"Dangerous" for BN ministers to declare assets: Nazri ridiculed for "worst excuse" ever

As expected, recent calls for top political leaders to declare their assets have struck fear into the hearts of BN Cabinet ministers, who are perceived to be among the richest but most corrupt people in the country.

Nazr Aziz, the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department, was obviously tasked to knock down the suggestions from Transparency International, the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission as well as the examples set by the Pakatan Rakyat state governments in Selangor and Penang.

For defending the indefensible, Nazri was ridiculed for insisting that revealing the assets of ministers and their immediate family to the public "may endanger them".

Ridiculous for Jekyll-and-Hyde Najib to call himself a moderate: GMM a waste of money

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, taking a leaf from Mahathir Mohamad, has launched the Global Movement of the Moderates (GMM) in Putrajaya on Tuesday this week.

But of what good can it do for Malaysia or the world is a source of national and international puzzlement. What is certain though, the event will cost Malaysian taxpayers a pretty penny indeed - all for the purpose of boosting Najib's ego and padding his resume or legacy, if you will.

The implication here is that Islamic fundamentalists everywhere are engaged in a Global War of Terrorism against the west and its allies. The so-called moderates, like Najib, want to distance themselves from this militant form of Islam propagated by a tiny minority. In the process, they want to buy “respectability’ and support from the international community for their own self-serving political survival.

MALAYSIA SHOCK: 40 women at Orang Asli settlement have syphilis

Forty women from the Sungai Kucing Orang Asli Settlement in Ulu Tembling, Pahang, were found to have contracted syphilis recently, reported Sinar Harian.

The women, who had been given treatment, were currently being monitored by the Health and Orang Asli Development Department.

All the women in the settlement were given a talk on Monday about cultivating a healthy lifestyle and safe sex practices by the authorities.

Rural Development and Orang Asli Affairs Department director Datuk Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail said the situation at the settlement was under control.

He said the women were advised on the dangers of contracting syphilis and avoiding sexual contact with foreign immigrants working in nearby oil palm plantations.

Now, Ummi accuses her brother of trying to kill her

As if her public claims of virginity and the equally loud counter-claims by an ex-boyfriend that she wasn't were not disgraceful enough, Umno's political 'villainess' Ummi Hafilda is now accusing her brother Azwan Ali of trying to kill her.

According to the Star, Ummi lodged a police report over the matter at the Tan Tun Dr Ismail station on Tuesday.

Another government-controlled media, Buletin Utama TV3 also reported that Ummi lodged the complaint based on Azwan's  Twitter which basically said 'Let's catch that woman from Hell. Burn her body.'