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Let's look at Malaysiakini's article by my Aneh Commander (rtd) S Thayaparan. His latest column is titled: Murder and service in the armed forces.

The extracts below reflect Aneh's outrage at the hypocritical promise by (for example) the RMN's Chief to investigate the unexplained deaths of two servicemen, Mohd Baihaqi Nik Mat, 28, and Muhammad Lailatulman Mohd Sukri, 26.

Extracts: There is always a familiar pattern. A service person dies. This is followed by statements that it was part of a training exercise. Then the family points to suspicious circumstances and then (maybe) there is an investigation.

The usual assurance from the political establishment that there would be no cover-ups.

Aneh showed that N Surendran (Lawyers for Liberty) said it was unacceptable, in fact outrageous for Admiral Ahmad Kamarulzaman the RMN Chief to say to the family that the probe was completed and that they should wait for the results.

This was the shameful outcome even after new Defence Minister Mat Sabu, who BTW has been bloody good at revealing defence secrets, had ordered that a probe conducted into the death of naval cadet J Soosaimanickam.

Will Mat Sabu repeat his highly praised breach of confidential military secrets again in the findings of investigations into unexplained deaths of servicemen? 

the late J Soosmaimanicka 

The article continued: Someone asked me if this was a race or class issue when it comes to these types of murder in the military. I honestly do not know. Maybe just more of the latter.

These are not rich, privileged kids who are murdered. They are (mostly) from the working class who want to make a better life for themselves and their families and, are no doubt, motivated to serve their country.

When people belong to a certain economic bracket and they die, the people who do the covering up understand that their families have extremely limited avenues to turn to get some form of justice and redress. They know that there are “bigger issues” that the public hankers after than poor kids who die during physical training.

This kind of thinking is the foundation on which corrupt systems thrive.

These deaths and the corruption endemic in these types of systems carry on because the public is more interested in the scandals and corruption of the political elite. The death of Altantuya holds more public interest than the murder of servicemen.

I deem Aneh's statement The death of Altantuya holds more public interest than the murder of servicemen as the BEST political statement 2018 thus far.

And just as a reminder why it is so, I have add in one more word, voyeuristic (* word probably first mentioned by FB matey Robert Lip Seng Kee) to Aneh's excellent given reason, namely:

the voyeuristic public is more interested in the scandals and corruption of the political elite.

poor Altantuyaa - your tragic death has been exploited for many political purposes in Malaysia

And because the public is so voyeuristic, the politicians play (played) that up to titillate their gonads and equivalent, of course for their votes (against whoever they accused as the murderer) - see below.

would these PKR people do the same for their own dead relatives, or even the late naval cadet J Soosaimanickam

does one need a loudspeaker (see in 3rd photo) in a funeral prayer ritual? Presumably those pretend-mourners used it to 'wail' their political message

if the dead is not useful for their political purpose like so many ordinary Malaysian dying suddenly each and every day, would the above PKR members conduct such 'how-laam' rituals?

how many of you can NOW (without referring to Google) tell me the name of the marathon runner who was knocked down in Klang by a hit-and-run vehicle on 10 December 2017? But you guppies certainly know Mongolian Shaariibuu Altantuyaa

that's the hypocrisy of political exploitation of the unfortunate but politically useful dead

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