COMMENT | Muhyiddin has lost control of the runaway train

COMMENT | Muhyiddin Yassin's tenure can be described in three words - hypocrisy, corruption and fear.

Hypocrisy because he claimed from the beginning that he wanted to "save" Malaysia. The reality is that despite emergency rule, where he had the power to push through all his policies without any scrutiny, he more or less destroyed Malaysia, dented our confidence and left us helpless.

His ministers were hand-picked to promote his Malayness, but they proved to be just another bunch of self-serving men and women. They invaded our private lives and dictated what we could and could not do during this pandemic. Most of us sacrificed a lot to keep the disease at bay but his hypocritical ministers ignored the rules they set for us.

It is alleged that 100,000 small and medium-sized enterprises have been forced to shut down. Overnight, people became unemployed and some employers asked their workers to go on six months unpaid leave. Despite having no business, these companies still had to pay business rates, rents, permits, fees and other expenses.

The same goes for their employees. Many have depleted their savings but the house, car and educational loans must still be paid.

Over in Putrajaya, the 70 ministers and their deputies are ...