A serious 'national security’ threat from witin demands citizens' attention

J. D. Lovrenciear

What exactly do we understand by the often referred term ‘national security’ these days? The BN-led political party that is in government often cites ‘national security’ as the reason for its actions and inactions against its citizens and its political opponents.

And so a barrage of insttitutions and strategies including the media are set in motion to bulldoze anyone and everyone who differs from the BN's perspectives.  

Here are some serious situations that require re-thinking on the meaning and importance of ‘national security’ and every citizen has an obligation to think and talk about these considerations below as patriotic subjects of His Majesty the King because we are a sovereign nation with a Constitutional Monarchy where the King is the supreme leader of this nation – not a prime minister or a political party.

Firstly, in the purchase of weapons to defend our nation, should kickbacks to individuals be legitimized? Should a prime minister be alleged and implicated that he had a hand in dealing such suspected kickbacks? Are ‘kickbacks’ not an issue that hinge on national security?

Secondly, why are individual foreign citizens roped in to work with ‘private’ companies to help secure weapons for our armed forces? In the case of the submarine purchase from France, we had a lone female from Mongolia working with a lone individual Malaysian citizen (accompanied by the Minister of defense then). And of course that lone female was annihilated from the face of this earth with C4.

How come C4 can be ‘secretly’ smuggled out of the military base and used on a civilian in a not so remote jungle and yet we do not see signals of national security being compromised?

Thirdly, when we allow BN-owned newspapers to manipulate truths and publish doctored and maliciously inclined news, meant to smear and damage the reputation and integrity of leaders of another nation, is this not a threat to national security?

Fourth, as witnessed in the Bersih 3.0 historical event, foreign news providers had their content mangled and censored at will by a local provider. This has drawn the strong criticism from the international media world. Are such unethical acts by BN-owned media houses not a threat to national security?

The hard evidences that are flowing in by the hour since the 28 April 2012, giving solid proof of police brutality against press people and their tools of trade – are these evidences not an issue that has traits of national security concerns?

When men and women in police uniform (and those minus name tags to boot), go hounding citizens in a crackdown covering many of the streets and alleys in downtown Kuala Lumpur and whacking the daylight out of tens of thousands of fleeing citizens who were merely assembling peacefully earlier – is this not a deep seated national security concern?

Fifthly, when groups under the patronage of certain political parties scream for blood, crushed bones and demonstrate with impunity race and religion sensitivities in public – are these not potential threats to national security?

Sixth, we know there is enough evidence out there with hundreds of thousands of foreign nationals having Malaysian Identification cards. Who issued these cards? What is the government of the day doing about it?  Are these not a case of serious and potential concern for national security?

Seventh, given the millions of legal and illegal foreign workers in the country – all of them coming from troubled environments, and considering the small size of Malaysia in comparison to other neighboring nations and our tiny population - do these extraordinarily large numbers of foreign nationals here not pose a security threat to the nation?

Eighth, given the reported huge outflow of Malaysian Ringgit from our shores to the tune of billions, do these not pose an ultimate security threat to our sovereign nation?

Despite all these eight areas of potential and real threats to our national security, we hear our prime minister claiming that a handful of what appeared to be Bersih protestors pose a national security threat. Now what do we make out of this?

When citizens make it transparently known to the government of the day about their intentions to peacefully congregate to register their disapproval of actions and inactions of the BN-led government over the demand for free and fair elections, a highly provocative stance is immediately strategized and implemented by the powers that be. Does this kind of behavior and reactions not pose serious national security threats?

Yes, we need to re-think. We need to quickly correct all the falsehoods and secure our nation against all potential and nearing security threats.

If the government of the day cannot champion and protect our revered King and the land, then the citizens must out of patriotism register their dedication to save this country from the numerous gaps that threaten our national security.

In this environment of the 21st century, there are no gun boats and battle planes to fight against. The rot is within. We must protect our King and our land from the many situations and deeds (identified above), that threaten this sovereign nation.

Citizens have a duty and right to defend Malaysia against all those who are raping and plundering this land and the wealth of the sovereign State. When institutions are bent and professionalism compromised to serve the sole self-interest of politicians and their political parties at the expense of national security, we place the country on an extremely vulnerable and precarious slope.

How can we work together as one country, men and women, with His Majesty The King and our revered Council of Rulers to put this nation back on its safe and secure pathway of justice, fairness, equality and progressive nation-building?