After reading from both sides of the arguments, I have decided both sides are wrong, instead of just putting the blame wholly on one side.
Firstly, the police shouldn’t have went over board when hitting or dealing with Gopal. Gopal is indeed a criminal and should not be treated politely, but that does not mean the police has a right to hit him or torture him to the point of death. I understand there are certain cases where violent methods are required to extract information from the criminal, but the criminal is still a human being and has his own rights. Tortures are fine but must be done within the boundaries of law, if not at the very least, done with morality and humanity in mind. We are educated people and so must act and think like one. There is no need to stoop so low to be on the same level as criminals.
Although I have to add in that I am not even sure that Gopal’s cause of death is because the police beat him to death.
My doubt stems from the fact that the he was not alone in his cell. Gopal is actually ‘accompanied’ by various thugs and criminals all around Malaysia. And knowing how rivalry, hate, grudge and revenge seems to be a priority to thugs, it is not strange they might not like Gopal very much and hates him. Gopal may have been beaten up by those thugs and died because of it, not due to the beatings of the police. The thugs may have then pushed all the blame to the police one way or another.
The public must also understand that Gopal is a criminal, not a hero or some poor victim. He has hurt and harm others for his own benefit so there is no reason for anyone to support him or do demonstrations or any other effort to bring justice to him. If I am to be honest, if a criminal like Gopal ends up in the mercy of civilians, he might still die. That is because in Malaysia, there is already so many cases where snatch thieves is beaten to death when captured by civilians, due to their anger. So is it so strange that the police won’t feel the same? Or Gopal ending up dead if he’s in the mercy of civilians? The public must learn to think rationally.
It might also be that this case is just another tool used by someone to spark chaos in Malaysia. Since Gopal is an Indian, a minority race in Malaysia, it is a sensitive issue and many Indians has rallied against the police. The individual may be trying to start a fight of races in Malaysia. So everyone should be calm and think rationally with solid facts to back up their arguments. Not protesting in such an uncivilized way like this.
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