Higher Education Minister Mustapa Mohamad had warned university students not to be involved in politics and if found involved, they would be expelled from the university.It is interesting to note that these two 20-year old students from Community college, Siti Norhanura Halim (right) and Siti Hajar Hamdan were recruited as volunteers by UMNO-Barisan Nasional Perlis to lend a helping hand, packing asam jawa and misai kuching drinks for party election workers who is deployed by UMNO's campaign tyeam for Kangar MP Datuk Seri Radzi Sheikh Ahmad.
There were about 100,000 bottles of drinks for all election operation centres.
So, is it okay for college and university students to be involved with UMNO and Barisan campaign team? Does this reflect a two-standard system for university; one for students involved in Barisan and another for others; that it is okay for students to be involved with Barisan politics but not for others?
That's the dilemma for Malaysian students; they cannot be allowed to be involved in politics with an exception evidenced here.
There were about 100,000 bottles of drinks for all election operation centres.
So, is it okay for college and university students to be involved with UMNO and Barisan campaign team? Does this reflect a two-standard system for university; one for students involved in Barisan and another for others; that it is okay for students to be involved with Barisan politics but not for others?
That's the dilemma for Malaysian students; they cannot be allowed to be involved in politics with an exception evidenced here.
22 comments:
As far as I know, it has always been like this, hasn't it? UMNO is above the law?
bayi
absolutely to the dot.
unfortunate fella bashed by a bunch of mat rempits. police report made. any action taken? last reported, none. no current updates.
"I remind myself that I am the PM for all Malaysians of all races and it is my duty to be fair to one and all. The Quran also says that one has to be honest, fair and have integrity".
~ What PM said a couple of weeks ago.
Maybe he needs to check again the exact definition of honesty, fairness and integrity.
One day the golden rule will also be used on the ordinary people. Only can be involved with the plunderer. This is after all Malayanmar in making. :P
Hopefulpessimist
Which holy book was he quoting from again?
Do what we say. You cannot do what we do.
That's UMNO for you.
If pressed, the Minister will probably say that packing nasi and serving drinks is not "involvement".
cuba try tgk cni
http://kucheng.myminicity.com/ind
Awww come on, UMNO, what were you doing with students in UK in the US and even in Japan?
U think ppl dunno what u do with your other hand?
Bayi,
That's not the issue; the issue is double-standards which is against the rule of law and indicates Tyranny and injustice.
Hopeful,
What PM said was absolutely in conformance with what was written in the Quran. I hope he truly believed and followed the teaching of the Holy Prophet.
Hasilox,
That's what we wanted a change.
Purple Haze,
The minister can say or give any justification; but if the ministry had set the standard and rule, they are obliged to follow, failure which it's bad law and the people must reject an evil system.
Jefus,
"U think ppl dunno what U do with your other hand?"
That's a good poser.
Over the past few days, the mainstream media has been awash with news of the numerous ‘new faces’ Barisan Nasional (BN) component parties are fielding in the coming general elections.
There is much praise over how ‘clean’, ‘honest’ and ‘hardworking’ these candidates are. But aren’t they supposed to be clean, honest and hardworking to run for public office in the first place? Aided and abetted by the media, the BN is ‘selling’ the idea that they represent good government. Yet the facts consistently speak otherwise.
The Umno-led BN government is plagued with embarrassing public interest issues such as the Lingam tape scandal, the multi-billion ringgit Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal, outrage over Zakaria Mat Deros’s palatial mansion in Klang, Health Minister Chua Soi Lek’s video sex scandal, and the Altantuya murder trial which alludes to political involvement.
Then, there is the Bersih march for free and fair elections, the demolishment of Hindu temples and marginalisation of Indians so brutally put down by heavily-armed police and chemically-laced water cannons aimed at peace-loving Hindraf supporters.
Massive corruption and nepotism are deep-rooted problems that are ingrained and accepted as normal in BN component parties. They will not go away, no matter how many new candidates the BN fields in any election. This fact was brought home by Selangor Menteri Besar, Dr Mohd Khir Toyo, when speaking of Zakaria’s palatial mansion. He made it clear that corrupt BN politicians and leaders are set to stay when he said:
‘There is nothing prohibiting law-breakers from becoming councilors and the political system allows undesirables to creep in because of the positions they hold in the party’.
Thanks to mounting public disgust, Zakaria has been dropped as the Umno state assembly candidate for Port Klang. But to perpetuate his infamous legacy, he is being replaced by none other than his daughter-in-law, Roslinda Abdul Jamil.
In a media statement issued on June 17, 2002, opposition leader Lim Kit Siang, asked how Ling Hee Leong, the son of former MCA president and transport minister, Ling Liong Sik, could, at the age of 27, and without any track record, have the prowess to embark on over RM1.2 billion in corporate acquisitions in a matter of months completely on his own ‘merit’.
In calling for an Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) investigation, Lim said it should show the whole country in its report how Hee Leong could have catapulted into the billion-ringgit bracket of the corporate stratosphere without the improper political or ministerial influence of his father.
I’m sure all Malaysians, too, wish to know and emulate the secrets of Hee Leong’s success. But that will never happen, considering he has been ‘cleared’ by the ACA of any impropriety and is now standing under the MCA ticket as parliamentary candidate for Gopeng, in Perak.
Then we have the infamous Khairy Jamaluddin, Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s son-in-law who consistently makes racist and seditious statements against non-Malays in this country and admittedly gets away with it. Khairy, too, is running as the parliamentary candidate for Rembau in Seremban.
In The Star on Nov 2, last year, Khairy said being the prime minister’s son-in-law has provided him ‘protection’ which he wants to use to change things for the better. The Umno Youth deputy chief said he was able to ‘push the envelope now’ partly because of that relationship with the prime minister.
He was quoted as saying: ‘There’s a certain extent (to which) these people in Umno will not go after me. So it gives me ‘protection’ to change things. ‘If I don’t use this ‘protection’ to change things for the better, then I’m just wasting time and marking my time to go up the ladder of politics. That’s not what I am about.’
So Khairy openly admits to cronyism and political ambition. Nothing is going to stop him from becoming a prime minister in the future. But in sedate Malaysia, where Internet penetration is only about 10 percent and the media glorifies the BN government without fail each day, there is little that can be done to rid the country of the national nuisance that Abdullah’s son-in-law has made himself to be.
The BN says all its candidates have to be cleared by the ACA before being given a seat to contest in the elections. Yet, the ACA - the very body tasked with investigating corruption - has itself been alleged during the royal commission of inquiry into the Lingam tape of ‘awarding’ RM3,000 to Lingam’s secretary, G. Jayanti. What the money was for has not been established.
So, shouldn’t the ACA itself need to be investigated? And by whom? The 20 years of Dr Mahathir Mohamad's premiership was an era that presided over the destruction of every check and balance this country ever had.
So what now? What choice do Malaysians have of ever retaining some semblance of respectability, decency and honesty in our system of government? There is only one way – vote in the opposition en masse not just to break the BN’s two-thirds majority, but to run the government. Let’s see a change. Remember, a vote for BN is a vote for corruption, nepotism and bad government.
IDENTITY CRISIS
It was clear that during the 50th Merdeka celebrations there was uncertainty and frustration among the people because they were unsure of their identity. Some were bumiputras, while others were non-bumiputras, Some were called ketuanan Melayu but others were not. They thought they were Bangsa Malaysia (Malaysian), but now they were told by UMNO that they do not accept Bangsa Malaysia.
The Federal Constitution clearly states that there is only one category of citizens. There is no mention of bumiputras or ketuanan melayu, which are actually inventions of UMNO.
Prime Minister in 2004 promised that all citizens in Malaysia are treated equally. He has not reinstated the Bangsa Malaysia status for all citizens.
VOTE FOR CHANGE. Vote for your birthright. Vote for political freedom, political equality and for BANGSA MALAYSIA.
ECONOMIC FREEDOM IS LACKING in Malaysia. It ranks 68 out of 157 countries in the world. Because of this, foreign investments into Malaysia are low compared with Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and Hong Kong. In a global world, liberalisation with a free market economy is important for the economy to progress.
The New Economic Policy has frightened investors from Europe and America. It is also the cause of slow economic growth. since its launching in 1971, the economy has fallen badly behind Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong and South Korea.
Per capita income 2007
Malaysia US$ 6146 (IMF)
Singapore 34,152
Taiwan 16,246
Hong Kong 29,149
South Korea 19,624
The figures speak for themselves. It means that the Barisan has been telling one big lie to the people. Because of the NEP and corruption, Malaysia is way behind the four Asia dragons. Malaysia per capita income is one third that of a South Korea and one fifth that of a Singaporean.
Bear in mind that in 1970, Malaysia and Singapore started at about the same per capita income level. With the present economic progress in Malaysia, vision 2020 will remain a dream at the targeted date of 2020
VOTE FOR CHANGE FOR PROSPERITY!
There is no religious and cultural freedom.
The modern global world is moving towards religious and cultural freedom. We are a secular state but Barisan’s leaders like DPM Datuk Razak claims Malaysia is an Islamic state. It is therefore not surprising that although there is an inter-faith council, all religions are represented in the council, but not Islam. It is also shocking that the courts have made rulings which imply that syariah law supersedes the jurisdiction of civil law.
Prime Minister Dato Abdullah insists there is freedom of religion, but the syariah court determines otherwise, and refused an applicant to change her religion.
Cultural freedom is also lacking in education. Mother tongue schools are not given the same treatment as national schools. In a multicultural society, all cultures must be accorded just and equal treatment. in practice, the Barisan government gives miserly allocations to mother tongue schools.
VOTE FOR CHANGE. VOTE FOR RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL FREEDOM!.
RULE OF LAW HAS DETERIORATED UNDER THE BARISAN GOVERNMENT.
The shocking revelations of the Lingam Commission of Enquiry indicate that the integrity, credibility and independence of the judiciary have been comprised. The impression is given that judges can be bought and sold like chattels and goods in the market. it is quite evident that rule of law has been corrupted by wheeling and dealing in the courts.
Because the highest levels of justice have been corrupted, it is not surprising that it has a corrupting influence down the chain of administration of law and order.
This has set a bad example for the whole country resulting in a decline of morals and an increasing crime rate. Security has become a major problem, and the people are afraid for their lives and property.
VOTE FOR CHANGE TO HAVE RULE OF LAW, FREEDOM FROM THE THREAT OF INCREASING CRIME!
FREEDOM OF SPEECH CLAMPED DOWN BY BARISAN
Contrary to world trends towards more democracy, the Barisan government has suppressed press freedom more and more. under PM Abdullah, Malaysia’s World Press Freedom index slipped from 104 in 2003 to124 in 2007
Peaceful demos internationally accepted as human rights are outlawed in Malaysia.
Freedom of speech is banned in colleges and universities
This is a regressive law and resembles the harsh ban on free speech in communist countries, and causes them to fall behind in economic development.
Countries like Finland and Norway with free speech, the students and people are inspired with creativity and innovations. they are top countries with the highest per capita incomes and great competiveness.
Reject the backward Barisan’s policies of the communist era.
VOTE FOR CHANGE. VOTE FOR FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND ASSEMBLY
CORRUPTION AND CRONYISM HAVE MARGINALISED THE AVERAGE MALAY, CHINESE AND INDIAN AND MADE THEM POOR
Corruption is a cancer eating into the political, economic and social development. Transparency International states that the corruption perception index of Malaysia in 2007 ranked 43 out of 163 countries, far behind Singapore, Denmark, New Zealand.
It is widespread and rampant, every department is affected.
Government contracts are never on open tender but are given to cronies and well connected personalities.
The NEP has legalised corruption. The 30% quota has been used to enrich Umnoputras and cronies. APs for privileged and connected UMNO leaders have made them millionaires overnight.
Unfortunately, poor Malays continue to be poor and they have been marginalised
The average Malaysian whether Malays, Chinese or Indians or indigenous natives has been marginalised.
The 9th Malaysia plan figures show that the average household income per month was
Malay household RM 2711 or RM 540 per person
( 5 persons)
Indian household 3455 or 659 per person
Chinese household 4437 or 880 per person
According to economists, the poverty line for Malaysia is RM 1200 per person. The figures above indicate that the average Malaysian whether Malay, Indian or Chinese is all living below the poverty line
PM Dato Abdullah boasts that the poverty rate has been reduced to 6%, but the average household income statistics indicate that the average Malaysian has been marginalised.!
VOTE FOR CHANGE. VOTE FOR A CLEAN, HONEST AND EFFICIENT GOVERNMENT
The Indian protest in Kuala Lumpur has been a great success because it made a very loud noise. But the Indian protesters forgot to shout Daulat Tuanku. Instead they showed allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II by carrying placards that had Queen Elizabeth’s picture. Others also carried pictures of Mahatma Ghandi.
According to the NST, Hindraf legal adviser P. Uthayakumar said that they would 'get a second bite at the cherry' when they go to London in mid-January to present a memorandum to the Queen of England. But the Queen is reported to suffer constipation and some flatulence during cold winter months like January – a predicament inherited from her ancestors who avoided the privy in winter because they had no internal plumbing. She may not be disposed to receive Uthayakumar. But there is some confusion. The NST reports: "We don't want to rely on Indian-based parties anymore. We want to go directly to Umno because it is they who hold power," said the lawyer who was in the midst of the illegal gathering yesterday. So is it Queen Elizabeth or UMNO? Unfortunately for the Indian community, all roads to UMNO go through Samy Vellu’s office.
This appeal to Queen Elizabeth and Mahatma Ghandi is a mistake. The banners scream 'We are Malaysians'. To the other Malaysians, it seems to be that the protesters are Indian Hindus first and Malaysians second. The ethnic, religious identity is pushed forward. The name ‘Hindraf’ is also exclusive. It excludes Indians who are Christians, Sikhs and Muslims.
Why call it Hindu Rights Action Front? Why not just Indian Rights Action Front (INDRAF)? Why associate with religion? This is what some NGOs said - the Hindu Indians are making a mistake of projecting a narrow Hindu image.
However, the grievances and the protest by the Indian Hindus is real and justified.The BN Gomen's failure to uplift the Indians is real. It is a big failure. The BN Gomen does not really care for them. UMNO says they want to be the payung for all Malaysians. This is a lie. They are the least bothered about the fate of the Indians. Uthayakumar’s idea that he wants to go directly to UMNO may earn him a Datukship, but the Indians will not get anything else.
Hindu Tamils are now treated like fourth class citizens by the BN Gomen. Parties like MIC and PPP just get by on handouts for their community. The Tamils can be ignored by the UMNO boys. Why should the UMNO boys respect the Indians? While the Hindraf was protesting on Jalan Ampang, Nallakaruppan was hosting the founding of his new Indian political party called Malaysian Indian United Party (or Muniandy) at the Istana Hotel. In his speech, Nallakaruppan pledged allegiance to the BN. He said that the Muniandy party would support all the BN’s policies. Just a few months ago he was dancing on stage with Anwar Ibrahim in Ijok, hoping to be Keadilan’s candidate against the BN at the by-election. But since Anwar dropped him in favour of a Malay, Nallakaruppan is now dancing to the UMNO-BN tune.
The Indians cannot depend on the BN Gomen or anyone else to uplift them. They have no choice but to uplift themselves. Like the Chinese, any community (including the Malays) that does not depend on the BN Gomen will become richer and more successful. This is because the BN Gomen itself does not have any idea how to uplift the people. This is a Gomen that is groping in the dark. The blind cannot lead anyone to light. They cannot see.
Historically, the majority of Indians came here as very poor people. But the Indians in India and Malaysia are not one uniform body. Indians are a small minority in Malaysia – making up less than 10% of the population. Numerically they are becoming even more irrelevant.
But this small minority is divided into so many sub-minorities almost all of whom are far richer and better off than the Tamil Hindus – the largest Indian group who were also the people protesting on Sunday. The Sindhi and Gujerati Hindus are business oriented. They may not even acknowledge that Tamil Hindus are human. In their belief the Tamils are children of Hanuman, the dark-skinned monkey god who helped their white-skinned god Ram rescue their white-skinned princess Sita Devi from the clutches of the dark-skinned Ravan.
Then we have the Ceylon Tamils. An irate Indian Tamil woman once said that the Ceylon Tamils in Malaysia are ashamed to say that they are also Indians or Tamils. So in official application forms where they must state their race, they put themselves under ‘Lain-Lain’ or Others, not as Indians. Few people may be aware of this but the Ceylon Tamils are by far the most successful racial group in Malaysia, whose per capita incomes may be higher than the Chinese, Gujeratis, Mamaks, etc. There are more millionaires per thousand people among Ceylon Tamils than any other race in Malaysia. The richest man in Malaysia is a Ceylon Tamil billionaire known as Ananda Krishnan.
There are the Sikhs who have their own axes to grind against the Hindus. The Sikhs have also done very well in Malaysia. They may have started as jagas and susu lembu sellers but now they are among the best doctors and lawyers in the country. Money lending is still their forte. In a nutshell, they are doing much better than the Tamil Hindus.
Then there are the RSS sympathizers in Malaysia. RSS stands for Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. Nathuram Vinayak Godse, the Hindu extremist who murdered Mahatma Ghandi in 1948, was a member of the RSS. The RSS in India is led by Brahmins whose main purpose is to preserve the Hindu caste system and thereby preserve their positions. They do not look kindly at Mahatma Ghandi and none of them will have a picture of Ghandi in their homes, let alone hoist Ghandi’s picture at a public rally.
There is very little love lost between all these Indians. There are extremely very few intra-Hindu Indian marriages. It is almost impossible to see a Ceylon Hindu marry an Indian Hindu or a Gujerati marry a Telugu. You will not find any of the RSS Brahmins marrying any of the Hindraf people. It just does not happen. On the other hand, in Malaysia, there are thousands of marriages between Malays and Indians of all types and castes. This Sunday, 9th December, a extraordinarily beautiful and quite rich Malay woman is marrying a Hindu Tamil (who of course had to convert). The wedding will be held at a major hotel and will be reported in the Malay media. The Indian media will never cover such an event.
The RSS sympathizers did not support the Hindraf protest. Instead, they released a statement to the media that said: “the MIC and the Government had helped to fund, build, repair as well as settle relocation and land issues for temples nationwide.” In other words: what is there to complain about? There are enough temples. Caste and inter-Indian race differences are great. The discrimination and prejudices within the Indians is greater than from without. But that does not really affect the bread and butter issues that were the main reason for the protest on Sunday.
It is also mind-boggling that many Hindu success stories have come to a tragic end through outright murder. All too often Indians suffer violence at the hands of fellow Indians. This is not unlike the case with the African Americans and Mexican Americans who suffer tragic violence at the hands of their own people.
In Penang recently, a well known and very senior Tamil Hindu lawyer by the name of Annamalai was brutally stabbed to death by two Indians, most likely hired killers, in broad daylight. I knew Mr Annamalai who was over 60 years old and was a polite and gentle man. The killers have not been caught and neither is the motive known. A few years ago, a young Hindu woman who owned three beauty salons in Klang was also brutally murdered by Indians. After being beaten and stabbed, her body was repeatedly run over by her own Pajero. The crazed intensity of the violence against her was unimaginable. Again, her killers were not found and neither was the reason for her murder known. Earlier to that, a young Tamil Hindu geologist who ran a very succesful geological services company in Bukit Mertajam was killed by Indians. His head was cracked open by an axe. His killers were never caught and neither was the reason for his murder known.
These were among the cream of their society in their own neighbourhoods - Indians who had come up in life through hard work and against much odds. They all suffered violent death at the hands of Indians. It could be any number of reasons why they were killed but often it is pure jealousy by Indians against fellow Indians. It is okay if a Chinese or Malay is succesful, but when an Indian makes good, any number of other Indians may become extremely jealous. And if there is even a hint of an insult or injury, real or imagined, it may be enough to trigger murderous action. So the Indians do not need extra enemies from outside to keep them down. They can be their own worst enemies.
First of all, the Indians must realise that holding up posters of Ghandi or Queen Elizabeth is brain dead. It would have been better if they held up posters of the great Tamil hero Veerapandian Kattaboman. But since no one knows what Veerapandian Kattaboman looked like, they could have even held up posters of the great Tamil movie hero MG Ramachandran or MGR who once portrayed Veerapandian Kattaboman in a Tamil movie. But why Ghandi and why on earth Queen Elizabeth II? This only proves that the Indian Tamils may have their feet planted here, but not all their thoughts are fully settled here.
The time for pussyfooting and endless talk is over. Indians must 'bite the bullet' and take decisive and practical action to help themselves. Since all the protests have been made, it is now up to the Indians to put forward what they really want to do.
Do not expect the Barisan Nasional or the UMNO boys to help you. They do not even know how to help themselves. After 50 years they do not even realize the main problem that is holding the Malays down – their religion and their total disregard of the English language. So how are they going to figure out what are the real issues facing the Indians? Even if they want to help the Indians they will not know what to do.
Some simple-minded Indians have suggested that the Indians be exempted from all university racial quotas. This is a beginning but it does not solve the problem of the poor Tamils in the estates and the rural areas. The MIC has set up the Tafe College, taken over private law and accounting colleges (Vanto Academy) and set up medical schools yet the plight of the Tamil Hindus in the estates and rural areas has not changed much.
In Semeling in Kedah (in the Merbok constituency), the MIC has built the most modern medical campus not only in Malaysia but maybe in the whole of Asia, Europe and the US. Please Google 'AIMST'. One minute you are driving through oil palm plantations then suddenly you turn a corner and almost run into a group of huge UFO spaceship type buildings rising out of the oil palms - this is the Asian Institute of Medical Science and Technology. Yet only the guards and gardeners at the AIMST are Indians from the surrounding rubber and oil palm estates in Semeling. Most of the Indian students at AIMST are from well to do Indian families from outside Kedah who can afford the almost RM300,000 fees at this private medical school. Increasingly now, more Chinese students are also enrolling at AIMST.
So even if all the protests work and the Barisan Nasional Gomen offers Indians unlimited entry into universities, it is the children of educated, urban, west coast Indians who are going to gain admission. The Ceylon Tamils, the urban Tamils, Punjabis, Gujeratis, Tamil Muslims, etc., will take advantage of the opportunities. The Indians from the rural areas and the estates are never going to make it, or at least not any time soon.
Dont believe me? Here is my proof. Before the NEP, before 1970, it was status quo. The playing field was 'more' level then. Or was it ? The Ceylon Tamils monopolised senior Gomen jobs, teaching jobs, doctors, lawyers, etc. The Telugus were mandors at the estates while the Tamils were the labourers. The Sindhis and Gujeratis monopolised the textiles business. The Mamaks ran the sundry shops. The Tamil Hindus were at the lowest rung of the ladder. Who really cared for them? But that was the 'level' playing field available at that time. It is by sheer effort and perseverance that many of the Tamil Hindus have come up in life to become the Uthayakumars and the Selvams of today. But these are so few, the exceptions.
So even if the BN Gomen completely opened up all the university opportunities to Indians it is the minority within the minority ie the Ceylon Tamils, the Gujeratis, the Punjabis, the Tamil Muslims, etc., who are going to take full advantage of these opportunities. The majority Indian Hindus in the estates are going to end up no better than before.
The solution seems obvious enough. The Indians must demand that Indian Hindus from the estates and the rural areas must be given super priorities at university entrance. This has been done for the past 37 years in Malaysia where poor Malay children from the rural schools and rural areas are given preferences over urban kids. So, if an Indian Hindu child from the estates has lesser grades than a child from the urban centres, the rural Indian child must be treated differently. But will the Indian community agree to this? How many of the urban-living Hindraf protesters from Sunday will agree to this idea?
The Indians must also demand for a 100% Government-funded special boarding school system where poor Indian Hindu children from the estates and rural areas are provided free schooling and board from Forms 1 till 5 and beyond. If the Malay kampongs were not conducive for Malay children to become the sons and daughters of the NEP, neither are the estates conducive to make successes out of Indian children. It is just not going to happen. There are exceptions where estate children have gone to earn PhDs but lets cut the crap, okay? We are not concerned with exceptional cases. We want to democratize opportunities for the Indian poor in the estates, the vast majority who are not exceptional but just ordinary poor people. There is a catch though. These Indian boarding schools must be taught by Malay and Chinese teachers only. The students must be weaned away from the negative, crude and pessimistic attitudes and language of the estates. Indian teachers may unwittingly delay this process. Lastly, these boarding schools for Indians must be located in largely Malay localities like in the East Coast states. They must be totally isolated from their estate environments and learn to fit into a more Malay and Malaysian environment. This way, if they have to protest again, they will not hold up pictures of Ghandi or Queen Elizabeth. They may learn to hold up posters of Sultan Muzaffar Shah, Hang Kasthuri, Hang Lekir, Tun Ali, Abdullah Munshi, and so on who were all Tamils.
As for the other poor Indian Hindus, the Indian community must demand that the Gomen provide them unlimited entry into all the vocational training institutes, especially the Institut Kemahiran Belia Negara or IKBN, plus the MARA Skills Institutes. Surprisingly, it is Nazri Aziz as Minister in charge of MARA who has opened some MARA Skills Institutes to Indians.
The Indian community must also demand Gomen-funded housing for all poor Indians, those in the estates and rural areas as well as in the urban areas. They can either rent or buy these houses from the Gomen through any number of rent-own schemes, etc. The housing must not be the cheapo, two-room, one-bathroom type pigeon holes. They must be decent-sized houses with at least three sleeping rooms and two bathrooms. Even if they cost a bit more, the housing must be comfortable. Safe and comfortable housing is important to break the poverty cycle and bring Indian Hindus into the mainstream of our society.
Indians must also demand access to the Amanah Saham investment fund. Not the Amanah Saham Nasional that is open to all races and is priced at market prices but the RM1.00 per share Amanah Saham Bumiputra where your RM1.00 per share is guaranteed by the Gomen. Then, all the Banks’ special Amanah Saham financing packages (since the RM1.00 per share is guaranteed by the Gomen) that are available to bumiputras will also be made available to Indians. This will be a major help to the Indian community.
Then here are more important but even more difficult things that the Indian community must do. They must listen to Mr SM Idris of the Consumers Association of Penang who has been campaigning all his life to abolish toddy shops on the estates. Indians and drinking must part company because it has been proven time and time again that Indians and alchohol do not mix well. Ban alchohol on the estates and the Indian community will save a lot of heartache.
There must be an end to Tamil schools in the country. Tamil is a great language. It has a long history and is a beautiful poetic language. But Tamil will keep the Hindus in the poverty cycle in Malaysia. In Malaysia, Tamil will make you poor. Believe me on this one. Ban Tamil schools and send all the Tamil kids to Gomen schools or Chinese schools.
Then, more importantly, to curb gangsterism, completely ban all Tamil movies, especially through Vanavil and other TV stations. They are absolutely brain-dead and a bad influence on already brain-dead Indian youngsters. Tamil movies are of zero cultural and moral value. Unfortunately Indian Hindus can riot (they did) to buy tickets for Rajni’s latest movie ‘Boss’. It was another useless Tamil movie that cannot win an award even at the Blind Movie Producers Awards. Endless fighting, beating, crying, killing, dancing, singing, marrying, seducing are the staple of brain-dead Tamil movies which have a strong and significant impact on the Indian population. Two Tamil movie actors, MG Ramachandran and Jayalalitha, have been elected as Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu just because of their movie acting. (No you cannot compare them to Ronald Reagan or Arnold Schwarzenegger).
Large numbers of Indians know more about Indian politics than what is happening in Malaysia. They may not know the names of Malaysian Cabinet Ministers but they will know the names of Indian Chief Ministers and other Indian politicians. This shows that, after 150 years, many of the Indians have not fully grafted their roots to the local conditions. This must change. The Indians are ready to migrate to Australia (or to the Queen of England’s kampong) and sing Waltzing Matilda in English to earn Australian citizenship. Why not remain in Malaysia and learn to speak Malay properly?
Finally, the Indian Hindus, all of them, including the RSS, the Punjabis, the Gujeratis, the Brahmins and the estate Indians, must get together and propose to the Barisan Nasional Gomen to pass laws that make it illegal and a crime to practice any kind of caste system in Malaysia. This means that all Hindu temples must be open to all Hindus, irrespective of caste. Any Hindu, and not just a Brahmin, can become a priest at the Hindu temples.
The RSS will definitely not agree to this suggestion. The RSS is the vanguard of the caste system and seeks to protect the position of the Brahmins. More than the BN Gomen, more than the conditions in the estates, more than Tamil schooling or Tamil movies, the caste system is the single most backward and degrading force that holds back all Indians. Whether Sindhis, Gujeratis, Punjabis, Tamils, Telugus, RSS, etc., they are all negatively affected by the really stupid and false caste system. Get rid of the caste system and the Indians will bloom to become a great people.
And the Indians in Malaysia definitely do not need 17,000 temples for three million Hindus. What for? Each temple needs a Brahmin priest, a commitee and it spreads more religious prejudice and anger. The same with suraus and mosques. Why do we need so many mosques. Over the past 15 years thousands of suraus and mosques have been built. Each one now has its imam, committee, etc. Each one is spreading religous prejudices. We do not need so many mosques or Hindu temples. Enough is enough. Only the RSS and PAS boys are interested in temples and mosques because they can control the temples and mosques. Temples and mosques bring in money. The more temples there are, the more money accrues to the brahmins.
But this initiative can only come from the Indians. The Malays and the Gomen will not even know where to begin on this one. They have no idea of the caste system. So the Indians cannot expect any help in this area from the Gomen. It is the Indians who must move this initiative. There will be plenty of resistance from the RSS and gang but you must all get together and kick this caste sucker into the sea. Otherwise it is all a complete waste of time. The Indians must be the inheritors of Thiru Valluvar, Bagat Singh, Ranjit Singh and Bharatiyar. They were real heroes. Ghandi was confused. Godse was a nut.
MAV, get your act together. The Uni Act and Mustapha reminded students not to be involved in politics. The ONUS is on the students and not the political parties.
Political parties dont vet volunteers!
It is not the fault of political parties if there are volunteers of the student circle!
Comprendo?
dr mav,
AUKU can go to the dump site
waste of debate in parliament
Kok,
Thanks for the essay; it was informative.
There are already so much information for the general public and voters to chew and digest; it will be left to them to decide what they want and whom they want.
San,
Change will not necessary enhance prosperity, rather, it may provide check and balance and reduce the absolute power to corrupt.
Ruyom,
Thanks for the long essay; it's informative.
Warrior2,
I do not agree with you. Political parties must know the law and rules and not jeopardize the students' future. The onus is on the students but political parties and those leaders using them cannot disclaim responsibility if any actions are taken against these ignorant students who would suffer.
Blow d' whistle,
what's AUKU?
DR Mav
Akta Universiti & Kolej Universiti.. check it out
Myson,
Thanks! I thought it was misspelt as I have always used the English acronym UCA. I have that Act of Parliament.
AKU requires al students to avoid political involvement. It does not reuires political parties to the same.
My understanding of the law, the onus lies with the students. Ignorant is not an excuse under the law
Political parties do not vet, they dont have to
Warrior2,
Political parties can be held to be responsible for abetment and encouraging an act that is sanctioned by the law.
united monkeys no otak can do anything ma.....
next time after election and graduated, these students can take up toll collector job lor!
easy work, easy money ma....
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JUST TWO QUESTION FOR JUDGE ZAINON BINTI MOHD. ALI
& MR DAVID HOH
I have just responded to the TRIVIA & RAMBLINGS of the fevered mind of Mr David Hoh my wife’s counsel & solicitor. I have written a lot that charged Judge Zainon binti Mohd. Ali with criminal behaviour and with aiding & abetting the 3 criminals Stephen Lim Cheng Ban, Wong Kem Chen & Kwong Sea Yoon.
In fact having written volumes on this subject, THE WHOLE STORY CAN BE SUMMED UP IN LAW BY JUST 2 QUESTIONS (1) For Judge Zainon binti Mohd. Ali, and (2)A 2nd question for Mr David Hoh.
(1)QUESTION FOR JUDGE ZAINON BINTI MOHD. ALI :
DID YOU NOT APPROVE 2 CONFLICTING APPLICATIONS TO THE RESPONDENTS (A)1ST APPROVED THEIR APPLICATION FOR SECURITY FOR COSTS; AND UPON ENFORCEMENT OF SAID ORDER FOR SECURITY FOR COSTS, YOU PROCEEDED FURTHER TO APPROVE TO RESPONDENTS AN ORDER FOR STRIKING OUT PETITION FOR ALLEGEDLY SHOWING NO CAUSE OF ACTION. You & respondents had ENFORCED THEIR SECURITY FOR COSTS BUT REFUSED TO ALLOW PETITIONER TO PROCEED TO TRIAL AS REQUIRED BY THE LAW OF CIVIL PROCEDURE.
(2)QUESTION FOR Mr david hoh :
DID YOU NOT FAIL OR MORE LIKELY WITH HELD FILING A RESPONSE/DEFENSE TO DISMISS STEPHEN LIM CHENG BAN’S nonsensical application to strike out said petition after HAVING ENFORCED RESPONDENTS’ ORDER FOR SECURITY FOR COSTS. No trial means no costs and security for costs means that petitioner’s money is set aside by the order for security for costs to FUCKING PAY FOR THE TRIAL IN CASE PETITIONER LOSE HER CASE.
It is that fucking simple and this Malaysian Federal Court Judge Zainon binti Mohd. Ali FUCKING APPROVED THE FUCKING ORDER FOR STRIKING OUT PETITION FOR SHOWING NO CAUSE OF ACTION. Is this not COMICAL, a fucking MALAYSIAN FEDERAL COURT JUDGE DOES NOT KNOW THE LAW.
Why has David Hoh (counsel for my wife) taken upon himself to DEFEND Judge Zainon binti Mohd. Ali ? He should be defending my wife ! I honestly can tell you why. Judge Zainon binti Mohd. Ali IS NOT FUCKING FLUENT IN ENGLISH. She fucking cannot write and speak ENGLISH, therefore she gets David to defend her in a public forum.
Let it be known that Judge Dato Zainon binti Mohd. Ali is a serving Federal Court Judge of Malaysia; and I say it with absolute confidence that Judge Zainon binti Mohd. Ali is an illiterate and I have called her on many times & at many public Bloggsites and I have written on many occasions with copy of letters to all & sundry that Judge Zainon Binti Mohd. Ali acted in a criminal manner and committed several criminal offences while she acted as the presiding judge of my wife’s case.
It is fucking disgraceful that Mr David Hoh had to ambush me in his letter printed in the Malaysian Today website. I always send a copy of any letter that I write to anyone and every letter that I posted on my BLOGG was received by the person that I write about; that is to allow the person to reply; but David Hoh wrote to Malaysian Today on the 1st of July but he did not in any way make it known to me of his letter. Therefore, I did not get the opportunity to reply until yesterday when I checked my achieve on GOOGLE.COM 4 fucking months ! David you are a fucking coward and a chicken shit. Anyway, he bloggs on the Malaysia Today website and I cannot get access to that website because I cannot afford to subscribe to Malaysia Today.
However, to be fair David need to publish on a website that I can get to reply. He can go to my blogg, the CICAK, http://malay-sia.blogspot.com/2007/12/malaysia-is-3rd-rate-3rd-world.html, AND SEVERAL OTHER WEBSITES. David it is only decent to want a response from the person you write about.
PS. It is quite for you to inform Judge Zainon binti Mohd. Ali that I had called her a CRIMINAL. The phone No for A-G is 388889362 and the Phone No. for Chief Judge Malaya is 38888 4522
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