vox populi big thumbnail ‘Umno/BN is correct to ignore you and to neglect your constituency. You shame Umno/BN and you shame Parliament with your unbecoming behaviour.'

On Bung Mukhtar: Take care of Sabah or else...

Andrew Aeria: Hello Bung, now you know. You clown around in Parliament for Umno/BN saying the most offensive (and idiotic) things instead of taking your parliamentary position seriously.

Well, what did you expect being the parliamentary clown? You thought Umno/BN would take you seriously?

Umno/BN is correct to ignore you and to neglect your constituency. You shame Umno/BN and you shame Parliament with your unbecoming behaviour.

Thus, you deserve to be ignored. Serves you right. I hope you lose your seat the next time around.

That way, we taxpayers don't have to suffer your disgusting parliamentary antics in the future. The people of Kinabatangan deserve a better representative than you.

On Vocal duo axed from S'gor PAS posts

Mrs Lim: During the last general election, I voted for PAS.

As a non-Muslim, I began to accept this political party PAS because of their representatives like Khalid Abdul Samad.

Looks like now, I would need to take a different stand. PAS is certainly not ‘for all', after all...

On Deputy Minister: Fake Mykads not a major issue

HAL: The ministry of home affairs has always been very professional and known to give good advice to the political leadership.

They guided the nation through the communist uprising, through disturbances by fundamentalists etc.

However, events of recent days have cast a big shadow on its reputation. Blunders have been made by the minister and his deputy which trample on the constitutional rights and privileges of Malaysians.

The police are causing massive traffic jams in KL and arresting peaceful citizens singing the national anthem.

What has happened to this esteemed institution (the ministry)? Could it be the political leadership causing this collapse in honour of duty to king, rakyat and country?

On 13 years lost ... there's no room for gratitude

CH Ong: What gratitude? I believe Gani's decision was not because he wanted to do Irene Fernandez a favour.

Either he finally realised or someone he trusts told him that he was looking more silly every day the case continued in court.

On Animal cruelty institutionalised in Malaysia

Lisa Kuok: I refer to the comment made in response to my letter about animal cruelty being institutionalised by the federal government.

The writer has missed the point I was making which was that there are people in Malaysia who mistreat animals because punitive measures are not taken against people who abuse animals.

If people who mistreated animals were prosecuted in court, the message would soon go out that mistreating animals is unacceptable.

Instead of which, very few animal cruelty cases are investigated and most are just ignored by the police, despite cases being highlighted by the SPCA and the newspapers.

If the police deem animal cruelty to be unimportant, there is little wonder that most members of the public view it as ‘no big deal'.

Animal welfare groups like the SPCA have no authority to help animals in distress on private property - even if it is just to give the animal a bowl of fresh water. Most times, they have to wait until the property owner shows up otherwise they can be charged with trespassing.

Once the property owner arrives, the SPCA can only hope that they can educate the owner that the conditions that the animal is being kept under are cruel or persuade the animal owner to turn the animal over to them if the owner's excuse for the appalling conditions is that he/she has no time to look after the dog.

If the owner will not cooperate with the SPCA and the police don't intervene to remove the animal, the SPCA has no recourse. And despite being a witness to the appalling conditions in which the animal is being kept, if the police choose not to take the matter further, there is nothing that the SPCA can do either.

Who do the police answer to but to the home minister who is a member of the cabinet of the federal government. There is a chain of responsibility for educating the socially unaware about animal cruelty.

If the federal government does not send out the directive that animal cruelty cases are to be viewed as a serious matter not to be ignored by the police, then the federal government is sending out the message that is acceptable, thereby institutionalising animal cruelty.

On Tackling Sudan: Obama's priority

Datuk Ramesh Rajaratnam: I refer to the totally despicable event recently where 13-year-old Aisha Ismail of Somalia was stoned to death for the 'crime' of being raped by three men. And a relative who tried to intervene got shot to death.

We read so many letters to the mass media about comparatively less heinous deeds by mankind onto his brethren. While I'm certainly not attempting to measure the level of sin, why the deafening silence on this particularly outrageous act ?

I find the act totally inhuman (and inhumane) and no matter what religion or interpretations thereof, this 'punishment' is totally unacceptable. I cannot be the only one who dares to challenge the blindness of injustice for fear of invoking a religious war.

As a matter of fact, I hope this message reaches the current and future president of the US. I hope you sir, will have the decency to go after the perpetrators of this inhumanity.

If the US can spend millions to arrest delinquent dictators all over the world, please do justice by bringing the guilty ones, in this case, to justice.

I have no recommendation for their sentencing according to law but I know what I would prefer done onto them. I'm sure I'm not the only father who feels this way.

If I were elected the president of a powerful nation, I would put this at a top 10 priority; God creates but sometimes leaves it to Man to adjust the environment.

All governments should also join in the chorus of protest instead of remaining silent. The UN should do the same. Speak up now.

Would you keep quiet if it were your child?