Letter To malaysiakini (24th July 2008)

Dear readers,

It did not come as a surprise to me as it was already a foregone conclusion that the judge in the altuntaya trial would reject karpal's application for both najib and PI subramaniam to testify in the well publicized case. it is my contention that some hidden hands have been manipulating this sensational trial all along. if both najib and rosma have nothing to hide, why has popular blogger rajah petra been harassed and that charges have been brought against him in court. if the above mentioned couple are innocent in this matter, then the proper thing to do would be to bring a civil suit against rajah petra for defamation instead of using the powers of the government to charge him. as the 2nd most powerful person in the land, najib should have no qualms about suing the pants off rajah petra so as to retain his good reputation. anyway, it would be most interesting to hear the explosive revelations that rajah petra will be making in his trials. we should not be surprised if the charges against rajah petra are suddenly dropped and the 3 accused in the altuntaya trial are found not guilty for lack of evidence.

touching on another matter, i wish to express my shock and horror at the way anwar was badly treated recently. the way that anwar was arrested was most deplorable and a waste of police resources. the ruling administration must have sanctioned the way that anwar was arrested, where 15 police cars were utilised and a force of policemen in ski masks were sent to capture him as though he was a notorious criminal. then anwar was further humiliated by having his private parts examined at the hospital to be later denied by the director herself. to add insult to injury, anwar was made to spend 1 night in a prison cell where he had to endure a lot of pain by sleeping on a cold cement floor. i wish here to congratulate anwar ibrahim for winning the debate against sabri cheek prior to his arrest. anwar being the orator that he is certainly gave a good performance, whilst his opponent sabri cheek made a fool of himself in spite of the fact that he was a former lecturer, by hitting below the belt in trying to brand anwar as a rebel by being involved in demonstrations in the past. however, although sabri broke the rules of the debate by digressing, as usual, anwar kept his cool thus allowing the debate to continue smoothly. where i am concerned, sabri was not in the least convincing as he was rather evasive when answering certain questions put forward to him.

at this juncture, i wish here to express my fury at the barisan government for trying to create trouble within the pakatan rakyat by instigating PAS to join them in forming the new selangor government. fortunately, nik aziz and his party has wised up to the dirty tactics of the ruling clique, thus averting such a great disaster from taking place. by the way, why was P.M abdullah badawi discussing with PAS about malay unity. as lim kit siang rightly said, wasn't badawi supposed to talk about malaysian unity instead? on behalf of all right thinking malaysians, i wish to take home minister, syed hamid alba to task for ordering the recent road blocks for no rhyme or reason at all, although he tried to justify himself miserably but without success. doesn't he realize that a lot of inconvenience was caused to the general public not forgetting the vast amount of petrol dollars that was cruelly wasted just to try to keep anwar ibrahim in check. in my opinion, this is certainly the workings of a government that is bankrupt of ideas, and who have no compunction about ruling over its subjects with an iron grip. as written by one of the columnists going by the name of george hong over malaysiakini recently, malaysia could go the way of Romania, if the barisan government continues with its apartheid policies and does not check corruption practiced by its leaders and cronies which is at an all time high.

To find out how I've been discriminated against by the barisan government,
please visit my blog at http://alfredhomusic.blogspot.com/

yours faithfully,

alfred ho.