VOXPOP 'Surely somebody must be held accountable for the untimely death of A Kugan at the Taipan police station.'

Police, gov't appeal 'wrongful award' in Kugan's case

Cala: Who is to take responsibility for the heinous crime of A Kugan's death in police custody? I cannot understand the basis upon which the police is appealing against Justice VT Singham's earlier judgment. (He ordered the police and the government to pay RM801,700 in damages to the family and another RM50,000 in costs.)

Surely somebody must be held accountable for the untimely death of A Kugan at the Taipan police station. Otherwise, where is law and order?

If the police is not respecting the law and not punished for their wrongdoing, then anarchy will prevail. In which case, there is no role for the government, no role for the police. Only lawlessness reigns. Indeed, there is no law anywhere in the world that says the police can kill a man at their pleasure.

And where is 1Malaysia? No amount of propaganda will help to win back voters if the Umno-led BN regime pays no respect to the law.

1Malaysia by right means pluralism and liberalism wherein the welfare of everyone is protected. Those found to have committed crimes must be punished.

Hello: The Court of Appeal should confirm the High Court's judgment and increase the monetary awards to Kugan's family. This will teach the authorities not to abuse their positions and the law.

MockingYou: The government is not appealing the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) case (where former MCA chief Ling Liong Sik was acquitted), which says a lot, doesn't it?

And the Altantuya Shaariibuu murder case is even better. No one murdered her. And what about Teoh Beng Hock's death (at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Selangor's office). And opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's black eye incident?

CiViC: It appears that the BN government is more interested in defending the civil suit award given to Kugan's family than the truth.

Oriole: So you can beat a man to death on an allegation (of a crime) and nobody is held responsible in 21st century Malaysia?

Umno assembly a 'racist, anti-human rights slugfest'

Pemerhati: Why is Umno's racism bad for Malays? In 1957, teachers were selected strictly on merit. Malaysians with a grade 3 in the Cambridge school certificate, who could not get jobs in Malaysia, easily got jobs as teachers in Singapore.

After that Singapore made a conscious effort to raise its standards by practising meritocracy while Malaysia implemented racist policies which saw a steady erosion in standards in education and many other areas.

The 2012 Pisa (Program for International Student Assessment) rankings dramatically illustrate how Singapore's meritocratic policies put to shame Malaysia's racist policies.

In the rankings, even though Singapore was behind Malaysia in 1957, it has moved up dramatically to second place, while Malaysia is near the bottom at No 52 out of 65 countries.

Although the racist policies have resulted in about a million Malays getting public sector jobs easily, the vast majority of victims of the low quality of the public service are also the majority Malays, who make up more than half of the 29 million Malaysians.

YUNoAnon: I think apartheid is another word which is too big and too difficult for Prime Minister Najib Razak, much less Umno, to understand. Because they openly practice it without knowing it but instead say it is fighting for their rights. Whose rights are you fighting for?

Rahman: What about apartheid at Tunku Abdul Rahman (TAR) College? Apartheid in Chinese companies? Apartheid in Kepong, Seputeh and Jinjang?

Greenie: Rahman, I am ex-Tunku Abdul Rahman (TAR) College student, a Eurasian with no Chinese blood. I had Malay classmates too. So there is no apartheid in TAR College.

Chinese companies have to have a minimum of 5 percent bumiputera in the company, so there is no apartheid there too. Kepong, Seputeh and Jinjang also have Malay residents, so don't talk rubbish like Ibrahim Ali of Perkasa.

Black Mamba: Apartheid came into force in Malaysia the day the New Economic Policy (NEP) was implemented.

Doesn't Umno-BN have any shame when facing the world at the United Nations assembly? The Malay quote "cakap ta rupa bikin" (say one thing but do another) holds true.

PM Najib may hoodwink Malaysians in his doublespeak but the Western spies are cleverly analysing his speech and actions to catch him on his weaknesses. This is the most venerable time when the politicians are easily blackmailed and held to ransom by their foes for their misdeeds.

For Malaysia to progress and advance another notch, the country needs a leader of impeccable credibility who can walk the talk without fear nor favour.

Ex-Pj: If he were alive, Adolf Hitler could have been a guest of honour at the Umno general assembly.

'Significance devalued if Bujang Valley ruins moved'

Hang Tuah PJ: And Kedah Menteri Besar Mukhriz Mahathir (in suggesting moving the ancient ruins to one common site) also mentioned somewhere that the temples and candis in Bujang Valley are more like those in Bali instead of India.

Inadvertantly, he has revealed his innermost feelings. To say that they resemble those in Bali, he is insinuating that the religion in Bujang Valley was brought there by Balinese who are from the Malay stock, and not the west coast Indians from India. Bloody hypocrite!

Lim Chong Leong: Why not we move the great pyramids nearer to Cairo for the greater convenience to the many millions of tourists? Or Angkor Wat nearer to Phnom Penh, or Machu Pichu nearer to the city?

Better yet, we should move all these historical sites to one big island like Langkawi, so we can all visit the sites all at once. Why not Mukhriz propose this brilliant idea to the UN World Heritage?

Angel: Tycoon Ananda Krishnan should buy up the lands in Bujang Valley from the Kedah government and preserve the heritage of the Hindu ruins. I assure that you will get the blessings of God.

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