COMMENT | The death of Amirul Hafiz Omar, a father of three killed while on a simple errand to buy a mathematics book for his child, has rightly provoked grief, anger, and demands for justice.

However, here is the uncomfortable truth: What we are seeing now is not justice. It is noise.

Justice must be more than a performance. Justice is not about sounding strong. It is about being effective.

Take the decision by Attorney-General Dusuki Mokhtar to charge the accused with murder, which in itself raises a serious and uncomfortable question: Is this a legal strategy designed to secure a conviction, or is it merely a public gesture designed to satisfy outrage?

In law, those two are not the same...