A Powerless Government
Ever since the taking over of Five States by the Opposition Coalition, a lot of strange, mysterious events had happened and listed below are just a few of these:-
The death of Teoh Beng Hock who was hauled in by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption as a witness for questioning. Mr. Teoh's death was shrouded in mystery because he was found dead the next morning after a long night of interrogation and apparantly committed suicide! It was strange because Mr. Teoh was supposed to get married the next day. The case is still on-going. By the way Mr. Teoh was a political aide to an Opposition MP and was being investigated for a mere RM $2,500.00 corruption case for buying our National Flags for our Independence Day Celebration! Yet the former UMNO Selangor Chief Minster's personal mansion costing RM $25 Million was not investigated as thoroughly or with such passion! Surprise! Surprise!
Citizens were arrested and harassed by the police for holding peaceful candle-light vigil. Even the lawyers who turned up at the police station to provide legal assistance to those who were arrested were detained too! Totally baffling as to why it happened this way.
The huge 10,000 strong protests by the citizens to call for the abolishment of the draconian Internal Security Act (ISA) were treated with acid-water spray and arrests by the Police. All the protestors intended was to submit a Memorandum calling for the abolishment of the ISA to our King but were prevented from doing so. Strange!
Mr. Balasubramaniam, a private investigator who made a Statutory Declaration implicating our Prime Minister's involvement in the murder and blowing-up of Mongolian Model Altantuya Shaaribu, went missing for months after the SD. Our Police are unable to trace him it seems!
In the current Anwar Ibrahim, the Opposition Leader's sodomy trial, the medical doctor who did the medical examination also disappeared and till today no one knows where he went. This doctor confirmed that the so call 'victim' of this sodomy trial did not have any traces of such acts done to him. Puzzling! Where he went to and why did he disappear or went into hiding? Beats me!
Two Air-force Jet Engines were stolen from our Military Base by just a low ranking officer and an outside business man is the most amazing crime of the century! How did these two carted away two jet engines without anyone knowing about it until around 2 years later!!! Mysterious!
The protestors of the infamous 'Cow-Head Debacle' was able to do what they did with the Police on stand-by and doing nothing to stop such shameful, racist acts never failed to astound me. The Police could stop a 10,00 strong protest but unable to stop a group of about 12 people seems totally baffling!
In January this year, certain Islamic Groups protested against Christians for using the word 'Allah' in Christian internal mpublications. After the usual Friday Prayers, these protestors chanting racial and religious hatred statements and yet again, the Government in the person of the Prime Minster and the Minister of Home Affairs said that they were "powerless to stop such protests!". Well, because of what these two irresponsible Ministers said, some emotional protestors went on a spree of fire bombing 10 Churches, a Sikh Temple and desecreation of Mosques. Currently the race and religious tension is still high and look rather explosive. Politicians must be sensitive and avoid using racist and religious sensitive statements to cause further erosion.
Recently some Islamic NGO's and the Malay Consumer Association of Penang, again protested and accusing the Penang State Government of discriminatory demolition of Malay illegal hawker stalls! Once again the Police said they could not stop the protests!
From all the above incidents, it seems to me that the Police are practicing double standards in their operations. If protests are from the Opposition, even a 10,000 strong group they can handle with ease and with lightning speed! If the protests are from Government quarters, Islamic groups or Malay groups then they are powerless to do anything! Please give me some good reasons to convince me otherwise.
In the unlikely event of any racial conflict, I seriously cannot trust the Police or the Government to be fair and just! All these are indications that Malaysia is becoming a Failed State like Zimbabwe! Tell me please that I am just getting paranoid!!!!
whoa…food for thought indeed.
I am glad that hose who read my posts on malaysian politics will put some thoughts in what I share! We need more malaysians to be proactive in our politics which needed very much changing to a more fair, just and clean and embracing all the citizens! thanks!