Don’t be afraid to criticize police: CPO, a headline in The Star, quoting Penang police chief, DCP Ayub Yaakob, who encourages constructive criticisms.
But what comes to my mind, is 'be very afraid, after you have criticized them!'
We have come across so many cases of people reporting about corruption or more serious crimes relating to VVIPs but ended up getting into trouble themselves! The perception of 'shooting the messenger' cannot be erased so easily.
Like freedom of speech, the people are more worried about whether there is freedom after speech.
I can still remember when Daim became the Finance Minister, one of his brilliant ideas was the amnesty offered to Malaysians with undeclared incomes stashed overseas. I wonder how many Malaysians, especially the Chinese, took up the offer. Most of them said, “No, thank you!” They believed, rightly or not, that the tax authorities promised not to tax nor penalise you during the period, but what about after? Just imagine, Tong, Lek and Ah Lee, suddenly brought in Rm millions when they didn’t even have tax files before! Wouldn’t the tax authorities keep a close tab on them after that? Surely, there is no promise of amnesty for an indefinite period.
On the other hand, we cannot stop people thinking probably some crony VVIPs themselves brought in tons of money during the period! I wonder who were in charge of VVIPs’ tax files then. Should be interesting… very interesting indeed.
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