YOURSAY | ‘It is obvious that the family feud has been festering for too long.’

Pen drive feud - younger Morais brother wants sibling held under Sosma

Vijay47: Though there are similarities to Genesis and the sorry episode of "Cain and Abel", it is indeed sad when two Morais brothers fight so viciously in public.

Nevertheless, I don't want to take sides. But if I may, I will make a small suggestion to Richard - since you are on such close terms with PM Najib Razak, perhaps you can ask him for a scholarship.

Negarawan: Indeed, between the brothers Richard and Charles, one might wonder who is "Cain" and who is "Abel"?

It is obvious that a family feud has been festering for too long, and there is an explosion now. Neither one is an angel, going by their actions and remarks.

The rakyat only need to confirm one thing - was the charge sheet prepared by the late deputy public prosecutor Kevin Morais?

This could be linked to a probable motive for his sudden and cruel murder. The situation is indeed very hazy.

Odin Tajué: Datuk Richard Morais, I suspect you read Malaysiakini . Below is a little something, a speech made in a courtroom. I promise you that it makes for very interesting reading.

Please read it s-l-o-w-l-y. Background: In 1870 in Missouri, United States, a farmer sued a neighbour because the latter had killed the former's dog. The farmer was represented by a young lawyer, one George G Vest. (Vest later became a senator.)

The members of the jury were moved to tears by Vest's closing speech delivered in the courtroom, on Sept 23, 1870. The farmer had sued his neighbour for US$200 - a quite big sum, considering the time - but the judge awarded him US$500 instead.

The judge said that he would have sent the other man to jail for the offence, but that such a penalty was not stipulated in their law.

Here’s Vest’s speech: “Gentlemen of the jury. The best friend a man has in the world may turn against him and become his enemy. His son or daughter whom he has reared with loving care may prove ungrateful.

“Those who are nearest and dearest to us, those whom we trust with our happiness and our good name, may become traitors to their faith.

“The money that a man has he may lose. It flies away from him perhaps when he needs it most. A man's reputation may be sacrificed in a moment of ill-considered action.

“The people who are prone to fall on their knees to do us honour when success is with us may be the first to throw the stone of malice when failure settles its cloud upon our heads.

“The one absolutely unselfish friend that a man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is the dog.

“Gentlemen of the jury, a man's dog stands by him in prosperity and in poverty, in health and in sickness. He will sleep on the cold ground when the wintry winds blow and the snow drives fiercely, if only he can be near his master's side.

“He will kiss the hand that has no food to offer, he will lick the wounds and sores that come in encounter with the roughness of the world. He guards the sleep of his pauper master as if he were a prince.

“When all other friends desert, he remains. When riches take wings and reputation falls to pieces, he is as constant in his love as the sun in its journey through the heavens.

“If fortune drives the master forth an outcast into the world, friendless and homeless, the faithful dog asks no higher privilege than that of accompanying him, to guard him against danger, to fight against his enemies.

“And when the last scene of all comes, and death takes his master in its embrace and his body is laid in the cold ground, no matter if all other friends pursue their way, there by his graveside will the noble dog be found, his head between his paws and his eyes sad but open, in alert watchfulness, faithful and true, even unto death.”

There are very many instances of dogs' display of boundless love and devotion for their keepers. One of the well-known ones is Hachiko, an Akita Inu born in Odate, Japan, in 1923 and adopted by one Professor Hidesaburo Ueno.

His story has been made into films. The American version was made in 2009 and starred Richard Gere as Professor Parker Wilson (the American version of the Japanese professor).

If dogs can have unconditional love for humans, surely humans can do even better, no? Doubtless you can deduce what I am getting at.

Democracy: If Richard thinks not burying the body for 70 days is unreasonable, why blame Charles? Blame the authorities for preventing the second autopsy that cause the delay in the burial.

Charles wanted a second autopsy because he is suspicious. That is reasonable and Richard as a supposedly loving brother should want all doubts be cleared before burial but instead of blaming the authorities for the delay in granting a second autopsy, he blamed his brother Charles.

With this, I believe Charles’ story and not Richard's.

Mojo Jojo: Richard, don't you think that it is better to see Charles in court if he has indeed defamed you or your beloved prime minister in any shape or form?

Holding Charles under Security Offences (Special Measures) Act (Sosma), just like its predecessor, the ISA, would only give the impression that foul play is at hand.

In any case, do you think that the United States is stupid enough to extradite Charles to Malaysia if he is indeed telling the truth? Just remember that the US is not beholden to you or your political masters, and won't do your bidding at the snap of a finger. So grow up.

Retnam: Perak gives Kevin a datukship . MACC names a room in Kevin's name. Former legal officer Jessica Gurmit Kaur Sidhu writes a touching obituary for Kevin.

Former attorney-general Abdul Gani Patail comes out of hiding to pay his respects to Kevin at the funeral service. All these show one thing. There was foul play. By very powerful people.

One brother seeks truth, the other wants to bury it

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