VOXPOP 'I used to think the former are there to protect us while the latter are the ones I should be worried about. But now, they appear the same to me.'

Mechanic: Gun pointed to my head to force confession

vox populi small thumbnail Multi Racial: These days I cannot differentiate between police and thugs. I used to think the former are there to protect us while the latter are the ones I should be worried about.

But now, they appear the same to me, and I am worried about both. After A Kugan and now S Mogan, I wonder what is left to trust in the force.

Zz2XX: Let me forecast the response from Umno's police: "S Mogan is making a false accusation. Let's charge him for that."

PM Najib Razak's privately-armed army, Rela will respond, "We have never met this guy. He is lying." Case closed.

A case like this is the reason why the Umno government refuses to set up an Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC) in Bolehland.

Peacemaker: Najib, is this is the repayment for ‘nambikei' (trust)? We have to stand up united to defend injustice, harassment, discrimination and any form of abuse on innocent people, irrespective of race.

Malaysians do not deserve to be ill-treated in this manner. It is very unbecoming of the police and now Rela to resort to this kind of inhumane acts. MIC, do you dare to speak up?

Avatar_2397: Najib is nurturing Rela like Chairman Mao nurtured the Red Guards - with the purpose of creating chaos at his command to wrest power from enemies who can't be destroyed through legitimate means.

Holden: The levels of vindictiveness and discrimination faced by Indian Malaysiams recalls the brutality of apartheid.

These bullies in the enforcement agencies choose victims from the poorest and least educated levels of society to vent their brutality and frustrations on.

Are disturbed and emotionally weak individuals being recruited to join the Rela and the police?

Would the PM care to explain how this is supposed to inspire ‘nambikei' in the government and its enforcement agencies?

Artchan: Luckily they did not kill him in the process of questioning. It would be so simple to frame him. Throw a parang in his car and a few master keys. And you have the perfect suspect.

And the most qualifying factor of all... he is Indian.

Moontime: Dear Mogan, what happened to you can easily happen to any Malaysian. To prevent it from ever happening again, you ought to consult a lawyer and sue the pants off those hooligans and sub-humans who attacked, humiliated and forced you to admit to a crime you did not commit.

Is this the future that I want my children to grow up into? Certainly not! I salute your courage in highlighting your experience to the media and the authorities.

Sarajun Hoda: I really wish this is not true. I can understand Rela - too many complaints about them - but the police; still trigger happy?

It means no one in Malaysia is safe, you can be arrested by the police for any reason, anywhere, anytime, and this is frightening.

This tradition of catching people then torturing them to confess is very cruel. Can't the police be more humane? Don't they have loved ones?

NGO: Evidence shows Israeli ships at Port Klang

WeCANLive: The funny thing in all our passports, we are not allowed to enter Israel in any way.

If private companies here are trading with Israel and their ships are docking in Malaysia, that means that our government is not banning Israel outright. Otherwise, they cannot even enter our waters.

This is a very deceptive double standards of pocketing funds and revenue without the rakyat's knowledge.

OZ: Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad, what is your answer to this? You accused Anwar of befriending Israel. Now your strategy has backfired. Check your facts before criticising Anwar.

Disgusted: Israel does not give two hoots about Malaysia. They have problems of their own in trying to stop Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah and others from terrorising them with missiles and terrorist attacks.

However, the Jews are being used by both BN and Pakatan Rakyat to enhance their electoral standing amongst the backward kampong Malays who only tend to look at petty religious issues stirred by equally petty politicians in order to gain their votes.

We have bigger concerns like rising cost of living due to corruption, a screwed-up education system creating unemployable graduates, breakdown of law and order due to an equally screwed-up police and judiciary, and the squandering of the rakyat's money in wasteful spending.

Mangodurian: I just don't understand why Malays are concerned about a war thousands of miles away. If 500 years ago, Malays didn't become Muslims, this would not be an issue. Why get sucked into someone else's problems? To show Islamic unity?

If there was any will, Saudi Arabia and the rest of the Arabs could have easily armed the Palestinians. But alas, they are too nicely fed with oil money.

I don't think Pakatan should be in this game of demonising everything Jewish/Israeli. Like it or not, trade continues and are the vehicles to peace - whether it is done directly or via third party ports.

Mamak Bendahara: Mukhriz, it was your father, Mahathir, who first opened the door for Israel vessels to berth in Malaysian ports since 1998. What nonsense are you saying?

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