#DalamBerita: Those directly and indirectly involved in Rumah should face the music
SHAH ALAM - An online petition demanding the termination of child activist Syed Azmi Alhabshi from his appointment as the children’s court advisor has raised about 91,000 supporters as of this morning. According to #JusticeForBella advocate Fatihah Jamhari, the movement was demanding more accountability from those who were directly or indirectly involved the Bella abuse case. Bella is a 13-year-old Down Syndrome girl who was allegedly abused by her caretaker Siti Bainun Ahd Razali. Fatihah said what happened to Bella could not have happened without the silent spectators who allowed the abuse to take place and the public was part of the equation of making it happen. “You and I are part of the equation, we have created the conducive ecosystem for social activists to find popularity through activism and they have gotten accountability by their high position, intoxicated on the social power that they get from the public. “They deceived people into thinking that they are the saviour when in...