While on this rollercoaster ride, I agree with him in that there is a *putsch being plotted and playing out except the goal posts or script is being changed so often that most players are in utter confusion. So who is calling the shots? Who are being led astray? Who are throwing the red herrings
And, who really knows the true scenario?
Do not remain befuddled. Here's the compass for tread the political landscape.
* A putsch is a plotted revolt or attempt to overthrow a government, esp. one that depends upon suddenness and speed.
AND THE COUNTER-COUP IS LAUNCHED
Does this not make you proud to be Malaysian? At last, after 58 years of Merdeka, Malaysia has finally seen its first coup d’état and a counter-coup the very next day.
THE CORRIDORS OF POWER
Raja Petra Kamarudin
Yesterday it appeared like Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak had been cornered and that there was no way out for him. It looked like Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s fingers were tightening around Najib’s neck and that it was a matter of hours before his life was going to be squeezed out of him.
Then, late last night, the tide turned. Yesterday, what was supposed to have been Malaysia’s first coup d’état (READ HERE) now appears to have transformed into a counter-coup.
What a classic comeback!
Just to reminisce a bit about a similar situation that happened in Thailand about 40 years or so ago. Some army generals (not Tan Sris though) who were planning a coup d’état sent three tank divisions to surround the Parliament building in a bid to topple the Prime Minister.
One tank division got lost along the way and could not find the road to Bangkok (that’s why it is important to have proper signboards, and in Thai). It had to stop to ask for directions and finally after some farmers pointed the road to Bangkok the tank division continued its journey.
The second tank division managed to find Bangkok but caught in a massive traffic jam and for hours could not move. Bangkok in those days was notorious for its four-hour or more traffic jams, which practically turned Bangkok into one massive parking lot. (Therefore when you made appointments you did not specify the time but just said ‘after lunch’ or ‘before lunch’).
The third tank division managed to find its way with no problems and arrived on time. But when it found that the other two tank divisions were missing it thought that it had been sold out so it surrendered.
By the time the other two tank divisions arrived the coup was over even before it started. That was probably the shortest coup of maybe more than a dozen coups in Thailand’s history (even Thais cannot remember how many coups they have had).
Malaysia’s first coup d’état yesterday was exactly like that. Some of the conspirators got lost. Some got caught in some sort of jam. And the others found that they were not playing with a full deck after all and decided they might as well run for cover before the bullets start flying.
Sad to say, what was supposed to have been Malaysia’s first coup d’état has fallen flat, just like that one in Thailand of 40 years ago. The guns that were pointing at Najib’s head are now pointing at the heads of the coup conspirators. And, today, the conspirators are going to be flushed out one by one.
But no, they are not going to be lined up against the wall and shot for treason, although Malaysia does have a ‘waging war against the King’ law that makes treason a crime punishable by hanging, like what happened 15 years ago to the Al-Ma’unah people.
A quick death is not satisfactory. Instead they are going to be given a slow death. So stay tuned over the next few days as news of this counter-coup hits the Malaysian airwaves and one by one the coup conspirators are made to grovel in the mud while begging for mercy.
Does this not make you proud to be Malaysian? At last, after 58 years of Merdeka, Malaysia has finally seen its first coup d’état and a counter-coup the very next day.
Well, as the late Jimi Hendix said:
Purple haze, all in my brain
Lately things they don’t seem the same
Actin’ funny, but I don’t know why
Excuse me while I kiss the sky
Yes, excuse me while I kiss the sky…muah…
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PRESS RELEASE
A Wall street Journal had published an article dated 3rd July 2015, implicating our client Datuk Seri Najib. Immediately, our client had instructed us, Messrs Hafarizam Wan & Aisha Mubarak, to scrutinize the said article. The article is tainted with numerous allegations against our client which involved several companies and transactions.
Combing through the said article, we have concluded that the language is intentionally or otherwise has made reference to several facts and companies which are vaguely described. Reference is made to the said article wherein it has been stated that our client had been directly probed into 1MDB, however contents of the article refers to indirect transactions where our client has been implicated with 1MDB-linked companies. A clear contradiction which requires further clarification.
This article by WSJ was issued, published and circulated through WSJ web portal www.wsj.com . Firstly, we have been instructed to identify the parties involved in the authorship, distribution and publishing, for the purpose of naming the appropriate parties in any potential actions which requires deliberation and research as the article does not reflect extensive details for service of any legal letter or court documents.
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