Dark Justice

A guy bangs my car from behind. He tries to give a fake phone number, but it didn’t work. He gives a fake IC number. He refuses to answer my calls. He refuses to make a police report. When he finally does, he gives a completely different story with a totally different location.

We are forced to come to the police station again to settle the two contradicting stories. He brings the police to the fake accident location. He dramatizes it cover up his false testimony.

The police isn’t smart enough to see who’s the liar and who’s pants is on fire. She refuses to make any decision. She refuses to listen to any arguments. She shuts us off and goes to her superior officer. She doesn’t want to handle the case on her own. She prefers to act by proxy under her superior’s instructions.

Can’t a Sergeant handle a debate? Can’t she even do simple analysis? How are they gonna handle fraud?

In the end, that guy got slapped with a standard fine of RM300. For negligence on his part. I think he deserves more. For giving false testimony, obstructing the course of justice, bringing inconvenience to the police, causing even greater inconvenience to me, and for financial losses incurred when I am unable to travel around.

Does the system work?

First of all, the police must be smart people. They uphold the law. People go to them to seek justice. Taxpayers expect them to be able to arbitrate simple cases like road accidents. If they can’t even do that, how are they gonna catch real crooks?

How much qualification do you need in order to join the police force? You don’t employ police officers because they used to do lontar peluru or lempar cakera for their school or district.

Sometimes, I wish there is some kind of dark angel of justice. It hovers around and executes judgment to crooks. Swiftly and justly. No need to talk so much.

You wrong, you die. End.

We have a developed judiciary system. We have laws. But I wonder… Does it work?

Enter Altantuya Shariibuu. Mongolian woman gets blown up into bits by a bomb. Political analyst pulls of a Shaggy. It’s the policemen who did it.

"So? Say it wasn't you!"

It was mentioned in the papers some time ago that there is some concern about prosecution lawyers. Prosecution lawyers are not being trained well enough to put two and two together. They are not good enough to pinpoint the offense to the offender. Therefore, the offender goes free. Even if you know it, it means nothing if you can’t prove it.

Imagine this. Your daughter gets murdered. Your lawyer has trouble linking the murder to the murderer. Your whole family goes through all kinds of inconvenience, drama, media attention, stress, and trauma. You can’t even be sure if justice will be served.

Even if justice is finally served, you’ve already been unjustifiably traumatized throughout the proceedings. Is that just?

Imagine if the prosecution lawyer failed, and justice isn’t served.

There is this old TV series. Dark Justice. He finds out about the criminals in court. The guy is lawyer by day. Judge by night.

"I believed in the system. But now I believe... In justice."

This guy is cool too. Judge Dredd. Police, lawyer, judge, executioner... All rolled into one.

"I am... The law!!"

Check out what this old prophet said:

O Lord, how long shall I cry,
And You will not hear?
Even cry out to You, “Violence!”
And You will not save.

Why do you show me iniquity,
And cause me to see trouble?
For plundering and violence are before me;
There is strife, and contention arises.

Therefore the law is powerless,
And justice never goes forth.
For the wicked surround the righteous;
Therefore perverse judgment proceeds. (Habakkuk 1:2-4)

Things haven’t changed much since 600 BC.