Patriot commends the bravery and swift action taken by the VAT69 commandos and Senoi Praq units of the police General Operation Force that foiled a smuggling attempt on 24 November at the Malaysian-Thai border in Perlis. Six suspected smugglers were arrested. Of the six, four were arrested at two hospitals in Southern Thailand injured from...

The case about DBKL’S latest ruling to curb the sale of liquor and the subsequent announcement by a deputy minister that the curb might extend to the rest of the country is both unnecessary and ridiculous. Period. A few days ago, DBKL announced that starting October next year, sundry shops, grocery stores, convenience stores and...

The spate of arrest of immigration officers by the MACC is a cause for concern. On November 20, 4 persons, including an immigration officer, linked to a trafficking ring involving China, Vietnam, Indonesia and Bangladesh foreign workers, were arrested. Cash of more than RM800,000, twenty-six luxury cars and four high powered motorcycles had been confiscated....

Patriot welcomes the decision of parliament Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to conduct a probe into Mindef’s land swap deals, the Automated Enforcement System (AES) and the 1BestariNet. These are events tainted with corruption at high offices during the Barisan National’s administration, investigated during Pakatan Harapan without closure, which are among several other mega national scandals...

Patriot lauds the action taken by the IGP Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador against his officers who had tarnished the good name of the police force. News report on November 16 had mentioned the IGP had issued transfer orders for senior officers from three critical departments that were responsible for investigation and eradication of crimes...

Patriot would like to know the rationale for the Special Affairs Department (Jabatan Hal Ehwal Khas [JASA]) of the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia to be allocated RM 81,549,200 from the Budget 2021. JASA’s original stated intention was to explain government’s initiatives and programmes. It had deviated into Barisan Nasional’s political propaganda machinery aimed against...

LTAT (Armed Forces Fund Board) has been granted an extension until February 2, 2021 to decide on its proposed privitisation plan for Boustead Holdings Bhd (BH). This is the second extension given by the Securities Commission Malaysia since LTAT first announced the privatisation plan in May. The apparent indecision reflects poorly on the management and...

A report by a local news portal Air Times dated 27 October 2020 titled ‘Ketua Pengarah Perisikan lantikan khas Pakatan Harapan didakwa pecah amanah’, is misleading and does not reflect the true workings of the Armed Forces Council relating to the posting and promotion of senior military officers. The news report pertains to the arrest...

Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and his cabinet’s proposal to invoke an emergency rule purportedly due to the spike in Covid-19 infection and citing the reason that people do not want an election, is absurd, ill-conceived, and insincere. When news broke out on a proposal by the cabinet to place the nation under emergency,...