News, ideas and everything in between (#2)
Suits, listings, missed opportunities and dinners with the “underworld”.
I was supposed to push out Part 2 yesterday but couldn’t meet the deadline. I was under the weather. Apologies there. Key-man risk, guys. Key-man risk. But today’s a good day to publish, too, and we’ll kick off with a suit.
Updates: 17.7.2024, 9.08pm MYT: 1) changed wording in paragraph preceding the PAC conversation between Bayan Baru MP Sim Tze Tzin and HRD Corp board member Rosli Yaakub.
2) Human Resources Minister Steven Sim during a press conference in parliament today said he instructed HRD Corp to retract its letter of demand.
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Part 2 is a lil’ spicy:
🏛️ Concerns around HRD Corp’s legal threat against The Edge
💼 Did the PAC miss out an key person in its Bestinet proceedings?
📡 Go-time for Vincent Tan’s U Mobile
🥷🏿 When PM Anwar dined with a former underworld boss
Human Resources Development Corp (HRD Corp) is threatening to sue business publication The Edge over the latter’s reportage on findings in the reports by the auditor-general and Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee.
This reminds me of the Najib days1 where the media had to tread carefully when reporting about a government agency (think: 1MDB).
So what’s the fuss?