Johore threatening to secede from Malaysia

The comments by the Johore royalty of the possibility of Johore seceding from Malaysia have hit the news again. The Crown Prince has said it again, indicating that the frustration over the mess created by the Federal Govt and the politics of  racial unrest have upset the royal family in Johore. Several news agencies have the same report below:

“I am going to be the future Sultan of this state and my main responsibility goes towards the people of Johor. Malaysia is important to me, but Johor and JDT will always come first.

He also explained that Johor only agreed to be a part of the Federation of Malaysia provided “several basic terms” were fulfilled and added, “And if any one of those terms are breached, we have every right to secede from this country.”

Expressing his strong sense of duty to the people of Johor first and foremost, he said, “You can accuse me of instigating state-based sentiments, but to me, I’m merely doing my duty to the people of Johor, and reminding them of the history and heritage behind this great land.”

He also said it was important that everyone was aware that the current political and economic maelstrom in the country was not of the Johor royalty’s doing.

“People deserve to know, that the mess we have in the country right now, should in no way be associated to the Johor royal family. Over the years, we’ve always been strong and independent as well as resourceful.”….

Talk of secession first surfaced in June when the crown prince’s brother, Tunku Idris Sultan Ibrahim, posted a reminder to Putrajaya over Instagram that the Johor government had joined the Federation of Malaysia on the conditions Islam be declared the religion of the state; that the state have absolute right over water and land issues; and that the state royal house has its own armed forces….

He said that over the decades and centuries, the people of Johor were encouraged to be united and committed to a cause.

"So politicians may instigate racist sentiments, but the people of Johor will always be racially united and that very unity will go on to become the backbone of this football club," said Tunku Ismail. See more at: http://news.asiaone.com/news/malaysia/johor-always-first-says-crown-prince#sthash.Dd5HiHtt.dpuf

The frustration by the royalty family with Federal policies that in many ways could scuttle the State’s development plans must be a big sore point given the mammoth development projects in Johore and the risk of them being killed prematurely. Johore is in a rapid phase of economic development, probably the fastest pace among all the Malaysian states and huge funds are involved. Failure for these projects to take off is something the Johore royalties will not swallow without a good fight, and secession is a last option that may be considered if the big plans are put to risk.

With a small city state like Singapore, 1/100 the size of Johore, succeeding in going alone, big states like Johore, Sarawak and Sabah, with huge natural resources, land and people and good leaderships, cannot do worse and breaking off to found new states is a very attractive option. Singapore and many smaller countries in the world have proven that small states can carve out a living and be sustainable as small economies. Bigger states like Johore would have lesser problems with sustainability issues. Johore is self sufficient in everything and an independent Johore, Sarawak or Sabah and as new members in Asean would be a natural outcome. Brunei is doing exceptionally well too in Asean as an independent state.

The fear of the politicians in KL turning Malaysia upside down and burning is very real. The cries for independence and statehood to the more progressive and dynamic leaders who could be founders of new nation states and to be able to chart the destinies of their people and country in their chosen path, to be in full control, must be a very attractive and sexy inspiration. Why would they want to let foolish politicians to destroy their plans for their states and people?

If the politicians in KL do not get their acts together and continue to run down Malaysia, the secession dream could become a reality. The Johore royalties are no longer the little village sultans but sophisticated and worldly statesmen with clear vision of what is good for their people and state. They would not tolerate imbecile politicians to ruin their plans and statehood.

The prophecy of the 6 prime ministers of Malaysia in the name ‘Rahman’ is coming to an end with Najib as the last PM. After him, there is no mention of another PM. What would it be for Malaysia, who would it be as the next PM, or would it be a case of no more PMs?

Putin is the best thing to happen in the Middle East

Putin is the man that the evil American Empire must face up with. His decision in eastern Europe has put a stop to American aggression and encroachment into Russian sphere of influence. What is more important is Putin’s decision to send in his military forces into Syria. The presence of the Russian troops, ships and aircraft is to tell the Americans that the Russians will not go away and the Americans cannot go on taking down Arab leaders one by one in their so called ‘regime change’.  The Russians would not allow that and the Arab leaders now have a backer and need not fear the Americans anymore.

Putin is the best thing to happen in the Middle East and to the Arabs that have been bullied and murdered by the Americans since the end of WW2.  Putin must put in more troops into other Arab states. He is now more than welcome than the evil Empire. If the Arab leaders are confident that Putin will  stand up to the Americans, they would stand up and be united to take on the Americans instead of waiting to be killed and raided by the Americans.

There is hope for the Arab countries. Putin is the man, their hope for independence and free from American aggression, free from being bombed and killed by the Americans is getting brighter. The evil Empire would now have to overcome Putin if it wants to doing regime change and control the Arab countries and their oil.

Khaw Boon Wan – Like it or not, this man works

Boon Wan only took over the Transport Ministry a month ago after the GE. It is amazing at the things he is doing and at the rate he is doing them. It would take a new person some time to understand the new job and the problems and work on the solutions. Here it seems that he already has a full grasp of not only the problems facing the train system but also have solutions in his hand. And he is not only looking at the problems of the trains but also implementing contingency plans for both the aviation and rail sectors.  On top of these he appointed PUB Chairman Tan Gee Paw as his adviser on rail transformation.

Boon Wan has in a way taken over the running of the train operation and looking at all the angles he could look at and all the problems the system may face.  He is not just the Minister of Transport but also the executive officer of the train operations. Things are changing very fast and today he has decided on the decoupling of the power system between the NS and EW lines. And the transport experts agreed that this is the right thing to do and should have been done long ago. KNN why no one thought of it before.

So lucky to have Boon Wan taking over. In his hands every problem becomes so simple.  He is indeed a miracle worker.

Mobile Air Scam – due justice

Many may have forgotten about the Mobile Air scam and Jover Chew. But the mentioning of the video of a Vietnamese tourist forced to go on his knees to beg for mercy from the thugs at Mobile Air must still be fresh in the minds of many.

When the incident was made public, many including some from the legal fraternity were claiming that these were smart alecs and knew the law well and knew how to play around with the law and kept themselves above the law and the legality of their scam.

Yesterday four of the employees were sentenced to jail between 4 to 15 months for their thuggish behavior and cheating. Wow, they were not that clever after all and the judge was able to slam the sentences on them. Jover Chew, the mastermind, is facing 28 charges and his case would be heard on 28 Oct.

What were their clever crimes? ‘These include them quoting attractive prices and then altering the invoices after deals had been inked, so as to inflate the amount customers have to pay…The main purpose of quoting their victims an attractive price was to induce them to hand over their hard earned money and to thereafter use various means to try to extract more money from them. These are the elements that comprise the offence of cheating.’  The judge said.

And they were so sure of their clever scam that they even taunted their victims to report them to the authorities. They must have received good legal advice from some clever people that what they had done were legitimate and nothing could be done to them.  According to the DPP, the four men even accused the authority for not stopping them in their acts, indirectly saying if the authorities did not stop them then it must be ok. So it is the fault of the authorities.

Now justice is waiting for Jover Chew and very likely he is not going to act smug any more after the judgement and sentencing of his case.

American aggression in the South China Sea

Australia and US warned China while India, Japan and the US were conducting military drills in the Indian Ocean. India is going to conduct naval drill in the Andaman with the Indonesians. These sabre rattlings are the news on the flexing of muscles by the evil Empire and its little gangsters to show how powerful they are and how willing they are to go to war with China. China’s spokeswoman Hua Chunying had commented that some nations have moved military weapons hundreds and thousands of miles from their illegally occupied territorie in North America and Australia to flex their muscles in the South China Sea. And they even threatened China in the pretext of freedom of navigation to sail their warships into Chinese territorial waters.

China must be prepared to go to war with these rogue nations when provoked at its door step. The Americans and the gangsters are militarizing the South China Sea and China has no choice but to bring in their military hardware into their islands in the South China Sea to defend their territorial integrity. It is time for China to mean business and not be bullied by these gangsters of the sea. By not doing anything, they would still be called the aggressive party or the meek one.

By stationing more anti ship missiles in the islands, China can then play with the gangsters and let them sail around, burning fuel, exhausting their sailors and wasting their financial resources circling the high seas. Let the gangsters burn a big hole in their pockets and see how long they can last to stay in the area. China only needs to stay put on shore and watch the silly buggers sailing aimlessly, away from their illegally occupied countries and homes doing silly things.

But China must not do nothing. They could sail their fishing boats into the path of the American warships intruding into their territorial waters and if any fishing boat is being rammed by the Americans, the Chinese should just sink them with their anti ship missiles, like target practice. These rogues have sailed thousands of miles from the land they seized by force from the native Americans to cause trouble in the South China Sea. How wild and aggressive can they be? It is time they be stopped in the path of madness, thinking that they can bully the world by their big guns.

India and Japan can also join the circus if they are too free and did not notice the presence of the evil Empire occupying and controlling the Indian Ocean through Diego Garcia and military bases in their semi colonies in Japan, South Korea and the Philippines. The South Koreans and the Japanese have no choice but to pretend that the Americans are not occupying their countries and violating their national and territorial integrity. They grudgingly pretend to be happy to be semi colonized and controlled by the Americans. The Philippines too would turn itself back into a semi colony of the Empire voluntarily once they allowed the American troops back to occupy the military bases in their home land.

The playing up of the China threat is the American strategy to con these semi colonies and Southeast Asian states to give reasons for them to continue to be in the area and forcing their semi colonies to willingly allow American troops to occupy their land. And these silly countries could not see that by falling into the trap of a China threat they are actually compromising their independence and willingly subjecting themselves to be semi colonized by the Americans forever.

How stupid can they be?