Harapan and the deep Islamic state

“Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action.”

- Ian Fleming, "Goldfinger"

COMMENT | The dubious investigation into the “deep state” by the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) is another example of the incompetence of the Pakatan Harapan regime. This is not so much an investigation, but rather a tactic to scare people not to talk about the bogus charges against the LTTE 12.

This investigation is akin to the investigation into the folks who brought back Chin Peng’s ashes, in that its sole aim is to further anti-non-Malay narratives of the state. When Malay politicians whine about the “deep state”, they are using the idea of a “deep state” as a justification for inaction or inefficiency for a non-Malay/liberal Malay audience.

It is sad that Lim Kit Siang legitimises the popular Harapan definition of the term, considering the fact that there is a deep Islamic state, whose aim is to subvert the constitutional bedrock of this country and turn this country into an “Islamic” state, even if it’s not the agenda of the Malay bureaucracy, royalty, plutocrat class or political brokers, whose definition of an "Islamic state" is relatively benign, if compared to the forces who are using it.

I dislike using the term “deep state” or “deep Islamic state” for obvious reasons, although the latter is more accurate than the former. Although we are talking about a conspiracy, it is easy for critics to dismiss the idea of deep state actors and the proponents of this theory as tin foil hat wearing apologists who are desperately blaming unseen forces for the deficiencies of the government...