Permadu Malaysia

He asked me the same question three times in five minutes — and I was this close to snapping at the man who once answered me twenty-seven times in a row, smiling every single time. My dad is eighty-three now. He walks slower, speaks softer, but his eyes still carry that same quiet spark when he looks at the world. That evening we were sitting together on the old front porch of our house — the same one I grew up in. The wooden chairs creaked gently, and the air smelled like freshly cut grass, apple blossoms, and a warm summer night. Suddenly — a flash of color on the fence. A small blue-and-yellow bird, maybe a chickadee, landed on one of the boards. “What kind of bird is that, son?” my dad asked quietly. “A chickadee, Dad,” I said, not even looking up from my phone. A few seconds of silence. “And what kind of bird is that?” he asked again. I sighed louder. “I just told you, Dad. A chickadee.” His chair stopped rocking. The air between us felt heavy, like right before a storm. And then ...

𝗧𝗨𝗗𝗨𝗛𝗔𝗡-𝗧𝗨𝗗𝗨𝗛𝗔𝗡 𝗥𝗔𝗦𝗨𝗔𝗛 𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗛𝗔𝗗𝗔𝗣 𝗦𝗔𝗬𝗔: 𝗕𝗨𝗞𝗧𝗜 𝗞𝗘𝗡𝗔𝗣𝗔 𝗧𝗔𝗡 𝗦𝗥𝗜 𝗔𝗭𝗔𝗠 𝗕𝗔𝗞𝗜 𝗪𝗔𝗝𝗔𝗥 𝗗𝗜𝗚𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗨𝗡𝗚 𝗦𝗘𝗚𝗘𝗥𝗔 Sejak beberapa hari yang lalu, dengan tiba-tiba Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) giat menyiasat tuduhan kononnya ada salah laku dan rasuah terhadap saya semasa di Kementerian Ekonomi dahulu. Tuduhan-tuduhan itu berkisar kepada dua dasar utama kerajaan: (1) Program Visi Silikon (seperti dihuraikan di https://siliconvision.ekonomi.gov.my/) yang melibatkan kerjasama strategik di antara Kerajaan Malaysia dan ARM untuk mencipta cip-cip semikonduktor pertama negara; dan (2) Pelan Peralihan Tenaga Negara (NETR) yang menggariskan sasaran peralihan tenaga negara menjelang 2050 dan melibatkan pelaburan besar ke dalam industri hijau negara. Kedua-dua dasar utama kerajaan ini dilancarkan sendiri oleh Perdana Menteri, Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim setelah melalui pelbagai proses kelulusan peringkat kerajaan (dari jawatankuas...