This looks very much like Wong Ming Chee’s Negaraku ku’s case.

Its so silly….

One suspect that its always been the PM plan to likely drop the charges against the 31. There is and has never been no real political will to go ahead with ‘attempted murder’ charge against the 31. That the AG purpose has always been to provide political excuse to a weak leadership to look good. His plan was always to drag the trial for long time until the situation is diffused and then have the PM get a pardon for them and look good.

While the poll sample is small but it still reflective of urban voters. The PM is not crazy to alienate 50% of voters by going to far with 31. The AG plan is likely to have been to drag any trial for a long time until the situation is diffused or the PM says to let them go.

If what I suspect to be true, this PM leadership is even more pathetic than I thought. That he thinks a scheme like this could be pulled off, its just ridiculous for times like these.

If the drop the charges later and give credit to the PM for it, then we know its all been just another extension of politics into law and order into this country, something this PM don’t get negates any good of moderation he is trying to do.

The BERSIH and other public rallies have obviously exerted a lot of pressure on the police leadership to do something. The HINDRAF demonstration came at a bad time – for HINDRAF. Given the circumstances the government was obviously running thin with their patience and person or persons in charge must have decided to take firm action coming down hard on the side of public order.

No one for a moment believed that the FRU were there at Batu Caves interested only in crown control. They were there to exact punishment on those who thought they could ignore with impunity police warnings. Some say they were pushed into temple grounds and others say when forced they took refuge in temple grounds like the way Malays took refuge in the compounds of Masjid Jamek. They thought they could be safe. They were not – not in this case as the order amidst the confusion perhaps was obviously given to have tear gas canisters fired into the compounds of the Temple violating its sanctity.

The rest is history.

Let’s not be naïve.

The HINDRAF 31 were charged with attempted murder as a way to hold them in detention till tempers cool down. No one in their right minds believe that the charge could hold and that probably includes the AG himself.

nak salahkan si robot ni, memang susah, sebab, kalau takdo petrol, diaorang akan stand still. salahkan kepimpinan kerajaan, bukan si robot tu. they are being paid to take orders from above. do they have a choice, yes they do, one choice, leave the police force! but yet, newcomers will always be ready to fill-in.

With the crowds around you impeding movement, and more tear-gas incoming, hitting you on your head and body, what do you do? You are already partially blind and choking! What do you do?

I would think that to grab the canisters and throw them back would be a question of preserving ones own life. In a democracy, the Individual life and his right to life are important. So when he has nothing else to throw and the tear gas which is blinding him is still choking him, what if his hand which gropes on the grounds grabs something hard and he flings it? Say it is a brick? What is his intention? Isn’t it preservation of life? All he is trying to do is to tell the police to stop tear-gasssing. Did the police stop the tear-gassing when they said “stop, no more, we give up?”

What’s more, theyw ere locked in, so they could not run forward to teh police in surrender, to be easily picked up by the police. Why was it done in this manner? Isn’t this extreme brutality? Is it because Indians are considered a sub-class? labourers etc?

So, Is it wrong to protect ones life? Moreso when you consider that they only threw tear gas canisters and bricks, one has to conclude that they were an unarmed crowd. A peaceful crowd that was attacked when they tried to voice their grievance to an un-listening gomen.

Shouldn’t the police be the ones who are charged for brutality instead? Shouldn’t the Home Minister be charged for crimes against humanity?

I am an Indian (albeit a bearded one) who does not agree to what Tamil Indians are doing. There are many of us Indians who do not agree. I am also for calling a spade a spade. Indians are generally opportunists because they have been conditioned to behave that way after being forced to live at the margins of Malaysian society – almost in its shadows.

Something to be expected of course!

Do we have a PM here who is a shrewd politician? One who makes himself look good at the expense of his party members who demanded that the HINDRAF supporters be detained? Or one who has forgotten that he ever said those words, “Saya pantang di cabar”?

Or is it more that he is a flip-flop politician who has no clue as to where his flip-flopping is leading his country to?

Or is it more likely that he has been manipulated into making his moves, pressured by followers of the one waiting in the wings to take over the reins and then allowed to make his statement to free the HINDRAF 31. Is the stage not being prepared to hasten his political downfall within his political party?

Perhaps there is something in those conspiracy theories after all.

Gv me a break!

I think in their haste to “tunjuk” with the AG personally leading the prosecution to charge the 31 accused, they forgot their basic law. Now that they hav time to review the case further, they must have realised the whole charge may not stick. And since it is the AG himself who led the prosecution, if this case gets thrown out of court, it is MALU big time. Even just by going ahead they are already an international laughing stock. And further, maybe now the Govt is not so sure the judiciary will play ball.

Other researchers have identified a quickness to anger and the use of force, addiction to aggressive behaviors, mistaking others’ actions as hostile, a concern with preserving their self image, and engaging in obsessive or rigid actions.

http://psychology.wikia.com/wiki/Bully