Action against Borders' manager in bad faith

VOXPOP 'Borders' steadfast and unwavering action in supporting Nik Raina and providing legal assistance deserves a pat on the back.'

Charge against Borders' store manager 'to be withdrawn'

FellowMalaysian: The case should come to a closure sooner. Borders bookstore manager Nik Raina Nik Aziz has suffered in anguish for far too long over a charge that she is innocent.

Besides the withdrawal of the charge, an apology from the Attorney-General's Chambers to Nik Raina and her family is only appropriate as the wrongful indictment must have caused untold mental suffering.

Borders' steadfast and unwavering action in supporting Nik Raina and providing legal assistance deserves a pat on the back.

Not Confused: I think everyone in Malaysia knows that this action against the innocent bookstore manager was mala fide (in bad faith) and clearly wrong in both spirit and law.

It is disgraceful that a government that claims to be caring of the rakyat should allow such proceedings to even begin at all.

The whole farce has been a gigantic waste of public funds and has brought unnecessary stress and strain on Nik Raina and her family.

Watchtower: Justice and common sense prevail in the month of Ramadan. I wonder what the purpose of the whole exercise was?

Vijay47: Since ‘attack!' is a strategy that Umno has been employing all this while, I think Nik Raina and Borders should now take out a civil suit against Jawi, the government and especially that good-for-nothing attorney-general.

It is more than about time that high-handedness by religious bodies is brought to an end. For too long, the attitude has been "If done in the name of Islam, no one should protest".

Once the government loses a few civil suits, bodies like Jawi may not be so cavalier about charging everyone. Yes, I know, my argument does not seem to work where Utusan Malaysia is concerned.

Brahman: Nik Raina should be fairly compensated for all the agony, stress and bad publicity she had to put up with.

The charge and the prolonged suffering was caused by Jawi refusing to admit they had made a mistake. This is where Jawi abused its powers through their arrogance and caused unnecessary suffering.

For that, the victim must be compensated and Jawi, including those in charge, must be made accountable.

What4: It is plain common sense that you cannot charge any person before the ban of the book (‘Allah, Liberty and Love' by Irshad Manji). The mentality and quality of some government officials are so worrying; it is not good for the country.

Truly Malaysian: So many criminals roaming our streets and we are wasting time prosecuting this case. We seem to be running this country not on logic but on shallow emotion. - Malaysiakini