Whenever you travel along the highway from Tawau to Kunak, there is this army check point that has been there for umpteen years. Men in the street always wonder the purpose of its existence when the number of illegals and crimes show no sign of reduction.
Last Friday, as I was travelling along this road in a contractor's vehicle to attend a site meeting near Kunak, we were talking about the subject of how lorry drivers deal with check point set up by JPJ personnel meant to book overloaded vehicles.
The Contractor seemed annoyed to have to "grease the palm" of these personnel to avoid being booked or detained and kept by the road side for hours under the pretext of waiting for verification of the overload amount.
But when asked whether he preferred to live in a civil society like US or Australia where the bulk of the people follow the laws; it didn't take him long to confirm that he prefers the "present system" because this is how Malaysian society operates. He would be at a disadvantage if he is to follow the rules of laws while the rest don't.
I thought to myself, there is still a very very long way before Malaysians can expect to live in a civil society where the majority would live by the rules of laws. My feeling is, it never will!
Last Friday, as I was travelling along this road in a contractor's vehicle to attend a site meeting near Kunak, we were talking about the subject of how lorry drivers deal with check point set up by JPJ personnel meant to book overloaded vehicles.
The Contractor seemed annoyed to have to "grease the palm" of these personnel to avoid being booked or detained and kept by the road side for hours under the pretext of waiting for verification of the overload amount.
But when asked whether he preferred to live in a civil society like US or Australia where the bulk of the people follow the laws; it didn't take him long to confirm that he prefers the "present system" because this is how Malaysian society operates. He would be at a disadvantage if he is to follow the rules of laws while the rest don't.
I thought to myself, there is still a very very long way before Malaysians can expect to live in a civil society where the majority would live by the rules of laws. My feeling is, it never will!
2 comments:
he speaks and thinks like a true contractor.
In fact he is a US educated engineer !
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