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calling out bs@saysuttintho·
@MiddleEastEye Someone should put this as an AI prompt and make a short movie lmao. The level of straight up state-sponsored intimidation is insane
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Middle East Eye@MiddleEastEye·
Read this in full 👇 The ICC-Karim Khan saga: a timeline Palestine investigation, and the pressure campaign begins (2021–2023) February 2021 Karim Khan is elected ICC chief prosecutor by the Assembly of States Parties (ASP). March 2021 Khan's predecessor, Fatou Bensouda, opens the ICC's investigation into alleged war crimes in the occupied Palestinian territories. 21 June 2021 Khan takes the oath of office, becoming the third person to hold the post since the court's founding in 2002. Summer 2022 The woman who later becomes the complainant in the sexual misconduct case alleges a separate senior ICC official behaved inappropriately towards her. 31 August 2022 Khan writes to the ASP president raising her concerns about that other official; external investigators are appointed in October 2022 with her cooperation. 11 December 2023 That separate external investigation concludes there was "no unsatisfactory conduct" by the official concerned. 17 November 2023 Five states (South Africa, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Comoros, Djibouti) formally refer the Palestine situation to the prosecutor after the 7 October Hamas attack on Israel and the subsequent Israeli war on Gaza. December 2023 Khan visits Israel (kibbutzim, the Nova festival site) and meets Palestinian officials including President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah. Lead-up to the warrants (January–April 2024) January 2024 Khan convenes an independent, seven-member expert panel to assess whether the legal threshold for arrest warrants for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his then Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and three Hamas leaders had been met. The panel unanimously concludes in March the process was "fair, rigorous and independent" and sufficient material existed to request warrants. 16 March 2024 Khan's legal team concludes it will be in a position to apply for the Israeli and Hamas warrants by the end of April. 21 March 2024 Khan orders a "complementarity" check into whether Israel was investigating the alleged crimes itself; his office concludes it was not. 25 March 2024 Khan informs the US administration of his decision and that warrants would be sought by the end of April. 15 April 2024 In London, Khan tells UK Justice Secretary Alex Chalk he will apply for the warrants; he had wanted to brief Foreign Secretary David Cameron directly, but Cameron was abroad. 19 April 2024 A senior US official warns Khan by phone of "disastrous consequences" if he proceeds; Khan says he rejected this, citing Israel's lack of cooperation. 23 April 2024 While Khan is on an official visit to Venezuela, Cameron phones him and says issuing warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant would be "like dropping a hydrogen bomb". Cameron spoke aggressively, told Khan he would "lose the dressing room" and be seen as "losing the plot", and said the UK would "defund the court and withdraw from the Rome Statute" if warrants were issued. Khan replied that this would mean "the rules-based system would be dead". In an account of the episode in MEE journalist Peter Oborne's book, Complicit: Britain’s Role in the Destruction of Gaza, a source close to Cameron said that the call with Khan did take place and was “robust”. But the source said that rather than making a threat, Cameron pointed out that strong voices in the Conservative Party would push for defunding the ICC and withdrawing from the Rome Statute. 24 April 2024 12 Republican US senators (including Marco Rubio) send Khan a letter warning "Target Israel and we will target you." 25 April 2024 British journalist Douglas Murray writes in the New York Post that Khan will seek warrants within days, before this is public knowledge. 26 April 2024 Netanyahu publicly criticises the ICC on social media, saying: “Under my leadership, Israel will never accept any attempt by the ICC to undermine its inherent right of self-defence.” 28 April 2024 Israel says it will allow Khan to visit Israel and Gaza, an unprecedented offer that delays the warrant applications. 29 April 2024 A colleague of Khan's raises harassment allegations against him in a private conversation. 30 April–1 May 2024 Khan describes meetings with western states and US officials that he characterises as efforts to dissuade him from proceeding. Warrants filed, allegations surface (May 2024) 2 May 2024 The sexual misconduct/harassment allegations are first put to Khan in person by members of his team, on the same day, per his later ICC submission, that he had been planning to announce the Netanyahu/Gallant warrants. Khan separately meets Dutch counterterrorism officials over a security briefing about suspected Mossad activity in The Hague. 3 May 2024 A colleague of Khan refers the harassment allegations to the ICC's Internal Oversight Mechanism (IOM). 7 May 2024 The IOM's first inquiry closes after the complainant declines to cooperate. 19–20 May 2024 With Israel's promised permission letter for the Gaza visit still not delivered, Khan cancels the trip and, on 20 May, announces he is seeking arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant, and Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar, Ismail Haniyeh and Mohammed Deif. In his public statement he says: "I insist that all attempts to impede, intimidate or improperly influence the officials of this Court must cease immediately." 21 May 2024 David Cameron publicly calls the warrant decision "a mistake", accusing the ICC of drawing a "moral equivalence" between Israeli and Hamas leaders. 10 June 2024 The outgoing Conservative government files a formal objection disputing ICC jurisdiction over Israeli nationals; the incoming Labour government drops the objection the following month, after the July 2024 general election. Leaks, a second complaint, arrest warrants (October–November 2024) 17 October 2024 An anonymous Twitter account begins circulating details of the harassment allegations against Khan. 19 October 2024 The Mail on Sunday reports that ASP President Paivi Kaukoranta has confirmed the allegations exist; an official ASP statement follows later on 24 October. October–November 2024 A second IOM investigation opens and closes after the complainant again declines to cooperate. 11 November 2024 The ASP president subsequently decides to seek an outsourced UN investigation into Khan via the Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS). 21 November 2024 ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I unanimously approves and issues the arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant, the first time the court has targeted officials of a western-allied state. It also rejected two Israeli challenges to the case under Articles 19 and 18 of the Rome Statute. Sanctions and threats (February–August 2025) 6 February 2025 Trump issues Executive Order 14203 imposing sanctions on ICC officials, with Khan as the initial target, over the Netanyahu/Gallant warrants; his US visa is revoked, his wife and children are barred from the US, and UK bank accounts are frozen. 19 May 2025 Khan takes voluntary leave pending the OIOS investigation; deputy prosecutors Nazhat Shameem Khan and Mame Mandiaye Niang take over the leadership of his office. May 2025 Shortly before going on leave, Khan had been preparing new warrant applications for Israeli ministers Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben Gvir over West Bank settlement expansion. 5 June 2025 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announces sanctions against four ICC judges: Beti Hohler (Slovenia) and Reine Alapini-Gansou (Benin) for their role in the Netanyahu/Gallant arrest warrants; and Luz del Carmen Ibanez Carranza (Peru) and Solomy Balungi Bossa (Uganda) for authorising the Afghanistan investigation. 9 July 2026 The US sanctions UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese over her cooperation with the ICC. 16 July 2025 ICC judges reject an Israeli request to withdraw the Netanyahu/Gallant warrants pending Israel's jurisdictional appeal. 20 August 2025 US imposes sanctions on judges Kimberly Prost (Canada) and Nicolas Yann Guillou (France), plus deputy prosecutors Nazhat Shameem Khan (Fiji) and Mame Mandiaye Niang (Senegal). 4 September 2025 US sanctions three Palestinian NGOs for cooperating with the ICC. 13 October 2025 MEE reveals that Margareta Kassangana, a Polish diplomat and ASP vice president, met privately with Khan's accuser to discuss the case before the Bureau of the Assembly of States Parties, the court's govening body, referred the matter to the UN's OIOS in late 2024. MEE also reports on a recorded summer 2025 phone call in which another bureau member, Uganda's ambassador Mirjam Blaak, is heard telling a colleague she believed Khan "may not come back", describing the complainant in personal terms, and repeating Netanyahu's since-debunked claim that Khan rushed the Netanyahu/Gallant warrants to pre-empt a "honey trap" defence. Disqualification bid and secret Smotrich filing (November 2025–May 2026) 17 November 2025 Israel formally asks the ICC to disqualify Khan from the Palestine investigation and withdraw the Netanyahu/Gallant warrants, citing the misconduct allegations as evidence of bias. The court has yet to rule on the request. 3 December 2025 The ASP's annual assembly in The Hague issues a declaration resisting US demands to drop the Palestine/Afghanistan investigations and amend the Rome Statute, without naming the US directly. 10 December 2025 Khan submits a statement to the ICC's appeal chamber responding to Israel's disqualification request, describing for the first time a "senior UK government official" (confirmed by MEE as Cameron) who threatened UK funding withdrawal. 11 December 2025 The OIOS delivers its finalised report (150 pages, with roughly 5,000 pages of supporting evidence) to the ASP-appointed judicial panel for a legal determination. 18 December 2025 The US sanctions judges Gocha Lordkipanidze (Georgia) and Erdenebalsuren Damdin (Mongolia) after their rejection of Israel's appeal against the Gaza investigation. 22 January 2026 Responding to a Freedom of Information request, the UK Foreign Office confirms for the first time that the Cameron–Khan call took place on 23 April 2024. 9 March 2026 MEE breaks the story that a three-judge panel (Leona Theron of South Africa, Paul Lemmens of Belgium and Seymour Panton of Jamaica) unanimously concludes the OIOS findings "do not establish misconduct or breach of duty" by Khan. Lemmens, in a separate opinion, says he has "serious doubts" the allegations could ever meet the required standard, but joins the unanimous conclusion. 23 March 2026 MEE reports that some bureau member states seek to sabotage the judges' panel's report. 2 April 2026 A majority of the bureau votes to disregard the panel's conclusion and make its own assessment of the evidence. MEE names the 15 states that voted this way as Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Cyprus, Ecuador, Finland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, New Zealand, Poland, Slovenia, South Korea and Switzerland. 2 April 2026 The prosecutor's office secretly files an arrest warrant application for Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, alleging war crimes, crimes against humanity, and apartheid over West Bank settlement policy. It was the same warrant prepared by Khan before he went on leave but, as MEE reported, it was shelved for about a year. Khan speaks out publicly for first time (April–May 2026) 29 April 2026 Khan gives his first public comments since going on leave, in an interview with journalist Mehdi Hasan on the outlet Zeteo. He says he thought the judges' panel finding "was the end of the matter" and is "perplexed" the bureau didn't close the case immediately. He calls the theory that he rushed the Netanyahu/Gallant warrants to distract from the allegations "baloney", noting that he told the US and others he would seek warrants in March 2024, before any allegation was raised. He says Russian and Israeli intelligence had been conducting "close surveillance" of him. 8 May 2026 In an interview with MEE’s David Hearst Podcast, Khan accuses bureau members of running a "dangerous", biased campaign against him and says the disciplinary process is a "Khan-made process... specific to me". Bureau's decision, run-up to vote (June–July 2026) 8 June 2026 The bureau votes to suspend Khan and, by a two-thirds majority, finds he committed "serious misconduct". MEE reports the vote as 14 in favour (Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Cyprus, Ecuador, Finland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, New Zealand, Poland, Slovenia, South Korea, Switzerland), four against (Kenya, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Uganda), three abstaining (Bolivia, Bosnia, South Africa). The confidential decision, seen by MEE, frames the finding as Khan having "engaged in a sexual relationship" with the complainant that was improper given the power imbalance, a notable shift from the original non-consensual-conduct allegation. Khan denies any sexual relationship; the complainant's account centres on non-consensual conduct. Khan's lawyers say this reframed allegation was never put to him. 18 June 2026 MEE reveals the bureau has set 24 July, at UN headquarters in New York, as the date and venue for the full ASP's special session. 13 July 2026 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio explicitly threatens that Washington would "dismantle the ICC – brick by brick, if necessary". 16 July 2026 CNN airs an interview with Khan’s accuser going public for the first time, standing by her allegations of non-consensual sex. 17 July 2026 ASP President Kaukoranta writes to member states confirming the bureau failed to reach the required majority on two separate retaliation allegations against Khan (from other staff members), which are now closed as unproven, distinct from the sexual misconduct finding still going to the full Assembly. 18 July 2026 Josep Borrell, the former EU foreign policy chief, writes that the bureau's process amounts to a "political vote" serving what he calls a US-Israeli "offensive" to "defang" the court, citing Rubio's stated intent to dismantle the ICC "brick by brick". 21 July 2026 Khan's legal team issues an open letter to ASP members stating that formal channels for Khan to make representations have been closed, that the ASP president discouraged states from meeting with his team, and that Khan and his lawyers have been denied accreditation to attend the 24 July session. 24 July 2026 (scheduled) The full ASP votes by secret ballot at UN headquarters, New York, under Article 46 of the Rome Statute, on the single combined motion covering both the misconduct finding and Khan's removal.
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calling out bs@saysuttintho·
the fact that their official company name is NSO makes it infinitely worse lmao
Danial@masterofnone

BREAKING NEWS 🚨 NETWORK SCHOOL (@ns) ORDERED TO CEASE OPERATIONS The Johor Iskandar Puteri City Council has ordered enforcement against : "NSO Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. (Network School) at Forest City" Business licence cancelled, cease-business notice issued. Effective 22 July 2026. Confirmed by the Chief Minister of Johor My breakdown, in a thread🧵👇🏼

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calling out bs@saysuttintho·
@0xKewpiebbt @wassielawyer Literally a group of people of travelling from one hotel to another. Just a bit more glorified. Nomads have existed for centuries. My point is let’s stop being over the top. The hyperbole is embarrassing A WhatsApp group of friends travelling doesn’t make it an innovative state
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wassieloyer@wassielawyer·
100% this tbh. The concept of a network state wasn’t tested until Malaysia kicked them out. Now Balaji has actually proven the thesis that you can build an internet society untethered to a physical location, with enough strength to negotiate alliances with nation states.
Haseeb >|<@hosseeb

Ironically, this whole drama with Balaji literally validated the network state thesis. The whole idea of a network state is taking a dense group of talent and capital, and collectively negotiating with states. The Malaysia drama set up Balaji to negotiate better terms with another state to copy and paste the network there. This now looks like a much more stable setup. Guess I'll be visiting Kazakhstan!

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calling out bs@saysuttintho·
@brian_armstrong lmao why have all crypto bros become low iq when it comes to geopolitics. Or has it always been like this
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波巴綜合症@bobabobbafett·
@wassielawyer it's just a coworking space that ended on lease and signed another, why are we talking in hyperboles? this was done by wework a decade ago
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Aiden@open_is_free·
@saysuttintho @TrustlessState Two claims are being fused: condemning Netanyahu’s conduct and meeting Iran’s government do not prove an “Islamic ethics” agenda. If the criticism is hypocrisy or policy risk, cite decisions; motive-reading and genocide claims need evidence, not inference.
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calling out bs@saysuttintho·
@peerbase_ How did you even think this was a normal comparis….. Checked your bio. Understood. It’s a good grift 👍🏼
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Jean Hansen@peerbase_·
Malaysia kicked out Lee Kuan Yew/Singapore in 1965. Malaysia kicked out Balaji in 2026. 👀 It’s crazy how a bunch of bureaucrats are why poverty still exists. They deliberately prevent wealth from being created.
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maxwell@maxmaximalism·
@TrustlessState respectfully, and while I don't fully align with him on what he's saying/doing here, what the actual fuck are you talking about
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calling out bs@saysuttintho·
@hosseeb lmao bro it’s literally a glorified academy/coworking space. It’s a retreat with courses for nomads. “Network state thesis” calm it
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Haseeb >|<@hosseeb·
Ironically, this whole drama with Balaji literally validated the network state thesis. The whole idea of a network state is taking a dense group of talent and capital, and collectively negotiating with states. The Malaysia drama set up Balaji to negotiate better terms with another state to copy and paste the network there. This now looks like a much more stable setup. Guess I'll be visiting Kazakhstan!
Balaji@balajis

I am pleased to announce that a memorandum of understanding has been signed between the Republic of Kazakhstan and Network School. Our new campus will become a haven for global techno-optimism, with expedited visas, streamlined redomiciliation, and active recruitment of talent.

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calling out bs@saysuttintho·
@agvbtc how long did it take you to think of this post bro? Not too late to delete
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Tom Howard@_TomHoward·
Balaji just maneuvered official nation state recognition of NS in a deal with a country that is economically similar to Malaysia. Now @ns has a new home, but on much better terms. Funny how the internet thinks the goal of those negotiations was to stay in Malaysia. Art of the deal.
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Balaji@balajis

I am pleased to announce that a memorandum of understanding has been signed between the Republic of Kazakhstan and Network School. Our new campus will become a haven for global techno-optimism, with expedited visas, streamlined redomiciliation, and active recruitment of talent.

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calling out bs@saysuttintho·
Notice how it’s only white or non-Malaysians who are praising Network School @ns and Balaji on here. Don’t be fooled - they never cared about Malaysia in the first place.
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calling out bs@saysuttintho·
@onnhafiz the biggest takeaway in all this is: they may be kind but don’t fuck with Malaysians
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Onn Hafiz Ghazi@onnhafiz·
KENYATAAN MEDIA PEMBATALAN LESEN PERNIAGAAN DAN ARAHAN PENGHENTIAN OPERASI NS0 MALAYSIA SDN. BHD. (NETWORK SCHOOL) DI FOREST CITY 1. Kerajaan Negeri Johor mengambil maklum dan menyokong sepenuhnya keputusan Mesyuarat Penuh Khas Majlis Bandaraya Iskandar Puteri (MBIP) untuk membatalkan lesen perniagaan serta mengarahkan semua aktiviti NS0 Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. (Network School) di Forest City dihentikan, berkuat kuasa pada 22 Julai 2026. 2. Keputusan tersebut dibuat berdasarkan proses dan peruntukan undang-undang yang berkuat kuasa, selepas penelitian terhadap laporan pemeriksaan, dapatan penguatkuasaan serta representasi yang dikemukakan oleh pihak syarikat. 3. Untuk makluman, tindakan penguatkuasaan hanya boleh diambil selepas aduan serta maklumat disahkan, pemeriksaan dijalankan, ketidakpatuhan dikenal pasti dan proses undang-undang disempurnakan. Tempoh sesuatu premis beroperasi tidak bermakna semua aktivitinya sentiasa mematuhi syarat lesen. Apabila ketidakpatuhan dikenal pasti, tindakan mesti diambil tanpa kompromi. Kerajaan Negeri akan terus memperketat penyelarasan antara agensi agar sebarang ketidakpatuhan dapat dikesan dan ditangani segera. 4. Kerajaan Negeri ingin menegaskan bahawa Johor sentiasa mengalu-alukan pelaburan berkualiti tinggi yang memberi manfaat kepada ekonomi, mewujudkan peluang pekerjaan dan memacu pembangunan negeri. Namun begitu, tiada mana-mana pelabur, syarikat atau organisasi boleh diletakkan mengatasi kedaulatan undang-undang negara. 5. Dalam ruang lingkup bidang kuasa yang diperuntukkan, Kerajaan Negeri dan Pihak Berkuasa Tempatan tidak akan berkompromi terhadap sebarang pelanggaran undang-undang atau perkara yang boleh menjejaskan keselamatan, kedaulatan dan kepentingan negara. 6. Sehubungan itu, Kerajaan Negeri menggesa Kementerian Dalam Negeri (KDN), Jabatan Imigresen Malaysia (JIM), Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM) serta agensi keselamatan berkaitan meneruskan siasatan dan mengambil tindakan tegas sekiranya terdapat penyalahgunaan pasport kedua, salah nyata identiti, pelanggaran syarat kemasukan atau apa-apa kesalahan di bawah undang-undang Malaysia. 7. Perkara ini tidak boleh dipandang ringan, lebih-lebih lagi apabila Johor merupakan pintu masuk strategik negara yang bersempadan dengan Singapura. Sebarang kelemahan atau penyalahgunaan sistem imigresen mesti ditangani segera, tegas dan tanpa kompromi. 8. Pada masa yang sama, Kerajaan Negeri menggesa Kementerian Digital dan Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) mengambil tindakan sewajarnya terhadap status Malaysia Digital atau sebarang pengiktirafan yang telah diberikan kepada organisasi berkenaan sekiranya terdapat ketidakpatuhan terhadap syarat atau prinsip yang ditetapkan. 9. Kerajaan Negeri turut menggesa semua agensi berkaitan memperketat proses “due diligence”, termasuk semakan latar belakang, pemilikan, sumber pembiayaan, bentuk operasi serta naratif yang dibawa oleh mana-mana syarikat atau organisasi. 10. Penyelarasan antara agensi juga perlu diperkukuh agar setiap pelaburan atau inisiatif antarabangsa diteliti secara menyeluruh dari aspek pelesenan, imigresen, keselamatan, penggunaan premis dan pematuhan undang-undang. Kerajaan Negeri akan terus bekerjasama dengan semua pihak bagi memastikan Johor kekal sebagai destinasi pelaburan yang diyakini, tanpa berkompromi terhadap keselamatan, kedaulatan dan undang-undang negara. 11. Semua perkara diatas telah disembah maklum serta perkenan kepada Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong serta Duli Yang Amat Mulia Tunku Mahkota Ismail, Pemangku Sultan Johor. Sekian. ONN HAFIZ GHAZI Menteri Besar Johor 21 Julai 2026
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calling out bs@saysuttintho·
@RGWorldz Sorry but this is crypto twitter mentality in a nutshell since day one “bullish 24/7” or you’re against us. Some low iq shi Crypto-related projects pissing off authorities is the most ‘not wanting crypto to succeed’ agenda there is
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calling out bs@saysuttintho·
@woosabicrypto Bro the way @balajis reacted is the actual problem here that escalated the matter. His arrogance and demanding shit like an audience with the PM and threatening to withdraw “investment” is what ruined this all. Instead of playing ball with the authorities which had every right
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Woosabi@woosabicrypto·
100% agree. Don't let the fear mongering cloud your judgement. NS offers what our local tech scene can't. - Someone who is willing to invest and redevelop an abandon city using his own resources - Bring billionaire tech connections - Provide education to those who can afford it. - Put us on the global map which improves tourism, and in turn help local businesses - Potentially grow into a bustling tech hub If people can afford to go to Taylor's college, Sunway etc then they can afford $1,500 per month. It's pocket change for local techpreneurs who are serious about building connections. Trust the authorities. We are not so "weak" as to allow anyone to build a micronation here. Our laws are ironclad, our values are strong, and our people are brimming with patriotism and love for our country. I love Malaysia more than anything. And that is the reason why I believe this is a net positive. Of course, we need guardrails in place to prevent an ideology from materializing into something more. But I believe all that can be achieved with open dialogue. Cyberbullying gets us nowhere. Cmon Malaysia. We are better than this. The world is watching us. Your frustrations are valid. But all these attacks are too much and going too far.
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Bitcoin Malaya@bitcoinmalaya

I received death threats after my last post. That changes nothing. The Network School in Johor can still be net positive for Malaysia. Our country has real potential to become Southeast Asia’s top tech hub. But as I clearly said before, we must properly investigate it first to protect our national interests. The book The Network State by Balaji describes online groups building their own “cloud countries”. They eventually buy land and want to run their own rules. This raises a serious issue: sovereignty, i.e. who actually controls Malaysia Here are the main concerns: • Land: If wealthy outsiders buy land and demand their own government, Putrajaya loses authority over Malaysian territory • Taxes: High earners could pay taxes to the online group instead of Malaysia. We would lose revenue needed for schools, hospitals and development • Laws: They could impose their own rules and private security instead of following Malaysian law and police We should welcome good ideas and investment. But we cannot compromise on who controls our land, our taxes and our laws. A proper and transparent check is needed. The authorities have started looking into this. Keep the conversation going. Seek clarity. That is the right step.

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calling out bs@saysuttintho·
@MarkLutter Just put the same effort as you put into this post into maybe why Israelis are banned. No one said anything about lgbt so don’t include it to try fluff up your point. Lastly respect/accept laws before setting up shop. This isn’t a new law. Everything else is noise.
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Mark Lutter@MarkLutter·
Malaysia is demonstrating why it isn’t a good long term home for the Network School (NS). Given that the goal of the NS is to attract Elite Human Capital, not allowing entry of Israelis and having criminal penalties against homosexuality limit Malaysia and Forest Cities attractiveness. Now NS has enough of a reputation to negotiate with other countries, ask for some tax and regulatory concessions. How much is unclear, but with effective negotiating it could be significant. Key criteria to consider 1) welcoming host country - host country should welcome them, 2) good location - nice climate, flights relatively quick from target markets, 3) good airport - proximity to well-connected airport, 4) land availability - depending on growth ambitions, a few hundred ha is probably sufficient, and 5) legal concessions - what legal concessions the host country is willing to grant NS. The legal concessions are worth exploring further. Key concessions pursing include, 1) work/residence visas, 2) taxes, 3) zoning and land use, 4) business registration/approvals, 5) regulatory sandbox for fintech, biotech. In my experience, key to the concessions are framing as a win-win and giving government oversight. One example is, NS would process work/residence visas. Then host country would have two weeks to review. Host country can only deny visa under pre-agreed upon criteria. If not decision in two weeks, then automatic approval. Most governments are more amenable to such an arragement, especially the middle income or above countries NS should be pursuing. The host country has oversight, but the default status strongly favors NS. With those conditions, the options for NS are Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America. Southeast Asia benefits from proximity to India and China, as well as having governments that might be more pragmatic about cutting a deal. Eastern Europe, for example, the Balkans, has many countries with nice climates, proximity to Europe, and small governments that might be flexible. Latin America has several countries that could be a good fit, especially in the southern cone, Brazil, Argentina, and Chile. Managing the process of selecting the next host country, hopefully one that can be a permanent home for NS has important implications not just for NS, but charter cities and the future of sovereignty.
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calling out bs@saysuttintho·
@woosabicrypto @SnappyCraps I can’t see a discount for locals or a way for them to benefit from the programmes without paying the full fees for accommodation etc. it’s literally mainly targeted for foreigners to enjoy the cheaper rates offered in Malaysia.
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Woosabi@woosabicrypto·
Not the same. NS has the potential to create a silicon valley like hub in forest city. They have connections to some of the biggest names in ai and web3. I’m in the space so I understand the opportunity at play here. NS will attract a lot of talent both local and foreign. Investors too. Bali is simply a beach destination that attracted a lot of ang mohs that don’t want to leave. Not even remotely the same
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ᴊᴏᴇ ʟᴇᴇ
ᴊᴏᴇ ʟᴇᴇ@iamjoelee·
The tech and crypto bros dickriding Balaji are fucking insufferable. The way you describe Malaysia as a third world desert wasteland with no opportunities if we don't give into your Zionist worshipping cult is just fucking pathetic.
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