Friday, September 5, 2008

Kenapa Hindraf diujudkan?

Orang Melayu masih bersabar atau buat-buat tidak faham atau memang tidak ambil peduli?


HINDRAF

Hindu Rights Action Force
No. 135-3-A,
Jalan Toman 7,
Kemayan Square,
70200 Seremban,
Negeri Sembilan
Malaysia.
Tel : 06-7672995/6Fax: 06-7672997

15.11.2007

The Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown
Prime Minister of the United Kindom
10 Downing Street,
London,
W1A 2AA
Fax: +442079250918

URGENTS

Dear Sirs,

RE: 1. COMMONWEALTH ETHNIC INDIAN PEACE LOVING SUBJECTS IN MALAYSIA PERSECUTED BY GOVERNMENT BACKED ISLAMIC EXTREMIST VIOLENT ARMED TERRORIST WHO LAUNCHED A PRE DAWN VIOLENT ARMED ATTACK AND DESTROYED THE KG JAWA MARIAMAN HINDU TEMPLE AT 4.00 A.M THIS MORNING (15.11.2007).

2. APPEAL FOR U.K TO MOVE EMERGENCY U.N RESOLUTION CONDEMNING “ETHNIC CLEANSING” IN MALAYSIA.

3. APPEAL TO REFER MALAYSIA TO THE WORLD COURT AND INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT FOR CRIMES AGAINST IT’S OWN ETHNIC MINORITY INDIANS.

We refer to the above critical matters in Malaysia but which generally gets the least attention locally even by the Opposition parties, NGO’s, the Malaysian Human Rights Commission and the media for this community is generally regarded as politically insignificant, do not draw local or international funding and are deemed not pressworthy.
To the contrary the Malaysian government has successfully projected itself to the world as a modern Islamic thinking country which is not true.
The ethnic minority Indians in Malaysia were brought in to Malaysia by the British some 200 over years ago.
Since independence in 1957 the Malaysian Indians have been permanently colonialised by the Islamic fundamentalist and Malay chauvinists UMNO led Malaysian government.
Among the recent atrocities committed by this government are as follows:-
1. 100 over Indians were slashed and killed by the UMNO controlled Malaysian government in the Kampung Medan mini genocide. Despite numerous appeals, the Malaysian Human Rights Commission has refused to hold a Public Inquiry. The UMNO controlled Malaysian courts struck off a victim’s public interest civil suit for a Public Inquiry to be held without even the said UMNO controlled government having to file in their defence. The UMNO controlled Attorney General and the Inspector General of Police refused to investigate and / or initiate an inquest into the death of at least six Indians in this tragedy despite.
2. Every week one person at average is killed in a shot to kill policy and in every 2 weeks one person is killed in police custody. About 60% of these victims are Indians though they form only 8% of the Malaysian population.
3. In every three weeks one Hindu temple is demolished in Malaysia.The latest being the demolishment of the Mariaman temple in Padang Jawa, Shah Alam, Selangor early this morning (15.11.2007) and the next being the (Mutaiya) Hindu temple in Sungai Petani scheduled for the 29.11.2007.A violent armed pre down attack at 4.00a.m this morning was launched by the UMNO controlled Malaysian government backed by about 600 police, riot police, Islamic extremist and armed terrorists which completely destroyed this temple.In an attack two weeks ago, uniformed police, riot police and city Council officers hurled rocks and attacked unarmed Hindu devotees with knives, sticks and iron rods.At least 20 Hindu devotees were seriously injured and 19 arrested including 4 of their United Kingdom trained lawyers in direct violation of Article 5 (Right to life) Article 8 (Equality) Article 11 (Freedom of Religion) Section 295 (defiling a place of worship), Section 296 (disturbing a religious assembly), 298A(causing racial disharmony) and Section 441(criminal trespass) of the Malaysian Penal Code.These authorities are plagued by an above the law mindset and in fact liberally take the law into their own hands. These atrocities however does not happen to almost all Islamic places of worship. Please visit www.policewatchmalaysia.com for further and better particulars.
4. State sponsored direct discrimination against the Indians in Public University intakes, Indian (Tamil) Schools, skills training institutes, civil service and private sector job opportunities, business and license opportunities and in almost all other aspects of daily life.Despite our hundreds of letters, appeals and pleas to the Malaysian King and Sultans, the Prime Minister, Attorney General, Inspector General of Police, Ministers, Chief Ministers and the latest being our letters to the Prime Minister dated 29.10.2007 and 30.10.2007 and to the Attorney General dated 1.11.2007 the Malaysian authorities are only proceeding with greater ferocity and with impunity with very little regard for the Federal Constitution and laws of Malaysia. So please help us.
CONCLUSION
We fear that this peace loving Indian community of Tamil origin having been pushed to the corner and the persecution getting worse by the day may be forced to into terrorism in a matter of time as what has happened to the Sri Lankan Tamils.
APPEAL
On our part we are committed to a peaceful and lawful struggle and pray and appeal that the Government of the United Kingdom:-1. Moves an emergency United Nations resolution condemning these state sponsored atrocities and persecutions of Malaysian Indians in Malaysia.2. Refers Malaysia to the World Court and the International Criminal Court for Crimes against it’s own ethnic minority Indians
Thank You,
Yours Faithfully
P.Uthayakumar
Legal Adviser

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Stop Racism

Posted by St Low
Friday, 05 September 2008 22:55

During the training session, a lecturer denied the citizenship of non-Malays and called them outsiders. He then pointed at a Chinese student and said: "The country belongs to Malays, you do not deserve anything."

It is not necessary for me to repeat other insulting and belittling words.
I received a call from a mother two weeks ago. She told me that her daughter is a government school teacher and has recently been scheduled for a training course.
All the Indian and Chinese students were angry and sad after listening to the lecturer's remarks. However, they dared not retort on the spot.

"How many young souls have been hurt and how many enlightening brains have been poisoned?"

By evening, the daughter could not stand any longer. She called her mother and complained tearfully.

From the mother's voice when she was telling me about her daughter's experience, I could feel her agitation and anger. Then, she hung up.

DAP Ipoh Timor MP Lim Kit Siang disclosed a letter from a parent yesterday.
In the letter, the writer said her daughter has been successful in getting a scholarship from the Public Service Department. It is compulsory for her daughter to attend a course.

The course lecturer was from Biro Tata Negara and I believe you are clear of the institution's reputation and record.
The lecturer told his students that non-Malays should not question Malay privileges. Instead, they must be grateful that Malays give them citizenship and a place to stay.
He even instructed Malay students not to make friends with non-Malays.

I think you can imagine how non-Malay students felt at that moment. Even some Malay students have been frightened and cried.

I wonder whether the two incidents involved the same lecturer. And whether there are only two similar incidents? I believe there are more.
Such extreme racist remarks have repeatedly been heard in various governmental courses and schools at all levels.

How many young souls have been hurt and how many enlightening brains have been poisoned?
Umno apologised for its Division chief Datuk Ahmad Ismail's remarks. But there are hundreds of others similar to Ahmad Ismail around us who sow the seeds of hatred among races.
Racial politics and monolingualism have created numerous people like Ahmad, the lecturer mentioned above, as well as their followers.

Please stop it before the country is destroyed. What we need are understanding and tolerance, not hatred and confrontation.
(I hope that the mother mentioned above could send me an e-mail to give the details of the incident and names of those involved. So that I can pass the information to related agencies for investigation. We must take actions to make changes.) (By TAY TIAN YAN/ Translated by SOONG PHUI JEE/ Sin Chew Daily)
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...written by binarytan, September 05, 2008 23:10:15
That is the problem that education and our judiciary system been politized. UMNO the nazism ideology should be sent to hell. Just when is PR taking over? my neck is getting longer each day. Kerismuddin still critizing perak nizar over the land for chinese society. What the hell is UMNO good at? How about the shameful semi value who robbed the land from Indian community? Do you classify him as a good leader? He is a typical bustard and blood sucker. How about the Ahmad monkey? Let us send UMNO to hell.
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..written by lamakawan, September 05, 2008 23:10:20
There is this case of a young father accompanying his son to a education fair set up by the higher education authorities to publicise their courses in the various public universities. With copies of the son's results he approached an officer who is of the same race and asked for details on some courses his son is interested in. He was given information that not many applicants were for the medical course his son was interested in. He was also informed there are scholarships available for the courses. Another officer nearby told his son not to apply because his son will have very little chance of succeeding. They were reserved for Bumiputra's.
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...written by Sam W, September 05, 2008 23:20:44
It is an acknowledged fact that the pendatang Chinese pay 90% of the tax revenue in this country. And yet 90% if this tax money is utilised for whom? Even first world countries try to attract immigrants to support their population, especially those countries with an aging population. If they call the Chinese immigrants, there's no shame in being immigrants. The shame is on those segments of the population that need to be supported by the hard work and sweat of immigrants. I can walk with my head held high knowing I pay my own way. Can those of you, whom the government cares for from the womb to the tomb, hold your head up?
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...written by varvoom, September 05, 2008 23:22:23
Maybe Malaysia can have a referendum to see whether the different races can live together, the Malays who prefer to live only with their own race can have most of Malaysia, set aside and resurrect the strait settlement states for the races who would like to live together. This will be a win win situation for all races, no more racial problem.
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...written by apa jadi, September 05, 2008 23:23:43
Nothing new. This kind of racist lecturer is abound in BTN. It has been reported a few years ago. Why only now everyone raising the voice on form 4 history, this racist remark, deman for apology? Watch it, if this kind of thing is still condoned by BN, the BTN will one day become the Gestapo of Malaysia.
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...written by ohie, September 05, 2008 23:28:10
I think comman citizen of malaysia are all hormonized,just that the politic ones a finding a topic to go forward..we , malaysian goin to halal seafood restaurants, nasi kandar, nasi melayu..***** stall and so on..so, already 51 years merdeka..and much much early we have live together, u think we dont understand each other culture..in short, all those racist remark and agenda are the works of politicians, what do u think?..
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...written by PakItam, September 05, 2008 23:31:04
Shame on those Malays. If this is what it means to be a Malay, then I don't ever want to be associated with any part of it. And they had the cheek to call themselves Muslims. "We created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that ye may know each other (not that ye may despise each other)." Quran(49:13) "And one of His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth and the diversity of your tongues and colors; most surely there are signs in this for the learned." Quran(30:22) And in his Last Sermon, Prophet Muhammad preached: "All mankind is from Adam and Eve, an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; also a white has no superiority over a black nor a black has any superiority over a white - except by piety (Taqwa) and good action."
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...written by yy88, September 05, 2008 23:36:44
The above incident was not common fifty years ago. We are back tracking in our social cohesion because for every one of our fellow malay brother enlightened, there are tens brainwashed and sow the seeds of racialism at their tender age by the UMNO controlled propaganda biased media and the disoriented education system. More damages were done when racist "leaders" raise their kris and play the racist card to win support. Beware our fellow brothers, racialism had been used as a tool to exploit the malay race to abstain themselves from socialising to exchange knowledge to know the truth. As long as there exist antagonism between the races , there are opportunities to provide protection, there would be loopholes for them to continue to rape the country. UMNO had used racialism for the pretense of ketuanan melayu. Ketuanan melayu had reclused the malay community.UMNO is foresaking the responsibility of the malay progress, but enriching the Umnoputras. With internet against the UMNO controlled media, the tide is against them. 08 March and PP are signs of their loosing battle. We do not want to only win the battles against racialism, but we want to win the war for Bangsa Malaysia.
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...written by apa jadi, September 05, 2008 23:48:07
PakItam, There nothing to shame on these BTN lecturers. They were recruited to do their job to instill racist into the young mind. Think about it without the ruling government's bless, will they have the audacity to say it in the open, and in every lecture? Who started all these? When was it started? Ask Mahatail. It is just a prelude to forming a Nazi party brainwashing camp. P/S Superadmin, the comment login/timeout is really sh*T. One moment we are denied comment because it timed out. Another moment, we are again denied comment, for suspected Spam. Please improve on this.
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...written by Fatcat, September 06, 2008 00:14:26
It is imperative that We weed out these racist and send them to Mongolia. i have malay friends and i believe they are good people. the UMno leadership is a bad example and should not be allowed to represent the malay race. All Malaysians have to unite to get rid of these racist or face huge problems in the future for our kids and future generations. Malaysia will be bankrupt in a decade if these monkeys hold on to power thru wastage, corruption, lining their pockets with rakyats money, ultimately all malaysians will lose out. Speak up and tell the BN to **** OFF. NOW. I do not think UMNO or BN will change if nothing drastic is done, they are too busy protecting their golden rice bowl.. greed is an all powerful motive, Bn is too busy covering their backsides to be concerned about the ordinary rakyats welfare. Our present gomen is such an embarrassment to Malaysia.. Speak UP support change for the sake of your future generations. For me, another 20 years and i will be dead but my family and YOURS, Malay, chinese, indian or lain lain will live on and their happiness and well being depends on what we do now...http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?6ai18u26
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...written by Hakim Joe, September 06, 2008 00:57:46
If this lecturer dares to stand in front of his students and say what he said, I can rightfully affirm that this UMNO-lover is not scared of his identity being established and the ramifications of his words. Well, for those in the know, please publish his name online so that a police report can be made against this so-called lecturer charging him with the Sedition Act. Upon conviction, maybe he can be a rabble-rouser in jail (where he rightfully belongs). Take away his privilege as a lecturer and take away his pension as well. Why support racism?
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...written by penangboi, September 06, 2008 01:05:23
Biro Tatanegara operates out from the Prime Minister's Department. Now, what has our PM got to say about this incident, which by the way, is not isolated. Infact when I first heard of this 3 years ago from a friend who is a teacher, I highlighted it to my local MP but unfortunately there were no responses at all. So, Pak Lah, you claimed that you are PM for ALL Malaysians, what have you got to say now. Will you speak up against such racism or will you again say that the lecturer 'didn't mean it'. I am both angered and saddened by this incident. The country has truly descended into the deepest abyss of no return.
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...written by denkoh, September 06, 2008 01:14:14
Even the real indigenous people of Malaysia don't say such a thing. malays were migrants too ya know.
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...written by mrbean, September 06, 2008 01:15:39
they are only interested to persecute the non-malays.. what the f do they care about the country? UMNO = NAZI MALAYSIA They hide behind the shroud of religion and race to do this... sounds similar with what Hitler did sometime ago....
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...written by gorshan, September 06, 2008 01:19:02
written by PASOK, September 05, 2008 23:29:55 I hate africans dear PASOK the orang asli are descendant of african who settled down in malaya 60000 years ago. your forefather,be he malay or kedayan or kelabit or dusun or iban or chinese only came to these shore some 3000 years back so please go back to the land of your forefather in yunnan in china if you hate africans so much.
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...written by redwine, September 06, 2008 02:48:38
aku rasakan ni semua polemik BN. depa mmg nak 13 mei jadi balik supaya pembangkang x take over kerajaan. malay n chinese n indian, please beware. ni semua kerja umno gila. jangan sebabkan umno, kita yang nak bertetak. Kita mesti cool. biar umno jer layan racial dorang.
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...written by MalaysianUnited, September 06, 2008 03:05:20
denkoh, Malay pun indigenous..siapa yang bina ketamadunan di Lembah Bujang???... Sebelum Parameswara membuka Melaka, telah ada penempatan kampung2 Melayu di sekitar Melaka..
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...written by samesamemam, September 06, 2008 03:09:41
According to the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD), the term "racial discrimination" shall mean any distinction, exclusion, restriction or preference based on race, colour, religion, descent, or national or ethnic origin which has the purpose or effect of nullifying or impairing the recognition, enjoyment or exercise, on an equal footing, of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural or any other field of public life.’ The Government of Malaysia has not ratified the ICERD, putting it in the company of countries like Singapore, Myanmar, North Korea and Brunei, to name a few which have not ratified up. Of the so-called ‘Islamic countries’ (given that Islam does not support racial discrimination), Malaysia only has Brunei for company. Any government that does not ratify ICERD is a government that supports racism and racial discrimination.
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...written by kavidibaku, September 06, 2008 05:20:07
MALAYSIANUNITED, "Malay pun indigenous..siapa yang bina ketamadunan di Lembah Bujang???... Sebelum Parameswara membuka Melaka, telah ada penempatan kampung2 Melayu di sekitar Melaka". U GAGAL SEJARAH KE?
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...written by MeePokMan, September 06, 2008 05:41:09
Every day that I read about racism in this country, my heart sank a little lower. The problem is deeper than it seems and the end is nowhere in sight. It would reach a tipping point and the country could collapse with bloodshed. Those "immigrant" who can afford to leave Malaysia had found greener pastures outside. Sad sad.
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...written by Anak Desa, September 06, 2008 06:09:36
Dear Folks, This pathetic racism has been going on for ages in BTN and to leseer extend in other leaderships camps organised by the ministry of youth and sports before.The taxpayers has been funding the the UMNO Goverment and the other BN parties didnt even raised such incidents for the fear of upsetting the UMNO elites.In 1985 , I had attended a leadership camp organised by MAYC at Morib's Buluh Perindu where on the 1st day of check in the evening,the participants were called with degoratory names and unpleasant words.This is only a gist of the racism but BTN is a camp where the systematic brain washing is implemented. Th ai is why the Malay Malaysian especially UMNO putras ,dont like the "term" Malaysia Malaysian as they are brainwashed from young that the word is only for Malays.
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...written by Malaysiaku, September 06, 2008 06:35:38
It is the Govt's fault. Racism especially from public servants should be hauled up and sacked, their names published in the Media for all to despise. The fact that the Govt is taking a very light view of this is tantamouont to them condoning and even perhaps be seen as advocating racism in Malaysia. These advocates of the devil are trying to brainwash the young to hate others...not unlike Hitler. This is the time to change any racist Govt and all parties still supporting a racist Govt should be seen as corrupted and doing it for their own selfish reasons. Why other reasons can there be? Look at them and their families with contempt and disdain.
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...written by MalaysianUnited, September 06, 2008 06:36:21
KAVIDIBAKU, baca ini.. 1)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lembah_Bujang 2)http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kedah_Tua 3)http://www.idazuwaika.com/articles/vik002.pdf Ambil dari petikan idazuwaika.. Here I believe that is worthy of note to mention that Kedah, was formerly known as Kadaram was founded too by a Hindu king, known as Merong Mahawangsa. The influence of Hindu-Buddhism in ancient Kedah is undeniable as numerous archielogical evidence have been recovered and extensively researched by Col. Low and Dr. Quaritch Wales.For the more enthusiastic historians, further evidence of Hindu Malay kingdoms in ancient Malaya can be found in a number of museums in Malaysia, such as the Beruas Museum and the Bujang Valley Archaeological Museum which displays artefacts recovered from ancient Hindu-Buddhist Malay kingdoms, some believed to be as early as 300 A.D. SAPA FAIL SEJARAH WEIIII????...baik mengaku cepat.
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...written by Proarte, September 06, 2008 07:10:50
The idea that the Malays are indigenous is a lie. The Orang Asli are indigenous. The British 'constructed' the idea of the Malay as indigenous even giving them "Sultans' who were defenders of the race and Islam. They even formulated state constitutions for political expediency. We all know that the 'Sultans' had a British advisor or Resident who called the shots. Malays are a political construct. The whole concept of 'Ketuanan Melayu and Ketuanan Islam' is a British scam. No decent human being will proudly declare themselves the 'Chosen People' with 'Hak Istimewa'. In this respect Malay supremacists are no different to the Zionists
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...written by MalaysianUnited, September 06, 2008 07:16:04
KAVIDIBAKU, Anda boleh nak kata ProtoMalay datang dari Yunan, New Guinea, Taiwan..tapi itu SEMUA THEORY!!.. Apa yang saya bangkitkan ialah sejarah yang berada di depan mata kita. Sejarah yang membuktikan melalui struktur binaan dan ketamadunan yang tidak boleh disanggah melalui pencapaian akal dan pembentukan teori semata-mata. Sejarah yang tidak boleh ditipu lagi oleh sesiapa.. Pemukiman ketamadunan awal orang Melayu menunjukkan siapa yang selama ini menjaga Selat Melaka dan laluan rempah sebelum penjajah merampasnya. Tak kan segala usaha pembinaan kerajaan awal ini anda mahu menafikannya pula??.. Kalau anda nak cakap tentang Teori orang Afrika: orang awal di muka bumi ini..maka, yang berhak digelar Bumiputera ialah orang Afrika!! Lantas, kita perlu berubah ini..agak2 mana kita nak pergi yea???..
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...written by MalaysianUnited, September 06, 2008 07:44:21
Proarte, Mengambil kes ICJ-Sipadan dan Ligitan, bukti2 yang dipakai untuk kes ini kebanyakannya dirujuk daripada kerajaan2 maritim melayu tempatan dahulu..ini membuktikan dalam pengakuan hak, pemerintahan dan ketamadunan awal juga diambil kira. Kemudian, kenapa dalam kes ICJ ini tiada diambil bukti dari orang2 asli atau asal(merujuk kepada bumi Sabah)..??.. Perkataan 'Ketuanan Melayu' hanya muncul dan digunakan dalam dekat selepas kemerdekaan sahaja..tiada kaitan dengan orang2 British. Maka, terimalah sahaja orang Melayu memang bumiputera kepada tanah ini. Namun hakikat ini bukan bermaksud orang Melayu boleh sesuka hati merampas hak kaum lain dengan alasan bahawa tanah ini milik bumiputera.

Siapa Yang Betul?



Umno P Pinang sokong Ahmad
Sep 5, 08 3:53pm

Kesemua 13 bahagian Umno Pulau Pinang hari ini menyokong pendirian Ketua Umno Bukit Bendera, Datuk Ahmad Ismail yang tidak mahu memohon maaf berhubung kenyataannya yang didakwa berbaur perkauman terhadap masyarakat Cina.

Keputusan tersebut diumumkan oleh Timbalan Pengerusi Badan Perhubungan Umno negeri, Datuk Rashid Abdullah dalam satu sidang akhbar petang ini.

Ahmad telah mencetuskan kemarahan masyarakat Cina apabila menyatakan bahawa orang Cina adalah pendatang dan tidak layak mendapat hak sama seperti Melayu.Ketua Umno Bukit Bendera itu didakwa membuat kenyataan itu ketika berceramah di Kampung Belah Dua pada 23 Ogos lalu sewaktu pilihanraya kecil Permatang Pauh.Sehubungan itu, Gerakan, MCA dan DAP telah mendesak Ahmad supaya menarik balik kenyataannya dan memohon maaf. Pemuda DAP (Dapsy) juga membuat laporan polis terhadap Ahmad.

Ahmad telah mengadakan pertemuan dengan kesemua 13 ketua bahagian Umno di Pulau Pinang malam tadi untuk memberi penjelasan isu tersebut.Menurut Rashid, mereka yang hadir berpuashati dengan penjelasan Ahmad.Mereka juga, tambahnya, turut menyokong pendirian Ahmad yang tidak mahu memohon maaf berhubung kenyataannya itu.

Sidang akhbar tersebut dihadiri oleh kesemua 13 ketua Umno bahagian dan kepimpinan Pemuda dan Wanita negeri serta anggota badan perhubungan Umno negeri, kecuali Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

Abdullah yang juga pengerusi badan perhubungan Umno Pulau Pinang dijadual mengadakan mesyuarat dengan ketua-ketua bahagian esok.Jelas istilah 'menumpang'Sementara itu, Ahmad memberitahu sidang akhbar yang sama bahawa beliau menghormati Abdullah dan Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak yang mahu beliau memohon maaf.

Bagaimanapun, katanya, beliau memahami bahawa Abdullah dan Najib adalah pemimpin nasional yang perlu menjaga kepentingan nasional.Sebaliknya, kata Ahmad, beliau hanya seorang pemimpin bahagian dan tetap berpegang pada prinsipnya.Ahmad juga menjelaskan bahawa beliau menggunakan istilah 'menumpang' dalam kontak kedudukan kaum Cina dan India sebelum merdeka.Ahmad sebaliknya menuduh akhbar harian Sin Chiew Daily dan wartawannya yang mencetuskan kontroversi tersebut dengan melaporkan ucapannya di luar kontak.

Pemimpin-pemimpin yang lain seperti setiausaha Umno negeri, Datuk Azhar Ibrahim; ketua Umno bahagian Bukit Mertajam, Datuk Musa Sheikh Fadzir dan ketua bahagian Bayan Baru, Datuk Mohd Zain Omar turut membidas mereka yang membantah ucapan Ahmad itu.Azhar mengecam wartawan Sin Chiew Daily dan menegaskan bahawa akhbar tersebut mesti dipertanggungjawabkan kerana mencetuskan kebencian dan konflik perkauman.

Ahmad juga menggelar pemangku Presiden Gerakan, Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon sebagai seorang 'oportunis dan pembohong besar' dan berkata Gerakan boleh 'keluar dari Barisan Nasional'.

Malah, katanya, BN tewas di Pulau Pinang dalam pilihanraya umum kerana ketidakcekapan bekas ketua menteri itu dan Gerakan.MCA, tambahnya, boleh menang lebih banyak kerusi jika tidak kerana Gerakan.Ahmad menuduh Gerakan mengambil kesempatan ke atas dirinya untuk memulihkan kredibiliti, kedudukan dan kerelevanan parti itu di kalangan masyarakat Cina.Musa pula membidas pucuk pimpinan Umno kerana memohon maaf bagi pihak parti itu tanpa mendapatkan penjelasan Ahmad terlebih dahulu.

Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak telah memohon maaf kepada masyarakat Cina bagi pihak Umno.Menurut Musa, pucuk pimpinan parti di peringkat nasional boleh mempunyai pendiriannya sendiri, tetapi para pemimpin Ummno bahagian mempunyai pendirian mereka sendiri."Kita menyokong penuh Ahmad dalam isu ini," kata Musa pemberita, sambil menolak tindakan Najib itu.Mohd Zain yang juga bekas wakil rakyat Bayan Lepas, memberi amaran kepada bukan Melayu supaya lebih berhati-hati dengan tindakan dan perkataan mereka.Katanya, jangan mengganggu dan menekan orang Melayu secara keterlaluan.

Mohd Zain mengecam orang Cina dan Hindu kerana "memperbesar-besarkan isu memeluk Islam, tetapi pada masa yang sama, berdiam diri dalam isu memeluk Krisian".Ahmad pula menegaskan bahawa beliau bukan seorang yang bersikap perkauman atau anti-Cina.Sebaliknya, Ahmad yang sedang disiasat polis mengikut Akta Hasutan 1948 berkata, beliau mempunyai ramai rakan-rakan dari kaum Cina selama ini.
Sidang akhbar itu berakhir dengan laungan 'Hidup Melayu' sebagai tanda perpaduan pemimpin Umno tempatan.

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Masalah Bangsa Melayu atau Bangsa Melayu Yang Mencari Masalah?


Masalah Ekonomi Bangsa Melayu

DATUK SALLEH MAJID - Bekas Pengurus BesarBursa Saham Kuala Lumpur (BSKL)

BEBERAPA perkara penting telah dibahaskan di Perhimpunan Agung UMNO bagi tahun 2007. Pertama, masalah ekuiti Bumiputera yang setakat ini hanya sebanyak 18.9 peratus.


Bayangkanlah dengan begitu banyak syarikat milik kerajaan di bawah Khazanah Nasional, PNB dan lain-lain agensi, Bumiputera kita hanya memiliki 18.9 peratus hak milik ekuiti negara.


Kalau dilihat pecahan hak milik saham ini dalam sektor ekonomi kita dapati bahawa golongan Bumiputera ketinggalan dalam semua sektor ekonomi.


Menurut perangkaan Rancangan Malaysia Kesembilan (RMK9), pada tahun 2004 Bumiputera memiliki 16.4 peratus bidang pertanian, 12.3 peratus perlombongan, 8.1 peratus pembuatan, 6.3 peratus utiliti, 35.2 peratus pembinaan, 20.4 peratus perdagangan borong dan runcit, 26.7 peratus pengangkutan, 12.5 peratus kewangan dan 18.7 peratus perkhidmatan.


Terdengar tidak lama dulu cakap-cakap yang pegangan kerajaan di dalam sesetengah syarikat berkaitan kerajaan (GLC) yang tersenarai di Bursa Malaysia akan dijual kerana terlalu besar ekuiti terikat dengan kerajaan.


Apakah akan jadi kepada jumlah hak milik ekuiti yang sudah sedia kecil sekiranya ada di antara pegangan kerajaan dijual pula, kononnya untuk memberi peluang kepada orang asing membeli saham kita?


Ada juga ura-ura pihak yang ingin menghidupkan kembali CLOB (Central Limit Order Booking) di Singapura dulu yang telah dipadamkan pada tahun 1998.


Sikap Singapura yang tidak menghormati kedaulatan negara kita selepas diberhentikan penyenaraian saham syarikat Malaysia di Bursa Saham Singapura telah menubuhkan CLOB untuk mengaut keuntungan daripada jual beli saham syarikat Malaysia.


Kita mengambil masa lapan tahun sebelum sesuatu tindakan menutup dagangan mekanisme tersebut.


Nyata hasrat mereka yang menyokong cadangan tersebut mempunyai agenda tersendiri kerana kalau sudah diperdagangkan saham syarikat Malaysia di Singapura kembali kalau ada saham yang hendak dijual di sana kurang perhatian akan diberikan.


Angka jumlah pegangan ekuiti bumiputera ini terutama hak milik individu agak sukar akan bertambah kerana orang Melayu tidak mempunyai kemampuan untuk memiliki saham kerana jumlah simpanan mereka terhad.


Lihat sahaja berapa ramai yang terpaksa meminjam daripada institusi kewangan untuk membeli Amanah Saham Nasional (ASN) atau Amanah Saham Bumiputera (ASB).


Jika dibandingkan nisbah simpanan orang Melayu dengan orang Cina nyata setiap RM1 yang disimpan oleh orang Melayu, orang Cina menyimpan RM10.


Lagipun bagi mereka yang menerima peruntukan saham semasa saham disenaraikan tidak ramai yang mampu mengekalkan pegangan bertahun-tahun.


Tidak hairan kalau dikatakan disenaraikan sahaja saham syarikat-syarikat berkenaan mereka yang dapat peruntukan samada individu atau syarikat akan menjual kerana terpaksa membayar pinjaman untuk membeli saham yang diperuntukkan.


Dalam mengira hak milik ekuiti bumiputera, kita kerap mengambil kira jumlah ekuiti syarikat-syarikat yang tersenarai di Bursa Malaysia sahaja.


Kita jarang sekali mengambil kira syarikat-syarikat yang tidak tersenarai yang terdapat di Suruhanjaya Syarikat.


Mengikut perangkaan, terdapat hampir 600,000 syarikat didaftarkan sebagai Sendirian Berhad.


Kalau kita andaikan setengah tidak aktif masih ada 300,000 jumlah syarikat tidak tersenarai.


Berapakah nilai hak milik saham bumiputera dalam syarikat-syarikat yang menjadi nadi penggerak ekonomi negara ini?


Peranan syarikat GLC membantu syarikat bumiputera juga dibangkitkan dalam perhimpunan tersebut.


Suara lantang kedengaran meminta GLC ini mengadakan suatu perancangan khusus untuk membantu bumiputera dan sebolehnya tidak bersaing dengan syarikat bumiputera.


Banyak yang boleh dilakukan oleh GLC ini kerana di sinilah konsep payung boleh diamalkan.


Walau bagaimanapun pemilihan mereka yang wajar dibantu mestilah berdasarkan kemahiran, kemampuan dan pengetahuan mereka dan bukan setakat menambahkan jumlah untuk dilaporkan dari semasa ke semasa.


Dengan penglibatan GLC dalam pelbagai sektor ekonomi kesan gandaan dapat dicapai. Semoga dalam pemberian bantuan ini bukan orang yang sama sahaja menerimanya.

Pada hemat saya kita wajar memberikan tumpuan ke arah meningkatkan pendapatan orang Melayu dan bumiputera selain daripada hak milik ekuiti sahaja.


Walaupun pendapatan isi rumah bumiputera telah meningkat daripada RM1,984 pada tahun 1999 kepada RM2,711 pada tahun 2004, ini masih rendah berbanding etnik Cina yang meningkat daripada RM3,456 kepada RM4,437 dalam jangka masa yang sama.


Etnik India pula meningkat daripada RM2,702 kepada RM3,456.


Golongan bumiputera mempunyai pendapatan isi rumah yang terendah sementara jurang pendapatan sesama golongan di kalangan golongan etnik pula, bumiputera memiliki jurang yang paling luas sekali, iaitu daripada 0.433 pada tahun 1999 kepada 0.452 pada tahun 2004.


Bagi golongan Cina daripada 0.434 kepada 0.446 dan India daripada 0.413 kepada 0.425 pada jangka masa yang sama. Adalah menjadi harapan ramai, koridor-koridor ekonomi di kawasan Utara, selatan, timur, Sabah dan Sarawak akan dapat memperbaiki pendapatan isi rumah bumiputera.


Memang tidak dinafikan dalam bidang profesional misalnya bilangan anak Melayu sudah bertambah berlipat kali ganda sejak Dasar Ekonomi Baru (DEB) diperkenalkan.


Institut Teknologi Mara (ITM) (sekarang UiTM) sahaja telah mengeluarkan lebih 100,000 ribu graduan. Begitu juga lain-lain universiti.


Malangnya bilangan guna tenaga bumiputera masih rendah dalam pelbagai bidang berbanding etnik lain.


Menurut perangkaan dalam RMK-9, pada tahun 2005, pegawai kanan dan pegawai pertengahan bumiputera terdiri daripada 37.1 peratus, profesional 47.5 peratus berbanding etnik Cina 77.6 peratus dan India 69.2 peratus.


Suatu kajian tentang pola guna tenaga bumiputera yang dijalankan pada tahun 2005 meliputi 1,825 pekerja dalam 594 firma swasta mendapati peratusan pekerja bumiputera bagi kategori jawatan tinggi dan pertengahan ialah 48.0 peratus, bagi kumpulan pengurusan 64.0 peratus serta 53.0 peratus juruteknik dan separa profesional.


Ketua eksekutif hanya 20 peratus adalah bumiputera berbanding 70.4 peratus adalah orang Cina.


Kajian ini meliputi bidang ICT, pembuatan, pelancongan, pengedaran perdagangan dan bioteknologi.


Apa yang berlaku ialah ramai di kalangan siswazah kita ini yang menganggur.


Kenapa ini boleh terjadi sedangkan ramai di kalangan mereka yang menganggur itu terdiri daripada bidang-bidang yang dikatakan negara memerlukannya.


Nyata terdapat percanggahan di antara keperluan industri dan apa yang dikeluarkan oleh universiti-universiti. Menurut suatu kajian oleh Unit Perancang Ekonomi (EPU), sebab-sebab utama graduan-graduan ini yang 85 peratus terdiri daripada orang Melayu ialah ketidakupayaan untuk berkomunikasi dengan baik sama ada dalam bahasa sendiri atau bahasa Inggeris, kelemahan dalam pengetahuan am dan kurang keyakinan diri.


Mengapa ini berlaku?


Apa yang berlaku di institusi pengajian tinggi kita ataupun sebelum daripada mereka melangkah ke gerbang menara gading, siswazah-siswazah ini sudah memang lemah.


Kini kita terdengar siswazah yang sudah mempunyai ijazah diberikan lagi kursus jangka pendek supaya boleh mendapat pekerjaan.


Selepas tiga tahun belajar di universiti mereka terpaksa disesuaikan dengan suatu bidang lain untuk mendapatkan pekerjaan.


Hakikatnya yang perlu diterima oleh semua orang ialah pihak swasta tidak akan mengambil siswazah yang tidak mampu berkomunikasi dalam bahasa Inggeris jadi mereka yang lemah dalam bahasa tersebut dengan sendirinya tidak akan diberikan keutamaan.


Tidak kurang juga saranan bagi mereka yang menganggur ini mencuba diri dalam bidang keusahawanan. Bidang ini bukanlah untuk semua orang.


Hanya mereka yang bercita-cita dan berani mengambil risiko sahaja yang akan menceburkan diri menjadi usahawan.


Kedua ialah soal mendapatkan modal.


Walaupun pelbagai jenis bantuan disediakan hanya mereka yang telah mencuba mendapatkannya yang sedar bahawa bukan mudah mendapatkan bantuan tersebut.


Bantuan pelbagai jenis yang disalurkan melalui bank ini mengenakan syarat seperti juga lain-lain pinjaman iaitu memerlukan cagaran.


Kadang-kadang begitu pantas jawapan diberikan oleh pihak bank kepada cadangan-cadangan perniagaan yang memohon pinjaman.


Kini dengan tumpuan diberikan kepada bidang pertanian siswazah juga disarankan menjadi pertanian bidang profesion mereka.


Stigma bahawa bidang pertanian bukan suatu bidang yang glamor akan mengambil masa untuk mengubahnya.


Bidang pertanian juga satu-satunya bidang yang merangkumi segala-segalanya dari A sampai Z, dari benih kepada tuai kepada pemasaran, dari soal tanah kepada soal cuaca, dari soal penyelidikan kepada soal teknologi.


Universiti Pertanian Malaysia kita sendiri sudah bertukar kepada Universiti Putra Malaysia.


Amat sukar untuk meyakinkan siswazah ini memilih bidang yang diberikan nafas baru ini.

Berbalik kepada soal hak milik.


Keadaan hak milik yang rendah juga terdapat dalam sektor hartanah.


Rata-rata kita boleh melihat berapa kerat sangat hak milik hartanah yang dimiliki oleh orang Melayu.


Lihat sahaja taman-taman perumahan yang tumbuh macam cendawan.


Siapa yang mampu misalnya membeli rumah kedai yang ada di taman-taman perumahan tersebut.


Atau rumah-rumah mewah yang di sesetengah tempat orang sanggup beratur dari pagi untuk mendapatkan unit-unit mereka.


Kita tidak perlu lakukan banci untuk mengetahui berapa jauh kita ketinggalan.

Di Kuala Lumpur misalnya lihat sahaja pusat membeli-belah seperti KLCC, Mega Mall, Starhill, Lot 10 dan baru-baru ini Pavilion, berapa unit kedai di situ dimiliki oleh orang Melayu.


Perangkaan menunjukkan pemilikan Bumiputera dalam bangunan dan premis komersial ialah sebanyak 11.7 peratus pada tahun 2005 berbanding 71.9 peratus bagi etnik Cina, 4.6 peratus bagi etnik India dan 11.8 peratus bagi etnik lain-lain.


Di belakang Sungei Wang Plaza ada sebuah bangunan yang menjual komputer dan peralatan komputer iaitu bangunan Low Yat.


Tidak ada satu pun unit kedai yang beratus-ratus bilangan di situ milik orang Melayu. Begitu juga di Seksyen 14, Petaling Jaya atau di Curve, Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya.


Kita gandakan keadaan begitu di setiap bandar besar di negara ini seperti Pulau Pinang, Sungai Petani, Ipoh, Seremban dan Johor Bahru.


Kalau ada lagi pembinaan bangunan besar-besar orang Melayu tidak akan mampu untuk memilikinya.


Ramai di kalangan pembahas di Perhimpunan Agung ini yang membangkitkan soal ketirisan dalam pembahagian peluang kepada orang Melayu.


Selain daripada menyalahkan orang yang menerima yang jelas bersalah kalau menyerahkan projeknya kepada bukan Melayu, pihak yang menganugerahkan projek itu juga wajar menyelidik kedudukan kewangan, kemahiran dan kemampuan sesebuah syarikat yang bakal diberikan sesuatu projek.


Rekod terdahulu mereka juga wajar diteliti termasuk membuat lawatan ke pejabat atau ke tempat mereka bekerja.


Kegigihan untuk menghabiskan peruntukan kadangkala juga menyebabkan pemberian tanpa usul periksa berlaku.


Sudah banyak contoh yang kita lihat tentang projek yang terbengkalai ataupun sesuatu pemasangan seperti komputer di sekolah-sekolah yang tidak betul.


Selain daripada itu keseluruhan rantaian pembekalan juga patut diberikan perhatian kerana kebanyakannya di bawah penguasaan golongan bukan bumiputera.


Kenaikan mendadak bahan binaan misalnya boleh membuatkan projek yang untung menjadi rugi.


Untuk menjadi suatu bangsa yang berdikari dan berpotensi untuk maju, kita patut bersaing dalam realiti dunia iaitu tanpa perlindungan dan subsidi.


Lihat saja keadaan alam semula jadi.


Pokok yang hidup di tanah gersang akan memiliki ciri-ciri yang membolehkan ia terus hidup berbanding dengan pokok-pokok yang hidup dalam keadaan yang selesa.


Mereka yang berhijrah ke negara lain seperti rakyat Malaysia di luar negara begitu maju sama seperti orang India di Britain, orang Cina di Asia Tenggara.


Mereka terpaksa bersaing dan disebabkan mereka sedar tiada siapa akan memberikan perlindungan, mereka berjaya.


Subsidi yang diberikan selalunya disalahgunakan.


Diesel, benih, baja, dijual sebagai jalan pintas dan bagi pelajar yang tidak berhadapan dengan cabaran dunia sebenar minda mereka akan menjadi lembap kerana mereka sedar perlindungan dan keutamaan akan sentiasa diberi.


Meritokrasi memberikan motivasi untuk maju sama seperti Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor yang terpilih daripada beribu-ribu calon.


Orang Melayu juga memiliki masalah sosial yang terbesar.


Masalah dadah, mat rempit dan bohsia atau pegawai perhubungan pelanggan (GRO) kebanyakannya terdiri daripada anak-anak Melayu.


Apakah ini timbul daripada keadaan sosioekonomi orang Melayu sendiri?


Kalau dikatakan di bandar sahaja lihat sahaja di luar bandar seperti di sesetengah kawasan FELDA.


Generasi muda tidak mahu lagi pergi ke ladang seperti ibu bapa mereka. Malahan generasi muda ini tidak mahu berbuat apa-apa hinggakan pekerja di ladang-ladang terpaksa diberikan kepada pekerja asing.


Kebanjiran pekerja asing sama ada yang dibenarkan dan yang haram menjadi suatu masalah sosial juga. Apa yang diperlukan ialah penguatkuasaan yang lebih berkesan.


Kadangkala mereka yang bekerja secara haram seperti pelayan restoran terang-terang tidak mempunyai kebenaran dan bekerja di bawah hidung pihak berkuasa tetapi dibiarkan begitu sahaja.


Pihak majikan syarikat yang menggajikan buruh juga bersikap lebih mementingkan pekerja asing kerana gaji yang lebih murah dan penyediaan kemudahan yang tidak seberapa.


Keadaan inilah yang perlu dipantau kerana bukan sahaja sesetengah mereka sudah berani mewujudkan perkampungan masing-masing seperti orang Myanmar di Selangor malahan ada yang sanggup berbunuh kerana tempat berniaga dan sebagainya.


Kalau kita anggarkan seramai dua juta pekerja asing dan setiap seorang menghantar balik sebanyak RM100 sebulan, sebanyak RM200 juta wang kita mengalir keluar dan dalam setahun sebanyak RM2.4 bilion keluar.


Apa jua peratusan pertumbuhan Keluaran Dalaman Negara Kasar (KDNK) akan tercemar oleh jumlah wang yang mengalir keluar ini.


Dalam keghairahan kita menarik pelancong asing kita boleh juga menarik mereka yang tidak berniat untuk balik ke negara mereka sendiri.


Berkali-kali serbuan dilakukan oleh pihak berkuasa masih tidak reda juga keadaan pendatang haram dan mereka yang menyalahgunakan pas lawatan mereka.


Langkah yang lebih tegas dan tersusun perlu dilakukan sebelum keadaan menjadi tidak terkawal.


Media juga memainkan peranan mempengaruhi minda orang Melayu untuk menjadi suatu bangsa yang mampu berdikari, berilmu dan mampu bersaing sehingga ke peringkat antarabangsa.


Malangnya akhir-akhir ini terdapat sesetengah stesen televisyen yang banyak memberikan tumpuan kepada perkara-perkara tahyul.


Apakah faedahnya menunjukkan bagaimana nasi kotor disediakan?


Sudahlah hampir kebanyakan program yang disediakan berunsurkan hiburan, jarang-jarang sekali terdapat rancangan yang memberikan ilmu dan membangkitkan semangat untuk orang Melayu menghadapi cabaran hari mendatang.


Cerita-cerita merepek ini patut diharamkan kerana ia boleh juga menjejaskan akidah orang Islam.

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23 Julai 2008

Umno Minta Papan Tanda Jalan Dalam Bahasa Cina Oleh Gerakan Diturunkan

PULAU PINANG, 23 Julai (Bernama) -- Umno Pulau Pinang mahu supaya papan tanda nama jalan bertulisan Cina yang dipasang oleh Pemuda Gerakan di beberapa jalan di sekitar bandar raya Georgetown sejak Isnin lepas diturunkan segera.

Ketua Pembangkang di Dewan Undangan Negeri, Datuk Azhar Ibrahim berkata beliau telah menghubungi Yang Dipertua Majlis Perbandaran Pulau Pinang (MPPP) Datuk Zainal Rahim Seman meminta MPPP mengarahkan pihak yang memasangnya supaya menurunkan papan tanda itu.

"Jika mereka enggan, Datuk Zainal sudah memberi jaminan yang mereka (MPPP) akan menurunkannya sendiri," katanya.

Beliau yang juga Anggota Dewan Undangan Negeri bagi kawasan Penaga mengulas bantahan Pemuda Umno negeri terhadap tindakan anggota Gerakan yang memasang papan tanda dalam bahasa Cina berkenaan.

Pemuda Umno turut mendesak supaya papan tanda nama jalan dikekalkan dalam satu bahasa saja iaitu bahasa Malaysia.

Isnin lepas, salah seorang anggota jawatankuasa Pemuda Gerakan, Dr Thor Teong Ghee bertindak memasang papan tanda itu di enam lokasi iaitu di Lebuh Pantai, Jalan Burmah, Jalan Macalister, Lebuh Carnavon, Lebuh Chulia dan Jalan C Y Choy.

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Melayu Tiada Kuasa?


Artikel dari Malaysia Today.

Dimana letaknya orang Melayu?

It’s in the arithmetic, stupid

Posted by Super Admin
Tuesday, 02 September 2008 14:32

This is not just about kicking Barisan Nasional out. This is not just about forming a new Pakatan Rakyat federal government. This is also about maintaining the peace, stability and harmony between the many races and about denying Umno the opportunity to turn this whole thing into a race issue.THE CORRIDORS OF POWERRaja Petra Kamarudin
Soon after the 8 March 2008 general election, Malaysia Today mooted the possibility that Pakatan Rakyat could form the new federal government if at least 30 Barisan Nasional Members of Parliament crossed over. Another idea that Malaysia Today mooted was the formation of the ‘Unity Government’ and the eventual emergence of a two-party system in Malaysia.The two-party system was accepted with no problems but the crossovers and Unity Government proposals were whacked to kingdom come. Some even commented that I had ‘changed’ since the election and no longer speak the way I used to. They were beginning to wonder what had happened to me and whether I was suffering from ‘battle fatigue’ and should in fact take a long rest before continuing to write again.The ‘ailment’ I was suffering from was merely a case of realpolitik or pragmatism. Let’s face it: what can Pakatan Rakyat do with a mere 82 seats in Parliament? It does not even have enough clout to stop the federal government from sabotaging the five states under Pakatan Rakyat control. And this can be done easily enough by squeezing the five states of development money (like how they did to Terengganu in 1999) whereby, come the next election, these states will fall back into Barisan Nasional’s hands (like what happened to Terengganu in 2004).It’s all about money. If the states get squeezed of money, then the people will re-evaluate the logic of keeping these states under Pakatan Rakyat control. See what the 2009 Budget was all about. It was about pouring money into states like Sabah and Sarawak that may be the source of the crossovers. Umno knew that Sabah and Sarawak were the most possible targets of the crossovers. So they are promising billions to these two states just to ensure that they remain in Barisan Nasional.Barisan Nasional has 140 seats in Parliament against Pakatan Rakyat’s 82 -- which is 31 for PKR, 28 for DAP and 23 for PAS. But that is for the whole country. In Peninsular Malaysia, Pakatan Rakyat has 80 seats against Barisan Nasional’s 86. Yes, that’s right. In Peninsular Malaysia, Barisan Nasional has only six seats more than Pakatan Rakyat. If just three Barisan Nasional Members of Parliament from Peninsular Malaysia cross over, Pakatan Rakyat would have 83 seats against Barisan Nasional’s 83.The ‘main players’ in Barisan Nasional are Umno (79 seats), MCA (15 seats), MIC (3 seats) and Gerakan (2 seats). But 13 of Umno’s seats are in Sabah. Therefore, in Peninsular Malaysia, Umno has only 66 seats against MCA’s, MIC’s and Gerakan’s 20 (Total 86 for Barisan Nasional versus Pakatan Rakyat’s 80). Sabah and Sarawak are definitely the Kingmakers. And the fact that, by law, 25% of the Parliament seats must come from Sabah and Sarawak means they shall always be the Kingmakers. And this is even more so now since, in Peninsular Malaysia, Barisan Nasional’s and Pakatan Rakyat’s seats are almost split 50:50. In fact, in Peninsular Malaysia, Pakatan Rakyat garnered more votes than Barisan Nasional (51% versus 49%). Only when you add the votes from Sabah and Sarawak are the percentages reversed.The King of Kings would be PBB, Taib Mahmud’s party in Sarawak, which has 14 seats. This is followed by Umno in Sabah, which has 13 seats. SUPP and PRS, both in Sarawak, have six seats each. UPKO in Sabah and SPDP in Sarawak have four seats each -- followed by PBS in Sabah (3 seats), SAPP in Sabah (2 seats) and PBRS and LDP, both in Sabah, with one seat each.The bottom line is, there are 56 Parliament seats in Sabah and Sarawak. Umno controls 13 and the opposition (DAP) two. The balance 41 are controlled by the component members of Barisan Nasional East Malaysia. If you regard the 13 Umno Sabah seats as ‘component member’ seats, then the total ‘hostile’ seats in East Malaysia (within Barisan Nasional) would be 54. Add the 20 from MCA, MIC and Gerakan, then Pakatan Rakyat would now have 74 seats to fish from.And 30 seats are all Pakatan Rakyat needs. So 74 are plenty. And that is assuming the 66 Umno seats in Peninsular Malaysia remain with Barisan Nasional and do not cross over.But there would be a problem if none of the 79 Umno Members of Parliament cross over. Pakatan Rakyat has 43 Malay Members of Parliament opposed to 39 non-Malays. That is okay because then Umno can’t say that the non-Malays control the opposition. But if 30 non-Malay Members of Parliament cross over to Pakatan Rakyat, and they get to form the new federal government, then it would be 69 non-Malays opposed to only 43 Malays.Herein lies the problem and that is why there is a delay in Pakatan Rakyat forming the new federal government. Anwar Ibrahim does have his 30. In fact, it is more than 30. But Anwar has to be very careful in maintaining the ‘balance’. He can’t afford to form the new federal government with 69 or more non-Malay Members of Parliament and only 43 Malays. Umno would go to town with this and it will ‘prove’ what Umno has been saying these last many months: that the non-Malays have grabbed political power and the Malays have lost political power.Yes, this is the song Umno has been singing since the 8 March 2008 general election. Malay political power had eroded, argues Umno. And once the 30 or more non-Malay Members of Parliament cross over and Pakatan Rakyat forms the new federal government, the Malays will lose political power.In an Umno Johor Convention a couple of months ago, they spoke about how they regret giving citizenship to the immigrants on 31 August 1957. Now that these immigrants have been granted citizenship, they have demonstrated ingratitude by voting for the opposition. These immigrants should never have been given citizenship, argued speaker after speaker. And Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah were guests of honour in this Convention.You could see Tengku Razaleigh cringe, as if in great pain, on hearing this. He knew that Barisan Nasional suffered its most humiliating performance on 8 March 2008 because of exactly this. Such statements are not going to help. It will just make matters worse.Umno played the race card to the hilt in the run-up to the recent general election. And it is still doing so until now, as the Umno Bukit Bendera Division Chief has shown. They still refer to Malaysian-born Chinese and Indians as immigrants. They still call the Chinese and Indians ungrateful squatters. They still ask the Chinese and Indians to go back to China and India, though all these people were born in Malaysia and not in any other country.In a PPP Convention in Melaka, held before the 8 March 2008 general election, the Umno Vice-President and Chief Minister told the 1,000 or so Indians that Umno does not need the non-Malays. They do not even need Sabah and Sarawak, said Ali Rustam. Umno has ruled Malaysia for 50 years without the non-Malays, or the people from Sabah and Sarawak, and they can continue to do so another 50.Ali Rustam was not asked to apologise. Neither was the Umno Bukit Bendera Umno Chief, who Abdullah Badawi said did not really mean what he said. But if I were to say something like that, the police would be in front of my house the very next day and I would be hauled into court and charged for sedition within 24 hours. That would be how swift the police would act in the event I said even 10% of what the Umno leaders say.And this will be what will trigger the crossovers. The Barisan Nasional Members of Parliament will join Pakatan Rakyat to form the new federal government because of such talk. Umno has no respect for the non-Malays. Umno thinks all it needs to do is to bribe Sabah and Sarawak with more development funds and they will remain the loyal running dogs of Barisan Nasional. Umno knows that the Parliament seats in Peninsular Malaysia are split almost 50:50. So all they need to do is to bribe Sabah and Sarawak and the 54 seats in East Malaysia will remain in Barisan Nasional and Umno will subsequently remain in power.Umno also knows that by just getting at least 30 Members of Parliament from Sabah and Sarawak, or even the 20 from MCA, MIC and Gerakan, to cross over is not enough. That would give Pakatan Rakyat a 43-Malay versus 69-non-Malay federal government. This will be exactly what Umno wants. Then they can play up the ‘Malays have lost political power’ race card. And then the May 13 Version 2 would become a reality.There are many impatient people. They want Anwar to take over and form the new federal government today. They want at least 30 Members of Parliament from Sabah and Sarawak to cross over now. They want Anwar to tell Umno to go to hell. But he can’t do that. He needs Umno. Well, at least he needs some of those from Umno. He needs at least 15 to 20 Umno Members of Parliament to join another 15 to 20 non-Malay Members of Parliament to cross over so that he can form the new federal government with the right racial balance. Then Umno can’t say that the Malays have lost political power. And Umno also can’t use this to fan the sentiments of the Malays and trigger another race riot the likes of what happened on 13 May 1969.This is not just about kicking Barisan Nasional out. This is not just about forming a new Pakatan Rakyat federal government. This is also about maintaining the peace, stability and harmony between the many races and about denying Umno the opportunity to turn this whole thing into a race issue.And Anwar, of all people, knows this. And that is why he is taking his time about it and is covering all the bases before making his move. We want Malaysia to move forward into 2009. We do not want to return to 1969. This is the crux of the matter.

Comments (10)

...written by malsia1206, September 02, 2008 14:44:01
It's definitely a race issue. A squatters' issue. It's also religious-related issues. And corruption issues. But this Government pretends these issues never exist. Or if they do know they exist, they have no wish to address and tackle them. Pray what sort of a Government is that? Let the cancerous cells consume the whole body and await a painful death for the country and the whole rakyat?

...written by Horizonline, September 02, 2008 14:46:33
Brilliant article Pete. PKR can never let those UMNO goons to play the racial cards on them. PKR need to be wise and not too hasty, I don't want the 1969 incident to happen again.

...written by Susanna, September 02, 2008 14:46:36
Right on, spot on... exactly why we don't understand why MCA, Gerakan, and even Pairin Kitingan's party which of all parties understood the dirty games, played... should all the more take the chance now to work towards forming a new gomen rid of all those BN hang ups!

...written by cubi76, September 02, 2008 14:50:31
This is the future we want... progressive, modern, peaceful, tolerant, cultural diversity.... for generations to come...

...written by oknyua, September 02, 2008 14:53:28
Just thinking alound, RPK. Can Anwar take over and then dissolve parliament and call for fresh election? That would solve the "Malay-non Malay" issue as I think PKR would get more of the Malay MPs and support. Expensive, no doubt, but that's the only option left.

...written by rayfire, September 02, 2008 14:54:09
I just hope the balance is maintained for the benefit of all Malaysians alike and the transition is done without major disruption to peace in the country. We want a definite change for better Malaysia for all and not just per se. IT has to be something lasting and committed to provide a better future for all Malaysians alike. No more race based politics the only race should be the Malaysian race! Racist exist in all races, and all of them must go! To hell with racist and racism!

...written by ilovepakatan, September 02, 2008 14:54:16
I am really mystified by UMNO's inability to compete with Pakatan Rakyat. I mean, all they need to do is reinvent themselves, abandon racial policy, try to unite all the component parties into one regardless of race, work in the interest of the people and they will not lose so badly. Are they really that dumb or we've been really so blind to believe those Goons who are no smarter than a 5th grader to be our leader for so long?

...written by CheGUvera, September 02, 2008 14:55:43
How sad that we are in 2008 and yet this race quota still prevail. So, if we have a huge majority of bright non-malay"sian" to bring the country forward, BUT a certain amount cannot use their brightness for the good of the country. How will we reach this 2020 with only less then 12 yrs left, maybe "he" meant 3020 just said it wrongly. There are so many bright stars among the non-malay"sian" not allowed to shine. In Sweden, a country with immigrants from all over the world, all are given the same school,same jobs opp. and many are involved in politics contributing to the goodness of the country. Is it so hard to follow them??

...written by Anti Jihadist, September 02, 2008 14:55:59
I don't care who's from what race in Parliament, as long as they are competent and not corrupt. I hope someday, most Malaysians can agree with that idea.

...written by islandjoe, September 02, 2008 14:57:31
I'd just like to thank BODOWI for helping us unite the races. I personally think it's a selfless act by this genious. Because of him, we are all united in HATING him and his BN morons. It's also because of BN that I support this person DSAI. See? He's no longer malay, chinese, indian, or whatever to me. He's a person!! Thank you Bodowi and co. for helping me through my apparent prejudices.