Let PAS Have Its RCI

If you notice the Pakatan parties, DAP in particular, has been crying foul every time things do not go their way. In the words of Parti Cinta Malaysia Deputy President Datuk Huan Cheng Guan, the DAP would “Kau Pek, Kau Bo” (Cry Father, Cry Mother) and seek cheap political mileage and sympathy.

When Teoh Beng Hock unfortunately fell and died at the MACC office in Shah Alam, they went to town blaming the MACC and Barisan Nasional for Beng Hock’s death, even though Beng Hock’s death puts both the MACC and the Barisan Nasional at a disadvantage because Beng Hock was being questioned over several corruption cases involving DAP officials.

But DAP’s cheap sympathy drive made twisted logic in the minds of its 16K-processor-brained supporters.

They even asked for a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) to be formed to try link the BN with Beng Hock’s death.

In today’s papers, PAS Deputy President Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man has asked the government to form a RCI to look into the deadly Memali siege where, U-Turn Mahathir recently said the 14 PAS supporters and 4 policemen killed deserved to die.

In the 19 November 1985 tragedy, 200 policemen laid siege on the village and an assault later resulted in those deaths. Many believe that Home Minister and U-Turn Mahathir’s Deputy musa Hitam was framed and made a scapegoat when Mahathir denied being in Malaysia at the time of the incident. Just like his relationship with Anwar a decade later, Mahathir’s relationship with Musa then was at the bottom of the barrel.

But in 2014, Musa told a forum that Mahathir was in Malaysia at the time of the tragedy. Something Mahathir conveniently cannot remember well, as with other issues related to him like in the case of Sabah’s “Project IC” or Selangor’s “PKFZ” scandal.

The Memali issue has long been a thorn in the Malay political scene. My take is if DAP can ask for a RCI to be convened for the death of just one person, why not convene one for 18 deaths?

Furthermore, many of the witnesses are still around so a RCI should be convened as soon as possible!