Only Losers...

I want to state that it is indeed a dark hour for all Malaysian irrespective of race , color and creed yesterday when Coroner Azmil Muntapha Abas, the death inquest coroner for the untimely death of Teoh Beng Hock returned an open verdict. It simply means it is not murder and it is not suicide either. So, correct me if I am wrong - what circumstances brought to his death then? Natural causes? Heart attack? Lightning strike at Plaza Masalam? Freak windstorm blew him off to the window? Shattering earthquake of 5.5. Ricter scale at Plaza Masalam? Wet dreams? Sleepwalking? High on drugs? What? What? What? It is not wonder that the judiciary system and the laws of our country had become the laughing stock of the entire world. It doesn't take a genius to understand why the public is so distrustful, angrified and would not hesistate to spit a bunchful of saliva towards our lawmen and lawmakers as a whole. The ridiculous antics of MACC chief prosecutor Datuk Abdul Razak Musa is now famously taunted as "How to fail your English exams, Law exams and Acting Class - The Malaysian Way!"
Gosh! I guess, even Clara Chooi of The Malaysian Insider who wrote the article " Teoh inquest: Winners and losers" got it all wrong altogether. There are never winners when untimely and unexplained death in such incidences occured......only losers, my dear. It impacted the entire nation of ours. It impacted our views of the law and order, the judiciary system, the people who are in power and the very fragility of our lives. Imagine, if you get into the wrong hands of the law, you might end up on the tarmac of some building. How do you feel about that? What about brutality while in the hands of the law? Remember Kugan? Remember Aminur Rasyid? What would you do if the one lying dead on the floor of some cell or some courtyard or some building tarmac happened to be your brother, father, mother, sister, cousin, uncle, loved ones instead of someone else's loved ones? Yeah, we turn the other cheek because it is not our loved ones - it is someone elses, right? Like I said, it may happened one day. Wouldn't you be crying your eyes out, seeking justice and seeking all avenues,; knocking on all available doors to see justice served? I tell you , people, this is not just about Teoh Beng Hock, Kugan, Aminur Rasyid and all those who had died. It is about all right minded Malaysians of all race, color and creed. It is about being Malaysians stopping the rot of abuse and sweeping things under the carpet mentality when filth gathers rather quickly. It is about accountability and correcting the wrongs in our nation today. I can't imagine the trauma and the pain that the Teoh family have gone through and would have to go through more in days or probably years to come. My view is simply that justice must be served. The fact remain conclusively that a witness had died while in the custody of MACC and IN MACC building, for goodness heaven sake! That has to account for something, right? It certainly raises their questioning techniques, interrogation hours, practises and security issues because as I see it, there were indeed discrepancies that had cropped up as the inquest was being held.

To me, the esteemed coroner had taken the safest route ever by stating the open verdict. I questioned the coroner if he has a conscience and would he be able to sleep at night because of many salient points raised during the inquest. If he failed to see this, then , he is with the system and hey, don't rock the boat mentality comes in, right? I guess, it is the safest way to safeguard one's career, right? I am seriously appalled at this type of mentality whereby standing for what is right is no more a noble stand. I guess, I have always enjoyed the movie, " A Few Good Men" but today, some how, even the few good men would not stand to be accounted. What a crying shame! What a crying shame indeed!