The conspiracy theory-toting ‘academic’

AMERICAN academic Bruce Gilley is no stranger to controversies, but the political scientist has crossed the line. Surely fabrication, exaggeration and conspiracy theories are not the hallmarks of any respectable academic.

He may have his opinion of how Malaysia handles its foreign policy, particularly on Palestine, but it is surely flawed for him to suggest that Malaysia was pushing for a “second Holocaust against the Jewish people” and, worse, for him to declare that Malaysia was unsafe for travel.

With his delusionary sense of self-grandeur, he claimed he left Malaysia due to safety concerns caused by an “Islamo-fascist mob whipped up by the government there”.

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