O dear GOD, I should have known that I
would never be able to understand Tun Dr Mahathir. After all I am just an old
Bugis seeing out my last few years
of life quietly in Adelaide while he is a first class idiot. And if idiots
could fly, PWTC would be busier then Heathrow!
I woke up this morning to this:
Dr M warns
of Singapore fate for Kg Baru Malays
January 11, 2011
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 11 - Tun Dr Mahathir
Mohamed claimed today there are signs Malays could lose their voice in
government, and issued a warning that the Kampung Baru Malay community here
could suffer the fate of their ethnic cousins in Singapore who are scattered
around the republic.
The
former prime minister wrote in his blog that while Malaysia is being
governed by a Malay majority government that cares for the fate of Malays, “let
us not be so sure that there will never be a government where the voice of
Malay representatives is removed.”
He writes in his blog “Hari ini
Kerajaan Malaysia dianggotai oleh majoriti orang Melayu yang prihatin terhadap
nasib orang Melayu. Janganlah kita yakin tidak akan wujud Kerajaan di mana
suara wakil Melayu tenggelam hapus. Tanda-tanda ini boleh berlaku sudah pun
ternampak.”
Translation: “let us not be so sure that
there will never be a government where the voice of Malay representatives is
removed.”
And the BN government talks about 1Malaysia? First the realities. This
is Malaysia:
Estimated Population in Malaysia for2007.
27.17 million (93% citizens; 7% non-citizens)
Malaysian citizens comprise:
Bumiputera 66.4%
Chinese 24.9%
Indians 7.5%
Others 1.3%
The Malays totally – I repeat totally – dominate numerically. The Malays
control the Armed Forces. PDRM. RELA and any other organization that is tasked
with looking “after the security” of the nation. The Army camps are located
strategically to ensure that they have control over all major urban areas. PDRM
have Police Stations positioned to enable the Police to have effective control
over all the population (especially the non-Malays) in the urban and rural
areas.
BN is UMNO and UMNO is BN. Pakatan Rakyat understand that without PAS
and PKR it is dead – and both these parties are Malay dominated parties.
Mahathir tells us that “Tanda-tanda
ini boleh berlaku sudah pun ternampak.”
These ‘tanda tanda” of the Malays losing their voice has happened on
whose watch? Was it not UMNO that has control over all things political since
independence? Was is not you that was Prime Minister for over 22 of the past 30
years?
Or are the Malays losing their voice because of what has been done by
UMNO under your leadership in the past 22 years? That instead of strengthening
the Malays race what you did was to erode every dignity and integrity of your
own race by the policies implemented by your government? By the corruption,
avarice and abuse that your government and UMNO practices you imposed upon the
Malays the burden of shame for having to answer to the other races for the
abuses of your self and UMNO? And you talk about the Malays losing their voice
in Malaysian politics?
No Tun, you are to be blamed. That you now say that the Malays might
lose their voice in this country is a damming indictment of yourself by yourself, of what
abuse you and UMNO have perpetrated upon the Malays. Cukup lah Tun. Age does not always bring
wisdom. Sometimes age comes alone. In your case this is never truer.
This preoccupation about Malays losing control in Malaysia is so unnecessary because of all the points you have mentioned already. Yet we are reminded by past and present Umno leaders of the dangers of Malays (read Umno) losing control.
ReplyDeleteSome Chinese are really good at making money by using connections with those in political power. The fact that we have a few billionaires does not mean there are no poor Chinese. Some Malays are worried when they perceive the Chinese getting contracts like the IPPs (while others are more like sub-contracts), and make money out of them. It would be naive to think YTL or AK (Indian) get them without some form of kickbacks to Umno or their leaders (Umno has a finger in every mega pie). The main difference seems to be that the Chinese are able to maintain and even increase their wealth, while the Malays got rich the easy way and squander easily too.
With Kg. Baru, it would have been better to save it for the Malays (to avoid any protests now or later), and as someone suggested, should be the site for Warisan Merdeka as an icon of Malay pride.
“let us not be so sure that there will never be a government where the voice of Malay representatives is removed.”
ReplyDeleteBro, at state level, Penang, Kelantan, Kedah and Selangor, which are govern by PKR, I wish to ask, has the voice of Malay representatives removed? After all, what is so important with the Malay voice being represented when the country is run to the edge of bankruptcy or already bankrupted for that matter?
Penang being the envy of all (although many Malays may not agree) is fortunate to have LGE as CM. I say we extend that fortune to the whole of Malaysia. LGE for PM.
I had recently brought this (LGE for PM) out to a group of colleagues during our late afternoon teh tarik session and the immediate respond was, “dia tu cina lah, bro”. And I retorted with “kurang-kurangnya kita dan dia tahu yang dia tu cina. Confirm cina. Kau dan aku ni siapa? Melayu ke? Jawa? Banjar? Bugis? Minang? Mamak? Pakistan? Turki? Indon?.......Philipino?” And right after, there was an unpleasant silence and ill at ease smirky faces all around.
My grandfather is a Bugis. My grandmother is a Thai. What is my father? My mother is from Aceh. What am I?
Agree with you! Only the best for our country. LGE for PM is a logical choice -cakap serupa bikin!
ReplyDeleteFinally I get it!
ReplyDeleteAll of us have been wondering why TDM is racist to the core, right?
It comes from his roots! His Indian caste system!! Yes, he is the Maha Brahmin while the rest are all below him.
Aaaarrrggghhh Pttuuiiii!
Taikohtai
I stumbled upon your blog recently thru' someone's forwarded email. I'm amazed with that article you've written about the Selangor Sultan. Frankly speaking you are very brave. Then today I realized that you are not residing in Bolehland but in Aussieland. Lucky chap.
ReplyDeleteThen I randomly read one after another of your no-holds-barred articles and one thing for sure, very true, I think you have pointed out the facts of life in Bolehland.
We are all very angry but helplessly feeling vulnerable to this daylight robbery of rakyat's money, corrupt of the corrupts, how so-called mega projects that run into billions ringgit (no more millions) which are largely exaggerated and worse of all being racist with policies that not supposed to be.
Till the day we need to identify ourselves as Malay, Chinese or Indian, WE ARE NOT 1MALAYSIA. Malaysia is for Malaysians!