‘He is a state exco and a respectable politician. He is not going to run away so the police only need to send one or two policemen. The others can be sent to fight the ever-increasing crime.'

On S'gor exco man arrested, out on bail

Jr Lee: It is astounding to read that the Selangor police chief Deputy Comm Khalid Abu Bakar ordered eight policemen to arrest Ronnie Liu.

Ronnie is a state executive councillor and a respectable politician so why does the police chief needs to send eight policemen? Ronnie is not going to run away and the police chief only needs to send one or two policemen to do the job.

The other six or seven policemen should be sent to their beat on the streets to reduce the massive crime rate in KL.

The police chief should focus his attention on reducing the ever-increasing crime rate rather than intimidating Pakatan Rakyat assembly persons.

Khalid's action reflects how intimidating our police force can be and how politically-motivated they are.

The police chief should be impartial and should be seen to be so.

KL001: I am a bystander, but looking at the actions of the police force, I feel very disgusted. The way they act is by following double standards.

They would harass a Selangor exco member by arresting him on rumours started by the now state opposition leader.

But on the numerous police reports on the wrongdoing of the BN cronies, no action has been taken. Are they all as corrupted as the BN cronies?

The rakyat is not that dumb and will not be deceived by the police actions. This continue double standards by the police force will further expedite the demise of the BN government.

On Police disperse crowd, 24 arrested

Stephen Ng:

The candlelight vigil on Sunday in Petaling Jaya where allegations are high against the brutality of the police against civil society members shows that it is time that the Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC) is established.

I am wondering why it has taken the present government so long to set up this commission to check on the conduct of the 94,000 policemen in this country when it is clear that such a commission is necessary to the man in blue.

Let us also not forget that this was also the recommendation made by the royal police commission, which investigated the abuse of police authority.

The recent arrest of Selangor state exco member Ronnie Liu is another example where as members of the public, we are seeing a process of abusing the authority given to the police.

It is not because the police have no power to manhandle this state exco member but the reasons they have provided for arresting him are far from plausible.

Power in the hands of an emotional man can be dangerous. Whatever it is, the police cannot exercise double standards in carrying out their duties. They themselves are not above the law.

This is where the IPCMC has to check on them.

Pak Lah would have failed in his promise to bring positive reforms that the people are waiting for, if he does not set up the IPCMC before his tenure ends in March.

On 'Non-Malay forms torn' irks Umno reps

Peter Ooi:

At long last, my guess about the 'non-interest' of the non-bumi in government jobs is correct.

Ramasamy must be thanked for enlightening us on the truth pertaining to the small number of non-bumis in the public sector and statutory bodies.

Yes, Ramasamy is perfectly right when he said that non-bumis were actually interested in government jobs.

For years, I have been watching young enthusiastic non-bumi students filling up forms to apply for jobs in the armed forces, police, in the nursing field and other government jobs.

More often than not their applications were rejected and worse, some did not even receive an acknowledgment of their applications.

Those applicants were among the best with very good results. Rarely would they succeed in landing a government job.

Over a period of time, the non-bumi lost interest in applying for a government job knowing that he or she was virtually going against a wall.

It has been a joke among many that getting a government job is like getting a 4-D lottery first prize.

Now that the secret is out, let us hope that the authority will ensure that for every new recruitment drive in the public sector, at least 40% of the successful applicants are non-bumis.

On K i ng wanted pension for sacked judges

Jack Ryan: The de facto law minister again tries to mislead the public following the incident where he misled the Dewan Rakyat on the pensions received by the sacked judges.

The object of appointing a tribunal under Article 125(3) of the federal constitution is very clear ie, for the purpose of removing a judge. There is no other option for the tribunal.

The minister also purposely did not disclose the fact that under Section 8(d) of the Judges Remuneration Act, a judge is entitled to receive his pension if he retires before he attains the mandatory age of retirement.

The letter from the King is merely a procedural process whereas the provision of the law is very clear.

Is the minister now claiming that he did not know the law?

Furthermore Article 132(3)(c) of the Federal Constitution clearly states that the office of a judge is not part of public service.

Again, when the minister disclosed the letter from the King, isn't this amounting to a breach of the Official Secrets Act as I believe a letter from the King is considered sulit or rahsia ?