The November 8 in Klang incident when the police shot dead several suspected criminals after a car chase has emboldened a number of individuals, more prominently perhaps a strong accusation from DAP, of summarily killing. While the Inspector General of Police Musa Hassan’s response of you are either with the police or you are with [...]
Shocked. That was exactly how I felt when I found out that a political secretary of a Selangor assemblyman was found dead near the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission headquarters. The MACC put the aide, Teoh Beng Hock, through questioning regarding activities of DAP assemblypersons just hours earlier before the time of death.[1] Granted, the cause of [...]
Posted in ASEAN, Society on June 19th, 2009 2 Comments »
I blew up this morning when I read a legal counsel of a person who grievously harmed another person requested for the judge to show leniency. The lawyer reasoned that the perpetrator is a single mother, implying that the welfare of her two children is at risk if the system punishes her too harshly. The audacity [...]
Posted in Humor, Society on June 21st, 2007 No Comments »
So, after failed war on drugs, war on tobacco, war on Mat Rempit, war on inflation, etc, now we are on the verge of another war: war on crime. Here is a few tips on how to reduce our horrible crime rate. The Information Minister Zainuddin Maidin has a brilliant idea: the press should stop [...]
Posted in Society on April 17th, 2007 3 Comments »
Gross generalization is easy to do because it does not require rigorous thinking. For a simpleton, this is a preferable style of thinking, or lack of. We as a society unfortunately are so simple-minded that we fall for that trap. Not too long ago, a survey claims that we as a society generalize Malays as [...]
Posted in Humor, Society on March 24th, 2007 No Comments »
I was a little bit confused, perhaps, hilariously confused for awhile, after reading a report today: KUALA LUMPUR: If everyone carries a whistle and blows it when a crime occurs, the nation will be a safer place. This is what the Malaysian Crime Prevention Foundation (MCPF) believes, and so it unveiled the “safety whistle” campaign [...]
Technology has no inherent value by itself. Just like any tool, it sits neutrally in the middle of value spectrum. Such neutrality however does not prevent any technology from being utilized towards specific value, be it for better or worse. Nuclear technology for instance could be harnessed to provide humanity with electricity or as weapon, [...]
Posted in Economics, Society on February 4th, 2007 6 Comments »
There are xenophobic Malaysians and that is the truth. Some of these xenophobes take it one step further and allege that the increased population of foreign workers is the cause of increased crime rate. I am usually uncomfortable with the allegation. In a way, the phobia forms part of anti-free market thinking; protectionist thinking. Further, [...]
Posted in This blog on February 2nd, 2007 28 Comments »
I would like to warn everybody that a person is masquerading as me and is posting inflammatory comments at several blogs. In many ways, he is damaging my reputation with clear intent. It is highly likely that the impostor goes by the nick Abdullah Gul. One proof to back my allegation is his IP address. [...]
