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Network School, JS-SEZ and infernos

Some eyebrow-raising stuff down south.

Jul 12, 2026
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Three briefs to cap a busy Sunday:

  • Network School… again?!

  • Johor polls post-mortem, and the federal lessons, if any.

  • The JS-SEZ, through the lens of electoral boundaries.


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Balaji Srinivasan’s Network School is blowing up again after the founder posted a promo video in which participants said they were “on a man-made island near Singapore.”

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That rubbed many the wrong way, because it’s in Forest City, Johor. And Johor is in Malaysia.

(In case you thought Johor was another country.)

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