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Who would forget Mahathir’s famous poem Melayu mudah lupa (Literally translated: Malay forgets easily)? This poem will be remembered for generations to come, partly due to the fact that Malay does forget easily, but the more cynical reason is that the poem has for sometimes been used against Mahathir himself by a lot of his critics thanks to Mahathir’s own wrong doings.
The most recent mocking of Mahathir’s famous “Melayu mudah lupa” phrase was when the ex-premier testified in the Lingam video inquiry as reported by Malaysiakini:
When quizzed by the commission on matters pertaining to judicial appointments, Mahathir answered several times …read more

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The cabinet will decide on this coming Friday whether or not the VK Lingam video report, which had been submitted by the 5-member inquiry commission to the government recently, will be made public.
The five-member inquiry commission set up to probe the ‘Lingam Tape’ handed over its 186-page report, which contains four recommendations, to the King last Friday.
Its chairperson Haidar Mohd Noor is also in favour of the findings being made public.
According to Star, the commission has determined that it was former chief justice Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim who was talking to senior lawyer VK Lingam on the phone, and …read more

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Following the royal commission’s revelation that the VK Lingam video is authentic, Star Online’s report that the heat is on Lingam is not quite true.
Of course, the heat is not just on Lingam. The heat should also be on everyone mentioned in the video as well as on Mahathir who was the PM when the entire scandal took place. Having said that, the heat is also on Pak Lah, as current PM, to take actions as recommended by the royal commission. Zaid Ibrahim also should feel the heat as he is now the minister in-charge of judiciary.
Pak Lah and …read more

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Still remember VK Lingam? The man who was caught on camera and said ‘looks like me, sounds like me‘?
Well, the royal inquiry not only found the video clip as authentic, but had also positively identifed the man in the video as VK Lingam and he was in fact talking to Ahmad Fairuz.
Malaysiakini reported:
In a front page headline, the influential Star newspaper said the inquiry panel identified former chief Justice Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim as the man on the other end of the line with senior lawyer VK Lingam in the 2001 clip.
Source: Malaysiakini
Although VK LIngam denied as reported by …read more

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First of all, Pak Lah knows how bad the state of Malaysia judiciary after the sacking of Tun Mohd Salleh Abas and the rest of the judges who had not danced along with the executives at that time in 1988. The fact that he knew something went wrong in the judiciary was very clear otherwise he would not have offered the ex-gratia payment, the judicial apppointments commission and last but not least, the review of judiciary’s terms of services and remuneration. But yet, Pak Lah still doesn’t get it.
Dear Pak Lah, what the people want is the total reform of …read more

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