Oops... i stamped it!

"(Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein) said his officials had no intention to deface the bibles."

Pic taken from MI

The line is taken from this following article in the MI - Hisham: Alkitab stamping standard move.

I actually read this interview in The Star - but when i looked for it again, it had been amended (see here).

I initially wondered if it was a mistake - or was someone told not to publish it. I am thinking it is the latter.

But this is utter nonsense!!!! No intention???? So is he saying that his officials are so thick that they stamped the Bibles recklessly? But there were over 5,000 copies if i am not mistaken! Negligently? Accidentally????

Malaysia boleh!

Anti-rasuah?

I hate corrupt cops!!!!!!!

Really?

This is a true account. I was driving home from outstation today. My sister was driving her car and she was directly behind me all the way until this incident took place.

Somewhere along the highway, there was a police road block. I slowed down and the cop signaled for me to go. I drove off, expecting my sister to be told the same thing. But no!!!!! The cop told her to pull her car over to the road side.

Now here is what happened - the cop told her that she was speeding in a 80 km/h stretch along the highway. Now there was no such stretch along the part of the highway that we traveled on. I am sure of it as i kept an eye out for the speed limit all the time. My brother who was in my sister's car also did not notice such a stretch. My sister was sure there was no such stretch too.

But the cop insisted that she was speeding along the 80 km/h stretch. My sister pointed out that i was ahead of her all the time but yet they did not pull me over. He ignored that.

Seeing that there was no way and no point to argue, my sister told him to just issue her the summons. He refused and told her to drive off!!!!!

This is purely my personal take on the incident - my sister was not speeding and the cop was trying to get her to bribe him. Think about it:-

• My brother, my sister and i did not notice such a 80 km/h stretch along that part of the highway. I have also driven pass that stretch many times and never noticed it;

• If there was indeed such a stretch, and if my sister was speeding, then it would mean that i was too. So why wasn't i pulled over and my offense pointed out? I think it could be because I was driving a car with the license plate of that particular state we were driving in while my sister's car's license plate was from another state. So perhaps, the cop thought he could fool her as she was from out of the state but could not fool me?

• If my sister indeed was speeding, then why didn't he issue her a summons when she did not want to argue with him anymore? Was he scared that we would contest the matter in court and he would have to show proof of such a stretch and that my sister was speeding?
  

My sister was not speeding. My personal view is that the cop was looking for a bribe, thinking that since she was from another state, she would have wanted an easy way out. Well, my sister had principles - but i dun think that the cop did.

This angered me so much - with the high number of crimes reported in our country, policemen appear to me to be setting up road blocks along the highway to try to get bribes instead of doing real police work.

Malaysia boleh!

Interference (?)

The former Inspector-General of Police of Malaysia (the top cop of the country) said that there was excessive interference in police work. He was quoted saying "All kinds of people interfere. People from the ministry itself, outsiders and people with vested interest who want to do things that are not right". He went on to say "The ministry I mentioned is the Home Ministry, of course".

Pic obtained from UMNO online

The Home Ministry interfering with the police?

Well, dun take my word for it - the top cop should know best! Read the news report here.

The Secretary General of the Home Ministry has denied this in a later news report (see here).

OK. Something is not right here. I do not know what is the real story but it HAS to be one of these:-

1. The former IGP is a liar; or
2. The Sec-Gen of the Home Ministry is a liar; or
3. The Sec-Gen has no idea of the interference that is going on; or
4. The former IGP had been mistaken.

I can't think of any other possibilities. Can you? Let me know - it'll be appreciated.

The first 3 possibilities are worrying. The last one? Well, worrying too - the IGP has been serving all this time under the impression of there being interference by the government?

Malaysia boleh!

Learning = anti-constitution?

Kelab Belia Graduan 1Malaysia lodged a police report recently against the Bar Council. It was regarding its MyConstitution campaign and distribution of the accompanying Rakyat Guide (RG) booklets that describe the Constitution in simple, layman terms.

There was a comment about it in today's newspaper - "The Citizen and the Constitution". You can read it here. here is an excerpt from that article:-

"Its (the Kelab) secretary-general Ezaruddin Abd Rahman said they were concerned the RGs that were being distributed to the public and available over the Internet (www.perlembagaanku.com) touched on ways to amend the Constitution".

Ezaruddin (taken from the club's website)

Yes, that's true. So what is wrong with that?

Worse still, how is it "inciting hatred and feelings of being “anti” the Constitution and rejecting it as being irrelevant today"?

I only want echo the writer's last line - "A campaign giving people knowledge and helping them to think for themselves is certainly not sedition".

Are they afraid that people will start learning their rights and begin to exercise it? Is that not a good thing - or do they feel threatened by it?

It appears then that this Kelab think that helping people learn their rights under the law is sedition.

Oh, go to the Kelab's website and see who is the Club's patron:-

Malaysia boleh!

A lawyer?

Is it any surprise that the witness asked if he was really a lawyer (see here).

But apparently, he is. He is a Deputy Public Prosecutor with over 20 years of experience!

Malaysia boleh!

Forced patriotism

It's gonna be the Independence Day celebration here in Malaysia soon. You'll be seeing the Malaysian flag all over the place, giving the impression of the spirit of patriotism.

Pic taken from The Star

But does it really reflect how the people feel? I would think most of the people who fly the flag are doing so not because they are patriotic. I have my reasons to think so. I for one will have to admit and confess that in all my adult life, i never felt the urge to fly the flag.

But there is now proof that some people are forced to fly the flag. Traders were told to fly the flag or lose their trading license!!!!! No kidding. You can read the report here.

I am told that this threat directive has been withdrawn. If it has, it still does not change the fact that we've got leaders who think in this manner!!!

I have to say that with all due respect, the Ipoh mayor has really lost the plot. What is the purpose of flying the flag? There are things which you cannot force people to do - for it would lose its meaning and be pointless. Like you cannot force someone to love you.

Missed the point!

But this is how it is in this country. If the leaders want the people to show their love for the country, they threaten the people!!!!!

Malaysia boleh!

Bullet

PJ Utara MP, Tony Pua received a death threat recently:-

Pics taken from The Malay Mail online

"Segambut MP Lim Lip Eng said police believed the threat could be over Pua's statement calling for the abolishment of the bumiputra discount for houses costing more than RM500,000 and commercial property costing more than RM2mil" (taken from The Star newspaper - read the report here).

If the police are right, then it is really sad. Such discounts are clearly acts of discrimination - some may say racism as it (arguably) considers people of a race more superior.

In our country, when someone speaks out against discrimination, they get a death threat.

Maybe i may get one too...

Malaysia boleh!