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RIP Network School https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/johor-authorities-revoke-network-schools-business-licences
Now I'm no anarcho-libertarian, but I'd have thought basing my weird school/cult in a semi-authoritarian state like Malaysia would be a bit dumb.
The sweaty desperation on both sides is hilarious: both the Forest City developers for getting in bed with a dodgy hustler like Balaji, and Balaji for signing up with such obviously desperate people, whose reputation in the region has already been fairly well torpedoed.