The opening line of Jan A Karim's rhetoric query which sarcastically praises our Malaysian government aptly shows how laughable our policies have become amid the ongoing amnesty comedy being splashed in the daily newspapers.

The answers to his questions are a forgone conclusion. History repeats itself. And has been repeating since.

I cannot imagine how second and third generation citizens born and reared in this country will not have bumiputera status while foreigners - including many illegal immigrants from neighbouring countries and their children - will end up with bumiputera status.

I am appalled to discover that my neighbourhood 'chee cheong fun' stall helper and many like her already have Malaysian permanent residency status while many of my professional foreign friends who have married Malaysians are still waiting for their PR applications to be approved.