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A great talent leaves (Part 4): Rogue trader
Societe Generale trader, Jerome Kerviel was sentenced to 5 years in prison for losses of €4.9 billion (US$6.9 billion) for trading in Euro stock index futures between 2006 to 2008. Yashuo Hamanaka of...
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A great talent leaves (Part 5): Forgiven sins
Abrar Corporation is under receivership. That is the notice found on the Internet. It is a tombstone to remind of the failure of Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop's first "legitimate" attempt in business in...
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Musical Prelude: Thick as a Brick
The "A Great Talent Leaves" series will take a short break. Only covered was the talented Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop's days in Bank Negara and Abrar.In Part 1, Nor Yakcop ended his days supposedly as a...
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No more about Malays
In a previous posting here, we wrote about a quote from Prime Minister Dato Najib's speech at last month's Invest Malaysia conference. The quote below:"In the medium term, we must make our affirmative...
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The Mamak Dilemma
It's our birthday today and it will be celebrated with a quiet dinner with our other half. At the ripe old age of "35" ... sorry for the switch-up, 53, we do not need noisy parties.However, we can't...
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A great talent leaves (Part 6): Cover-up and Rising Up
We return to the original mamak in pursuit. Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop was seen by a friend having high tea at Chef & Brew, a posh eatery at Plaza Damansara with a group of his kaki. Coincidently,...
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A great talent leaves (Part 7): Aides charged for corruption
The one characteristic of Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop is that he is soft spoken and polite. The man has a sense of humour despite being a man of serious disposition. Many are impressed with his firmness...
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'Lembik' responses to Vatican Envoy
On July 11th, The Malaysian Insider reported Apostolic Nuncio to Malaysia, Archbishop Joseph Marino made a statement in an interview to support the Catholic Church of Malaysia on the use of "Allah" for...
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After the Pope, Obama ....
The visit to the Pope that culminated into Vatican City establishing diplomatic relation didn't start on the right foot.Apostolic Nancio to Malaysia, Archbishop Joseph Salvador Marino expressed support...
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Khazanah should not be made to pay for Nor Yakcop's fraudulent acts!
The Star's BK Siddhu has the latest scoop on the lawsuit of Tan Sri Halim Saad against Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop as the first party.First read back our mid-June postings, Covering up Nor Yakcop's...
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Bringing back Emir Mavani is the pride of Talent Corp
New Minister in the Prime Minister's Department, Dato Abdul Wahid Omar (AWO to us but DAWO to those not his senior in MRSM) was in parliament yesterday to reply a question on Talent Corporation.He...
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Besut bound [up-dated]
Supposed to pen down our view on the Alvin Tan and Vivian Chong affair but just too busy today .... sleeping.Now, we are Besut bound to catch the pulse of the Ramadhan by-election. Heard it is a rather...
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Emir Mavani not out of the woods on his doctorate
So, it is not a British doctorate but Irish. On Irish universities, we could easily check-up with our counterparts abroad. We have an Irish paper from University College of Dublic. But, a news report...
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PAS's Black Ops to awake lethargic Kuala Besut
As usual, UMNO's campaign is boring, predictable and tame.UMNO's pre-election psywar was on the right note when they managed to get PAS to appoint Dato Husam Musa as Election Director for PAS. By doing...
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TPPA: Problems of trust and delusion
Ah ... body still aching from the late night to morning return trip by road from Kuala Besut to Kuala Lumpur.So our prediction was wrong but we are not the only one. The lower voter turnout should...
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Sinking Suaram to the ocean abyss
The question is why now when the submarine issue has already been debunked and Suaram has lost their momentum despite attempt to resurrect the submarine purchase issue.Better late than never, the New...
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Dubious BN campaign procurement
On June 1st, 2013, about a month after the general election in the midst of fuming UMNO members and bloggers with the management and campaign for the general election, The Unspinners provoke his...
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TPPA's shroud of secrecy
MITI Minister, Dato Mustapha Mohamed denied MITI is keeping secrets. He said we cannot reveal to details of the negotiation and negotiating plans. .And, he gave assurance that we will hold on to three...
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MITI Open Day ploy for TPPA
Sometimes our politicians and government officials will meet certain groups for dialogues but content of the discussion is not made known. At times, it is requested to be kept a secret using the guise...
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TPPA: Litigation and Power of Government
The MITI Open Day on TPPA will be held this morning beginning at 9 AM. at Martrade Building.There have been many concerns raised and MITI should set the record straight because this country does not...
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