Accountability

The big news in one of our local dailies is about a big scam on imitation spare parts for the police patrol cars. Supplier tries to pass off imitation spare parts as genuine" goes the headlines.

To me this is nothing new really. Things like this have been going on for ages. I don't know why the Inspector-General of Police looked so shocked! Why does something like this have to go all the way up to his level before something is done?

This is what I am talking about. In every department, company, business or co-op, there will be some 'smart alec' who thinks he can get away with cheating his employer in order to get easy money. That is why we have supervisors, auditors, etc..

What are these people doing? They have been given jobs that require them to check on their subordinates. That's why they are paid more. In the government service, many are promoted to higher levels not based on merit or capability but purely on race. These people do not know how to supervise or manage others below them nor do they have any inkling on what action to take or that they indeed are required to take action!

This is what is happening in our country. Lousy management leading to very little or no enforcement. If the IGP is serious, he will start by calling the chief of the Police Logistics Department and give him an ultimatum. That will start the ball rolling all the way to the procurement officer who should by now be shivering in his pants. Everyone involved must be made accountable and this will send a clear message to others who have not been caught as yet. This is the only way to straighten out the government servants. A slap on the wrist and a transfer to another section will not do.

It is very common for government servants to be let off the hook very lightly because of the Malaysian mentality. "Nanti kecik hati" is the usual term used by the Malays. The Chinese will say "lose face". Take the incident in Sarawak where some 200 girl boarders were punished by their warden for the careless attitude of one student. The warden made the girls squat in a murky fish pond in the rain for an hour. All this because one girl left a sanitary towel in the toilet bowl! Since when did the Education Ministry give so much power to wardens?

But the interesting thing is the satement by the Education Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein which goes like this "We do not want to point fingers at anyone now but we will take action against those who are wrong".

On the other hand, the Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department in Kuching, Sarawak, Fatimah Abdullah said the case should be brought to the school’s disciplinary board and a report handed over to the state education department. She said any punishment meted out must be in accordance with the school’s rules and regulations.
“But I’m sure the punishment for those caught throwing a sanitary pad into the toilet bowl is not asking them to squat in a pond.”

So you see they are not really talking about the 'culprit' who made the girls squat in the pond for 1 hour in the rain but the 'culprit' who threw the sanitary towel in the toilet bowl. This is the Malaysian way. Is it any wonder Malaysia lost to China, Uzbekistan and Iran! Management is the key word.

Cry For Justice And Fairness

Every day we hear of unfairness, nepotism, corruption and general disregard for the legal system in this country. Scholarships being denied to those who are eligible without any reasons given. Majority of contracts given out to one particular race. Government policies which favour one particular race. There is a cry going out through the land for justice and fairness for all Malaysians regardless of race, creed or colour.

Do we have a choice in leadership? The current leadership have let us down in every way. They talk alot and churn out slogans during their campaign trail but "cakap tak serupa bikin".

What we need is a strong opposition that caters for the Malaysian people which is not race based or religion based. This is the only thing that will unite the people and bring law and justice to this country. We will be able to use all our resources wisely to become strong economically and be politically stable. Otherwise, our resources will soon dwindle and we will be at the mercy of 'profiteering super powers' who will come in to 'help' us as has happened in Iraq, Afganistan, etc.

The last thing we need is a religious based party in this country. We really don't need these clowns who get their training from Pakistan or somewhere in the middle-east and who would like to establish their style of law here. God forbid that this should happen!

Do We Need Religious "police"?

I heard that a good number (more than 10) officers from the religious department in K.L. went on a checking spree. They went to one of the Indian restaurants (non-muslim) to do some checking and after that, they left with a ‘writ’ instructing the owner not to put up pictures of their Hindu deities on the walls as this will be a problem for muslims to eat there!

This is a typical banana leaf Indian restaurant, run by Indians who are Hindus. What else would they put up on their walls? Pictures of Osama, Ayatollah or any other mullah? What is wrong with this country?

I have been quiet for some time as there were too many stupid things that took place and it was just hilarious the way the politicians made their excuses for the many blunders and the amount proposed to remedy the defect!. The leak at Putrajaya (the pride of the country), another at the grand courthouse and the numerous shortcomings at a number of hospitals that were just completed. It is all about lousy management and no enforcement whatsoever! The case of the murdered Mongolian woman that is going on where the antics in the courthouse is like a circus act. Where is the dignity of our courts?

And now they have let loose the “religious police” to check on the “infidels” in this country. If the Prime Minister does not do something about these clowns, he will be in for a rude shock at the next elections. I feel the time has come and the general public(the non-muslims) have had enough of these “religious’ groups pushing us around. They are not elected but seem to be given more power than the elected.

One day the situation will be like that in Palestine or Afganistan or Pakistan even. In Pakistan, the members of the local mosque seem to be more powerful than the police or the elected representative. They are even better armed. Bombs going off everywhere and no one knows who or why anymore.
“Tuesday's violence began when about 150 militant students attacked a police checkpoint close to the mosque. Police fired tear gas and the students fought back with sticks and guns. They were joined by dozens of women from one of the madrassas attached to the mosque, who chanted in support of holy war. When police responded, some of the students snatched their weapons and tried to kidnap several police, according to police.
The students then fired on Pakistani forces, killing at least two security personnel and wounding seven others, police said. The students, some armed with Kalashnikovs and wearing gas masks, held positions behind sandbags in camps located around the mosque compound. Pakistani forces returned fire, killing at least four students. A Pakistani journalist was killed in the crossfire, and several other journalists were wounded -- including a cameraman, who is in critical condition.” Extract taken from CNN.


Our government is always talking about tolerance and racial unity. It is time to put the money where the mouth is. Stop the rot before it is too late or we’ll end up with a situation like the one in Islamabad.