Rafidah is from South Carolina

In this entry, I will link Unity Resource Group / Blackwater USA with other Singapore-registered companies with Myanmar with Miss Teen USA South Carolina (youtube her please) and how Rafidah, Malaysia's trade minister is actually from South Carolina.

Unity Resource Group - a Dubai-based, Australian-run and Singapore-registered company is under a certain amount of heat following the killing of a number of civilians in Iraq.

This company "is a provider of consulting, training and critical support services to organizations that need to operate in the world's most complex and unpredictable environments".

Unity Resource Group is a private military corporation similar to Blackwater USA. Not to be confused with Blackstone Group.
The above is the current company logo for Blackwater. The change follows the September 16 massacre carried out by members of their "services", spraying bullets in Baghdad. The current logo is less offensive because it is not so blindingly obvious showing an animal paw caught in the cross-hair. Previously it looked like this:

Wow, the change was radical! The new version looks like an italicised version of the old.

Back to dubious companies registered in Singapore, previously I was highlighted Pavo Trading Pte Ltd, Air Bagan Holdings Pte Ltd and Htoo Wood Products Pte Ltd under a certain Mr Tay Za. These companies were also recently in international limelight after being sanctioned by the US government following the western media dubbed "Myanmar Crisis". I've seen a number of people on FaceBook supporting the stop the Myanmar killings cause.

How radical as well! I wonder how Miss Teen USA South Carolina will answer the question "The killings in Myanmar are bad, why do you think this is?" She's the sort who will ask you what's the number to call when you shout, "Somebody call 911!".


Her replied would be something like, "Erm, I personally believe why the killings in Myanmar is bad is the reason why this is is because there are so many killings and killing somebody, even if they are not Americans or blonde and blue-eyed like me, is not very nice. Such as in South Africa, in the middle east and Iraq and everywhere as such as so many killings and I am so dumb..... and the Asian countries so that us Americans, we are able to build our future for our children. Is my eyelash drooping?"

Talking about Myanmar, remember Malaysia Trade Minister Rafidah Aziz? She was famous sometime ago for the tussle she had with Mahatir. She's been Malaysia's trade minister since 1986. Not bad. Embroiled in several corruption allegations including the import of cars and Approved Permits. I'm quite sure many remember the woman minister who cried in public after hugging Mahatir. She said because she "felt close to him". Of course, a hug requires you to be close. Not khalwat meh? Oh well.

Anyway......here she is:

Guess what, it turns out that Rafidah is from South Carolina. She said China was also censured by the international community when its army cracked down on pro-democracy demonstrators at Tiananmen Square in 1989. But foreign investors now flock to its shores.

"Today, the same people who condemned China are now crawling into China to kiss their hands and feet to get business opportunities and to be friends with China because there are billions of dollars to be made," Rafidah said.

"The same guys are now learning Chinese," she said. "The Chinese must be laughing."

Rafidah, the most senior trade minister in ASEAN and its most outspoken, said such "political hypocrisies" must be kept out and called for a friendlier approach toward Myanmar, rather than isolating it.

"If the FTA is good for the business community, let's have it," she was quoted as saying.

"Talk to them (Myanmar). Eventually they will open up like China and then everybody will crawl to Myanmar because there are a lot of resources there (and then) kiss the Myanmar's hands," she said.

She may sound ridiculous, but she does make some sense. Somewhere. It could have been more elegant. I suspect it is the sun in South Carolina. Or is it Petaling Jaya?