Time is running out, people are getting impatient

 

MP SPEAKS | The Madani government’s reforms in the last few years, which we can proudly talk about, are the abolition of the mandatory death penalty and the decriminalisation of attempted suicide.

They also include the implementation of the “Esha Clause” to tackle cyber bullying, access to legal representation under the recently passed Legal Aid & Public Defence Act 2026, and the failed attempt to limit the tenure of any one prime minister to only two terms, among other things.

However, these sincere efforts in attempting to bring about national legal reforms have been overshadowed by misfeasance in public office, particularly in government departments related to the Home Ministry.

The following are a few examples.

1. The Pamela Ling case, where a Malaysian woman who was on her way to the MACC headquarters in the government administrative capital of Putrajaya went missing in broad daylight, and her whereabouts until today remain a mystery.

2. The Durian Tunggal, Malacca, shooting incident, where three Malaysians were shot dead in cold blood by the police. Despite numerous demands by MPs from both sides and even Digital Minister Gobind Singh Deo recently, the Home Ministry remains silent, and no one has been charged in court until today for this atrocity.

3. Failure to abolish the archaic Sedition Act 1948 left behind by our British colonists.

4. The corporate mafia scandal. What’s next?

5. Deaths in military, police, and cadet training camps caused by bullying and inhumane cruelty. The most recent involving private Amirul Raziq Rosafindi, who died following a brutal physical assault by a corporal over a poorly cleaned weapon store at the Royal Malay Regiment Camp in Bentong, Pahang.

6. The failure to locate, arrest, and charge in court, Tamim Dahri, who mocked and defiled the Hindu religion by stepping on the “trisul”, in Langkawi, Kedah. Despite repeated demands for swift action, the inspector-general of police and home minister have failed to give a convincing explanation as to why Tamim remains at large. Tamim continues to mock and ridicule the police by occasionally posting comments on his Facebook page.

7. The recent explosive and damning Suhakam findings on the circumstances surrounding the death of Gan Chin Eng, an inmate detained in Taiping prison. The medical report tendered during the Suhakam inquiry showed abdominal injury due to blunt trauma and coronary atherosclerosis caused when he was assaulted during the incident. Many other inmates also suffered serious injuries, such as broken rib cages and eardrums, as a result of assaults inflicted upon them by prison officers during the same incident. No one has been charged until today.

Unless the Home Ministry under the present government dares to take the bold step by charging those responsible for all the misfeasance mentioned above, the “Deep State” will always prevail and derail any sincere attempts to reform. Legislation alone may not be enough.

The Madani government has to address these issues quickly, as time is running out fast and the people are getting impatient. - Mkini

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RSN RAYER is DAP’s MP for Jelutong.

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