YOURSAY | ‘Rafizi knew he would be arrested soon enough. But he is in a win-win situation.’

Rafizi arrested at Parliament gates for exposing OSA document

Existential Turd: I can see how this late/none payment of gratuities to Armed Forces personnel can be classified as an official secret.

It portends a larger problem in all kinds of government funding. If the Armed Forces become disgruntled, they may be less committed in defending Malaysia in face of illegal incursion, like those of piracy.

By exposing this scandal, we are telling the world, what a sorry state our Armed Forces are.

Because of corruption and mismanagement, the government took a lot more than it gives back. With the 1MDB debt still hanging around our necks, the squeeze must come from somewhere: late or none payment of gratuity, Goods and Services Tax (GST), etc.

LKT: Logic tells us that information should only be classified under the Official Secrets Act (OSA) because it involves national security.

Only in Malaysia embarrassing, scandalous and alleged criminal details perpetrated by Umno and BN are classified "rahsia" using OSA to prevent public disclosure while whistleblowers are arrested.

It is clear as daylight that the extremely bias police force is openly displaying which side it is working hard to please and protect.

Its top brass is brazenly abusing their power when it involves opposition politicians and the rakyat while conveniently closing one eye when the likes of Ali Tinju and gang ran amok.

As usual, moronic mankind throughout history has never learnt that abuse of power and corrupt use of power has a price to be paid back in due time. The rakyat will not grant any mercy when it is time for payback.

Anonymous 2336891439170985: I am not sure if Subang MP R Sivarasa lacks understanding of the word “kidnapping” thus misusing it or that the inspector-general of police (IGP) himself does not understand English.

What I know is that in English we can use a word figuratively. If I am “murdering” the English language, it doesn't mean that I would be charged under Section 302 of the Malaysian Penal Code.

Similarly, in the “rape” of rainforests, no one got pregnant or had to go for an abortion. The “top dog” in the army is not from the K9 unit.

Between the two of them, who do you think is the one more likely to lack knowledge in the correct use of the English language? The answer is quite obvious, isn't it?

Curious Observer: Although I respect the choice that Rafizi did, I still feel he erred gravely in his decision.

Noble as his intentions may be, he broke the law of our country. Being a lawmaker, he should have acted within the ambit of the law and not treating it with disdain.

There were so many ways the Armed Forces Fund Board (LTAT) expose could have been done, there was no need for him to play the part of the selfless martyr.

Ironically, whatever secret documents that he chose to reveal will still remain as such except to the few who were there at his press conference since no news media would reveal it under the spectre of OSA.

Ferdtan: "If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so." (Thomas Jefferson/Martin Luther King Jr).

So we ask, to what extent are we as moral individuals are obliged to obey bad law? In the case of OSA, it was supposed to be used to safeguard the national security.

This LTAT case to hide instances of non-payment of gratuities to retired army men from the auditor-general’s audit on 1MDB has nothing to do with our national security.

Thus the stamping of the OSA on this report is one bad example of misusing the law to protect the alleged criminality of an organisation is morally wrong. Thus from the view of public interest, Rafizi was right in disclosing the stated fact.

Indeed, decent people should not obey immoral laws or laws used to hide the truth from the public.

French economist/philosopher Frederic Bastiat said: “When law and morality contradict each other, the citizen has the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense or losing his respect for the law.”

We know what Rafizi has opted to do - he chose not to lose his moral sense by willing to go to jail for it.

Proarte: Rafizi knew he would be arrested soon enough. He is in a win-win situation. Either way his 'saham naik'.

He has enhanced his appeal within opposition circles and at the same time has made himself more appealing to Umno - to be bought over at the right price, of course.

Remember the whole host of previous firebrand opposition young leaders – Ezam Mohd Nor, Zulkifli Nordin, Ruslan Kassim, Lokman Adam, etc?

Gunnerrun: History books will be rewritten one day. People like Rafizi will be immortalised as a saviour, hero and an example for the young generations to emulate.

There are many others too which will be known for the bravery and deeds for many, many, many generations to come and they too have their rightful place in our journey to "returning this country to the people."

Whereas PM Najib Razak and friends will be the most scorned and despised throughout mankind.

Jaycee: How much more of this crap that the hardworking Malaysians have to endure? The good guys are arrested while the crooks are protected.

Will good ever triumph over evil here in Bolehland?

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