Johor to join Singapore?

I read with interest and a degree of amusement the Wassap group conversation between a bunch of Johorean friends about the ongoing crisis in their home state as posted by A Voice here,

What are the Johoreans saying?

Similarly, there were also rather interesting 'debates" on the matter between commenters in my last posting

Allah Peliharakan Sultan

I know that most readers of this blog do not have the time to read the comments section or care too much to do so as there are indeed a lot of comments of low value there.

But really, sometimes the conversation there could be quite interesting and amusing too at the same time.

I am reproducing here the one between whom I believe to be DAP cybertroopers and Umno supporters. They all could probably be Johoreans.

Anonymous7 June 2014 23:23

Can Sultan ask UMNO to fuck off and pull out of Malaysia and merged with Singapore?

That would be super interesting.

And if SIngapore military backs the Sultan? Their tanks drive across the border "at the invitation" of the Sultan?

Don't say it won't happen.

Stupid Mahathir is scared shitless.

Anonymous8 June 2014 00:06
I think this is great. Teach the malays a very good lesson for foolishly believing that "tidak melayu hilang di dunia".

Anonymous8 June 2014 00:55
As TDM has foreseen, the loya-ties are being used now (as they have been conveniently used before by the Brits to get them to sell Singapok stock, lock & barrels; and now by LKY's trojan horse) to complement Khazanah’s “strategy” of legalized ethnic cleansing of the Malays from the newly developed areas in JB, Iskandar & Greater JB…this will create a new sociopolitical landscape that will benefit the non-Malays (and our “friendly neighbor” down south) in the next 5-15 years…the sultan is just a pawn in the greater overseas chinese expansion game...

DS

Anonymous8 June 2014 01:18
Ni annie macam mana kamu boleh benarkan anon 23.23 memperendahkan kedudukan sultan kamu , kenyataan nya sungguh biadap dan paling rasis daripada anak haram . Boleh dia sebut Sultan menjumput askar singapork melintas sepadan dan bercamtum dengan singapork apa johor nak di jajah ka dan sultan jadi apa saya tak mahu sebut barua tapi lebih kurang macam boneka atau macam sultan raja Gelam yang hilang segalnya. Saya bukan orang johor tapi kenyataan anon 23.23 sungguh kurang ajar dan merendahkan tahaf pemikiran sultan yang dianggap oleh beliau boleh diguna . Orang seperti anon ini adalah pengkianat dan bangsat yang tak sepatut menjadi warga malaysia , anak haram jadah darjatnya.

Anonymous8 June 2014 01:24
All is not well down south . . . one of Singapore's grande dame literati tells it like it is

http://www.tremeritus.com/2014/06/07/an-open-letter-to-pm-lee-from-catherine-lim/

Anonymous8 June 2014 01:32
Aku harap tak bodohlah sultan keturunan temangung bugis tu sampai percyakn org2x mcm anon 7 jun 23:23 dan 8 jun 00:06..kalau merge dgn singapore ingat puak2x kiasu tu nak ke dia jadi ketua...jgn lupa apa jadi kat kerabat di kampung gelam..and that anon 8 Jun..people like you still wonder way DAP is so hard to be excepted by the majority malay...you want us to believe that you can wipe us out of this world..aku tau bangsa kau pandang rendah kat org melayu but we're not that stupid..kdang2x bangsa kamu lagi bodoh mcm francis yeoh...di sebabkan nak tunjuk hebat dlm satu forum..ckp tanpa berfikir panjang..habis kantoi rahsia KEJAYAAN dia..hehehe

Anonymous8 June 2014 07:12
Singapore tak perlu seluruh Johor, JB sudah cukup. Kalau luas depa tak reti nak tadbir. Lagi pun JB sekarang dah macam Singapore. Memang sesuai kalau mereka bergabung. Lepas tu tambak seluruh selat Teberau.

Well, interesting and amusing at the same time, aren't they?

Anyway, on a more serious note, senior blogger Pasquale, whom I believe to have quite "thick cables" in Putrajaya have this to say about the same subject matter,

More to it than meets the eye in Johore......! 

Excerpts from it,

Whats happening in Penang and Selangor you might ask, well if your minds are that insular and simple Malay minds you will probably miss and not see it.
Let me put it very bluntly....these two states will be hard to "take" back to the fold since a lot of foreign money are in to make these two states not again to be belong to the BN, or to Umno or to the pathethic Malays.
Now to Johore!  I can bet my bottom ringgit (not much though) that what is happening in Johore vis a vis corruption, as reported, is that there is a bigger game afoot, if Umno politicians, or members of the royalty refused to see the bigger picture. That picture is SINGAPURA!!

Meanwhile, The Mole also has a similar story,

Johoreans worry over Singapore security firm with a Johor prince touch

Excerpts from it,

Speaking to The Mole on the condition of anonymity, a former highly-ranked police officer said it is incumbent that the Home Ministry conduct proper checks as well as continuously monitor foreign security companies  to ensure the nation's security is not being compromised.

“The company must follow our process and regulations. They have to go through our procedures and laws. If this is not thoroughly complied to, then habislah (we are finished),” he added.

“Most important, the Federal Government, through Home Ministry and state government, should know and monitor the operations of foreign security companies here.”

The former top cop however declined to comment on the joint venture to set up a security business in Iskandar region between a Singapore-based company, The Soverus group with Johor prince Tunku Abdul Rahman.

According to a report from Business AsiaOne the owner of the security company, Peter Lim had said: “The security business in all countries is highly regulated. This MOU signifies and cements our belief in the growing market in Iskandar and the rest of Malaysia."

It is also reported that three-quarters of its operations in Iskandar will be guarding services, while the remaining 25 per cent will be focused on mostly security technology and security consultancy.