Phantom Reborn

The whole nation of the world is being warned that what bloggers blog about in their exclusive websites are sometimes simply untrue. Yes, I have to admit that some of them are just mere expressions of dissatisfaction, while the rest of them are just perspectives which are viewed in a different way, in other words, opinions.

I personally am paying huge tributes and feel respectful towards people who are expressive, especially towards political issues, of course, I'm referring to individuals who dare to voice out their constructive criticisms and statements. I'm thinking, "at least, they are fully utilizing one of their rights as the people of the nation."

Look, certain category of citizens, for example, the rakyat who do not have the privilledges or opportunities to receive tertiary educations, often have strong voices shared among each other towards government policies, sometimes bringing out their big voices through blaming government's weak spots, sometimes the elders gathered together and have a few sips of coffees in the coffee shops, started to have conversations as though they could be the better rulers than the current government. Yes, this is basic human rights, without criticisms, there will be no improvements at all.

But recently, this so-called freedom of speech which everyone of us is entitled to, seems to be robbed away by the government itself. This phenomenon is further shown to be true when UUM (University Utara Malaysia), Choo Kok Wei is charged for an unlikely "crime" he committed.

The incident is definitely outrageous. A rakyat, to top it all, a rakyat who publicly claimed to be the Future Backbone of the Country (future local university graduate), is tipped to be expelled from the university after utilizing his freedom of speech. That simply seems to be an absurd issue!

For instance, in these moments of financial crisis, if the bus fare of "Rapid"KL is to be regulated to a higher price under unacceptable circumstances, is it not our rights to voice our opinions to object the policy? Even if the regulation is not implemented in the end, what we are doing (giving constructive critics) is basically not unlawful at all.

So what is the reason of Choo Kok Wei being expelled from a local university, if all he did was just voicing his opinions on the web about the hiked price of bus fare in UUM? Being a university student, we do not even allowed to have our own mindsets, our own perspective? So what does the government expect from us? Be students and potential nation workers who do not own critical thinking skills, and continue to be the conventional "photostat-type" individuals which everyone else from other countries are talking about? This way, our country might go deeper and deeper, further and further down to a serious slump.

Look, I'm just voicing out my opinions here, my beloved government.