Disappointed...........

Warning! This post is not suitable for those who are not open minded.

The election that had ended with an expected loss by the ruling part UMNO was indeed shocking. After the humiliating loss of 5 states to the opposition party, it would be assumed that the ruling party would work harder to revamp the current government system in order to cater the needs of the people and amend whatever factor that has led to the unsatisfactory of the people. Ironically, I have only been reading about news regarding political leaders pointing fingers to other members of the same party, accusing them as the cause of the loss in the elections. If you read the newspaper, you’ll see a lot of these political leaders telling each other: “Hey, we lost because you didn’t do your job properly!”; “it’s your fault for being an incompetent leader”; “we lost because we were sabotaged by our own members”; bla bla bla. Even more disappointing is the news item which I have read in the newspaper recently. Apparently, the Tengku Mahkota of Kelatan, Tengku Faris reiterated the words that many political leaders have always said over and over again.

According to him:

1.) Nobody should challenge the right and special privileges of the Malays.

2.) The Malay rulers will act as a source of unity and loyalty among the people as stated in the constitution and Rukun Negara.

3.) As such, the people should be united and no one should question the special rights and privileges of the Malays because it is quid pro quo in return for providing citizenships to 2.7 million people of other races who joined the Malay Federation.

4.) It is not appropriate for the other races to demand equal rights and privileges after they had already acquired their citizenships.

The above statements was made by him in his opening address at a Malay unity gathering held in conjunction with the Maulidur Rasul celebration at the Putra World Trade Centre yesterday. The theme of the event, organised by a group of Malay NGOs named Barisan Bertindak Perpaduan Melayu (BBPM), was “Malay Unity is the Core of National Unity.”

Actually, he was not the only one who has said these selfish words. Many of the political leaders who made these statements have created a furore among the Non-Bumiputras in Malaysia. Feeling afraid that they will lose the political support from the Non-Bumiputras, they always cover up what they have said by apologizing and saying that they didn’t mean what they have said literally. I still remembered a political leader that said something similar though I have forgotten what his name is. He said that those who are not satisfied with the government’s policy regarding the Malay’s special privileges and rights should go back to China and India. The following day, he appeared in the front page of the gazette again; telling the people that that was not what he had meant and said something totally different in order to cover what he had said. The moment we read about his biased statement, my friends and I felt that we have been stabbed in the heart. In our hearts, we thought that how a political leader such as him who are supposed to help to maintain the integrity of the citizens can utter such a statement. We felt that as though we are actually still immigrants from China instead being a part of the Malaysian society. We felt betrayed by our own country which we have been so patriotic about since we are young. From that day onwards, we knew that there are still people who still haven’t accepted the Non-bumiputras as a part of the Malaysian society. They still have the mentality thinking that we are immigrants from other countries even though we have been living together for so long, even before our country gained independence from Britain. May be in their mind, we are of the same type as the Indonesian immigrants who came to our country to work as labourers and maids. This really makes me very sad and disappointed. The recent statement made by Tengku Faris has saddened me even more. It is as though we are only a trivial society in Malaysia who ranks lower than them in the society. They spoke that without even considering what we have contributed towards the development of the country.

This proves that the mentalities of some of the people in Malaysia are still more than 40 years behind the western people. The situation in Malaysia is something similar to the discrimination towards the “black people” that happened in America more than 40 years ago and the Aparteid policy at Africa. The so called “white people” segregated the people based on the colour of their skins. The “black people” are supposed to rank lower in the rank of society and have fewer rights. They are so discriminative that they even separated the washrooms for the “white people” and the “black people” thinking that they are not fit to stand next to them. Then, came a brave man named Martin Luther King Jr who fought for equal rights for all the people in the Untied States of America regardless of the colour of their skin. What do we need to do in order these people to acknowledge the Non-bumputras as a part of the Malaysia society? Do we need another Malaysian type of “Martin Luther King Jr” in order to get equal treatment from the government? Is it wrong to demand equal rights and to be treated fairly? Is it wrong to wish for the abolishment of any policies that are considered discriminative? Is it wrong for us to express what we feel is right? Apparently it is in Malaysia. We have always been told to keep our mouth shut and compromise some of our rights in order to maintain the integrity, and peace of the multi-racial community in our country. Whenever we try to question something which we think is unfair, we would be alleged of trying to spread slanderous statement that will threaten the integrity of the nation. Some might even be jailed according to the ISA which stands for Internal Security Act for trying to spread seditious statements that will aggravate the racial tension in Malaysia. Some were even allegedly linked to the “Tamil Tiger” extremists in Thailand.

In my opinion, we shouldn’t be discriminated just because we have different skin colours or belong to a different race. All of us are of the same species, Homo sapiens. We live in the same country where each of us has a role in developing the country. All of us are very patriotic about Malaysia as it is our birth place and has been our home for so many years. I totally disagree with the theme of the event organized by the BBPM which says that Malay unity is the core of national unity. The unity of a country does not only depend on the unity of a certain race. In fact, the unity of the whole community in the country depends on all of the citizens living in the country regardless of race. May be these people should stand in our shoes for once in order to get them to understand our feelings. What do you think they would feel if they were the one who are discriminated in the same way we are now? What would they feel if the Non-bumiputras were the ones who have the special privileges while they have none? Do you think that they will sit down quietly and do nothing to protest against the unfair treatment? Do you think that they will accept the so called compromise just because they are given citizenships? No way! I bet that they would also do the same thing as what we are trying to do now. They often think of us as selfish and ungrateful people. However, sometimes I myself wonder who the real selfish people are.

Well, I hope that this matter would be resolved in the future peacefully. I really don’t want the horrible “May 13” massacre to occur again. Hopefully, we would then truly be able to live together as a united Malaysian community. Malaysia Boleh!!!

Attention!!!!

Hello everyone. I think I will finally continue my blogging activities again. I’m not sure whether there will be anyone who wants to read my blog but I’ll try to continue blogging again in order to revamp my English and to find a good hobby to fill my free time. The reason I stopped blogging last time was mainly due to the fact that nobody wants to read my blog except Stone. Most viewers like blogs with a lot of pictures and flashy stuff but hates blogs that are only full of words such as mine. Famous blogs such as kennysia.com, etc which have hundreds of fanatic ardent viewers upload dozens of photos and funny pictures that have been “photoshopped” to attract viewers. They can make quite a lucrative profit from the advertisements at their blogs and have various privileges made for bloggers. I understand why that people find it lethargic to read my blog and most of the time I try to ignore that fact. However, after so much time spent on blogging with nobody to appreciate what the contents that I conceived, I felt quite depressed over it even though I find quite a joy in expressing what I feel in the form of words. In addition of the dismay I felt, I also have to bear with the hectic life which I have gone through last year. In order to ensure a good result in my SPM examination which I took last year, I have decided to stop blogging for good. However, I was quite inspired by my lecturer at my college, Mr Terry who also teaches us English besides foundation in Early Childhood Education. I’m now in a vicarious journey to search for the joy of blogging that I have lost. To all the few people who view my blog, I hope that you will give me some encouragement to continue blogging.