LETTER | Nation's peace at risk with Najib's social media antics

LETTER | When citizens stage a peaceful protest to demand for effective price controls and relief from socio-economic pains, the long arm of the law sweeps down hard and fast on them.

Organisers are, within hours, summoned to Bukit Aman in the name of protecting social order and public security.

But when a convicted felon stages an avalanche of social media antics to sway public support and make the Palace of justice to be perceived in a bad light, does this not affect the security of the nation?

Why are the authorities not acting swiftly on former premier Najib Abdul Razak who seems to be staging all kinds of poison dramas and using social media platforms to bring his fight for justice to the streets?

He held a sumpah laknat right in a mosque in the Malay heartland, Kampung Baru - the very pulse of a long forgotten bloody May 13.

There is a video going viral of him belting a song to draw the heartstrings of the youth.

The numerous media statements by him, his defence teams, and his party members - all of these are punching deeper holes in the social peace and order in the country.

Not only are the courts in Malaysia made to seem like they are not impartial but society at large is also beginning to fall for the staged antics.

Is there no rule of law governing what one can and cannot do while out on bail?

Why then are there no police actions?

Why are the political leaders helping to fuel Najib's social media war and his chaos seeding?

Political leaders through their stoic silence or by spiking the masses with subtle messages are fueling an imminent and greater social chaos.

We are inching fast and close to dividing and dangerously splitting the Malays - for Najib and others facing charges in court and against the justice system in the country.

It is clear as daylight that there are an increasing number of people stepping forward to make public statements that seem to support Najib while casting doubts on our courts.

One even went the distance to threaten the safety and life of the chief justice.

In the name of social order, peace and the nation's security, I demand that Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob pulls the breaks.

In the name of patriotism, I appeal that the law enforcement authorities act and be seen to act without fear or influence.

If peaceful citizens protesting over unguarded inflation is detrimental to the nation's peace and order then the antics of Najib and his political party wigs are far more deadly. Is it not?

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