Marina won skudai with a 13,943 vote majority. Losing a seat is one thing. Losing a credible voice is another!!! A party that speaks of inclusivity should be careful not to make diversity look temporary!!! Representation is easy to showcase. Retention is the real test!!!
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PETALING JAYA: DAP’s already fragile standing among the Malay electorate has suffered yet another blow following the debacle involving outgoing Skudai assemblyman Marina Ibrahim, political analysts said.
The Asia Group associate vice-president Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani and James Chin of the University of Tasmania said the issue only reinforced the perception that DAP’s Malay leaders and elected representatives—even popular figures like Marina—merely make up the supporting cast in the Chinese-dominated party.
Chin said the DAP has already been painted by rivals as being anti-Malay and anti-Islam. The perception of trying to push Marina out of Skudai would not help the party’s cause, he added.
“It will affect their standing among potential Malay supporters, who may see this as an example that confirms that DAP bullies the Malays within its own party,” he said, noting that Marina was one of its few elected representatives.
According to Chin, the rotation of DAP candidates is a common tactic the party employs to broaden its influence, using well-known figures to strengthen support beyond traditional bases and capture seats from rivals. However, he claimed that, by convention, such moves typically occur when elected representatives themselves offer to venture beyond their constituencies, rather than being forcibly moved out.
“In this case, it’s clear Marina was pushed out and has decided to rebel against the leadership (by quitting politics as a whole). It looks like she said no and the leadership kept pressuring her (to run in Tiram).”
The group includes MPs Syahredzan Johan (Bangi), Young Syefura Othman (Bentong) and Syerleena Abdul Rashid (Bukit Bendera). It also contains four assemblymen: Tengku Zulpuri Shah Raja Puji (Tras), Zairil Khir Johari (Tanjong Bunga), Aziz Bari (Tebing Tinggi) and Jamaliah Jamaluddin (Bandar Utama). A first-term assemblyman for Skudai, Marina was elected in 2022, winning the Chinese-majority seat with a 13,943-vote majority. On Sunday, she announced she was leaving politics to return to community work.
A government elected to change the system is increasingly occupied with preserving the coalition!!! When political survival starts overtaking reform, voters usually notice first!!!
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's ruling coalition will face a test of its public support amid signs of internal tensions after two states this week called snap elections, as speculation mounts over an early national poll https://t.co/Azy967Fgw2
Policies reveal priorities. If a guideline needs to be withdrawn because it overlooked religious sensitivities the bigger question is how it passed in the first place!!! In a diverse society, fairness should be measured in rules, not reassurances!!!
📌 Selangor’s 2025 planning guidelines, currently on hold, require non-Muslim houses of worship to be no taller than nearby mosques and cap their height at 21.9 metres, Malaysiakini reports.
Other requirements include :
• Must consider aesthetic harmony, including skyline consistency, colour schemes, and overall visual impact.
• Not allowed in commercial zones.
• Existing commercial buildings cannot be converted into places of worship.
• Must not be located on main roads or cul-de-sacs.
• Must have controlled access via service roads or a lay-by at the entrance.
• Provision planned at a ratio of one non-Muslim house of worship per 5,000 residents.
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A Rm115 mil disposal may be perfectly ordinary but investors hv always known one rule that is insiders sell for many reasons yet the timing is what everyone studies!!! Markets tend to notice when footprints start heading toward the exit!!!
Vincent Tan has reduced his stake in Berjaya Corp to around 15% and is no longer a substantial shareholder in six listed companies, including Berjaya Property, Sports Toto and Atlan Holdings Bhd.
The billionaire sold more than 461 million Berjaya Corp shares worth about RM115 million, The Edge reports, citing Bloomberg data.
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🚨TW: Child Abuse
Police are probing a claim that a 7 year old boy was forced to drink chilli-laced water by a teacher at a childcare centre in Taman Sri Kluang.
The centre said an internal review was conducted and the teacher involved no longer worked there.
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You fine Prasarana , Gov will end up paying.
The best you can do is to sack the whole Board and the Senior Management Team.
Get the best to replace them ~ chosen purely on merit.
Right qualifications and experience.
Beatings, delayed treatment & medical neglect. 60 officers entered. 1 charged!! If that’s all accountability demands then the system isn’t broken!!! It is working exactly as designed!!!
The son of inmate Gan Chin Eng, who died after allegedly being beaten by prison officers at Taiping Prison, has described a damning inquiry report by Suhakam as only the beginning of the next step.
The 20-year-old dentistry student, who requested anonymity, said he has yet to find closure and that his family remained devastated by the death of his father, 62, on Jan 17 last year.
“We are already at a low point following my father’s death. It can’t go lower than this,” he was quoted as saying by online portal TwentyTwo13.
Full story: https://t.co/0uvJt3ybNr
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded in a massive fireball while undergoing a test on a Florida launchpad Thursday evening.
It deals a major setback to the Jeff Bezos-backed firm in its efforts to challenge a dominant SpaceX. More here: https://t.co/Oj001izzd1
Defending truth sounds noble until it comes from a government under which msia fell to 107th in the World Press Freedom Index!! Hard to preach media integrity while managing narratives by intimidation!!!
Ketika fitnah boleh tersebar dalam sekelip mata dan persepsi sering mengatasi realiti, wartawan berdiri di barisan hadapan sebagai benteng yang mempertahankan integriti maklumat.
Peranan wartawan tidak terbatas kepada mencatat peristiwa semata-mata. Mereka juga menjadi antara suara penting yang menegakkan kebenaran ketika masyarakat berdepan kekeliruan dan spekulasi.
Setiap berita yang disampaikan memerlukan penelitian, pengesahan dan rasa tanggungjawab yang tinggi, kerana kepercayaan masyarakat bukan sesuatu yang boleh diperoleh dengan mudah, tetapi lahir daripada kejujuran, ketelusan dan kesungguhan yang konsisten.
Apabila integriti dijadikan pegangan, dan kebenaran menjadi keutamaan, wartawan akan terus berdiri sebagai benteng maklumat yang sahih, kerana pada akhirnya, kewartawanan bukan hanya tentang menyampaikan berita, tetapi tentang memelihara amanah dan mempertahankan kepercayaan.
Selamat Hari Wartawan Nasional.
Msia’s exports worth over 70% of gdp yet under ur watch businesses got tariff anxiety, ev policy flipflops & investors got mixed signals! Pandan deserves more than a parachute candidate with a polished cv!! Fr miti to contest anywhere, u seem to change lanes faster than policy!!!
Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz said he is prepared to contest in whichever parliamentary seat PKR deems necessary in the next general election, including the Pandan seat synonymous with ex-PKR deputy president Datuk Seri Rafizi Ramli.
The senior political adviser to Prime Minister and PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the matter would ultimately be decided by the party leadership.
“I am ready to contest anywhere if given the opportunity. (However), I will leave the decisions to the party leadership,” he told was quoted as saying by New Straits Times.
Tengku Zafrul made the remarks during PKR’s Hari Raya Aidiladha programme in Pandan.
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Msia talks energy transition yet gas fired power jumped 50.5% in a year to feed heatwaves & data centres!!! Demand rose 11.5% but so did dependence on fossil fuels!!! Hard to call it a transition when every surge in demand pulls us deeper into the same old addiction!!!
Malaysia is ramping up gas-fired power generation to meet electricity demand driven by hotter weather and the rapid expansion of data centres, Reuters reports.
Gas-fired output in Peninsular Malaysia surged at its fastest pace since at least 2018 to a record 5.54 terawatt-hours in April, while coal-fired generation fell sharply as the country reduced reliance on imported coal.
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Interesting how for years pj “had no suitable land” then after public backlash, suddenly 6 hectares appears!!! Pj has waited decades for a public hospital. Turns out the real shortage wasn’t land…it was urgency!!! Why did it take outrage to find both???
The Health Ministry and the Selangor government have identified a 6ha sports complex, X Park PJ South in Taman Medan, as a potential site for a new PJ General Hospital.
The site can accommodate parking and is well located to serve nearby residents, especially the B40 group, Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad told Malaysiakini.
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A woman recently shared her disappointment after discovering that the RM10 ayam gunting she purchased contained only a tiny piece of chicken, with most of it appearing to be batter instead. The clip has since gone viral online, with many netizens surprised by the discovery.
#malaymail #ayamgunting
🔥 CHINESE ARROGANCE STRIKES AGAIN on AirAsia!
A Chinese tourist buys two bottles of mineral water for RM8 on an AirAsia flight to Malaysia. He pays with ¥100 RMB.
The crew politely gives him RM44 change.
Instead of thanking them, he gets angry and demands: “Why only RM44?! It should be RM92!”
He actually thought RMB and Malaysian Ringgit are 1:1. Then he takes out his phone and records a video, acting like he caught AirAsia scamming him.
Zero research. Zero respect. Pure entitlement.
Reality: ¥100 RMB is only worth around RM60+. The crew gave him the correct change.
This is the typical “Ugly Chinese Tourist” behavior — no humility, no preparation, just arrogance and demands when other countries don’t follow China’s rules.
Moral of the story: Some Chinese travelers still treat foreign countries like their own backyard with zero respect for local currency or customs.
Educate yourselves before traveling.
#ChineseTourist #AirAsia #UglyChinese #TravelFail #Malaysia
Somehow public healthcare always has no suitable land?? Selangor contributes almost 25% of msia’s gdp yet governance here still sounds like a last-minute group assignment!!! 8 years in power…still searching???
Kerajaan Selangor & KKM sedang mencari tanah yang sesuai untuk hospital di kawasan PJ, sebelum ini ada tapak tapi harus kos yg tinggi untuk dibeli di samping tapak baru di kenal pasti agak jauh ( area Kota Damansara ), kita sedang cari tapak tanah alternatif lain.
MAHB has denied allegations that it secretly increased parking rates at KLIA, saying long-term car park rates were part of a promotional campaign that ended in February, Malaysiakini reports.
Earlier, influencer Chin Pui Ting said she was charged RM384 for 12 days of parking, citing unclear communication over a recent pricing change.
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