“And how easy it is to recognise the revenant shapes that the old unchanging enemies — racism, leader worship, superstition — assume when they reappear amongst us (often bodyguarded by their new apologists).”

- Christopher Hitchens

COMMENT | Before I begin, to answer Andrew Sia’s question: “…why do some leaders declare that it's a ‘scandal’ to hasten those trials?”.

Well, any right-thinking Malaysian should be disgusted but not surprised that a certain section of the political apparatus would want to hasten the trials of their political enemies to maintain hegemony.

All the PAS memo did was confirm that the political apparatus in some way is attempting to interfere with the judicial process.

Keep in mind that former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin claimed that certain individuals wanted him to interfere in the courts. He said he refused.

Now other interested parties are attempting to interfere in the courts. Does everyone understand the problem here or does this just go past the heads of right-thinking Malaysians?

P Gunasegaram is right when he reminds...