The man once found guilty by Malaysian court of law for being an actual public nuisance, wants the people to know that he has turned over a new leaf after spending 27 days in jail. Yes, Jamal Yunos is out on bail, despite a judge having turned down his request for release, pending trial, last week.
Nelson Mandela, 27 years in prison, upon release, declares that his mission and focus was to bring peace and the right to vote to his fellow black South Africans.
Jamal, 27 days, and he says he really sympathizes with the years that PKR leader Anwar Ibrahim spent in a Sungai Buloh jail cell.
Speaking to reporters from his home, he described how some prisoners would resort to swallowing plastic bags containing tobacco in lieu of cigarettes, with some even ingesting lighters.
“Sometimes it can be fatal when the plastic bags rupture,” he said.
That’s interesting, Jamal. You know, studies show it would take eating about 50 cigs to die of nicotine poisoning. You sure you’re talking about tobacco?
Concerned over prisoner welfare, Jamal thinks that reform is needed, and that inmates should be allowed to smoke when they receive visitors.
Ok. What else you got, neo-Mandela?
Guards. They need to be paid better, and given the same facilities and perks as other civil servants.
“They are like inmates. They are locked in with them,” he said referring to the guards.
Looks like someone would take a very keen interest in not only looking at Foucault’s Panopticism and how it effects power structures, but also the Stanford Prison Experiment that delves deep into how these imposed structures affect behavior.
Yunos said that while he was housed in the prison’s “best” block, he believes it is the worst place on Earth, with an unbelievable stench and mental anguish felt by detainees and guards alike.
Damn son, this sounds like a particularly engaging episode of MTV’s short-lived TV series starring DJ AM (RIP), Gone Too Far. Apparently, the format of taking troubled teens and showing them the nefarious consequences that were ahead if they continued down a dark path has worked wonders on Jamal.
Educated, and closer to God, he says that he will continue to be active in Umno, but is undecided on whether he will return to his days of holding “demonstrations.”
His protests and “incidents” have historically included: Posting shirtless selfies to protest water cuts, showing up at the Selangor State Assembly shirtless to protest said water cuts, smashing beer bottles, not cleaning up said smashed glass shards, jumping bail on nuisance charges, leaving the country illegally while wanted on said nuisance charges, taunting authorities via social media from a hideout in Indonesia, and finally having to be unceremoniously dragged back to KL to face the music.
We could go on, but we’ll reserve all further judgements for his next shenanigan.
