I am glad that PM Muhyiddin Yassin explained himself promptly on the viral letter of a RM35 million allocation in his constituency yesterday. However, I would like to advise the PM to spend the amount, which is at his disposal, wisely to portray a better image of himself. 1/10

More importantly, the amount should be spent to create a larger impact on our economy or public health institution. 2/10
It was reported that China government finished building a 1,500-room hospital in 5 days for COVID-19 patients to fight a surge in of infections in that country. At the same time, we in M’sia were told that 3 community halls will be built in the PM’s constituency asap. 3/10
In Johor, the Hospital Enche’ Besar Hajjah Khalsom (HEBHK) in Kluang has serve as a COVID-19 hospital since last year. The hospital is new compared to many other hospitals in the country. However, the 10th floor of the block is vacant and is not equipped with hospital beds. 4/10
I was informed by the hospital previously that it is possible to install 38 beds with full equipment at the cost of RM 38 million. 5/10
Our Malaysian hospitals are overwhelmed and need urgent capacity upgrade. I sincerely hope that Prime Minister can act wisely and decisively to cancel the RM35 million community halls project and spend it on our Johor COVID-19 hospital to fight the pandemic instead. 6/10
Since HEBHK was chosen as the COVID-19 hospital in Johor, other patients in Kluang have been diverted to the nearest Klinik Kesihatan Mengkibol which was designed to cater for a maximum 300 patients a day. 7/10
However, it had to serve more than 800 patients a day even before the virus outbreak. The situation is much more dire after March 2020. 8/10
There is proposal to build another klinik kesihatan (type 3) in Kluang at the cost of RM25 million. The need at this moment to build clinics and hospitals definitely exceeds that of building community halls. 9/10
It is a simple policy thinking. I hope the Prime Minister can make his choice wisely. 10/10

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Good question: what proofs has BDA provided of his authenticity?

Let's go through some of them.


- BDA predicted the Saudis would assassinate Suleimani. They did.
- He said the dog that got Badghadi's arm deserved a Medal Of Honor. The next day the President posted a joke image showing him giving the dog a MoH.

- He said one of his ops in Syria would severely disrupt a CIA drug trafficking operation. This was proved true within a few days:
https://t.co/Hranupwcxj
- He sent gold to Brazil to help pay for an anti-trafficking operation there. That op became public soon afterwards.

- On May 31 this year, he predicted the President would be giving a speech the next day. June 1, the President gives a surprise address at the Rose Garden.
- He predicted the US would be making diplomatic moves on Greenland. True.

- He said the US would be pulling all troops out of Afghanistan. This was confirmed within the month.
- He claimed earthquakes would be hitting Iran's nuclear facilities in December. Yep.
- There were FOUR facilities hit, not the three made public. Also true.
Watch the entire discussion if you have the time to do so. But if not, please make sure to watch Edhem Eldem summarizing ~150 years of democracy in Turkey in 6 minutes (starting on 57'). And if you can't watch it, fear not; I've transcribed it for you (as public service). Thread:


"Let me start by saying that I am a historian, I see dead people. But more seriously, I am constantly torn between the temptation to see patterns developing over time, and the fear of hasty generalizations and anachronistic comparisons. 1/n

"Nevertheless, the present situation forces me to explore the possible historical dimensions of the problem we're facing today. 2/n

"(...)I intend to go further back in time and widen the angle in order to focus on the confusion I  believe exists between the notions of 'state', 'government', and 'public institutions' in Turkey. 3/n

"In the summer of 1876, that's a historical quote, as Midhat Pasa was trying to draft a constitution, Edhem Pasa wrote to Saffet Pasa, and I quote in Turkish, 'Bize Konstitusyon degil enstitusyon lazim' ('It is not a constitution we need but institutions'). 4/n

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