Thursday, January 28, 2010

Repression in the name of my feudal lord

Once again, Home Minister Hishammuddin Tun Hussein (note the last 2 names being that of his illustrious father, the late former Prime Minister Tun Hussein Onn) is threatening and gesticulating wildly only this time without physically brandishing a keris in his hand. The Home Minister has been actively encouraging people to lodge police reports so that police will have an excuse to crack down on bloggers. And he says he will not let detained blogger Aduka Taruna off the hook that easily even if others will. All in the name of upholding the institution of the monarchy that was precipitated by bloggers dissing the late Sultan of Johor who was in truth a ruler enmeshed in many "incidents" during his time as the boss supremo of Johor. Hishammuddin, you should be ashamed of yourself. You are the total opposite of the man your father was and had he been alive today, he would surely disapprove of your rough-and-ready actions. How do you justify clamping down on bloggers? Are you saying that the rulers are beyond reproach no matter what they do? Do you expect people to remain silent in the face of abuse and tyranny? Shame on you.

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