The police in Malaysia continue to be bloody minded. It is good to see many defying instructions which are largely defensive for the Malaysian police. Khalid should come alongside the people who want all these illegal and immoral acts of the police to stop. Far too often police abuse their powers. Often they are for personal gains. In the case of Kugan Ananthan, the motivating factor(s) are less apparent. It could well be racist. So often I have been in their presence when they uttered racially reprehensible offensives. Indians are viewed by the police as second class human beings and I have witnessed this for myself far too often. Actually I have seen how revolting the police as a whole can be – even Indian police officers. Their greed and warden mentality is an overwhelming characteristic and too often this stops them from discharging their functions of helping and protecting the people from offenders.
The funeral of Kugan Ananthan should have been a far more potent message to the police that the people have had enough.
Meanwhile, Melbourne burns for a different reason. It was 43 deg just after 3pm today. The maximum was supposed to be 41. It was 38 yesterday. Tomorrow is forecast to be 43 also. Friday and Saturday would also be in excess of 40 deg.
So this is a stinker of a week. It will apparently be the hottest week in over 100 years.
After doing my usual things this morning, instead of heading off towards the gym I decided to water my garden. It has been a very dry month and with the threat of a stinking hot week I thought I’d give the garden a bit of a soak. With water restriction level still preventing us from watering our garden except for designated days, I have not watered my place for weeks. It was good earlier in the summer but it has been dry.
Just at around 5.45am, I dragged my hose out of the shed and hooked it up to the tap. After straightening out the kinks I started watering. It felt good thinking my garden would at least enjoy a cooling sprinkle. But I don’t know if it would go very far with this heat. Hopefully the mulch would keep the moisture in.
Train services have also been affected. Many lines with numerous trips cancelled. It would be fun travelling home next few days. Trams would be even better, I think.
Ante 