Will it be scrapped again after another change of government?
This time. The King of Malaysia decreed that he wants a government that will last the full term. There is also an Anti-Hopping Law that was passed last year to prevent the same party-hopping s**tshow that happened in early 2020 which collapsed the Pakatan Harapan government and allowed the Muhyiddin coup to happen.
I think most Malaysians will want that HSR project to return. And the Anwar-led government contains no more traces of Mahathir. So when the HSR project returns, I think it'll completed this time.
Will it connect to Thailand?
KL-Singapore first. Then KL-Penang will be next phase, and eventually will go into Thailand.
Laos actually beat Indonesia to be the 1st ASEAN country with HSR. Lol.
Yes and no. The Laos HSR is actually topped out at 160km/h, more like a standard express train. Dunno why people called it HSR. Nevertheless, it did cut the journey time between Vientiane to Boten from practically an entire day to 3-4 hours.
Indonesia's HSR tops out at 350km/h, so it meets the criteria of a true HSR, which is 200km/h and above.
Is it true Jho Low is hiding in China? Why would China harbor a fugitive like him?
I don't know. I suspect that Jho Lo is actually hiding in the West, maybe in the UK. The UK have a history of welcoming national thieves like Russian Oligarchs, and even other Malaysian criminal politicians.
If Jho Lo is indeed hiding in China, I don't see it as the will of the Chinese government. He would have hidden there on his own volition. If Malaysia truly wants China to hand him over. Please provide the evidence that he is actually there, and ask the Chinese government to extradite him. The Chinese government will be more than happy to cooperate. But I think this story about Jho Lo hiding in China is BS cooked up by Mahathir. He never seriously wanted to get Jho Lo. So he made up that Jho Lo China story to make excuses and also antagonize China at the same time. So yes, its Mahathir again.