Commentary by Koon Yew Yin
We can see clearly that the Government is getting worried about the views of Malaysian voters on the highly suspicious death of Teoh Beng Hock.
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Malaysia is being too optimistic and misguided about the continuous brain drain, little caring that it is detrimental to our aspiration of becoming a developed country (I hate to say this) like Singapore.
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Hawks and Doves
A good friend drew my attention recently to an incisive article on the distinction between peace makers and hardliners that can make an important difference to the country. It was written by Stephen M. Walt who is the Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Relations at Harvard University. Please check out:
http://walt.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/04/28/the_treason_of_the_hawks#comm
In the article, Walt points out that Fred Iklé coined the term "treason of the hawks" to describe those tragic situations where hardliners stubbornly refuse to make peace and thereby lead their countries to disaster. Iklé, who served as Ronald Reagan’s under secretary of defense was clearly no dove or man of peace. But he was a smart man who recognized that obstinate opposition to making peace is dangerous to a nation's future and potentially as damaging as deliberately selling out to the enemy.
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Malaysian Courts: Going Super Fast
Allow me to share a quote of wisdom : 'Though the wheels of justice grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small; Though with patience he stands waiting, with exactness grinds he all'.
I have read that there was a case of medical negligence, and involving the death of a lawyer, which took 23 years to reach our Court of Appeal. Yet these slow grinding wheels seem to have become supercharged for the benefit of Zambry Abd Kadir.
When the High Court on May 11 recognised Mohd Nizar Jamaluddin as the rightful Menteri Besar of Perak, the Court of Appeal lost no time in granting Zambry a stay of execution on the High Court decision. It did so within a few hours, in fact.
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21st April, 2009
Ever since Tun Dr. Mahathir rejoined UMNO, he has been interfering in the new government under Prime Minister Najib Razak. Once again in the media and now, in his own blog site, he is pushing hard for building the crooked bridge. This time though, Dr. Mahathir is playing his last trump card by appealing to our Malaysian sense of patriotism and nationalism and by trying to whip up anti-Singaporean sentiments. This is clear from his first sentence on the subject as well as his last sentence as found in his blog posting on 20 April 2009 on “The Crooked Bridge???. His first sentence notes that “The Star reported that Chinese businessmen in Johor Baru want the Crooked Bridge to be built??? and his last sentence asks: “Does the Government need to ask Singapore for permission to build the now desirable crooked bridge? Is Malaysia free to do things in its own territory? Are we really independent? I wonder.???
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