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Even by his usual outlandish statements, Malaysia's home minister has outdone himself yet again, attributing Barisan Nasional's (BN) victory in Teluk Intan to the warning he gave underworld operators. Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s comments suggested that gangsters were running free in the country and had been influencing elections, raising questions on what security agencies under his purview had been doing all along. The home minister said that because of the warning he personally issued during the campaign in the run up to the May 31 by-election, the gangs did not dare intimidate voters to vote the opposition. "They (the gangs) expected a majority, from 12,000, down to 6,000, and down to 2,000. Alhamdulillah we got a 238 majority. "I warned them because I know each of their faces, and what they were doing. "Because of my warning, they did not dare carry out any of their threats and warnings to the voters in Teluk Intan," Zahid (pic) said. However, he di...

With the latest case of police brutality has been exposed. It has already caused another death as the result of police torture. It is simple that the police top brass would respond to such cases. They would just say the force would conduct its own internal investigation, domestic inquiry, or the policemen involved would be suspended awaiting further investigation. After all these efforts - internal investigation, domestic inquiries, suspension of the police personnel, what we got today? It is still happening. The police brutality and torturing are still happening. The number of death in the police custody are still happening. It has not stop, but instead it has been continuing much like a fanfare within the police force itself. It has already became a routine and a must-do job within the police force today. What are the improvement plans, counter-measures, productive measures or whatever they could name? Yes, they listed down hundreds of them. So does those under the Government Tr...