Ali Kadir The Malaysian Insider May 13, 2011
MAY 13 — Every time Hishammuddin Hussein opens his mouth, I am reminded of two pieces of wisdom which Malaysians should take on board.
Number 1: The apple does fall some way from the tree. His father, Hussein Onn was a man of integrity, fairness and intelligence, Unfortunately for us, Hishammuddin is not his father’s son in any of those categories. Far, far from it.
Number 2: Evil happens when good men do nothing. At best, he is of average competency with a penchant for grandstanding and stock answer rhetoric.
But if Malaysians do not take matters into our hands through our participation in the voting system, he could end up as our leader!
I know it is a frightening thought but look at the paucity of leadership in Umno. Its either him, Shafie Apdal, Mukhriz Mahathir or some other average person.
And if it is Hishammuddin , just think of how bad Malaysia has become and multiply it by a few times.
My friends, this is not unfounded scaremongering.
Who was behind the idea to unsheath the keris at the Umno assembly? Who molly-coddled the cow head protestors who were against the building of a Hindu temple in Shah Alam?
Who is showing bias, not to mention incompetence, in the so-called probe by the police against two bloggers and Utusan Malaysia over its reports that a group of pastors wanted to turn Malaysia into a Christian country?
He is quoted as saying that police were handling the case, but went on to add that it would not be fair to take action against Utusan only because of alleged past indiscretions of the Chinese media.
But you did take action against the Chinese media. The top editor of China Press was suspended for two weeks for publishing an inaccurate report on the resignation of Musa Hassan, the former top cop.
Your government also arrested a reporter from a Chinese newspaper under the Internal Security Act for publishing accurate seditious comments from one of Umno’s thuggish leaders in Penang.
For completeness, Makkal Osai also was suspended for carrying a degrading picture of Jesus.
So, what is Hishammuddin mumbling about? He is mumbling about there being “some truth” about the Utusan report.
This is nothing more than a desperate attempt to give some credence to a report by Umno’s party newspaper. Just think about it.
If Hishammuddin is reluctant to act in an open and shut case, how will he act fairly to protect the interests of non-Malays/non-Muslims in other more pressing cases.
How will our Constitutional rights be protected if he does manage to become president of Umno and PM of Malaysia?
Once again, I say that this is not scare-mongering but the reality based on his track record.
Yes, evil will happen when good Malaysians do nothing.