I was campaigning for PR-PAS in Bagan Pinang again last night.

This time, I related to a real joke just transmitted from Paris.

Umno chief Najib defended Mohd Isa, who was punished by Umno for money politics (read: corruption related to vote buying), by saying that his “crime” was merely a technical matter in the party.

“In our system, even a criminal gets a second chance,” he told a group of students at a hari raya open house in Paris yesterday.

However, in Malaysiakini, readers are saying technical or otherwise, a record of offence is still an offence.

More pungently, to date, Umno has not even cleared Mohd Isa of his crime.

BY THE WAY… The Star today reported that actress Michelle Yeoh and her fiancé, former F1 Ferrari boss Datuk Seri Jean Todt, flew in from Malaysia to attend Najib’s open house in Paris.

June 24, MCA vice president and Tourism Minister admitted that Najib’s government has allocated RM1 million for Jean Todt to spend over two years as Malaysia’s Tourism ambassador.

To add spices to the French-styled hari raya do, Altantuya’s father released a statement to coincide with Najib’s Paris trip yesterday.