Ubah the people

It is appalling to know that the people around me take "kopi lui" as a "tradition". People complain of corruption but yet they take it as a norm.

There was once when I asked my friend what would he do if he was caught speeding by a traffic police. He replied that he would just stuff money. Then I asked him what he would do if the police refused. He jokingly replied he would add the amount instead. While this is an individual case, ask yourself, what would you do, if you were caught speeding by the police?

Malaysia is a democratic country. We choose our leaders. We are the determining factor whether that guy contesting is going to get into the parliament. However, no matter if we change the government or not, corruption still will exist, as we accept it as a norm. When AES was introduced that could curb corruption as the fines are given by a computer system instead of the human factor, people complain. When there was a case where the police reported a case of under table money after refusing it, people complain.

How can a civil servant do their job when what they do isn't support by the popular masses? The MACC(Malaysian anti corruption commission)  is fighting an uphill battle especially without the support and cooperation of the people. It's easy to speculate about how the politicians are corrupt, but the MACC cannot simply execute based on popular opinions. They need facts, and those facts have to be backed up by evidence. SImply advertising how some politician is corrupt is not enough to serve legal justice.

It's even harder to monitor daily corruption, considering that the people take this as a norm. If the police actually refused the bribe, would you praise him for his integrity, or curse his entire generation into hell for letting them punish you for your own mistake?

You are responsible for your own actions, not the government. The government has no right to interfere with your choice, but they could only so much as to punish the perpetrator of crime or try to advise the masses to comply. If you don't want to take responsibility for your actions, why do you expect the government to be superhumans who could?

Ubah. Ubah our mindset before we should even blame others. We are our own man. The government should be the embodiment of the people, not the other way around.