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A lesson in crafting fiction for Masing

A lesson in crafting fiction for Masing

'At least let your concoction entertain, instead of irritate.'

Did Karim deserve Nazri's insult?

Did Karim deserve Nazri's insult?

BN politicians in Sabah and Sarawak need to man up. 

1MDB, SRC and the bitter truth

1MDB, SRC and the bitter truth

The first exposé of the - hmm! - ‘alleged’ 1MDB colossal scam exploded 23 months ago.

Idiotic ignoramuses vs a supernatural being

Idiotic ignoramuses vs a supernatural being

The latest attempt at incriminating Clare Rewcastle-Brown-Sarawak Report is simply pathetic. It is clearly the work of idiotic ignoramuses. It illustrates zilch knowledge of covert communication, zero understanding of writing and of British style of speech, and very low IQ.

Incompetent writing or bad top spinning?

Incompetent writing or bad top spinning?

In the two most common writing genres, news report writing and adcopy writing, headlines carry the very essence of our pieces. When written by competent writers, they grab the readers’ attention and interest; they make the readers want to read more. In the industry, we say they are supposed to ‘hook’ our readers.

Who says Sarawakians are stupid?

Who says Sarawakians are stupid?

COMMENT | Many S’wakians are ignorant of issues that bother you. Ignorance is not stupidity.
Tired Arul squeaks

Tired Arul squeaks

COMMENT | You, ordinary Malaysians, have to get rid of all these people.
Najib's clairvoyants and incompetent storytellers must go

Najib's clairvoyants and incompetent storytellers must go

COMMENT | Instead, you need normal people with sound, sapient brains.
Holidaying moron and ‘bad Lord’

Holidaying moron and ‘bad Lord’

Do forgive me for stating the obvious, but the dozens of parties who have tried to put Najib Abdul Razak in the clear in respect of the three major scandals in which he is implicated all have portrayed themselves as completely but completely unreliable.
Lack of precision, lots of thievery

Lack of precision, lots of thievery

COMMENT | The Deluge won’t happen. It is all sound and fury signifying nothing.
Madness in Malaya, sanity in Sarawak

Madness in Malaya, sanity in Sarawak

Around Christmas, some Muslims in Malaya went practically berserk over two air wells separated by a common (also called ‘party’) wall.
Why the ‘squid’ and 1MDB chief face-off won’t happen

Why the ‘squid’ and 1MDB chief face-off won’t happen

I shan’t use the term ‘debate’, one which very many people have been using to refer to the much-anticipated imagined event that is supposed to occur sometime between now and Armageddon.
He who dares is right

He who dares is right

On Oct 3, former MCA chief Ling Liong Sik was reported to have joined the insistent-but-stubbornly-ignored urging for Najib Abdul Razak to make himself scarce for having stolen public funds. The implied sum is, as we all know, US$681 million plus RM42 million. Or, the celebrated RM2縷6 billion.
Sorry, there's no gold on Petaling Street

Sorry, there's no gold on Petaling Street

COMMENT | It isn't hard to figure why Umno leader Jamal Mohd Yunos is stirring up trouble...

Zahid’s ‘mark’ stinks of foul falsity

Zahid’s ‘mark’ stinks of foul falsity

Had we just woken up from a century-long slumber, we might believe the latest-est tall tale from Malaysia’s deputy prime minister, Ahmad Zahid Hamid, about an imagined (his imagination) family somewhere in the Middle East comprising not only over-productive walking mints but also accomplished seers.
The donation was a ‘donation’, okay?

The donation was a ‘donation’, okay?

Najib Abdul Razak has, er, verified receipt of the humongous sum of money indicated in the exposé published by The Wall Street Journal ( WSJ ). That being the case, we are officially permitted to discuss it.
The donation was a ‘donation’, okay?

The donation was a ‘donation’, okay?

Najib Abdul Razak has, er, verified receipt of the humongous sum of money indicated in the exposé published by The Wall Street Journal ( WSJ ). That being the case, we are officially permitted to discuss it.
Suspension based on poppycock

Suspension based on poppycock

Suspending the permit for The Edge to publish is the height of arrogance. It is a cavalier, despicable act. It reflects on the very character of the perpetrators.
The chief’s executioners - Goo, Guck and Muck

The chief’s executioners - Goo, Guck and Muck

The braggart of a pirate chief recently screaming with false bravado and boasting of imagined extraordinary blood coursing through his person is more than desperate. He is at his wit’s end.
PGI’s statements are valueless

PGI’s statements are valueless

On June 23, the New Straits Times ( NST ) reported on the arrest of Xavier Andre Justo in Thailand. It provided the reason for the arrest and quoted PetroSaudi International (PSI) as well as Protection Group International (PGI), the cyber security company retained by PSI.
The ultimate challenge to 1MDB & Co

The ultimate challenge to 1MDB & Co

Please, 1MDB Board, file suits against S'wak Report to prove you told no lies...
Another multi-billion RM 'brazen' lie from 1MDB?

Another multi-billion RM 'brazen' lie from 1MDB?

COMMENT We await the rebuttal to Sarawak Report’s latest exposé.
A company called Sapu Rakyat’s Cash

A company called Sapu Rakyat’s Cash

I have tried to follow Malaysian news as much as I could, but somehow I haven’t  heard of Sapu Rakyat's Cash International Sdn Bhd till a few hours before the time of scribbling this. Have you?