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80,138. The plan for the defence of Malaysia was based entirely on the air force. General Sir J G Smyth VC, cited The World at War: Banzai 6/26
80,139. The Japanese secret weapon in Malaysia was the bicycle. (Malaysia & Bicycle) The World at War: Banzai 6/26
80,140. Josh responds to Bigfoot sightings in the jungles of Malaysia. (Malaysia & Bigfoot & Cryptozoology) Destination Truth s1e4
80,141. The Bigfoot Legend – in Malaysia he has been big news. (Malaysia & Bigfoot & Cryptozoology) ibid.
80,142. There have been sightings all over the Malaysian peninsula. (Malaysia & Bigfoot & Cryptozoology) ibid.
80,143. I’d gathered enough evidence to believe that there is something big roaming the jungle. (Malaysia & Bigfoot & Cryptozoology) ibid.
80,144. We hoped that the cast we made would provide some answers. (Malaysia & Bigfoot & Cryptozoology) ibid.
80,145. This haunted mosque was in the thick jungles of Malaysia. Destination Truth s2e7
80,146. Many locals Malays began to help the Japanese. (Malaysia & Japan & British Empire & World War II) Singapore 1942: End of Empire I
80,147. The bicycle brigades were a vital asset of the Japanese army, and the routes were planned long before they invaded. (Malaysia & Japan & British Empire & World War II & Bicycle) ibid.
80,148. Penang fell unopposed to the Japanese. (Malaysia & Japan & British Empire UK & World War II) ibid.
80,149. There were less than a hundred Argyles who hadn’t been killed or captured. (Malaysia & Japan & British Empire & World War II) ibid.
88,515. Over three years in captivity. 30,000 British, 15,000 Australian and 40,000 India troops joined 30,000 POWs already taken in Malaysia. (Singapore & Japan & British Empire & World War II & Malaysia) ibid.
80,150. The Japanese promised the Malays independence but it never came. Instead they increasingly behaved like a harsh new Colonial power. (Malaysia & Japan & British Empire & World War II) Singapore 1942: End of Empire II
80,151. Britain finally granted Malaysia independence on 31st August 1957. (Malaysia & Japan & British Empire & World War II) ibid.
88,497. On this shore just after midnight on 7th December 1941 Japanese troops invaded the British colony of Malaysia. The Pacific War had begun. (Singapore & Malaysia & Japan & World War II & Spy & Betrayal) The Fall of Singapore: The Great Betrayal, BBC 2012
94,884. US and other foreign corporations forced the Labour Ministry in 1988 to continue the government’s long-standing prohibition of unions in the electronics industry by threatening to shift their jobs and investments to another country. (Malaysia & Trade Union) Noam Chomsky, Deterring Democracy
131,521. In February 2013 I started an investigation into illicit money flow coming into the United States. The money was coming into high end real estate and it was coming through companies where the owners could be hidden. I decided to focus on the Time Warner centre. (Malaysia & Theft & Fraud & Wall Street) The PM, the Playboy and the Wolf of Wall Street, BBC 2019
131,522. Riza Aziz … was running Red Granite Pictures … Riza Aziz was the stepson of the prime minister of Malaysia, and friends with them all … In September 2014 I wanted to see if Jho and Majin would meet up in New York … The Story of 1MDB and the Money Trail … ‘He came up with this idea to set up this investment fund call 1MDB; the trust fund that brings returns for the future of the people.’ (Malaysia & Theft & Fraud & Wall Street) ibid.
131,523. ‘Why was 1MDB not subject to the same oversight as the rest of the companies?’ (Malaysia & Theft & Fraud & Wall Street) ibid. Brother of Najib
131,524. It came to my attention 1MDB had raised bonds, public debt with Goldman Sachs. Debt that the people of Malaysia would have to pay back. (Malaysia & Theft & Fraud & Wall Street) ibid.
131,525. I knew that there were documents that were available for sale that purported to show details of money moving between 1MDB and Jho Low. (Malaysia & Theft & Fraud & Wall Street) ibid.
131,526. ‘$700 million had been taken from the fund under the guise of being sent to a joint venture with a Saudi Arabian oil company.’ (Malaysia & Theft & Fraud & Wall Street) ibid.
131,527. The best and the most expensive party Las Vegas had ever seen … security, the foods, the drinks, the gifts, the stars, the celebrities – that must have cost $100 million. (Malaysia & Theft & Fraud & Wall Street) ibid.
131,528. ‘A political slush fund.’ (Malaysia & Theft & Fraud & Wall Street) ibid.
139,148. The Malayan Emergency is a forgotten conflict … a communist uprising that tied commonwealth troops down for almost a decade … The conflict is hardly ever talked about. (Great Britain & War UK Foreign Relations & Malaysia & Internment Camp) Tony Robinson, Britain’s Forgotten Wars IV: Malaysia
139,149. Over 10,000 people were killed and at least 400,000 were forced into internment camps. (Great Britain & War UK Foreign Relations & Malaysia & Internment Camp) ibid.
139,150. Internment camps became known as ‘new villages’. (Great Britain & War UK Foreign Relations & Malaysia & Internment Camp) ibid.