Will Anwar go leaving no lasting legacy?

By Kamsiah Haider

I wish Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim would reflect on the time 24 years ago when he was arrested by the police, following reformasi demonstrations.

That evening at Bukit Aman, then-IGP Abdul Rahim Mohd Noor, was found later, to have gone to Anwar’s cell, had two men hold him up on either side and then punched him hard until he collapsed.This is exactly how big bullies and cowards operate. That was how Anwar got his black eye, at the hands of the then-IGP. Today, as PM, has Anwar forgotten all that?

Doesn't he owe the public the duty to implement the Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC) in its original form, not a watered-down version?

When a woman wearing Bermuda shorts covering her knees is denied entry by one police station and sent running to another station, it cries out for a caring PM to act! When the PM takes no action, it just allows the top leadership of the police to believe they can do no wrong.

That beating Anwar endured 24 years ago was all in a day's work. What mysterious influence do the police have over the top so-called leaders? Are they in cahoots somehow? It reinforces the growing impression that Anwar is just the creature of the forces that keep him in power.

Soon, he too will go, leaving no lasting legacy. What a shame.