'This expose does not come as a surprise given that we already know the whole monarchy institution is so entangled with vested interests everywhere.'

Witness: Johor sultan has stake in 'crooked bridge'

Tanteo: Is there any wonder that the royals are losing the rakyat's respect? What's the real cost of the bridge? Is it one of the reasons Dr Mahathir Mohamad felt Abdullah Ahmad Badawi had to go?

Gerard Samuel Vijayan: Crooked bridges can only come out of crooked minds. Another bit of political sleaze with a royal touch.

Malaysia is becoming one big soap opera with a leading cast of the senile demagogue Mahathir; the confused and spineless Najib Razak; the ambitious and unstoppable Rosmah Mansor; and the treacherous Muhyiddin Yassin with a supporting cast of extravagant Malay rulers, corrupt big business, incompetent civil servants and subservient judges.

No wonder we are the laughing stock of the region and the world. But then again, that is Bolehland for you. Chances are we will all be laughing, singing and dancing into political, economic and social oblivion soon to the tunes of 1Malaysia.

Righteous: And yet we Melayu are giving Umno the full support to protect race, religion and royalty blindly. Really, we should wake up. Careful Shazryl Eskay Abdullah.

Ong Guan Sin: Has anyone noticed the staggering figures derived from the disclosure? If the accused was promised RM20 million in return for the 16.66% equity that he won't get, it means the company is ‘guaranteed' to have a minimum profit of RM120 million. This is for a project of RM690 million.

A ‘guaranteed' minimum profit of 17% even before the project starts! We can almost be certain the guarantee is from ill-gotten means. This is scandalous and outrageous.

This accidental expose does not come as a surprise, given that we already know the whole monarchy institution is so entangled with vested interests everywhere. What's interesting is the internal squabble that spills the beans. God's way?

Malaysiawatch4.blogspot: This trial is a show-case of how mega-projects are approved by the EPU (Economic Planning Unit). The MACC (Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission) should be interviewing some of the players here so Malaysia can start fighting corruption. Okay, okay it's all a dream.

Changeagent: Whoever came up with the idea of a 'crooked bridge' is an evil genius who is worthy of all the accolades and recognition by all the dictators and rogue leaders the world over.

Why siphon less public funds building a bridge straight when you can siphon more building it crooked? Ingenious. With our indomitable 'Malaysia boleh' spirit, I have no doubt that the project can be revived again in no time. Champagnes will then overflow for the elite BN leaders, cronies and associates.

Itstoffeesturn: Just imagine this wheeling and dealing gets so many so much money for absolutely nothing, there are no tenders, just connections and the connections get paid by the millions, is this how you build bumiputera businessmen?

This is how you screw up allocations in the NEP and screw up the bumiputeras by greasing the hands of a select few. The crooked man must have had a hand too - that is why he was jumping mad at one time when the bridge was scrapped.

How much more crooked can a crooked bridge get?

Kit P: Now I understand why he was so vocal that the Causeway should be demolished to make way for the crooked bridge.

Sodomy II: Prosecution's final witness testifies

Singa Pura Pura: How ironic that St Jude is known as the patron saint of the hopeless or the patron saint for lost causes. A person or parent who names a child Jude must surely have a prophetic vision in doing so.

It is, of course, still debatable as to who here is the hopeless one - the prosecution or the defence?

Kangaroo: Do you see what I see? Well, by now you all should know the plot. Firstly - to drag Anwar through the mud and make him appear guilty as ever even though the evidence does not support this with the exclusion of the toothbrush, water bottle and towel.

Secondly - produce the evidence (go through the motions) and assuming the court acquits Anwar, which will definitely happen, they will appeal to the Court of Appeal and the court will allow the appeal.

Then back to High Court to call for Anwar's defence. Which means the prosecution succeeded in their plot either way. The prosecution cannot appeal in respect to the exclusion of the towel, etc, as it is a interlocutory matter since there are enough decisions which the courts have rejected. Thus, they have served their masters.

Pakman: "I do not know what happened in 1998"? Are you for real, Jude Blacious Pereira? Being Brickfields CID chief you have poor knowledge and a selective mind and shown to be unfit to be the CID chief.

Almost every Malaysian knows what happened in 1998. Didn't Dr Seah Lay Hong brief you on how they failed miserably to implicate Anwar using the same DNA method?

Anonymous_3e93: Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan left his underwear at his girlfriend's house? After being sodomised by Anwar he then apparently had sex with his girlfriend? Strange. Why must the police go to his girlfriend's house to check his underwear, etc? They should call his girlfriend to testify and validate the chronology.

Mohd: Saiful has been trying to show that he is an obedient and faithful follower of Islam through his blog and interviews. What the hell was he doing at his girlfriend's house and leaving his underwear there?

Anonymous_40a7: So let me get this straight - Saiful got sodomised, went to her girlfriend's house, and let her washed the stained underwear? If that was what transpired, wouldn't that be very stupid of him to wash away the evidence?

Atan-Toyol: So Saiful is washing dirty linen in public? Or displaying his dirty semen-stained underwear for the whole world to see. I wonder if the company making this underwear would like to use him as a model for their product. For money, people with no fear of God will do anything.

Until Umno comes out with a video of the sodomy act, like the one disseminated in cyberspace for MCA chief Chua Soi Lek, no one in his right mind will believe this 'tall' story.

We Malaysians know why this charade is being played out by the BN. It is to ensure that power remains in their hands because the alternative scenario will wipe them out completely from the political scene. It will probably be followed by payback time in the courts of justice and time for retribution.

Jahiliah: Judas betrayed Jesus Christ for a mere 30 silver shillings. How about this, Jude?

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