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Oct 30, 2023 10 tweets 2 min read
I watched TMJ's session on the KS podcast. There are some things that TMJ said warrants some concerns, especially on the part of his dad being a "hands-on" Agong, because of weak legal limits.

I'll fire off a quick thread. Here we go: Screengrab of TMJ Tunku Ismail on the Keluar Sekejap podcast. First, we can't truly be a check and balance to royal activities because of the Sedition Act. TMJ said nothing happened to those who criticised, but remember even satire can be a crime eg Fahmi Reza's "dengki ke" episode.
Mar 11, 2023 8 tweets 3 min read
Did Syed Mokhtar's foundation had its tax-exempt status removed?

Here's fact-checking some bits of former PM Mahiaddin Md Yasin's statement on the eve of him being charged in court yesterday for corruption. Then PM Mahiaddin Md Yasin seen clapping after receiving bir 1. Mahiaddin said in his Thursday statement that after GE14, then finance minister Lim Guan Eng removed Yayasan Al-Bukhary's tax exempt status.

Syed Mokhtar then appealed to Mahiaddin to which the latter minuted for the finance ministry and tax board LHDN to consider. Excerpt of Mahiaddin's Thursday statement where he claims th