Internal Security Act

What could possibly have been going on in the heads of the our leaders to have sanctioned the arrest of 3 persons under the Internal Security Act? I can understand Raja Petra: his attacks on the Deputy Prime Minister Rosmah Najib and her husband were getting to be a little too close for comfort. But why Teresa Kok – an inexperienced politician - and why the reporter Hoon Cheng Tan – one of dozens who have been covering the seditious antics of UMNO’s Datuk Ahmad Ismail?

Speculation 1: Najib had to get Raja Petra out of the way, but to detain him alone would be too obvious. So pick a couple of other targets- ones which aren’t too high profile – to get a mixed bag and attempt to spin it as a general initiative to calm the growing waves of unrest in the country.

Speculation 2: Same as above for Petra, but overtly attack a member from each of the Opposition and the Media, as a warning sign that Badawi and Co are willing to use brute force to stay in power.

Speculation 3: Imagine this… A cramped closet. Inside are Badawi and his closest allies. All except the PM are fretful, sweating nervously and emitting BO as the news of the Opposition courting members of parliament in Taiwan zip in on their latest HSDPA handphones. Pak Lah, the epitome of calm, nods off as usual, but owing to the dim lighting, his nodding was interpreted as acquiescence to proceed by the others present. Enter… the Malaysia Zone! Da Da Dee Dee Da Da Dee Dee

Speculation 4: Badawi and the leader of the Opposition, Anwar Ibrahim (a real hypocrite, bless him!) are secretly in league. This scheme, which any political monkey could have foreseen as being fraught with more downside than upside, was cooked up because Anwar’s efforts to woo enough MP’s over to topple the government on Anwar’s (rapidly approaching) boasted date of September 16 wasn’t working. And so, Badawi had to do something spectacularly stupid to push public opinion back towards Pakatan Rakyat. Ta Daa!

The reported response from the police regarding Hoon Cheng’s arrest was a classic: they claimed to be attempting to protect her. But what can you expect from wise guys who walk around collecting protection money: they didn’t know what else to say and so used the same line that they apply to local shopowners. Wise guys in uniform: aren’t there a few movies along this line? And so we come full circle: greek actors wearing masks on a stage: Hypocrites.