Zufar Zeid

Forensic Pathology. Apatheistic humanist. A speck of dust trapped on a small knot in an immense cosmic network.

[Azira 🇲🇾 🌺 @ladymissazira]

My opinion on Rohingya refugee issue in Malaysia.

1. Malaysia is one of the few countries that allows Rohingya refugees to land safely and stay temporarily on our soil pending resettlement by @Refugees. In contrast, Singapore and Thailand are known to push refugee boats back out to sea;

2. Malaysia historically does not allow refugees (with strict exemptions) to legally work until recently and even then restricted to labour intensive jobs (https://t.co/FGV2a4MhJz);

3. Malaysian government does not allow refugees or foreigners to enjoy the rights that full citizens have for eg public healthcare and education, they have to pay full pricing for it. That is the case for any country in SEA.

Foreigners including refugees who were treated due to compassion cost Malaysian taxpayers RM102 million of unpaid bills alone since 2023. (https://t.co/urOaeqNk8i);

4. Malaysians alongside @Refugees and other home-grown NGOs including those founded by refugee communities themselves are allowed to collect donations from Malaysians & other funders, operate food banks and schools for them.

In my youth activism days @LigaRakyatLRD is one of them. @PichaEats even provides employment opportunities for cooks.

5. Undocumented migrants exposes any sovereign nation to security risks because espionage, terrorist movement, etc, we are Tier 2 in human trafficking because of Item 1 Malaysia's kindness in accepting refugees.

It is perfectly understandable for Malaysia to demand @Refugees to allow Home Ministry access to their records to ensure they're filtering out criminals from genuine survivors properly.

Any sovereign country in the world has similar concerns.

The friction arises because of the lack of foresight in the previous BN-led government then in not preparing resources to teach refugees we accepted to assimilate with local culture.

With no proper onboarding procedure they don't have the knowledge or cultural sensitivity to comply with our culture or our laws coupled with the lack of legal employment opportunities.

They're just on permanent survival mode.

I've worked with refugees and have met lovely people. The ones I've the privilege to call allies graduated from NGO-sponsored schools and have been resettled by @Refugees to home countries like the USA.

Sadly, refugees who are uneducated are still in Malaysia waiting their turn, which makes me think. We should've kept the educated good ones for our own labour force.

If those countries only demand educated/verified individuals for resettlement in their countries, why should Malaysia be demonised for still hosting the refugees nobody wants? This is the source of public anger against Noor Azizah.

If they made it to a developed nation, give back to the community left here by sponsoring the schools so that the rest of the community here too, can qualify for resettlement in other developed nations.

[Dibs @adibhazlami]

Zaman Imperial Japan jugak buat jadi bahan lawak.

Makin lama, sejarah berdarah makin di whitewash dengan jenaka.

[Farhan @lamkanahraf]

Interesting OpEd in FMT today, written by someone named “Yang Bin”.

Naturally, I Googled.

On FMT’s own author page, as far as I can see, there’s only one article under this name: the one published today attacking @rafiziramli.

The article itself only identifies Yang Bin as an “FMT reader”.

Search the name “Yang Bin” and macam-macam keluar.

One is linked to a crypto Ponzi case in Singapore. Another is the so-called “Kim Jong Il’s godson” Yang Bin.

I’m not saying this FMT writer is either of them. That would be irresponsible without proof.

But that’s exactly the point.

If a media portal wants to publish a politically loaded hit piece by someone with no clear public profile, no credentials, and no author history, then the least they can do is be more transparent.

Otherwise it looks less like an independent OpEd, and more like a conveniently placed smear under a disposable name.

FMT kena check sikit lah. Kalau nak buat kempen tersusun pun, jangan malas sangat.

[ammardathinker @ammardathinker]

Brader, awak literally tengah meng-HinduBuddhist-splaining orang yang tok nenek dia dulu memang devaraja Hindu-Buddha. Ni moyang saya dari belah mak, Ratu Suhita Majapahit. Muka saya dan dia masih sama lagi.

[Anwar Ibrahim @anwaribrahim]

Terkesan tatkala menerima laporan kebakaran di Kampung Bahagia, Sandakan yang telah memusnahkan ratusan buah rumah penduduk kampung. Justeru, keutamaan kini adalah keselamatan mangsa serta bantuan segera di lapangan. Kerajaan Persekutuan sedang menyelaras bersama Kerajaan Negeri Sabah untuk bantuan asas dan penempatan sementara sesegera mungkin.

Foto: JBPM Sabah

[James Chin @jameschin110]

Far too many people in UMNO still think Najib is innocent - it’s like the whole party has been brainwashed. UMNO is still actively campaigning for Najib to receive a full pardon. That’s exactly why UMNO under Zahid must never be allowed back into the PM's office. Speaker is Malaysian economist Dr Muhammed Abdul Khalid.
#Malaysia #NajibRazak #Corruption #1MDB

[rolx @shazrolx]

@FreeMsian Nice one @GrabMY

[Thevesh @Thevesh]

Tan Sri Hashim Abdullah had a big impact on the nation for sure.

Among his "contributions" to our democracy was overseeing the 2018 delimitation of Peninsular Malaysia, where we saw some of the most blatant instances of gerrymandering ever—particularly in Selangor, KL, and Perak.

Below are two maps showing samples of his work:
• Expansion of PJ Selatan into PJ, with more than double the number of voters (to lump urban voters into 1 seat and dilute their vote), with the definition of 'Petaling Jaya' stretched so far west that it included parts of Shah Alam 😂
• Extreme distortion of Ipoh Timor boundaries, with the defintion of 'Ipoh' stretched so far south that it clearly encroached into Gopeng 😂

The gerrymandered map was ultimately bulldozed through in 2018, in time to be used for GE-14 in May (note: a lot of drama and backstory on this since 2016, but that's for another day).

It's worth noting that the rakyat managed to remove BN/UMNO from power DESPITE the gerrymandering, and a lot of other dirty tactics which affected the integrity of the electoral roll and conduct of elections. Must be said, the EC has improved a lot since then, but the upcoming redrawing of Sarawak's boundaries will be a real acid test.

If we had proper Truth-and-Reconciliation type structures in Malaysia, which fearlessly and objectively scrutinised all the players who were complicit in assault on our democratic institutions, it's possible that history would judge figures like Tan Sri Hashim Abdullah far less kindly.

As someone who works in the public sector myself, I do not accept the argument that someone in the position of the SPR Chair can say "Maaf, ikut arahan je ya".

A working-level staff, perhaps. Not someone who bore the ultimate mandate for submitting a fair and constitutional proposal to the PM.

[Romain Molina @Romain_Molina]

It has been more than six months since FIFA imposed its first sanction against the Malaysian Football Association 🇲🇾 and the seven players who used their grandparents’ forged documents

More than six months, and still no one is able to answer a simple question: Who authorized this within the FAM? Who came up with the idea of forging documents?

The law of silence is a constant in football —primarily in Asia, I should say, given the dangers or political ramifications. And to believe that those responsible are simply at the federation or are merely part of the wave of resignations is wishful thinking: the network is as much about soccer as it is about politics.

We’ll come back to this, as doubts remain regarding the origins of other naturalized players...

[CodeBlue @codebluenews]

In a next level scheme at Tunku Azizah Hospital (HTA) in KL, a 28-year-old N1 admin assistant (pembantu tadbir or PT) allegedly scammed at least 187 housemen in the paediatric department of the government hospital out of more than RM47,000 over the past two and a half years from Sept 2023 to March 2026.

The female junior PT's alleged con was two-pronged: collecting an RM900 "refund" by falsely claiming that the government "overpaid" emoluments and a “fee” of RM40 to RM45 for a compulsory course, the neonatal resuscitation programme (NRP), that was actually free of charge.

Payments by 187 known victims – all doctors during housemanship postings to HTA’s paediatric department – were either banked into the admin asssistant's personal account or physically paid to her in cash, totalling RM47,210 over the past 30 months.

The 187 people paid the PT either RM45 or RM40 each, except one who paid RM120, under the NRP scam, totalling RM8,210. Forty-two of them were additionally hoodwinked by the salary scam, with 40 housemen getting cheated of RM900 each, one of RM1,200, and another of RM1,800, totalling RM39,000.

Based on CodeBlue’s interviews with a dozen victims this week, most, if not all, of the deceptions and financial transactions in the admin assistant’s alleged criminal fraud occurred in their workplace at HTA.

The junior doctors said they didn’t think much about making payment to the PT’s personal account at the time, citing a heavy clinical work burden and trust in “Kak S*****”, whom they relied heavily on for human resource responsibilities.

“She showed me the QR code and said it was her personal account. I never hesitated and I never doubted because I never thought of being scammed by her since she’s the admin. Whatever she said, I fully trusted her. So I straight away banked it to her," a houseman told CodeBlue.

RM900 Salary Scam: Forged Document

The PT allegedly used a forged document to convince house officers to pay her a "refund" of RM900, supposedly because the government "overpaid" their RM300 monthly Imbuhan Tetap Khidmat Awam allowance.

Her alleged modus operandi (MO) involved setting up one-on-one meetings in her office on Level 6 of HTA with her victims, during which she falsely claimed to junior doctors that the government had “overpaid” their emolument for the first three months of housemanship by RM900. She gave them a form to sign.

The fake document titled “Bayaran Balik Emolumen Terlebih Bayar PPS”, which had the doctor's name and IC number, was actually a forgery of a genuine Gantian Cuti Rehat document.

The PT gave housemen two options to pay the RM900 "refund": by cash in an envelope that they could submit to Unit Gaji themselves or via QR code to her personal account. Her victims all chose to directly bank in the money to her.

RM45 NRP Scam: Housemen Batches on Orientation Day

If the admin assistant's MO for her alleged RM900 salary scam was individual shakedowns during personal meetings in her office, her alleged RM45 NRP hustle defrauded entire groups of house officers during orientation at the MOH hospital.

Being the sole PT in charge of trainee doctors in HTA’s paediatrics department, she conducted briefings alone for housemen on the first day of their posting to the department, without anyone else present in the room.

Housemen were told varying accounts of the RM45 payment for the compulsory NRP course: a fee, or for books or certification, but these were actually free of charge.

Based on CodeBlue’s interviews, the admin assistant wouldn’t let the trainee doctors leave the room until everyone paid her RM45 there and then, either via QR code to her personal account or cash.

End of 30-Month Scam

Two of the PT's victims ended her 30-month scam last March 27, after the house officers went to Unit Gaji and the human resource department and discovered that the RM900 form was a fake document.

At least 13 police reports have been filed.

CodeBlue understands that the admin assistant, who is reportedly a contract staff under the government's MyStep programme, has since been terminated.

When contacted, the PT told CodeBlue that she was “cooperating” to resolve the “financial issues”, adding that she hoped “this issue can be resolved privately and not published in an article”.

In a WhatsApp message to a houseman, the 28-year-old woman claimed that this was the "first time I did something like this" and that her family was in debt with loan sharks.

HTA and MOH Putrajaya declined comment, citing the ongoing police investigation.

Read more: https://t.co/u88iTmYfE7

[Romain Molina @Romain_Molina]

I’m working on a longer article about the state of Malaysian football 🇲🇾 and the struggles it faces

No publication date yet, but I’m working on it ; one of my priorities this year is to publish more investigative pieces on Asian football, as what’s happening is completely abnormal (Afghanistan 🇦🇫, India 🇮🇳, Laos 🇱🇦, Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 and so many other football associations...)

[Romain Molina @Romain_Molina]

Johor Darul Ta'zim Club 🇲🇾 has ordered me to delete my post and publish another one within 24 hours stating that the club – and, above all, its owner, the Regent of Johor – has nothing to do with any of this, failing which I face attacks and legal action

Firstly : intimidation may work on some people, but I have not backed down in the face of international paedophile networks (which have led to the imprisonment of dozens of coaches and officials across the sporting world), so if you think you can intimidate me with this, you can try again.

Secondly : I was referring to the Malaysian Football Association, not your club specifically. Are some of the players sanctioned for false licences part of Johor? Yes (Irazabal, Figueiredo or Hevel). Does that imply that Johor is responsible for the trafficking? No, but on the other hand, Johor may well have inadvertently breached the rule on the number of foreign players allowed in a Malaysian Super League match

Take the match against Negeri Sembilan, where those three players featured, plus the Brazilians Jairo and Bergson, the South Korean Park, the Malian Sidibé, the Spaniard Arribas, and the Azerbaijani Israfilov

There were more than six foreign players on the pitch (seven in the starting line-up), so why didn’t the federation strip them of the victory? The sanction is INTERNATIONAL, so Malaysia Super League must also be affected

Nothing more, unless your club is above the law?

No ill will

Keep the faith !

[Romain Molina @Romain_Molina]

The system of false nationalities used by the Malaysian Football Association 🇲🇾 has been detrimental not only to Asian opponents but also to Malaysian teams in the league itself, as the fraud benefited the Johor Darul Ta'Zim club – owned by the eldest son of the King of Malaysia and Sultan of Johor

Despite the sanctions imposed (belatedly) by FIFA on the players and the federation (merely a fine), a question arises : how did the officials manage to get away with NOTHING ?

How can the federation continue to act as if nothing had happened, given that Malaysian football is, to boot, riddled with serious problems (refereeing, the fixture list, failure to comply with basic rules and regulations, match-fixing, violence...) ?

[Fadiah Nadwa 法迪婭·娜德娃 @FadiahNadwa]

I’ve been banned from entering Singapore & was just deported to Malaysia. I asked immigration to provide the grounds for the ban/deportation, but they said they could not disclose them. It’s stunning bcs I stayed there for 5 years & was conferred a doctoral degree on 31 January.

[God Empress of Mankind @nuhre_]

Every couple of months I feel contractually obligated to remind you why I hate Dragon Age: The Veilguard:

• Three games worth of choices? Basically irrelevant.
• Your world states from Origins, DA2, and Inquisition? Decorative.
• Years of carefully built lore? Compressed into “the elves did it.”
• Except wait! Not even the elves, because now the Executors (a secret Illuminati faction we’ve never heard of) have apparently been manipulating events behind the scenes the entire time.

So congratulations:
Illusion of choice ×1000.

But wait, there’s more:

• The Chantry/Maker mystery—one of the most interesting religious conflicts in the setting—basically sidelined.
• The Old Gods/Archdemons lore thread that fueled the entire Blight storyline? Suddenly background noise.
• Decades of political tension between nations like Orlais, Ferelden, and Tevinter reduced to set dressing.
• The morally gray world that made Origins special replaced with something that feels way safer and flatter.
• Characters constantly explaining the lore instead of letting the world breathe.
• The tone shift that makes the setting feel less like dark fantasy and more like fantasy theme park dialogue.

Ten+ years of buildup and mysteries and it all boils down to:

“Actually there was an even more secret secret group controlling everything.”

Amazing. Glad the last three games were basically optional reading.

[GP size 80 @guttapercha80]

At least we still have our twin towers standing

[ᴊᴏᴇ ʟᴇᴇ @iamjoelee]

Lowest birth rate in the world, top ten highest suicide rate, worst elderly poverty, always top ten highest household debt in the world, worst gender pay gap not to mention always top tier for overwork culture...the list goes on.

You sell inferiority through pop culture this reliance on perfection that can only be attained through ridiculous beauty standards and unrealistic expectations and dystopian realisation through dramas and films.

Not to mention you sell bastardised American "culture" through appropriation of African American music and fashion.

And of course, most of y'all racist as fuck always talking down to South East Asians because you think we're inferior to you.

Questions?

[James Chin @jameschin110]

🔥🔥Please read this article carefully. It has been blocked in Malaysia because it shows the Malaysian military is not capable of defending the country due to high level corruption.

You decide for yourself if the story is true. Here are the main scandals:
1) A suspected 26-company cartel allegedly bribed senior officers to rig tenders for supply and maintenance contracts. The MACC investigation covers 158 projects valued over RM500,000 each, plus over 4,500 smaller ones. Raids led to frozen bank accounts, seizures of tens of millions of ringgit in cash, and luxury items like Rolex watches.
2) Just five months prior, five intelligence officers from the Malaysian Defense Intelligence Organization, including Colonel Muhammad Haris Asmuni, were arrested for a five-year smuggling operation. They sold operational data to smugglers, amassing up to RM3 million (US$714,000) in bribes, allowing contraband to evade detection.
3) Scorpene Submarines (1990s): US$1 billion deal for French subs, impractical for Malaysia's waters and later disposed of. Involved €140 million "commissions" to UMNO, steered by then-Defense Minister Najib Razak. Linked to the 2006 murder of Mongolian translator Altantuya Shaariibuu by Najib's bodyguards using military explosives; Abdul Razak Baginda was implicated.
4) Littoral Combat Ships (2022): RM9 billion contract with Boustead Naval Shipyard; RM6 billion paid, but none delivered. Design changes without navy input, leading to mismanagement charges against a former navy chief. Ex-army chief Zamrose Zain quit as Boustead director amid allegations.
5) MD530G Helicopters (2015): RM300 million contract; only 35% (RM112.65 million) paid, but none delivered. Led to a 2019 MACC complaint over suspected corruption.
6) A-4 Skyhawk Jets (1980s): 88 decommissioned jets bought; only 40 upgraded. Costs ballooned from US$1 million per jet to over US$320 million total. High accident rate and operational failures, labeled a "fiasco."
7) Belgian SIBMAS armored vehicles: Too large for air transport without modifications.
8) British Alvis Scorpion tanks: Guns switched to incompatible models via bribes, reducing firepower and speed.
I hope MACC can do something. This is the reason why nobody in the region takes the Malaysian armed forces seriously.
Madani, you should not be hiding these scandals. Do you really think you can hide this information in the soc-med age? Better to do something than to protect them! They are not worth protecting if they sell out Malaysia's security.

[Sangita Myska @SangitaMyska]

Yes, we should support the women of Iran who are deprived of universal human rights - however, your brand of selective feminism is not feminism. It’s cynical posturing to cover for the fact that you (and others) have abandoned the women and girls of Palestine/Gaza during an ongoing genocide; their universal human rights have been trampled on for decades. It’s a facet of privileged-white feminism that you choose to highlight the plight of women of colour when it won’t cost you a thing by way of book deals, adulation or status. Until you educate yourself about intersectionality - and walk the talk - you’re in no position to preach about “revealing yourself”.

[Sony Thăng @nxt888]

You’re confusing atrocity with system.

Yes, Japan committed the Nanjing massacre.

Yes, Britain starved India.

Yes, empires have slaughtered civilians for centuries.

That’s not the argument.

The argument is this:

The United States didn’t invent mass killing.

It invented the modern doctrine of terror as policy and then wrapped it in legality, bureaucracy, and moral language.

Firebombing cities was not a battlefield accident.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki were not acts of desperation.

Korea was not collateral damage.

Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia were not excess.

They were deliberate strategies to break civilian will, justified openly by planners, generals, and presidents.

And here’s the difference you’re forgetting:

Japan lost.

Britain lost its empire.

The U.S. won, then rewrote terror as "rules-based order,"

Bombing as "deterrence,"

And mass death as "peacekeeping."

That’s why when others commit violence, it’s called terrorism.

When Washington does it, it’s called leadership.

So no, this isn’t about who killed first.

It’s about who turned terror into a permanent operating system, exported it globally, and still pretends to be the moral referee.

If terrorism has a capital, it’s not where atrocities happened.

It’s where atrocities were normalized, legalized, and repeated.