Saturday, September 13, 2008

Operasi Lalang

First Raja Petra was arrested under the ISA, then Tan Hoon Cheng (the Sin Chew journalist who reported Datuk Ahmad Ismail's "penumpang" proclamations), now Teresa Kok.

All these people arrested while the erstwhile Datuk Ahmad Ismail walks around freely admitting that he called Malaysian Chinese "penumpang" who would never gain full equal citizenship in Malaysia. The government would rather arrest the journalist who reported Datuk Ahmad Ismail's "penumpang" comments than arrest the original unrepentant perpetrator himself.

I guess even Badawi has his limits. Contrasting the singular treatments the abovementioned four people have received, I can confirm that the "Malaysia Boleh!" sprit is alive and well.

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