Fire in Chow Kit

Does media freedom still exist in our country? It is very frustrating that when we read the papers, we do not get to read what is really happening in our country. I was just informed that last Saturday(30th Sept), a four Storey building in Chow Kit was destroyed in a fire.

I believe that if the cause of this fire is short circuit or an act of god, it will be stupid to clampdown this news. Therefore any people with some reasonable and logical thinking will know that it is someone who deliberately set on the fire. However, who is this person and what is the motive?

It is very hard for us to guess the whole story if it’s solely based on this independent case(the fire). However if we link it to the Sungai Long incident, then it makes sense.

Just to recall your memory about what happened in Sungai Long.

Last Thursday(28th Sept) : A group of Malays come to Sungai Long was beaten up by a group of Chinese.

Last Friday(29th Sept) : A larger group of Malays come back to Sungai Long and seek revenge. They killed a Chinese.

Last Saturday(30th Sept) : A four Storey building was burnt in Chow Kit.

I’ll leave it for you to use your imagination to relate these two incidents. If you’ve pay attention to the date everything happened, it’s just too hard to convince us that the incident in Sungai Long and Chow Kit are two independent cases. You get what I mean? Things are getting complicated now. When will the government remove the clampdown on the media on reporting these cases?

Besides that, I get to read Lee Kuan Yew’s reply in yesterday’s evening edition paper. However this morning, the letter by Lee Kuan Yew was again taken out in all the papers. What is the government afraid of? Is it that there is some "hidden code" in Lee Kuan Yew's letter such that when you read the second word in every line you will get another meaning?

Perhaps we could still understand why the government clampdown political news that is a disadvantage to them. Now that the government is not only “interested” in clamping down political news but also social news such as what happened in Sungai Long and the fire in Chow Kit! If Fernando Alonso wins the last two Grand Prix(Japan and Brazil) and successfully defends his F1 title, will Pak Lah clampdown this news as a Michael Schumacher fan?