vox populi big thumbnail 'Please expedite and strongly recommend prosecution of the culprits no matter how high a position they are in on either side of the political divide.'

 

 

MACC drops graft case against S'gor MB, 7 others

Rayfire: Please, justifying this so-called ‘release' by citing that equal number of BN and opposition leaders are free will not help us regain our trust in the MACC or the judiciary.

A total revamp of procedures may be required. Please expedite and strongly recommend prosecution of the culprits no matter how high a position they are in on either side of the political divide.

Don't go for for the ‘ikan bilis' anymore. Go for the big ones which are openly and daringly showcasing their ill-gotten earnings in the form of luxury cars and mansions. These are very obvious cases that your predecessor selectively overlooked all these years.

Be persistent in this mode of operation for the next eight years of your contract and maybe - just maybe - we may trust the MACC.

But then if attorney-general and inspector-general of police do give their go-ahead, you have no case as well. So why not investigate these two and get them cleared and out of the picture first? They have their fair share of alleged sins.

Kgen: Rest assured that our Pakatan Rakyat politicians are all clean as a whistle. With MACC charging after them at the faintest whiff of corruption, who dares to be corrupt? If only MACC pursues BN politicians with the same vigour, Malaysia will be the most uncorrupted place on Earth.

But BN politicians are allowed to steal billions with impunity and I've yet to be convinced by the new MACC head. Selangor Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim was using his personal Lexus as his official car, so what is wrong in using state funds to maintain it?

Umno robber barons steal millions with impunity but MACC chases after opposition leaders over minor allegations which are nothing more than administrative matters. This should not even be a case worth pursuing in the first place. Shame on MACC.

Jbss: It's too early to pass judgement on MACC. Let's see how MACC is going to wrangle its way out of charging former Selangor mentri besar Mohd Khir Toyo.

Doc: MACC is trying to change its ‘Umno's office boy' image with the clearing of this non- existent charges against the current Selangor MB and the other opposition politicians. So what about Khir Toyo's multimillion ringgit mansion and Disneyland trip?

When will he be cleared? And I'm sure Malacca Chief Minister Mohd Ali Rustam is as clean as Khir Toyo.

Appeals court to rule on bid to dismiss sodomy charge

Habib RAK: The prosecution has yielded that the medical report does not show any laceration in Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan's anus. This means, medical proof of penetration is absent. The prosecution is going to rely on DNA evidence of Anwar's semen in Saiful's anus.

This then raises the question, how did the semen get there? It is a mockery, isn't it? Shame on you attorney-general, the police, Umno and BN.

Fadhilah Yusof: Malaysia in the only country in the world where a person stands trial for sodomy (or rape) without medical proof that the act of ‘penetration' actually took place. Malaysia Boleh!

Robert L: In view of the Australian lawmakers' recent demand - and obvious international opinion - that this concocted sodomy trial be dismissed, it would be the best way to save face for the BN government if the Court of Appeal is allowed to rule in Anwar Ibrahim's favour.

Then Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak can say that he will accept this court's decision, without having to admit defeat; otherwise, it's a lose-lose situation for him whatever the outcome of the trial.

Imported from China: Najib's visit to new village

Aramsa: Najib, your visit to India and now to a Chinese new village is not going to make any difference to the majority of Malaysians of Indian and Chinese descent. We are Malaysians. Treat us as Malaysians. Get your conservative bigots to realise that and harmony will prevail.

You just cannot have both ‘1Malaysia' and ‘Ketuanan Melayu' and think you can get away with it.

Amos: Najib thinks by doing walkabouts in India and a Chinese new village, he will get their votes from the minority communities. The rakyat not so stupid. Najib should dismantle the racist policies of Umno, which he won't. His visit to this Chinese village may not be reported by the Malay media. That's how Umno manipulates the media to fool the people.

Lonestar: I am older than ‘1Malaysia', older than ‘Malaysia Boleh' and even Malaysia. These walkabouts and new village visits by the ‘1Malaysia' PM does not impress me one iota. Like the Batu Cave and Tabernacle Church visits, they are just a ‘sandiwara'.

If the ‘1Malaysia' PM cannot handle and deal with his own Umno members like Nasir Safar and Rauf Yusoh and make them understand and accept 1Malaysia, how can he expect others to?

CIA may take advantage of Allah issue: PPIM

Norman Fernandez: The acts of fire-bombing and vandalising churches and surau were done (not by Christians and thank God for that) by miscreants out to do mischief.

The majority of Malaysian Muslims and Christians are united in condeming the act of these few. Perhaps the miscreants who have been apprehended can reveal if they were instructed by the CIA or if influenced by Abu Bakar Bashir and Noordin Mohd Top.

JSTOM: I suppose Ma'amor Osman is saying that CIA paid those young boys to 'create mischief'. Too bad nobody took the bait. This is like a childish fight where kids blame the other person for starting the fight. Facts can prove that the initial action is the interference of 'laws to restrict propagation' which has been misused to include 'laws to restrict worship' by another religion.

RR: Talking about new laws to institutionalise religion and God of whatever name will take us to the Stone Age of 2,000 years ago.

Today as a nation, we should worry as to how to provide two square meals for every citizen plus good heathcare, shelter and education for the young in this economic downturn. This should be the concern of Ma'amor as a consumerist and not dabbling in religious matters.