While I would like to say syabas to the ordinary mata-matas on the ground who dared to scuffle with a datuk and stop him from accomplishing his so-called jihad against the yellow-shirted Bersih in Ampang, I wonder whether the inspector-general of police (IGP) will pull these policemen up and ask them to show cause why they did not stop Jamal Md Yunos and his entourage from carrying out their objective.

You see, only a short while ago the IGP had very cynically dismissed Jamal’s threats to harm and even finish of a few Bersih personalities. When asked whether he would take any action over the criminal treats, the IGP had coolly said Jamal only talks and so far has not carried out any of his threats.

Since he is seemingly so fond of Jamal, would he be happy that the mata-matas physically restrained Jamal who was only making some noise and meant no harm to anyone?

After he was brought under control during the Ampang incident, Jamal was clearly seen and heard to say he would “cincang” the Bersih people, i.e. make mince meat of them, in retaliation for the bloodied nose he got. At first he blamed the police, but later he blamed Ampang MP Zuraida Kamaruddin’s followers. Which version will the IGP believe?

In the normal course of things, a statement made spontaneously upon the happening on something carries more weight than a statement made after a lapse of time as one would have had time to cook up something. So, after cooling down he took it as a golden opportunity to implicate his arch enemy, Bersih, to justify further incidents and even violence.

Now that the IGP has seen that Jamal does not just make some noise, that he does not make empty threats, that he is serious about defending the government (as if the police and the armed forces cannot do that!) even if he is covered in blood, how will the IGP describe Jamal’s aggressive and violent behaviour at Ampang?

In the Sabak Bernam incident a few weeks ago three red-shirts were reported to have been arrested.

At the Ampang incident, why was Jamal not arrested although he was clearly the ‘kepala’ leading his ‘warriors’ to battle?

Is it not common strategy of peace or discipline keepers to get the leaders of the troublemakers or the lawless and put them out of business?

Why is Jamal not being put out of his business of lawlessness?

Apa lagi IGP mau before he believes that Jamal is a real threat to the peace and harmony of this country? The constitution does not by any stretch of the imagination give Jamal the freedom to act in the lawless manner that he is acting.

If he is not put out of his lawless business, then the only conclusion one could draw is that he is in the said business for and on behalf of the government of the day.