Why Does The Wicked Get Away All The Time?

Twenty one years ago, Operation Lalang was carried out on 27 October 1987 by the Malaysian police to crack down on opposition leaders, social activists, and religious leaders. The operation saw the infamous arrest of 106 persons under the Internal Security Act (ISA) and the revoking of the publishing licenses of two dailies, The Star and the Sin Chew Jit Poh and two weeklies, The Sunday Star and Watan.

Many asked: “Why Does The Wicked Get Away All The Time?

Twenty one years later, another crackdown has begun with three newspapers, Sin Chew Daily, The Sun and Suara Keadilan given show cause letters why action should not be taken against them. The first three arrests under the draconian ISA got under way on 12 Sept, that included Malaysia Today portal editor Raja Petra Kamaruddin, Sin Chew Daily journalist Tan Hoon Cheng and Selangor Exco member Y.B. Teresa Kok. Again our nation is engulfed by another dark cloud in our short history.

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