Where Are Their Own People

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 A video popped up showing the Parliament or Dewan Rakyat in session. I believe this session was very recent - they were discussing that "letter of support" issue. The whole thing was just a waste of time.
The issue is was it honest or not? Was there hanky panky or not? But these questions have become academic because the fellow who was implicated has since appeared wearing that orange coloured uniform and is now under remand. Meaning there already is "probable cause" against him. So why even bother to ask the question in the first place? Were they being serious or was it just for the cameras? 
And whether it said 'please do the necessary, please forward, please follow procedure, please follow all SOPs, do the needful, sokong, support, panjangkan' etc does not mean anything. 
Because if I was a crooked fellow and my friends or cronies were making some sort of project proposal that requires my approval, and then it came to my attention, then to avoid suspicion I would write on their proposal  'please follow all SOPs' - which should be the right thing to say -  and then pass it to my subordinate officer. 
Then - being a crooked fellow - I would pick up the phone and call my subordinate to my office and hand him the proposal personally and at the same time wink at him with both my eyes. A simple signal that indicates 'This one kau tim'. So if I can think up a simple scheme like this, surely others can think too.
In fact I can write anything on the proposal - "Tuesday comes after Monday" or 'Jack n Jill went up the hill' - as long as I wink at my subordinate officer he will know that it means "kau tim". 
But there is something else that caught my attention. This is not the first time that I am flagging this in this blog. Here is a screenshot of the Parliamentary session in question. Can you see that it is almost empty?  Note those yellow circles and that yellow line - I placed them on the empty seats that are supposed to be occupied by the members of Parliament. 
 


I did not get ALL the empty seats because it was tiring. Some of the yellow spots (and that yellow line) are opposition seats but do you notice that a lot of the seats behind the black spot are empty as well. Meaning their own people did not bother to turn up to listen to their boss speaking. Talking to a largely empty dewan.
When their own people do not turn up to listen to the boss - then what do you expect of other people?  
The views expressed are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect those of MMKtT.
By Syed Akbar Ali 

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