reading up on the carrian case again and its wild how much of the 1MDB playbook already happened in 1983. bank bumiputra's HK subsidiary lent close to a billion US dollars to carrian, a property group run by george tan, a former pest control man nobody in HK finance had heard of a few years earlier. when the loans went bad the bank sent an internal auditor, jalil ibrahim, to look at the files. he was found strangled in a hotel room in july 1983. a man was convicted of the murder, and from the witness box he accused tan of ordering it, which tan's lawyers denied. nobody else was ever charged over the death.

tan was arrested twelve weeks later, and thirteen years after that he pleaded guilty in HK to conspiracy to defraud the bank. petronas ended up bailing out bank bumiputra, and not for the last time.

feels like malaysia's original state bank scandal but it barely gets talked about compared to 1MDB. anyone here old enough to remember how it was covered at the time?

Sorry guys, it's a bit blur..

So it's the end of the merdeka holiday and I was driving back to my uni which is in the middle of nowhere(Kampar 🥀) with my family (mom and sis). We usually do this journey at midnight right after my mom finished working.

So as we are almost arriving to my uni town me and my mom (who is still awake atp) saw a motorcycle laying beside the road. At first I didn't really want to care about it but my mom suddenly told me to check what if the fallen rider was in the drain "longkang" as you can hear from the dashcam vid.

So I do a U-turn and try to check then suddenly another rider comes... I ask him to check and he just screams "ADA ORANG ADA ORANG" (There's people there, There's people there) with a SMILE(You can see in the vid)... So me and my mom are cautious at this point and my mom's instinct was to tell us not to go down.... After the person goes near the "fallen rider" the rider SIT UP and looks unhurt... So I just nope out from there and tell the dude to settle it. When we go by the person who is supposed to "fall into the drain" was unhurt and staring at me.. the clothes are not wet and there's no bruises or blood and no helmet... So we just nope out from there....

When I checked the dashcam footage I realized there were so many other red flags that we had missed like the motorcycle was not damaged and where the other rider came from... (He came from the side not from the main roads) And the way the fallen rider and the other rider keep looking at us wanting us to go down the car...(You can see clearly in the dashcam vid)

Lesson learned... I will not stop for any random ppl anymore.. I know it sounded selfish but I'm sorry this Shi is traumatic enough for us.

TLDR: Stop to check a random motorcycle that is laying beside the road scared it's a real accident apparently it's a bait.

Betta chini, Chin’s fighting fish.

Endemic to blackwater peat swamps in west Sabah, and found nowhere else. It is classified as endangered by the IUCN due to habitat destruction as the area is developed and urbanised every day.

However I know some Malaysians who have bred this species in captivity. Males can be recognised by more colourful scales and patterned fins.
They are paternal mouthbrooders.

The scientific name honours the Malaysian ichthyologist Datuk Chin Phui Kong (1923-2016).

Seorang lelaki Melayu berbaju oren atau coklat dipercayai telah membuat provokasi serta merempuh serta menolak orang awam yang sedang menunggu pembukaan pagar tempat duduk sehingga berlaku tolak-menolak dan menyebabkan beberapa individu terjatuh.

Tak payah susah2 rebut tempat duduk dah, polis jemput gi balai duduk 🤭

Hello amazing people, I just came back from my Malaysia trip and I already miss being there.
I loved the places. There are a couple of things I really liked, like being able to go out without worrying that someone will stab me or snatch my things.

The food was great. I’m from a place where the food has a lot of flavour and I’m a bit picky about food in general, but I really liked Malaysian food. The flavours were nice.

My favourite thing was the people. They are so fun to talk to and they like to talk and interact, which is great. I kept getting smiles and great conversations with people I don’t know. I had many conversations with Grab drivers, random shop owners, etc.

The weather is on the hotter side but pleasant, and I like it a lot. The most important and biggest thing I liked, and the thing I care about, is civic sense. No one honks for no reason, people know how to be civic.

I really liked how there is a balance of nature and infrastructure. There are many huge buildings but they are surrounded by a lot of trees and nature.

Everything felt very systemised and hassle free. The roads are clean, the people are nice, there is a ton of stuff to do, and the malls are gigantic.

I loved Malaysia and I would love to spend a long time there.
It’s on the expensive side but manageable for me.

Overall 10/10.

Thank you for reading.

Malaysia is expected to recruit around 200,000 migrant workers from Bangladesh over the next six months, according to the Bangladeshi government.

Air pollution in Malaysia’s Bornean state of Sarawak has surged into hazardous territory, with the air pollutant index (API) topping 400 in the worst-hit district, as forest fires raging in Indonesia continue to send thick smoke drifting across the border.

salam merdeka, pengalaman pertama datang ombak klcc(tak cuba pun, balik terus)

dah pos dekat bolehland, sy post balik sini.

Macam ni, saya park dekat P4 nak keluar kereta pergi ke lift, tak tahu mungkin saya ke yang buta tak nampak air tahi bertakung, kaki kanan terus ke dalam air tu. malu 1 family lain nampak terus pergi kereta balik, nasib baik ada selipar dlm kereta.

saya cari tangga untuk naik mall sebab malu seluar dah basah gila + busuk bau tahi. naik2 terus cari tandas tembak kaki kanan guna air tapi masih busuk gila.

lepas siap saya cari managment office, tanya dekat information, abang tu okay dia iring saya ke management office, bila dah sampai saya tunjuk gambar kasut dengan seluar dah basah. saya tanya "kenapa tak tutup", dia jawab memang ada masalah leak, dan dah ada warning, tapi warning tu dari depan masalahnya!.

saya tanya baik2, minta la mana tahu ada ganti rugi, dia cakap "kita tak boleh buat apa2" "kita just bagi warning untuk benda ni tak berlaku lagi". saya tanya lagi "memang tak ada ganti rugi ke" dia ckp "tak ada".

seluar dah buang, kasut sy tinggal sana, tak boleh pakai dah langsung. dan saya pun balik kajang drive lebih 30 minit dengan kaki kanan gatal teruk sambil drive.

perlu ke saya buat report lagi? kalau ya dekat mana ya? website ombak klcc tak membantu.

nak minta pendapat kawan2🙏

Location names ;

1. Colmar Tropicale (French-themed Village)

2. Berjaya Hills Golf & Country Club

3. Japanese Village

4. Atma - Four Face Brahma Temple (aka Four Faced Buddha)

5. Bukit Tinggi Horse Trail Rides

Hope everyone is easing back into work week after the Merdeka weekend

Feel free to ask me anything about the trip 🫶

Hello, Selamat Merdeka.

Two muslim foreigners are looking to get married in Malaysia. They're of different nationalities. One has a work permit in Malaysia, and the other is on a tourist visa.

What is an easy and uncomplicated way for them to get married and register the marriage in Malaysia? They want to register so the one without a visa can get a dependent visa.

Some Malaysian friends said the process in Malaysia is complicated and requires a lot of paperwork, and advised it would be easier to do it in Thailand. And both chatgpt and gemini agree!

Any guidance would be appreciated 🙏

The air quality here is so awful that I can't even breath without wearing a mask.

Just wanted to review their walks as I attended both of them. You can find their website here: https://freewalkkualalumpurunscripted.com/

They are quick to contact you after you book, and inform you of any changes as soon as it happens. They are most accessible through Whatsapp (as many services also rely on whatsapp to communicate), where they send you the information for the walk. For example, my tour guide had a last minute change on my first walk, and she was just as informative.

Both starting areas are fairly easy to find as they are hotels and are important to the history of Kuala Lumpur. They provide free drinks and a bathroom at the very start. The tour guides I met (Marie and Jane) were incredibly friendly and passionate about the history of Kuala Lumpur. You get to learn about the many types of people who lived here, and how the city developed over time. It's quite fascinating how fast the country's changed.

They take you directly to locations and show you old pictures of them so you can compare how it looks today to then. The tour is packed with information with every step. You learn about how much the culture changed, and what the average person thought during specific years and events.

There are also chances to buy food and drinks during the tour, but you will probably miss a little bit trying to catch up with the group. Even then, they will always fit in time to let you try authentic Malaysian cuisine (or local Chinese food on the chinatown walk). The guides are always suggesting fantastic places to visit even outside of the tour.

Overall the tour is way too good to be free, so please tip them. You can either use cash or touch n go ewallet to pay them. They are incredibly passionate people and you won't want to miss this tour if you're looking for something to do.

His Royal Highness therefore called on everyone to discharge their responsibilities with honesty, no matter how small, saying trust and integrity are fundamental to genuine prosperity and independence.

"Managing public funds with integrity is a sign of our love for the community and the country. Do not allow wealth meant to benefit the people to be misappropriated for personal gain.

"Those guilty must be punished, those who uphold their trust must be supported and good systems must continue to be improved," the Ruler said.

A 36 years old Malay male teacher sexually molest 3 teenagers. According to LinkedIn website, he was a special needs education teacher. The three girls that he molested probably special needs children. https://my.linkedin.com/in/muhamad-asyraf-ahmad-068137b6