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May 12, 2021 Former Malaysian police chief Abdul Hamid Bador. Facebook/DSHamidBadorKPN12 When Malaysia ’s former police chief last week took aim at government officials over their links to elite officers as he passed the reins to his successor, insiders who had long discussed the issue in hushed tones found their suspicions brought out in the open. Abdul Hamid Bador, who stepped down as the national inspector-general of police on Monday (May 3), had unleashed an unbridled attack at Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin ’s government that drew particular attention to the current Home Minister Hamzah Zainudin. “I was informed that the minister had forced the Special Branch to conduct several operations for its own political purposes,” he was quoted as saying by The Malaysia Gazette newspaper. ....
HSR suspended twice at Malaysia s request In May 2018, the HSR project faced its first roadblock when then-Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad announced that Malaysia will be dropping the project, citing the project s huge costs. Mahathir s Pakatan Harapan coalition had promised to review all expensive infrastructural projects within Malaysia, including the HSR, if it was elected in the 14th Malaysian general election. After some back and forth, the project was later deferred, with both countries signing an agreement to delay it for two years. The commencement date of the HSR service was also delayed to Jan. 1, 2031, from Dec. 31, 2026. In June 2020, Singapore and Malaysia agreed once again to defer the HSR project until the end of 2020, after Malaysia requested a seven-month extension to allow both sides to discuss and assess Malaysia s proposed changes to the project. ....