Malaysia is not crumbling, but those who are afraid of losing power make us believe it is. We have heard before of cases where people tried to overthrow the government with molotov cocktails – resulting in a few suspects detained under the ISA without evidence, only to be released later without any charges made against them.

Today, we are being told that there are terrorists among us and yet again no evidence, just empty statements. Why must the PDRM (Royal Malaysian Police) and the government make such an open declaration? Should they not be quietly investigating and doing what they must do to nab all these so-called terrorists?

When you make a report about corruption to the MACC, you are advised not to talk about it, to the press or anyone, so as to enable the MACC to carry out their job successfully.

But here, we are talking about terrorists who can cause destruction to the country, yet the government and PDRM are openly talking about it. Are they trying to warn the terrorists so that they can make their escape or is it a political ploy to frighten the people into accepting that this government is the only one able to protect them from terrorism?

Or worse, is the ever-growing strength of the opposition forcing them to act now before they lose power - locking up its leaders and followers under the ISA by pinning some unproven terrorism charges on them and hoping to net a few more frogs along the way.

Malaysia is not crumbling, but PM Najib Abdul Razak's ‘Umno-controlled BN’ is. Najib has failed in every aspect as a leader since he took over as PM in April 2009. He knows that he doesn’t have any control over his subordinates running wild, which is detrimental to his hold on power.