Rally To Defend Malay rights?

As reported in Malaysiakini.com 29 Dec 2008, a group of protesters in Penang called on Malay rulers to revoke the citizenship of Malaysians who dispute Malay special rights and demanded safeguards to their special position as enshrined in the constitution. To me, this is nothing but a sandiwara, absolutely a show staged by the irresponsible parties rather than by those really want to protect Malay rights hero.

This group of Malay NGO, led by Md Radzi Daud also not being straight to the point. They disguised under various beautiful names such as “call on Malaysians to defend Islam as the nation’s official religion”. Isn't it nonsense and “langsung tidak masuk akal”?. Come on, get real! Non-Malay recognise and respect islam as the official religion for Malaysia as per article 153 but is there any reason for us non-malay to defend that? Who will defend Islam other than Muslim themselves? If you think non Muslim should defend Islam, please then defend the pig farm for me.

This group is also no different from the other Malay extremist in the past, they basically trying to position Malay as victim under the current political climate. They said “Malays have kept quiet so far to maintain peace and harmony, but don't disturb the bees hive or you can be destroyed". I feel that the Malay extremist have recycled this remarks over and over again without thinking about it carefully. Malay keeps quiet? Excuse me, were you deaf or you pretend not to hear what Ahmad Ismail said during the Permatang Pauh by election? Whenever Malay or UMNO face problem, the non Malay will conveniently be blamed, will be victimised especially by UMNO. So will you still insist that the Malay keep quiet?

In the rally, this group also called for granting of immunity to the Malay royalty. Melayu mudah lupa, if you guys are really serious about this, grill Dr M first, and revoke his citizenship if you guys walk the talk because he was the one who removed the immunity. In addition, the UMNO members and assemblymen, especially those in Perlis & Terengganu also “menghina the sultan and raja during the tussle of the appointment of Menteri Besar. Strip off their citizenship please!

My appeal to the Malay, don’t be ignorance, you are being made used by UMNO, they have been given more than 3 decades to help the Malays but they did otherwise. If you still think that you don't have your fair share of the country's wealth, that is not because of other races, it is because of UMNO's policies.

Lastly, spare your kids. Don't involve them in this type of rally because they are too young to understand. Kids are innocent and they don't born to hate anybody unless the adult taught them to. We are all Malaysian, we don’t wish to train our kids to hate or fight other races. So don't pass on this baggage to them, to hate the non-malay.

Multi-Language Road Sign & Mohd Ali Rustam

Mohd Ali Rustam, the current UMNO's VP and Melaka Chief Minister said in Ipoh on Wednesday that the road signs in the country need only Bahasa Malaysia, I'm OK with this only if the same standard enforce throughout the country.

Ali also lambasted the DAP government in Penang of putting up the multi-language road signs in the tourist attractions a trick for their political gain. I strongly disagree with this. Ali Rustam seems to be not aware that the Jawi has been widely used in other places road signs. Can I then say UMNO do this for their political gain also?

I still remember clearly quite some times ago, some states ignored "rakyat"s complaint and proceeded to put up road signs with Jawi, until such that some angry people sprayed paint to cover the Jawi as a way to show their dissatisfaction(though I don't agree with the way they demonstrated their dissatisfaction). Did the government ever care about rakyat's feeling? I wonder if Ali Rustam knows what happened around the nation.

The road sign thing is not a big issue. I feel that Ali Rustam is here to heat up the issue again for his own political gain. It is worrying to see people of Ali Rustam's quality to assume top post in UMNO. I would like to urge Ali to stay in Melaka for the sake of the country. You may not be ready to go up to national level.

If Ali wants to resolve the road sign issue, I think Ali should strive towards eliminating Jawi on the road sign before even comment on "road signs need only Bahasa Malaysia". He should also question the wisdom of the town council who think that Jawi is necessary on the road signs. Not to forget also, slap those who ask me to leave this country if I "tak suka". Bahasa is for all of us, Jawi is not.

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SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDILADHA

Saya ingin mengucapkan selamat menyambut Hari Raya Aidiladha kepada semua rakyat Malaysia yang beragama Islam dan pembaca blog saya.

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Najib not involved in the Altantuya murder case

At today’s press conference, Abdul Razak Baginda tells a lot, a lot of “facts” that we have already known or expected. The more he says, the more suspicious I'm towards who is involved in Altantuya's murder case.

Now, who is involved if everybody is not? If Abdul Razak was just out there to tell us these, I think he is wasting everybody’s time. He could have just issued a short press statement and express his opinion on who is not involved. He can then fly off to UK to enjoy life.

It is so convenient for Abdul Razak to blame the bloggers and opinion makers in creating a negative impression on the case. Aren't we entitled to our opinion as citizen? Isn’t he himself in the press conference also give his opinion about Najib's non involvement in the murder case?

Abdul Razak seems to forget about the fact that he was trying to give positive opinion on the case. As per what he said, Abdul Razak is trying to create an impression that the two cops were acted on their own. While I'm not insinuating that Najib is involved in the murder case, I would like to know on what basis Abdul Razak knows that Najib is not involved.

The best thing that Abdul Razak should do is to tell us who is involved and solve the puzzle once and for all. If he can, share with us how he feel about his ex-lover being murdered in such a brutal manner and the master mind of the crime have not been brought to justice.

Is Abdul Razak consider lucky because the victim is a Mongolian? I don't think it will be the same story if Altantuya was holding a French or US passport.

Obama Wins , So What?

On 5 November 2008, News papers all over the world were flooded with the news that, Barrack Hussein Obama wins the presidential election. First time in the history of United State, a black man will be the President, President of the world’s richest & most powerful country. Obama did not win with just a simple majority; he wins overwhelmingly, decisively with 43% of the votes come from the white. This is an achievement which is on par with his fellow Democrat, John Kerry in 2004 presidential election. It is unthinkable for a black minority (African-American made up of 13% of total population in the US) to run a country with majority are white, who once had the mindset of white superiority.

Back in our homeland, Malaysia, where races are so distinctly divided, can we expect the same thing happen here? Will we ever see a Chinese or Indian become the PM of the country? I honestly don’t think so, at least for the next 20 years, as long as Umno is in power. Just take a look at what happen lately in our country. Do we seem to head towards a more open minded and tolerance society? The answer is absolutely “No”. Just look at these small issues below and think about it.

1. The Malays cannot even tolerate that the tiny PKNS’s GM post fall into non bumi’s hand. Not even temporary. Khir Toyo even see this as undermine Malay’s capabilities.
   
2. The multi lingual road sign is seen as a threat to the Malay language status in the country. Ironically, the Jawi are commonlly used in all over the country's road sign. Non-malay have no choice but to accept it. Even though we did make noise, who cares about non-malay's view? There is no mutual respect at all.
   
3. The important cabinet posts are all controlled by Umno. Can we still imagine we can be assigned the cabinet post of Education Minister, Defence Minister, Finance Minister, Internal Affair Minister, Foreign Minister etc. Is Chinese so incapable of assuming any of the cabinet post above? PM post, forget it if UMNO is still around.
   
4. Last month’s Rulers conference, the Sultans are asking the ‘Malaysian’ to respect the social contract. Gabungan Melayu Perak staged a show to submit a memorandum to Sultan Perak to thank the Rulers for their statement during the Rulers conference. The Malay's impression is that the non Malay will take away their entitlement if the non malay is in power. The Malays still do not trust other races.
   

To me, what happens in the U.S. is still a dream for non Malay in Malaysia. Malaysia is simply not there yet. The Malays are rather to cling on to political power rather than giving them away in exchange for progression in life. UMNO will also won’t let it happen, in the name of pembela nasib orang melayu. This is a tragedy to Malay race and all Malaysian.

Khir Toyo's Racist Remarks

As usual, Khir Toyo made some rediculous remarks in relation to the appointment of the ''acting GM'' for PKNS. He said, for a high position like this one, the person must be a malay. I'm confused, the Menteri Besar of Selangor is even higher post. But before the current MB, Khalid Ibrahim, Khir Toyo, an Indonesian descendant was the MB, he is a Non-Malay, no matter what he claimed himself to be. So, Ms Low qualification is not a question and Khir Toyo is not in the position to comment on this.

Khir Toyo also said that the appoinment should have been done in consultation with the officers. How does Khir Toyo know that Khalid didn't consult with the officers? It is nothing wrong that after the consultation, Khalid went ahead to appoint Ms Low because he is the true decision maker. Unlike many Umno leaders who has to refer to Mahathir for decision.

I can't imagine, the leader of Khir's mindset and quality to take over the leadership of Malaysia one day. Unfortunately, most of the Pemuda Umno are just like him, racist, lack of foresight and narrow minded.

We can only pray that this don't happen.

Racism In The Appointment Of GM For PKNS

Referring to the appointment of Low Siew Moi as the acting GM of Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor or PKNS, Khir Toyo made some rediculous comments as usual. Including this, he said "such a high post in PKNS must be held by a Malay". He went on to say that Ms Low's appointment undermined the "capabilities of the Malays to run a company like PKNS".

I can understand if these remarks come from the person who is contesting in the party election. But there are other Malay leaders, be it from Pakatan Rakyat or Umno are also responded strongly against the appointment. These peoples are shamelessly playing up a racial card. They don't even bother to cover up their racist mindset by saying that the post is for Malay. I couldn't help but asking myself, where are we, Malaysians heading toward? The Malay can not even accomodate that a government agency being led by a Non-Malay (not even acting).

I don't have to explain how stupid the idea is as everyone knows about it. My concern is that this is a very strong message to the non-malay in the country, no matter how capable you are and no matter how hard working you are, just forget about the top post if you are working in a government agency. The Malays are willing to sacrify the wellbeing of the state by appointing their own race to cling on to the top post in the government agency, regardless of his/her capabilities.

The non malays in this country still can not see the light at the other side of the tunnel.

Happy Deepavali!

Wishing all Indians a Happy Deepavali. Also not to forget the Hindraf brothers who are remanded under the inhumane ISA. We hope you guys are released unconditionally as soon as possible. release.

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Re-Branding Of Bukit Bintang Area

Be it Jalan Kejora and Jalan Alor. To me and you, fellow Malaysian should not be a problem because we live here and therefore can pronounce both without difficulty. But to the foreigners and tourist who are looking for good food in KL area, Jalan Alor is definitely much easier to memorise and pronounce than Jalan Kejora.

Lately, DBKL got backfired for renaming the street in the name of "creating new image" for Bukit Bintang area. I think DBKL is lack of business sense when they changed the name, they did not realise this unnecessary change will affect many travel related materials/booklets, they will have to be reprinted. DBKL also did not realise the impact on people's daily life. They do not bother to give the city folks an advance notice about the change.

Changing of street name is not uncommon but DBLK should be more sensitive and consult the Federal Territory wakil rakyat before the change. Now DBKL sees stars (Kejora means star), they naively think that changing the name=creating new image. Abdullah Badawi will still flop even if he changes his name to call himself Mahathir.

Well, I don't echo the call by the opposition to ask for the Datuk bandar, Abdul Hakim Borhan to resign over this matter. Rather, he should fly lesser to overseas and go down to the streets more often to understand the rakyat.

We love Jalan Alor. Hidup Jalan Alor!

Controversial Apointment Of Chief Justice.

I see it no point to give Abdullah a few more months to complete his unfinished tasks. Since he announced his March 2009 retirement plan, he dropped a bom by appointing Tan Sri Zaki Azmi as Chief Justice. Zaki Azmi is a former UMNO member, he has a very close political and business ties with UMNO and therefor, his ability to impartially judge a case against UMNO or the government is in question. He is not deemed to be independent.

How to restore public confidence in the independence, impartiality and integrity of the judiciary? Where are we now in the reform of judicial system? What happen to the setting up of the committee to review the appointment of high court judges. AAB is just a big liar.

Now, I'm afraid the longer AAB is in power, the situation can only be worsen For the sake of the country, I wish to see AAB retires NOW! A day more is too much for him and too detrimental to the country.

Over To You, Najib!

I'm shocked with what I read in Malaysia Today on "Abuse of power by the deputy Prime Minister". However, I have my reservations towards the allegation of SMS conversations. I simply can’t imagine a person like DPM would do all these SMSing (I could be wrong). I’d assume that Najib would be more alert than anyone in this kind of situation (whether he is involved or not). Furthermore, as Defence Minister before, he jolly well know how secured the telecommunication system (Again, I could have overestimated him). Whatever the case is, this new allegations will definitely have some bearing on Najib.

On the other hand, let’s look at the Altantuya’s murder trial which the court will decide on 31 Oct. Base on my layman understanding of the legal system, these are the likely outcomes.

1. Razak Baginda and the 2 police officers are convicted and send to the gallows.
2. Razak Baginda is acquitted and the 2 policemen receive death sentence.
3. All the 3 are freed.

I personally do not think that the outcome in 1 & 3 will ever happened. This is because in outcome 1, Najib would be seen as he can’t help his own man (so what for I work so hard for you?). Outcome 3 is a luxury and will be outrageous to all Malaysians. Outcome 2 is the most ideal to Najib although it involves some scarification.

I think March 2009 is a bit too long for Najib. From now to March 2009, there could be more explosive “evidence” coming out against him. The ball is at his court now. If he is not taking more aggressive action now, his road to the UMNO president seat will be a rocky one, or he may not even make it there. If he were to take action, the priority will be none other than killing off (em! is it too sensitive to use the word “kill”?) Anwar politically and use whatever mean to silent off the other voices, at least for any damn thing that associated with Altantuya.

Selamat Hari Raya

Saya ingin mengucapkan

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri. Maaf Zahir Dan Batin
kepada semua rakyat Malaysia, terutamanya bagi merka yang beragama Islam.

Daripada: Charlie Soong

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