var comments = {"total":"7","items":[{"id":"29410","storyid":"118764","author":"anti-nazi","userid":"23942","date":"1259740859","content":"Ali Baba and his forty thieves UMNO BN will continue to rob and rob the rakyat's money. Mahacon is truly the first Ali Baba of Malaysia.  Robber barons and robbers without any shame. The snatch thief and robbers on the streets are following the culture propagated by the great leaders of Malaysia who chant rhetoric and how much they are caring for the people and how religious they are. Thieves, Conmen and hypocrites rule the country.","icon":"<img alt=\"usericon\" src=\"http:\/\/comments.malaysiakini.com\/images\/defaulticon.jpg?1260345606\" height=\"40\" width=\"40\" \/>"},{"id":"29405","storyid":"118764","author":"cala","userid":"35315","date":"1259740124","content":"Doc. You are right on the dot. I remember our \u2018never say enough\u2019 Mahathir once came out openly in the press defending a group of his cronies taking commission by the millions. Impudently he said taking commission was legally correct, although morally not so.","icon":"<img alt=\"usericon\" src=\"http:\/\/comments.malaysiakini.com\/images\/defaulticon.jpg?1260345606\" height=\"40\" width=\"40\" \/>"},{"id":"29341","storyid":"118764","author":"Doc","userid":"38522","date":"1259732747","content":"Corruption! such a bad word among BN\/UMNO politicians. Please use the approved\/correct term by the BN\/UMNO government for this terrible word - \"commission\". After all, for the excellent work that the BN government is doing is only fare that the get a little \"commission\" for the hard work. Corruption is such a no no! WAKE BN\/UMNO! twisting words are not going down well with the rakyat along with assuming the the rakyat is stupid.","icon":"<img alt=\"usericon\" src=\"http:\/\/comments.malaysiakini.com\/images\/defaulticon.jpg?1260345606\" height=\"40\" width=\"40\" \/>"},{"id":"29317","storyid":"118764","author":"Wong Chee Kong","userid":"36136","date":"1259728081","content":"Some one out there should compile a list of all these misappropriations and publish the total damage over recent years as well as each year henceforth. This can be used for KTK's as a basis for his KPIs. Just a suggestion, yeah? Don't get upset, yeah?","icon":"<img alt=\"usericon\" src=\"http:\/\/comments.malaysiakini.com\/images\/defaulticon.jpg?1260345606\" height=\"40\" width=\"40\" \/>"},{"id":"29304","storyid":"118764","author":"cala","userid":"35315","date":"1259725760","content":"Whether you like it or not the BN government is truly a rotten government alright. Lahore san. I agree with you.","icon":"<img alt=\"usericon\" src=\"http:\/\/comments.malaysiakini.com\/images\/defaulticon.jpg?1260345606\" height=\"40\" width=\"40\" \/>"},{"id":"29296","storyid":"118764","author":"Jebat33","userid":"1023","date":"1259724349","content":"When BN talks about subsidies that everyone can enjoy, they say it is unsustainable and that it is a bad policy that encourages wastage and should be done away with. But when the rakyat talk about open tenders and removing subsidies and leakages being pocketed by BN cronies like the AP system, they say it takes time to remove and \"it is not fair\" to remove (did you guys read Mustapa Mohamed's reply to Tony Pua on APs?). It is time they are out of office and into jail (of this I have no doubt!)","icon":"<img alt=\"usericon\" src=\"http:\/\/comments.malaysiakini.com\/images\/defaulticon.jpg?1260345606\" height=\"40\" width=\"40\" \/>"},{"id":"29278","storyid":"118764","author":"Gerald Akt","userid":"62697","date":"1259719831","content":"The federal government is mulling over abolishing the sugar subsidy and savings of Rm 720 millions. Better to have this subsidy for all Malaysians than channeling this savings to some ' unspecified ' areas ........... or ' waiting ' pockets ? ?","icon":"<img alt=\"usericon\" src=\"http:\/\/comments.malaysiakini.com\/images\/defaulticon.jpg?1260345606\" height=\"40\" width=\"40\" \/>"}]};