Discuss The Strengths And Weaknesses Of Malaysia's Security

According to the FBI, 1Malaysia Development Berhad raised roughly 8 billion dollars for the Malaysian people’s use; however, high-ranking Malaysian government officials received much of that money for their own personal use. Robert B. Heuchling, a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, verifies that real estate accounts for 9 out of the 17 assets the United States seeks civil forfeiture for. Jho Low, a Malaysian financier, is a central figure regarding Malaysia’s misappropriated funds. Heuchling confirmed that Low can be traced back to the purchase of real estate properties using misappropriated funds, and despite never holding a formal position at 1Malaysia Development Berhad, Low informally advised 1MDB’s executive committee. Jho Low’s misuse of government funds raises the question: To what extent does kleptocracy in Malaysia affect United States’ real estate?

We all have heard the phrase loose lips sink ships. On 19 May 2011, the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) painted another picture in our mind regarding this phrase. The in-depth investigation of Bryan Minkyu Martin revealed the real reasons why he betrayed the country for his own benefit. This is a classic example to prove cyber espionage cases can be alarming to our nation’s national security.

If in the name of National security the government keeps so many documents and departments classified that no citizen can discern what their government is doing, they lose the oversight of the citizens, and as a result will be more prone to corruption or poor decisions. This can be seen for example, in the United States government’s use of the Navy’s SEAL Team 6. Highly secretive, SEAL Team 6 has been used for classified missions in foreign nations increasingly over the past decade, with little to no outside oversight. Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) investigates reports of misconduct, but JSOC is also the organization that supervises the team’s missions (Mazzetti 3). While this lack of supervision does not mean that SEAL Team 6 is an inherently corrupt organization, it is an example of how the government can so easily fall into

On Thursday 12/08/2016 at approximately 0242 hours, East Security was dispatched to 4 West Unit, room #4137 in response to a (53B) Disorderly Baker Act Patient in Medical Unit. Upon arrival, Security was informed by A.N.M. Abbgil Bell that Baker Act Patient, Lora Elizabeth Partain (DOB: 02/13/83 - Fin# 86556339) was screaming, cursing at medical staff and had requested a certain type of medication. Security Officers walked over to the room and explained to the patient that she was to refrain from verbally harassed medical staff and that she had to follow protocol. We advised her that to comply with nursing staff. The patient stated that she had requested the medication because she was on withdraw. Charge Nurse Bell advised the patient that

On 2/10/16 at 11:57 P.M. Security was notified via email by Loss Prevention Specialist (LPS) Corey Green to look into a theft of a pizza slice that occurred in the B Building break room. Shift Supervisor (S/S) Enmanuel Cabrera start by pulling the complainant Kyle Smith (smithky) lenels’. S/S Cabrera was able see to that Mr. Smith enters the B building with a domino’s box at 6:45 P.M through turnstile 5. Upon entering, Mr. Smith places domino’s box in the refrigerator along the B building bathroom wall at 6:46 P.M. After further review of camera C140 at 8:27 P.M, Security Officer Christopher Maletta was seen taken a slice of pizza of the pizza

In the summer of 2007, the media announced that the arms company BAE which is a British defense firm, secretly paid more than $2 billion in bribes for over 20 years to a member of the Saudi Arabia royal family, the Prince Bandar. The Prince had provided one of the biggest weapons contract with Britain; Saudi Arabia was purchasing warplanes, spare parts, and training for Saudi pilots. After they found that BAE was paying bribes to the Prince, some of the payments were channeled by an ambassador through a United States bank. After that, the British Fraud Office started investigating these transactions. Consequently, the Prime Minister Tony Blair gave the order to put an end to the investigation for “national security” reasons. It is worth to mention that the contracts are still valid nowadays, and the 10-15 commissions of agents are distributed between head of state, generals, and their friends.

7. Armed Forces Special Powers Act: The Debate G K Pillai IDSA Monograph Series, No.7 November 2012. This book describe about the Amendments to the Armed Forces Special Powers Act giving opinion and views from violation Affected Areas, opinion from Human Rights Perspective giving arguments to show how AFSPA contravenes fundamental rights, The Security Forces Perspective and Public Perception of the inability of the army to communicate its point of view, despite misperceptions about the law and the positive contribution made by the army over a period of time. However, the study has made some basic recommendations in the conclusion, in an attempt to capture the essence of the debate. The final recommendations of the study have been made based

There are numerous ways to improve the Malaysian electoral system both in fairness and efficiency. Currently, there is a lack in confidence in the validity or neutrality of the Electoral Commissions (EC). Members of the EC are elected by the Yang di- Pertuan Agong (YDPA) after discussing with the Conference of Rulers (Legal Research Board, 2013). However, according to Article 40 the YDPA can only act after receiving advice from the Cabinet or a Minister representing the Cabinet (Legal Research Board, 2013); in most cases it would mean the Prime Minister. Hence, it may seem that the politically neutral EC were to be pro-government. A solution to this problem would be to amend the Constitution so that the House of Representatives can debate on the nomination of the EC members, then their decision would be passed on to the YDPA. By doing so, the EC would comprise of members that have the approval of both the government and opposition, thus making the committee fairer. Aside from that, the EC should manage its own budget, and should be reviewed by the Auditor-General and not be dissected by the Parliament.

My opinion about the legislation is refers to laws made by a person or body, which has power to make law. In Malaysia, Parliament and Legislative Assemblies have powers to enact laws in their respective areas. Laws made by Parliament may extend to the whole country. However, laws enacted by a State Assembly only

This essay will discuss some threats transnational organised crime have to Southeast Asian states. By comparing to traditional security paradigm threats, this essay will argue that in order for states to combat transnational organised crime, they must consider and use traditional and non-traditional means. First, this essay will present the security paradigm of traditional security. In this section, this essay will discuss the points of, the focus traditional security has on the protection of the state and traditional security threats such as external military forces. Secondly, this essay will present the non-traditional security paradigm; discussing the people-centred approach of non-traditional security, and non-traditional security threats. Thirdly, this essay will focus on security challenges of transnational organised crime on Southeast Asian states, discussing the challenges human trafficking, drug trafficking, corruption and bribes, and illegal logging. At the end of each of the organised crime security challenges, this essay will discuss how these challenges differ from traditional security threats.

What has attributed to Mas Selamat successful arrest was the sharing of intelligence reports among the involved parties (Malaysia Special Brand and

The ruling party of Malaysia, Barisan Nasional has been in power since the country’s independence in 1957. This fact has provided Malaysia a high degree of stability and the confidence of foreign investors / businesses.

The security dilemma is a fundamental concept in IR originate in John Herz’s writing provided the definition of security dilemma back in 1951 “a structural notion in which the self-help attempts of states to look after their security needs tend, regardless of intention, to lead to rising insecurity to others as each interprets its own measures as defensive and measures of others as potentially threatening” (Herz, 1950: 157) which is a classic definition heavily associates with realism. In international system, where there are no world governments or police to provide security for states as a result state exist in an anarchy and the only way to ensure their own security is through self-help. In short, security dilemmas caused by anarchy, however, in this essay,

In terms acceleration of economic growth is based on the measurement of GDP, MALAYSIA HAS recorded a growth of 5.1% last year. Although it is lower than 7.2% in 2010, but it was so roaring in the context of a difficult global economic environment and uncertainty. In contrast, global economic growth has dropped from 5.2% in 2010 to 3.8% in 2011 while the economy of the developed countries like USA, Germany, UK, France and Japan also recorded weak growth of respectively 1.5%, 2.7%, 1.1 %, 1.7% and -0.5% in the same year; far lower than Malaysia's achievements. Following a satisfactory GDP growth was assisted by the Federal government revenue increased by RM13.2 billion in 2011 through increased collection of IRB estimate of RM109.7 billion compared with RM96.5 billion the government has managed to reduce its fiscal deficit to 5.0% compared projection of 5.4%. This means that the GOVERNMENT has successfully steered the nation's economy as well as the control and management of public funds wisely in the past 3 years in a row when managed to bring down the fiscal deficit from 7.0% in 2009 to 5.6% (2010) and 5.0% in the past year in a expanding economy.

Malaysia is a unique country. It is made up of multi-ethnic group who are living in harmony. Conflict among ethnic group is rare and even if conflict occurs, is not to the extent of destroying the country. In fact, it is the diversity that drives the development of the country and makes this country colourful. Malaysia has been recognized by the world as a model for other plural societies. The concept of ‘unity in diversity’ is always insisted by the leaders. The concept is now supported with the ‘1 Malaysia’ concept which is introduced by the current Prime Minister. The Malaysian government is always put efforts to ensure the