Malaysia Internal Affairs

Malaysia boleh spirit: Stop meddling in Malaysia’s internal affairs.

What we do in our country, Malaysia, is our business and none of your concern but we reserve the rights to meddle in other countries affairs if it deem necessary.

How do we classified and on what basis does Malaysia affairs are consider as internal affairs. My simple mind tells me that any affairs happening within the country is the country internal affairs but they must also allow to be scrutinized by other countries should they be wrongly mishandled by its government.

Are cases involving human rights and politics considered as "internal affairs"?

We need to look at a few interesting Malaysiakini headlines:

Rice urges 'transparency' in sodomy probe
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice today urged Malaysia to ensure a "transparent" investigation into sex misconduct allegations against opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim.

Ex-World Bank, IMF bosses: M'sia should drop Anwar charges
Malaysia should drop its sodomy charges against opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, said a joint statement by three former leading figures on the international stage.

YB Lim Kit Siang Blog posted this:

The special briefing on Wednesday by Home Minister, Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar to 96 foreign diplomats on government action and police investigations into the sodomy allegations against Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is clearly a big flop, with the caustic criticism by the United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice within 24 hours with her call for transparency and the rule of law into the new allegations against Anwar.

Rice rejected the earlier claim by her Malaysian counterpart, Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Dr. Rais Yatim that the United States was meddling in Malaysia’s internal affairs by raising concern over Anwar’s arrest...... Read more...

Why are these people from outside the country want to meddle in "Malaysia internal affairs"? Does it not tell us that the government is not handling this affair in a proper manner and within the international standard of governance.

The government of the day must not cry out loud "stop meddling in our internal affairs" each time some foreigners criticized them as they know that something is not right and fishy.

The government must react positively and ensure that they are truly transparent and the rules of law are fully comply with, without any benefit of doubts in anybody's thinking mind.