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Final Reckoning: An Insider’s View of The Fall of Malaysia’s Barisan Nasional Government
An unparalleled political blockbuster of intrigue, disaster, incompetence and the biggest financial scandal the world has ever seen
As a close confidante to Malaysia’s political elite, Romen Bose gives a front row view of the major controversies that hit the Najib Razak administration, having witnessed first-hand how the country’s leadership reacted to the disappearance of MH370 and the step-by-step classified actions of its topmost officials in retrieving the remains of Malaysian victims following the shooting down of MH17.
Final Reckoning also gives a blow-by-blow account of how the 1MDB scandal rocked the Government and the attempts by the country’s top politicians and their advisers to contain and explain it away. Through numerous conversations with key players and his presence at various high-level and secret meetings following the global investigations into the scandal, Romen pieces together for the first time how a sitting Prime Minister became the unwitting patsy of a mastermind who had managed to pull off the single biggest con of the century. In doing so, Final Reckoning tells the story of an ultimately futile scramble to try and preserve a crumbling political legacy that had long been out of step with the realities of a new Malaysia.
This book is the story of the wild roller-coaster ride that marked the Barisan Nasional Government’s rule, from the 2013 General Elections, until its sixty-one-year-old grip on power came to a juddering halt on the night of 9 May 2018.
As a close confidante to Malaysia’s political elite, Romen Bose gives a front row view of the major controversies that hit the Najib Razak administration, having witnessed first-hand how the country’s leadership reacted to the disappearance of MH370 and the step-by-step classified actions of its topmost officials in retrieving the remains of Malaysian victims following the shooting down of MH17.
Final Reckoning also gives a blow-by-blow account of how the 1MDB scandal rocked the Government and the attempts by the country’s top politicians and their advisers to contain and explain it away. Through numerous conversations with key players and his presence at various high-level and secret meetings following the global investigations into the scandal, Romen pieces together for the first time how a sitting Prime Minister became the unwitting patsy of a mastermind who had managed to pull off the single biggest con of the century. In doing so, Final Reckoning tells the story of an ultimately futile scramble to try and preserve a crumbling political legacy that had long been out of step with the realities of a new Malaysia.
This book is the story of the wild roller-coaster ride that marked the Barisan Nasional Government’s rule, from the 2013 General Elections, until its sixty-one-year-old grip on power came to a juddering halt on the night of 9 May 2018.
379 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 14, 2021
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February 18, 2022
I was contemplating on how to write the review without sounding bias nor prejudice, and at the same time wanting it to be concise that can attract many
True to the blurb, Romen managed to capture my attention to read every single details in the book. It contains a lot of heavy information, political agenda precisely, to be digested yet the writing is quite breeze and very neat that makes it unputdownable 5🌟
I need to warn you that this book reveals a lot about Najib, his family, friends, colleagues & his government, as the author says so. If you strongly believe the other party, go ahead. But I am simply a curious Malaysian wanting to know two sides of a coin, which one is telling the truth...or lie?
Disclaimer, I was not at the front-row seat when those political turmoils happened thus this review is highly based on what I learnt & my thoughts about it with the knowledge I have as a Malaysian who follows the news & media, only sporadically
This book started off strong revealing the night Najib & BN fell. Like most Malaysians, I couldn't believe my eyes & ears when the result came out - is this true? Does the "kleptocracy" has finally ended? Well, little did I know as a mere citizen that this is the beginning of another power play in Malaysia (but ofc, I've heard rumours about this)
If you followed GE14 news, you'll remember that our social media is mostly flooded by Pakatan Harapan, giving out negative impressions towards Najib & the government. So having the thought that Malaysian wanted to be free of kleptomaniac & PH offers many young faces that fit to lead, I didn’t expect more! Author has listed down 8 factors-internal sabotage, old voting software & chaos at the headquarters. There's also stories BTS from the BN War Room, small meeting at Najib's residency and a tycoon that claimed he could get MPs from Sabah & Sarawak to become BN friendly as long as MA63 is implemented but in return, Najib needs to pay him about 3-5 millions! WHO IS THIS TYCOON??
Btw. Full review is up in my blog https://sugarspicewhatevernice.wordpr...
Many thanks to @putrifariza @times.reads for sending me this book!
True to the blurb, Romen managed to capture my attention to read every single details in the book. It contains a lot of heavy information, political agenda precisely, to be digested yet the writing is quite breeze and very neat that makes it unputdownable 5🌟
I need to warn you that this book reveals a lot about Najib, his family, friends, colleagues & his government, as the author says so. If you strongly believe the other party, go ahead. But I am simply a curious Malaysian wanting to know two sides of a coin, which one is telling the truth...or lie?
Disclaimer, I was not at the front-row seat when those political turmoils happened thus this review is highly based on what I learnt & my thoughts about it with the knowledge I have as a Malaysian who follows the news & media, only sporadically
This book started off strong revealing the night Najib & BN fell. Like most Malaysians, I couldn't believe my eyes & ears when the result came out - is this true? Does the "kleptocracy" has finally ended? Well, little did I know as a mere citizen that this is the beginning of another power play in Malaysia (but ofc, I've heard rumours about this)
If you followed GE14 news, you'll remember that our social media is mostly flooded by Pakatan Harapan, giving out negative impressions towards Najib & the government. So having the thought that Malaysian wanted to be free of kleptomaniac & PH offers many young faces that fit to lead, I didn’t expect more! Author has listed down 8 factors-internal sabotage, old voting software & chaos at the headquarters. There's also stories BTS from the BN War Room, small meeting at Najib's residency and a tycoon that claimed he could get MPs from Sabah & Sarawak to become BN friendly as long as MA63 is implemented but in return, Najib needs to pay him about 3-5 millions! WHO IS THIS TYCOON??
Btw. Full review is up in my blog https://sugarspicewhatevernice.wordpr...
Many thanks to @putrifariza @times.reads for sending me this book!
January 23, 2022
Written by a Najib fanboy through and through. It's interesting to get a different viewpoint from an insider, but as a whole not that quite well-written.
February 17, 2022
Interesting to read about Malaysian politics from a person that had worked closely alongside Najib and had served the machine that had so badly failed the people.
April 4, 2022
Finished in one day, hardly we could read insider views. Bose could narrate the story nicely and i think some of it little bit exagerated
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