Dinesh Could Have Been My Son

First, they pull wool over our eyes where crime statistics are concerned. When we got around it, they then, decide to “reduce” these statistics by puffing out those whom they suspect. Is that the case? Suspect. Judge. Execute! No legal redress?

May Chee Chook Ying

I, too, have a son. If my son went out for supper and not come back, I would die. How can any of
this make sense? How do I go on living?

This is not just another death. It’s not just another statistic. Someone got killed in cold-blood. And he was someone’s son. He was engaged to be married. There’s some girl out there, happily waiting for her Big Day. It’s the day she has been waiting for, all her life. Then, she receives a call, telling her the love of her life was gunned down, just like that. Will it make any sense to her? What is she to think? Or feel?

I can’t even begin to imagine what his loved ones are going through. Can you?

Now and then, in the most democratic country in the world, you hear of these extrajudicial killings. Wikipedia defines an extrajudicial killing as “the killing of a person by government authorities without the sanction of any judicial proceeding or legal process. Extrajudicial punishments are by their nature, UNLAWFUL, since they bypass the due process of the legal jurisdiction in which they occur”.

First, they pull wool over our eyes where crime statistics are concerned. When we got around it, they then, decide to “reduce” these statistics by puffing out those whom they suspect. Is that the case? Suspect. Judge. Execute! No legal redress?

Is Malaysia the most democratic country in the world or a lawless jungle? Are our law enforcers so ill-trained that they cannot use due process to first apprehend, question and if necessary, throw the book at the suspects, etc? Or so cowardly that they had to shoot to kill? You had guns, guys, they didn’t!

There are ways to subdue suspects, no? There are better ways to enforce the law, no? Must kill? NO! Another life lost is one, too many. These extrajudicial killings have got to stop! Period!

Our cops have to be better vetted, recruited and trained. We can’t see a cop and fear for our lives, can we? Between robbers that rob and cops that kill, are we not sandwiched between the devil and the deep blue sea? I believe most of all would prefer to lose things than to be snuffed out, just like that!

You know what I’m thinking? All that’s been happening lately? Our public institutions and powers-that-be lack COURAGE! It is so telling! Cops shoot to kill when they only suspect. Detractors to the powers-that-be are falsely accused of atrocities, left and right. Unfounded fears forced down our throats. An education and grading system that render the majority of our children incompetent globally. Mainstream media that lie, again and again. Decisions by the courts that are wanting. The list goes on.

Who is lacking courage, here in Malaysia? The majority? Or only those who want to hang onto something they don’t deserve or are ill-equipped for? Some dopes here in Malaysia, talk so big and loud but all I see are fools preying on the fears and insecurities of another. You call yourself courageous? Look into the eyes of your kids and tell them, everything you did, you did it for the good of the nation. If you are that intelligent, how come our coffers are empty and we are borrowing so much? If you care so much for other Malaysians or even for just your own kind, how come the poor are getting poorer and you, richer and responsible for the massive capital flight out of the country?

We had rubber. We had tin. We, then turned to palm oil. We still have some oil. Everything we brought in or dug out turned to gold. We were so blessed. What happened? Some dopes gambled our fortune away. When they hit jackpot, they kept the winnings for themselves. When they lost and they lost, big time, they pulverized the country’s coffers. Do we still want to be with them?

I don’t know about you but I intend to live my life in the Light. I intend to seek the Truth. I don’t intend to live with radioactive elements making their way into my body. I don’t intend to have rogues gunning down my kids in broad daylight. I don’t want to see my neighbour go naked, hungry and uneducated anymore.

But I can’t do this alone. Please, help me.

Malaysians, please arise and demand change. Change for the better before it’s too late. Do it for our precious children. We brought them into this world to give them life; to embrace life as they should with wander and in awe. If we stick to the status quo, what’s there to look forward to?

Remember, #Dinesh could have been your son.

God bless.