I don’t always comments on other blogs. I am not someone who engage in arguments on the internet. I use my blog to comments on things I read form other blogs.

RantingsbyMM blog by Marina Mahathir, has always been on my feed reader list. Never did paid much attention on her writings, but her recent post “Do Malaysian Hate Blacks?” caught my interest.

The blog post refers to an article on Malay Mail, Victims of Hate by Teoh El Sen and Aizat Sharif on September 23, 2008.

Here are some snippets form the news article: –

In Sunday’s incident, HELP University College business studies undergraduate Abdel Aziz was murdered. He sustained stab wounds to the right abdomen and died in the ambulance on the way to Kuala Lumpur Hospital.

Malay Mail learnt the drama unfolded when three undergraduates were on the way to board the LRT to perform terawih prayers at a nearby mosque at 8.30pm.

They were confronted by some 20 youths who were believed to have hurled abuse at them and demanded money.

When the trio ignored them and walked away, the youths, carrying switch blades, pursued them and struck one of them on the head.

The students took refuge at the LRT station and sought assistance from their African friends living nearby.

Seven of their friends, including Abdel Aziz, went to their aid and together they went back to where the trio was attacked.

Abdel Aziz’s cousin, Abdraman Moussa Mohamat, 23, said: “We asked the youths who were seated at the stalls why they had attacked our friends but they came for us suddenly without saying a word.

“We ran for our lives when they began swinging metal rods, sticks and knives at us. In the fracas, Abdel Aziz was stabbed from the back.”

The mob fled after Abdel Aziz collapsed by the roadside some 15 metres from the stalls.

It’s not the article that caught my attention, but the response from RantingsbyMM blog post. She doesn’t jump to conclusions. She’s already there. So does her readers.

Did she actually read the article and what she had posted?

Why do they, MarinaM and her readers blame it on racism when it is clearly a gangsterism issue. It amaze me of how fast UMNO and other political group was dragged into the discussion.

Let me recap what was written on the Malay Mail article: -

When the trio ignored them and walked away, the youths, carrying switch blades, pursued them and struck one of them on the head.

The students took refuge at the LRT station and sought assistance from their African friends living nearby.

Seven of their friends, including Abdel Aziz, went to their aid and together they went back to where the trio was attacked.

So they went back?! Why would they went back? “itu nak cari gaduh namanya“. Were they looking for a fight? Why didn’t they went to the police and report the incident?

I guess due to the bad press Malaysian police have been getting from bloggers, they decides to take matters to their on hand.

Come on Malaysian bloggers and blog readers, THINK before you judge something you read something either from the media or from the internet.

Maybe this is why an increasing number of bloggers are detain by the ISA.

I am not saying that I am fine with these incidents happening in Malaysia. Such thing should not have happened in the first place. To add fuel to the fire, most of us blame racism or it is some sort of political agenda.