[\/video]\r\n\r\n\u201cOne is a helicopter purchased by PAS in 2015 which has been delivered to Malaysia,\u201d he teased. \u201cThe helicopter is all ready to fly because it comes complete with the propeller and carries with it the PAS logo.\u201d\r\n\r\nAnother helicopter, added the netizen, can land anywhere, including on slopes. Adding to the laughter, Amir showed a photograph of another helicopter which can land on tall buildings, including the small lanes between the buildings.\r\n\r\nIf none of the above is unsuitable, there is yet another helicopter which is currently berthed in Bachok, Kelantan. \u201cIt has a capacity of 80,000 tonnes,\u201d he commented, emphasising that the helicopter comes with a propeller and looks terrific!\r\n\r\nTowards the end of the video, the netizen attempted to educate the good doctor. \u201cWe are not in a diplomatic relation with Israel. The moment they see these helicopters, their (first instinct) is to immediately take them down unless the permission to fly over Israel is granted by PN,\u201d Amir concluded his satire. \u2013 Nov 5, 2023\r\n\r\nMain pic credit:<\/strong> Channel News Asia (CNA)<\/em>","post_title":"TikToker tells Dr Halimah Ali to use PAS choppers to send humanitarian aid to Gaza","post_excerpt":"In February this year, controversial PAS Kapar MP Dr Halimah Ali was forced to apologise after she made an uncouth remark against the Menu Rahmah proposed by the late domestic trade and costs of living minister Datuk Seri Salahuddin Ayub.","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"tiktoker-tells-dr-halimah-ali-to-use-pas-choppers-to-send-humanitarian-aid-to-gaza","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-11-05 08:58:00","post_modified_gmt":"2023-11-05 00:58:00","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/focusmalaysia.my\/?p=152205","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":152198,"post_author":"35","post_date":"2023-11-05 07:24:23","post_date_gmt":"2023-11-04 23:24:23","post_content":"MALAYSIA\u2019S so-called crowded news portal playing field \u201cis bound to shrink a little\u201d following the industry\u2019s deemed first merger and acquisition (M&A) exercise with The Vibes<\/em> founder Datuk Vinod Sekhar confirming his purchase of The Malaysian Insight<\/em> (TMI) yesterday (Nov 4).\r\n\r\nThis is certainly a welcome move for both news portals to circumvent the financial hardship encountered by every news portal operator amid a challenging media industry landscape while fostering the sharing of resources to keep abreast with today\u2019s fast-paced news reporting concept with the advent of social media.\r\n\r\nHowever, it is not immediately known how The Vibes<\/em> and TMI plan to streamline their operations given TMI is paywall-bound or only accessible via subscription whereas The Vibes<\/em> is a free-for-all news portal.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u201cPending a clear definition on how the merger will pan out with a series of meeting between both owners (Vinod and TMI\u2019s CEO Jahabar Sadiq) slated for this coming week, it's BAU (business as usual) for both the present teams of The Vibes<\/em> and TMI,\u201d a reliable source with inside knowledge told FocusM<\/em><\/strong>.\r\n\r\n\u201cThe deal was sealed in earnest last week with Jahabar having approached Vinod (who is still seeking treatment for his heart condition in India).\r\n\r\n\u201cThis is nothing surprising as even before The Vibes<\/em> was launched, Vinod had considered acquiring a few news portals including TMi as part of his grand vision of online news presence which will cater to needs of the present leadership of (Prime Minister Datuk Seri) Anwar Ibrahim.\u201d\r\n\r\nA relatively newbie founded at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic on Sept 19, 2020 in conjunction with Malaysia Day that year, The Vibes<\/em> faces manpower crunch in recent times after more than half of its staff \u2018eloping\u2019 to Scoop.my following a fall-out between its former managing editor Terence Fernandez and Vinod who is also the PETRA Group chairman and CEO.\r\n\r\n Datuk Vinod Sekhar[\/caption]\r\n\r\n Jahabar Sadiq[\/caption]\r\n\r\nMeanwhile, TMI is very much a \u2018buy-out\u2019 of The Malaysian Insider<\/em> by Jahabar (who happened to be its CEO-cum-editor) after its then parent company The Edge Media Group decided to shut down the news portal on March 15, 2016 after claiming that it has amassed losses amounting to RM10 mil in the 20 months since its acquisition in June 2014.\r\n\r\nThe action came after the Insider <\/em>was blocked by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) on the grounds of national security following continuous publication of defamatory content on Feb 25, 2016.\r\n\r\nInterestingly, the Insider was started in December 2007 by a group of businessmen and journalists close to fifth premier Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi as a counter to Malaysiakini<\/em> which was deemed unfriendly to the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration. \u2013 Nov 5, 2023","post_title":"Maiden M&A in Malaysia\u2019s news portal industry with The Vibes acquiring The Malaysian Insight","post_excerpt":"Malaysia's so-called crowded news portal playing field \u201cis bound to shrink a little\u201d following the industry\u2019s deemed first merger and acquisition (M&A) exercise with The Vibes founder Datuk Vinod Sekhar confirming his purchase of The Malaysian Insight (TMI) yesterday (Nov 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