YOURSAY ‘Why do we need GEs when opposition MPs are jailed one after another?’

Tian Chua's tablet, phone seized over 'sedition'

ACR: In the United Kingdom, high treason against the monarchy remains an offence but non-violent protests against the government, including calls to topple the government is not an offence.

In the United States, there are right-wingers who make public calls for President Barack Obama to step aside or be toppled - they gather, they scream, they rant, they tweet, they blog about him not being fit to rule.

Only if there is a threat to Obama's life and safety would the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) step in.

Here, a civil court order can be ignored by the police although violence was committed on the poor victim, but they can send a truck load of police to nab a legislator like Batu MP Tian Chua as the pride of the Umno-BN government was hurt.

Mushiro: For a moment I thought the police were surrounding the crooks behind the missing Flight MH370 in Armada Hotel in Petaling Jaya, only to realise that it was to apprehend Umno's pain, Tian Chua.

This is exactly how police resources are being misused instead of looking into the security of the country.

Anonymous #55961902: All the elected MPs from the opposition parties must be smart not to talk unnecessarily, giving law enforcers the slightest opportunity to pounce on them.

The police are only good at intimidating opposition members or any individuals who are against the elected government.

Spartacus: Why do we need to have general elections, Parliament, elected members of parliaments (MPs) when these opposition MPs will be jailed one after another when they speak up for the people?

Kim Quek: The IGP (inspector-general of police) brushes aside a High Court ruling with contempt, and now his men are terrorising opposition members of parliament like Hitler’s Gestapo.

What has happened to Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak’s transformation of Malaysia to the “best democracy”? Wouldn’t it be more honest to say that the so-called best democracy is in truth a police state in disguise?

Gombak: We have gotten use to this show of arrogance and power by the police force when handling issues involving Malaysian opposition.

It seems that they are only good when facing the opposition but look helpless when facing issues like missing Flight MH370 and the kidnappings that occur in Sabah.

They will assemble a commando-type team with full gear just to humiliate an opposition leader. This is how immature the police force is, or at least appear to to be to the public.

They will argue that they are just carrying out their duties. But do they really need to that in such a manner simply because Tian Chua is an opposition leader? Sometimes, you just can't blame the public for being anti-establishment.

Michael Ng 34f2: Sooner or later, they will eliminate all opposition members by charging them one way or another and putting them in jail.

Malaysia Truly Asia: You mean saying you wish to topple a democratic government, even if you do not like them, is not a seditious crime?

Even in the US, if you tweet you want to kill the president, the FBI will be on you in a jiffy. Tian Chua only lives for this type of purposes. A suit and tie at the Dewan is not his style, he likes action.

Ferdtan: Tian Chua should tell the police, ‘Thanks, but no thanks.’ He doesn’t need that extra help in making himself popular among his party members with this latest police ‘harassment’ against him.

Due to the callousness of this police act alone, Tian Chua will gain a few sympathy votes for the coming party election whereby he is standing for the vice-president post.

Meanwhile, Mahathirism is back. The conservatives in Umno backed by former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad or deputy prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s camp are gearing for action to make Najib look bad.

They are trying to force Najib to show his hand, to catch him making mistakes. The recent strange events show that there is something wrong in the party.

How do you explain the Umno-backed mouthpiece Utusan Malaysia and even the New Straits Times coming up with unsubstantiated articles and news that are contradictory with what the acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein, the head of crisis team of MH370 plane, has said?

That was to embarrass Najib. The counter-appeal by the Attorney-General’s Chambers against Anwar Ibrahim and Karpal Singh to increase the sentences is another of the hardliners’ tactics.

Even an innocent domestic kidnapping of their young son by a Muslim convert father of a Hindu mother in Seremban received attention of top officials and leaders like IGP and Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

The purpose: to draw out Najib to state his stand on these controversial issues - to find excuses to attack him at appropriate time. As PM for the country, Najib rightly has to project ‘justice’ for all Malaysians including the besieged Hindu mother, S Deepa.

As he was reluctant to show his hand; thus the ever ready Tourism Minister Mohd Nazri Abdul Aziz came to the rescue to hit out at IGP Khalid for his irresponsible statement of not being empowered to take any action against the father for allegedly “kidnapping” his son.

Anonymous_40f4: The murder of Mongolian translator Altantuya Shaariibuu is not solved by police, but they can bully civilians like Batu MP Tian Chua, who are a thorn to their boss’ side.

Speaking Sense: Chasing mangosteens , protecting kidnappers, showing off, correcting misinformation, harassing legitimate politicians and human rights campaigners - no wonder the police cannot solve crime and security problems in this country. Where do they have time to do anything useful?

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