The year 2009 has come to an end and it has left many issues still unsolved and only because this government does not want to, nor intends, to bring closure to them. First and of paramount interest is the integrity of Najib Abdul Razak, the prime minister of Malaysia, for he has left his integrity in shambles for not having come out to refute the accusations made out against him regarding the murder of Altantuya Shaariibuu and his alleged involvement in the crime.
Just keeping quiet about it has compromised the integrity of the office of the prime minister of Malaysia and, as such, that of the nation. To the ordinary man-on-the-street, it looks like he has something to hide in this case.
He should take a cue from Dr Mahathir Mohamad and demand that the whole issue be investigated and, if necessary, be judged by international authorities for the good of the nation. Now, as a result of his attitude, the credibility of all other offices of government are already in question.
The judiciary is seen to be so biased and does not seem to be independent of the executive. On the contrary, it seems that the executive dictates and the judiciary follows and this will continue to be the same till the VK Lingam tape case is dispensed off with the way it should following the recommendations of the royal commission set up for the purpose.
It has been alleged that judgements have been written by Lingam for judges and one wonders how many times this has happened more so when judges do not hand in their written judgements on time.
Then there is the allegation against Najib's wife Rosmah Mansor and the RM600, 000 remitted to her via a money changer which she has not actually denied but rather refused to answer. The question is has the MACC even decided to look into this allegation made by a member of Parliament in Parliament?
All these inactions seem to indicate either a case of control by the executive or a case of 'I scratch your back, you scratch mine' attitude.
Another matter is the death of Teoh Beng Hock whist in the custody of the MACC, which has been classified as 'suicide', the unsigned letter on an MACC letterhead alleging complicity by the MACC in his death and the questionable way in which the autopsies were conducted.
Then there is the death of A Kugan that still remains unanswered and one questions the reasons for Dr Ismail Merican, the director-general of health to get involved, appoint his own team of foreign doctors and order an autopsy.
What business had he there? Was he part of the investigation team? Was he a relative of Kugan?
Then there are the accusations against Dr Mahathir Mohammed - his involvement in financial scandals and his racial outbursts all of which are serious enough for him to get arrested under the ISA for attempting on numerous occasions to incite racial hatred.
The Port Klang Free Zone scandal is another one and here there are many other questions that are left unanswered. Why did the government hide the truth in the first place from the Malaysian public then threaten to use the OSA on those who exposed the fact that the government was aware of what it claimed it had no prior knowledge of?
The entire cabinet seems to comprise persons whose integrity are now blemished so who do Malaysians trust now?
Mahathir's insinuations on numerous times that Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is corrupted and that he had used Petronas money for his own purposes has also fallen on deaf ears.
The only reason that this could happen is because - like I said earlier - the integrity of the entire nation seems to be compromised. Malaysia is not becoming a failed state, in fact, it already is a failed state with such careless people at the helm.
God Save Malaysia.
borrowed from malaysiakini.com
