Who are the traitors here? Are the traitors those who hijrah in search of a better life like what the Prophet Muhammad did? Or are the traitors those who ignore the patriotic contribution of Malayans from the mid-1800s to the mid-1900s?
NO HOLDS BARRED
Raja Petra Kamarudin
Malaysians who ‘abandon’ their country and migrate to another country are traitors, says an Umno Minister. Is he speaking on behalf of the Malaysian government, on behalf of Umno, on behalf of Barisan Nasional, on behalf of the Malay race, or on behalf of the Muslim ummah (community)?
Malays always scream, rant and rave that Islam comes first and everything else goes to the bottom of the priority list. Even the Member of Parliament for Kulim -- someone from what can be considered a liberal party, PKR -- says that he puts Islam first and everything else second. So let us assume that Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah, being a Muslim, speaks from the Islamic perspective. I doubt he would dare declare otherwise.
Islam stipulates that if you suffer persecution, oppression, injustice, and discrimination under a dictatorial regime, then it is your duty to hijah (migrate). And hijrah is very important to Islam. Hijrah is what the Prophet Muhammad was commanded by God to do. And the day of the Prophet’s hijrah is the day the Muslim calendar begins. That is how important hijrah is to Islam.
Is this Muslim Minister from Umno whacking Prophet Muhammad and calling him a traitor?
Many Malaysians died for their country. The Indians and Chinese migrated to British Malaya between the mid-1800s to about 1920 when the British started to tighten the immigration policy and no longer brought in labourers from India and China to work the railway, public works, plantations and tin mines in Malaya.
But this did not mean that immigration came to a complete stop. The British still brought in Indians to serve in the civil service and to serve as schoolteachers. This was because the local Malays, at that time, were not so proficient in the English language compared to the Indians. So the Indians were required as government servants and teachers.
Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s father is one example of an English language teacher from India who came to Malaya and eventually married a Malay woman, resulting in the birth of Dr Mahathir.
Many Indian and Chinese immigrants married in Malaya, sometimes to fellow Indians and Chinese and sometimes to local Malays (that is why many Malays look more Indian and Chinese compared to their Indonesian cousins). And understandably they sired children born in Malaya. And these local born sons and daughters of the immigrants are those Malaysian Indians and Chinese of today, many who have never stepped foot in India or China since the day they were born.
Their parents and grandparents (some are third or fourth generation Malaysians while some, like the Melaka Chinese, have been ‘locals’ since 500 years ago) came to Malaya to serve the country and died in this country. And some of these 'immigrants' have been in the country longer than even Malays who are only second or third generation Malaysians.
The question of who came first is an arguable issue. There are Indians and Chinese who have been in Malaysia for hundreds of years and there are Malays who have been in the country less than 100 years. Nevertheless, this article is not to argue about who is more Bumiputera -- the Malays, Indians or Chinese.
Everyone -- Malays, Indians and Chinese alike -- are sons and daughters of immigrants. It would be very difficult to dissect the three different races based on generalising. You would have to look at it on a case-to-case basis. My family came to Malaya in the mid-1700s. Tian Chua’s family came to Malaya much earlier than that. Dr Mahathir and Khir Toyo are merely second generation Malaysians although one became the Prime Minister and the other the Chief Minister of a State.
Okay, the purpose of this article is not to argue who is more Bumiputera as we can argue till the cows come home and will never reach a consensus. What I want to talk about is who has served this country and, therefore, can be considered a true patriot.
The railway, roads, bridges and buildings, right up to maybe the 1980s or so (that means for more than 100 years), were built by the Indians and Chinese (not the Malays). I still remember even as recent as the 1970s when Indians would work in the hot sun building the roads and laying the railway lines. They also worked in the estates and plantations. And the same goes for the tin mines and the construction industry, which were mainly a Chinese affair.
And many died. There were numerous cases where entire Chinese communities were wiped out by disease and war and they had to bring in fresh loads of Chinese workers from China to replace those who had died. And the living conditions of these workers were pathetic. Trust me when I say detention under the Internal Security Act in Kamunting is luxurious compared to what these Indians and Chinese had to endure.
The Malayan civil service, legal system, education system, and whatnot, depended on the English educated Indians brought in from India. It was not until the 1920s or so, when the immigration policy was tightened, that the Malays were educated enough to start filling the ranks of the civil service. Even by the time of Merdeka the country still depended on the immigrants because there were not enough educated Malays to serve the country.
And almost all these people died in this country (only some went home to die) and their Malaysian-born children, grandchildren and great grandchildren are those Indians and Chinese you see in the country today.
To sum up: this country was built by the non-Malays. What we see today is the result of the contribution by the non-Malays. Initially, Malaya’s economy depended on rubber and tin, long before we had factories and heavy industries. And it was because we had immigrant Indians and Chinese is why we saw a thriving rubber and tin industry. If not because of rubber and tin, Malaysia would be amongst the poorest countries in this world.
Then we had three wars - the Second World War, the Malayan Emergency, and the Konfrantasi with Indonesia. And not just Malayans, but many foreign ‘Mat Salleh’ (white skins), as well as Africans, Fijians, Gurkhas, Indians, Punjabis, Bengalis, and many more, died in these wars. Of course, Malays died as well. But Malays were not the only ones who died in these three wars. See the statistics in the addendum below to get an idea of those who sacrificed their lives for this country.
But is the contribution of these patriots ever remembered? The Malays scream, rant and rave that this is a Malay country. They declare that this is Tanah Melayu (Malay land). But we might not even have a country, at least not in the form that we see it now, if not for the fact that many not of Malay origin laid down their lives for this country. If the non-Malays, including the ‘Mat Salleh’, had not died for this country, Malaysia would no longer be an independent nation but just a small province of Indonesia.
When Malays talk about dying for your country, they just look at the three wars. But the death toll for these wars does not even come close to the death toll of those who died serving this country in other ways. Some died defending the country in wars. But many more died in the effort to build this country to what it is today. And many also died of mere old age after serving this country their entire life and then retired here as citizens.
But how do we repay these patriots or children and grandchildren of patriots not of Malay origin? We insult them. We threaten them. We discriminate against them. We oppress them. We persecute them. We treat them as second-class citizens. We refuse to recognise the patriotic contribution of their parents, grandparents or great grandparents in defending this country and in building this country to what it is today.
So these people feel hurt. So they feel that the sacrifices and contribution of their forefathers are not remembered and appreciated. So they decide to leave the country and go to another country that can better-appreciate their talents and skills instead of threatening and subjecting them to screams of “go back to your own country”.
Who are the traitors here? Are the traitors those who hijrah in search of a better life like what the Prophet Muhammad did? Or are the traitors those who ignore the patriotic contribution of Malayans from the mid-1800s to the mid-1900s?
The Umno Ministers should be made to pass a history test before they can be appointed as Ministers. And they should also be made to pass a lie detector test every time they make a statement.
As the Malays would say: bodoh (stupid) is bad enough. Bodoh sombong (arrogantly stupid) is unforgivable. And Umno Ministers are just that -- bodoh sombong.
ADDENDUM
Combatants in the Malayan Emergency
United Kingdom
Australia
New Zealand
Federation of Malaya
Rhodesia
Fiji
Various British East African colonies
Breakdown of the combatants in the Malayan Emergency
250,000 Malayan Home Guard troops
40,000 regular Commonwealth personnel
37,000 Special Constables
24,000 Federation Police
Casualties in the Malayan Emergency
Killed: 1,346 Malayan troops and police (of many races) and 519 British military personnel
Wounded: 2,406 Malayans (of many races) and British troops/police
Civilian: 2,478 killed, 810 missing (of many races including 'Mat Salleh')
Malaysian-Indonesian Konfrontasi
Combatants in the Konfrontasi
Malaysia
United Kingdom
Australia
New Zealand
And with support from the United States
Allied Casualties
114 killed
181 wounded
Indonesian Casualties
590 killed
222 wounded
Civilian casualties
36 killed
53 wounded
4 taken prisoner
The forces that served during the Konfrontasi period to secure Malaysia’s freedom and independence
United Kingdom
Royal Navy:
40 Commando Royal Marines
42 Commando Royal Marines
Sections of Special Boat Service
Detachments of 845 Naval Air Squadron (Wessex)
Detachments of 846 Naval Air Squadron (Whirlwind)
Detachments of 848 Naval Air Squadron (Wessex)
849 NAS Fairey Gannet AEW on HMS Victorious
British Army
Squadron of Life Guards
Squadrons of 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards
Squadrons of Queen's Royal Irish Hussars
Squadrons of 4th Royal Tank Regiment
H Squadron of 5th Royal Tank Regiment
4th Light Regiment Royal Artillery (comprising 29 (Corunna), 88 (Arracan), 97 (Lawsons Company) Light Batteries)
V Light, 132 (Bengal Rocket Troop) Medium Batteries (of 6th Light Regiment Royal Artillery)
T (Shah Sujah’s Troop) and 9 (Plassey) Light Anti Defence Batteries (of 12th Light Air Defence Regiment)
30 Light Anti Defence Battery (Roger’s Company) (of 16th Light Air Defence Regiment)
53 (Louisburg) Light Anti Defence Battery (of 22nd Light Air Defence Regiment)
11 (Sphinx) Light Anti Defence Battery (of 34th Light Air Defence Regiment)
40th Light Regiment Royal Artillery (comprising 38 (Seringapatum), 129 (Dragon), 137 (Java) Light Batteries)*
70 Light, 176 (Abu Klea) Light, 170 (Imjin) Medium Batteries (of 45th Light Regiment Royal Artillery)
8 (Alma), 7 (Sphinx), 79 (Kirkee), 145 (Maiwand), Commando Light Batteries (of 29th and 95th Commando Light Regiments, Royal Artillery)
1st Battalion, Scots Guards
Guards Independent Parachute Company
1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers
1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders
1st Battalion, Royal Ulster Rifles
1st Battalion, Queen's Own Highlanders
1st Battalion, Queen's Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment
1st Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
1st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
1st Battalion, Royal Leicestershire Regiment
1st Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd)
2nd Green Jackets, The King's Royal Rifle Corps
3rd Green Jackets, The Rifle Brigade
2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment
D Company, 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment
1st Battalion, Royal Hampshire Regiment
22 Special Air Service
1st and 2nd Battalions of 2nd Gurkha Rifles
1st and 2nd Battalions, 6th Gurkha Rifles;
1st and 2nd Battalions, 7th Gurkha Rifles;
1st and 2nd Battalions, 10th Gurkha Rifles;
Gurkha Independent Parachute Company
Detachments 656 Squadron Army Air Corps
Various units from Corps of Royal Engineers
Various units from the Royal Corps of Signals
RAF
Detachments 15 Squadron RAF Regiment
Detachments 34 Squadron (Beverley) stationed in Singapore
Detachments 48 Squadron (Hastings and Beverley) stationed at RAF Changi, Singapore
Detachments 209 Squadron (Pioneer and Twin Pioneer)
Detachments 52 Squadron (Valetta) stationed at RAF Butterworth, Malaya
Detachments 66 Squadron (Belvedere) stationed at RAF Seletar, Singapore
Detachments 103 Squadron (Westland Whirlwind HC 10) stationed at RAF Seletar, Singapore
Detachments 110 Squadron (Westland Sycamore then Whirlwind) stationed at RAF Seletar, Singapore
Detachments 205 Squadron (AVRO Shackleton MR Mk2) stationed at RAF Changi, Singapore
225 Squadron (Westland Whirlwind HC 2)
230 Squadron (Westland Whirlwind HC 10)
81 Squadron (Canberra PR 9) stationed at RAF Tengah, Singapore
20 Squadron (Hawker Hunter) stationed at RAF Tengah, Singapore
60 Squadron (Gloster Javelin) stationed at RAF Tengah, Singapore
64 Squadron (Gloster Javelin) stationed at RAF Tengah, Singapore
45 Squadron (Canberra) stationed at RAF Tengah, Singapore
74 Squadron (English Electric Lightning) stationed at RAF Tengah, Singapore
15 Squadron Handley Page Victor stationed in at RAF Tengah and Butterworth)
Australia
102 Field Battery Royal Australian Artillery.
3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
A and B Squadrons of the Australian Special Air Service Regiment
Malaysia
Malaysian Army
Squadron of Malaysian Reconnaissance Regiment
A and B Batteries (of 1st Regiment, Malaysian Artillery)
3rd Battalion, Royal Malay Regiment
5th Battalion, Royal Malay Regiment
8th Battalion, Royal Malay Regiment
1st Battalion, Singapore Infantry Regiment
Royal Federation of Malay States Police
Police Special Branch
Battalion of Police Field Force
New Zealand
1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment
1st Ranger Squadron
41 Squadron (Canberra)
Detachments 41 Squadron (Bristol Freighter)
Translated into Chinese at: http://ccliew.blogspot.com/2010/01/blog-post_1137.html
Translated into BM by Tan KY:
Menurut seorang Menteri UMNO
Menurut seorang Menteri UMNO, rakyat Malaysia yang “berhijrah” ke negara lain adalah pengkhianat. Adakah beliau bercakap bagi pihak kerajaan Malaysia, atau UMNO, BN, atau kaum Melayu atau umat Islam?
Orang Melayu selalu memaki-hamun dan berpekik yang Islam adalah segala-galanya dan selebihnya tidak penting. Contoh terbaik ialah ahli parlimen Kulim, daripada parti PKR yang dianggap liberal, berkali-kali berkata bahawa beliau meletakkan Islam mendahului segala-galanya, termasuk tugas beliau sebagai ahli parlimen. Sekarang mari kita anggap bahawa Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah, sebagai seorang Islam, juga bercakap daripada perspektif Islam.
Islam berkata bahawa jika anda ditindas, didiskrimasi oleh sebuah regim yang kejam, adalah wajib untuk anda berhijrah. Hijrah merupakan konsep yang amat penting dalam Islam. Allah mengarahkan Nabi Muhammad untuk berhijrah, dan kalendar Islam bermula pada tahun hijrah.
Sekarang renung-renungkanlah. Adakah Menteri UMNO tersebut menuduh Nabi Muhammad seorang pengkhianat?
Ramai orang Malaysia berkorban kerana negara kita. Orang India dan Cina datang ke negara Malaya di antara tahun 1800 ke 1920. Selepas itu, British mengetatkan polisi imigrasi dan tidak lagi membawa buruh daripada India dan China untuk bekerja di landasan keretapi, ladang dan lombong di Malaya.
Tetapi ini tidak bermakna imigrasi telah berhenti selepas itu. British masih membawa rakyat India untuk bekerja di sektor awam dan untuk bekerja sebagai guru sekolah. Ini kerana pada masa itu, Melayu tempatan kurang menguasai Bahasa Inggeris berbanding rakyat India. Oleh yang demikian, rakyat India diperlukan sebagai kakitangan awam dan guru.
Ayah Tun Dr Mahathir ialah contoh seorang guru bahasa Inggeris yang datang dari India, dan mengahwini seorang perempuan Melayu tempatan.
Ramai pendatang India dan China berkahwin di Malaya, setengahnya kepada rakyat senegara dan setengahnya kepada Melayu tempatan (ini sebabnya banyak Melayu hari ini mempunyai iras Cina dan India). Anak-anak mereka dilahirkan di Malaya, dan merupakan rakyat Malaysia hari ini yang berbangsa Cina dan India. Ramai di antara mereka tidak pernah menjejak kaki di India atau China dari hari mereka lahir.
Ibu bapa mereka dan datuk-nenek mereka (ada yang merupakan generasi ketiga atau keempat di Malaysia dan setengahnya, seperti Cina di Melaka, telah berada di sini sejak 500 tahun lalu) datang ke Malaya untuk bekerja dan menghembuskan nafas terakhir di negara ini. Dan sesetengah “pendatang” ini telah berada di negara ini jauh lebih lama daripada sesetengah Melayu yang merupakan generasi kedua atau ketiga.
Perdebatan tentang siapa yang datang dahulu adalah perkara yang tidak mudah diselesaikan. Ada Cina dan India yang telah berada di sini sejak beratus tahun dahulu, dan ada Melayu yang hanya berada di sini kurang daripada seratus tahun. Namun demikian, artikel ini bukanlah untuk betengkar mengenai siapa yang lebih layak digelar “Bumiputera”
Semua daripada kita merupakan anak kepada pendatang. Sukar untuk kita mengkategorikan tiga bangsa ini secara umum. Ia sesuatu yang harus dilihat satu-persatu. Keluarga saya datang ke Malaya pada tahun 1700-an. Keluarga Tian Chua datang lebih awal daripada itu. Dr Mahathir dan Khir Toyo merupakan rakyat Malaysia generasi kedua walaupun seorang pernah menjadi Perdana Menteri dan seorang lagi Menteri Besar.
Sekali lagi, artikel ini bukan untuk membincangkan siapa yang lebih Bumiputra, kerana kita boleh berdebat siang dan malam dan sehingga kucing bertanduk pun kita tidak akan mencapai kata sepakat. Apa yang saya ingin ketengahkan di sini ialah siapa yang telah berjasa kepada negara ini dan oleh yang itu, layak digelar sebagai rakyat yang cinta negara.
Landasan keretapi, jalan raya, jambatan dan bangunan di negara ini, sehingga ke tahun 1980-an (lebih daripada 100 tahun) dibina oleh India dan Cina (bukan Melayu). Saya masih ingat pada tahun 1970-an, saya melihat pekerja India bertungkus lumus di bawah matahari yang terik membina jalan dan landasan keretapi. Mereka turut bekerja di estet dan ladang. Sama juga bagi lombong timah dan industri bangunan, yang kebanyakannya diusahakan orang Cina.
Dan ramai yang terkorban. Banyak kes di mana pekerja Cina maut akibat wabak penyakit dan perang dan pekerja baru terpaksa dibawa daripada China untuk menggantikan yang terkorban. Hidup mereka penuh kesengsaraan.
Di Malaya pada masa itu, sektor awam, perundangan, pendidikan bergantung kepada rakyat India yang menerima pendidikan Inggeris (India pada masa itu di bawah naungan British). Selepas 1920-an, Melayu tempatan mula mengisi jawatan di sektor awam setelah menerima cukup pendidikan Inggeris. Walau bagaimanapun, ketika negara kita merdeka, negara masih bergantung kepada golongan pendatang kerana rakyat tempatan masih kurang yang menerima pendidikan yang cukup.
Hampir kesemua golongan ini yang pada mulanya dibawa dari Cina dan India, anak, cucu mereka yang dilahirkan di Malaysia merupakan rakyat Cina dan India yang anda lihat di Malaysia hari ini.
Kesimpulannya, negara ini dibina oleh yang bukan Melayu. Apa yang kita ada hari ini merupakan keringat bukan Melayu. Pada awalnya, ekonomi Malaya bergantung kepada getah dan timah, sebelum kita mempunyai industri berat dan kilang-kilang. Dan hanya kerana adanya pendatang India dan Cina kita mempunyai sektor pelombongan dan peladangan yang berjaya. Kalau bukan kerana ini, Malaysia hari ini mungkin di antara negara termiskin di dunia.
Selain itu, kita pernah mengalami tiga perang, Perang Dunia Kedua, perang Komunis dan Konfrontasi dengan Indonesia. Bukan hanya orang Malaya, tetapi juga orang putih, orang Afrika, orang Fiji, orang Gujerat, orang India, Punjabi, Bengali dan banyak lagi, terkorban dalam peperangan ini. Tidak dinafikan, Melayu juga banyak yang terkorban. Tetapi mereka bukannya satu-satunya golongan yang terkorban.
Pokoknya, adakah pengorbanan golongan bukan Melayu diingati hari ini? Ada Melayu hari ini yang terpekik terlolong bahawa negara ini kepunyaan mereka. Mereka kata ini Tanah Melayu. Tetapi kita mungkin tidak ada negara yang kita ada hari ini tanpa pengorbanan bukan Melayu. Jika bukan kerana mereka, kita mungkin hanya satu wilayah Indonesia hari ini.
Apabila Melayu bercakap tentang berkorban untuk negara, mereka selalunya menumpukan kepada tiga perang ini. Tetapi angka korban bagi perang adalah kecil berbanding dengan yang terkorban kerana berkhidmat untuk negara ini dalam aspek lain. Dan ini tidak termasuk yang menignnggal dunia kerana usia tua selepas menghabiskan seluruh hidup mereka di negara ini sebagai seorang rakyat.
Tetapi bagaimana kita membalas budi mereka, dan anak-anak dan cucu-cucu mereka yang bukan Melayu? Kita menghina mereka (pendatang!). Kita mengancam mereka (jangan cabar Melayu!). Kita mendiskriminasi terhadap mereka (hak-hak Bumiputra!). Kita menindas mereka dan menganggap mereka sebagai rakyat kelas kedua. Kita tidak menghiraukan budi datuk nenek mereka yang menghabiskan hidup berbakti untuk negara kita.
Jadi mereka berasa terkilan. Mereka berasa bahawa pengorbanan dan bakti datuk nenek mere tidak dihargai. Jadi mereka mengambil keputusan pergi ke negara lain di mana bakat mereka lebih dihargai. Mereka meninggalkan Malaysia kerana tidak tahan dengan kecaman “baliklah ke China atau India. Ini Tanah Melayu!”.
Siapa pengkhianat di sini? Adakah pengkhianat mereka yang berhijrah mencari kehidupan yang lebih baik seperti apa yang dilakukan oleh Nabi Muhammad? Atau pengkhianat mereka yang tidak mahu mengiktiraf pengorbanan dan jasa pendatang di Malaya dari tahun 1800-an ke 1900-an?
Menteri Umno patut mengambil ujian sejarah sebelum mereka menjadi Menteri. Mereka juga patut mengambil ujian bohong setiap kali mereka membuka mulut mereka.
Bak kata orang Melayu: bodoh suduh cukup teruk. Bodoh sombong tidak boleh dimaafkan. Dan Menteri Umno hanya satu: bodoh sombong.
written by justice seeker, January 25, 2010 09:03:18
BUT IF YOU AND YR DESCENDANTS CONTINUE TO WORK YOUR BUTT OFF AND PAY ALL THE TAXES THEN YOU WILL BE UPGRADED TO A "PENDATANG" STATUS. SO, BE PROUD OF THIS.
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written by Rockstar2000, January 25, 2010 03:16:36
My father served in the Squadron of Malaysian Reconnaissance Regiment mentioned above. Was awarded several medals for honourable service. What did his children get from his sacrifice, well nothing in fact, they all ended up migrating and becoming pendatang to other people's countries because of the xenophobe policies of the ruling government.
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written by panca, January 25, 2010 02:42:16
The beginning of umno supremacy and the end democracy. And the bigger lies comes with ketuanan, abuses of power and absolute corruption are no more a taboo but well endowed aspect of political survival of past 50 years with the last 25 years of the most detrimental to nation building.
So who are real the traitors? DAMN RIGHT! We all know but do the majority join to fight the lies perpetuated by these perpetrators of the country?
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written by Divine, January 24, 2010 19:29:23
There is no such thing as the self-proclaimed ketuanan!
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written by youngbags, January 24, 2010 17:26:10
I just need to let it out.
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written by youngbags, January 24, 2010 16:50:28
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written by mukhan, January 24, 2010 14:32:01
( TRUTH NEVER DIES) SAYA ANAK MALAYSIA!!
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written by bintikdebu, January 24, 2010 12:39:24
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written by Buayanegara, January 24, 2010 12:29:03
this mad hat (t )er fellow must have a very small brain and a very vindictive heart !!
he cannot think straight, and is a bloody egoist !!!
only i can do u cannot type of mentality.
may ALLAH forgive his sins and let him die a peaceable death and not let him linger on,
suffering for 5 - 10 years.
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written by Aming, January 24, 2010 07:29:39
As a retired man, I too have nearly died for the country in line of duty for King and Country, but largely side-stepped in recognition of my work.
I would be a complete idiotic fool if I were to tempt fate and let my brainy son to tread the same path as I did. Hence he is now a 'somebody' in a multi-national bank overseas where he can flex his intellectual muscle and received due recognition in an equitable and meritocratic environment, and not be subjected to threats, oppression and blatant discrimination back here where his great-grand parents and their descents helped to built.
Mr. Minister, you must be blind and deaf for you see and hear not the gross sins and injustice your cohorts in government have inflicted upon other human beings who help to put food on your tables,food too rich that your senses are drowned by it.
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written by sonofmalaysia, January 24, 2010 06:22:53
That the English built up all institutions to administer the country , the Indians built up the roads , railways, civil service and plantations and the Chinese were the one working the tin mines and were the backbone in commerce .
the English, The Chinese and the Indians did a good job in laying down the foundation for modern MAlaysia. Without them, Malaysia will be just like Papua NEw Guinea !!
The UMNO thieves and lanuns, they have zero contribution to this , not only they are ungrateful, not only they are just parasites, not only they did not make any contribution to building the country, they loot and plunder the country dry. and are destroying everything that were built up !
THE UMNO BTN certainly want to bury this history !
Let's us all down load this article to spread this to all Malaysian children and future generations!
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written by Davy McChester, January 24, 2010 05:18:53
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written by imanj, January 24, 2010 05:00:14
Much of what has been said in the article is what many especially non-malays know..My daughter for one will grow up knowing that both her paternal and maternal generations have existed for 150 years or so till date..It is so obvious that the current administration for a long time now has chosen to write off the History of original Malaysia and is so pathetic in allowing the many generations thus far and generations in future to show shameless arrogance and contradiction...
It would be imparative for all people who can consider themselves worth to be apart of our society to start understanding that with History,the Past and all its ganduer of events,will always be the reality of the present t and hence provide the essence of the Future..
For that,it would not be too late for us within the privacy of our own homes or within our soceity/social activities/religious backgrounds to start reading up History and to start providing the read information to our own children first and spread to encourage others if they would give Malaysian History ( the authentic one) a chance and then maybe it would allow people in general to start thinking that they ought to give themselves a chance to project the right sentiment and also show that there is nothing wrong in acknowledging truth/facts and to accept that there was a formation of ingredients contributed by many people other than the Malays that gave the country its form before Independence.And the people should not only see the extensive concrete jungle created and the administration in power over 50 years as the only progressive part of Malaysia's success...
For those who have migrated,no one could pass judgement for anyone who finds the need go in search for better living.It is one's right to survive this world and it is another to help provide the elements for survival...And are we the ones who stay,finding the need to keep surviving,faced with others who sabotage the elements so required to survive this worldmgoing to continue to struggle?...
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written by betasigma, January 24, 2010 02:06:19
ahmad husni is jus another bloody racist bodoh sombong nonsense from the umno clans of thieves n bandits;who abandon who in the first place??
as for that kulim narrow minded piece of shit,zul..nordin;,he is exactly jus like the dog barking at the wagon n the wagon jus get to move on,khalid samad is definitely the wagon n not the dog .wondering why DSAI jus couldn't get hold of another syriah court lawyer for himself from the pakatan front??this zul moron would be a bane n a curse for pakatan becos he is 'sempit' totally at the wrong place even if if is of the right identity!!!!!!!he might even jus screw up the whole 'saiful sodomee' case on DSAI ,who knows???
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written by Sabahfan, January 24, 2010 00:54:32
I have watched all available video of you campaining, and if i cannot do as well as u, i will attempt to do better.
Only problem is U Mt readers have to help me identify the correct candidate because after winning he just might do a Frog dance.... I need a gun to execute all the frogs..
Or the only list of people I am sure would not do a frog is
LKS, LGE, Tian Chua, the photographer of correct correct correct.... etc.
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written by DPG, January 24, 2010 00:37:24
I was told by a friend that in the late 1800's to early 1900's, there was much intermarriage between the immigrant Chinese and Indians with the local Malays, and as RPK wrote, that is the reason why we see so many Indians, Chinese, and Malays looking like each other. We have Chinese who look like Malays and Malays who look like Chinese. This intermarriage may have been brought about by circumstances as I believe, in the 1800's and early 1900's, most immigrant labourers to this country are mainly male workers. As these male workers planted their roots, they began to intermarry with the local Malays. Of course, in those days, there were no necessity to convert, and it was also quite common then for the Muslims to follower the religion and cultures of the non-Malays after marriage.
Things have changed completely now, thanks to UMNO's racists.
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written by Motherchell, January 24, 2010 00:26:32
Watch this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZiuXePUnjs
Nadia Ali and her Pakistani parents left Libya where she was born. UK gave them everything that a rightful resident should get. They were immigrants ------now you know why we emigrate???
Eat your heart out UMNO!!!!!!!!!!!!! To BTN lecturers and guard dogs, UMNO YOUTH , JAKIM , ABIM ,PEMBELA, Mahathief AND ALL YOUR CRONIES Institutions---------
SCREW YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! USE YOU READING GLASSES AND WATCH you bigots!!!!!!!!!!
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written by Singa, January 24, 2010 00:22:57
You did not mention the sacrifices of members of the Royal Malaysian Air Force.
I was with the RMAF for 13 years from 1964 and at the height of the Indon Confrontration I was based in Labuan for 3 years doing my regular duties as an aircraft technician during the day time and during the nights we had to guard the air base against enemy intrusion.
Our SLRs were loaded to fire after a challenge.
As well as this we had to follow the aircraft on Pilot Route Trainer duties being always subject to enemy fire.
Also we had to rescue broken down aircraft some very close to enemy territory.
After I joined Civvy street and being a non-Malay jobs did not come quite easily except by reference by well settled old friends.
I am now migrated to the UK and am treated as equal as those who have lived here for generations and that is a lovely feeling. I feel so very well treated, full respect and all. NO KETUANAN INGGERIS here !!!
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written by lakian, January 23, 2010 23:32:17
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written by panda, January 23, 2010 22:57:23
Jus wld like to tell u tis is a great article, the only problem tat will arise is those in BN, will not understand the intellectual content of ur article , as we know tat those in BN/UMNO/MCA/MIC dont believe in educating in english language, mayb its cause english was taught by e Indians, mayb tats why they r retards in thier speeches n actions ,
also all ministers sld be subjected to history test, lie detector test, ETHICS test, MORAL VALUES test, ENGLISH test ( so tat they wont make a fool of the rest of us) ...i think, m sure theres more but will leave it at tis , as any more would be too much for their narrow little minds!!!
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written by justice6, January 23, 2010 22:31:38
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written by earthman, January 23, 2010 22:25:38
We have read quite a few times yo mentioned, ' we can argue till the cows comes home'. Looks like the cows never comes home or is it? If the cows comes home can they understand what you are saying? All it does is moo moo here and moo moo there, moo here moo there moo moo every where.
You can try your very best, but cows are cows and all it does is mooooooooooooooooooo .
Its time to rear goats.?
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written by Midvalley, January 23, 2010 21:47:16
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written by Ocassey, January 23, 2010 21:40:14
IT IS NOT UNUSUAL TO SEE THEIR VERY AGED PARENTS/PARENT/ RELATIVE/s /DESCENDENT/s
VISIT THE BURIAL SITES OF THEIR "FALLEN" ONES. THE SITUATION WAS OF COURSE VERY SOLEMN AND PRIVATE. THERE ARE SIMILAR "WAR GRAVES" IN SINGAPORE AND KANCHANABURI ON THE THAI SIDE OF THE "BRIDGE OF THE RIVER KWAI".
THERE ARE GRAVES MARKED AS "UNKNOWN FALLEN HEROS" AS THOSE BURIED WITHIN WERE NOT BEING ABLE TO BE IDENTIFIED.
WHEN THE COMMONWEALTH /BRITISH WAR GRAVES OFFICE WAS MAINTAINED IN HONG KONG THEY MADE DEFINITELY SURE THAT THOSE GRAVES ARE TO BE VERY WELL KEPT AND CONSTANTLY MAINTAINED , AS IF THE CARETAKER WAS ONLY THERE YESTERDAY.
SEE, THE QUEEN AND HER GOVERNMENT NEVER LET THE IMAGE AND PRESTIGE OF THOSE FALLEN HEROES DOWN .
OUR LATEST FALLEN HERO IS NON OTHER THAN TEOH BENG HOCK. HE MAINTAINED HIS POSITION STEADFASTLY RIGHTEOUS AND TRUE TO JUSTICE FOR THE MALAYSIAN OPPRESSED AND SUPPRESSED. HE IS A TRUE JIHADIST , A NATIONAL HERO !
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written by Eskay345, January 23, 2010 21:34:47
Don't believe?. Just ask all the umnoputras, Penang's Ahmad and Ali Rustam..
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written by Bolehlander, January 23, 2010 21:25:38
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written by Semuaok, January 23, 2010 21:21:28
When you leave you are a traitors but when you come it's call the 2nd home program.
Why Malaysia is confuse? You tell me.
Semauok
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written by IbnAbdHalim, January 23, 2010 21:14:36
This is my comment on an earlier article by Khoo Kay Ping"
written by IbnAbdHalim, January 23, 2010 16:46:44
Well, if it's wrong then should blame UMNO. UMNO is the push factor that drives Malaysians away to foreign lands. I just don't understand these UMNO people. The moment they join the government they become idiots and talk bullshits. What we have right now is ketuanan UMNO being forced on us and that becomes one of the reasons why Malaysians left. I too will leave if I'd the chance and means. I'm just fed up. Can't change the gomen because majority of the rakyat are made "dungus" by UMNO.
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written by Bolehlander, January 23, 2010 21:14:32
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written by Semuaok, January 23, 2010 21:08:44
Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s father is one example of an English language teacher from India who came to Malaya and eventually married a Malay woman, resulting in the birth of Dr Mahathir.
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Our forefather would be right if not because of above.
Semuaok
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written by Obadiyah, January 23, 2010 20:56:48
To add to this would be a handful of pictures:
This is the the War Grave in Taiping. Go visit it sometime.
Note that most bear engravings such as "Royal Indian Army"
The next few are from Labuan. Please note that there are 2,800 graves there.
All Foreigners who died for Malaysia:
And lest we not forget the Sarawak Rangers:
And not forgetting all the Malaysians brought to Burma to die on the Death Railway:
There are 6,800 graves here in Kanchanburi:
And those still in Burma are here:
more than 3,000
Not forgetting all the Comfort Women which the Japanese captured and forced to become sex slaves for the Kempetai.
Screw You UMNO for not teaching this !!!
Malaysia has ended up with a bunch of retards trained only by the Racist BTN
who screams only "Hak Hak Hak Hak Hak Hak"
&%^#^*&%$#@$%^$#@%^& YOU UMNO !!!
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written by malsia1206, January 23, 2010 20:33:30
1. the Malays who use and manipulate the name of Bumiputras to enrich themselves at the expense of their own fellow Malays
2. the Chinese and Indians who are the running dogs of these traitors to grab their portion of the pie at the expense of their fellow Chinese and Indians
3. the politicians who serve their own selfish and greedy agendas when they get voted by their constituents
4. the Putrajaya leadership and whole gangbang who are aloof and insensitive to the interests and welfare of the rakyat
5. the religious hypocrites who talk big on their religion and commit all the sins with their spoken and written words, acts and misdeeds
Those who migrate are not all traitors. They just elect to choose a different set of priorities. But those who make it good with all the Government's assistance all these years at the rakyat's expense and now decide to migrate are traitors. For example, if you had been allocated IPOs and APs by the millions over the past years and you now migrate with your accumulated wealth, that's ONE BIG traitor.
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written by Motherchell, January 23, 2010 20:22:30
History books have been suitably edited in the slow process of ethnic cleansing in the last 45 years,
So much to be said !----let me be short and sharp-----, i would like to see our Ministers, Historians , Professors or even the Red Lipped Casanova PM justify or rebut at WORLD MEETS WITH REGARD TO THIS SUBJECT.
SO FAR THEY HAVE conveniently played truant !
America is what it is today because of its freedom and varied cultures. At the going rate , Malaysia may turn out to be a parking lot for the World !
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written by nanyangren, January 23, 2010 20:13:52
Time to come for closure. Go to Boston, the 13 innocent civilians that died in the "Boston Massarce" when English troops opened fire are buried and graves maintained as history. They were heroes.
And people still question why USA is a great country and we are sinkling lower and lower.
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written by mick_err_stan, January 23, 2010 20:12:09
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written by arazak, January 23, 2010 20:01:15
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And here is what have to say to that idiot UMNO Minister !
Dear Ahmad Husni,
Who the hell are you UMNO people to tell us to stop migrating overseas? We are not barnacles; hanging on to a worthless piece of rock until we die.
Why should we work our ass off in Bolehland, day-in, day-out trying to put food on the table for our family only to find out that your UMNO cronies had shamelessly stolen the food away?
We paid taxes only to find the “kepala” of all “rasuah” had stolen half-a-billion ringgit of our money through the scandalous submarine deal. Then, there were his cronies and band of thieves who stole more billions of RM from the dubious PKFZ project. All those and numerous other lootings and thieving are from our tax-money. It seems your UMNO clan and their cronies have bottomless appetite of thieving the peoples’ money. And yet, you are telling us to stay put in Bolehland like a barnacle so that you can rob us more?
You must be out of your mind. . .!
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written by Malaysiaputra, January 23, 2010 19:53:11
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written by educationist, January 23, 2010 19:44:26
What a beautiful tribute to all who have contributed to the building of this nation of ours!
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written by albert zacharias, January 23, 2010 19:37:19
How come Raja? How Come? Compare with Toyol, he is bumiputra who has the license to rob, steal, take bribes and talk rubbish.
Not fair one lah...
BTW I am a voter since 1976...Are you boys and girls out there registered? I am giving RM 10 ringgit each who can show me they register by next week Tuesday.
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Do you think that a straight A's, top student (not me lar, but I'm still okay) want to rot here when they could have move to Singapore and earn high wages, become great doctors or surgeon, become recognized engineers?
I'm all these people who left are not traitors, I'm sure they all love Malaysia, but this is reality, live goes on.