KUALA LUMPUR, 3 August, 2021: It was reported in various social and news media platforms that 30 Barisan Nasional (BN) Members of Parliament held a ‘secret meeting’ at the Malaysian Armed Forces Officers Mess, Wisma Perwira in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday night, 1 August 2021, reportedly to sign Statutory Declarations to retain Bersatu president Tan...

KUALA LUMPUR, 2 August, 2021): PATRIOT views the developments this morning with grave and deep concern. We as citizens who fought for the freedom and sovereignty of this our beloved nation, Malaysia, defending King and country with our lives and limbs, view the sealing off of Parliament this morning as a direct attack on the...

The current surge in Covid-19 infection to above 6 thousand cases and deaths around 100 cases a day is a major concern. This, plus our hospitals reaching maximum capacity has led our government to impose a two-week stringent lockdown and an extension hoping to bring down the infection curve. There seems to be no end...

The incident of China’s military aircrafts entering our airspace on 31 May 2021 is a very serious one. Our ministers do not seem to view the seriousness of the incident as members of Patriot do. Otherwise, a senior minister of the National Security Council or the Foreign Minister should have already issued a statement within...

Over the past two weeks the social media has been abuzz with rumours about the quality of Sinovac LifeSciences Co Ltd’s Covid-19 vaccine, CoronaVac. Patriot is obliged to speak out for two reasons. First, Pharmaniaga Bhd is under the umbrella and the pride of the Armed Forces Fund Board (LTAT), and its subsidiary is the...

REPLY TO STATEMENT BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF HEALTH We respectfully disagree with the Director-General (DG) of Health, Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah when he stated on 16 May 2021 that there is no conclusive evidence for the use of Ivermectin against Covid-19. We understand that the officials and staffs of MoH are currently overwhelmed with...

The announcement by Defence Minister Dato Seri Ismail Sabri that the government has agreed for the Boustead Group to continue with the littoral combat ship (LCS) project is welcomed with mixed enthusiasm. If the project is well managed after drawing lesson of past mistakes, it has potential for a positive spin on the economy. Otherwise,...

Patriot in our last statement on 1 May had called for Home Minister Dato Seri Hamzah Zainuddin to be censured. We now join the chorus of calls by the members of civil society and NGOs for a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) to investigate the allegations against him. The recent expose by former IGP Tan...

Home Minister Dato Seri Hamzah Zainuddin has admitted it was his voice in the audio recording that discussed the selection of Police Directors and Chief Police Officers of states. Although the home minister said there was nothing wrong with it, any right-thinking person could tell his conduct was ethically and administratively wrong. Some of the...