I'll give Sangeet Kaur Deo this much: at least she's asking questions.
Too many politicians in this country only discover the importance of transparency when it's politically useful. So when she asks what happened to the investigations surrounding the so-called "corporate mafia" allegations, that's a fair question.
The public deserves answers.
But here's the thing.
The moment I read her statement, another question immediately popped into my head.
Why stop there?
Seriously. Why stop there?
For months now, social media has been flooded with posts, videos, allegations, screenshots, theories, counter-theories and enough conspiracy charts to keep every uncle at every kopitiam occupied until Chinese New Year. One name that keeps appearing in those discussions is Nga Kor Ming.
Now before anyone starts sharpening their parang, let's be clear. Allegations are not evidence. Social media is not a courtroom. Just because something gets shared ten thousand times doesn't magically make it true.
But that's not the point.
The point is simple.
If Sangeet believes questions should be asked whenever serious allegations enter the public domain, why hasn't she publicly asked those questions of Nga Kor Ming?
That's it.
My question is… as the junior journalist mentahan yang baru belajar…
Not "Is he guilty?"
Not "Did he do it?"
Not "Should he be convicted?"
Just: why aren't the same questions being asked?
Because from where ordinary Malaysians are sitting, the pattern is becoming painfully familiar.
When controversy involves somebody outside the circle, suddenly everybody becomes a fearless warrior for transparency.
Press statements fly, Interviews appear, Social media posts multiply, The microphones come out and The hashtags start trending.
But when controversy wanders a little too close to home, everyone suddenly develops the political equivalent of selective hearing.
Nobody knows or comments or wants to speculate.
Everybody becomes a professor of due process overnight.
Funny how that works: It's like watching a football referee who only sees fouls committed by one team. After a while, even people who support the referee's favourite team start wondering what game he's watching.
And that's the problem: Neither Nga Kor Ming is guilty nor whether the allegations are true nor whether social media got it right.
The problem is that Malaysians have become experts at spotting double standards because we've been living with them for decades.
We've seen politicians scream for investigations when their opponents are accused.
We've seen those same politicians suddenly discover restraint when the spotlight shifts in their direction.
We've seen enough political wayang to know when the script changes.
And right now, many people are looking at this episode and asking a very simple question.
If transparency matters, why doesn't it matter equally?
If questions deserve answers, why do some questions seem more popular than others?
And if Sangeet Kaur Deo truly believes that the public deserves clarity on the so-called corporate mafia issue, then surely the principle shouldn't depend on whose name is involved.
Because accountability that only travels in one direction isn't accountability.
It's politics… Bro and Kakak-kakak…
And Malaysians are getting very, very tired of politicians who think we're too stupid to notice the difference.
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