Why this Kolaveri – Hindraf Wyatha Moorthy Version

Always watch out for ‘The Big Obsessive Scam’ the media goes after. It often covers up a great deal more than it reveals. It also draws away our immediate attention from issues where we were about to get close to a dangerous truth or two. Poirot famously described it as a red herring, a cunning device to draw people’s attention away from real issues to focus on a non sequitur MacGuffin.Like the MacGuffin, which Hitchcock made cult, The Big Obsessive Scam vanishes or becomes irrelevant once its purpose is over.A wonderful school which opened every morning with a chapel service. One of the most quoted lines there was from Corinthians. It spoke of three great virtues: faith, hope and charity, of which the greatest was charity. Years later, Mother Teresa told me it was her favourite verse.Police not the only ones corrupt, DBKL just as bad, says FT minister

This is what  scam could be: Too much outrage chasing what matters so little to most of us. The evidence in hand is flimsy, so flimsy that it’s unlikely to get past the smallest court but the noise around it is so much one would think World War III has broken out.When the tail seeks to wag the dog  snaky Minister Tengku Adnan  can  be trusted to trade diatribes on which one has effectively addressed issues of urgent concern to voters: development, inflation, corruption and governance. Each one will also have to spell out what differentiates it from the other. Two battle-lines are in sight. One will pit … Read more

What do you make out of the kind of statements and rebuttals coming out from our elected and or appointed leaders these days – especially when words like “kaki pukul” and “shit stirrers” are spewed?

Just as when citizens were worried-wax about robbers striking even clinics and fleeing while citizens held under custody were said to be dying with brutal beatings and markings to their bodies, you suddenly get the leader of national security indirectly claiming he is a “kaki pukul”.

As reported, the Honorable Home Minister had in rebuttal in Parliament lambasted the querying opposition member of Parliament that the MP was a worse off “kaki pukul”.

Wonder if the Minister ever realizes the consequences of his losing his cool. By using the words “kaki pukul” , he will be perceived as being a “kaki pukul” himself. Would we blame and reprimand the citizens if they now questioned how come the Prime Minister has a “kaki pukul” to head the Home Ministry?

As if this “kaki pukul” nightmare was not enough, hot on its heels we hear of reports of yet another leader accusing the Opposition political party as “shit stirrers”.

The above report refers to the article Ahmad Zahid riled up over ‘assault’ claim on Malaysiakini on July 9. Before going any further I would like to state here that I have no vested interest whatsoever in this matter.

I don’t know Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, nor do I know the alleged victim Amir Bazli Abdullah or even Gobind Singh Deo.

I am commenting on the above subject matter based on my experience being the former investigation officer of the infamous black-eye incident.

If it is true that Zahid said that assaulting a person is a civil case and not criminal in nature as reported, then I must emphasise that he is wrong from the legal standpoint. I am afraid he has misled the Parliament and the public at large.

Causing injury to a person falls within the meaning of Section 323, 324, 325 or 326 of the Penal Code, depending on the seriousness of the injuries suffered by the person assaulted whether minor or grievous hurt. But certainly it’s not a civil case as claimed by Zahid.

That kind of statement uttered by a senior minister in Parliament may cause confusion among citizens, especially those who have been charged in a criminal court and convicted for assault previously.

‘Why no RCI for Zahid?’

A case in point that come to mind immediately is the report against the former inspector-general of police Rahim Noor.

He was charged with assault under Section 323 of the Penal Code and subsequently sentenced to two months imprisonment and fined RM2,000 for assaulting Anwar Ibrahim.

If now the home minister said that assault is a civil case only and not criminal, then the government and the attorney-general (AG) must explain why the former IGP was charged with a criminal offence and duly sentenced for an offence under the Penal Code?

And why did the cabinet then, which include the present PM and Deputy PM, decided to establish a royal commission of inquiry (RCI) to look into this assault case if it was just a civil matter?

For that matter, the RCI recommended that the former IGP be charged with attempting to cause grievous hurt under Section 325 of the code.

Why didn’t the PM and/or DPM suggest that an RCI be established to investigate the report made against Zahid?

NONEIncidently the prime minister at the time of the incident in 2006 is Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who happened to be the one who referred Rahim Noor’s case to the Agong in 1999 when he was the deputy PM.

Should now the government turn around and agree that Zahid misunderstood the law, which I think is the case, then the next question would be, why has the AG not charged Zahid with the crime he allegedly committed?

Why must there be a double standards when dealing with the former IGP and Zahid? After all, both allegedly assaulted a person. Both victims also took the matter to civil courts as well.

AG ‘not empowered’ to indemnify

According to news reports the injuries suffered by Amir Bazli is more severe than that suffered by Anwar. If that be the case, then Zahid should have been charged under Section 325 of the penal code with allegedly causing grievous hurt to Amir Bazli.

Abdul Gani Patail must realise that although he is empowered to institute, conduct or discontinue any proceedings of an offence as provided in the constitution, yet he is not empowered to indemnify Zahid from any criminal culpability just because he was a deputy minister at the time of the offence or now that he is the home minister.

In this regard, the former minister in PM’s department Nazri Abdul Aziz has made it clear in parliament in March 2011, that the attorney-general cannot indemnify any politician caught in a sticky situation, in case the AG and/or Zahid forgets.

If this is the position taken by the government of the day, which includes Zahid, when dealing with politicians allegedly involved in some forms of criminal wrongdoings, then the cabinet should not wait a day longer but to have the home minister brought before a criminal court and charged accordingly.

The rakyat deserves an explanation from Zahid and/or the attorney-general, and fast.The Prime Minister should take stock of the decision of the Kuala Lumpur High Court today in finding the current Inspector General of Police, Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar responsible for the death of A. Kugan in police custody. It must have been brought to the notice of the Prime Minister that the conduct … Read more

The latest story progresses from ludicrous to absurd to appalling. The intelligence report – which the media in with gusto – is ribtickling for the very claim that has some secrets to keep on its disputes. “reports soon pulled the curtains on such theatre of the absurd.

Sirul and former chief inspector Azilah Hadri were found guilty and sentenced to death by the Shah Alam High Court in 2009 for killing Altantuya, then 28, at Mukim Bukit Raja in Shah Alam between 10 pm on Oct 19, 2006 and 1am on Oct 20, 2006.
Former political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda, who was charged with abetting them, was acquitted by the high court on Oct 31, 2008 after the prosecution failed to establish a prima facie case against him

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