MACC, Khir Toyo & RPK

Past week, I have been following an interesting revelation about MACC investigations on Khir Toyo trip to Morocco and several other places which were published by Malaysia Today. I wanted to comment earlier but since I have been reading MT, I was convinced that RPK was laying a trap. By the time Part 8 of his article came out, it is clear to me that his bait has been bitten. MACC officers who declared this case as NFA should be taken to task.

People can speculate on the nature of secrecy of the investigations and some groups are demanding that action should be taken against RPK for breaching Official Secret Act. However any half educated person can see that Khir Toyo joined the trip despite not being in the original working group. Without his blessing no one can go for holiday to Morocco. Therefore steps are taken to ensure that he, his maid and family can join this one expensive holiday under the guise of a technical study.

Usually technical people goes are sent to do technical evaluation. In this case, the whole bunch of non technical people from PNSB includes the dentist and his maid when for the study. Maybe the maid has some architectural doctorate that we are not aware off. In my assessment, it is beyond reasonable doubt that there is a case for the prosecution to consider but unfortunately it appears that the case report and assessment is done with the objective not to implicate him. The objective of the investigation appears not to establish the truth but to clear the dentist of any wrong doing.

The fact that RPK managed to publish those document shows one thing. There are honest and decent people within the system that cannot stomach such abuses. This people broke the law with the intention of wanting the truth to be revealed. They know the system will not do the right thing, therefore it is up to them to do a national service or “fardu kifayah” in putting the record straight. The documents has proven to be authentic even by MACC.

In a system where corruption and power abuses are rampant, these hidden hands are doing the right thing. They hide their identity like Zorro and go out of their way to correct the wrong. They are doing a national service to the country and the people. It is sad that the system has degraded so far that people has to resort doing such thing because the system can no longer be trusted to do the right thing. When one cannot trust MACC and the police, what other options are available out there. The internet is the savior. For MACC, they need to form a task force to review the original investigation papers and come out with a conclusion. That is the only route for redemption.

courtesy of Rights2Write (R2W)