Sapp leaders 'threatened', says party boss

Not that it was unexpected. But to read in Malaysiakini (see http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/84913) that the 2 SAPP MPs have received threats just makes me angry, sad and frustrated...all at the same time.
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This is the quality of Malaysian politics. This is the reason why many of our generation's best and brightest stayed away from politics. This is also the reason why we stand in salute to the heroic deeds of Lim Kit Siang, Karpal Singh, Lim Guan Eng, Wee Choo Keong, Anwar Ibrahim...the list goes on. These are the true Malaysian heroes who have been arrested and detained without trial under the odious Internal Security Act. In the case of Guan Eng, he was unfairly charged, tried and convicted under the Sedition Act for defending a helpless 15-year old Malay girl that was allegedly raped by the then-serving Chief Minister of Malacca. So much sacrificed.

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And, now, the gangster-style of Malaysian politics has resurfaced in Sabah against the hapless SAPP MPs. This is a low tactic. I dare say, having read The Prince, that Machiavelli would not have countenanced such a low tactic. Certainly, such a low tactic would be unbecoming of any Oxford graduate... or is it?

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I had wanted to spend some time considering the economics of the fuel price hike, its knock-on effect on inflationary pressure and the dwindling disposable income of the fixed-income earners in Malaysia. But, as Tan Siok Choo has remarked in The Sun (Monday 23/06/08) (see http://www.malaysia-today.net/2008/content/view/9145/84/) Malaysia is now embroiled in Byzantine politics.

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It is an awful spectacle that is distracting us from turning our minds to the important issue of economic management (or, mismanagement). I just wish Pak Lah will go away. Najib, too. In fact, throw the lot of them out so that we can concentrate on how to survive and thrive in the aftermath of this looming economic debacle.