One man’s lie is another man’s fact

But are Chin Peng and Lee Kuan Yew mentioned in this context? They were significant players in the creation of Malaya and later, Malaysia. What we read is about Umno this and Umno that. We are told that Malaya gained independence and Malaysia was later created because of Umno.

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Raja Petra Kamarudin

Malaysian students abroad told to be wary of media spinning

(Bernama) - Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today advised Malaysian students abroad to be wary of some Malaysian media that are inclined to spinning news stories and spreading lies.

"I ask that the students understand the situation to prevent themselves from being influenced by the news spins and lies," he told a press conference after a dialogue with a group of Malaysian student leaders from throughout Indonesia, here, today.

Muhyiddin, who is on a four-day working visit to Indonesia since yesterday, was responding to the student leaders' call for the Malaysian media to be truthful and transparent in their news reports.

"I explained that the media was very influential, and while there were media which were supportive of the government, there were others that belonged to the opposition or were pro-opposition, with some of them good at spinning stories," he said.

Also present at the dialogue were Malaysian ambassador to Indonesia Datuk Syed Munshe Afdzaruddin Syed Hassan and director of the Malaysian Students Department in Indonesia, Datuk Dr Junaidy Abu Bakar.

The deputy prime minister agreed that a seminar on the 1Malaysia concept be organised for the Malaysian students in Indonesia and other Malaysians in Jakarta so that they would understand the concept better.

He said experts on the concept could be invited to give talks and interact with the seminar participants here.

Muhyiddin said the Malaysian student leaders also expressed their support for the government's decision to abolish the Penilaian Menengah Rendah (PMR) examination, but wanted the school-based assessment system that would replace the PMR, to be a sound and viable one.

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It is certainly sound advice that Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin gave to Malaysian students overseas. History as taught in Malaysian schools in the 1950s and 1960s was very different from the history being taught today.

The history that I learned in the Alice Smith School in Kuala Lumpur starts from 1066. I had to research on my own the history of 55 BC when the Romans under Emperor Claudius unsuccessfully invaded England and were sent packing back to Rome with their tails between their legs. The general who suffered this most humiliating defeat was none other than Julius Caesar himself who later on became Emperor of Rome.

It was not until almost 100 years later that the Romans managed to tame England -- but then only stayed for about 367 years before they decided to call it quits and abandon England’s shores for good.

The Romans could not bear the extremely cold English weather and extremely hot resistance from the Britons who never allowed the Romans one bit of peace. England, of course, was thereafter invaded by many regional powers such as the Vikings and the political boundaries of Great Britain were redrawn many times over those 600 years before the Norman invasion of 1066.

For some time England was ruled by France and there were occasions when the English king spoke only French. In fact, the language of the English court at that time was French and not English.

There is no longer any such thing as an Englishman. The term Englishman is a misnomer. What would you regard as an Englishman? For 2,000 years England had been occupied by one power or another, and at times many powers at the same time. The blood of the Englishman has been ‘contaminated’ by almost every known Caucasian.

In short, the Englishman jati (pure) is a fallacy and does not exist.

That is how I have understood history. And that was what we were taught in school back in the 1950s and 1960s.

Malaysian history, however, starts from 1946, the year Umno was born. And Malaysian students are taught that Umno fought for independence. They are also taught that the British tried to undermine the Raja-Raja Melayu (Malay Rulers) by introducing the Malay Union. In speeches by Umno leaders we are even told that the Rulers ‘sold out’ to the British and if not for Umno, who defended the Rulers, the Malay Rulers would no longer exist today.

Some try to downplay the ‘treacherous act’ of the Rulers by saying that the British tricked the Rulers into agreeing to the Malayan Union and it was Umno who pressured the Rulers to abort the plan. Without Umno the Rulers would have kowtowed to the British and would have lost all their powers.

In short, the Rulers had to be saved from themselves and it was Umno that had saved them.

Yes, there are much lies and spinning, as Muhyiddin said. Malaysians are not being taught real history. They are being taught Umno’s version of history. So what Muhyiddin said is true: Malaysians overseas must be careful of these lies and spins.

But it is the lies and spins of Umno that Malaysians must be careful of. What we are being told is not what really happened. Sure, Umno did send a delegation to meet the British to oppose the Malayan Union. But who were these so-called ‘Umno people’?

They were not the rakyat. The rakyat did not care. They were not concerned. In fact, they were not even aware about what was going on.

Those who went to meet the British were the orang istana or people from the royal court, the palace people. Is it any wonder that they all had Raja or Datuk in front of their names? In fact, Umno was ‘born’ in the palace of the Sultan of Johor. For all intents and purposes it was a ‘royal effort’.

So dispel all this talk about the Rulers selling out to the British and that Umno, a party of the rakyat, saved the Rulers who had agreed to the Malayan Union due to their ignorance. Many of the royalty then were well educated and were more English than the Englishman. I remember my grandfather speaking just like Winston Churchill. How more English than that can you be?

The British, then, were good at what they called ‘gunboat diplomacy’. They ‘persuaded’ foreign leaders to agree to the terms of His Majesty’s government with a gun at the head. Did they not use the same tactics on the Chinese Emperor to gain Hong Kong?

Umno, at that time, were not seeking Merdeka. They only wanted the British to abandon the Malayan Union and opt for a Federation of Malaya, which eventually did happen two years later. It was MCA that first broached the subject of Merdeka.

The British, of course, would not talk to MCA unless the Malays too were in the equation. The MIC at that time did not bother about Merdeka. MIC was a communist party that was more concerned with independence for India. Malaya was not their home. India was.

It was not until the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) stepped up the insurgency -- which resulted in the British declaring the Malayan Emergency -- that the British decided it would be prudent to allow Malaya self-rule. Many would not agree with me, of course, but I would dare say that Chin Peng accelerated Merdeka. If not, Malaya would have gained independence much later than 1957.

In fact, Malaysia too came about because of the Communists. Lee Kuan Yew was one smart cookie. He made a deal with the CPM who swept half the seats in the Singapore elections. This frightened the British who saw Singapore falling to the Communists.

Lee Kuan Yew told the British that the only way to stop the march of the Communists was to give Singapore independence so that, together with Sabah and Sarawak, it could form a new country with Malaya that would be called Malaysia. Singapore, on its own, would fall to the Communists. As part of Malaysia the Communists could be stopped.

So, while Chin Peng accelerated Merdeka, Lee Kuan Yew ‘convinced’ the British to give independence to Singapore so that it could join Malaya to form Malaysia. Of course, Singapore was not really interested in being part of Malaysia. It just wanted independence. And not long after that it left Malaysia to become an independent Republic of Singapore, which was what Lee Kuan Yew really wanted.

Lee Kuan Yew then got rid of the Communists by detaining them all without trial. He had used them to frighten the British and now no longer had any use for them. So he rounded them up and locked them away for a long time, the sneaky bugger.

These are the lies and spins that Malaysians overseas and at home must be wary of. The history you are being taught is not the real history. What I have just related is the real history. But rest assured not a single Umno member would admit this. They are too ashamed to admit it. By admitting this they would be admitting that Umno is not really the hero that they pretend to be.

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written by siewchinteo, December 05, 2010 21:16:32

written by fandi, December 03, 2010 21:33:43
Malaysian history
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WELL DONE FANDI !!!!!
totally hilarious!!!

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written by Cinakelate, December 05, 2010 11:07:33

UMNO is history?

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written by hunkeyboy, December 05, 2010 00:46:25

malaysian history = umno history. fullstop.
umno history = malay history ala umno history. full fullstop.

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written by SiHangChai, December 04, 2010 12:34:45

Put as as a REAL FACT! The independence of Malaya was NEVER of any contribution from UMNO. It was from the Malayan Chinese and Chin Peng. This was well documented in the world history which can be obtained from the Bristish History Society. The UMNO plays very little influence for Malaya independenc. So to those UMNO Baru, dont manipulate history just like you all did by saying the 1st settler at Tanah Melayu was a Malay when it was actually Chinese, and the Hang Tauh/Jebat/kasturi/Lekir were Malay warriors and they are actually Chinese!

The only Malay UMNO warriors we have are those continue stealing the rakyat monies into their own pockets and side-lining and discriminate even their own race.

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written by Motherchell, December 04, 2010 10:44:35

My dear Fandi, you made my day ---absolutely fantabulous!! We know now how MOO would have answered this paper!!!! ------------would not be a surprise for sure!!!
Have a good weekend!!
Cheers !!

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written by malaysianohope, December 04, 2010 06:49:08

The only history to write about umno is a party of thieves, bullies, scumbags & murderers. Anything coming out of their mouths is filth & shit about Malaysian history. Without the nons Malaysia will be like Indonesia.

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written by tmf, December 03, 2010 23:36:09

Dear Sir, in the case of China, the Brits used Opium, followed by gunboats.

According to The Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek himself, "there is no truth in the official history written by the victor."

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written by Motherchell, December 03, 2010 23:24:15

This ""bovine"" grazes on taxpayers lolly and sure knows how to run his own media to take the left and right twists to spin to suck his own!!! Too much to speak about this Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), {commonly known as mad-cow disease (MCD) }affected UMNO so called leader. Maybe we will be seeing the full blown fatal, neurodegenerative disease on the day MOO is crowned the new PM by flashing us a pic of --Altan,Baginda and Najis in Paris!!! He has his aces dug in well!!!

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written by ibabonma, December 03, 2010 22:55:08

LATEST

4-dalam-1: Harga petrol, diesel, gas, gula naik lagi at 12 midnight.

I am sad. Its high time we hit the street to protest.

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written by fandi, December 03, 2010 21:33:43

Malaysian history

Dilarang senyum atau ketawa semasa menjawab, kalau tidak anda akan digagalkan dr Ujian SPM.

1. Siapakah yang membuka Melaka?
a. Param
b. Parameswari
c. Paramugari Terlampau
d. Parameswara
e. Parang Kontot

2. Pada tahun 1771, seorang penjelajah Inggeris telah tiba di sebuah kawasan yang dikenali sebagai New Hebrides, siapakah dia?
a. Kapten Hook
b. Kapten Crook
c. Kapten Cook
d. Kapten Cool
e. Kapten Boleh

3. Siapakah yang pernah menjadi pemerintah Sarawak?
a. Brooke Shields
b. James Beruk
c. James Bond
d. Sapok Biki
e. James Brooke

4. Siapakah yang membuka Pulau Pinang?
a. Torch Light
b. Traffic Light
c. Francisca Peters
d. Light and Easy
e. Francis Light

5. Salah seorang pahlawan melayu terbilang?
a. Tuk Janggut
b. Tuk Misai
c. Tuk Sideburn
d. Tuk Misai A Galak
e. Tuk Bulu Hidung

6. Pahlawan Melayu di Pahang?
a. Mat Kilau
b. Mat Silau
c. M Daud Kilau
d. Mat Sentul
e. Mat Rempit

7. Siapakah Residen Inggeris di Negeri Perak yang dibunuh oleh Datuk Maharajalela?
a. Jawa Jerongos
b. J.W.W Birch
c. Jay Jay
d. J.W.Marriot
e. Jawa Rangers

8. Negara manakah yang menjajah Tanah Melayu selepas Portugis?
a. Ayam Belanda
b. Bela Anda
c. Blender
d. Belanda
e. Blunder

9. Apakah antara hantaran yang diminta Puteri Gunung Ledang kepada Sultan Melaka?
a. 7 dulang hati nyamuk
b. 7 dulang tongkeng ayam
c. 7 dulang tahi hidung
d. 7 dulang tahi lalat
e. 7 dulang gigi arnab

10. Siapakah puteri Pahang yang mencintai Hang Tuah?
a. Tun Mahathir
b. Tan Tin Tun
c. Tun Tak Tahu Eja
d. Tun Teja
e. Arnold Susahanakeja

11. Siapakah puteri Negeri China yang berkahwin dengan Sultan Melaka?
a. Puteri Hang Li Po
b. Puteri Kepala Hotak Hang!
c. Puteri Opah Hang!
d. Puteri Hang Go Poh
e. Puteri Hang Cing

12. Ikan apakah yang melanggar Singapura?
a. Ikan Bilis
b. Ikan Masin
c. Ikan Kembung Masak Asam
d. Ikan kekek mak iloi-iloi
e. Ikan Todak

13. Siapakah Ketua Kominis Malaya?
a. CIMB Bank
b. Chin Peng
c. Soh Chin Aun
d. Chim Pan Zee
e. Chin Chau

MAAF... ANDA GAGAL DISEBABKAN SENYUM SEMASA JAWAB...

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written by Eskay345, December 03, 2010 20:59:27

As they say, "Sapi punya susu, lembu dapat nama"

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written by Vic, December 03, 2010 20:25:16

LKY is smart all right. He out wit his opponents and built a nation. He maybe a scumbag as many will say but he fulfilled his dream without abusing his power for selfish means. He leave a legacy which history will speak well of him. Can our leaders with all the Tuns, Tan Sris and Datuks measure up?

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written by mikewang, December 03, 2010 20:19:37

Of course Lee Kuan Yew is the founding father of Malaysia.
He proposed a merger between Malaya and Singapore long before Tunku suddenly acceded to it.
That took place after the PAP lost the Hong Lim constituency by election to a former mayor, Mr Ong Eng Guan, who was supported by the communists.
You may say Tunku was frightened into a merger as he did not want a "Cuba" at his doorsteps.
In order to neutralise the large number of non-Malays brought in by the union, Tunku proposed to enlarge the federation through the inclusion of the natives from Sarawak, Sabah and Brunei.
Merger talks between the Sultan of Brunei and Tunku later failed and His Royal Highness opted to stay out.

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written by arazak, December 03, 2010 20:14:16

Sorry typo error;-
Many Historian knew but could say it out in the open that the CPM had hastened the end of the British occupation in Malaya.

Should be;-
Many Historian knew but could NOT say it out in the open that the CPM had hastened the end of the British occupation in Malaya.

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written by arazak, December 03, 2010 20:10:15

When the Japanese occupied Malaya, the ones who caused real havoc to the Japs are the Chinese guerrilla fighters along with their British army trainers who thought them tactical arm warfare. There were no organized Malay Grombolan or Ketuanan groups against the Japanese. And certainly there was no similar force such as UMNO or Perkosa. Later, the Ketuanan only glorify Leftenan Adnan in history books and nothing was mentioned about the Malayan Peoples' Anti Japanese Army who spilt their blood for Malaya. Chin Peng was even being awarded with the OBE by the British for his valor!

After the Japs surrendered the Brits are afraid of Chin Peng and his band of guerrilla fighters. Lt Colonel Spencer Chapman in his book, "The Jungle is Neutral", admitted that the Chinese guerrilla was the most organised entity post Japanese occupation. I think LKY might have learnt from the Brits too. . ., the Brits immediately turn around against Chin Peng and his guerrilla once the Japs left. The Chinese guerrilla who once fought side-by-side with them had been turned into their enemy. The reason? Same like LKY; the Chinese guerrilla had became a strong formidable force and could be a threat to the Colonial master.

Throughout the 1950s and 60s' the MPAJ (now CPM) was hunted down. The CPM hates the British who betrayed them and those people who work for the British that they call them "running dogs". When Noel Barber wrote, "War of the Running Dogs", the running dogs was actually the British and those who work for them and not the CPM members. Same as what they did to the Japanese occupiers, the CPM inflicted much damaged to the colonial masters. The British could not contain the CPM attack on their economic activities; the rubber plantations and tin mines. The CPM says the Brits are stealing the rich Malayan resources (same thing of what we think UMNO is doing to us now). To the CPM, Malaya has not been liberated yet and they wanted to see the colonial master leave the country at all cost. Many Historian knew but could say it out in the open that the CPM had hastened the end of the British occupation in Malaya.

Did any of these are mentioned in our history books? Certainly not!

(Note" Chin Peng and his band of guerrilla fighters who once fought the Japs and the Brits are now living in exile in Southern Thailand with no prospect of returning to Bolehland).

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written by Vic, December 03, 2010 20:03:47

LKY story has been confirmed by many authors on both side of the causeway and internationally while the formation of UMNO and the independent of Malaysia is still disputable.

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written by syd, December 03, 2010 19:46:18

LKY is smart alright. While chin Peng was fighting the japs, LKY worked for the japs as a translator during WWII.
And after fighting the british and later the malayans, chin peng is in exile, while LKY ruled singapore.

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written by bambooman, December 03, 2010 19:45:12

And then.......Hang Tuah, Hang Jebat and the gang have been deleted from history ! ! ! ! ! !............just becos they were non-Malay and have become irrelevant to UMNO now ! ! ! !
poo nia boh punya UMNO ! ! ! ! ! !

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written by JustAMalaysian, December 03, 2010 18:53:34

According to LKY's memoirs (The Singapore Story), Singapore was kicked out of the Federation because of his insistence on meritocracy whereas UMNO wanted "Malay First, Everybody else Second).

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written by JayJayPo, December 03, 2010 18:46:20

It least it is a little more clearer to me why Toon Kutty is so,so jealous of LKY.
I say bring Chin Peng back home. He has every right to live,breathe and die in Malaysia as any other rakyat now that RPK has made known history as it really happened.
We are where we are today as a country partly because of this man. That is the least he deserves,to finally come back home.

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written by Vic, December 03, 2010 18:43:07

Oop! Is there a way to find out if Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin passes his history when he was in school. This will be a good history lesson for all here, hehe. smilies/wink.gif

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written by Vic, December 03, 2010 18:39:03

Pete, we are in serious shit with all these versions of history. I am reading Farish A. Noor's What your teacher didn't tell you...I recommend that our readers do take a point to get one before UMNO bans them. These UMNO scumbags are lairs of the lowest order.

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written by seritonin, December 03, 2010 18:31:58

This is a real eye opener. I've just finished watching a documentary called 'The History of Singapore' and after reading this, I have completely changed my view of Lee Kuan Yew and Singapore. He is a very smart man! The dumb ones are the Malay royals. I'm all for getting rid of them. We don't need sultan in every state. Just keep one as a 'symbol' for sentimental value and get rid of the rest.

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written by Super Admin, December 03, 2010 17:45:58

Dear nagappan, no, MIC started life as a Communist party (their leaders were Communists) to fight for India's independence from Britain. Chandra Bose made visits to Malaya during WWII to meet the MIC leaders. Basically the Indians were more concerned with India than Malaya, as were the Chinese 'Bintang Tiga' who supported mainland China.

RPK

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written by nagappan, December 03, 2010 17:36:57

"MIC was a communist party that was more concerned with independence for India. Malaya was not their home. India was."
I think you meant "communalist" party.
Anyway the situation is the same today. Where did Waythamoorthy first go to do a 'cry baby' three years ago when he felt he was going to be arrested?

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written by budak kampong, December 03, 2010 17:34:16

for a "Malaysian second" I wonder how much can we believe what he professes about Malaysia. I suppose in GE13 we will vote him as a second choice.

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written by my oumrie, December 03, 2010 17:32:23

Umno is not a Melayu party. If they are, they will change the name into Melayu. Instead they stick to United Malay National Org - a Mamak party, because everyone knows that Mamaks speak English not Melayu, hence the name in English. What say you "I change my mode" Rais? smilies/grin.gif

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written by Voter get Voters 1, December 03, 2010 17:30:10

KISSES from me.
Keep It Short,Sweet & Extra Simple.
Just vote OUT bn by getting more voters for PR.
Every Vote Counts.
Its NOW or NEVER.
Vote for A BETTER Malaysia for ALL Malaysians

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written by educationist, December 03, 2010 17:25:55

"They are being taught Umno’s version of history" - and this is the history all SPM students must pass soon to get their SPM.
"What I have just related is the real history." - Tq RPK for revealing these facts though I 've read references to those incidents from other independent writers.
Sadly none of those facts will be acknowledged by the UMNOputras.
Yet, even if exposure of our students to these facts will be limited because the MSM won't print these facts, they must be made known!!

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written by Fart Fart Wah, December 03, 2010 17:24:47

same old story...Sewer Mamak says orang puteh curi harta kita...last last..UMNO curi harta kaum Melayu.
Sewer Mamak says Malaysia Muslim country last last..all money used for building mosques and Muslims salary and others are money gasked from kafirs...and said its halal money.
Penang Mamak says kerajaan money is haram.... but last 50 years UMNO has been growing fat with the same money.
SEWer Mamak says UMNO fought for freedom. total bullshit...freedom was given on a silver talam by the orang puteh to all 3 races...there are photos and writings on it.
Sewer Mamak attacks the West for corruption but there is more corruption in UMNO than any other ruling party.
Sewer Mamak says too many Indian and Chinese doctors..cut them down( behind close doors) and today we import Pakistani, Egyptian doctors...while Indian and Chinese children are forced to take other courses in sewage management.
Sewer Mamak says..our tolls are very cheap compared to other countries..but he does not tell us other countries have only one or two paying tolls.
Sewer Mamak says proton is a Malaysian car and must be protected...but sold cheaper out of our country and better quality and every year declare loss..so we subsidise to keep his dream alive.
Sewer Mamak says Bank Negara losses just paper transaction...but billions are adjusted through creative accounting..and we keep paying.
Sewer Mamak says we need to show the world we BOLEH and build 2win towers..but 50% STILL EMPTY OR NEAR EMPTY. and he is rocking on the 88th floor.
Sewer Mamak says all 3 races are same..friendly..but promotes ketuanan Moolayu ( behind close doors all the changes are made so that the minority are treated as second class citizens from civil service to all kinds of licensing for business and education.
Sewer Mamak says ..copulate...copulate..copulate.. have 70 million people.but the sewer capacity is the same, the hospitals are the same, the transport same, job opportunities are going down down down.
and so Malaysia the story can go on...behind close doors he has changed the history books..Hang Tuah is now a traitor..and the Malays were here first....and yes a once upon a time Mahathir a/l Mammukutty is now Mahathir bin Muhammed...also can change mah..( I am full bumiputera mah) so..if UMNO won independence for us ..next time there is a possiblity they will say they won WORLD WAR II..

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