Friday, November 14, 2008

Jaws

The arrest of Taiwan's former president Chen Shui-bian on money laundering and graft charges has been televised worldwide, making it headline news everywhere.

Chen's remand is especially vibrating in Malaysia where concern over corruptions is heightening. This is obvious for one reason that we have been doing dismally in CPI (Corruption Perceptions Index) over the past 6 years or so.

Locally corruptions are a burning issue. Their devasting impact has detrimentally slowed the progress of the nation.

As we watched the televised remand of Chen Shui-bian with both of his hands handcuffed, we couldn't help to lay back to wish for a Malaysian dream.

When would our system be transparent enough to send the currupted jaws to remand?

Steven Spielberg told it all when he directed the blockbuster "Jaws" in 1975. We really need immense commitment and courage to nab the big jaws.

What do you think?

7 comments:

Bengbeng said...

i wait for the day

Tony Hii said...

This is Malaysian dream!

Anonymous said...

If I were to take over the administration,the first few that I will nab are Mahathir,Daim and Taib Mahmud.

Anonymous said...

a person is innocent until proven guilty. he should not be handcuffed like that in a democratic country. to us, it is ok to handcuff or beat anyone, since we are a country of police and isa

Tony Hii said...

I understand that Chen Shui-bian asked for it (to be handcuffed).

Anonymous said...

about handcuff, he did not ask for it.

鄭文龍也說,前兩天吳淑珍有打一通電話給他,由於怕外界有聯想他不敢接,便請助理代聽,內容大概是交代要陳水扁停止絕食以及注意身體;鄭文龍也再度對特偵組提出批判,他說特偵組之前對外表示陳水扁指妻子收到五億政治獻金,他從沒聽過這件事,也認為特偵組釋放案件訊息,完全就違反偵查不公開原則;另外當初特偵組逮捕陳水扁,並且上手銬,外界傳出是陳前總統自己要求,鄭文龍強調絕對沒有這樣的事,而且他當時也馬上就前去抗議。

Tony Hii said...

It was quoted in the press. Thank you for pointing out.