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COMMENT | Is the law and order system waning?
COMMENT | When the wheels of justice turn at different intensities depending on the perpetrator’s status, it signifies a jaundiced system.

When lawmakers proclaim that everyone is treated equally and go on to admit selective prosecution later, it is a case of different strokes for different folks.

When one sector of the community goes to prison for demeaning religion while another hardly gets a rap on the knuckles, it is a show of favouritism at its highest.

It is okay for a politician to brandish a samurai sword in public to express his superiority and put fright into others, but when Joe Public is caught with a 10cm blade, it is deemed an offence.

Does an apology exonerate a wrongdoer in the eyes of the law? Why then prevent him from being presented before an adjudicator to pass judgment?

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