Secession calls are no laughing matter.
In fact, it draws lightning quick reactions from the authorities. There is indeed nothing humourous in being slapped with the Sedition Act.
Murmurs of this are often heard across the South China Sea, but now it is reverberating from the southern tip of the Peninsular.
The past weeks have seen a raft of interesting twists and turns, with one political coalition having been laid to rest while the other continues to be rattled by a soon-to-be nonagenarian.
Amidst the chaos, a kingdom has flexed its muscles.
This is after a minister, with a constricted vocabulary, picked a rather haughty word to warn a prince that he should not stick his royal nose into politics.
And instead of dousing the fire, the minister continued to pour fuel.
For Bung’s sake
On a lighter note, if Johor declares independence and becomes a sovereign kingdom, there are several reasons which could motivate Malaysians from other states to move there.
For example, the thought of being in a different country than Bung Moktar Radin in itself is inducement enough to pack the bags.
This would spare blushes for having an elected representative whose sexist remarks and threats can be confused with dung.
Here is a parliamentarian who hailed Hitler when the German football team demolished Brazil in the last World Cup, and now has threatened to kill protesters who gather in front of his house.
Some have even lamented that despite the kidnapping cases in Sabah, Bung has never fallen victim.
Perhaps this is because the kidnappers have been reading the news and know it would be difficult to find any Malaysian willing to fork out a ransom for him.
Since the crown prince, Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim, has stressed the importance of politicians having the confidence and trust of the people, he would perhaps ensure that such ignoramuses are banished from the kingdom in order to safeguard the mental well-being of his subjects.
The purring Harimau
Then there is the Malaysian football team, whose standard has not improved in decades apart from a few bright sparks now and then.
Far from roaring, Harimau Malaysia has been meowing, and that too was inaudible on Tuesday night by a Palestinian team, whose players probably trained by dodging bullets and rockets as opposed to the millions of ringgit poured into the Malaysian team.
The 6-0 defeat, which has dimmed Malaysia’s prospect of qualifying for the World Cup yet again, became the subject of lampoon on the social media, with one hilarious excuse being that if Malaysia ‘belasah’ (trashed) Palestine, then we would be no different than Israel.
Hopefully, by moving to the Kingdom of Johor, there will be a better national team since the president of the football association there is willing to explore new grounds and techniques to uplift performance.
GST-free fried rice
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Some might even consider emigrating just for the sake of witnessing Deputy Finance Minister Ahmad Maslan having to use a passport to return to his motherland.
Since the sultan is sore about the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and even refused to shake the deputy minister’s hands, Ahmad Maslan could be detained by immigration authorities upon arrival and deported.
Worse still, he could be apprehended and sentenced to 30-day community service of cooking up his infamous GST-free fried rice at the stalls in the kingdom’s capital.
There could be a 100 or more reasons for the disgruntlement that led Malaysians to rejoice in seeing Tunku Ismail drub the prime minister and a minister despite the dangers associated with royal intervention in politics.
And so politicians must take note of this episode and in the prince’s words, ask themselves why. - M'kini
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