Bapa borek anak rintik....but in this case, it should be Bapa borek, anak lebih borek, wakakaka....too clever by half and like that proverbial tupai, however good melompat-ing, akhirnya got jatuh juga kan...the only leader to be labelled by no less than the DOJ of USA as the biggest kleptocracy in the world. Biggest. In. The. World !

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    4. The USA had labeled Saddam as the biggest threat to world peace. And then proceeded to pound his puny armed forces into oblivion with near zero combat losses. I wouldn't put too much weight into USA labeling of so and so.

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    5. Kleptocracy? Where's the evidence? Please provide strict proof.

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    6. my visitors CK, JJ and Monsterball have tons of evidence related to 1MDB

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    7. "Puny armed forces"? You must be joking! Saddam took control of Kuwait in 2 days with well executed intrusion! That's a case of karma, I'll say!

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    8. Those evidences ARE all over the world's le!

      That's WHY pinklips is been treated like a poison ivy that no other leaders of the world r willing to entertain, unless with a 10ft pole.

      Perhaps, just like that Turnbull of oz!

      U guys r either played tak tau, paid dumb OR just pure kaki-ampu lah.

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    9. To Ktemoc and his choir boys' thinking, all these 7 countries jailing the criminals and rampas-ing the laundered money wrt to 1MDB are just doing it just for fun la and to bring down a 'democratically-elected' government of Malaysia just for the heck of it, wakakaka. Oh nevermind...Pinklip's minions have said their boss will sue...next Tuesday ! wakakakaka.

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    10. Oooop……

      De-OSA-ised the PAC's report on 1MDB would help.

      Then identify the Arab donor & the returned trace of the excess money.

      JUST for a start for yr kleptomaniac rollercoaster ride.

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    11. @Peter. Iraq armed forces 2003 was never the same level of 1991. Not with the blackmark of his failed Kuwait invasion, being ostricised by renowned arms producers, economic sanctions, internal leaders squabbling, 2 useless but cruel sons, and no more support from Russia.

      Yet he was deemed the most dangerous man after Osama and his country got invaded with ease. Still think there's any weightage to USA labeling of anyone? Pfft!

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    12. Do not try to link the foreign policies or geopolitical games of USA or any of the other 6 countries who are now bringing to book those criminals involved in 1MDB ! Here's some quotes :
      “The Department of Justice will not allow the American financial system to be used as a conduit for corruption." US Attorney General Lynch

      "The United States will not be a safe haven for assets stolen by corrupt foreign officials. Public corruption, no matter where it occurs, is a threat to a fair and competitive global economy." FBI Deputy Director McCabe.

      “We cannot allow the massive, brazen and blatant diversion of billions of dollars to be laundered through U.S. financial institutions without consequences.” - Chief Waber

      Jho Low and his pirate boss have another think coming if they think they can brazenly and arrogantly monkey around with other countries' financial system ! Just because that pirate control the mass media and managed to keep the lid on this 1MDB theft from the blur sotongs doesn't mean that all the rest in the country and also all over the world are as stupid as his bawah-the-tempurong squids.

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  6. Buah epal ada manisnya
    Sayur peria banyak kelatnya
    Hendak debat ikut hukumnya
    Kalau menyanggah tunjuk faktanya

    Kinabalu gunung mengawan
    Makin direnung semakin sayu
    Jangan fitnah sembarang orang
    Kalau palsu beroleh malu

    Berani tebang berani memikul
    Mabuk arak sehari semalam
    Yang benar pastilah timbul
    Yang salah akan tenggelam

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    1. Berpantun pulak. Oooi! Pergi sembahyang dulu sebelum bercakap. Jangan jadi orang hipokrit. Ini terjadi kerana anda tersalah baca buku. Lebih baik hentak kepala atas meja sekuat2nya. Jamin anda dapat pedoman

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