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Brainjam #9: Aerodyne under the hood

Plus how summary judgment works when millions are at stake.

Oct 25, 2025
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US President Donald Trump is in Kuala Lumpur today for the Asean Summit.

I’m not one to get excited over these things — we’ll leave it to the mainstream media unless there are relevant bits and pieces worth mentioning — so it’s business as usual here.

First, yesterday’s news break that went out for all paying subscribers, in case you missed it:

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Today’s newsletter follows up on Monday’s piece, where Aerodyne directors Kamarulazman Muhamed and Azita Azizan were named in a suit as personal guarantors over a RM25 million loan.

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Since this is a post-newsletter note for founding members, I’ll unpack two things this Sunday: a factbox on Aerodyne, the country’s drone-services provider, including the millions in government-linked money poured into the firm.

And a primer on Order 14, the famous legal term in the court papers.

Brainjam is a space for founding members where I publish loose notes, unstructured datasets and anything that won’t pass muster as a standalone newsletter.

Upgrading is easy. On the fence? No worries. Brainjam is a mainstay.


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