Seusai menunaikan tanggungjawab sebagai pengundi di kawasan DUN Permatang Pasir, saya dan Azizah berlepas pulang ke Kuala Lumpur. Berdasarkan gerak kerja yang mantap, semangat berkobar-kobar jentera pilihanraya dan penerimaan masyarakat setempat terhadap mesej yang disampaikan, inshaallah, kemenangan akan berada di pihak Pakatan Rakyat.
Dalam perjalanan pulang, saya diberitahu Kementerian Dalam Negeri telah bertindak menyerbu pejabat majalah satira terbaru, Gedung Kartun, pagi ini. Majalah tersebut diusahakan oleh kartunis terkenal, Sdr Zunar, bersama 15 tenaga kreatif lainnya. Malahan Sasterawan Negara A. Samad Said turut menyumbang sebuah rencana untuk keluaran sulungnya.
Pantas dan tangkas sekali aksi Kementerian Dalam Negeri menyekat edaran satira yang memuatkan lakaran Dato Sri Najib bersama bendera dari Mongolia itu. Walhasil, kita tidak melihat ketangkasan serupa apabila menyiasat salah guna kuasa membabitkan pemerdagangan manusia dan menteri gagal memberikan penjelasan yang memuaskan berhubung laporan bank-bank kita digunakan dalam transaksi pembelian senjata antara Korea Utara dan junta Myanmar.
ANWAR IBRAHIM
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Soon after fulfilling our responsibility as voters at the Permatang Pasir state by-elections, Azizah and I left for home to Kuala Lumpur. Looking at our effective workforce, our high-spirited campaign machinery and our campaign message that was widely accepted by the people, god willing, victory will be on Pakatan Rakyat’s side.
During the journey home, I was told that the internal state affairs had invaded the offices of new humour magazine, Gedung Kartun. The magazine is the brainchild of famous cartoonist, Sdr Zunar, together with his 15 other creative team members. National laureate, A. Samad Said had also contributed an article to its first issue.
Their quick and swift action had obstructed the distribution of the caricature of Dato’ Seri Najib with the Mongolian flag. However, we do not see such quick and swift action when investigations are carried out for the abuse of power involving human trafficking. The ministry had also failed to provide a satisfactory explanation in regards to reports that Malaysian banks were used for the purchase of weapons between North Korea and the Burmese Junta.
ANWAR IBRAHIM
