Why, RPK?

Many Malaysians have expressed outrage at the recent statements made by fugitive blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin's critical remarks against DSAI in recent interviews with Umno dailies Utusan Malaysia and New Straits Times. News portals and blogs are filled with comments of readers who have taken umbrage at this development at a most inopportune time, just before the next GE.

There are a few unanswered questions which he should answer.

1. If at all he intended to make those statements, why did he speak to those dailies that represent the backbone of support of the other side? Why did he not approach online news portals? He has to explain why he chose to speak to the MSM whose reach are pro-status quo instead of the online news portals whose readers are more 'enlightened' and are able to make valid judgements of their own to assess the truth and validity behind his statements.

2. With the rumored GE expected to happen as early as this month, why did he choose to slam DSAI who in all matters regardless of his weaknesses, is still the head of Pakatan rakyat? Clearly, the damaging statements have undermined the effort of PR and many other activists. For one who helped PR so much, why did he put PR in bad light? Granted there are many weaknesses that they have, especially of late but surely there is another channel of communication to sort matters in a less damaging and more constructive manner!

3. DSAI is already under siege and in deep sh**. As a once-upon-a-time respected opinion leader, why did RPK, as one keeps saying ABU ABU, kick Anwar down knowing full well smashing him utterly and completely for all and sundry to see? Hitting below the belt at anyone is certainly not on!

4. Homophobic statements are also NOT on! The verdict has not been given and it is really unfair for him to make statements such as "“I don’t care. If you say is Anwar gay? I say maybe. But you cannot become prime minister. That is the reality,” said Raja Petra in an interview published today the Malay-language Mingguan Malaysia." extracted from THIS LINK. You can read more about sub judiceAT THIS LINK. 

5. According to FMT, "Reform activist and influential blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin believes that Anwar Ibrahim was a victim of a honey-trap, but quickly added that the opposition leader was given a fair trial. (AT THIS LINK). If that is so, RPK should stop calling himself Fugitive Blogger and come home and get his share of the "fair trial" courtesy of Bolehland.

6. Raja Petra had alleged, in an interview with Umno daily Utusan Malaysia, that several Chinese businessmen in Selangor had complained to him that they still had to fork out “under-the-table” money in order to conduct businesses in the state, and that corruption was still rampant there. Yesterday, The Malaysian Insider reported HERE that the Selangor government demanded that blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin provide evidence to back up his claims of corruption within the state government. To date, he has not responded. Why?

Many supporters are in a daze over this turnaround. Many were going concertedly in ABU ABU fashion and all of a sudden, it is WHAM! BAM! SLAM! and those who supported him morally, financially and other ways are reeling in shock which is worse than the reaction of TV3 interview for obvious reasons.

Then, many defended him and strongly supported him because they felt he was unfairly derided censured at that time. However, this time round- the perception is completely different. In the past, he had always said 'Perception is everything'. So, it is clear that he did what he did at his own peril!

Haris Ibrahim has resigned as MCLM President while Malik Imtiaz and Sreekant Pillai have disassociated themselves from MCLM because of his statements. Where will MCLM go from here?

As a very intelligent man, did he not consider all these consequences before he met with those reporters from MSM?

RPK with his charisma and cloud had garnered a lot of supporters and fans who had supported him through so much trials in his life. Undeniably, RPK was a huge factor in helping Pakatan to gain five state governments in the last GE. Did he think his charisma and dwindling fan base could carry him through this storm?

The comments in cyberspace say otherwise.

Some have accused him of being a turncoat or that he had been bought. Others claim he was driven by his ego while some believe he has been listening to the wrong person/s.

Whatever the case, the time has come for him to explain why he did what he did. He certainly left his supporters in a lurch.

Surely his supporters and faithful friends such as Haris deserve something more than this. After all, RPK is the one who had been steering his followers in the direction of ABU. What he has done is akin to pulling the carpet from under all his supporters and even Pakatan Rakyat which is easily a large percentage of the Malaysian population.

RPK -you may have your grouses with PR and its leaders. So do many. However, we do not need a Brutus in our midst!

If anything at all, this development should gall all of us to stand together and to support Pakatan Rakyat.

Do not, I repeat - do not - become a fence-sitter. Many have expressed that they are so fed up that they will not vote. Please perish such thoughts! Your vote counts!!!

Assuming RPK could be a Trojan Horse, I am sure this would move even MORE to support Pakatan Rakyat.

Vote wisely lest we end up on the road to perdition! Not only will it affect us, but also our children and grandchildren.

Is this your way to commit hara-kiri to be the fall guy to wake us up? I don't think any one would do such a silly thing to ram to the ground everything that has been built in the last few decades.

RPK, your recent interview warrants an explanation to your supporters in MCLM, the ABU, in BERSIH and those for a corrupt-free government and to Malaysians who once-upon-a-time looked up to you.

Is there more to what you have said?

Whither now, RPK?

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P.S. Just before I published this post, thanks to Angela, I just came across two interesting comments posted by two readers in Malaysiakini in response to the article on Zaid 'shocked' by RPK's attack on Anwar.


偉大的皇帝 RPK and this man are allies, I believe Zaid's remarks are a smokescreen of what is to come, the major attack on Anwar. Now this man and his backside party are pitching themselves as part of the opposition, how many parties do we need, all the scoundrels in this party are well educated, splitting hairs is going to take us nowhere, they are part of the big BN plan, believe me UMNO knows how to twist things and I have this feeling they are all in the UMNO bandwagon. Ignore the whole lot, RPK I beleive is now being funded by UMNO in a deal to keep his son safe, they used his son and blackmailed him and he succumbed, that's how it now looks.

Another comment by another reader in the same article:

Crony there is a powerful suspicious link between mahathir and RPK. Please archive through all his articles in MT and you can find very strong evidence. Pre 2008 ,attack Dollah and the 4th room boys under Kharil to favour Najib , post 2008 attack Najib/Rosmah to favour Moohidin and now with Najib reduced to a cripple , go for the final kill against the opposition leader Anwar....for the return of his good friend the Great Mamak and Daim. Without this powerful link , you think he can be free by the courts , get out of malaysia so easily and now travelling in the region holidaying lavishly and crapping as if nothing has to be paid.


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