Not Los Angeles but Malaysia. Make no mistake (one of my favourite phrases), loving my country doesn't compel me to love the government of the day; especially when we see unfair policies and blatant disregard for the right things - transparency, accountability, rights, and the like.
Shocked by the news of Kugan's death in police custody, we now have a priest, MPs and others charged in court for "illegal" assembly. Now, many things are illegal over here. An assembly is illegal if it doesn't share the views of the government. It's assembly to gather to show solidarity for unjust detention for fellow citizens. It's also illegal to cycle if the agenda is to call for the abolishment of the ISA, better homes, minimum wage, and control in essential items. I no longer know what "the best interest of the people" means.
Then we have another group of people spelling Malaysia as S-A-U-D-I A-R-A-B-I-A. These zealots seem to be able to tell a rogue from a saint based merely on what they call "Western culture". Did it skip their religious minds that there are good and bad people regardless of where they originated from?
This and many more mark the new year for us all and also to accompany us through to the year 2020, the time when we're no longer a developing nation.
Shocked by the news of Kugan's death in police custody, we now have a priest, MPs and others charged in court for "illegal" assembly. Now, many things are illegal over here. An assembly is illegal if it doesn't share the views of the government. It's assembly to gather to show solidarity for unjust detention for fellow citizens. It's also illegal to cycle if the agenda is to call for the abolishment of the ISA, better homes, minimum wage, and control in essential items. I no longer know what "the best interest of the people" means.
Then we have another group of people spelling Malaysia as S-A-U-D-I A-R-A-B-I-A. These zealots seem to be able to tell a rogue from a saint based merely on what they call "Western culture". Did it skip their religious minds that there are good and bad people regardless of where they originated from?
This and many more mark the new year for us all and also to accompany us through to the year 2020, the time when we're no longer a developing nation.
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