OPINION | To Dr Akmal and the NGOs, it is Time for outrage, Not Silence
19 Jan 2026 • 10:00 AM MYT
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Not a single voice.
Eerie silence.
Where are the "voices" from those politicians and NGOs who often positioned themselves as the champion and protector of a particular ethnic or religious group's interests?
These voices are currently absent or silent when they are expected to speak out.
Previously, all of you made vocal claims about defending the nation, race and religion.
It is clear as daylight that the eerie silence from all of you had the ordinary rakyat doubting your commitment to the defence of the country, race and religion and whether your outrage are performative or politically motivated rather than genuine.
In the face of the arrests of the top personnel in the armed forces and the eerie silence from all of you, hypocrisy appears to be written on all your foreheads.
Your silence and inaction on the present issues clearly proved that your claim that the nation, race and religion are under attack are false.
Those claims are "clearly imagined" and "not real".
By keeping silent and not expressing outrage, all of you exposed yourself as fraudulent or illegitimate on the issues that all of you claimed to champion.
On 8 Jan 2026, it was reported that MACC has detained the former Malaysian Army chief and his two wives, as part of its probe into alleged corruption in procurement tenders.
Earlier on 6 Jan 2026, it was reported that MACC arrested and obtained a 5 day remand order for 17 company directors comprised nine men and eight women aged in their 20s to 60s, with their identities disclosed herein, suspected of involvement in a cartel linked to army procurement contracts where they allegedly paid bribes to senior army officers in exchange for supply and maintenance projects.
Even though the Army does not carry the title ‘royal’ (diraja) as do the Royal Malaysian Air Force and the Royal Malaysian Navy, the Supreme Commander of the Army is the YDPA.
And the YDPA said in Aug 2024 while officiating the Royal Commissioning Parade and Presentation of Certificates to ATM cadets, that soverignty and dignity of the country will be compromised if military officers are involved in corruption and abuse of power.
Coincidentally, the former Army Chief who was arrested by MACC was also at the said event when the YDPA gave that warning to all army personnel.
Corruption within a nation's defense forces is widely considered to be extremely damaging to national security and a severe breach of public trust, often carrying legal classifications and penalties equivalent to or overlapping with treason, sedition, or related serious offenses.
Isn’t the granting of citizenship under dubious circumstances in the heritage players scandal by FAM considered a threat because it can facilitate crime money laundering, fraud, terrorism, compromise national security, and undermine the integrity of the citizenship process, allowing potentially dangerous individuals access to a nation's benefits and protections?
Such practices raise concerns about identity concealment, financial crime and national sovereignty.
This scandal, would have gone unnoticed by the public had FIFA not announced on 26 Sept 2025 that forgery was involved in the naturalisation process of several players as Malaysian.
Are both issues NOT worthy for Dr Akmal and all those NGOs to voice their outrage and stage their mode of outrage by demonstrating publicly?
Both issues are a threat to the nation and race.
It is definitely more severe and deserved outrage from Dr Akmal and all those NGOs than flags hung upside down, which is a human error and not done intentionally.
Do not use the excuse that all of you are waiting for official investigations to be concluded before initiating or voicing your discontent.
All of you did not wait for official investigations to conclude on the socks and the hardware shop in Kepala Batas when voicing your outrage.
Don’t let the public perceive and view all of you as preferring to frame your outrage selectively and within familiar, predictable structures at the expense of genuine concerns for the issues that you claimed you are fighting for.
Failure to voice your outrage on these 2 issues that concern the country’s security and sovereignty will only lead all of you into mediocrity, drained of passion because all of you were paralyzed by fear.
Not a single voice.
Eerie silence.
Where are the "voices" from those politicians and NGOs who often positioned themselves as the champion and protector of a particular ethnic or religious group's interests?
These voices are currently absent or silent when they are expected to speak out.
Previously, all of you made vocal claims about defending the nation, race and religion.
It is clear as daylight that the eerie silence from all of you had the ordinary rakyat doubting your commitment to the defence of the country, race and religion and whether your outrage are performative or politically motivated rather than genuine.
In the face of the arrests of the top personnel in the armed forces and the eerie silence from all of you, hypocrisy appears to be written on all your foreheads.
Your silence and inaction on the present issues clearly proved that your claim that the nation, race and religion are under attack are false.
Those claims are "clearly imagined" and "not real".
By keeping silent and not expressing outrage, all of you exposed yourself as fraudulent or illegitimate on the issues that all of you claimed to champion.
On 8 Jan 2026, it was reported that MACC has detained the former Malaysian Army chief and his two wives, as part of its probe into alleged corruption in procurement tenders.
Earlier on 6 Jan 2026, it was reported that MACC arrested and obtained a 5 day remand order for 17 company directors comprised nine men and eight women aged in their 20s to 60s, with their identities disclosed herein, suspected of involvement in a cartel linked to army procurement contracts where they allegedly paid bribes to senior army officers in exchange for supply and maintenance projects.
Even though the Army does not carry the title ‘royal’ (diraja) as do the Royal Malaysian Air Force and the Royal Malaysian Navy, the Supreme Commander of the Army is the YDPA.
And the YDPA said in Aug 2024 while officiating the Royal Commissioning Parade and Presentation of Certificates to ATM cadets, that soverignty and dignity of the country will be compromised if military officers are involved in corruption and abuse of power.
Coincidentally, the former Army Chief who was arrested by MACC was also at the said event when the YDPA gave that warning to all army personnel.
Corruption within a nation's defense forces is widely considered to be extremely damaging to national security and a severe breach of public trust, often carrying legal classifications and penalties equivalent to or overlapping with treason, sedition, or related serious offenses.
Isn’t the granting of citizenship under dubious circumstances in the heritage players scandal by FAM considered a threat because it can facilitate crime money laundering, fraud, terrorism, compromise national security, and undermine the integrity of the citizenship process, allowing potentially dangerous individuals access to a nation's benefits and protections?
Such practices raise concerns about identity concealment, financial crime and national sovereignty.
This scandal, would have gone unnoticed by the public had FIFA not announced on 26 Sept 2025 that forgery was involved in the naturalisation process of several players as Malaysian.
Are both issues NOT worthy for Dr Akmal and all those NGOs to voice their outrage and stage their mode of outrage by demonstrating publicly?
Both issues are a threat to the nation and race.
It is definitely more severe and deserved outrage from Dr Akmal and all those NGOs than flags hung upside down, which is a human error and not done intentionally.
Do not use the excuse that all of you are waiting for official investigations to be concluded before initiating or voicing your discontent.
All of you did not wait for official investigations to conclude on the socks and the hardware shop in Kepala Batas when voicing your outrage.
Don’t let the public perceive and view all of you as preferring to frame your outrage selectively and within familiar, predictable structures at the expense of genuine concerns for the issues that you claimed you are fighting for.
Failure to voice your outrage on these 2 issues that concern the country’s security and sovereignty will only lead all of you into mediocrity, drained of passion because all of you were paralyzed by fear.
The Ye Ye scandal does not fit the "Nons are the chief source of troubles in Melayu land" narrative , hence the silence.
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