Raja Petra Charged – Malaysiakini

As a Malaysian and a blogger how am I to assess the conduct of the Police and also our law courts, rather than saying something is rotten in the State of Denmark as quoted by Shakespeare. This is not Denmark but Malaysia. Something is terribly wrong here.

First we had the Anwar fiasco, and even before it ended, Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Kamarudin, 58, was arrested today and charged for defaming Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak’s wife, Rosmah Mansor, and two others.

Malaysians by nature don’t like to be arrested, it is a stigma, and whatever your state is in the social order, you become a non-entity when family and friends refer to you.

Anwar has gone through the mill, to speak, and so has Raja Petra, and in some way they become heroes for the people who have not even stepped into a Police station to write a Police report, let alone getting involved in some criminal activity. When people like Anwar and Raja Petra get arrested and are charged, mindful of the authority the Police and Courts have over an individual, the general feeling is that the Police and the Courts defy definition. It can range range from crooks to blood suckers. Simply put the general public is frightened of the Police and the Courts.

Look at Raja Petra’s case:

Meanwhile, his lawyer Amarjit Singh Sidhu alluded that the charge was defective because Raja Petra was initially investigated under Section 203 of the Penal Code for giving false information relating to an offence committed.
“This is not right because it catches the lawyers and the accused off-guard. When we found out it was Section 500 instead of 203, we were shocked,” he told reporters.
According to Section 500 of the Penal Code, “whoever defames another shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both”.

Surely the Police and the legal chaps should know which is which. But if it is just putting him behind bars, anything goes does it. Can the IGP or AG explain this. Or is it a bidding from elsewhere, does not matter how, make sure he counts bars. What a cruel joke. No rule of law or justice.

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Param Has His Say – Malaysiakini

Federal CID director Mohd Bakri Zinin, met his match in Param Cumarasamy a former United Nations special rapporteur. Zinin’s reason that he believed Anwar won’t show up is bull according to Param. Anwar was arrested on his way to the house at 1 PM, an hour before the appointment at 2 PM. One jokes about Malaysian time alluding to the normal delay for appointments made by quite a number of our dignitaries. I have, nothing about a little bird twittering in my ear, only reserved for senior bloggers like Raja Petra, Jeff Ooi and Anil Netto; my information comes from published sources like Malaysiakini, which I treat as my main source of information and of course the various MSM the Star, and the Straits Times though their contents are suspect as to what is really happening. Talking about Malaysian time it is verified that our Prime Minister Badawi has this malady. In fact he should be in the middle of the action relating to the arrest of Anwar but notice he had left it to Zinin and Hamid to guard the fort, and our PM is miles away from the main scene.

Perhaps, Zinin knew Anwar would come in late, and what better precaution could he take, Malaysian time is one, Anwar taking a helicopter ride somewhat the second, he had his people ready at a junction near Anwar’s house to nab the would be fugitive. I read a lot of vehicles and men in hoods were present for the onslaught, just to arrest one person, but, if this is not a pre-planned act, immaterial as to whether Anwar presents himself at 2 PM or not, what more can I say. Even in these adverse conditions, one takes pride in the alertness of our men of security, they are ever ready.

Besides all the reasons referred to above, I cannot dismiss the notion that Zinin may have clairvoyant abilities to predict the future – you know something like a third eye, if it be so, then let us not blame Zinin at least now, one cannot blame the tool but the user for his inexperience. Let us be gracious and give him time to learn.

Zinin is very low in the rung of power and authority, perhaps all this doings are not his own bidding. Let us call over to our Home Minister Hamid, the son of a lion, what has Param got to say about him.

Param also took a swipe at Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar for condoning the police’s action by saying, ‘It doesn’t matter when they arrested as they needed to have his statement…’

“Obviously the minister had no regard for the integrity of the conduct of police officers when carrying out investigations,” he said.

According to Param, the minister’s comments were akin to former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s ‘reckless’ public statement on Sept 30, 1998 that Anwar’s ‘black-eye’ injuries could have been self-inflicted.

LOL, that is laughing our loud, something my very junior computer geek taught me, Hamid seems to say, Anwar must be arrested, what are you fellows grumbling as to when and how, we do this every day, nobody dare complain. This coming from our Home Minister is a bit worrying. He is already unpopular with his Police road blocks for 3 days, and this he did because of some unverified blog entry and some messages, now with this Anwar affair he has more explanations to give. One thing is certain he does not believe in clairvoyance but unverified sources of information. He seems better than Zinin.

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Raja Petra in ‘mood to fight’ – Malaysiakini

A gloom settled over me as I read the Malaysiakini article on the King Blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin, defiant, insisting he is right, and the devil may care attitude that whatever that is meted out will not strangle his spirit.

There is the wife Marina Lee Abdullah, caring to worry what if RPK refuses to post bail as he did the last time.

This is a one mans fight against a Government, and would appear like facing a well trained army fully equipped and there a single man unarmed rushing and hollering truth will prevail. How many good citizens of this country dare to do this. I suppose it is not because people don’t value truth, but caught in a predicament of uselessness as to what good can an individual do. RPK has gone through hell, he has been detained, seen what Police can do to you, and the zeal of our uniformed law enforcers to make a person who diverts himself from the norm to be put right, in their language at least.

Going through the mill, as they say, has made RPK resilient and he decides he must carry on till the end to uphold his conviction of speaking the truth. His moral is high.

Bloggers can blog and scream to high heaven injustice is being done, but things remain the same and the status quo is maintained. The only opportunity for change comes like in the recent elections, but once this is over, those in power have the license to perpetuate their own agenda and only think of the people when another election is nearing, for new promises, and new approaches to problems, whereas in the interim period of ruling it is I know what is good for the people.

Of course every one wants to do his part to ensure we have a good Government, but sadly one cannot do much if the Government has its own will to do things which they claim is good for the people. Elections must come more often, and although it is claimed the politicians are servants to the people, for without them they wont be where they are, this four or five years interval causes the Politicians to be lethargic unmindful of the peoples need but enough to satisfy their own desires. Shorter intervals between elections will keep politicians on their toes.

Our thoughts will be with RPK as he goes through the ordeal, wish him the best and keep writing to give him moral strength to undertake the lonely path of seeking the truth.

Raja Petra in ‘mood to fight’

Raja Petra in ‘mood to fight’
Jul 17, 08 10:30am

Popular blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin said that he was ready for his day in court as he arrived at the Kuala Lumpur police headquarters this morning.
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He is expected to charged with criminal defamation in relation to allegations in his statutory declaration that implicated Rosmah Mansor – wife of deputy premier Najib Abdul Razak – in the murder of Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu

raja petra and judiciary court lawAccompanied by two lawyers and his wife, Raja Petra said he was in the mood to fight.

“I’m in the mood to f*** the government. What more do you want me to say?”

Raja Petra and his lawyers went into to police headquarters at 10am.

His wife, Marina Lee Abudullah, is worried that Raja Petra would decide not to pay bail and decide to be held under police custody.

“This is a bailable offence. I hope he does not surprise me again and do not take bail.”

Two months ago when Raja Petra was charged with sedition for publishing an allegedly seditious article entitled ‘Let’s send the Altantuya murderers to hell’ in his Malaysia Today website, he refused to post bail.

He was eventually released from Sungai Buloh prison after bail was posted three days.

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Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia

This is what the Speaker said in Parliament. Speaker Sir, we don’t want you as a Headmaster, but, be a Speaker, and please allow all relevant matters either by the Government or the Opposition, be allowed to be debated for the good of the people.

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Musa Hassan’s Next Course Of Action

Musa Hassan, the Inspector General Of Police says he will consult his lawyers on his next course of action, now that Anwar Ibrahim has not apologised within the 48 hours as demanded. It is a bit trickier here, The IGP is in charge of the investigation of the sodomy case against Anwar, and this he does under his official capacity, but if the IGP sues Anwar for tarnishing of the IGP’s image this would entail in his personal capacity. Then he would be wearing two caps. Read this.

IGP To Consult Lawyers On Next Course Of Action Against Anwar :: Bernama.com

SEPANG, July 16 (Bernama) — Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan said Wednesday he would consult his lawyers, Kamarul Hishamaad and Hasnol Rezua, on the next course of action to take against Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim following the Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) advisor’s failure to apologise to him as demanded.

He said the 48 hours given to Anwar to apologise for accusing him of having manipulated facts pertaining to an assault case on the latter while in police custody in 1998, which could tarnish his image as the IGP, had passed and now he would seek legal redress after consulting his lawyers.

He told this to reporters after arriving at the KL International Airport here from Brunei, where he was honoured with the Datuk Seri Pahlawan award by the Sultan of Brunei Tuesday.

On Sunday, Musa through his lawyers had issued a notice to Anwar to apologise for accusing him as having caused Anwar’s injuries while the latter was detained for a sodomy investigation in 1998. Musa was the investigating officer of the case then.

On July 1, Anwar lodged a police report against Musa and Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail, who was Senior Deputy Public Prosecutor then, alleging the duo had tampered with evidence relating to the 1998 case.