VOXPOP 'The British royals do no not go around snubbing people. I am sure Prince William has something royal to tell the CM.'

Royal couple urged to snub Sabah CM Musa

vox populi small thumbnail Doc: I think the British royals should not be made to take political sides or make political statements by snubbing government elected officials here in Malaysia.

If they were asked to snub Sabah CM Musa Aman because he is corrupt and involved in money laundering, then it should only fair to ask them to snub all BN ministers.

After all, all BN ministers are known to have some sort of corruption scandal in their hands.

Starr: Musa's monopoly and exploitation of Sabah forestry resources to enrich himself runs counter to Prince William's affinity for environmental conservation.

Their meeting in an unlikely place where such exploitation is taking place, is not only most inappropriate but also lends credence to Musa's exploitative regime.

The last bastion of Sabah's commercial forests lies within the Sabah Foundation's concession areas, which has been operated solely under Musa's direction as chairperson without due accountability and transparency.

He alone decides on the award of the logging contracts in return for 'kickbacks'. This accounts for the millions of dollars sitting in his offshore accounts through a web of money laundering activities, which is the subject of the Swiss investigation.

So far, Musa has escaped actions from the Malaysian authorities with impunity and his meeting with Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge (Catherine Middleton) would further legitimise such illicit trades.

AnakBangsaMalaysia: The British monarchy has evolved over the years to become a rather responsible and respectable institution that still retains some value and relevance in this modern age.

Over the past decade, the monarchy has pro-actively moved to become much less of a burden to British taxpayers and now earns a good part of its own annual budget through tourism. On top of that, the monarchy also pays taxes on its income as its contribution to nation-building.

Royal shenanigans are relatively few and far between, and when they are inevitably exposed, they are quickly and firmly dealt with, as the royal family is deeply aware of the fact that they are under very close (and not always forgiving) scrutiny by the British public.

It is rather telling to see the stark contrast between the British monarchy and the Malaysian royal institutions(s).

Mushiro: The royal couple should not allow their visit to be used as an election campaign tool by any party. It is even worse if the party involved is tainted with corruption, misrule and deforestation, which displaced the indigenous natives.

MissPandora: The British royals do not go around snubbing people. What is the point? I am sure Prince William has something royal to tell the CM, especially about his interest conservation.

Remember Queen Elizabeth II's action? She did not snub Najib. She wore yellow instead.

Boiling Mud: Snub the CM of Sabah? More likely, there will be lots of photos plastered all over the place full of that Windsor toothy smile, and the Sabah CM taking in the shine.

Soi Lek receives hell notes from 'Bank of Heaven'

Ferdtan: MCA has become a petty party talking of two pieces of ‘hell banknotes'. There are also other instances they find nitty-gritty things to fault Penang CM Lim Guan Eng.

Is it unbelievable that MCA, a main component in the federal government, talking like a mosquito party. They are making great sound through their party newspaper, The Star , almost daily but where is the substance?

What has happened to the controversial issues raised in the mainstream media - water, TNB and Talam issues?

A note of surprise, MIC is almost non-existence. They have been so quiet for too long. The only news we hear is that the party president wants to contest in the MIC safe seat of Cameron Highlands.

Vgeorgemy: We condemned all sort of violence against political leaders. But all these while, MCA kept total silence when the rakyat decried the brutal violence against the opposition leaders.

So it's surprising to hear their complaint relating to the ‘threat' against the MCA leadership.

Het: A bullet or a dead chicken as a death threat, I get it. But hell notes as death threat? Come on, why would anyone want CSL (Chua Soi Lek) to die? Who's going to entertain us after that?

Selangor flexes muscles over Langat 2

FellowMalaysian: The federal government is flexing its muscles and showing its usual arrogance over this contentious issue with the Selangor state government.

But none of these rhetoric has rattled Selangor MB Khalid Ibrahim and he is handling this thankless billion-ringgit issue with deft hands and a cool head. We couldn't have asked for more.

Onyourtoes: This whole episode gives me the impression that the federal government is only interested in one thing - to tender and to execute this project.

It does not matter whether the project is commercially and economically viable. It does not matter whether the state government and the people of Selangor and the Federal Territory of KL have agreed or disagreed. It does not matter that the state government under our system of government has certain inherent power to decide on this project.

There is no prize for guessing why the federal government is in the hurry to implement this project and to privatise every conceivable asset presently owned by the government.

Anonymous #19098644: Khalid has shown again the caliber of his ability. He put a stop to the nonsensical false water crisis created by BN.

He has now clearly articulated that all lands not alienated to the Railway Assets Board and the federal government belong to the state and are not for sale.

Once again, the interest of all Malaysians are been protected by the knowledge and ability of Khalid. He has managed to increase the cash reserves to over RM2.1 billion.

We need more able administrators and committed public servants like him to turn around this country and create an actual economic transformation rather than the sham BN public relations campaign which we have all seen.

2LAN: It is obvious if they do not start to build now, it will be too late after GE13 since they know they will be defeated, and therefore, in desperation they have to cash out now.

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