This issue of suspects being found murdered in police custody is just the very brink of social issues in Malaysia. We see the police force trying to cover up the issue with some fabricated cause. Worse, we have doctors that are in league with the police to produce such records.

It does not take an adult to know that the police force is still hoping to cover up this whole episode by targeting the anguished family of the dead who stormed to the morgue. Why not target the doctor who provided the 'wrong' post-mortem result? Was the doctor under pressure to falsify the report from certain quarters? Was corruption involved in the falsification?

But what is the real issue here? Let’s not talk about whether or not the suspect was guilty. What causes someone to resorted to a life of crime in the first place? Of course there are many contributing factors, but the crux of the matter is, crimes can be reduced if the so-called perpetrators are given an equal opportunity to excel in their early lives.

From the first day these young children attend school, they have already been deprived of a proper education. Even today, we see that many schools are not getting adequate funding because of political and racial discrimination.

How much are Tamil and Chinese schools getting from the Ministry of Education? MIC makes a big issue of being the only legitimate ‘champion’ of Indian rights. Why must there even be a need to fight for our basic rights?

If everyone got a fair share of the economic pie and benefits without any form of discrimination, there will be no reason for any party to champion such needs.

Later in their teenage life, even if these people manage to complete their secondary education, are they given fair access to local universities? The current meritocracy system is no different from the quota system in that it is unfair to many deserving people.

Not everyone can afford to fork out the money to pay for even a local college degree. How much can these people then expect to earn when even graduates are being paid a pittance nowadays?

The government then laments that non-Malays do not want to join the public sector. This has been proven to be false when it was recently discovered that application papers from non-Malays were torn up.

For those who have a proper education, why would they even want to join the public sector? Contrary to popular belief, it is not always about the lower salary. It is about job satisfaction and having a proper career that they can pursue and be proud of.

Would anyone want to join a workforce they know will limit their career progression according to skin colour?

To date, it is sad to see the government still in denial, not even ready to rectify the damages done over the decades or carry out any true reform. Let the elections be the voice for the citizens who feel they deserve better. Let it be the end to racial politics and let’s move forward together.