Tag Archives: history

we will never be rid of mahathir

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

And that’s how I’m beginning to view the events of the past few years, even the whole of Abdullah Badawi’s first term as Prime Minister. It was Mahathir who engineered Anwar’s downfall and Badawi’s placement as the new No. 2 man in UMNO, and today we are still witnessing the botched-up accusations flung at Anwar again ...Continue


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the year ahead

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008

And a fantastic time away from the intehweb that was.

When I think about what’s in store in the year ahead, I find myself hard pressed to think of the sort of drama we’ve witnessed in 2007. I think 2008 will be a year of much drama and sandiwara, just on the strength of last year - politics in Malaysia sure is getting exciting, ...Continue


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