The Innocence Of datuk Ramli

Datuk Ramli Yusof is the former Director of Commercial Crime, Bukit Aman. He was charged in Court by the MACC for failing to declare his assets ( running into millions, I believe ). It has been rumoured that he was charged after there was a fall-out between him and the IGP Tan Sri Musa. It seems that Datuk Ramli tried to flex his muscle against the IGP - a case of "lawan towkay". It has also been rumoured that the charge is a culmination of a conspiracy between the IGP, the Attorney-General and the MACC.

Din Merican, in his blog, seems to assert that Datuk Ramli is an exemplary Police officer ( and by implication had earned his millions by sheer hardwork ) that that he is innocent of the charges levelled against him.

This is my response:


"Dear Sir,

I know Datuk Ramly but from afar. He isn't a saint as you make him out to be. I emphathize with his predicament ( when he was charged, his wife was still a presiding Sessions Court Judge in the same Jalan Duta Courts Complex) but that's about as far as I would go! You mean one can rake up millions by just being a very hardworking and diligent and honest Police Officer? Then you can believe that I am the King of Siam!! You mean he was set up simply because he stood his ground on matters of principle? No Sir, I beg to differ!

There is an old adage that if you want to clean the dishes, then you must be ready to get your hands dirty. So if you want to "lawan towkay" then, to put it bluntly, make sure your backside is clean. You can't have it both ways mate! ( No disrespect to Sdr Anwar!). You are either corrupt or you are not!

To digress a little,during a casual talk with YB Karpal, ( I do not know if he would recall the conversation which took place many, many years ago in the canteen of the civil courts which was then premised at Denmark House ), he mentioned that the Special Branch on the directions of the powers-that-be ( I dont want to mention names here ) were ordered to rake up on his history and conduct to see if there is anything at all they can come up with, whether real or perceived, to fix him up as YB Karpal was deemed a constant pain to the BN govt ( amazingly, he still is and I salute him for his neverending quest for peace and justice for the common man).

Not surprisingly, they couldn't come up with anything beefy enough to sully his image or character. The best they could come up with was when Tengku Adnan ( he was the Sec-Gen of UMNO then I think ) let fly some insignificant comments about the ancestral roots of YB Karpal's wife. That's how low our politicians would stoop to score brownie points.

The point I am trying to make is that Datuk Ramli should not be painted as an all-encompassing Saint who was charged in a case of The Good vs The Evil. No Sir, they charged him because he had dirt on his back which was fodder for his opponents and detractors. They charged him because Datuk Ramly exposed his weaknesses and the vultures just pounced on him.

But please do not misconstrue this as an endorsement of the underhand tactics employed by the MACC which stinks to kingdom come or. That Sir, would be the topic for another day.

In short, you reap what you sow! We should never forget that God works in mysterious ways.

The real victim in this entire episode is lawyer Rosli, who for all intents and purposes, was just discharging his duties to his client. That he was roughed-up, brutalised and handcuffed infront of his staff and colleagues and locked-up during the eve of Hari Raya and that the powers-that-be tacitly endorsed such blatant misconduct by the MACC officers ( MOHAN who was charged with corruption recently in Ipoh, is the arch-villain in this episode, I am told) is unbelievable, to say the least. One would have thought such conduct was only common in a tin-pot democracy like Zimbabwe.

So my prayers go for Sdr Rosli Sir, not for Datuk Ramli.

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