Malaysiaku, Negaraku

First published on March 30 night. Whoever is righteous has regard for the life of his beast, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel. (Proverbs 12:10) There is more than meets the eye when the man involved in a scuffle with two Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) enforcement staff recently, will be charged in court tomorrow.         I will leave the case to the honourable judge, who alone has the power to decide whether the case is frivolous and a waste of the court’s precious time. This is beyond my scope. However, I would like to comment on the way how the case was handled by all the parties involved–the MBPJ, the police, the Attorney-General’s chamber, the Selangor State Government and the Ministry of Local Government & Development.         Although I do not wish to influence the decision of the honourable judge, to me, if the man is sentenced to jail for even one day or fined RM1, I think this is an injust...

    Tohmahan-tohmahan yang dibuat oleh aktivis Redhuan Tee Abdullah baru-baru ini adalah amat menyakiti hati rakan-rakan saya.          Sepatutnya, Tee boleh membuat laporan polis sekiranya ada sebarang bukti yang kukuh andaikata gereja-gereja sengaja menggunakan Bahasa Melayu sebagai suatu cara mengkristiankan orang Islam.          Selain dari itu, beliau tidak patut mencampuri hal ehwal bukan Islam. Ramai di antara rakan-rakan saya yang beragama Islam pun membuat komen yang sama.          Selain dari Tee, dua ahli politik lain juga telah menfitnah Menteri Belia dan Sukan, Hannah Yeoh. Walaupun sebagai seorang Kristian, beliau akan mengampuni kedua-dua, tetapi perbuatan mereka ini masih perlu diambil tindakan mengikut undang-undang.          Ini adalah kerana Allah yang maha pengasih itu adil dan telah menubu...

  28 February 2023 The Current Situation We have depended too much on the middlemen in the food chain. This is why raw ingredients have caused food prices to be raised. At the moment, Menu Rahmah may have taken off in the Klang Valley, but it has not reached other places. Feedback from Ipoh, and two East Malaysian states suggest that they too are keen to have the budget meals but such idea has not taken off yet in their towns.     What can the government do to help?   1.    Talking about prices of food such as meat and veggies, YB Michelle Ng reported that resident associations in USJ 3/4 in Subang Jaya have already started buying their groceries directly from the farmers. This is to cut off the middlemen. The Domestic Ministry, for example, can use this model and help publicise their model for others to follow or connect the farmers with the resident associations of housing estates/condo/apartments. If farmers are short of workers, they have to start to i...