THE CORRIDORS OF POWER

As far as Malaysians are concerned, the order to act violently against the Bersih protestors came from Najib’s office. How many, other than those in the Prime Minister’s inner circle, know that Najib actually ordered that there should be no violence and no pre-rally arrests? How many outside Najib’s office know that the IGP admitted to the Prime Minister he had lost control of the police on that day and that it was the result of the rumour regarding three police officers being killed?

Raja Petra Kamarudin

I have actually known Raja Nong Chik since back in the 1980s and even then he was already a successful government contractor. And I am sure that after almost 30 years of ‘printing money’ he must be pretty wealthy by now. Hence, financing his bid for the Parliament seat of Lembah Pantai should be child’s play for him. And ‘financing’ the voters to vote for him should be no effort as well.

Raja Petra Kamarudin

So why are you still so angry? You wanted Tunku Aziz out. You were angry that he remained in DAP. The longer he stays in DAP the nastier the comments get. Now that he has gone that is the end of the matter and we no longer need to talk about him or about what he does. He is free to do what he wants, with whom he wants, and in whatever manner that he wants.

Raja Petra Kamarudin

What a lot of Malaysians do not realize is that PAS is capable of [implementing hudud] even if they do not possess the majority of parliamentary seats within the Pakatan Rakyat coalition, should PR gain sufficient seats to form the next government.

THE CORRIDORS OF POWER 

Hakim Joe

So, yes, you want freedom of expression, association, assembly, etc. And your comments even here in Malaysia Today are your expression of this desire. But are you not playing into Umno’s hands? Are you not doing exactly what Umno wants you to do? Are you not helping to increase this polarisation rather than helping to bridge the divide?

Raja Petra Kamarudin

The seven Internal Security Act (ISA) arrests so far, and with more to follow, is to curb the reformasi movement from toppling the government using bombs and grenade launchers, the Inspector-General of Police Norian Mai said in a press statement today. Norian, who read out the statement at a news conference in Bukit Aman this afternoon, said the police had information that these individuals were involved in militant activities which could undermine the security of the country. 

Raja Petra Kamarudin

Before we celebrate our ‘success’ and declare that we have ‘won’ and that we represent the majority view, take a step back and look at the bigger picture. Do we really represent the majority view? What formula have we applied to come to that conclusion? Because 100 or 200 people who comment in Malaysia Today say so? Because 150,000 people who marched on the streets on 28th April 2012 say so? 

Raja Petra Kamarudin

Ezam and Lokman have never denied the allegation of an armed revolution involving guns, bombs, grenade launchers, Molotov cocktails, etc. When I confronted Ezam he just said that Lokman sold him out. Lokman, on the other hand, said that Ezam was going to be sent to Kamunting anyway so he thought that if he fingered Ezam he might be freed.

Raja Petra Kamarudin

So, as I said, I knew all this. But in spite of my six episodes in my series of articles called Now that Bersih is over I did not reveal the presence of anarchists. And I did not reveal it because I felt it would hurt PKR if the public found out that amongst those 100,000 or 150,000 or 250,000 or whatever who took to the streets on Saturday, 28th April 2012, were a bunch of anarchists who had been trained in Korea on how to turn a peaceful march into hand-to-hand combat with the police.

Raja Petra Kamarudin

If you have been warned and if you come prepared for combat, well and good. But if you thought this was going to be a Saturday afternoon stroll with your babies, children and grandparents and you were caught totally unprepared, then this is not well and good. You would be what I would call cannon fodder. And that is very irresponsible of those who planned this and did not inform everyone that Saturday, 28th April 2012, was going to be the Malaysian Spring and to achieve that you first need to occupy Dataran Merdeka.

Raja Petra Kamarudin