Buyouts and bills
A rejected offer and three laws that move money and information.
Johor Menteri Besar Onn Hafiz Ghazi issued a statement today calling for Network School, crypto entrepreneur Balaji Srinivasan's tech commune, to be investigated.
The Home Ministry also issued a statement of its own, saying Immigration and the police were already on the ball.
But here’s something for you.
Nuseir Yassin, better known as Nas Daily, shot a promo video for Network School in Forest City.
He’s an Israeli citizen, and Malaysia bars Israeli passport holders from entry.
So, Nuseir got around that on a second passport, from Saint Kitts & Nevis, which he purchased.
This isn’t the first time the content creator entered Malaysia and back in 2022, our Immigration Department clarified that it wasn’t illegal for someone with dual citizenship to enter the country with a valid passport.
Nuseir has deleted his Network School promo video.
What’s funnier is the sudden or shocking alarm. Last year, an MP raised this but no one in federal or state governments seemed to bother.
Network School, meanwhile, has been functioning for months.
In fact, our esteemed Digital Minister Gobind Singh Deo visited Network School in April and praised it, posting that what he saw “reaffirmed Malaysia’s position as a rising destination for global tech talent.”
He, too, deleted the post after receiving brickbats on social media.
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Two quick ones tonight:
PolicyStreet’s earliest backers were offered a buyout. And some of them voted on it. Their decision is today’s lead.
And a closer look at three bills — on the MCMC, the communications and multimedia act and freedom of information — that went through a first reading yesterday.