Chapter 3: An appointment in hell

You sense the raging breath. Raja Petra Kamarudin will not go down quietly. Correction - he will not go down, period.

And the clowns in Umno better watch out. The Anak Raja Bugis spills the beans on Umno's info chief Muhamad (x2) Taib, the man who made a police report on Malaysia Today, and marinates the serving with bile only hell hath the stomach for. Thank God, the ex-Selangor MB can suddenly choose to not fathom English again, else he'd be pissing in his pants.

i started off reading Malaysia Today as a huge sceptic. The exposes seem way reckless and unfounded; more like a National Enquirer on Malaysian politics. Statements were made without much proof and overall it sure seemed like RPK was headed for lots of legal trouble. i'd imagine he would have been sued down to his last follicle. i didn't wish to see it, but i was sure the day would come when the gaffe politicians in this country, the Joharis, Musas, KJs, why even the Najibs and AABs would drag the man to court.

Widespread lies have to be dealt with sternly if the fine reputation of these 'leaders' are to be maintained. Otherwise, their work will be hampered. These personalities are the country's stewards. i would even say it is then their responsibility to take legal action in order that the rakyat's trust remain unshaken.

But it hasn't happened.

Despite the seemingly outrageous slander on many of these prominent leaders including the Prime Minister and DPM, nothing has happened. It would've been an easy target. Raja Petra writes lucidly unlike those political commentaries in the mainstream media. No read-between-the-lines stuff. Just bang-bang and bang. If he had crossed the line, it would have been an open and shut case in court. Clearcut.

Yet nothing. Even yesterday morning's police report made by Muhamad (x2) was over the alleged denigration of Islam and the Agung in Malaysia Today. C'mon now, RPK's given bolo-punches at the fella in the Prime Minister's seat on so many occasions, yet they choose to report on a grey-area item instead. If anything, that's the picture of a very desperate Umno.

Overall non-action, elegant silence, whatever - and specifically this episode - only reinforces the opinion i have about Raja Petra Kamarudin after the earlier months of sceptism. Over time and by the inductive process, i have actually come to believe the gist of what this man writes.

Unless of course Muhamad (x2) Taib chooses to challenge via the courts the latest flurry hurled his way. Otherwise, Mr ex-MB, it's you on the bus on a non-stop trip to hell. Raja Petra's hell.