Non-Malays richer than the Malays? What about the Ali Babas and their 40 thieves?

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Non-Malays richer than the Malays? What about the Ali Babas and their 40 thieves?

KUALA LUMPUR, April 22, 2026: Are the non-Malays in Malaysia really richer than the Malays?

If they are, they worked hard with blood, sweat and tears to achieve their wealth and happiness? They did not steal, so what’s wrong with that?

Of course there are the disgrace non-Malays who work hand in glove with the Malays to loot the country.

Unlike the Ali Babas and their 40 thieves (the elite Malays comprising politicians and their cohorts) who steal, eg their No.1 thief, former prime minister Najib “1MDB” Razak, the former Umno president who is now serving his jail sentences in Kajang Prison.

No News Is Bad News reproduces below an article posted by The Coverage about the Malay politicians annual lie:

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Every Year the Same Lie: Chinese Are Rich, Malays Are Poor — While Elites Steal Everything

21 April, 2026

 

You hijack the 2026 Forbes list like clockwork, screaming that 43 out of 50 are Chinese, only 3 Malays, and painting it as some grand conspiracy against the Bumiputera. As if the rakyat are too stupid to notice your game. You know exactly how Forbes ranks this shit. It’s not “true wealth.” It’s publicly listed shareholdings, stock market valuations, and transparent business empires that actually generate taxes, jobs, and economic activity. Paper wealth from people who build companies instead of looting GLCs and hiding billions in offshore accounts and safe houses.

Every single person in Malaysia’s Top 50 richest list shares one crucial thing in common: they all own at least one major public-listed company.

Forbes calculates their net worth almost entirely based on publicly traded shareholdings — the current market value of their stocks on Bursa Malaysia.

This is wealth on paper only.

It is not their real wealth.

And you still twist it into “Malays are poor, Chinese are greedy.”

This is exactly the pattern across Southeast Asia — 70-80% of the richest in Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand are ethnic Chinese. It’s what happens when a community focuses on business, education, and grinding while others play the race-and-religion lottery for power and contracts.

The same politicians scream “Bumiputera rights!” while their own cronies and families sit on fortunes that would make Robert Kuok look like a pauper.

Taib Mahmud , Mahathir & Daim could buy out half the Forbes list.

· Rosmah Mansor’s jewellery haul alone: One police raid seized over RM443 million worth. Another lawsuit for RM67 million in missing pieces. That’s not even counting the rest of her collection. Easily top-20 material if it weren’t buried in vaults.

· Daim Zainuddin’s family: Menara Ilham (RM1.5–2 billion+), plus MACC-tracked overseas assets exceeding RM3 billion. Just one building.

· Najib Razak owes LHDN RM1.7 billion in tax.

· Mahathir’s sons openly bragging they’re billionaires.

· Tengku Adnan treating RM2 million as “pocket money” with a net worth pushing RM1 billion.

· Former UMNO division chief Jamaluddin dying with RM2 billion in assets.

· Zahid Hamidi’s RM300 million in the bank. Ismail Sabri’s “safe house.”

These people don’t appear on Forbes because their wealth is hidden — not listed, not transparent, not contributing a single sen in corporate tax or jobs to the Malaysian economy. If Forbes used real forensic accounting instead of public filings, the top 100 would be almost zero non-Malays.

None of them crack Forbes because their fortunes are invisible — offshore accounts, Panama Papers style, proxies, cash, gold, properties not listed on Bursa Malaysia.

Forensic accounting would wipe the non-Malays off the top 100 entirely.

Your wealth is the real one. Ours is just the visible part you love to demonise.

And the government’s own data you bury every time:

· T20 households: 53.81% Bumiputera, 37.05% Chinese, 8.8% Indian. Bumiputera already own the majority of the top income bracket.

· Among Chinese households: only 29.66% in T20. 42.32% M40. 28.02% B40. That means 7 out of every 10 Chinese families are NOT rich. With 7.6 million Chinese, roughly 2.25 million in T20. Bumiputera (21.8+ million) have 4.4 million in T20 — double the Chinese.

· Chinese corporate equity? Crashed from ~70% pre-NEP to ~23% today. Bumiputera equity (including GLCs and GLICs) already exceeds 30%. Yet you liars still parrot the 19% figure like it’s 1970.

71% of Chinese households are NOT in T20. Most are middle-class strivers or struggling like everyone else. But you don’t give a damn. You need the envy narrative to stay in power.

You weaponise the Forbes list every year to stoke envy, win votes, and justify more “pro-Bumiputera” policies that do one thing only: enrich the elite class of pejuang agama dan bangsa.

This isn’t about helping poor Malays. It’s about justifying more theft. Jana Wibawa scandals. Forcing 51% Bumiputera equity in freight forwarding (Ministry of Finance policy, shoving non-Bumis out). Now even GLC/GLIC property disposals demand 50% Bumiputera buyers — another knife in the back of actual entrepreneurs. All while your cronies feast on GLC contracts, bailouts, and “Bumiputera champions” programs that somehow always enrich the same elite circle.

The real parasites aren’t the Chinese tycoons paying taxes and employing Malaysians — it’s the loudest shouters waving keris and samurai swords, hiding their billions offshore, then screaming “Malay poverty!” to justify stealing more of the economic pie.

The Forbes list doesn’t prove Chinese are “richer.” It proves who actually contributes — through listed companies, taxes, jobs, and investment that grows the economic pie for everyone. The real richest? The loudest pejuang agama dan bangsa waving keris and samurai swords while their hidden billions dwarf the entire Forbes list. They steal the pie, then scream at the Chinese for the crumbs.

Forbes doesn’t prove Chinese are “richer.” It proves who actually contributes through public companies, investment, jobs, and taxes. The hidden wealth — the real wealth — is with the very people who brand themselves as defenders of the race while picking the country’s pockets dry.

Stop lying to the poor Malays. Stop pitting communities against each other. The only people getting richer from your narrative are the elite Bumiputera class who will never appear on any honest rich list — because their billions are buried where the public can never see them.

Poor Malays aren’t poor because of Chinese tycoons. They’re poor because their so-called champions are the greediest thieves in the room — looting the country dry under the guise of “Malay rights” while ordinary Bumiputera get the scraps and the blame game.

The rakyat sees you now. The non-Malays are exhausted. The honest Malays are waking up. Keep hijacking Forbes. Keep lying. The more you scream, the clearer it becomes.

For Malaysia’s future, Umno must be politically buried in GE16!

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KUALA LUMPUR, April 21, 2026: The Coverage posted an article titled Johari Ghani: UMNO’s Most Disappointing Minister – Destroying Malaysia’s EV Future with Dinosaur Protectionism.

It is not surprising at all as the raqcial and religious bigoted Umno has proven itself to be a political dinosaur, on its way to extinction, come the next general election (GE16).

Left with only 26 MPs in the 222-seat Parliament after GE15, multi-racial Malaysians must protect their and Malaysia’s future to wipe out Umno from Parliament and governance in GE16.

And, why is it that Malaysia cannot achieve world standard in education and academic excellence ... producing unemployable "religious graduates" yearly?

Read what the article is about and why DumbNo must be rendered politically irrelevant after GE16:

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Johari Ghani: UMNO’s Most Disappointing Minister – Destroying Malaysia’s EV Future with Dinosaur Protectionism

20 April, 2026

 

In the 2026 cabinet lineup, Datuk Seri Johari Ghani stands out as one of UMNO’s biggest embarrassments as Investment, Trade and Industry (MITI) Minister. Instead of dragging Malaysia into the 21st century, he’s busy rebuilding ancient protectionist walls that are strangling our EV industry, scaring away real investment, and torpedoing the energy transition. In the middle of a global oil crisis and price spikes, this tongkat mentality isn’t just outdated — it’s national economic self-harm.

While the government cries about the RM7 billion fuel subsidy bill every month, Johari’s ministry is deliberately making affordable EVs more expensive and harder to get. On one hand, you wail about the subsidy burden. On the other, you slap on floor prices, export quotas, and localisation rules that jack up costs and choke supply. Are you crazy, or just completely mad?

Then the joker Ahmad Maslan (or whoever) tells us to “switch to EV”. Easy to say when your policies make sure the average Malaysian can’t afford one. Tell your colleague Johari to remove the protectionist roadblocks first, la. Stop the hypocrisy.

And to all the fanatic supporters who immediately scream “But we must protect the 700,000 jobs and local vendors!” — sit down, because this tired excuse is pure garbage. Those 700,000 jobs you keep parroting? Thailand’s auto industry employs roughly 500,000 but produces twice as many vehicles, exports massively, and actually pays better wages because they opened the market instead of hiding behind tariffs. Malaysia pioneered car-making in SEA — then your precious protectionism chased every decent foreign brand to Thailand. Mahathir is literally called the “father of Thailand’s car industry” because his policies gifted them our future.

Every RM you force Malaysians to overpay for Proton/Perodua is money not spent on other sectors that could create better jobs. This is textbook cronyism.

Repeating the exact same failed formula in the EV era isn’t “protecting jobs” — it’s sacrificing the next generation of high-skill battery, software, and electronics jobs so a few old vendors don’t have to adapt. BYD’s stalled RM1.3 billion Tanjung Malim plant would have created modern, future-proof employment. Instead, your 80:20 rule (only 20% allowed for local sale) and minimum price floors ensure Malaysians get screwed while the country loses billions. This isn’t patriotism. It’s crony welfare dressed as policy.

Protecting those jobs isn’t patriotism — it’s crony capitalism. It keeps a handful of legacy vendors fat and happy while every Malaysian pays through the nose for overpriced cars and endless fuel subsidies. Real job creation? It comes from competition. BYD’s stalled plant would have delivered thousands of high-skilled, high-paying jobs in batteries, electronics, software, and assembly — exactly the future jobs your 700k myth is murdering. Vendors who can’t adapt to EVs don’t deserve to be protected forever; they deserve to evolve or die like every other industry on Earth. This “save our vendors” chant is just code for “protect our old cronies’ profits.” It’s not saving jobs — it’s sacrificing Malaysia’s entire future so a few outdated players don’t have to compete. Otak kosong at its finest.

Malaysia was once the pioneer of car manufacturing in Southeast Asia. Thailand came later and crushed us — for the exact same blinkered protectionism you’re repeating today. Penny wise, pound foolish. Or more accurately: economic suicide dressed up as national pride.

Supporting local industry is fine in principle, but not when it means shielding legacy automakers run by old cronies peddling overpriced, inferior products. Proton and Perodua need real competition to improve — not artificial barriers that keep cheaper, better EVs out. Your restrictive policies (minimum OTR prices, 80% export mandates, localisation demands) are turning Malaysia into an EV avoidance zone instead of a hub.

Johari himself openly admits the goal is to “protect our automotive industry” and prevent Malaysia from becoming an “EV supermarket”. Translation: we’d rather keep Proton and Perodua’s overpriced, outdated ecosystem alive than let competitive Chinese (or any) EVs flood the market and force real improvement. This is the same failed logic that nearly killed Proton until Geely rescued it. Now you’re repeating history while begging investors worldwide — only to flip-flop the moment BYD shows serious interest with a big plant. What kind of clown logic is this? “Come invest… but on terms so restrictive you’ll probably walk away.

Is the ministry literally forcing rakyat to pay more for BYD cars even when market prices could be lower? Are we back to the bad old Proton days — protected status, slumped sales, lost confidence, near-collapse, only saved by Geely? You beg investors to come, then flip-flop the rules the moment they show up. What kind of twisted logic is this? Malaysians are losing billions in investment, jobs, and tech transfer. No wonder Elon Musk won’t touch us with a ten-foot pole.

Supporting local industry sounds noble until it becomes permanent life support for weak players. Real industrial policy builds competitiveness through competition, not by erecting walls that punish consumers and investors. Your new minimum sale prices (doubling imported EV floors toward RM200k in some cases) and export quotas don’t develop the ecosystem — they strangle demand and delay the very transition you claim to want.

Remove the RM100,000+ roadblocks. Liberalise the EV market properly. Let competition drive prices down and adoption up.

Fossil fuels are a leaky bucket — we waste nearly 70% of the energy as useless heat. An EV travels the same distance using roughly one-quarter the raw energy input. In Malaysia’s context, widespread electrification could cut our transport energy demand by nearly 50%, slashing import bills, subsidy leaks, and exposure to global oil shocks. Blocking this shift to protect inefficient legacy jobs isn’t “strategic” — it’s national self-harm that keeps every rakyat poorer and the country less energy-secure.

Johari Ghani’s approach isn’t building an EV ecosystem — it’s strangling it in the crib to protect vested interests. This isn’t industrial policy; it’s industrial paralysis. The “700,000 jobs” excuse is the last refuge of those who want Malaysia to stay mediocre forever.

They’re presiding over industrial suicide to shield vested interests and old political debts. This tongkat mentality in 2026 isn’t just disappointing — it’s disgraceful, shortsighted, and damaging to every Malaysian who wants affordable mobility and a fighting chance in the global economy.

Liberalise the market properly. Or own the consequences: continued subsidy black holes, lost investments, brain drain of talent to countries that actually embrace the future, and Malaysia watching Thailand and Vietnam lap us yet again.

The rakyat aren’t stupid. They see the hypocrisy. Time to ditch the protectionist cancer before it kills whatever is left of Malaysia’s industrial ambition.

Does Loke know why Malaysians are now labelling DAP as MCA 2.0?

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 DAP is today a blunt political force in the eyes of multi-racial Malaysians. Even Umno leaders love DAP more than MCA!

Does Loke know why Malaysians are now labelling DAP as MCA 2.0?

 

KUALA LUMPUR, April 19, 2026: DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke Siew Fook says the party must reassess its direction and set a clear strategic path to ensure the continuity of its struggle.

Well, Mr Loke, talk is dirt cheap!

If your leadership of the DAP had been delivering and defending the rights of multi-racial Malaysians and their country, DAP would not now be labelled by Malaysians as MCA 2.0.

Sabahans in their state elections last year would not have dumped the DAP, sending all DAP candidates to the “dust bin”.

So, stop talking and behaving like the politically irrelevant MCA or the DAP will face the same fate in the next general election (GE16).

Mr Loke, do you have the guts or courage to stop bootlicking Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim? Just like what the MCA did for 60 years under the rule of Umno.

Should you, Loke and DAP’s leadership continue to support Anwar blindly on racial and religious discrimination, at the expense of the interest of rakyat dan negara (people and country), then multi-Malaysians will not hesitate to do a “Sabah” on DAP in GE16.

No News Is Bad News reproduces below two news reports on the matter:

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Secretary-general Anthony Loke urged DAP members to remain united and support leadership continuity as the party looks to the future. — Picture by Firdaus Latif

Sunday, 19 Apr 2026 3:16 PM MYT

BUKIT MERTAJAM, April 19 — DAP must reassess its direction and set a clear strategic path to ensure the continuity of its struggle, said secretary-general Anthony Loke Siew Fook.

He said the party’s national convention, scheduled to be held in the next two to three months, will serve as a key platform for leaders and members to reflect, deliberate and determine the party’s future direction.

“This is a crucial moment for the party, for us to think, reflect and discuss how we can continue moving forward and remain strong,” he said at the launch of DAP’s 60th anniversary celebration today.

Loke stressed that the party’s strength lies in the unity of its members at all levels, from the top leadership to the grassroots.

He noted that throughout its six decades, DAP has remained steadfast in its principles despite facing numerous challenges, including many years in opposition.

“Even without power and resources in the past, we never gave up. That spirit is what has kept the party strong until today,” he said.

He also highlighted the importance of leadership continuity, calling for greater opportunities for younger members to step forward and contribute.

“Without a new generation, the party has no future. We must guide and provide space for young people to carry on the struggle,” he said.

Meanwhile, Loke said Penang, the only state governed by the party, must continue to serve as a model of diversity, justice and development.

He added that two major projects will be prioritised over the next five yearS, namely the Mutiara Line Light Rail Transit (LRT) project and the expansion of Penang International Airport, both of which are expected to drive growth and ensure the state’s continued progress. — Bernama

DAP’s six-month reform ultimatum needs a checklist

 Ashraf Abdullah

 22 January 2026

 

DAP has long argued for MACC reform, including placing the commission under parliamentary oversight, strengthening security of tenure for the chief commissioner, and separating investigative authority from political control over prosecution.

WHEN DAP Secretary-General Anthony Loke warned on Dec 9, 2025 that the party would reassess its position in the unity government if  “meaningful reforms” were not delivered within six months, it sounded like a long-overdue attempt to reassert the party’s reformist spine.

But deadlines only matter when the public knows exactly what is being measured. Without a clear, written and time-bound reform checklist, DAP’s ultimatum risks being dismissed as political posturing rather than a serious governing demand.

This is not about semantics. It is about credibility. Reform cannot remain a flexible slogan that shifts with coalition arithmetic. If DAP wants Malaysians to take its warning seriously, it must do what genuine reform movements do: name the reforms, name the laws, name the institutions, and name the deadlines.

The unity government may be fragile. But reform has always been inconvenient. That was the moral bargain voters accepted when DAP asked for their trust.

If DAP is serious about “meaningful reforms”, it should publish a reform list that is specific, testable and non-negotiable. At minimum, it should include the following six items.

DAP also cannot credibly argue that these reforms are too complex or politically impossible to deliver within six months. The party has been in government for seven years, first under Pakatan Harapan and now within the unity administration.

If institutional reform was truly its core mission, these issues should have been prioritised from the moment power was secured. Instead, many were deferred, diluted or quietly side-lined.

Claiming that six months is insufficient today only reinforces the perception that reform urgency emerges when political leverage is threatened, not when responsibility is assumed.

Wee Ka Siong - MCA’s political ‘moron’ digging deeper in its ‘grave’

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 MCA president Wee Ka Siong is Umno’s No.1 political lap dog forever?

Wee Ka Siong - MCA’s political ‘moron’ digging deeper in its ‘grave’

KUALA LUMPUR, April 18, 2026: Left with only two parliamentary seats in Malaysia’s 222-seat august house after the last general election (GE15), MCA president Wee Ka Siong and his party of Umno lap dogs have yet to wake up from their political slumber.

Wee and his party deadwood members and leaders are still behaving the same since Merdeka (Independence) 1957.

They are unable to face reality and change their moronic ways to transform their party back to political life.

Wee, the Ayer Itam (Johor) MP, has only been uttering rubbish thinking he is able to hoodwink Malaysians into returning political support.

MCA’s other MP is Wee Jack Seng in Tanjung Piai, also from Johor.

It sure looks like MCA is now just a party clutching to political survival in only one of Malaysia’s 14 states!

 An image of what MCA’s meetings are about. One (MCA) Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest!

Come GE16, Johoreans can just send the MCA duo and their party to their political graves.

No News Is Bad News reproduces below an article posted by The Coverage slamming Wee’s stupidity:

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MCA Graveyard Keeper Wee Ka Siong Still Digging His Own Political Grave – Who Exactly Are You Trying To Lie To?

17 April, 2026

 

Wee Ka Siong, who the hell do you think you’re lying to?

Stop the half-truth circus, Datuk. You sit there in your blue shirt, looking all concerned, posting about how Malaysia sells petrol among the world’s cheapest but diesel among the most expensive — as if you’re some brave whistleblower exposing a national scandal. Bro, you’re not exposing anything. You’re just vomiting selective facts while conveniently burying the subsidy reality that every diesel user already knows.

You cry that diesel is usually cheaper or comparable to petrol in most countries, but in Malaysia it’s the opposite. Newsflash, genius: globally, diesel is already slightly more expensive. As of Q1 2026, world average diesel is US$1.238 per litre versus US$1.220 for gasoline. Malaysia produces crude oil but still imports a huge chunk of refined diesel — that’s basic economics, not a conspiracy against you.

But the real kicker? You keep deleting the most important fact like it’s radioactive: diesel users in Peninsular Malaysia are getting RM400 cash every single month from the government under the Budi Madani targeted diesel subsidy. You want to talk “expensive”? Compare apples to apples, not apples to your cherry-picked fantasy.

Take Thailand — your favourite example. Their “subsidised” diesel is around RM5.39. Malaysia’s unsubsidised price is RM5.97. Difference? A pathetic 58 sen. But here’s what you deliberately omit: our targeted subsidised diesel is still RM2.15 per litre for agriculture, logistics, and transportation sectors via the flexi card. That’s RM3.24 per litre cheaper than Thailand’s subsidised price. Thailand runs a universal subsidy funded by their Oil Fund. Malaysia doesn’t have that luxury because during the Mahathir era — when MCA was happily the partner-in-crime in Barisan Nasional — RM529 billion from Petronas was leaked, wasted, and funnelled into corruption and cronyism. And today you still dare to lecture us on pricing?

And don’t even get me started on your favourite sob story — Sabah and Sarawak. You keep questioning why diesel is “cheaper” there. First, it’s still RM2.15 per litre, but East Malaysians don’t get the RM400 monthly cash that Peninsular folks receive. Second, East Malaysia consumes only about 23% of national diesel while Peninsular takes 77%. Long distances, mountains, terrible roads, and unreliable electricity grids mean they rely more on diesel generators and heavy vehicles.

Where were you when you were Transport Minister for years, Wee? What exactly did you do to fix East Malaysia’s infrastructure? Nothing. MCA under your watch was too busy with the PKFZ scandal, wasting billions while East Malaysian roads remained pothole-riddled nightmares. Now you have the audacity to question why diesel consumption patterns differ there? The sheer hypocrisy is Olympic-level.

Wee Ka Siong, you are not a statesman. You are a relic. MCA under your leadership has already fallen into the political graveyard — and you’re still digging the hole deeper. Politicians like you are past tense. Dinosaurs. Soon to be extinct.

The rakyat aren’t stupid. We see the half-truths. We see the selective amnesia. We see the desperation to stay relevant by fear-mongering over diesel prices while ignoring the RM400 in our pockets and the targeted subsidy that actually helps the sectors that need it most.

Next time you want to play “concerned politician”, at least have the decency to tell the full story instead of peddling this pathetic half-baked narrative.

Malaysia deserves better than this kind of tired, dishonest politics.

And you, sir, are the perfect example of why MCA is where it is today — politically irrelevant and heading straight to the dustbin of history.

Malaysia heading towards ‘Stone Age’ should brain dead racial and religious bigoted Taliban-like PAS rule

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This is the state of PAS’ brains.

Malaysia heading towards ‘Stone Age’ should brain dead racial and religious bigoted Taliban-like PAS rule

KUALA LUMPUR, April 14, 2026: Should multi-racial Malaysians elect the PAS-dominated Perikatan Nasional (PN) to rule after the next general election (GE16), then may God bless the country.

The Taliban-like racial and religious bigoted PAS is likely to lead Malaysians and Malaysia back to the “Stone Age”.

Then, the majority of Malaysians have only themselves to blame for their socio-economic misery.

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No News Is Bad News reproduces below an articles posted by The Coverage that, once again, exposes how brain dead is PAS:

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Oil Price Nonsense from PAS: Proof That Basic Intelligence Left Their Brains Long Ago – Low-IQ On Oil Economics

14 April, 2026

 

PAS and their walaun army are back with the same brain-dead oil propaganda, proving once again that basic intelligence, math, and economics are foreign concepts to them.

This is peak low-IQ drivel. Oil pricing is dictated by the global crude oil market, not some magical domestic fairy dust. Brent crude, Dubai crude, whatever benchmark — that’s what sets the price at the pump.

Malaysia’s pump prices are set using the Mean of Platts Singapore (MOPS) benchmark — a regional refined fuel price, not some magical “local oil” fairy tale. We don’t set prices in a vacuum. Global crude moves, MOPS moves, and our prices follow. Pretending otherwise isn’t just ignorant; it’s the kind of stupid that should disqualify anyone from commenting on national policy.

Production vs consumption — the subtraction they still fail at.

We are a net oil importer — we buy more crude than we sell. The shortfall is filled by imports. This isn’t rocket science; it’s primary-school subtraction. Yet PAS keeps repeating the production number like it’s a shield against reality. Do they not understand imports exist, or do they just hope their supporters don’t?

Malaysia produces roughly 500,000–530,000 barrels per day. Daily consumption? Around 750,000–850,000 barrels. Do the damn math: we are a net importer.

The gap is filled by buying from abroad. Yet PAS keeps vomiting “we produce oil” like it’s a gotcha. This level of arithmetic failure explains why their SG4 states (Kelantan, Terengganu, Kedah, Perlis) remain economic backwaters — they can’t even grasp basic supply and demand.

“Minyak kita tak lalu Selat Hormuz!”

This is peak intellectual dishonesty. Yes, the crude we export (our high-quality light sweet Tapis crude) doesn’t need to go through Hormuz. But the crude we import — the cheaper heavy/sour stuff our refineries are built for — absolutely does.

Another masterpiece of half-truth idiocy. Yes, our premium exported crude doesn’t always route there.

But the imports we rely on — nearly 40% of our crude imports pass through the Strait of Hormuz. Almost half our total oil supply is exposed. Disrupt that chokepoint and prices spike hard. You can’t separate export from import like a child playing with blocks. Basic trade 101, yet it flies over their heads.

Block or disrupt that chokepoint and supply gets hammered. Price spikes follow. You can’t cherry-pick “our oil doesn’t go there” while ignoring the imports that keep the country running. Basic export-import distinction, folks. If your influencer can’t grasp this, maybe stop taking economic advice from religious affairs specialists

“Oil price up = Petronas richer = government gets money instantly to solve everything!”

This is the laziest fantasy yet. Petronas is a commercial entity. It makes profits (sometimes), pays dividends to the government once a year based on audited full-year results — not instant cash every time Brent jumps $10.

Petronas pays dividends once a year, after full audited results — not instant cash. For 2026, it’s projected at RM20 billion. Meanwhile, the government is already burning over RM6 billion per month on fuel subsidies .Petronas isn’t the government’s personal ATM, and profits don’t magically teleport into subsidy relief. Stop treating complex finance like it’s a village duit raya packet.

Pretending price hikes are a secret government windfall is the kind of economic voodoo that belongs in a WhatsApp group, not national policy debate.

And let’s not forget their “religious affairs only” expertise.

Their top man, Hadi Awang, can’t even differentiate between “taxi” and “tax” in public statements.

If he fumbles something that simple, no wonder he’s (and PAS is) dangerously ignorant on oil geopolitics, global pricing, imports vs exports, and fiscal reality. They excel at race and religion fear-mongering to harvest votes, but when it comes to running an economy? Total failure. No wonder the states under PAS leadership stay stuck in poverty and underdevelopment — they don’t invest in competence, only in narrative control.

This isn’t honest mistake. This is consistent, cynical stupidity — spreading easily debunked lies to manipulate voters who deserve better. While the country grapples with real global shocks and ballooning subsidy costs, PAS plays the populist clown: blame the government, ignore math, scream “minyak kita!”

Low-level thinking like this doesn’t just embarrass PAS. It drags Malaysia backward. If you still share their oil nonsense in 2026, after Petronas, the Finance Ministry, and every credible source has laid out the facts — then you’re not “defending the rakyat.” You’re just proudly advertising your own economic illiteracy.

Malaysia is a net oil importer in a global market using MOPS pricing, vulnerable to Hormuz disruptions, with subsidies costing far more than any single Petronas payout. Full stop.

Grow up, learn the basics, or stay irrelevant. The rakyat aren’t as gullible as you think.