#muhyiddin yassin

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Ini penjajahan bentuk baru, Ismail Sabri dah cakap. Kita akan ditawan daripada segi kesihatan, minda, dan sebagainya. Bukan ada tentera nak datang sini. Cuma kita punya orang dalam sini yang khianat kita. Mereka dengan Rasuah, mereka dengan janji, yang mereka akan dapat pangkat yang tinggi, mereka telah tanda tangan, benda yang boleh membunuh kita. Jadi semalam tadi mesyuarat kita dengan lowyer, kita mahu report ini di tambah tiga nama. Tuan-tuan yang dah buat report, kalau nak, nak buat lagi sekali tambah tiga nama ini. Noor Hisham, KJ, dan juga Zaliha. Dan mereka bertanggung jawab. Kalau siapa yang ada power lagi, konfiden lagi boleh tambah nama Muhyiddin pun sama. Karena apa Muhyiddin lah yang memulakan Vaksinasi ini. Dan kita kena tambah lagi dua tiga orang nama menteri-menteri, Adham Baba dan sebagainya. Tapi paling kurang tiga ini kita kena masukkan. Jadi tuan-tuan kita minta itu saja. Supaya kita nampak, kerajaan nampak benda ini ada tekanan daripada rakyat.

This is a new form of colonization, Ismail Sabri has already said. We will be conquered in terms of health, mind, and so on.

There aren’t any soldiers coming here. It's just our own people inside who are betraying us. They're involved with Corruption, making promises about getting high positions; they've signed things that could kill us. So, yesterday we had a meeting with our lawyer, and we want to add three names to this report.

For those of you who have already filed a report, if you want, you can do it again and add these three names: Noor Hisham, KJ, and also Zaliha. They are responsible for this.

If anyone still has power and confidence, they can add Muhyiddin’s name too. Because it was Muhyiddin who started this vaccination process. We also need to add a couple more names, like ministers Adham Baba and others.

But at the very least, we need to include these three. So, we’re just asking for that. So that the government can see there’s pressure from the people on this issue.

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YTL Communications now investigated over Najib-era 1BestariNet project

The MACC has launched an investigation into the 1BestariNet project awarded to YTL Communications in 2011 by the Education Ministry. The probe focuses on alleged false claims amounting to RM2.7 billion. MACC raided YTL’s office and a government office in Kuala Lumpur, confiscating documents to aid the investigation. The case is being investigated under Section 18 of the MACC Act. YTL Power, the…

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Ex-premiê da Malásia acusado de sedição contra monarquia

Kuala Lumpur, Malásia, 28 de agosto de 2024 – Agência de Notícias Bernama – O ex-primeiro-ministro e atual líder da oposição da Malásia, Muhyiddin Yassin, foi formalmente acusado de sedição nesta terça-feira (27) por supostamente insultar o ex-rei do país, Al-Sultan Abdullah Ahmad Shah, durante um discurso político no início deste mês. Muhyiddin declarou-se inocente das acusações. Segundo seu…

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Malaysia ex-PM Muhyiddin Yassin set to be charged for corruption - SUCH TV

Muhyiddin Yassin, who was Malaysia’s prime minister as the country locked down over COVID-19, is expected to be charged on Friday with corruption over the alleged diversion of funds to his party. According to international media reports, Muhyiddin went voluntarily for questioning at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) on Thursday morning in relation to allegations that building…

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Pemilu Malaysia Hasilkan Parlemen Gantung, Apa yang Sebenarnya Terjadi?

Pemilu Malaysia Hasilkan Parlemen Gantung, Apa yang Sebenarnya Terjadi?

Mantan Perdana Menteri Malaysia Muhyiddin Yassin mengklaim dapat membentuk pemerintahan dengan dukungan dari partai lainnya, setelah pemilu tidak menghasilkan pemenang mayoritas. (Foto: Reuters) Kualalumpur (Riaunews.com) – Eks Perdana Menteri (PM) Malaysia Mahathir Mohamad kalah telak di pemilihan umum (Pemilu) Malaysia hingga para pemimpin politik melakukan manuver untuk membentuk pemerintahan…

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彡✎ Unpacking Politics, One Meme at a Time

(Do memes (as it is popular in Malaysian politics) provide a useful way of understanding politics?)

Politics: the only arena where you'll find more plot twists, backstabbing, and unexpected surprises than a season finale of your favorite TV show.

We get it – politics can sometimes feel like a maze of jargon and complex issues. However, with the rise of meme culture and its integration into politics, could memes be used to further understand politics and its complexity? (probably).

Behind the Laughs

Before answering the main question, let me hit y'all with some nerd facts about how memes came about. A meme is a cultural informational unit that spreads by imitation. The term, which comes from the Greek word mimema (meaning "imitated"), was coined by a British biologist named Richard Dawkins in 1976 from his work titled "The Selfish Gene" (Rogers 2023). Memes come in a variety of format that ranges from videos to still images.

From LOL to Legislation

In today's day and age of the Internet, memes can be found on all sorts of social media platforms that we use on a daily basis. Whether it be viral videos or yet another funny cat or dog picture like the doge meme. Nowadays, there seems to be an ongoing trend of memes being used in politics. I'm not particularly sure how it is being used, but most of the memes I see about politics are just to poke fun at a specific person or political party.

Now for the million-dollar (or in this case ringgit) question, how did memes suddenly become a thing in the political world? The earliest instance of memes and politics I could find is from the year 2000 during a presidential debate in the United States about then-candidate George W. Bush where he mispronounced the word "internet" as "internets." Four years later, he made the same mistake during a debate with John Kerry when he said, "I hear here’s rumors on the, uh, internets that we’re going to have a draft". After the whole conundrum, the response from netizens was eventful. Thus, making Bush one of the first few political internet memes (Klein 2019).

It seems that after George W. Bush became a trending meme in politics in the United States, I guess you could say he sort of paved the way for birthing memes in politics as we know it today. As far as I know, there are a lot of memes about our politics here in Malaysia that I've come across and it gets pretty entertaining considering how our politics here are.

Meme-laysia

As someone that currently lives in Malaysia, I would say that there are a handful of memes that circulates throughout social media when it is nearing elections or when someone that is part of a political party (or one of our ministers) screws up yet again. The political scene here is quite eventful, to say the least, but that does not mean we cannot laugh about it.

One of the most popular political memes in Malaysia is during 2021 when our then Prime Minister of Malaysia, Muhyiddin Yassin suddenly resigned from his position after only being the Prime Minister for one-and-a-half years. As good of a plot twist as this is, Malaysians took to social media to express their confusion and reaction to this news (Lee 2021).

Here is one of the example:

Upon resigning as Prime Minister, Muhyiddin Yassin will assume the role of interim Prime Minister until a new leader, who commands the majority, is identified (Lee 2021).

Humor and Power

Phew. We're finally getting to the most anticipated part. Do memes provide a useful way of understanding politics? My answer to that is, definitely. Based on research conducted by Kasirye (2019), it is found that political memes do have an effect on providing information about politics.

The study also reveals that political parties employ memes to promote, oppose, and criticize various political issues among the populace. Since the majority of messages are created by political parties and actors to further their objectives, memes are spread through social media to reach the targeted political groups.

Due to memes having a visual nature and their ability to grab people's attention, memes are a good foundation to start understanding politics. Thus, memes are a great method for political engagement that appeals to people's cognitive and extrasensory faculties in order to interact with them and shape their opinions. Humor and sarcasm, on the other hand, are used as persuasive strategies in this awareness-raising technique (Kasirye 2019, p. 51).

Final Thoughts and Prayers

Overall, I do think that memes play a part in politics in terms of understanding what is going on or providing useful information. Memes are funny and people like memes due to the fact that they can be on different social media platforms, whether it be in video or picture format.

References

Kasirye, F 2019, 'THE EFFECTIVENESS OF POLITICAL MEMES AS A FORM OF POLITICAL PARTICIPATION AMONGST MILLENNIALS IN UGANDA', Journal of Education and Social Sciences, vol. 13, issue 1, pp. 50 - 51, viewed 8 October 2023, <https://www.jesoc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/KC13_032.pdf>.

Klein, O 2019, The evolution of political internet memes, Kennedy School Review, viewed 8 October 2023, <https://ksr.hkspublications.org/2019/03/11/the-evolution-of-political-internet-memes/>.

Lee, J 2021, Confused Malaysians make sense of country's political crisis through memes, Mashable, viewed 8 October 2023, <https://sea.mashable.com/culture/17175/confused-malaysians-make-sense-of-countrys-political-crisis-through-memes>.

Rogers, K n.d., meme, Britannica, viewed 7 October 2023, <https://www.britannica.com/topic/meme>.

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@staff who do i have to kill to get polls?? muhyiddin yassin???

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[SCMP is HK Media]

Of the various appointments, Ahmad Zahid being handed the deputy prime ministership was the most expected among political commentators, even though sceptics warned it would taint Anwar’s administration from the outset.

Ahmad Zahid is widely seen as a close ally of Najib Razak, the ex-leader defeated in 2018 polls and now in jail following a conviction linking him to the 1MDB financial scandal. Ahmad Zahid himself is facing corruption charges of his own for alleged money laundering and criminal breach of trust.

Along with Najib, Ahmad Zahid was among a slew of BN officials slapped with corruption charges following the 2018 vote, which Anwar’s PH won under the leadership of elder statesman Mahathir Mohamad.

The PH government collapsed in 2020, following an internal coup backed by Najib, Zahid and other BN heavyweights.

The conservative Malay-Muslim Perikatan Nasional (PN) bloc led by former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin opted not to join the unity government, claiming it would be dominated by the Chinese-centric DAP.

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HUTANG 1MDB RM32billion..???

TETAPI pihak irihati dan pemfitnah tak pernah sebut ASET 1MDB ialah RM100billion

SELAMAT MEMBACA SUPAYA ANDA TIDAK DIPERBODOHKAN selamanya...

Seorang Ahli Majlis Pimpinan Tertinggi BERSATU mengaku bahawa saya betul bahawa prestasi ekonomi Malaysia dan prestasi mengawal Covid adalah paling teruk berbanding negara-negara jiran biarpun Malaysia adalah antara negara yang melaksanakan PKP separuh masak paling lama di dunia.

Tetapi dia kata ini bukan kegagalan Muhyiddin sebab boss dia dibeban dan dikekang oleh hutang 1MDB RM32b.

Sebab 1MDB, ekonomi dan Covid teruk di negara kita.

Okay. Saya beri fakta.

Hutang 1MDB adalah RM32b pada akhir tahun 2019 sebelum Muhyiddin jadi PM.

"Selain itu, RM32.2 billion hutang bersih 1MDB." http://berita.rtm.gov.my/index.php/semasa/13918-ipma-berjaya-lahirkan-modal-insan-kelas-pertama-berintegriti-datuk-seri-ismail-sabri

Namun seperti diulas Menteri Kewangan semasa membahas bajet 2022 pada bulan Oktober 2021 lalu, hutang 1MDB juga RM32b selepas Muhyiddin henti sebagai PM. https://www.bharian.com.my/berita/nasional/2021/10/881690/hutang-terkumpul-1mdb-rm32-bilion-setakat-akhir-jun-2021

Bermakna satu sen prinsipal hutang 1MDB tak pernah dibayar.

Malah sepanjang tempoh dia jadi PM, Malaysia dapat semula RM15.4 bilion tunai yang dibayar sebagai penyelesaian-penyelesaian kes 1MDB oleh pihak-pihak seperti Goldman Sachs, KPMG dan Deloittes.

Ini bermakna satu sen prinsipal hutang 1MDB tidak pernah dibayar tetapi dana sebanyak RM15.4 bilion diterima oleh kerajaan sebab 1MDB.

Dan dia tidak pernah sebut pun aset-aset 1MDB bernilai lebih RM100b atau peranan 1MDB untuk menyelesaikan masalah perjanjian IPP berat sebelah yang menjimatkan negara sebanyak RM15b setahun sehingga rizab tunai Petronas naik ke RM176b sebelum PRU14.

Entah sudah beberapa kali saya jawab perkara ini termasuk kepada Anwar dan Kit Siang sebelum PRN Melaka tetapi mereka tak pernah sekali pun menyangkal atau berbunyi: https://www.facebook.com/najibrazak/posts/447483400075937

Jadi, dari sudut mana Muhyiddin dibeban atau dikekang oleh hutang 1MDB sehingga prestasinya mengawal ekonomi dan Covid amat buruk sedangkan korang tak pernah langsaikan satu sen prinsipal hutang 1MDB dan sebaliknya menerima tunai RM15.4b sebab 1MDB?

Dan tahukah kamu bahawa PN dahulu turut menaikkan hutang kerajaan sebanyak RM173.3 bilion dalam tempoh korang jadi kerajaan dari RM792b ke RM965.3b pada bulan Ogos semasa Muhyiddin turun sebagai PM?

"Hutang Kerajaan Persekutuan 2019 naik kepada RM792 bilion" https://www.bharian.com.my/berita/nasional/2020/11/750317/hutang-kerajaan-persekutuan-2019-naik-kepada-rm792-bilion

"Hutang kerajaan kekal terkawal, RM965.3 bil setakat Ogos 2021" https://www.astroawani.com/berita-malaysia/hutang-kerajaan-kekal-terkawal-rm9653-bil-setakat-ogos-323665

Sedangkan hutang kerajaan pada akhir tahun 2017 sebelum PRU14 adalah RM686.8 bilion.

"Hutang negara bukan RM1 trilion tapi RM686 juta - Tuan Ibrahim" https://www.kinitv.com/bm/berita/64699

Ya.. hutang naik RM173.3b masa korang. Lagi nak guna alasan hutang 1MDB sebanyak RM32b yang tidak pernah dilangsaikan satu sen oleh korang.

(Hutang kerajaan naik hampir 50% atau hampir RM300 bilion dari RM686b ke RM965.3b setelah saya henti jadi PM tapi satu sen prinsipal hutang 1MDB RM32b tidak pernah dibayar balik setakat ini.)

Bukan setakat hutang naik. Petronas turut dijarah dengan bayaran RM59b (2020: RM34b. 2021: RM25b) kepada kerajaan.

Manakala aset Khazanah Nasional turun hampir RM10b dari RM91b pada akhir tahun 2019 ke RM81b pada akhir tahun 2020.

Dan korang juga korek RM5 bilion dari tabung KWAN yang dibina masa saya jadi PM dari RM4b sehingga nilainya mencecah RM17b keitka PRU14.

"Kerajaan hanya ambil RM5 bilion dari KWAN" https://www.utusan.com.my/nasional/2021/04/kerajaan-hanya-ambil-rm5-bilion-dari-kwan/

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Muhyiddin Yassin to Face Sedition Charges Over Campaign Speech

Perikatan Nasional chairperson Muhyiddin Yassin is scheduled to face sedition charges in Kelantan tomorrow, stemming from remarks made during the Nenggiri by-election campaign. Bersatu information chief Razali Idris confirmed that Muhyiddin will be charged at the Gua Musang court. Inspector-General of Police Razarudin Husain also verified the charges. Sedition Charges The case relates to…

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Malaysia faces hung parliament for first time in history

Malaysia is facing a hung parliament for the first time in its political history, after a divisive, tightly-contested general election left major parties unable to secure enough votes to form a new government.

The result has thrust the Southeast Asian country into fresh political turmoil, as rival leaders scramble to broaden collations in renewed efforts to form a clear majority. Whoever wins will become Malaysia’s fourth prime minister in as many years, as the country grapples with rising inflation and a cost of living crisis.

With all but one parliamentary seat declared Sunday morning, veteran opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim’s multi-ethnic Pakatan Harapan coalition was ahead, having secured 82 seats from a possible 220, according to results from the country’s Election Commission.

Close behind is former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s Malay-based Perikatan Nasional, or National Alliance, with 73 seats. Muhyiddin’s group includes an Islamist party that has openly backed shariah or Islamic law.

But in the biggest upset of the night, Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition, made up of center right political parties including the dominant United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), suffered a stunning defeat – winning just 30 seats.

Officials from UMNO, which ruled Malaysia for more than six decades following its independence from Britain, previously told CNN the party had “a lot of work” to do and did not want to go backwards.

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Once indomitable figures were also thrust out. The country’s former prime minister, 97-year-old Mahathir Mohamad suffered defeat for the first time in 53 years, losing his seat in the Langkawi island constituency.

The lack of a clear winner in Saturday’s election now presents the possibility Malaysia’s King could become involved, with the constitution granting the monarch power to determine who has the majority in parliament.

Malaysia is braced for major floods. So why is it holding an election?

Both leading candidates declared victory on Sunday, despite results showing neither has enough votes to form a government.

In a late night speech to supporters Saturday, Anwar claimed he had enough support from members of parliament to form a government and would detail his support in a letter to the King. Muhyiddin also told his supporters he was in discussions with leaders of the Sabah and Sarawak political parties to also form a coalition.

Since 2015, Malaysian politics has been overshadowed by the 1MDB corruption scandal, which saw billions of dollars of taxpayers money embezzled out of the country. It brought down former prime minister, Najib Razak, who is now serving a 12-year prison sentence for corruption.

Ahead of the polls, many voters expressed a strong desire to end years of political instability. And on Saturday, voters headed to polls in huge numbers, with state media estimating turnout to be 73.89% – despite heavy rains and flooding which hindered campaigning across half of the country in recent weeks.

Anwar the survivor

If Anwar is able to secure a coalition with enough votes to form a government, it would represent a remarkable comeback for the veteran politician, who was imprisoned for sodomy and released in 2018.

Anwar made his name as a student activist in various Muslim youth groups in Kuala Lumpur in the late 1960s, as the country reeled from the protracted Communist insurgency of the Malayan Emergency.

Arrested in 1974 in student protests against rural poverty, Anwar was sentenced to 20 months in jail. Despite his firebrand reputation, he later confounded liberal supporters in 1982 by joining the conservative United Malays National Organization (UMNO) led by Mahathir.

The freed politician was the heir apparent to then-premier Mahathir until 1998, when he was sacked and charged for corruption and sodomy. He was found guilty the following year, a ruling that led to mass street demonstrations.

The sodomy conviction was overturned, but the corruption verdict was never lifted, barring him from running for political post until a decade later.

In 2008, once his ban on political participation was lifted, he was hit with further sodomy charges.

Following an appeal of the acquittal of those charges he was convicted again and jailed in 2015. Human rights groups were highly critical when the conviction was upheld, calling it politically motivated – a claim the government denied.

Anwar was released three years later, immediately joining with one time political opponent Mahathir to oust the ruling Barisan party for the first time in Malaysia’s history. The success, however, was short lived, with the coalition collapsing after less than two years in power.

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Social Media, Memes and….*sighs*, Malaysian Politics

Before I begin, I’d like to address that I am not particularly fond of Malaysian politics, but will try to explain this week’s topic through the mind of someone who regularly uses Social Media, just not for politics.

Generally, social media has been a primary source for politics in terms of sharing information and announcing unexpected political happenings. In Malaysia, it is known that most politicians are on social media applications such as Twitter and Instagram. With the platform presented to them, they’re able to advocate for their standing party and have the freedom to say what they want to say. Comparing traditional media and the media we consume now, it is certain how much social media has a one up the game for politics. News gets spread faster, and not only politicians are involved, but generally the people of the country who voted. Even those who didn’t vote, get the participate.

All thanks to the freedom of social media, and yes, this is where memes come in.

Let’s go back in time shall we? To the year 2020…

When everything Covid-19 related happened around the world and in Malaysia, Malaysia was also going through a political crisis where there was a sudden switch in the cabinet. There was an immediate meeting of leaders that was held on the 23rd February 2020, about 3 weeks before national lockdown. Crazy, right? Everything else was happening and these people decided to make even more controversies within the country. Then again, I was only 18, an avid user on Twitter whilst scrolling thru my feed of constant tweets about the changes happening. Leaders from several factions of Pakatan Harapan (PH) and Barisan Nasional (BN) were called to Sheraton Hotel, Petaling Jaya, which somehow, lead to Tun Mahathir Mohamad resigning as the Prime Minister, and then forming a whole new government under Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (Zainuddin 2020). This whole situation was then known as the “Sheraton Move”, where they planned to topple the PH government. To sum all that up, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin ended up being the Prime Minister, with the 3rd ever government we have in Malaysia (IISS 2020)…

…only to step down the following year on the 16th of August 2021 becoming the caretaker Prime Minister, with Ismail Sabri Yakoob replacing him as our Prime Minister, for now.

Okay, I’m going to stop here, it’s getting confusing, but you get the gist. Malaysian politics are a full on mess.

While I have to admit I only knew the full story today because of this week’s topic blog, memes have helped me somewhat understood the situation and honestly made the whole thing lighter and more engaging. Personally, I do think memes are this generation’s way of coping with almost anything, considering the fact that we’ve been told that we’re unserious and unaware. But, I don’t think that’s the case. With social media, the birth of memes were born. What better way to convey the slight snooze-fest of politics with none other than.. fun loving memes? Relating to last week’s post, our generation loves visuals, and memes just sums up all that. A whole situation or message being conveyed in 1 fulfilling meme. Quite entertaining if I do say so myself.

With that, I do believe that memes and politics somehow do go hand in hand together, especially in this decade. Jokes aside and all, considering memes are joke-filled, memes grab the attention of most social media users. People like me who aren’t really aware, get attracted to these memes posted only to be curious about the context behind it. For me, that works, and I’m sure it works for other people as well. One can put it in a way as if memes are a head start before a plane takes off, thus the plane being any types of news. In this case, political news.

Take this meme below, for example. I saw this about a year ago circulating on Twitter and was really confused at first on what was going on. From there I made the initiative to search up what all this was about, and it seemed like it was just Dr. Mahathir and his tricks, as usual.

Okay enough of that, it’s in the past now.

As I’m typing this out, GE15 candidates have been announced so do vote if you can! For the betterment of Malaysia and many more political memes to come 🇲🇾

#mda20009 #week5 #politicalengagement

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Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has been charged with sedition, after allegedly criticizing the country’s previous king in an election campaign speech earlier this month.

Muhyiddin, who led Malaysia from March 2020 to August 2021, appeared yesterday in a court in Gua Musang, in the northeastern state of Kelantan, where he pleaded not guilty. The charge, brought under the colonial-era Sedition Act, carries a fine of up to 5,000 ringgit ($1,150), a prison term of up to three years, or both.

The sedition charge relates to a by-election campaign event in Gua Musang on August 15, when, according to a Nikkei Asia report, Muhyiddin questioned why then-King, Sultan Abdullah of Pahang, did not invite him to form a government after the general election in 2022, despite him securing the support of a majority of the 222-seat parliament. The king eventually chose Anwar Ibrahim to become prime minister.

“I had the support of 115 MPs, but I was not called to form the government,” he reportedly said, adding, “Who was the agong (king) at that time?” Sultan Abdullah, who is from the central state of Pahang, was replaced in January by Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar of Johor.

The 77-year-old’s remarks prompted immediate public outrage and condemnation, including from within the Perikatan Nasional opposition coalition, of which Muhyiddin is the chair.

Such was the backlash that Muhyiddin was forced to issue a statement on August 19 defending his comments. He claimed that his speech was a “factual statement that was not intended to insult the monarchy or contain any seditious tendency.”

The new sedition charge is the least of Muhyiddin’s legal troubles; in March 2023, just four months after the general election, he was also charged with abuse of power charges related to Jana Wibawa, an economic stimulus program for ethnic Malay contractors that was instituted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Prosecutors claim that Muhyiddin accepted 232.5 million ringgit ($51.4 million) in bribes for his party Bersatu.

While the Malaysian High Court in August 2023 acquitted Muhyiddin of the abuse of power charges, describing them as “vague, flawed and unfounded,” they were reinstated on appeal in February of this year. He also faces two counts of money laundering in connection with the Jana Wibawa program.

While Anwar’s administration said that it was merely fulfilling the PM’s longstanding promise to tackle corruption, the prime minister’s Malay nationalist opponents have inevitably depicted the charges as a politically motivated witch hunt. In the current polarized environment, it is perhaps inevitable that the sedition charge will be viewed by Muhyiddin partisans in much the same way.

The case is also likely to revive the heated debate about the Malaysian government’s use of colonial-era laws to prevent comments about the “3Rs” – race, religion, and royalty – which it claims are necessary to maintain social harmony. The fact that the use of these laws has persisted under Anwar, whose coalition championed free speech and promised to repeal key repressive British-era laws while in opposition, has added a further twist.

These debates came to a head in July 2023, when prosecutors filed sedition charges against Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor, the caretaker chief minister of Kedah State, and a prominent member of the resurgent Malaysian Islamist Party (PAS). Like Muhyiddin, he was charged with insulting the country’s sultans in a political speech, though he was also a known peddler of Malay nationalist conspiracy theories and comments denigrating the country’s Indian and Chinese communities.

The case prompted a disagreement between those who believe that Anwar’s administration was justified in using colonial-era laws to prevent the spread of right-wing racial rhetoric and disinformation, and those who believe that this could backfire politically, feeding the grievances of right-wing Malay ethnonationalism.

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Former Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin. File | Picture credit score: AP Former Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin was charged on Tuesday (Aug 27) with sedition over a speech he made that allegedly questioned the integrity of the nation's former king.Muhyiddin, who dominated Malaysia from March 2020 to August 2021, pleaded not responsible in a court docket within the northeastern state of Kelantan. In response to the cost sheet, Muhyiddin made the seditious remarks final month throughout a by-election marketing campaign in Kelantan. 9 ethnic Malay state rulers take turns as Malaysia's king for five-year phrases below the nation's rotating monarchy, which started when Malaysia gained independence from Britain in 1957. The monarchy performs a largely ceremonial function however is revered by the nation's Muslim majority.In his speech on August 14, Muhyiddin questioned why then-King Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah didn't invite him to be prime minister after a hung parliament in November 2022. Muhyiddin claimed he had the backing of majority lawmakers.Muhyiddin's Islamic nationalist bloc acquired stronger-than-expected assist from Malays, who make up two-thirds of Malaysia's 34 million folks. Sultan Abdullah appointed then-opposition chief Anwar Ibrahim as prime minister after Anwar secured assist from rival events to type a unity authorities. Sultan Abdullah of the central state of Pahang, who ended his reign on Jan 30 this 12 months, didn't touch upon the case, however his son sharply criticised Muhyiddin, saying his feedback had been harmful and will divide the folks and undermine the royal establishment. Police questioned Muhyiddin following complaints that had been filed towards him. He denied insulting the royals and mentioned his feedback had been true, and had pledged his assist to 115 lawmakers out of the 222-member parliament.Zaid Malek of Legal professionals for Freedom, a human rights and authorized reform group, strongly criticised the usage of the colonial-era Sedition Act towards Muhyiddin. He mentioned questioning or criticising the king's train of constitutional energy was not seditious.The legislation, launched by the British in 1948, criminalizes speech or actions with an undefined “seditious tendency,” together with those who promote hatred towards the federal government and monarchy or incite racial discord.“The king is a constitutional monarch, not a feudal ruler. Due to this fact, the train of his energy may be debated, questioned or criticised. That is the very foundation of our system of constitutional monarchy,” Zaid mentioned. Anwar has backtracked on his promise to repeal the Sedition Act, which has lengthy been used to suppress dissenting voices, he added.Muhyiddin, 77, may withstand three years in jail or a wonderful, or each, if convicted. He's additionally nonetheless combating corruption and cash laundering prices that he says are politically motivated.Muhyiddin is the second former chief to be charged with crimes after former Prime Minister Najib Razak, who was hit with a number of prices after dropping the 2018 normal election. Najib started serving a 12-year jail time period in 2022, and there are a number of extra corruption trials underway.

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Hajiji: Perajurit yang Menentang Fanatisme dan Ekstremisme

Sesungguhnya, Hajiji Noor ialah insan nan mulia. Pertimbangkanlah sejauh manakah kemuliaan Ketua Menteri Sabah sebenarnya. Beliau seorang insan yang berani, berhati waja dan memiliki prinsip yang utuh. Dengan tegasnya ia melawan rasuah. Hanya dua tahun lebih sahaja diperlukannya untuk sedar bahawa bekas majikannya, Muhyiddin Yassin daripada Parti Bersatu, umpama biawak hidup dek tuduhan rasuah…