Those who demand the extension of the New Economic Policy (NEP) today are really saying 'it is OK in Malaysia to continuously oppress another citizen'.

If today it is OK to oppress by race, why not tomorrow oppress the not-so-well-connected, without regard to race? And that is what has been happening under NEP over the past decade.

No, the vicious treatment of former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim was not the outcome of an accidental clash with then premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad. It was the inevitable and repeatable outcome of NEP.

Send in another strong man determined to implement NEP, and another protagonist determined to fight corruption in general, and the latter will meet the exact same fate. They are only pawns to NEP socialism.