" 3M and The Day of the Tan SRIs - Part 2, THE Leader Emerges "

POLITICAL ECONOMY - Column: " from THE fringes "

Federal Territory of  Kuala Lumpur & Putrajaya, MALAYSIA

Tuesday, 13th  October 2015 

3M Malaysia Makes a Surprise Acquisition

( Based on those seated, what was NOT said were MORE than what was said )

3M  Checks and the Day of the 4 TAN SRIs -Part 2

(A line-up across generations - 90, 70s, 60s & 50s)  

Read HERE, 3 weeks ago I'd written about Malaysia's own 3M political consortium and the fact that they appeared 'listless' by making perpetual checks without achieving any or much results whatsoever. Yesterday, at a press conference in Putrajaya-the Administrative and Political capital of Malaysia, 3M Malaysia makes a 'surprise political acquisition' which instantly reminds me of Machiavelli.

Add in a press conference later in the afternoon around the KLCC area which also discusses the forecast for sukuk issuance for at least the next 6 months and one can derive that though the haze have lifted and API readings have headed down south, the clouds on the horizon still looks bleak with a corresponding temperature increase.

- MORE to FOLLOW -

If at first you don't succeed - try, try and try again.

Part 1 of  "The Day of the Tan Sris" was basically an 'administrative-led initiative' if one could call it such as the Tan Sris were all from the administrative branch of the government. Malaysia's version of Indonesia's 1965 'Day of the Generals' in Lubang  Buaya resulted in amongst others the AG being dropped on Tuesday in a 'backdated' Monday resignation, the Deputy President and Vice-President of UMNO being dropped in a cabinet reshuffle on Tuesday, a fire in the Royal Malaysian Police HQ at Bukit Aman, MACC officers being transferred and then re-transferred back and the IGP being the IGP!.

Then there were the Yellow (BERSIH) and Red gatherings.The people were spooked when DPP Morais went wissing and later on found murdered. Rumours had earlier circulated on the social media that Morais was the person who drafted a fabled 'Charge Sheet' which disappeared together with a disappearing official day. Wrong or right, the death of DPP Morais' and a Malay NGO leader were pereceived to be a tit for tat by the public, an impression which the Police tried to put to rest with their announcements and declared investigations.

Part 2 begun with a statement issued by the Malay Rulers for the investigation into 1MDB to be expedited.
It is made even more intriguing during a press conference in Putrajaya in that what was said were no where as important as what was NOT said during the press conference at Perdana Leadership Foundation. Machiavelli's  " The Enemy of my Enemy is my Friend " is proven right again.
Ku Li's presence at the press conference speaks volumes in itself. The 3M consortium had just increased market share with the addition of Ku Li and to a certain albeit limited extent former MCA President Dato' Ong Tee Keat and former Minister and Kedah MB Tan Sri Sanusi Junid.

It will be interesting to see the consequences as a result of Part 2 of "The Day of the Tan Sris - 3M Makes a Surprising Acquisition and THE Leader Emerges ". Will a second 100-days of Madness be unleashed???

As per popular trilogies like Star Wars or Lord of the Rings, expect Part 3 to conclude matters.
A few Tuns have not been seen yet with Tun Mahathir. Depending on circumstance, Part 3 might be "The Day of the Jedi/Darth Tuns".

( This week's column is based on a myriad of  Press Conferences, informal interviews with government and corporate personalities as well as  academic and coffeeshop discussions held in KL(Brickfields, KLCC & TTDI), Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Selangor (Gombak and Kelana Jaya) and Putrajaya.  )