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| RAJA PETRA - Silence is NOT golden! |
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| Written by asm |
| Thursday, 16 October 2008 09:49 |
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at risk to do his part that all of us may have a better future run by a newly redefined sense of democracy. And he lies incarcerated in jail, knowing, as much he as we, that he will suffer at the hands of the prison administration. It doesn't take much to guess how he will suffer. Raja Petra's wife - Marina Lee - rarely contributes, if ever, articles. So this (below) might come as a surprise but it isn't. It is written by a woman who is the wife of Malaysia's modern hero. She doesn't seek the limelight. She writes from the heart so wrought in pain and hurt and agonising over when she will get to see her husband again, knowing that there is always that remote possibility that he may be brutalised. I don't know about you but it certainly hurt deeply in my heart when I read what she had to write. And I think the least all of us can do is to spread her article as far and wide as you believe it can go. Search through your Contact List and send. If you have the chance, talk and discuss it with your friends. Make sure people know what is happening. Get their support to spread the word out. No, don't get violent with the government. Just forwarding the mail is one thing you can do peaceably. If you believe in God as I do, please find the time to pray and pray with a strong sense of renewed effort and purpose. Pray boldly in other words. We know God rewards those who do His work and answer His calling. Raja Petra, in my humble opinion, is one of them. And you can be another by doing your part. It is not an obligation but it is our collective consciousness to realise that Raja Petra is counting on us to help. He might not be saying much now but if you have been a reader of his articles, you will know that People Power is instrumental. And in this case, instrumental in freeing him. Please do your part. On behalf of all those who struggle to see a better Malaysia , I thank you for your cooperation. Marina Lee: Is Parliament Still Relevant? Posted by Eri Wednesday, 07 May 2008 '...when freedom of speech is being brutally subverted by the present regime and false charges can be instituted against anyone, who dares to demand for justice and truth?' As a wife and mother, I want to know from my fellow citizens whether a government that has incarcerated my husband at the Sungai Buloh Prison on trumped-up charges and brought untold suffering on my family, especially when one of my daughters is sitting for her final examinations, is a legitimate government. No wife, mother or child should have to go through this horrible experience when all her beloved husband did was to uphold justice and truth. On May 2 2008, the 'Armed Might' of the regime was unleashed on my family when they came to my house in search of evidence for some alleged crime that my husband was supposed to have committed. I thought that this can only happen in a Gestapo state but not in my beloved Malaysia. You'd be the judge of this. The police came in the morning and desecrated the sanctity of my home for the fourth time. The fact that this had occurred previously does not make it any easier for my daughter and I. I wish that such nightmares can be forgotten, but let me tell you, especially mothers and wives, that the pain will never go away and that it is only our family's self esteem and strength and our faith in God that has enabled us to withstand and overcome the trauma and pain that we have suffered together. I pray that no mother and wife will have to suffer and experience what I had with my beloved husband and my family. Before we had time to recover our composure, the police handed us a summons to appear before the CCID the following day. However at 3:15pm, we received a call to appear at 4:00pm on the same day. My suspicion for this sudden change in the time for my husband to be interrogated was to prevent publicity and the exposure of their dastardly deeds. Can anyone of you imagine what I, as a wife and mother, had to go through emotionally and psychologically when accompanying my husband to be interrogated by the police when on a previous occasion in 2000, he was brutally assaulted in my presence? I could not express my anxiety to my husband on the way to the CCID, as I know that my strength and resoluteness would be critical to enable my husband to face his interrogators. He must have also felt the same for me and so both of us, thinking alike kept our silence. But we were determined to see this through together come hell or high water. The Petras' are not some tofus!! We have enough strength and dignity to overcome such adversity. My daughter suffered in silence and despite her age, she held up magnificently and no mother can be prouder than I to have such a daughter. As we approached the CCID, tears welled in my eyes, but they were not tears of fear, sadness or trepidation, but the expression of my determination and faith that my husband's struggle will ensure a better future for my daughter and the children of a better Malaysia . I am proud to say that my husband overcame the intrigues and schemes and came out unscathed. But we knew that this was a mere prelude to more brutality that will be inflicted on my family. The events of yesterday's circus are known to all. But what was most telling the deafening silence of the judiciary and the Bar Council, which supposedly are the guardians of justice and equality. The dinner that was orchestrated by Pak Lah, his Law Minister and other cronies that allegedly ushered 'a new era' for an independent and fearless judiciary in upholding justice and human rights, makes me wonder if such an institution that was promised was a fantasy in light of my experience. Today, my daughter and I went to the Sungai Buloh Prison to visit my husband but we were told that he had no wish to see anyone, not even any member of the family or lawyers. I was shocked and disturbed by this turn of events as it can only mean that my husband is determined to endure the pain of incarceration and humiliation of being subjected to and treated like a common criminal for upholding the freedom of speech and justice. Being married to him for 35 years, I know only too well that he is capable of making sacrifices for truth, justice and freedom. I suspect that when I was told that he did not want to see me, that he would be taking the ultimate step - to go on a hunger strike to demonstrate his determination to uphold the cause of truth and justice. I have nothing more to say, as I am thoroughly exhausted by the turn of events and can only hope and pray that my fellow citizens, especially wives and mothers out there, that you would all come together to protest and to demand for my beloved husband's freedom and that you will call upon your Member of Parliament to boycott Parliament as a gesture of support for my husband's struggle. His struggle must not be in vain. We as a family will see this through but we will only be able to cope if we know that good and God-fearing people like you will be there and standing together with us shoulder to shoulder to strike a fatal blow against tyranny and for justice and truth and for my husband's freedom. Marina Lee 'To sin by silence when we should protest makes cowards of people' - Emily Cox Comments
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 written by The Man from the Liquid World , February 07, 2010
Thank you Marina for this article. You indeed wrote it with your heart and like every mother or wife. I can understand your feelings and what you went through. Malaysians here lack compassion and humanity. Some bloggers will give you crab about their view but leave them be. When you are down, they just want to put you down even lower. These are the people who has never been born through their mother's pussy but through Satan's arse. They talk with the arse in their mouth. If these bloggers had gone through what you had gone through. They would be shitting their pants crying for their mother. Thats why I call them "kurang ajar". Like it or not this is what they are. Is this their culture.?? their parental guidance??? or their religion that has taught them to be like that.
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What your hubby has done will never be achieved by any normal human being. I for one am not committed to this. Putting food on the table is already a burden and we have to think of our children's future and their's. I have to be very patient and very tolerant. He, RPK is committed for a change of government. He has sacrifice so much for this country and yet we have bloggers who talk crab. Marina, let sympathize with their parents if they have any, for not able to teach them well nor guide them how not to be a "kurang ajar". Time is the only essence for them, for you and for me.!! Leave it to God Marina, to take care of RPK. He will come out fine and well and of course he will be back by your side to give you and your daughter back the warmth and love that you have been missing. I have been following up on RPK's blog and I read and saw the picture of your home been ransacked and knives and whatever placed all over the house. Whether it is bomoh or not.! It is obviously a scare tactic. One day Marina, when all wells that ends well. I would like to take the pleasure of shaking your husband's hand and congratulate him for his bravery to stand up and "fight" like a man unless others who talk crab. He will go down in history and for our next gen to stand up and be counted. He IS the voice of the people. He deserves my respect.!!!! Thank you. report abuse
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written by Charm , February 24, 2010
I am glad to know that somewhere there are Malaysians willing to do the Checks and Balance.
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 written by ABDULLAH HASSAN , March 01, 2010
For my opinion Raja Petra should not being hiding himself for so long.He must come out and face not only Malaysian but the entire world like what Mr Anwar Ibrahim did If he (Raja Petra) think what he has done and spoke are the truth. Why he with all the evidences and information that he had gathered must scared with Najib so call goverment. If he keep on hiding it the same as he have been imprison for life by Najib. So please come out and have a gut like Mr Anwar,that what we call people hero and the true leader.
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written by Pengulas Masakini , March 09, 2010
RPK satu-satunya orang yang berani di Malaysia. Kerana ketidakadilan dalam perbicaraan terhadapnya oleh Mahkamah Malaysia. Skrip telah tersedia untuk mensabitkan tuduhan terhadapnya. Tuduhan boleh dibuat samada secara jahat atau palsu oleh ejen-ejen seperti sprm, polis dan pendakwa raya. Elok RPK ke luar negara, pergi cari ketenangan dan mencari jalan macamana nak ubah sistem di Malaysia yang makin teruk dan bercelaru. Seperti sistem piliharaya, pencegahan rasuah, keganasan polis dan macam-macam korupsi kerajaan pimpinan umno/bn. Thanks marina.
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