A DAY OF NATIONAL SHAME

Tue, 28 Mar 2006 09:31:19 +0100

The "national interest" - whatever the term means since its interpretation has always been the reserve jealously guarded by the powers-that-be - must prevail. The "national interest" calls for a new start, a fresh beginning, for our police force. When the chips are down, do we have a Jefferson in our midst? We do not want more of the same - more police violence against the people whose taxes pay for their INCREASED salaries, more custodial violence and more custodial deaths. We want a CARIN' police force who we can count on, not a CALLOUS police force who will only laugh at the misfortunes of Malaysians. We want a police force as PROTECTORS of the rakyat, not a police force as PREDATORS of the rakyat. Alas, with time to reflect, the IGP's reflection of the three police organisations - all self-serving, mind you, not people-serving - has been the wrong dice to throw. All may have been guilty of lese majesty since the Commission is a ROYAL Commission. Indeed, like what Max Weber said, the police bureaucracy has assumed a life of its own, making decisions without regard bewing had for the public they serve and the public who pays them their salaries. The accept what they want out of the Commission's recommendations and reject what they don't. So they approbate and reprobate! What a shame! We have fallen into the abyss of the ridiculous. - Stephen Tan Ban Cheng

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A DAY OF NATIONAL SHAME