Whether or not the suggested halal activity involving MasterCard progresses or not is something that Muslim Malaysians may take an interest in; or not.

But the proposal does raise a matter of general Malaysian interest involving MasterCard itself, given that London businessman Rick Haythornthwaite is still its international Chairman.

Why? It is simple enough. He was at the relevant time a director of the UK company Petrosaudi, which shared the 1MDB loot to the extent of some USD300 million. His view on the collapse of the oil venture in Venezuela, which was funded with 1MDB money, remains unpublished though all Malaysians would be very interested to know it.

More interested than in MasterCard halal projects probably