Walking stick Asian, made of bamboo, also a riding crop. Such a stick was owned by Charlie Chaplin's character The Tramp. Malacca – Malay stick made of rattan palms. Pike Staff – Pointed at the end for slippery surfaces. Scout staff – Tall stick traditionally carried by Boy Scouts, which has a number of uses in an emergency Waddy – Australian Aboriginal walking stick or war club, about one metre in length, sometimes with a stone head affixed with string and beeswax. Ziegenhainer – Knotty German stick, made from European cornel, also used as a melee weapon by a duellist's second. The
Malaysian Maverick Zahid Hamidi, criticised the government for not doing enough to combat corruption and cronyism. According to "Malaysian Maverick", Tun Mahathir's era cost RM 100 billion in taxpayers' money. This included misuse of national reserves on silver price speculation and BNM's forex speculaton on Tun Mahathir's order. Malaysian Maverick Malaysian Maverick: Mahathir Mohamad in Turbulent Times is a biography of Mahathir Mohamad written by the Australian journalist Barry Wain (1944–2013). When the first batch of the book arrived at Port Klang in December 2009, it was detained by the Home Ministry of Malaysia. The ministry finally approved the book for sale