CurrentSunday, 27 November 2005 6:20 pm
Anwar speaks out and other updates
A quick update to my previous post:
- Anwar Ibrahim speaks out about the abuse scandal in the Taipei Times over here. Having been a victim himself, this statement could potentially blow the lid off the whole inner workings of the police if used carefully.
- Carboncopy’s found a BBC news article on the Deputy IGP Musa’s statement contradicting PM Abdullah. Now that it’s out in the open that his statement’s contradictory, you can be dead certain of his resignation. PM Abdullah can’t back out and claim the IGP misunderstood (his statement is very clear) without looking weak and ineffectual, and the IGP is in a corner. Either he resigns or retracts his statement, launches a very public investigation into the actions of the policewoman.
- Unfortunately, this Telegraph newsbit captures the situation succintly. As much as we need focus on the abuse, it will be inevitable that the race card gets tossed in. Hopefully we can stay the course and not let this be another reason for nationalists to wave the kris and gloss over everything with threats about ‘May 13th’.
- Girl of May’s posted an interesting link to a whole list of police abuses reported in our local dailies; note, of the cases reported, I have no clear idea which of these reports have been found in Malaysian courts to withstand due process.
- Most infuriating of all is a post from Teresa Kok over here. That she needs to be mindful of repercussions in our country is just very, very telling. Accidents do happen, don’t they? Let’s not be naive: something may happen. Bloody police state.
Some comments: Has anyone wondered how anyone would have the balls to contradict the DPM’s statement about the nature of the abuse? I mean, Deputy IGP Musa very well knows what the politicians from BN are saying about this. So where does he get the gumption to speak as he did?
Arrogance? Or, really, something else?
