The thought of Anwar plotting the show is rising for the past two days… just that most people who share the thought would not dare to raise their concerns fearing of being branded as cynical and also the backlash from PKR and Anwar’s supporters.

Just a few thoughts…

Who is the one that is actually benefiting the most from the current saga?
Is BN government that stupid to frame Anwar using the same old trick?
Who is behind the death threat?
Did Anwar really received a death threat or just tips from ‘reliable sources’?
Is the whole police force that corrupted that they are no good cops around at all?
Is it a logical choice to seek protection from a foreign embassy?
WTF do we need to involve foreign interference with this?
Isn’t it a bit too convenient for Turkey to provide the sanctuary?
Is Malaysia that volatile these days?
Are we in the same league of Myanmar, Zimbabwe or Pakistan?

I don’t want to suggest anything further… plenty of questions with no apparent answers though.

A few thoughts worth reading from other bloggers… Aizuddin and Bigdog.

If a political leader received a death threat and decided to hide in a foreign embassy, he becomes a joke… dead or alive.

I have no rights to tell people to risk their lives to become heroes… but of all options, is it the best one to seek refuge at a foreign embassy?

So, what’s next? How about asking military help from Indonesia or Thailand and takeover the country?

Besides, how serious is the death threat? From his statement, he learned from ‘numerous credible sources’ about the threat… hello? You call that a death threat?

The news of a middle-aged woman who died on Friday following a snatch theft attempt in Malacca only managed a small column in the papers. A few years ago this news would have made it into headlines, but nowadays it seems like people are accustomed to it… because the fatal crime is happening way too often.

Murder cases happen almost every week, if not days in Malaysia these days. Almost every one or two months I would learn of a friend being a crime victim of some sort… not gossips, but actual misfortunate events on people I know.

I am pretty sure a few of your friends or relatives (or unluckily yourself) must have been a crime victim in the past few years. There is a joke from JB that if you have never been robbed, you are not from the city; sounds exaggerating, but it’s sadly close to being a fact… not just for JB, but across the nation as well.

Fighting crime should be our country’s top priority, and it still should. Sadly, our political leaders from both BN and Pakatan are more occupied on whether to raise (or reduce) the oil price than to reduce the crime rate.

It’s the third fatal bus crash in two weeks.

The governmnet had vowed to tackle the frequent bus accidents since the Bukit Gantang crash in August 2007, but I don’t see much happening to be frank… buses with abundance of summonses are still allowed on the road; and people who often drive for long distance would have notice how fast the buses were rampaging on the highways.

Do something Ong Tee Kiat, while there is still chance.

Various studies have shown that wearing rear seat belts could reduce accidents’ fatility. Lots of countries have implemented the rule, some for more than a decade.

One of my neighbours passed away in a road accident a couple of years ago… the front seat driver and passenger actually survived, but he was thrown out of the car from the backseat and couldn’t make it. Well, if the law was enforced earlier my neighbour could still be alive.

There are still some grey areas with our rules though… for example it’s kinda odd that it’s mandatory to wear our rear seat belts while baby seats for infants are not made compulsory.

Malaysians will have a three-month advocacy period to adjust to the new rule. Cars without the rear seat belts are given three years to install their belts… and it seems like local car manufacturers will install those seat belts for free.

Abdul Latiff was responding on why the government decided to extend the houseman-ship period for trainee doctors from one to two years when he blurted out the controversial words.

What he said was harsh and stupid, but he actually made a good point for his entire speech, that doctors are responsible for the life or death of their patients. Any mistakes or poor judgments from the doctors could lead to serious illness, injuries or fatality… and these cases are not unheard of in Malaysia.

I have a friend who was asked to do an angiogram (normally for heart problems) when she got a gastric; another unfortunate friend had half of his liver cut off because the doctor wrongly diagnosed his earlier symptoms… luckily he survived.

I am sure most of you have heard of some bizarre cases where doctors were making the wrong calls… not from gossips or papers, but real cases among your friends and relatives. For me, it happens a bit too often to be frank.

Licensed to kill? Maybe not; but incompetent doctors certainly could.

The drama happened when the escort stopped for a toilet break at the Tapah rest area… it is believed that two policemen alighted from the vehicle while one stayed behind to watch over the suspect.

The suspect, however, managed to get into the front seat after a scuffle, successfully pushing the officer out the door and taking off in the car. [Thestar]

More dramatic than watching “Prison Break”.

The association is probably referring to the baju kurung style school uniform, and I won’t deny the fact that it could become a bit transparent when the cloth is getting thin.

Whether it’s sexy or not, it’s leave to personal implementation… there are people who could be turned on by nurses’ uniforms, stewardesses’ uniforms, school uniforms etc. and there are people who are more attracted to other attires, bikini for example (btw, does that mean that ladies shouldn’t wear bikini to beaches as well?) and there are those who like ladies who cover their whole body.

Point is, attires play the least factor in rape and pre-marital sex cases… it’s about the moral values and criminal minds that are embedded within the inner soul of human beings. Rapists won’t bother much about what their victims were wearing but looking for easy preys instead.

Frankly, how to tackle depleting moral values is something that I am always hopeless in… but blaming it on school uniforms and sexy attires is just meaningless.

The live bullet was accompanied with a note warning him against speaking out on the controversial issues of Malay rights and the constitutional powers of the Sultans.

To be frank, if the person who sent the bullet does want to harm Karpal, he would have use the bullet straight away. Not saying that we should take this death threat lightly though; it’s better to be safe than sorry.

What I really don’t want to see is the whole situation being blown out of proportion… some bloggers are already turning this death threat into a racial issue, but fact is the threat is probably plotted by one single individual and not a whole race.

I wish Karpal well… hopefully it’s just an act of cowardness instead of a serious threat.

This news didn’t get much attention during the election peak… just felt that it’s worth sharing here despite a bit late.

A reader has alerted me that two of her staff were injured because of the accidents, and I believe there are more injury cases that went under the carpet. These dirty tactics are not something new, but has been happening for years; it’s pathetic to see people risking other’s life for some easy money.

If you have fell victim to this trap, do report to the police. They might ignore one or two cases, but they will take action if they received more cases… our police are not as lazy as some might believe, there are still good cops around. They might not be able to prevent these gimmicks from happening all together, but they could at least reduce the incident in short term.

I have written to TheStar about this, hopefully they could publish the alert on their paper. Meanwhile, do warn your motorcyclist friends about the trap, and be careful if you are a motorcyclist.