I wish to thank Kevin Gan for his long and passionate story, [#1] Can People Power happen here? [/#] (Jan 30), and for speaking up on corruption, which in the end brought Joseph Estrada down.

I say "passionate" because he mentioned the word "corrupt" no less than eight times, namely: corrupt politicians, Anti-Corruption Agency; corruption in Perwaja; corruption against politicians; corrupt tool; accuse Mahathir of corruption ; trumped up charges of corruption ; corruption case against...

I say "passionate" because he maliciously described his "villain" as: a megalomaniac; the head honcho; someone who has outlived his usefulness to the nation; an icon of power arrogance; an iron fist in a velvet glove; only once was the "villain" described as a doctor.

But, most puzzling is his passion for his "hero", who is mentioned no less than six times, namely: the legal monstrosity of Anwar Ibrahim's show trial and unfair convictions; unsubstantiated allegations against political enemies such as the Murad-Anwar case; to crush Anwar under the most ridiculous of show trials; during Anwar's trial; the downfall of Anwar; Anwar was sentenced to six years for merely asking the police to clear his name over scurrilous allegations which any reasonable man would have done.

The last claim would have been a real tear-jerker if not for two good reasons, namely:

If they were indeed scurrilous allegations then why didn't the writer's hero sue, his hero has after all been suing people left and right, so why didn't he?

I am a reasonable man, but if I were to "merely ask" the police to clear my good name, then would the police have gone through all the trouble of "turning over" those concerned? Maybe, it's because I am not the deputy prime minister of Malaysia, and being reasonable has nothing to do with it!

I say puzzling because the writer spoke "passionately" against corruption but at the same time trivialising it to "merely asking the police" when the situation suited him. Or, is it like they say, "to err is human, but not me"?

Gee, I just do not know... are we then to use People Power - the Malaysian version - to overthrow the villain for corruption based on the writer's accusations, and then release his hero from prison, who is presently serving a six-year jail sentence for corruption... oops, sorry... for "merely asking the police to clear his good name..."?

Lastly I again thank the writer, who must be a professional one, for a wonderful story, although I personally don't buy into it. But, there is a very high likelihood that some Bollywood directors might be interested. They, after all, specialise in this sort of "conspiracy theory" plots - seen one, seen them all!