What is to become of my Malaysia?

At this juncture of time, Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak is clearly implicated in the elimination of Altantuya Shaariibuu. He is the prime minister-in-waiting in a true sense. He has denied all links to this Mongolian beauty and called P Balasubramaniam’s statutory declaration a lie. As if this wasn’t enough, Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi in a press conference called upon Malaysians not to believe the news and assured that everything in the country is stable.

These developments are much more interesting than the Clinton – Lewinsky, even though it is tarnishing the image of this country in the international arena.

On the other hand, Malaysia’s top cop, Inspector General of Police, Musa Hassan and legal adviser, Attorney General Abdul Gani Patail has been implicated in a case of hiding medical evidence of current PKR leader, Anwar Ibrahim a decade ago.

These implicated personalities are no ordinary people. In fact they represent the police and Malaysia’s foremost legal team respectively. Since both have been implicated the task of investigation has fallen upon the ACA.

What has become of our bureaucracy? It is so tainted that there would definitely erosion of public confidence over the institutions that they represent.

To add salt to the wound, the policed force is contemplating to engage the military to assist in controlling crowds. This is in light with the PROTES demonstrations on the 6.7.2008.

Are the police that incompetent that they are forced to engage the military? The ramifications of military interference into the public space are best exemplified through Pakistan. The military has practically damaged the development of democracy and even were at odds with the judiciary under President General Musharraf.