COMMENT As I write this, only God knows the fate of the young Saudi journalist who made a pit stop to freedom here in Malaysia but was returned to his homeland from which he sought refuge.

So far only a few, among them DAP's Charles Santiago, MP for Klang, and PKR vice-president N Surendran, have worked up the courage to speak out.

PAS has made murmurs of their hopes that Hamza Kashgari will get a "fair trial" in Saudi Arabia. I would rather PAS remain totally silent than issue such drivel because at least their silence would mean one less thing Umno and them have in common...