Justice for the Nation 为国家缔造正义（中文最下面）

Ean Yong Hian Wah (C) 欧阳捍华（中）

Selangor Menteri Besar Khalid 雪州州务大臣卡立


Dear Prayer Warriors,

Yesterday Pastor Henry Yap and I attended the funeral service of Teoh Beng Hock at the Nirvana Memorial Park in Semenyih. The photos attached were captured by me at the scene. We were glad that we met another Pastor there. So we were relieved that we were not alone! Teoh was the political secretary to Opposition Party DAP’s Member of Parliament Ean Yong Hian Wah.

On 15th July officers from Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) led Teoh back to their office for investigation. The next day Teoh was found sprawling on the 5th floor dead at Mazalam Building where MACC was located at the 14th floors. Teoh mysteriously fell from an upper floor.

Teoh bore the ordeal of a long night wait and the officer quizzed him from 1.00 a.m. to 3.45 a.m. Teoh was last seen loitering at MACC waiting lounge by his friend Tan Boon Wah who was also a witness. Later in the afternoon he was found dead. Since Teoh’s death, there were lots of unsolved questions that had cast doubts in people’s minds.

For the past month MACC has launched an intensive haul on the Lawmakers of Selangor Pakatan Rakyat. PR is the ruling coalition on the state level. The way MACC deliberately picked on PR is obviously politically motivated. Whereas any reports against the Federal coalition Barisan Nasional (BN) were dealt with snail-paced response.

Teoh was just an ordinary witness. Therefore, blasting him with such an inhumane mentor torture was an abuse of power. I thought such an act is only seen in a Dictator’s Regime? The MACC was a reformed institution formed hurriedly by former Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi before he stepped down. Prior to this we have the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA). Abdullah wanted the MACC to be the same standard as Hong Kong’s Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC). Unfortunately by the way how MACC performed as a tool for the Federal Government’s political agenda, I would say that the institution was an utter failure!

As for the Royal Police Force, many Malaysians have long lost confidence in the institution. They acted in favor of BN. In Teoh’s case they were slow to investigate. They first classified it as “an accident” instead of “murder”. They ruled out foul-play. After much pressure from the public, then only they softened their stand a bit, and admitted that they don’t rule out foul-play. They should have cordoned off the entire MACC units at first-timing. Their slow actions have allowed the culprits to tamper with traces of evidence, and at the same time the culprits would have time to connect with each other to fabricate false testimonies.

Teoh was not related to Henry and me in any way. We attended his funeral because besides giving the family a moral support, we were doing it for a cause – letting the public know that we Christians care about justice in Malaysia.

I think Churches and Christian Institutions could have done better in matters of care and concern. Like Teoh’s case we could have done better, but our voice was quite silent! No, we don’t need to wait for a disaster like a flood, or a tsunami, or an earthquake before we rise up to help. Injustice in itself is a disaster! Malaysia has 10% or 2.7 million Christians (including the Roman Catholics). Most of the Christians are Chinese, follow by the Indians. In other words, two-thirds or 4 million more Chinese are still unsaved.

One of the reasons why the Chinese rejected Christianity is because they thought that Christians showed no interest in their social beliefs and encounters. Often times we Christians feel that it is so unholy to participate in the non-believers’ activities. And subsequently we lose touch with them because we are not interested to share their happiness and grievances. In matter like fighting for justice and a fairer society, the struggle is all left to the non-believers. Where are the Christians then? Wasn’t Jesus a fighter for justice? See how Jesus condemned the rotten governor Herod as a “fox”? In fighting for justice, Christians are so kiasi (afraid to die). Today there are Pastors who still discouraged their members from going into politics. There is no such thing as a corrupt nation on earth. A country is corrupt because on leadership, good people let it and bad people grabbed it.

I think Denomination Councils and Christian Institutions which represent different groups could consider setting up funds and play supportive roles in causes that would affect the fate of the country. Christians must prove themselves that they are not isolated from the communities. We should be compassionate in their ordeals and take a proactive role to reach out to them, irrespective of races.

Henry and I care about Teoh’s case because we care for the future of our next generations. There is a good article by Goh Keat Peng, an Elder from Gospel Hall, “I Cannot Be Neutral About Issues of Immorality” . You may read it at: http://ongohing.wordpress.com/.

祷告勇士们：

昨日我和叶挺隆牧师到士毛月富贵山庄出席赵明福的葬礼。附上的照片是我在现场拍摄的。我们高兴在那里遇到另一位牧师。所以我们感到松懈说我们并不寂寞！赵明福是在野阵线行动党国会议员欧阳捍华的政治秘书。

7月15日，反贪委员会的官员把明福带返办公室调查。隔日明福被发现卧尸在玛沙兰大厦第5层楼，而反贪委会办公室就在第14层楼。明福乃离奇从高处坠落。

明福承受长夜等候的煎熬，官员在凌晨1时才开始盘诘他直至凌晨3时3刻。明福最后被他的朋友陈文华看见在等候室是在清晨6时，后者也是被盘诘者。当天下午他即被发现死亡。自从明福死讯以来，有许多未解答问题使到人民充满疑问。

过去一个月，反贪委会大肆调查雪州民联的州立法议员，民联是雪州的执政政府。反贪委会故意挑剔民联乃明显出于政治激发的。而任何针对联邦阵线国阵的举报都以慢条斯理对待。

明福只是一个普通证人。所以，用这样的不人道精神折磨轰炸他乃一种滥权。我以为这样的作法只在一个独裁的政权才看到的？反贪委会是一个改革的机制，由前首相阿都拉在下台前仓促地设立的。它的前身是反贪局。阿都拉想反贪委会能够有好像香港的廉政公署一样的水准。不幸的，从反贪委会执行作联邦政府议程的工具形式看来，我可说该机制是一个全然的失败。

至于皇家警察部队，许多马来西亚人早已对此机制失去信心。他们作有利于国阵的行动。在明福的案件，他们缓慢行动。他们起初把它列为“一件意外案”来调查，而不是“谋杀案”。他们排除他杀。经过公众的压力后，他们才软化立场些少，承认他们不排除他杀的成分。他们应该第一时间封锁整个反贪委会办公楼。他们怠慢的行动使到凶手能够篡改证据痕迹，同时涉及者也有时间联系以串通伪造证词。

明福跟我和叶牧师没什么关系。我们出席葬礼，除了给丧家精神支持外，我们是为了一个目标而做－让公众知道说我们基督徒关心在马来西亚的正义。

我认为教会和基督教组织在照料和关心的事情上应该可以作得更好。诸如明福事件，我们可以作得更好，但我们的声音太沉寂了！不，我们不必等待一场灾难如一场水灾，或一场海啸，或一场地震，我们才起来帮助。不公义本身就是一场灾难！马来西亚有10％或270万基督徒（包括天主教徒）。华裔占了大多数，其次是印裔。换句话说，我们还有三分之二或400万华裔仍然还未得救。

华裔拒绝基督教的其一原因乃是以为基督徒对他们的社交信仰和遭遇不感兴趣。许多时候我们基督徒感到参与非信徒的活动是何等的不圣洁。结果我们失去与他们的联系，因为我们没有兴趣于分担他们的快乐和委屈。在争取正义和一个更公平的事情上，奋斗全部留给非信徒去办。那么基督徒在哪里呢？耶稣不是一位为正义的斗争者吗？看看耶稣不是叫那腐败的希律王“狐狸”吗？在为正义斗争，基督徒是何等的怕死。今日有牧师仍然不鼓励他们的会友参政。在世上并没有一个所谓的腐败国家。一个国家之所以腐败，在领导上，乃是因为好人放弃它，而坏人抢夺它。

我认为代表不同团体的宗派总会和基督教组织，在能够影响国家命运的目标上，可以考虑设立基金及扮演支持角色。基督徒必须证明自己他们不是与社群隔离的。我们必须不分种族地对他们痛苦的经验是富于同情心的，并拿起前摄的角色向他们伸出手。

我和叶牧师关心明福的事情因为我们关心我们下代的前途。如果你懂英文的话，一位福音堂长老的文章“我不能在不道德的课题上保持中立”写得很好，可在http://ongohing.wordpress.com/读到。