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All Malaysian current politicians are too busy playing politics - not concentrating on the economy given the non stop race and religious flame fanning from Opposition. Probably a lot of cash in stock market is controlled via Tun and Daim's cronies to force an economic slow-down. Anti corruption rhetoric are big-time BS. Seems like everyone is related to someone who is on the take and fear on finger-pointing back to every politician. For Anwar to survive a major operation Lalang - similar to what Prince Salman from Saudi did, to put all the crony businessmen into one hotel and lock them up until they turn over their billions. You will be surprised on the number of unlisted Malaysian Malay billionaires and most of them are politicians.

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Thee trend with real estate purchases and skyrocketing prices in certain properties is being noticed in places like Sydney and Melbourne too. Reason? Money laundering on an industrial scale. The Chinese from the mainland fearing an economic downturn worse than what they are already experiencing aree pumping large sums of their ill gotten gains looting their government institutions and placing them in safe havens like Australia. Xi Jin Peng they fear will behave like his mentor Mao and cull the rich when the tide goes out.

In Australia drug barons are also believed to be paying unrealistic prices for real estate properties driving the surge there.

As for the Boursa in KL, well with the conduct of the Bursa over the Air Asia insolvency scandal it is no wonder that even hot money finds KL to be a 'dog' as far as investments, safety of funds, legal compliance, management and reliability is concerned. The Boursa's attitude to Air Asia's failure to correct and re submit their financial statements in time without penalties would have sent shock waves throughout the investment communities worldwide. The impact is beginning to be felt everywhere where compliance failures are noticed.

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Whether by coincidence , design.or accidents...the role of Foreign Investors, cut both ways.

It so happens that PMX is in power,and trying to expose the financial.scandals involving many high profile Malaysians,the so called selling off by Foreign Investors is supposed to scare us.and the forensic.actions should be stopped.

Something not quite right here.

Or is this something.we have to accept.and let sleeping dogs lie?

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