COMMENT |
The narrative that “rogue cops” are to be blamed for the kidnappings of
Pastor Raymond Koh and Amri Che Mat should be rightfully dismissed by
rational-thinking Malaysians.
Excerpts from the government's now
declassified reports were read out aloud by Zamri Yahya, a member of the
Home Ministry's Special Task Force (STF).
However,
it was strange for Zamri, a former police Integrity and Standard
Compliance Department director, to say that his testimony on the “rogue
cops” - either acting alone or in collusion outside religious groups -
was only his “view” because this was the findings of the STF which Zamri was a part of.
So what is he trying to say? That people should dismiss his views even though these are the findings of the STF?
We
can easily dismiss that these were rogue cops working on their own
because what would have been their purpose for kidnapping these two men?
Operatives
from the state security apparatus do not simply go around kidnapping
citizens, and there are always reasons, either legal or extrajudicial,
for their actions.
In other words, operators in situations like these are merely the crude instruments of the state and not the minds behind the actions.
What
have we learnt about the state security apparatus? The police force has
become a culture of its own, succoured by religion, racialism, and
handouts, riddled with corruption and sharing a symbiotic relationship with the criminal underclass of Malaysian society.
And they are also beholden to political masters who have always been engaged in protracted internal power struggles.
Now,
of course, the second part of this equation, that these rogue cops were
working with outside religious groups, is extremely plausible.
Koel : Well said.
All those fiery speeches about "justice" and "rule of law" delivered for international audiences is mere sham when you have the same govt sitting here quietly, not moving a muscle to order immediate arrest of this Shamzainin Daud, Saiful Bahari, Mohd Asri and the police officers that attended the meeting mentioned here.
