Karpal vs. Bebal

Of late I am amused by the antics of the veteran politician and his adversaries, namely those young hotheads with yellow bands on their foreheads. The group of people everywhere seemingly shouting " Daulat Tuanku " are presumably hired crowds just like their counterparts in Jakarta,where those well-heeled visitors to that overcrowded metropolis know too well whenever there are demonstrations of similar kind. Does it make sense to waste your precious time to be in the streets if you aren't paid to do so. So don't be deceived by all these phony groups shouting hoarse who had no inkling what the issue is all about.

As a veteran politician and an experienced lawyer Karpal Singh is battle-scarred where politics is concerned. But more so in the Courtroom. Once a person on the bench called him a lawyer of lost cause, but I think that person is eating his words now. The reason why these groups of slogan shouting are being given the publicity by the press is obvious. It is to prove that many are ignorant of the law, including politicians who are supposed to know it but prefer to feign ignorance.

Today an article in the Star, a column entitled "Reflecting on the Law" written by Prof Shad Saleem Faruqi clearly states that the Ruler is not immune from civil suits as from the day of Merdeka. So Karpal, you have the last laugh as opposed to the "Bebals" who roamed in front of your office in Pudu.