Shame, Shame On Malaysia
By Matthias Chang
Hypocrite of the First Order. How can Malaysia withdraw its invitation to the President of Sudan, Omar Hassan Al-Bashir from attending the Langkawi International Dialogue when it condones the visit of War Criminal Blair to Malaysia and to deliver a lecture at the University of Malaya – Shame, shame on Malaysia, a Muslim country!
Following the outcry by Amnesty International, the Bar Council of Malaysia and the press statement from the de facto Law Minister Datuk Seri Nazri that he would propose to the Cabinet to withdraw the invitation to President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir and President Robert Mugabe to attend the Langkawi International Dialogue, for allegedly violating human rights in their respective countries, the two leaders have been told that they are no longer welcomed to Malaysia.
The rationale for Nazri’s proposal is that the government having indicated its interest to join the ICC, should accede to the Rome Statute and comply with the Charter and as such should not invite persons indicted by the ICC.
Such hypocrisy and shameful conduct!
The biggest war criminals are Bush and Blair and their cohorts, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleeza Rice, Colin Powell, George Tenet, Paul Wolfowitz, Douglas Feith, General Tommy Franks, Jack Straw, Geoffrey Hoon, Lord Goldsmith, Admiral Sir Michael Boyce, General Sir Michael Walker etc.
Did Nazri and the government ever demand that these blood-thirsty war criminals be brought to justice for the wanton slaughter they unleashed in Iraq and Afghanistan and now in Bahrain, Yemen, Pakistan and Libya?
Did Nazri and the government demand war crimes charges be leveled against the racist Israel for the occupation of Palestine, the invasion of Gaza in 2008 under Operation Cast Lead which in a UN sanctioned investigation and report found that the Israel Defence Forces (“licensed to kill thugs”) have committed war crimes?
No, No, No! They remained silent.
In the case of Sudan, Malaysia via Petronas, the national oil company had invested RM5 billion in the oil and gas industry and reaped substantial profits for years.
If Malaysia is not willing to accept the President of Sudan as a dialogue partner, then for heaven’s sake, get out of Sudan, disinvest from the lucrative oil and gas industry of that country. We prostrate before the President in order to reap the obscene profits from Sudan’s oil and gas industry but turn our backs on the President, when pressured to do so for some alleged crime. But, we are told that a man (or woman) is innocent until proven guilty.
The International Criminal Court is a kangaroo court and its officials, the barking and lap dogs of the United States, Britain and NATO. Just recently, this morally bankrupt institution had the audacity to bring war crimes charges against Gaddafi for allegedly killing civilians and ordering mass rape but have condoned the slaughter and bombing of innocent civilians by NATO air strikes, even to the extent of permitting the use of bunker busting bombs (which are in fact mini-nukes). NATO has no qualms in the bombing of Al Fateh University, Campus B and as reported by the former Congresswoman, Cynthia McKinney.
Such double standards!
It was reported in the New Straits Times, 17th June 2011 at page 10, that Malaysia’s Foreign Minister, Dato Seri Anifah Aman will visit Sudan for “damage control.” He was quoted as saying, “I have no choice, but to do damage control and visit Sudan.”
What would be the nature of “damage control”?
Nothing short of a PUBLIC APOLOGY and an assurance that should President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir decide to visit Malaysia and attend the Langkawi International Dialogue, his safety and well-being is guaranteed and that anyone who attempts to arrest him shall instead be arrested for making false charges, will suffice.
MALAYSIA never ceased to call itself an exemplary “Muslim country”. Then act and behave like one. Stop kowtowing to the war-mongers in the United States, Britain, Israel and NATO. Show some dignity and expose the double standards, failing which do not call Malaysia a “Muslim country”.
When Muslims are slaughtered all over the world, we do not demand justice for the massacred, the displaced population and the wanton destruction inflicted on these hapless countries. We pay lip service to the cause of justice when the UN General Assembly convenes each year.
But, concrete action is never forthcoming. All cheap talk, “thunder with no rain!”
Shame, shame on Malaysia!
