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Friday, 17 July 2009 22:47

By Haris Ibrahim

My dear friend, Goh Keat Peng, says he will not keep to his seat, or shut his mouth and stay neutral in the face of the bizarre, unexplained circumstances in which the young life of Teo Beng Hock was cruelly snatched. Read his thoughts HERE.

And the rest of us?

Are we capable of going beyond just blogging or commenting in cyberspace?

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written by malgal, July 17, 2009 23:01:40
Haris, we should not even be watching on the sidelines as if enthralled in a free street theatre. A young life was lost, and while the mainstream is warning us to keep our conjectures and speculations to ourselves, by not even thinking about the tragic death would be to trivialize it. Instead of outpouring of grief for the young man, the authority sent FRUs to break up the ones whose greater conscience could not keep them away.

I AM SICK TO MY STOMACH and no, i shall be sick to my stomach in full view not and not idling on the sidelines.
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written by ArsenalFC, July 17, 2009 23:03:30
Najib promised to "Basahkan keris dengan darah Cina" when he was the UMNO Youth Chief.

Now, since he is the premier, he just fulfilling his pledge.
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written by Hipobi, July 18, 2009 00:09:11
You want war, we give you WAR...

Basahkan Pedang dengan darah UMNO/BN smilies/angry.gif
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written by Caretaker_y, July 18, 2009 00:44:43
PM Najib, Do remember, Crime Does Not Pay, irrespective of Creed, Colour or Status.

If not on this earth, you will have to pay for it one day, in hell. You are the PM of Malaysia, it is time that you take these crimes very seriously and go to the root itself, ALL perpetrators & conspirators, must be apprehended & charged for the commission of these crimes, corruption, abuse of power & covering-up of criminal acts by those who walk in the Corridors of Power, including yourself.

All your talk & inventions, 1Malaysia etc etc will come to nought if there is no justice & integrity in you & your men/women.

ALL those incompetent fools/murderers in the Government machinery(MACC, PDRM, AGC, Judiciary etc etc)must go before it is too late.

The eye of God is everywhere. No one can escape him.
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written by Just Gan, July 18, 2009 01:01:45
MACC and the PDRM have proven beyond any doubt that they are just government thugs empowered by the UMNO government to terrorize, threaten and, when necessary, kill anyone who is a threat to UMNO. These two government UMNO coolies are funded by the tax payers but exist to do the bidding of UMNO. The Police and Anti-Corruption Agency have totally lost the confidence of the Rakyat. They should be classified as anti-national and disbanded. But unfortunately this is not possible unless martial law is declared.

No amount of lobbying, blogging and even public demonstrations will result in any change in PDRM and MACC. The next GE is still 3 to 4 years away for any possible change in government. After the current anger and protests arising from Teo's death dies down, the MACC and PDRM will go on to initimidate, threaten, arrest, lock up under ISA, terrorize, or even continue their killing of innocent Malaysians. Are we not witnessing exactly this? There was much furore following Kugan's murder, and now we have Teo's murder. We need solid action now to deal with the PDRM and MACC thugs and criminals. Criticisms, blogging, calls, demonstrations and even open protest in the streets will not change the status quo. MACC and PDRM will continue to operate as they have been, as the thugs of UMNO.

I suggest that we appeal to His Majesty, the Agong, to intervene. Pakatan Rakyat, NGOs, civil bodies and the rakyat could appeal to His Majesty to set up an enforcement and protection agency with powers superseding that of the PDRM and MACC. The organization could be called, "Agenci Kawalan Di-Raja Untuk Rakyat" (AKDUR). AKDUR is headed by a multi-racial counsel of respected individuals(honest and clean judges, senior civil servants, academicians, NGO leaders, professionals, community leaders, etc.) appointed by His Majesty and answerable only to His Majesty. The counsel, of say 9 people, is headed by a chairman, elected amongst the 9. The enforcement branch is organised like a typical enforcement agency. Staff are carefully recruited - people who could be considered would be clean and honest serving/retired police men, military personnel and civil servants, and appropriately qualified members of the public with clean record and commitment to the cause. Where there is open abuse of power (such as the current one-sided actions of the police against Pakatan) or when a criminal act (such as the death of Teo) is committed by the PDRM, MACC, etc., the Rakyat can appeal to AKDUR to intervene. AKDUR has to be selective and respond to only major cases of national importance as indicated by the strength and extent of calls from the Rakyat. The AKDUR counsel can be the final judge of when and where AKDUR should act. AKDUR is vested with powers to arrest anyone (the police, MACC officers, civil servants, ministers, etc.) who are found to have abused power or committed a crime and which has not been dealt with by the Police, MACC or other relevant agancy. PDRM and MACC may seek to neutralize or even ignore AKDUR, on the misconception that AKDUR, being much smaller, would be powerless. However, once they realize that His Majesty the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, as the Commander-in-Chief of the Malaysian Armed Forces, can summon the military to deal with any revolt against His Majesty's officially appointed bodies such as AKDUR, these cowards would think twice about ignoring or belittling AKDUR. The mere existence of AKDUR itself will force the police and MACC to operate more responsibily.

Hopefully, YB Anwar, YB Lim, etc. and leaders of civil bodies and NGOs will consider this proposal and explore its feasibility. We can't take to the streets like in Thailand for a change in the government as it would lead to serious consequences for the Rakyat, including it being turned into an inter-racial conflict by UMNO. We need to do something beyond merely talking. If AKDUR is not feasible, let us DO something to stop the reign of crime and terror that we are witnessing. If you agree to the AKDUR idea, vote for it.
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written by mowadoha, July 18, 2009 01:02:42
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