The truth is out there.......
That article from the Edgemarkets has one very important point....
https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/aira...-shareholders-0That part in bold...
Bursa had to extend that special privilege placement 4 times and that it required boss 1 and boss 2 to borrow!!
Empat kali lo...
Borrow to buy the new shares... 559 million new shares .... the share were priced at 1.80.
The dividends since Jan 2017... ie the dividends since these 559 million shares were issued...

Total dividends given out since then.... 178 sen!!
WOW!!
Borrow to fund 559 million shares at 1.80. Get back 1.78 in dividends per share.Not to forget the direct shares they had.... Boss 1 had 1,600,000 shares. Boss 2 had 2,000,000 shares
( source:
https://www.bursamalaysia.com/market_inform...?ann_id=2732191https://www.bursamalaysia.com/market_inform...?ann_id=2732190)
So would I be wrong to say the following... when AA had excess money, boss 1 and boss 2 would die die borrow to buy new shares in the company so can profit from the dividends...
and now the company is in dire straits.... why boss 1 and boss 2 no want to die die borrow to buy new shares in the company to save it?
and then... when we think about it...
AirAsia had the money...
Yes they had the money, which came from all the disposal of planes but they gave most of it away as dividends...
now.. they want to borrow?
whose fault? wanna to blame covid 19 meh? how about calling it as it? Mismanagement by boss 1 and boss 2!!!
Dividend benefited every shareholders.