MALAYSIA IN THE INTERNATIONAL LIMELIGHT AGAIN

Malaysia is in the international limelight again but for the wrong reason. The drama unfolding in the country will be the acid test for Pak Lah's and his Cabinet Ministers. How the Datuk Seri Anuar Ibrahim's case is tackled will determine the country's future in coming few years. Right now the situation is still under control with the majority of people still willing to sit back, listen to both sides and let the authorities concerned take the appropriate action.
The drama have all the right stuff for a block buster film, what with the international flavour provided by the Turkish Embassy. Even the USA and Singapore wanted their opnions to be heard on the latest drama unfolding in this country. The US State Department spokeman Tom Casey issued a statement that the US government wants to see the rule of law to stand above politics. This is strange, if not comical, coming from the very government that launched wars on every country that she sees do not adopt the 'right' policies in the eyes of the US government and keep people in prisons all over the world without trial or even so much being acknowledged as prisoners. Strange too that USA react so fast to this event since their reaction to the Zimbabwe crisis is still anything but effective. As for Singapore inc. ( the one party government), it is not out of character for the country to take this opportunity to divert their people's attention from the high inflation and rising cost of living in the country brought about by the high fuel prices. In fact it is a most welcome bonus for the Singapore government courtesy of Datuk Seri Anuar Ibrahim! And the state controlled papers make the most of it. Singapore has the measure of the mentality of the Malaysian leaders and can predict their reactions to the letter. Maybe it is with the help of all the data collected and input into their massive computers since 1970s.
Every Malaysian is still not convinced that the event is going to find a peaceful end inthe near future or that it will benefit the people. For sure, this unfortunate event is going to divert a lot attention of the federal government from the development issues at hand. The Rakyat are the losers and the politicians are the ones who will gain anything from this.