Who or what is Malaysia’s most threatening enemy?

J. D. Lovrenciear 

The Lahad Datu ‘intrusion’ or ‘invasion’ or ‘guerilla attack’ (or whatever label you prefer to ascribe to the mess in Sabah) is not Malaysia’s ultimate enemy.

The vested claims over Sabah do not make a foreign or neighboring nation or nations the threatening enemies of Malaysia.

The politicians who are now engaged on an over-drive mode to annihilate their opponents as we gingerly inch to a General Election not knowing when, are not the priority enemies of Malaysia.

The host of NGOs who are unearthing seemingly endless irregularities and creating more awareness among Malaysians are not the devastating enemies of Malaysia although often times we may be led to believe so by the masters of the nation.

The citizens who are getting involved in various protest marches demanding clean and fair elections, for example, are not the enemies of security and stability.

There was a time when we had real enemies from outside of the nation. In the bygone decades we witnessed the Communist threat and then followed by the Insurgency – these were the real enemies of Malaysia, coming in from outside of the sovereign borders of this young nation.

But today we are tethering on the edge of knowing there is truly an enemy of State. 

The expose by the Global Witness on how horrifying land deals (or land grabs, to be precise) are struck in Sarawak – implicating the Chief Minister and all those aligned under his canopy, provides an edifying lesson to all Malaysians. 

It is not about wheteher this expose is  a paralyzing truth or lie. In fact it is even beyond the confines of mere allegation given the content, presentation and the extensive coverage on the global media terrain.

That precious awakening is that Malaysia’s real enemy is not from outside but an enemy who is tunneling its way east and west, north and south of the country right here from within.

The real enemy goes beyond individuals. It has well crossed beyond the walls of corporations and organizations too. 

That real enemy is corruption and greed.Corrupted and greedy individuals, corporations, organizations. Period.

Anything else is only the tip of the iceberg. denying this truth or down-playing it is akin to coating gloss to the rotting filth of decadent human greed.

What does the Tun Dr. Mahathir have to say about this recent red-hot expose by Global Witness? 

What do all his entourage of patronizing leaders as well as puppets have to say? 

What do the subservient followers of the UMNO Baru have to say? 

What do the BN component party leaders have to say?

Maybe Malaysians will be reprimanded for jumping the gun.

"Listen you silly, willy Malaysian citizens. 

Who is Global Witness? Do you know? They are our nation’s enemies out to destroy Malaysia’s progressive and transforming track record."

And if you persist in asking what really is going on in Sarawak, be ready for another lesson.

"Do not be sucked in by all these lies. The actors in the video posted by Global Witness are fake, look-alike artists on hire. And do you know who is behind all these?"

Who, ask the naïve Malaysians.

"Aiyaa, the opposition political parties lah. They are so desperate that they will lose in the GE-13 and so they have hired this ‘apa nama – Global Witness’ to come up with this video."

In the face of this expose there surfaces yet another truth -- for as long as there are no principle centered leaders, followers, professionals, congregations and organizations that can converge and emerge in solidarity to plug the corruption and greed on this Malaysian soil, the country remains susceptible to the irreversible damage that is being created by the enemy from within, i.e. the world’s and humanity’s worst enemy – corruption and greed.

Indeed the video by Global Witness is the mother of all exposes on the nation’s state of greed and corruption.

Woe be thine, if we choose to find solace under that infamous statement so often heard from Malaysian politicians: Who isn’t corrupted? Or how about: Even the USA is corrupted lah.

Yes, there is no utopia on earth. But the gravest sin against humanity is corruption and greed. 

And the greatest disgrace to humanity is to steal right under their innocent, unknowing eyes and return to society a pittance act of charity or a trumpeted CSR (corporate social responsibility) razzmatazz.

The bottom line is, no society can ever progress and remain sustained under uncontained corruption and blatant, widespread greed. It is only a matter of time before the entire nation sinks into the deep recesses of a distinct divide of rich and poor, on a ratio of 80:20, respectively.