Photo Credit: S. By Murray Hunter. The barbaric public caning of a man, breaking the reverence of a Mosque in Terengganu, and the dismissal of criminal charges against high level politicians and family members have greatly tarnished the image of Malaysia. Malaysia now barbarically intimidates people guilty of moral crimes, akin to long forgotten desert tribal states, ultra vires of the constitution.
Public onlookers are something akin to a circus in an environment something like Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.
In Malaysia, the Forty Thieves get off from the judiciary, not only scot-free, but given the highest political positions in the land. The present prime minister was convicted and served a jail term for corruption, the current deputy prime minister was discharged from over 40 criminal charges, and the new Governor of Sabah, was also discharged from his criminal trials.
The events described above represent only the tip of the iceberg. The decay of governance within the Malaysian state has been going on for decades, being acerated over the last two years. The British took great effort to establish the Malay rulers as the prime authorities on the area proclaimed as the Malay Peninsula. They the British used this authority to rule. Now the power of the Malay rulers is in a renascence.
The Anwar administration has allowed the power of the rulers to increase through the introduction of the 3Rs speech about race, religion, and rulers , where discussion about those subjects is taboo. This has effectively eliminated any criticisms of the monarchy. Without any public criticism, the monarchy now escapes any transparency and accountability concerning interference in government affairs and business dealings.
