pulau meranti, developments

in my regular teh tarik and roti canai sessions, i have unearthed several facts of kampung life, one of which is that , the clubbing scene is at the mosque and pak rahman's warong stands guard at the warong entrance, pak rahman himself an avid volunter who cleans the mosque at every community. did you know that for every certified mosque in selangor, under the sultan's jurisdiction there exists a hierarchy of paid part time employees, the siak being at the bottom rung paid rm 250/- a month. his job us to maintain the mosques cleanliness, this job is highly sought mainly because it gives the incumbent the right of access within the inner chambers at any time ,some incumbents and pretenders have been known to be on not speaking terms for a while in their jostling, ultimately the mosque committee chairman, invariably the ketua kampung , holds sway. this is one kampung power base and for every power base, there exists opportunity to sanction tolls.does such toll go towards improving or maintaining the mosque or the chairmans very wide pocket depends on the nature of the person, this is not democracy in action, but feudal warlordism at its basest level.theres no check and balance, the sultan is too far away and busy with his own agenda,