BANKRUPT: completely lacking in a good quality.

Shallow: of little depth.

Evil: profoundly immoral or wicked.

Add up all the meanings of the three words above and it would be a partial description of the individuals in the Najib Razak camp behind the campaign to splash photographs of Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s granddaughter on social media and in Malay-language ragsheets. 

Their game plan is simple: show pictures of the girl in modern, revealing and flashy clothes and damage Dr Mahathir’s credentials in the Malay heartland. 

Exhibit the pictures and hope that the readers will reach this conclusion: if Dr Mahathir cannot influence his granddaughter to dress modestly or exemplify Islamic values, he cannot claim the mantle of being a Malay leader.

This tactic says as much about Najib’s operatives as it does the leader they are serving. These are evil and dastardly individuals.

They are unable to win a debate on policy or a vision of the country.

Worse, they can’t outsmart, outshout or work harder than a 92-year-old.

And truth be told, they must be unsure or even unconvinced about the so-called achievements of the Najib era. 

So, they go to the gutter and try and hurt Dr Mahathir by hurting and destroying his granddaughter.

These are the individuals who make up the brains trust of the ruling elite.

Some brains trust!

Bankrupt, shallow and evil.

These words do not even begin to describe the operatives and shady individuals in Camp Najib. Without anything suggesting an iota of intelligence, they go about running down people with pictures, hoping it says a thousand words without the need of adding anything more.

Their business plan is to keep churning out enough chaff for all to feed on and ignore the issues of the day, whether the issues are brought by Dr Mahathir or anyone else. They need to keep people occupied with gossip and innuendos, rather than focussing on what matters most for the country.

That they have made it to the mainstream media reflects how far their reach is and how low the standards are for what passes as news and propaganda these days. 

The only thing that can be done is to ignore them and keep sight of the issues. And only we can decide if they should be put out of business for good. – November 12, 2017.