Many have called for the abolition of RELA (this infamous volunteer corp) - but alas the government of Malaysia ears is not only deaf to this call - but there are plans to increase the number of these 'gun-totting' untrained volunteers to about 2.5 million by 2020.

There are presently less than 100,000 members of the Malaysian police - the main body of persons tasked with the duty of law enforcement. We really need to increase the number of police in this country..

We need professionally trained full-time public servants to be do law enforcement - not some volunteer corp.

Ask the question, why the UMNO-led BN government is so interested in increasing the numbers in RELA...but not so much in encouraging Malaysians to join the other existing volunteer groups

The inhumanity of Malaysians who employ domestic workers is shocking

They force these domestic workers to work long hours (longer than 8 hours per day...), sometimes even 24 hours - but there is no overtime. Sadly, many of these employers of domestic workers are workers themselves - and they would have protested strongly if they were forced to work such long hours. They would have demanded their overtime rates (1.5 times the normal rate).

We do not need the domestic worker all the time - and maybe, employers should assign the hours of work making sure that the total number of working hours do not exceed 8 hours per day (or 48 hours per week). If you require your domestic worker to work for longer hours - it will be just to get the worker's consent and also pay her 'overtime'..

Recently, we had 7 workers who died during the former Jaya Supermarket demolition accident. Later, it was revealed that the said employer did not have the necessary approval of the Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH).

Now, it has been revealed that in 2008, there were 44,918 industrial accidents, and 746 workers died. This is unacceptable.

No information have been provided as to whether action have been taken against the negligent parties.

No information as to whether these workers and/or their dependents have received their compensation under the SOCSO (for local workers) and Workmen's Compensation (for foreign workers).