by Suharude
The delegation was led by Anwar Ibrahim and accompanied by Hadi Awang, Nasharudin Mat Isa, Lim Kit Siang, Lim Guan Eng and Teresa Kok to hand the memorandum to the Yang di Pertuan Agong’s secretary. Thousands march in
Monday, November 12, 2007
The Yellow Wave
The Malay Dilemma (Part One)
by Arjuna
The Malays are one of the most hospitable people you will ever find. They will accept you as their own if you are well versed with their culture. This has been proven in singing competitions like Akedemi Fantasia season one and Malaysian idol season one. In Akedemi Fantasia and Malaysian Idol season one both the winners were non-Malays, but majority of their voters came from the Malays.
But certain political party has abused the Malay people hospitability and made them into their scapegoats to fulfill their own political agenda. They promise the Malays that they will bring them out of poverty and make sure that the Malays are at par with other races, but sadly this are all empty promises. The worst thing is that these political party leaders are the Malays themselves. This party not only creates disunity among other races in
The whole problem is attributed from a political leader who is of Indian Muslim origin. This leader was the one that change not only the education system but the legal system for his liking. He was the one that change the education system from an English medium to Bahasa
Even someone with a low secondary education during that time could be a qualified teacher. But as soon as this leader change the system, our quality dropped tremendously and not only we were not been recognized by the British but the Commonwealth as well. What was the main purpose doing so, after him himself being educated from the English legacy? Why deprive your own people of quality education? Compare the Malay university graduates during that time and now, “what vast contrast”, the Malays who had the privilege at education during those times were off quality thinkers and were respected not only from the non-Malays but the English as well. The Malay university graduate now can’t even speak English, no wonder there are a lot of unemployed among the Malays. The main agenda of this leader was to make the Malays weak, so that he could manipulate them and win majority of their votes for his own well being.
Take a look at our neighbor
Due to the constitution implementing its policy that if anyone born after independency and if he or she is a Muslim of any race, he can automatically became Malay. By doing so, i feel the Malays suffer from identity crisis. If you look at
Friday, October 26, 2007
Malaysian Unity Has Gone Down The Drain
by Arjuna
It has been 50 years since our country got its independence, but do you seriously think we have reached independence. I seriously don’t think so. With the government policy favoring Bumiputra towards non-Bumiputra. Well, the government will give 1001 explanations on its policy. I seriously, fail to digest even one explanation into my system.
Tell me which country in this planet earth implements such bias policy. Unfair education system, biasness in government loans and projects, welfare benefits, housing loans, contracts, God forbidden and much more. I think the non-Bumiputra and Palestinians face the same problem, which is oppression segregation and humanly unfair treatment. The only difference is that they have a chance to voice out their disappointment.
This special right not only has taken a toll on the non-Bumiputra but the Bumiputra as well. For example, even when a Malay has worked hard to be a good businessman or professional, the non-Bumiputra will say “he has gotten where he is because of the government,” the Bumiputra don’t get respect from others.
Even the education system has greatly favored the Bumiputra, whereby a non-Bumiputra will find it extremely difficult to get space in the local university due to the quota system. But even though there are many Malays with degrees, you still find them unemployed. This is because of their failure to communicate in English and due to special privileges given to them in education to obtain a degree; their standard is not at par with the degree that they have obtained.
The thing that really bugs me the most is that scholar-ship is given to even rich Bumiputra, I mean really rich. This deprives the deserving one for a scholar-ship. Common we are all “anak
The quota system has also reached the sports in
I do agree that the Chinese do practice favoritism in the private sector. We all know that in a Chinese company, the Chinese get better benefits compared with the non-Chinese, but can you blame them from practicing such policy when our “Godfather” (the government) swears upon this is a political game, where the supreme party uses this for their own good. But, please this is too extreme and it has taken a toll on the “rakyat”. The situation has really become from bad to worse. This has made the Malays very dependent and made the non-Bumiputra feel like “pariah” in their own motherland. Does the government really feel that our Malay brothers are that weak and fragile? There is an old Malay saying “takkan Melayu hilang di dunia”. I seriously feel this saying will go under threat because “Melayu takkan dihormati lagi di dunia”, if they go on depending on the government.
If we take a look back 20 years ago, when I was a school boy and that was the time when
Nowadays the Malays will not even drink a glass of water in a non-Muslim’s house, the Chinese have their own circle of Chinese friends which are very Hong Kong style orientated and the Indians have their “little
Common
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Origins Of The Malays
It’s been interesting to read such free-flowing comments on the subject of the Origins of the
Malays. While we are on the subject, how many of you have read the book entitled
“Contesting Malayness – Malay Identity Across Boundaries” Edited by Timothy P. Barnard
published by Singapore University Press?
Written by a Professor of
views that there is no such race as the “Malays” to begin with. If we follow the original
migration of the Southern Chinese of 6,000yrs ago, they moved into
Alisan), then into the
(Dayak). They also split into
migration was to the Malayan Peninsular 3,000yrs ago. A sub-group from Borneo also moved
to Champa in
Interestingly, the Champa deviant group moved back to present day Kelantan. There are also
traces of the Dong Song and HoaBinh migration from
issue, there was also the Southern Thai migration, from what we know as Pattani today. (see
also “Early Kingdoms of the Indonesian Archipelago and the Malay Peninsular”)
Of course, we also have the Minangkabau’s which come from the descendants of Alexander
the Great and a West Indian Princess. (Sejarah Melayu page 1-3)
So the million Dollars Question… Is there really a race called the “Malays”? All anthropologists
DO NOT SEEM TO THINK SO. (strangely, this includes all Malay Malaysian Anthropologists
who are of the same opinion.)
Neither do the “Malays” who live on the West Coast of Johor. They’d rather be called Javanese.
What about the west coast Kedah inhabitants who prefer to be known as “Achenese”? or the
Ibans who simply want to be known as IBANS. Try calling a Kelabit a “Malay” and see what
response you get… you’ll be so glad that their Head-Hunting days are over.
In an article in the Star, dated: Dec 3rd 2006
available for on-line viewing at:
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/12/3/focus/16212814&sec=focus
An excerpt is reproduced here below:
“The Malays – taken as an aggregation of people of different ethnic backgrounds but who
speak the same language or family of languages and share common cultural and traditional
ties – are essentially a new race, compared to the Chinese, Indians and the Arabs with their
long histories of quests and conquests.
The Malay nation, therefore, covers people of various ethnic stocks, including Javanese, Bugis,
Bawean, Achehnese, Thai, Orang Asli, the indigenous people of Sabah and Sarawak and
descendants of Indian Muslims who had married local women.
Beneath these variations, however, there is a common steely core that is bent on changing
the Malay persona from its perceived lethargic character to one that is brave, bold and ready
to take on the world. “
The definition of “Malay” is therefore simply a collection of people’s who speak a similar type
language. With what is meant by a similar type language does not mean that the words are
similar. (A native Kelantanese native speaker has no clue whatsoever what his Iban native
brother is talking about; if both speak their own dialect) Linguists however, call this the
“Lego-Type” language, where words are added on to the root word to make meaning and
give tenses and such. Somehow, the Indonesians disagree with this “Malay” classification and
insist instead on being called “Indonesians” even though the majority of “Malays” have their
roots in parts of
The writer failed to identify (probably didn’t know), that the “Malay” definition also includes,
the Champa, Dong Song, HoabinHian, The Taiwanese Alisan and the Philippino Aetas. He also
did not identify that the “Orang Asli” are (for lack of a better term) ex-Africans. If you try to
call any one of our East Malaysian brothers an “Orang Asli”, they WILL BEAT YOU UP! I had to
repeat this because almost all West Malaysians make the same mistake when we cross the
Somehow, “kurang ajar” is uttered below their breath as if “Malay” was a really bad word for
them. I’m still trying to figure this one out.
Watch “Malays in
same.
With this classification, they MUST also include the Phillipinos, the Papua New Guineans, the
Australian Aboroginies, as well as the Polynesian Aboroginies. These are of the Australo
Melanesians who migrated out of
Getting interesting? Read on…
“Malay” should also include the Taiwanese singer “Ah Mei” who is Alisan as her tribe are the
anscestors of the “Malays”. And finally, you will need to define the Southern Chinese
(Southern Province) as Malay also, since they are from the same stock 6,000yrs ago.
Try calling the Bugis a “Malay”. Interestingly, the Bugis, who predominantly live on
are not even Indonesians. Neither do they fall into the same group as the migrating Southern
Chinese of 6,000yrs ago nor the Australo Melanesian group from
Ready for this?
The Bugis are the cross-breed between the Mongolian Chinese and the marauding Arab
Pirates. (FYI, a runaway Ming Dynasty official whom Cheng Ho was sent to hunt down)
Interestingly, the Bugis, (just like their Arabic ancestors) were career Pirates in the
Selangor. That makes the entire Selangor Sultanate part Arab, part Chinese! Try talking to the
tip of Johor. (Due south of Pontian Kechil) He is more than willing to expound on the Bugis
heritage. Buy him lunch and he can talk for days on end.
Let’s not even get into the Hang Tuah, Hang Jebat, Hang Kasturi, Hang Lekiu, and Hang Lekir,
who shared the same family last name as the other super famous “Hang” family member…
Hang Li Poh. And who was she? Legend tells us that she is the Princess of a Ming Dynasty
Emperor who was sent to marry the Sultan of Malacca. Won’t that make the entire Malacca
Sultanate downline “Baba” ? Since the older son of the collapsed Malaccan Sultanate got killed
in Johor, (the current Sultanate is the downline of the then, Bendahara) the only other son
became the Sultan of Perak. Do we see any Chinese-ness in Raja Azlan? Is he the descendant
of Hang Li Poh? But wait a minute….
That’s what legend says. Let’s look at the proof. The solid evidence. There is a well next to
the Zheng He Temple in Malacca which is supposed to be the well built by the Sultan of
Malacca for Hang Li Poh. According to legend, anyone who drinks of it shall re-visit Malacca
before they die. Hmmm smells like a romantic fairy tale already. But let’s look at who Hang Li
Poh actually is. Which Ming Emperor was she a daughter to? So I got into researching the
entire list of Ming Emperors. Guess what? Not a single Ming Emperor’s last name begins with
Hang. In fact, all their last names begin with Tzu (pronounced Choo). So who is Hang Li Poh?
An Extra Concubine? A Spare Handmaiden? Who knows? But one thing for certain, is that she
was no daughter of any of the Ming Emperors. Gone is the romantic notion of the Sultan of
Malacca marrying an exotic Chinese Princess. Sorry guys, the Sultan married an unidentified
Chinese commoner.
Next question. If the Baba’s are part Malay, why have they been marginalized by NOT BEING
BUMIPUTERA? Which part of “Malay” are they not? Whatever the answer, why then are the
Portugese of Malacca BUMIPUTERA? Did they not come 100yrs AFTER the arrival of the first
Baba’s? Parameswara founded Malacca in 1411. The Portugese came in 1511, and the Dutch
in the 1600’s. Strangely, the Baba’s were in fact once classified a Bumiputera, but some
Prime Minister decreed that they were to be strangely “declassified” in the 1960’s. WHY? How
can a “native son of the soil” degenerate into an “un-son”? The new classification is
“pendatang” meaning a migrant to describe the Baba’s and Nyonyas. Wait a minute, isn’t
EVERYONE on the Peninsular a migrant to begin with? How can the government discriminate?
Does the Malaysian Government have amnesia?
The Sultan of Kelantan had similar roots to the
And what is this “coffee table book” by the Sultan of Perlis claiming to be the direct
descendant of the prophet Muhammed? Somehow we see Prof Khoo Khay Khim’s signature
name on the book. I’ll pay good money to own a copy of it myself. Anyone has a spare?
In persuing this thread, and having looked at the history of Prophet Muhammed (BTW, real
name Ahmad) we couldn’t figure out which descendant line The Sultan of Perlis was. Perhaps
it was by the name Syed, which transcended. Then we tried to locate which downline did the
Sultan descend from of the 13 Official Wives of Prophet Muhammad named in the Holy
Koran? Or was the Sultan of Perlis a descendant from the other 23 non-wives? Of the 13
Official Wives were (at least known) 3 Israeli women. Then you should come to this instant
revelation, isn’t Prophet Muhammad an Israeli himself? Yes, the answer is clear. All
descendants of Moses are Israeli. In fact, the Holy Koran teaches that Moses was the First
Muslim. Thus confirming all the descendants of Moses to be Israeli, including Jesus and
Prophet Muhammad. It is also found in Sura 2:58&59 which specifically mentions that the
Torah/ Talmud (Jewish) and the Kitab (Bible) are Holy Words of Allah. But since this is not a
Religious or a Theological discussion, let’s move on to a more anthropological approach.
So, how many of you have met with the Orang Asli’s (Malaysian Natives)? The more northern
you go, the more African they look. Why are they called Negrito’s? It is a Spanish word, from
which directly transalates “mini
they look. And the ones who live at
Batek at Taman Negara, who really look like Eddie Murphy to a certain degree. Or the
Negritos who live at the Thai border near
Stangely the natives in
characteristics especially the Kelabits in Bario.
By definition, (this is super eye-opening) there was a Hindu-Malay Empire in Kedah. Yes, I
said right… The Malays were Hindu (just like the gentle Balinese of today). It was known by
it’s old name, Langkasuka. Today known as Lembah Bujang. This Hindu-Malay Empire was
2,000yrs old. Pre-dating Borrobudor AND
later. Lembah Bujang was THE mighty trading Empire, and its biggest influence was by the
Indians who were here to help start it. By definition, this should make the Indians
BUMIPUTERAS too since they were here 2,000yrs ago! Why are they marginalized?
The Malaysian Government now has a serious case of Alzheimer’s. Why? Simply because, they
would accord the next Indonesian who tomorrow swims accross the Straits of Malacca and
bestow upon him with the apparently “prestigious title” of the Bumiputra status alongside
others who imply have inhabited this land for hundreds of centuries. (prestigious, at least
perceived by Malays) They also have a strange saying called “Ketuanan Melayu” which literally
transalates into “The Lordship of Malays” The Malays still cannot identify till this day “who” or
“what” the Malays have “Lordship” over. And they celebrate it galantly and triumphantly by
waving the Keris (wavy knife which has Hindu origins in Borrobudor. Ganesan is seen
brandishing the Keris in a bass-relief sculpture.) during public meetings over National TV
much like a Pagan Wicca Ceremony on Steroids. Let’s all wait for that official press release to
see who the “Malays” have Lorship over, shall we?
Of the 3 books listed, “Contesting Malayness” (about S$32 for soft cover) is “banned” in
in
invited to speak on this very subject circa 2 yrs ago, in KL, invited by the MBRAS. You can
imagine the “chaos” this seminar created…… :( Fortunately the FRU was not called in.
The other, “Kingdoms of the Indonesian Archipelago, and the Malay Peninsular” (about RM84)
are openly sold at all leading bookshops; Kinokuniya, MPH, Borders, Popular, Times, etc. You
should be able to find a fair bit of what I’ve been quoting in this book too, but mind you, it is
extremely heavy reading material, and you will find yourself struggling through the initial
200+ pages. It is extremely technical in nature. Maybe that’s why it hasn’t been banned (yet)
…coz our authorities couldn’t make head or tail of it? (FYI, if I wasn’t doing research for my
film, I wouldn’t have read it in its entirety)
The “Sejarah Melayu” (about RM 50) however, is freely available at the University Malaya
bookshop. I have both the English and Royal Malay version published by MBRAS.
Alternatively, you could try reading the Jawi (Arabic Script) version if you are truly a sucker
for unimaginable pain…… (may feel like circumcision)
There are actually many sources for these Origins of Malays findings. Any older Philippino
Museum Journal also carries these migration stories. This migration is also on display at the
mention that the migration continued to
all Philippinos came from
series) called the “Archipelago Series” endorsed by Tun Mahatir and Marina Mohammad,
which states the very same thing right at the introduction on page one. “… that the Malays
migrated out of
of
Indonesia” by the same authors for the same price.
It is most interesting to note that the Malaysian Museum officials gallantly invented brand
new unheard-of terms such as “Proto-Malay” and “Deutero-Malay”, to replace the accepted
Scientific Term, Australo-Melanesians (African descent) and Austronesians (Chinese Descent,
or Mongoloid to be precise) in keeping in line with creating this new “Malay” term.. They also
created the new term called the Melayu-Polynesian. (Which Melayu exists in the
After all, we also invented the term, “Malaysian Time”. While the rest of the world calls it
“Tardy” and “Late”. It’s quite an embarrassment actually…. Singaporeans crossing the border
are asked to set their watches back by about a 100yrs, to adjust to “Malaysian Time”…
In a nutshell, the British Colonial Masters, who, for lack of a better description, needed a
“blanket” category for ease of classification, used the term “Malay”.
The only other logical explanation, which I have heard, was that “Malaya” came as a
derivative of “
Indians were describing the locals as “Malai” which means “Hill People” in Tamil. This made
perfect sense as the focal point at that time was at Gunung Jerai, and the entire Peninsular
had a “Mountain Range” “Banjaran Titiwangsa”, as we call it.
The Mandarin and Cantonese accurately maintain the accurate pronunciation of “Malai Ren”
and “Malai Yun” respectively till this very day. Where “ren” and “yun” both mean “peoples”.
Interestingly, “Kadar” and “Kidara”, Hindi and Sanskrit words accurately describe “Kedah” of
today. They both mean “fertile Land for Rice cultivation. Again, a name given by the Indians
2,000yrs ago during the “Golden Hindu Era” for a duration of 1,500yrs.
It was during this “Golden Hindu Era” that the new term which the Hindu Malay leaders also
adopted the titles, “Sultan” and “Raja”. The Malay Royalty were Hindu at that time, as all of
The Royal Dias, and even the “Pelamin” for weddings are tell-tale signs of these strong Indian
influences. So, it was NOT Parameswara who was the first Sultan in
approximately 1,500yrs in Kedah before he set foot on the Peninsular during the “Golden
Hindu Era” of
“PreHistory of
But you may say, “Sejarah Melayu” calls it “Melayu”? Yes, it does. Read it again; is it trying to
describe the 200-odd population hamlet near
Earth will show this village).
By that same definition, then, the Achehnese should be considered a “race”. So should the
Bugis and the Bataks, to be fair. Orang Acheh, Orang Bugis, Orang Laut, Orang Melayu now
mean the same… descriptions of ethnic tribes, at best. So some apparently Patriotic peron
decided to upgrade the Malays from Orang Melayu (Malay People) to Bangsa Melayu (Malay
Race) Good job in helping perpetuate the confusion. And since the “Malays” of today are not
all descendants of the “Melayu” kampung in Jambi (if I remember correctly), the term Melayu
has been wrongly termed. From Day One. Maybe this is why the Johoreans still insist on
calling themselves either Bugis, or Javanese til today (except when it comes to receiving
Government Handouts). So do the Achehnese on the West coast of Kedah & Perlis and the
Kelantanese insist that they came from
Morover, the fact that the first 3 pages of “Sejarah Melayu” claim that “Melayu” comes from
Alexander the Great and the West Indian Princess doesn’t help. More importantly, it was
written in 1623. By then, the Indians had been calling the locals “Malai” for 1,500 yrs already.
So the name stuck….
And with the Sejarah Melayu (The Malay Annals in page 1-3) naming the grandson of
Iskandar Zulkarnain, and the West Indian Princess forming the Minangkabau. Whenever a
Malay is asked about it, he usually says it is “Karut” (bullshit), but all Malayan based
historians insist on using Sejarah Melayu as THE main reference book for which “Malay”
history is based upon. The only other books are “Misa Melayu”, “Hikayat Merong
Mahawangsa”, “Hikayat Pasai”, “Hikayat Raja-Raja Siak” and “Hikayat Hang Tuah” among
others; which sometimes brings up long and “heated” discussions.
Interesting to note is one of the great “Malay” writers is called Munsyi Abdullah; who penned
“Hikayat Abdullah” He was an Indian Muslim. Let’s re-read that little bit. He was an Indian
Muslim. How can an Indian change his race to be a Malay? He can change his shirt, his car,
his religion and even his underwear, but how can anyone change his race? This must be The
New Trick of the Century, which even David Copperfield will pay lots of money to watch (and
perhaps learn).
“Mysterious Race Changing Trick”- created by The Malaysian Government.
Still, Malaysians are still only second to the Jews (who by the way, are the only other people
in the world who are defined by a religion) So perhaps David Copperfield has yet to learn a
few tricks on the mass deception skills of the Malaysian Government?
I find this strange.
I also find, that it is strange that the “Chitti’s” (Indian+Malay) of Malacca are categorized as
Bumiputera, while their Baba brothers are not. Why? Both existed during the Parameswara
days. Which part of the “Malay” side of the Baba’s is not good enough for Bumiputera
classification? Re-instate them. They used to be Bumiputera pre 1960’s anyway.
Instead of “Malay”, I believe that “Maphilindo” (circa 1963) would have been the closest in
accurately trying to describe the Malays. However, going by that definition, it should most
accurately be “MaphilindoThaiChinDiaVietWanGreekCamfrica”. And it is because of this; even
our University Malaya Anthropology professors cannot look at you in the eye and truthfully
say that the word “Malay” technically and accurately defines a race.
This is most unfortunate.
So, in a nutshell, the “Malays” (anthropologists will disagree with this “race” definition) are
TRULY ASIA !!! For once the Tourism Ministry got it right….
We should stop calling this country “Tanah Melayu” instead call it, “Tanah Truly Asia”
You must understand now, why I was “tickled pink” when I found out that the Visit Malaysia
slogan for 2007 was “Truly Asia”. They are so correct… (even though they missed out
BTW, the name UMNO should be changed to UTANO the new official acronym for “United
Truly Asia National Organization” . After all, they started out as a Bugis club in Johor anyway
….
I told you all that I hate race classifications…. This is so depressing. Even more depressing is
that the “malays” are not even a race; not since day one.
“Truly
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Negarakuku
by Plsbefair
(FACT) One Word; Different Culture, Different Meaning
Critics are narrow-minded by passing judgment without knowing HIP-HOP culture.
It's Rap, for goodness sack! I am astounded by the obtuseness of all critics. It's so pathetic especially from the government. Charges are totally unfounded
Example: food is fucking awesome = food is delicious; nothing to do with awesome sex
Don't judge others with own perception
Besides its culture, word by word translation distorts real meaning. Even Mandarin-speaking person couldn't fully understand rap without knowing hip-hop & dialect, what more for critics who know nothing. Malay Language doesn't have its "robustness" to demystify hip-hop.
(PROOF) Have you ever listen to a joke, understood every word but didn't get the joke? Why?
Rap is about telling experiences. It's an expression. It's an art. I admire author's talent to rap with FACTUAL assertions. Since age 15, he has rapped 300+ songs through his life experiences.
If you don't like rap, that's your choice. Your parent might not like your music and vice versa. He is telling the truth and how he said it is "no harm, no foul" by hip-hop standard. Just because you don't know, doesn't mean other is wrong.
If you are ignorant (don't know hip-hop, Mandarin & dialect), you felt hurt; granted. Namewee & family have apologized in public (televised), due to your IGNORANT, not guilt.
Criticisms focus on 3 areas:
A) Religion
B) National Anthem
C) Race
A) RELIGION
(FACT) "Prayer" starts early morning w/ good volume.
I am using this to replace my alarm clock. Am I disrespectful? Saying one sing better than others is truthful. Don't they have "prayer contest" annually to select the best?
During my overseas stay, church bells woke me up every Sunday. I (unintentionally) mentioned to the priest. He didn't take any offense and said jokingly the bell will get louder
One can say how peaceful of one religion, but action says it all.
(FACT) Remember the Danish cartoonist? If this rap is hurting your religion, where is the uproar? Unless, you claim Malay Muslims is far more superior to other Muslims.
B) NATIONAL ANTHEM
Technically, he didn’t modify "National Anthem". He sang the actual Anthem, follow by rap. 3 different components:
Negarakuku = Mamula Moon + Anthem + Namewee creation
It's called rap, dude!
I Love My Country, is the theme
Alteration means different lyric, same melody (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oz4DiYKn30 and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG49QSVTBvk).
Copyright violation?
(FACT) Negaraku is from Terang Bulan; pirated from French melody because Perak didn't have Anthem. Stealing!
Why shouting to catch THIEF when you're thief yourself?
C) RACE
(FACT) Public sector has always been less efficient than private sector. Coincidently, Malays happen to be the majority. When we discuss the "sluggish-ness" of the public service, Malays become the focus.
Same logic applied to Police; majority gets the attention. Chinese/Indian will be the target if they were majority. He didn't implicate all Malays.
Bribery is well known secret in
If Government shows me favoritism, I wouldn't work my butt off! It's called human nature. "Work smart, not hard"; Malays are smarter.
Visit Malaysia 2007! Remember an incident in '06? Police did a "naked search/ear-squats" (captured by cell phone) & humiliate innocent foreign tourist? Male police were peeping! She went through this ordeal because she refused to pay RM$500 bribe.
Instead of apologizing, senior Internal Security Minister commented, "If the foreigners think we are cruel; ask them to go back to their own country." Don't worry; this Minister is transferred to "Education".
Thank God! It's not rape!
"If you cannot fight rape, better lay down and enjoy it."
Haji Roselan Johar Mohamed (Kota Kinabalu Umno pro tem head)
Ethical?
We don't have human right, only Malaysia Right = Malaysia Is Always Right
Abdul Razak Baginda, married, senior strategist for Deputy Prime Minister, impregnated Ms. Altantuya Shariibuu on official trip. She came for child support. Instead of getting help for newborn, she was blown up in pieces by classified C4 explosive.
Politician + Police = Invincible
When asked by female MP about leaking roof after RM$100 million renovation, 2 MPs (Jasin/Kinabatangan) lashed out vulgar, sexist & offensive remark, "tiap-tiap bulan pun bocor" in Parliament, means "leak every month".
A very crude and disgusting way to say women menstruate monthly same as leaking roof.
Hello! Your mom's vagina is being humiliated by MP in Parliament!
What about Malaysian & Indonesian who burnt National Flag? The latest incident happened at Batu Burok, Terengganu.
Government official betray his own religion (ex-marital affair), commit crime (instruct & execute killing), leak classified explosive ("C4"), degrade women ("bocor"), violate human right (strip search) and hypocrite ('06 you go back to your country, '07 Visit Malaysia). Government's mind sets worry me about direction of this country.
Economy can GROW. We don't have to fight for a "constant pie". i.e. KLSE: 950 to 1300, did we STEAL? No, "Rising tide raises all boats" and everyone wins.
Malaysia Government literally refuses higher education for non-Malays, only collects their taxes.
(FACT) For 102 years,
You rather scarify human life than letting non-Malay study? What a good moral!
or
keep saying "Malaysia Boleh" slogan.
Malaysian Leaders,
"Respect" has to be earned through leadership/character/wisdom. Your "legacy" is based upon country's accomplishment not your bank account.
My fellow Malaysian,
You can always love your country, but only love your Government when they deserve.
I honestly believe all human being can coexist together. Isn't true our blood is red and tear is salty? Why having policies that are not genuinely helping Malays and harming non-Malays?
Government overlooked:
1) 22 court case of Zainur Zakaria
2) RM4.6 billion bailout for Port Klang Free Zone
3) corruption of Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan
4) corruption of ACA Director-General Zulkipli Mat Noo
5) miscarriage of justice & human right violation for Anwar Ibrahim
6) RM$9 million Police
7) Lingam Tape/Chief Justice Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Halim (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlROjCITFvY)
Where are your critics/righteousness?
You have no idea what you stand for, do you?
Critics, please respect both National Anthem and National Flag. If you want to pick on the "language flaws" in rap, condemn 20 years old to HELL, then criticize those who burnt National Flag.
I presented these facts without bias. If you want to challenge them, present your facts and let have an intelligence discussion
Ms. Altantuya, RIP. I would like to dedicate this writing to you & your child.
UMNO Supremacy
On April 1, 1946, the Malayan Union was formed in Malaya by the British Military Administration to give equal rights to all regardless of race would be citizens. However, the Malays protest against the Malayan Union as a threat to the Malays dominance. The protest was due to the reduction of the Malay Sultanate power of ruling replaced by president which is entirely ruled under British Governor and a citizenship to non-Malay immigrants such as Chinese and Indian.
The United Malays National Organization or UMNO was formed on March 1, 1946 by Dato’ Onn Jaafar to oppose Malayan Union formation and then the Malayan Union has been replaced by the Federation of Malaya on February 1, 1948 which restored the positions of the Malays rulers of Malaya. The Federation of Malaya later becomes Federation of Malaysia in 1963 after gained independence from the British on August 31, 1957. Then came the Bumiputra ideas which were given a special right to Malays and aborigines in constitution such as positions in government sector, quotas for the educational institutions with qualify scholarships and business opportunity. This special privilege for Bumiputra is written in Article 153 of the Constitution of Malaysia.
The Democratic Action Party or DAP was formed on March 18, 1966 and largely dominated by Malaysian Chinese with Lim Kit Siang as a National Organizing Secretary to campaigned against Bumiputra privileges. As the results, DAP becomes major opposition party and strongly against UMNO. DAP had a major success in 1969 General Election and lead to May 13 incidents, a race riots in Kuala Lumpur between Chinese and Malays. According to a book May 13: Declassified Documents on the Malaysian Riots of 1969, published on 2007 by Kua Kia Soong, the riot had been planned by the UMNO as a coup d'etat to stay in power and somehow, Dato' Harun Idris, a Menteri Besar Selangor has involved. Excerpts taken from a dispatch by Far Eastern Economic Review correspondent Bob Reece narrating his eyewitness account on May 13, 1969 after a group of young Malays gathered outside the Selangor Menteri Besar Harun Idris’ residence in late afternoon. It’s showed that there was a plan by UMNO youth to assemble at Dato’ Harun Idris’ residence and armed with weapons such as knife and machetes.
Kua Kia Soong is a director of human rights group Suaram. He strongly regard the May 13 Incident as a conspiracy by the “ascendant Malay state capitalist class” in UMNO to overthrow the government. Whether it’s true or not, my point is, UMNO can’t be trusted at all. In 60 years, did UMNO really fight for the Malays? Or they really fight for the Bumiputra? What about the aborigines? According to Federal Constitution of Malaysia, in particular Article 153, all Malays and aborigines considered as Bumiputra. Some of the aborigine’s reserves land rights. In 2002, Malaysian law acknowledged that the aborigines have no rights to their ancestral lands. And why is that? So the state governments can take over the aborigines reserve land for any reason to be used for building roads, dams, golf courses and logging. Who will get all this benefits? If not the UMNO, who else? How about the Malays? UMNO Malays claim themselves as the defender of Malays privileges but in the same time, rob from their own kind in return. The Malays were also being discriminated by UMNO. New Economic Policy or NEP was launch during Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak period from 1970 to 1976. NEP was originally a fair distribution of economics share amongst regardless of race. It’s targeted of poverty eradication and economic restructuring was to allocate only 30% of the economics share to the Bumiputra and the rest of 70% goes to the others. The Bumiputra were given such opportunity as government contracts, business loans and even discounts on housing through these policies. In the same time, it was seen as a threat to the non-Malays which would reduce their share of the economic and academic. However, NEP was only benefiting a large group of UMNO Bumiputra rather than giving economic advantage to any individual Bumiputra. As the result, the government claims that the Bumiputera equity has yet to be achieved.
The NEP policies ended in 1990 without reaching their target and replaced by the National Development Policy or NDB but later on 2005, NEP were reinstated and these has concerned the non-Malays. But still the Bumiputra are left behind and becoming poorer with UMNO Bumiputra getting richer. DAP were strongly against NEP and claim that the NEP has been abused to help the rich Bumiputra especially in UMNO. According to article The NEP has been abused to help the rich written by Richard Teo in Lim Kit Siang’s blog;
NEP in its present form has been abused and lost its initial noble objectives of helping the poor and the needy instead of the rich of one single race. Instead of affirmative action based on poverty it was exclusively based on a policy of helping just one race irrespective of the wealth of that person.
Hence we have a situation where a rich bumiputra is entitled to purchase a high-end property at a discount. What kind of logic is it? If he can afford to buy a high-end property surely he don’t need a discount.
The NEP must embrace the concept that there are poor Malays Indians, Chinese, Ibans and Kadazans etc. If the NEP is to have any meaning it must help those in need irrespective of their race and not because they belong to a select community.
Well, let us forget about this NEP things. It’s clearly discrimination to all races including the Bumiputra. To put an end to prejudice, racial discrimination and religious polarization is through democracy. This is what DAP has fought for so long since 1966. There is no democracy in UMNO and Barisan Nasional. Malays has to wake up and accept the facts that there is no such thing as Bumiputra and so called Malay supremacy which would destroy the nation and humanity.
How much longer they need to realize that they are being marginalized by UMNO policy. How about the non-Bumiputra? How many are the non-Bumiputra is in the public service? How many of them have been given the scholarship they deserved? Anyway, why does opposition party like DAP or even the newcomer, People's Justice Party never succeeded? It simply because of our fellow Malaysian wants it to be stay like that.
Hypocrites.
We are the one who votes for Barisan Nasional and we are the one who also blame the Barisan Nasional for being racist and unfair. Believe it or not, Barisan Nasional will rule our country for another 50 years because the lazy Malays, the greedy Chinese and the stupid Indians will forever voting in the Barisan Nasional government.
