A number of things have been happening in the course of the last week
or so that has raised some very fundamental questions. The death of
Kugan – there are so many questions, there are moral questions, there
are political questions and there are just plain questions.
1) The first and fundamental question of "Is any killing acceptable?"
2) Who has the right to kill?
3) Is some killing more OK than others?
4) Is Police killing different than criminal's killing?
5) Is it OK to kill by law enforcers on the hint of lawbreaking?
6) Why do some people take such a defensive view of Kugan's killing?
7) Why do others higher up back them up?
8) Why is it so difficult to hold the police responsible for this
killing? It was so easy to charge the 60+ poor Indians on the 25th of
Nov for the unbailable offence of murder for no other reason than
being at Batu Caves on that day.
9) Why are the majority of the Leading Malaysian public figures
keeping quiet on this outrageous murder?
10) Why are only Hindraf, the Indian leaders of the opposition and
some conscientious bloggers taking serious offence with this murder?.
11) Is this really a Malaysian issue or is it only an Indian issue?
People say, it is a Malaysian issue but behave as if it is an Indian
issue.
All these questions produce a very strong stench of something terribly
wrong with processes in our society – a stinking stench. I don't know
if you all can get it, but I get it and it is very strong and it is
very unbearable on top of everything else that is going on.
Like so many other issues, will this issue also meet the same fate – a
lot of noise and very little or no action. I feel very angry and
bitter, that this is a very likely outcome. And this is absolutely not
right. If there are right thinking people ( I mean just people, not
Malay, Chinese or Indian, just people) then I think it is time that
these people speak up and make this episode to be the trigger to
completely stop all police killings in the country.
If it is a truly Malaysian Issue then the PR members of Parliament,
not Manickavasagam or Manoharan or Sivarasa should raise the issue in
Parliament and push for the implementation of the IPCMC. I do not even
attempt to call on the BN members to do the same, because that is
utterly useless. If I am to be wrong on this count, then let us see
some of them support the motion if the PR members bring it up in
Parliament.
But even before any of that I have this doubt. Can the Pakatan Rakyat
or should I say will the Pakatan Rakyat Coalition take this up as an
issue and really do something or will they calculate the political
benefit in this before they will act. Will they just leave it as a few
statements to the press at the heat of the moment to appear supportive
and then nothing more. This will be their behaviour if it is
interpreted by them as an Indian issue rather than as a National
issue.
Will the PR leaders truly lead?
We will wait and see.
or so that has raised some very fundamental questions. The death of
Kugan – there are so many questions, there are moral questions, there
are political questions and there are just plain questions.
1) The first and fundamental question of "Is any killing acceptable?"
2) Who has the right to kill?
3) Is some killing more OK than others?
4) Is Police killing different than criminal's killing?
5) Is it OK to kill by law enforcers on the hint of lawbreaking?
6) Why do some people take such a defensive view of Kugan's killing?
7) Why do others higher up back them up?
8) Why is it so difficult to hold the police responsible for this
killing? It was so easy to charge the 60+ poor Indians on the 25th of
Nov for the unbailable offence of murder for no other reason than
being at Batu Caves on that day.
9) Why are the majority of the Leading Malaysian public figures
keeping quiet on this outrageous murder?
10) Why are only Hindraf, the Indian leaders of the opposition and
some conscientious bloggers taking serious offence with this murder?.
11) Is this really a Malaysian issue or is it only an Indian issue?
People say, it is a Malaysian issue but behave as if it is an Indian
issue.
All these questions produce a very strong stench of something terribly
wrong with processes in our society – a stinking stench. I don't know
if you all can get it, but I get it and it is very strong and it is
very unbearable on top of everything else that is going on.
Like so many other issues, will this issue also meet the same fate – a
lot of noise and very little or no action. I feel very angry and
bitter, that this is a very likely outcome. And this is absolutely not
right. If there are right thinking people ( I mean just people, not
Malay, Chinese or Indian, just people) then I think it is time that
these people speak up and make this episode to be the trigger to
completely stop all police killings in the country.
If it is a truly Malaysian Issue then the PR members of Parliament,
not Manickavasagam or Manoharan or Sivarasa should raise the issue in
Parliament and push for the implementation of the IPCMC. I do not even
attempt to call on the BN members to do the same, because that is
utterly useless. If I am to be wrong on this count, then let us see
some of them support the motion if the PR members bring it up in
Parliament.
But even before any of that I have this doubt. Can the Pakatan Rakyat
or should I say will the Pakatan Rakyat Coalition take this up as an
issue and really do something or will they calculate the political
benefit in this before they will act. Will they just leave it as a few
statements to the press at the heat of the moment to appear supportive
and then nothing more. This will be their behaviour if it is
interpreted by them as an Indian issue rather than as a National
issue.
Will the PR leaders truly lead?
We will wait and see.
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