How should we judge a government?

In Malaysia, if you don't watch television or read newspapers, you are uninformed; but if you do, you are misinformed!

"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." - Malcolm X

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience - Mark Twain

Why we should be against censorship in a court of law: Publicity is the very soul of justice … it keeps the judge himself, while trying, under trial. - Jeremy Bentham

"Our government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no
responsibility at the other. " - Ronald Reagan

Government fed by the people

Government fed by the people

Career options

Career options
I suggest government... because nobody has ever been caught.

Corruption so prevalent it affects English language?

Corruption so prevalent it affects English language?
Corruption is so prevalent it affects English language?

When there's too much dirt...

When there's too much dirt...
We need better tools... to cover up mega corruptions.

Prevent bullying now!

Prevent bullying now!
If you're not going to speak up, how is the world supposed to know you exist? “Orang boleh pandai setinggi langit, tapi selama ia tidak menulis, ia akan hilang di dalam masyarakat dan dari sejarah.” - Ananta Prameodya Toer (Your intellect may soar to the sky but if you do not write, you will be lost from society and to history.)

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Teoh Beng Hock's death...

will any one or more persons be held responsible?

He was forced to commit suicide by three rogue officers who interrogated him over many hours, though merely as a witness and not even a suspect, over a measly Rm2,400 expenditure which made MACC look ludicrous.

Most people would presume the officers were under orders from someone, otherwise why would they spend overtime over such an obviously trivial matter? Most people would also presume they were trying to get Beng Hock to implicate his boss, Ean Yong. Who would want to do that, if not those who were most eager to run down Selangor state government? If past incidents were anything to go by, are the three rogues going to be merely transferred to another government department as 'punishment'? I am sure fair-minded people would expect a deterrent punishment meted to them in order to deter others from acting cruelly beyond their call of duties. A sufficiently harsh punishment might even bring about confessions that they were under orders. Anything short of a jail sentence will not suffice. Officers who are corrupt need to be reminded that they will be held responsible for their actions. We have had enough of cases where huge sums were involved yet no culprits were successfully charged. Where it involved homicide, if not murder, then justice must, more than ever, be seen to be done.
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1 comment:

bayi said...

Do the rakyat even believe the conclusions of this report? Having a Royal Commission is one thing, the perception of the public is another.