I refer to the news confirming that Lembaga Urusan Tabung Haji (TH) has, indeed, bought at least one (1) parcel of land from 1MDB at a price way above what was initially paid for by the later.

To be made aware that such hard-earned monies coming from the savings of multitudes of ordinary people whose faith in their religion made them toil and work extremely hard for savings to be deposited with TH, aspiring, one day, to be able to make that requisite pilgrmage to the Holy Land, makes me cringe and my heart bleed!

For heaven's sake, what is going on in our country?

How can a body, entrusted with the management of funds derived from savings of common folks, simply choose to do business with an entity that is currently bandied as unsavoury and being scrutinised for its reckless borrowings?

Could not TH wait for the so-called ‘audit’ to be completed prior to deciding on purchasing the piece of land at such a premium over what 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) initially paid?

I tend to disregard remarks pertaining to 1MDB made by the former prime minister of 22 years, assuming that it were the rants of a disenchanted man who does not get what he wants.

However, now, discerning at how things are done, wherein a sacred fund is used nonchalantly to ‘invest’ in a purchase during times of great uncertainty in the integrity of the selling entity, I'm inclined to believe the Grand Old Man.

I strongly do not believe in going to the streets to protest, but, I shall use my right to pen my disenchantment and anger at what has been done!

Please, for heaven’s sake, do not ride roughshod over common decency simply to achieve one’s own political goals! This act is akin to blasphemy of the highest degree - the savings of folks with noble spiritual intentions being marauded for the satisfaction of an entity that is struggling for air.

Do not take the silence of the majority as acquiescence for one to do what one wishes, sans repercussions! Patience and indifference, too, has their limits, for, when a simpleton notices that even vestiges of sacrosanct funds are plundered for the satisfaction of a questionable entity, the boundaries of inaction have been breached.

I now weep for my country that I care and love so much. I weep for the misdeeds of those who cunningly use the excuse of ‘viable commercial investment decision’ to mask the nefarious intent of what was done.

Many will scream, “Let the Almighty deal with them!”

I wish to add: “... and let it be done during their lifetime on this earth!”

May Allah continue to bless Malaysia!