'If ‘zai jian' can be interpreted as ‘goodbye, I'm committing suicide', there won't be any Chinese left in the vast land of China today.'
Teoh inquest: 'Goodbye' message in mystery note
Wira: My years of education in a Chinese school tells me that this is not a suicide note. There is nothing in the note to suggest that Teoh Beng Hock was contemplating suicide. He was just sorry that he could not be a better help to his boss because of the intransigence of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).
The note could have been a preparatory note for him to type out his email to his boss. There are many Malay officers who had studied in Chinese schools before. Go seek their opinion.
FairMind: Not only is it stupid, it is ignorant for anyone to interpret "zai jian" as "goodbye, I'm committing suicide". If you take an English website such as Google to interpret Chinese words into English or Malay, it will bring comical and disastrous results.
Chinese-English dictionaries - or ask any teacher proficient in Chinese - will tell that "zai jian" is a normal way to end a letter or mean "See you again". If "zai jian" can be interpreted as "goodbye, I'm committing suicide", there won't be any Chinese left in the vast land of China today.
How stupid and how low can MACC stoop itself in order to protect itself and wriggle its way out of an obvious situation.
JSTOM: Now Google translation is official? Next, quotations from Wikipedia may also become authoritative in Malaysian courts!
Hann Wei Toh: As a person who has had 12 years of formal Chinese education, I would say, if the note was really written by TBH (Teoh Beng Hock), he could only have meant that he was seeing his boss later, or he was considering resigning. The latter seems more likely. It is impossible to imply suicide.
Anonymous: Leaving a note in his backpack isn't the best place to be noticed. A suicide note is often left behind to be noticed immediately after the incident. It has to be placed in a more conspicuous place for someone to notice, perhaps in his shirt pocket or even clutching it in his hand till his death.
The circumstances leading to the discovery of the note is highly suspect. It cannot be considered as evidence, more so in this case where MACC interrogators are being suspected of having abused TBH.
Skeleven: A suicide note ending with the words ''yion bei ler'' - which means he will be leaving forever - instead of "zai jian" will reflect more closely to the state of a suicidal mind. It just does not make sense to say "zai jian" to anyone, knowing very well one is going to kill oneself.
And how can he forget his most loved ones, like his wife and family members and leave no notes for them?
Ray Tek: Alright, alright, let's just pretend this is an actual suicide note. And let's just pretend strangling oneself to death is also possible. But even if TBH actually did kill himself, we need to find out what was the cause behind his action. Who or what happened that has caused him to resort ending his life? Was he threatened perhaps?
Zaid pledges to be Azizah's loyal deputy
Observer: Zaid Ibrahim is a confused politician. It is fine for him to pledge his loyalty to the party president if he so desired. But there no need for him to take a sweep at other party leaders alleging that they do not respect the party president.
Looking at the overwhelming numbers of nominations for the president post that Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail is getting, there is no truth in what he has alleged. Unfortunately, Zaid gave an impression that he was trying to instigate a fight between the party president and the de facto leader, Anwar Ibrahim.
Enough of such negative statements. Go ahead with your contest for the deputy president post, but don't go hurting PKR and its leaders in the media.
Blue forest: I hope that all will close ranks after the party election. The 'winner-takes-all' mentality will weaken the party as it will make it very difficult for the ones who lost to still effectively contribute to the party. The 'winners' should be magnanimous and reach out to the 'losers'. The greater good of the party should supercede the individuals.
Chris: Zaid is a troublemaker and not a team player. How do you expect him to work with PAS and DAP? He is indirectly attacking Anwar Ibrahim and at the same time trying to be a great actor. He is using his team of bloggers for campaigning by portraying himself as a victim. The real Zaid is coming to the fore! Anyway, Zaid is no match for Anwar and Mohd Azmin Ali.
After the election, Zaid can pack his bag and try to join PAS or DAP, but I am afraid he will not be accepted. Anyway, if Zaid is dreaming to be president, he can set up Party Rakyat Zaid.
Perak BN: We'll win at least 35 seats in next polls
Md Imraz Ikhbal: Let's be very generous for BN and assume hypothetically that they will get 40 percent support from all respective races. Who then gets the support of the other 60 percent?
The only way BN can win even in such a case is if the remaining support are split and there are independents for every seat and each gets at least 21 percent of the votes which, by the way, is unprecedented and highly unlikely.
So (Perak Umno state secretary) Ramli Zahari says that if BN gets at least 30 percent of support from the three major races and another 10 percent from the other races, then it is safe for BN to form the state government?
Really? What kind of deplorable arithmetic is this? The PKFZ kind?
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