COMMENT | Here we go again. The unfair persecution and unnecessary waste of police time. Something is seriously wrong.

The police investigation into DAP member of parliament Charles Santiago and Malaysiakini co-founder and chief editor Steven Gan is nothing more than a futile witch-hunt. That will be in the minds of most fair-minded Malaysians, especially those who donated generously to Malaysiakini in the wake of the RM500,000 court fine.

The police will have a tough task of convincing the public they have not been unduly influenced to conduct an investigation purely on the basis of two police reports against Santiago and Gan. Do the police open investigation files on every report lodged by an NGO?

I don't know what Santiago and Gan said that upset anyone, but it is reasonable for the public to react to a court decision. Did we not hear former Prime Minister Najib Razak say some negative things after his conviction not long ago? Was any police report filed? I hope not because anyone who is aggrieved by a court decision is naturally expected to say something.

Fair comment on what is perceived as an unfair judgment is hardly what sedition or the multimedia law is about, and the investigation against Gan and Santiago ought not to have begun.

Court decisions are not above criticism. Our entire court system is built around the principle of justice and accountability through an adversarial approach, and you can't get justice without differing...