CEO accountability is under scrutiny as former 1MDB chief executive Datuk Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi returns to the witness stand, with defence lawyers questioning where responsibility lies for decisions that led to the fund’s multibillion-ringgit losses.
During the 1MDB Civil Trial, Liquidator Angela Barkhouse told the High Court that her team traced allegedly misappropriated 1MDB funds through a complex network of 29 offshore entities, while acknowledging that her findings were based on a retrospective reconciliation and that she could not confirm the final total amount recovered.
The education ministry came under fire for mentioning “kafir” that upset many non-Muslims in the country. But that, alongside another K word that get the Malaysian Indians’ knickers twisted, would be less offensive if the context is understood properly.
The recent call for boycott of KK Mart for selling socks with kalimah Allah revealed the need for another round of clarion call on the need for cultural sensitivity and tolerance when events like this could have been avoided in the first place.