By rule of law, a man must be personably answerable for his acts and conduct. By the same token a civil society expects each and every one living in a community to respect and uphold the rights of every one within the community to practice their religion without any hindrance or obstacle.

Thus Article 11 (3) of the Federal Constitution provides as follows. Every religious group has the right to:

• Manage its own religious affairs;
• Establish and maintain institutions for religious or charitable purposes; and
• Acquire and own property and hold and administer it in accordance with law.

Therefore, the issue of relocating a Hindu Temple to Section 23 in Shah Alam under Article 11(3) is in accordance with law, and it becomes a non-issue.

What has been most bewildering and astonishing is the fact that it took so long to arrest the cow-head demonstrators.

What's worse, the home minister had a closed door meeting with these barbarians at his office at Putra Jaya and thereafter issued a press statement that these barbarians "had no intention at all to bring the cow's head and invoke racial sentiments or cause tension.

"They are not going to be let off, scot-free. But they just feel victimised because they feel there is another valid explanation and had no intention to cause racial divisions."

After a backlash by civil society, within 24 hours this mediocre lawyer by training made an about turn and ordered the police to take action. It is clear and apparent that he has no integrity whatsoever.

He is a member the United Malay National Organisation which only cares for itself. Contrary to the words "United Malay", the party is disunited and dysfunctional.

That is why he has lost the common sense feeling and the thought of caring for others in this nation of ours.

True leaders whilst being ‘shrewd', are clever and at the same time, capable of showing astute powers of judgment, of the affairs, by which they are surrounded.

Therefore, simply put, leadership, to a large degree, is based on ethics and it is a God-given gift. May God protect us from the cow-headed.