TUN ABDUL HAMID MOHAMAD
Former Chief Justice of Malaysia
RESPONSE TO ALL MY CRITICS
RESPONSE TO ALL MY CRITICS
By
Tun Abdul Hamid Mohamad
On the following day, 31 July 2014 someone wrote in a column “Just my thoughts” (I don’t know in which blog), under the title “Not in Defence of Tun Hamid”. Even though he said he was not defending me, he was, in effect defending me. He also quoted another person who rebutted the criticism against me point by point besides also quoting Perkasa. To avoid this article becoming too long, I shall omit the quotation.
“Former Chief Justice Tun Abdul Hamid Mohamad delivered a very good fact filled speech recently which must be read in full by all Malay/Bumi politicians in particular and Malaysians in general:
PEMANSUHAN PROKLAMASI DAN ORDINAN DARURAT, ISA DAN AKTA HASUTAN DAN PENGGANTIANNYA
Unfortunately Tun Abdul Hamid’s speech was totally spun off tangent by the obviously very pro DAP/Pakatan The Malaysian Insider who themselves tried to rebut Tun Abdul Hamid well prepared speech, with their usual divisive rhetoric of their own devoid of any fact:
The danger of a former judge dressing up opinions as facts
After reading the TMI, I find that they not only tried to knock Tun Abdul Hamid but they also tried to knock UMNO, Perkasa and ISMA, they even tried to knock the Judiciary too as well. Well if TMI wanted a negative response they got what they wanted from the usual suspects the Ambigas, the DAP Lims and even a former retired Court of Appeal (sic) Judge.
In fact there are many useful food for thots that can be found in Tun Abdul Hamid’s speech….about the ISA, the NUCC, the Sedition Act the draft Harmony Bill etc he is after all was the Chief Justice of Malaysia at one time, his insights to current affairs are very valuable.
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For those Malaysians who commented negatively on Tun Abdul Hamid’s speech, I ask you, did you or did you not read the speech in full or did you just read the TMI headlines and started to judge without getting your facts right or in full?” (Emphasis added).
Whether you agree with him or not, note his language and the language of my critics. I am sure you can see the difference. That is the difference in upbringing.
Five months later, on 18 December 2014, Lim Kit Siang, the DAP supremo, wrote in his blog “How could an extremist with racial and religious prejudice rise up to become Chief Justice, the top judicial officer of the land?”
He relied wholly and only, on what Gopal Sri Ram said and concluded, “Hamid should have been hauled before the judicial tribunal for such an extremist, racial and religious prejudice and not be allowed to be promoted up the judicial ladder.”
Imagine if he were a Prime Minister. Upon hearing someone making an allegation against a judge, he would straight away, without even hearing the judge’s side of the story, “haul (him) before the judicial tribunal”. That is his rule of law, perhaps.
Surprisingly, two years later, on 10 September 2016, writing in his blog, he quoted the following paragraphs from my article “Pegawai Awam Sebagai Penyelamat Negara” (02 09 2016):
“Since Independence, there has not been one year in which we celebrated our independence day in a similar situation as this year, where Government leaders face the most serious integrity crisis and the worst image. The reason could be described in one word: corruption.
Generally, political leaders could not be respected and followed as good examples anymore. Apart from being cheered by their supporters, who are hoping for something or who are ignorant and merely follow what others do , at most, they are merely tolerated by public officials who work under them and who have no choice. In that situation, we see the future of the country going down and down.”(Translation. Original text available in endnotes.)
(Please note that I wrote that article on 2 September 2016, almost two years before GE 14, when Najib was still in Power.)
He continued:
“Was this written by political leaders from DAP, PKR or AMANAH in Pakatan Harapan? Or was it by former Prime Minister, Tun Dr. Mahathir?
None of the above. It was penned by a former topmost public official, former Chief Justice, Tun Abdul Hamid Mohamad who held the highest judicial post in the land from 2007 to 2008.”
When I came to know about it, I was surprised and happy that he too visited my website. However, several questions arose in my mind: Has he changed his views about me? Does he think that I have changed? Has he forgotten what he and his son had said about me? If I were a “liar” as his son called me and should have been hauled to the tribunal, why quote me with approval? Do I only lie when I say something against his political interests?
The following day, Free Malaysia Today came out with a report “LKS plaudit for ex-CJ’s corruption remarks”. As I don’t remember coming across the word “plaudit” before, I had to google for its meaning. This is the result: “an expression of praise or approval.”
FMT reporters, inter alia, said:
“PETALING JAYA: A former Chief Justice once pilloried (denounced, ridiculed, derided, humiliated – added) by DAP leaders for controversial remarks on Islam and the Chinese community, was given favourable treatment by DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang for calling for action in the face of the integrity crisis among government leaders.
Writing in his blog today, Lim quoted from an article last week by Abdul Hamid Mohamad, chief justice from 2007-2009, who had called upon government servants to be Malaysia’s saviours.
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Lim hailed Abdul Hamid’s call for public servants to be Malaysia’s saviours through a national campaign to make a public pledge: “Kami tidak akan terlibat dengan rasuah”, in order to shame the corrupt political leaders in government.
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Lim’s favourable mention of Abdul Hamid’s remarks come in contrast to the attacks launched on the former chief justice by Lim’s son, Guan Eng, who is DAP secretary-general, and P Ramasamy, the deputy national chairman.”
As if to remind Lim, the FMT reporter quoted what Lim Guan Eng and Ramasamy had said about me two years earlier.
Question: Is Free Malaysia Today disappointed with Lim Kit Sing’s latest stance on me?
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