In the midst of darkness, the light of justice will shine on...

I've seen judges and lawyers wear black to Court. Does that mean others who wear black are law breakers? The police paranoid fear of black shirt protesters mourning the death of democracy in Malaysia near YB Teresa Kok's office yesterday seems to indicate that they are more fearful of black shirted protesters than criminals who continue to roam the streets threatening the lives of ordinary people.

It also shows that the police are incompetent and answerable only to their BN masters and not the people nor do they respect the sanctity of the Federal Consitution which provides the right to freedom of assembly and freedom of speech.

They are swift in punishing Pakatan leaders but painfully slow when it comes to other ordinary citizens. Take for example the following crimes which has been dreadfully slow in their investigations: Kugan, Altantuya, cases of missing kids, snatch thefts, robberies, rapes, etc.

So what is going on??? Why the senseless and needless arrests over elected reps and others who don't even pose a threat to national security but only because they were wearing black to get their messages across. I thought mourners wear black in funerals. Are the police prepared to arrest them too???

I wear black too and black is the colour of justice. That's why lawyers wear them. Come arrest me too and make my day!!!

Where are the grounds of judgment?

It has been reported by Malaysian Insider today that lawyers for several cases involving the Perak political crisis are still in the dark over the grounds of judgment and are urging the judges to write them down for the sake of public interest.

The lawyers for Datuk Seri Nizar had written to the Federal Court requesting the grounds of judgment for the March 23 decision of the Federal Court to send their lawsuit against Datuk Seri Zambry back to the Kuala Lumpur High Court.

Their request for grounds of judgment was rejected with the reason being that the Federal Court had allowed the preliminary objection.

It was understood that lawyers for Perak Speaker V. Sivakumar had also written to the Federal Court requesting the grounds of judgment pertaining to the declaration that it has the jurisdiction under the Perak constitution to hear the case concerning the three frogs who had defected to Barisan Nasional as well as the case where the speaker had suspended Zambry and his six state executive councillors.

As the cases are of public interest, it is important that the public are able to examine for themselves the grounds of judgment in order to understand how the judgment came about in the current political crisis in Perak.

Are the Courts willing to be transparent on this issue?

Shocking arrest of peaceful activist

The shocking arrest of Bersih activist Wong Chin Huat may be an indication of how Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's administration deals with criticism with an iron fist.

Let us mourn the "death of democracy" when BN took over Perak from the Pakatan Rakyat government through illegal means with a bunch of frogs. Wong's call to wear black is simply a democratic right as a citizen of this country to voice his dissatisfaction over the status of the Perak State Govt.

Will this be a start of a major crackdown on dissenting voices through the use of the ISA, even when it was announced that it will be reviewed, instead of being abolished. The Sedition Act is a convenient tool to instil fear in the rakyat's minds. But we must not be cowed by the intimidation of the authorities through the use of the police to crackdown on dissent. We will be no better than Myanmar in terms of human rights abuses in this country.

As the dark clouds loom over the horizon as I write this, can't help but feel that this is an omen on what is to come under the 1Malaysia slogan championed by Najib. Will this inevitably lead to a One Umno Malaysia? Only time will tell as to who the dictator is.

For now, I will be wearing black on May 7 and will stand in solidarity with the oppressed like Wong Chin Huat..