Malaysia Has More Covid Deaths Per Million Than India

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Malaysia Has More Covid Deaths Per Million Than India – Ban On Alcohol & Liquor Becomes Convenient Distraction

When Malaysia recorded 98 deaths and 9,020 daily infections on May 29, it grabbed two new records for the wrong reason. Having surpassed India in terms of Covid-19 new cases per million people, the death toll effectively pushed Malaysia to snatch another trophy from India in the category new deaths per million. Thanks to the weekend, hence less testing, the number did not deteriorate – temporarily.

While the daily new cases have stabilized and did not breach the 10,000 mark as feared, the death rate took a turn for the worse on Wednesday (June 2) when it hit 126 deaths. It was the first time the country crossed over 100 deaths in a day since the pandemic started in early 2020. The next day (Thursday), it hit 103 deaths and declined to 86 deaths (Friday) before shooting up to 109 (today).

If the charts are any indicator, Malaysia will continue to beat India in both “new infections” and “new deaths” per million for the coming weeks – or even months. Even if the current half-baked full lockdown could stop daily Coronavirus cases from breaching 10,000-milestone, the death toll will most likely stay above 100 deaths and remains there for a few good reasons.







Despite having single-handedly killed 3,291 innocent people (as of June 5), the power-hungry Muhyiddin regime has shown very little sign of doing the right thing to contain the virus. The disappointing silence from King Sultan Abdullah, the monarch who had granted the absolute power to PM Muhyiddin, has only emboldened the clueless and incompetent dictator to cling to power.

From confusion over lockdown rules and missing vaccine appointments to complaints over 95,000 companies allowed to operate during lockdown and double standards in enforcing restrictions, the writing is on the wall that the pandemic could only get worse instead of better. But the elite groups – ministers, monarchies, celebrities and whatnot – don’t care because they are rich and fully vaccinated.

Just when you thought it was bad enough after 95,142 dubious companies out of 517,144 companies were given approval to operate during the so-called national full lockdown, it now gets worse. Gaylord Azmin Ali, the Minister of International Trade and Industry (MITI), has expanded the list to include a jaw-dropping 128,150 companies to run their business as usual.



You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to know that the infections and deaths from Covid-19 will certainly get worse when rich and powerful companies could pay bribes to ministers in exchange for authorization to operate. Something is definitely wrong when two senior ministers – “turtle egg” Ismail Sabri and “gay” Azmin Ali – started banging tables in disagreement over the approvals.

Health director-general Noor Hisham Abdullah, caught between saving his own career and pleasing his boss prime minister, could only quietly and controversially shared a news report of 299 workers of an electronic factory infected with Covid-19. It appears even he is fast losing patience over the pussyfooting administration of Perikatan Nasional coalition.

The government still hasn’t learned its lesson, even after daily infections shot from 2,000 to to almost 10,000 thanks to Ramadan bazaar and the traditional “balik kampung” exodus for Hari Raya celebration. Senior Minister Ismail Sabri even had the cheek to say he had no idea how 200,000 people managed to evade the police roadblocks to return to their home towns for the festival.



And now the country’s Gaylord Azmin thinks it’s a jolly good idea to expose workers of 128,150 companies to Coronavirus. Self-proclaimed stupid PM Muhyiddin is locking himself in his Palace, leaving the country on auto-pilot as his two most trusted lieutenants, Azmin Ali and Hamzah Zainudin, continue to raid and rape the national coffers under a State of Emergency.

Yesterday, traitor and backdoor Home Minister Hamzah declared like an arrogant emperor that the Parliament will remain suspended until herd immunity is achieved. Malaysia is the only country in the world that has declared an emergency rule as well as locking up the Parliament under the pretext of fighting Coronavirus. Hamzah’s statement means more people will die.

Assuming that the country can achieve herd immunity by the end of the year, which it can’t, another 21,000 people would die – based on the remaining 210 days left and an assumption 100 daily deaths due to Covid. Vaccine Minister Khairy Jamaluddin keeps talking like a broken record that the country could reach herd immunity by year end, but has refused to justify it with any facts and figures.



To make matters worse, the genius home minister said the immigration department and the police force will hunt down illegal foreign workers in the country during the two-week lockdown. Did he think the migrants will not run and hide, but welcome the authorities to arrest and imprison them? Will not Covid-19 spread even worse when they ran away or jailed in overcrowded prisons?

Make no mistake. The only reason Mr Hamzah wanted to go after migrants is to create a demand for foreign workers so that he could take a bite of the cake, the same way former deputy PM Ahmad Zahid Hamidi collected billions of dollars of “commission” for every single migrant processed. The same game is being used by Khairy to benefit from a demand for Covid vaccines.

Essentially, authorization letters to operate is the cash cow for Azmin, the same way millions of foreign workers to Hamzah and millions of doses of Covid-19 vaccines to Khairy. As long as the pandemic is spreading, the gravy trains will feed the corrupt backdoor ministers. Prime Minister Mahiaddin alias Muhyiddin, meanwhile, is having the biggest cake – Ministry of Finance.



As Muhyiddin administration is plagued with a laundry list of grievances and backlashes from the general public, the clueless and incompetent regime has suddenly weaponized alcoholic drinks to distract attention. Deputy Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Rosol Wahid on Friday (June 4) said alcohol sales are banned, sparking uproars, especially among non-Muslims.

Even during the half-baked lockdown, the half-past-six ministry could offer some amazing dumb rules. When grilled, Mr Rosol argued that the sales of alcoholic drinks are “forbidden” as it is a “non-essential” service under the ongoing total lockdown, while cigarette sales could go ahead to serve the needs of people with a “smoking addiction”.

However, the sudden bizarre rule introduced by the backdoor government was not only selective, confusing and discriminatory, but also contradicts with the health protocols issued by the National Security Council (NSC). According to the rules set by the NSC itself, only liquor shops and factories were prohibited from operating, not the sale of alcoholic beverages.



It was so dumb that even the despicable Federal Territories Minister Annuar Musa could not agree with the logic offered by his colleague. Since pubs and karaokes are closed, the question of serving liquor does not arise. Following heavy criticisms, Rosol quickly reversed the blanket ban and said alcohol beverages can be sold at premises such as convenience stores and supermarkets with licences to sell liquor.

With the latest flip-flop, was the initial argument still valid? Have alcoholic drinks now magically become essential service, when it was initially claimed to be otherwise? Obviously, the deputy minister has made a fool of himself with the U-turns. The Muhyiddin government wanted to divert attention, hoping to make it a race and religion issue. But the plan was too stupid it didn’t work.