We died twice this week.

First we agreed to sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), approved at the level of ‘the Malaysian people’, taxed but without feeling a full representation. In times of Colonial America, that is called ‘taxation without representation’, a slogan that led to the American Revolution.

Next, we heard of the official closing of Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak’s case of the personal donation received from the Saudi Kingdom. We are yet to be told the truth of it all as well the real name of the person generous enough to throw us the cash that is supposed to cream and grease our elections or fight our home-grown jihadists.