Illegal-but-made-legal-robbery in our country

I would like to voice my opinions and frustrations against Dr. Mahathir’s comment on the Malaysian Insider titled “Ex-premier blames ‘extremists’ for increased race strife “on 12th September 2011.

(http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/ex-premier-blames-extremists-for-increased-race-strife/)

A quick recap, Dr. Mahathir mentioned that the “extremists” from the three main races in Malaysia are making increasingly unwarranted demands. He gave one example, that non-Malays asked for Malay rights to be abolished.

He further gave a comment that all races must compromise with each other, and that not all demands from all races will be met (only 50%). Dr. Mahathir gave the example that the Chinese were given the right to continue studying Mandarin in vernacular schools.

Since he talked about language, let me first voice my frustration on our ex-PM’s distasteful comment.

Let me give you a story and let’s have a think of it to see if it is fair. There is a bag that can give any group $10 daily. Of that $10, 40% must be given away (as tax for example). EVERY GROUP is given a map to look for these bags (think of it as treasure hunting). Hence, these bags can be gotten if people actually try and look for it. From this story, who is benefitting and who is losing? Is this system fair?

Next, assume group Z has this bag, and they must give $4 (40% of $10) away as tax. Group A, B, and C that do not own this bag need not pay tax, but demands all groups that has this bag to share 30% of their profit with them. Even more so, because group A, B, and C are bigger than group Z, they made it a rule that only people from A, B, and C can have this special right.

So the mathematics goes like this. Group Z that has this bag earns $10/day, gives $4 as tax, leaving behind only $6. Of this $6, $1.80 must be given to groups A, B, and C as their special rights, leaving behind only $4.20 for group Z.

Every other group that has this bag must also give $1.80 to A, B, and C. Of that $1.80, 40% or equally, 72cents must go to tax and hence, A, B, and C gets $1.08 from every other group by just sitting there and implement more policies that favours them and announce to the world that this is a "fair" system.

HOWEVER, if group A, B, and C ever decides to look for the bag, they are allowed to enjoy a total profit of $6 in addition to the $1.08 gotten from other groups.

And now the question, who is benefitting and who is losing? Is this system fair?

What I aim to tell in this story, is that this miraculous bag, is our human capital such as knowledge and language. And that the map to this miraculous bag, is free education. China is now the world’s largest economy after America. Malaysia should be blessed to have people that possess the knowledge for Chinese culture and the Chinese language.

These are the major tools that can help link the Malaysian businesses with China strongly. The more amazing news about the Chinese language is that it does not stop in China, but can be branched out and further linked to the Singapore, Taiwan and even the Hong Kong economy! And just so you know Mr. ex-PM, even the ex-PM of Australia, Mr. Kevin Rudd, a white guy, is fluent in Mandarin and can score higher than me, a Chinese, anytime.

Let me share one more good news to all Malaysians. Our third main race is the Indian race and India too is booming rapidly. See how blessed our country is right now?

With such an unfair system, what makes you think that groups with the miraculous bag will want to remain in that economy when they can go elsewhere, and maintain their profit of $6? See how this relates to the brain drain problem?

And so my dearest ex-PM, judging from your message, are you saying that non-Malays must tolerate the Malay special rights, in exchange for them to gain more knowledge that can benefit the country? I find this logic very disturbing. What do you think? If you yourself choose to not find this bag, should not this be your problem? Why are the hardworkers punished in the end and the lazy A, B and C be rewarded? We are given the map, and we choose to find this bag. Implementing such unfair policies that favours such groups are pure illegal-but-made-legal-robbery in our country.

The principle of equality is basic human rights. Everybody deserves to be treated equally. Every developed nation demands in their law, that their citizens to be treated fair and just. No one is asked to behave differently.

If you, Dr. Mahathir, is so keen in maintaining the Malay special rights, do tell me, aside from the mass murder of the Jews, how are you different to Adolf Hitler when he demanded all Jews to behave differently and that Germans deserves to stand above them?

And for the Malays, if you are standing beside this man, go think whether if you are different to the Germans in WWII that sees Jews as the inferior race that they are, and hence do not need to be treated on equal grounds.

Lastly, for the Malays that chooses to stand strong and fight this temptation of having the easy way out, I want to thank you and if possible, personally. I pray that you will continue to live this spirit and spread it like a wild fire towards the whole nation and wake people like group A, B and Cs before they start to make every other group to leave the country in future.

A united Malaysia

Before going to the serious issues, I want to first talk about the recent Nasi Lemak 2.0 by Namewee (If you think it will be draggy, skip to the third paragraph). The song has inspired me deeply. I cried both in my house and in the public library everytime I listen to it (I believe, many others as well but maybe not until you cry). I have yet to watch the movie as I am currently residing overseas. However, according to the trailer and their theme video Rasa Sayang 2.0, although most of the actors inside are Chinese, and even the theme song is in Chinese (mostly), the Malay and Indian actors inside do portray a very united community, which really gives me hope in hoping that our beloved country Malaysia will one day be truly united and that all race will love each other as though their own.

I find the first sentence of the Rasa Sayang 2.0 lyrics most meaningful and would like to share it here before going into more serious issues.

我愛我的國家 有國才有家
wo ai wo de guo jia, you guo cai you jia
I love my country. With a country, I will have a home.
Saya cinta negaraku. Adalah negara, adalah rumahku.
(apologies to the Indians, I cannot speak Tamil. Kindly translate it for me if you ever see this)

Now for the more serious issue that I would like to bring up for discussion. What is it that brings upon a united nation? Language? Culture? Religion? I used to believe that language, culture and religion are whats important. I remember suggesting to my friends, and even strongly arguing that for a united country, we need to sacrifice something important. I remember telling them that if I were to ever to join politics, the first thing I will implement is to abolish Mandarin and Tamil altogether. This is to show we Chinese and Indians are sincere in becoming one with the Malays.

Language
However, as I continued to live overseas and be more expose to a different environment filled with people of many languages, I realized, that it is not the main contributor towards a united people. Why do I say this? Look at Australia and America. These are countries that are filled with immigrants and hence, have many different languages and culture. In fact, schools in these 2 countries encourage their students to learn a different language, mainly French (no idea why), if they can. In Australia, students are encouraged to either pick up French or Bahasa Indonesia. Shocked? I sure was when I learnt of this.

Lets look at our closer neighbour, Singapore. Although the majority of the citizens there are Chinese, and the education they receive are mostly Chinese, the people there are more united than in Malaysia. Why? The Malays there maintains their mother language, Malay, by the way. The majority, Chinese, however, do not discriminate the Malays for learning a different language, which is very different from Malaysia where the Malay majority discriminate us for learning a different language. Bare this in mind, the Chinese in Singapore DO NOT learn Malay. Simultaneously, the Malays there DO NOT learn Chinese (except private classes - tuition - of course). But in Malaysia, although we learn Chinese and Tamil, we learn Malay as well.

So what is wrong here? Should not the Malays be grateful that we are learning Malay as well unlike Singapore? Besides, and as argued many times before, if we can learn 3,4 or 5 languages, then the Malays should be able to learn an extra language or 2 as well right? For those PJ and KL-lang (lang = people in hokkien), if you have EVER went to FOS (Factory Outlet Store) in the Curve back in 2005, you will notice that there was this Indian supervisor there that actually knows English, Malay, Mandarin, Hokkien and Cantonese. It is funny that he does not know Tamil, but that is besides the point. The point here is, he knows more languages than me and even beats me flat in "my own game" (Mandarin and Cantonese).

Of course, many people will argue and say Language is important for unity and will then throw other evidence tat me. I truly believe that language is important for unity, but it is NOT the main contributor for a united nation. For the sake of argument, I will put in the example of Thailand. The original Thais and Thai-Chinese are also more united than us Malaysians. Their education system is that EVERYTHING is in Thai. Hence, Thai-Chinese mostly DO NOT know Mandarin. I even asked my original-Thai friends,

"Who do you want to marry next time? Thai or Chinese Thai?"
28 year old reply,"What's the difference?"
24 year old reply,"As long as she's a REAL girl, can already".
(Insider joke, there are transexuals in Thailand and my friend is looking for a REAL girl)

I do not intend to base heavily my evidence on just this two's answer. However, if you ever compare this sort of answer to Malaysia, what are the chances that the Chinese and Indians will say something similar towards the Malay race? Again, bare in mind, all three race KNOWS Malay. From this example, we have a common denominator, language, and yet, the degree of unity is remarkably different.

Maybe it is because the Chinese and Indians knows an extra language, and hence the Malays feels left out sometimes. This type of answer is fairly common and I received it quite alot as well. The Malays do not know if we are discriminating them or not IN PUBLIC, IN FRONT of their face or behind their back. Let me shut this theory once and for all. The Chinese and Indian community are MORE united than the Malays themselves today (Umnoputras vs Neo-Malays). The Chinese do not know Tamil (see my lyrics translation on top? I do not know Tamil!!!) nor do most Indians know Mandarin. So here's my question, why are Chinese and Indians more united?

To conclude for this section, language is NOT the main contributor towards a united nation.

Next up,
Culture
Chinese - Chinese New Year (CNY)
Malay - Hari Raya (HR)
Indians - Deepavali

During CNY, I have invited my Malay friends and Indian friends to my house. Simultaneously, my Malay friends even invited me to their house during HR! Unfortunately, I have not celebrated Indian New Years before, but I look forward for future invites as I LOVE INDIAN CURRY!!! And you know what is best about our difference in culture? We get to eat LOTS of different yet AMAZING food! By the way, to those Chinese extremists out there, not all pork dishes are awesome. My family do not eat pork at HOME ever since I was young (different story-lah if we go restaurant). It is my family culture, and we still get to taste lots of amazing good food without traces of pork.

Hence, in terms of food and celebration culture, I believe EVERYONE is in favour for a diverse celebration! (Refer to my formula below if you find my explanation above draggy and has skipped many points)

Many culture = Many food = You can be unhappy-meh?

If that still does not convince you to believe my formula, then here is another formula for you.

Many culture = many celebrations = MANY HOLIDAYS! (still unhappy? go see a psychologist)

In fact, this is what makes Malaysia truly unique from others! I have westerner friends that are jealous of our culture. Why? Here's my holiday plan in Australia throughout the year, every year.

1. Summer - 3 months
2. Winter - 1 month
3. Chrismas - it's in summer, so no replacement holiday
4. One week off in mid-semesters (2 semesters a year) for us to catch up our studies, and hence it's not a holiday to me.

Still do not see why my Westerner friends are jealous? Here, let me explain it to you. IT IS DULL AND BORING! We have Dragon dance, they have summer and winter. We have ketupat and rendang, they have summer and winter. We have Thaipusam, they have...summer and winter, ok, maybe party and beer as well. For those that do not want to enjoy summer holiday, they go for summer school. Fun eh? (on a side note, do you now see why Westerners loves to party and beer? it is because, compared to us Malaysians, they have a dull culture!)

My point for all these, is that the difference in our culture has given me, at least in my point of view, a great amount of happiness. Given the chance to stay in Australia, or even go "back" to China like many Malays have cursed me to do so, my answer for you is this. I am Malaysian. Always will be, always have been, and so will my future generations be. I am happy to have Malay and Indian friends, because I can celebrate all sorts of celebration and eat lots of different food! In fact, I believe my Malay and Indian friends are also grateful to have known me or other Chinese because, similarly, they get to enjoy my culture. If you do not believe me, I dare you, go ask ALL oversea Malaysians.

1. What do you miss most aside from your family and friends?
2. Which food do you prefer?

You will find that despite our colour, language and culture, our answers are all the SAME. Hence, we have a common similarity. Shouldn't similarty equal unity?

Ok, maybe it is a different cultural point of view that makes us different. Dr. Mahathir once commented that the Chinese are too Greedy, the Malays are too lazy and the Indians cannot be trusted. It is sad, but this is true (67% of it at least in my opinion). However, I do not blame it on their culture. I blame this on the government. Through the NEP, the Malays have been favored heavily and hence many has gotten lazy. This is a fact. Prove me wrong. Throw me whatever, and if you even dare, then get ready for more counters by me.

The Chinese? Having a barrier in front of them, they meet only 2 options. Poverty and death OR survive. In order to survive and because we all love our family, the Chinese community has no choice but to work really hard for their future generations' sake. For example, being the eldest son in a Chinese family, I have witnessed my mom coming back home at 12am everynight, since young, EVEN on occasional Sundays and go to work at 8 or 9am in the morning the next day. As for my dad, the amount of SENTENCES we ever talk is lesser than 8 in a month. Why? Because he is always outstation.

Being the eldest in the family, I am my sibling's "parent". I treat my sister as my daughter sometimes. Looking for good tuitions, go to school on her report card day, call up her teachers to check on her progress and even send her to the hospital when she broke her hand! As for my brother, despite the fact that many of his teachers has already given up hope on his education, I remained one of the only person to harbour hope that he may one day graduate and pursue his dreams in drawing. Although the way I treated my brother was VERY VERY harsh, but that is because he is not disciplined enough most of the times.

I am not the only Chinese that has this harsh experience mind you. My grandmother that has worked in the rubber plantation for more than 55years, even told me she cried for several nights when her children are asleep because her eldest son (my beloved uncle) sacrificed his primary school education half way so that he can help lessen her burden, all for the sake that her other children, including my mom and my aunts and other uncles to at least graduate from secondary school and if possible, go to college, which unfortunately, my mom did not even qualify to get into.

Hence, with such a background, please tell me, how can we not want more money? The NEP does not favor any of us remember? We do not want money for the sake of wanting it, but so that our future generations will not have to suffer like the current generation. It is because we understand the meaning 苦 (bitter), which is why we do not wish this bitterness upon our loved ones. Furthermore, its not like we rob or steal from people. We work hard for it. Is it a crime to work hard? If it is so, tell me, under what article in the Malaysian law, that clearly states, you are not allowed to work hard?

For the Indians, I wish I can say much about them but unfortunately, I cannot. I cannot not because I hate them, but I just do not see how they are not trustworthy! My indian friends seems to be more trustworthy than some of my Chinese friends apparently. Maybe I am just blessed with good friends that are relatively more trustworthy than Dr. Mahathir's circle of Indian friends. Then again, this is entirely my point of view, so I could be wrong.

To put it simple, culture is not to be blamed here, but government policy's such as the NEP. I agree that we must help the poor Malays to stand on their feet, but such a move is only crippling them more. To make matters worse, it favors the rich Malays EVEN more because the policy applies to them as well. Furthermore, poor Chinese and Indian communities are helpless because the policy does not see them as deserving.

Lastly,
Religion
I want to point out that we Malaysians have respected each other's religion for many years now, until recently of course, because of dirty politics. Since 2006 till this year, I have been to Batu Caves to perform first aid. I remember the first time I went there, I heard Indian chanting a certain word towards their family members for support. Not knowing that it was forbidden to do so, I actually shouted chants beside a family to show support. Of course, many Indians then looked at me at most, angrily. No one cursed or threw anything at me. I was told later on of course about my inappropriate behaviour and have then stopped. The Indians in this story has showed that they were tolerant with me despite our differences. It is because we know we are different, we therefore grew to be more tolerant towards each other because not everyone celebrates the same culture.

I know that this is quite wrong for the Malay extremist, but there are also Malays that celebrates unofficial Christmas with me even and they do not see anything wrong with it. We merely exchange gifts and greeted each other out of respect because they know that we celebrate Christmas, and just want us to be happy on that joyful day. Simultaneously, we do not sing carols or preach the gospel in front of them because we know that they are Muslims. Hence, it is our unofficial Christmas.

During Puasa, I understand that it is unfair to be eating in front of Malays. But during breaks and lunch periods, we have our food in restaurants and canteens. It's not like we actually buy food, look for a Malay and eat in front of them. Furthermore, if we look at other multi-religious country, I will point at Indonesia because it is most similar to Malaysia, you will find that the Indons there do not really find other race eating during Puasa month much of a bother. Why? It is because they too have grown tolerant towards understanding our differences. I am sure most Malay feels the same way they do as well, especially the neo-Malays.

Hence, I dare say that religion is, like the 2 other factors, are not a major factor towards disunity. People might try and use religious wars between Christians and Muslims since ancient times against me. But let me ask you, these separate groups, do they coexist together or do they live in 2 separate countries? I believe most religious wars started because 2 different religions did not coexist together and hence people were more extemist back then. Look at China. You will be surprised, but there are in fact a large number of Chinese Muslim citizens. In terms of percentage, I could be wrong as I did not do much research on it, but the PERCENTAGE of Chinese Muslims may perhaps be LOWER than Malaysian Christians. Nonetheless, their number is higher and higher number means it is relatively easier for a single person to spark hatred amongst the community to divide the whole Chinese community altogether. However, they too are living peacefully, unlike in Malaysia today.

Answer?
So what is it that creates disunity? I personally do not know if I have the right answer. Not much research have been done on this, and I can only speculate based on me and my friend's opinions. If you really want to know my point of view, it would be the government policies.

By the way, I do not blame NEP entirely, even though the NEP, by itself, has played a large propotion is separating us Malaysians. I blame largely on the government's FAILURE to promote effective policies. If the government can perhaps give incentives towards lets say children of mixed heritage, there will be more intermarriage between races and people will find that they can no longer point fingers at each other entirely for being different.

Furthermore, although Malaysia is a Muslim country, forcing Malays and other people that had once convert into Muslims to remain faithful to Islam is just a fallacy towards Islam and against human rights. Indonesians are not forced to become Muslims, and yet the majority of the population are Muslims. So why is the government so afraid of this to the extent that such policy must be heavily implemented? It only scares people into not blending together into 1 united community and hence, separate us all.

Perhaps one day, when the right policies are implemented, will we see if what I have said is true or not. Until then, no one will really know.

Three types of Malays : Umnoputras, Neo-Malays and the Ignorants.

I know the title may be really racist, but please read further on before commenting as I can assure you, this is not a paper about racism, but about the different groups of Malays in Malaysia.

To start off, I believe the Malays are split into 3 groups. The first group are called the Umnoputras. These are the people that support Umno to the bitter end and denies all facts and figures that although have been proven both locally and internationally to them, still do not believe it because to them, Umno is the sole party that can take care of the Malay’s well being in the country. Hence, they believe that whatever Umno does is for the benefit of all Malays.

I have been debating online on forums, facebook and comments on e-news comment box about how the government is wasting our money and that if we do not stand up for ourselves, the whole country including Malays will be swallowed one day by these very people they claim to be their protectors.

Let me give you two fine examples on comments I believe to fit into my category role of Umnoputras. The first comment is in relation to the submarine deals.

“....When we love a country, we will spend anything to defend the country from FOREIGN AGGRESSION and LOCAL TREASONS.

Only those who do not love the country will question whether we should buy sub-marines….knowing that the most potentian EXTERNAL THREAT would be from the sea surrounding us....”

warisantmk on August 4, 2011 9:22 am

http://malaysiatoday.com/2011/08/rm493.3-mil-approved-to-maintain-scorpene-submarines/#comments

Well said Warisantmk. I strongly agree 100% that if we love our country, we must do everything and anything to protect it. However, these two submarines have been left in Sabah doing nothing aside from rotting and telling the world and all Malaysians that the country has two (useless) submarines. These two submarines are not suitable for the underwater terrains in Malaysia (especially Sabah) mind you. Not to mention that Brazil has also bought the same subs but at a MUCH MUCH lower price.

Even if our waters are protected by these two submarines, which I highly doubt by the way, by your logic, is throwing money out of the country by purchasing these subs at a highly inflated price not a threat to your country’s economy? You must at least know through simple supply and demand that when the Ringgit is oversupplied in the world market, it’s value will drop and people like you and me are going to suffer in the end. Is this how you show love to your country?

You can throw facts at me that the Ringgit has appreciated against the dollar. True. It has. However, is that truly the case? Has our economy gotten stronger? No. The Ringgit is not the only currency that appreciated. Many others have as well. It is not because of our strong economy that strengthened our ringgit, but because the US economy is weakening.

My second example would be in relation to the special rights of Malays. Umnoputras have been arguing heavily that this is Tanah Melayu. It is only their right that they have some edge over other race. I countered by saying why? Is there a develop country in this world that gives special rights to their citizen? I can go to Korea, US, UK, Australia etc and be a citizen there and I will not be judged by the law to behave differently. Of course, after commenting as such, I was heavily countered back with plentiful ruthless comments such as “Go there then. Malaysia does not need traitors like you” or “Balik China lah pendatang!”.

Let me get this fact clear to you people. Firstly, I was born here and so were my friends of all races. We all share our love for Malaysia and will do anything to combat those that pose a threat to it. Sure we may learn an extra language or two. But so what? Is the government stopping the Malays from learning extra languages? I have to say that I have seen Indians and Malays speaking Mandarin. In fact, I have Malay friends that spoke better Cantonese and Mandarin than me. Furthermore, if we can learn Malay, you can learn Tamil or Mandarin, right? Stop judging us by our languages and accuse us to be associated with China and India, because I can also use the same logic to say that we know Malay, and hence WE ARE MALAYSIANS!

Secondly, the Chinese and the Malays have been coexisting since 500years ago (go refer to Malaccan history). I BEG you to please prove me wrong because I, and the world know that this is a proven fact. In fact, as far as my knowledge about my ancestry goes, my great-great grandparents from both sides of my parents can be traced here. I believe that gives me a leverage of 150years or so in this land to at least let me termed it as MY motherland? If you compare me to those Indonesians and Pilipinos that came to Malaysia both illegally and legally and getting their PR (permanent residence) today and citizenship the next, they can immediately gain access to such rights and I cannot. Please remember, they have no roots here, I have. How is that fair?

Obviously the argument does not stop. One lady from the Mahathir facebook page countered me by saying the special rights gives the Malays an edge in business which they lack heavily compared to the Chinese. She even argued that when the Chinese came to Tanah Melayu, they came with their mining machineries and more than 2000 years of business knowledge. The Malays on the other hand were still in their kampongs farming, simply doing their daily activities. How is that fair?

Let me tell you. As far as I, or any other Chinese or Indians out there for that matter are concerned, we did not inherit any business knowledge or mining machineries from our parents or grandparents. Most of our ancestors were the “ku-lis” (low income labours) in case you did not know. My maternal grandmother worked in a rubber plantation for at least 55years. Her husband, a lorry driver. My paternal grandfather was a sailor and a gambling addict that often comes home with little or no money. His wife, a housewife that argues with him every day and night in front of their children. My mother did not go to college. She failed most of her subjects because she was not blessed with “2000 years of business knowledge”. My father started work since six and had to help rear his family.

With such a poor background, my family has managed to make ends meet and even send me abroad to further my studies. In fact, the Penang Malays are already overtaking the Chinese through the open tender system (you have my salutes for achieving this far). So why are you Umnoputras constantly saying you cannot when you actually can if you bother to even try?

Next, the second group of Malays I call Neo-Malays (NM). The Penang Malays are the finest NM there is in Malaysia.

I want to share an idea from a NM friend of mine name Ian Adly. After studying in the US for awhile, he told me that the word race is becoming less defined because people are intermarrying and their children are a mixture of both race. On a different matter of scale, I and many of my friends that studied abroad are all called Malays simply because we are Malaysians. When I tell them that I am a Malaysian Chinese, they quickly said “no, you are a Malay” while scrubbing their heads often in confusion upon my statement.

Another friend of mine named Yun even had an argument with her Canadian professor in lecture because her lecturer kept insisting that ALL Malaysians are Malay, just like all China citizens are Chinese.

Furthermore, it is these very NMs that knows the true meaning of fair and freedom and will do whatever it takes to bring down corrupted politics. Such NMs are supporters and/or followers of Pakatan Rakyat. Why? Because Pakatan is the only alliance party in Malaysia that supports true democracy. No Malaysians are singled out. If you are poor, you will be helped, regardless of race. After 50 years of independence and coexisting since Merdeka, these are the people that has evolved for the sake of their love for their motherland whereas the rest are still stuck in the 19^th and early 20^th century mindset where if you are of a different race, then you are different and do not deserve to be the same as other Malays.

Finally, the last group of Malays I call the ignorant ones. I apologize if I may have insulted you and/or your friends/families. But I have to prove my point because there exist such Malays and you cannot deny this fact.

These are the people that hold no care for politics. All they know is that BN will protect them, and hence will blindly vote for BN, BN will continue to rule (thanks to you) and there is nothing we can do about it if this continues. Why? Because the majority of the ignorant Malays are poor and living in rural areas. It is not their fault that they do not know of corrupted politics. It is BN’s fault for successfully isolating these people by restricting the media and sending Malay traitors to share the “good word of BN”.

GE13 is coming really soon. It is very much needed that this word of truth be spread to everyone. I pray that Malaysia will finally be peaceful internally. However, prayers will only work if we do something about it. Here I am writing this in hope that the Umnoputras can finally wake up to this cruel fact and stand up to make a change for the better. For if you do not, it will not just be you that is suffering, but your children and theirs as well. Our descendants depend heavily on our actions today much as we have depended on the actions of our forefathers to achieve independence from the Brititsh. So please, BANGUN, RISE UP!

Lastly, I would like to make a short comment about the people that has migrated overseas and are termed as “traitors”. Traitors are people that brings misfortune to the country. These migrators did not betray their country. They simply moved on with their life because the majority of the people in their motherland have forsaken them. Instead of living in poverty and/or death, they have decided to sacrifice their friends and family be migrating abroad. They are not traitors, they are victims, victims of their motherland! The true traitors are people in BN. These are the people that are eating away the rakyat’s money for the pleasure of themselves and themselves only. And you know what is ironic about it? These corrupted politicians are fully supported by Umnoputras, the same people that constantly calls migrators traitors and Chinese and Indians pendatang.

To conclude this, I would like to post a side note for you Umnoputras to have a think about. Najib is spending RM160,000 on electricity and RM66,000 for his house a MONTH. Your fellow citizens, mainly the poor in Sabah and Sarawak do not have access to clean water and electricity throughout their LIFE. Sure, our PM deserves to live in luxury, but at the expense of the poor and to such an extent? Please do not forget that his wife, Rosmah has spent USD24million (RM70+million) for a ring. If after all these and you are still an Umnoputra, then you are branded as a traitor much like BN, not just to your country, but to your family, friends, and your descendants.

Company with just RM100 model was granted an RM5.8billion project!!!

click here for link

Apparently another scandal worth RM5billion is carried out. This time, to an unknown sleeping company that has no financial records whatsoever. Clearly the BN government is trying to transfer whatever funds they can before they lose power because they know they will not win the next GE.

1Malaysia:Equal rights?

1. The non-Bumis has been demanding equal rights in the Malaysian system for quite awhile now. Probably even since the communist era in Malaysia as it does promotes equality at the cost of market freedom.

2. The 1Malaysia concept is believed to be the slogan that stirred up the spirits of Malaysians to fight for their rights. Why? It's simple actually..if you were to think from 2 race's point of view.

3. The non-Bumis demand to be treated equally, fairly and just. This means the termination of the benefits of all races OR the promotion of EXACT and SAME benefit for all races.

4. The Malays on the other hand does not see it this way, especially the conservative ones. They believe that because they were the ones that originated from Tanah Melayu (the current Malaysia), it is only fair for them to hold their rights on having privileges over other races. Furthermore, the 1Malaysia concept to them would be the promotion of the Malay culture for all races. In other words, the termination of the Tamil, Mandarin and other languages. To put it simple, non-bumis must become a Malay.

5. Both party views 1Malaysia differently for the current Prime Minister, PM Najib Tun Razak has failed to define the slogan properly.

6. The utter confusion that was caused created an ever more intense argument over the rights of each races. Each party claims that it is the wish that the 1Malaysia concept be taken seriously without even knowing that both parties viewed this very concept differently.

7. So who is to be blamed for this confusion? Is it just PM Najib? Or perhaps just the individual races for being intolerant against and are not willing to bow down to other races?

8. A friend of mine suggested that Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia's first PM is to be blamed. He was after all, the person to have strongly agreed on having party races (BN, MIC and MCA). Then again, can he fully take the blame? Many Malays disagreed to Dato Onn Ja'afar's suggestion in uniting all races in a single party back then. Does this make it the Malay's fault?

9. Perhaps not so as well. It is known that the Chinese has an edge over the Malays economically. If under a single party, it is possible for the malays to be singled out, allowing the Chinese to fully take control over the country both politically and economically. What TAR did was understandable as he too has to protect "his people".

10. More than 50years has passed and we are still so disunited. Perhaps even more so compared to the olden days. If someone is to be blamed, I personally feel that everyone is at fault. Not just the politicians, but every individual as well.

11. The 3 main races will never compromise with each other unless an outside force were to force it to. Until that time, equal rights will perhaps never be achieved and therefore the slogan 1Malaysia will just be another slogan that means nothing else but false hope.

The large amounts of money spent in the country. What can you infer from it? Ridiculous? Amazing? Or both?

This is a compilation of all the RM spent by BN throughout the years. The source can be found by clicking here.

I received an email highlighting The Wastage In Billions Of Ringgit Which Could Have Improve Lives Of The Rakyat. It's no wonder UMNO 's platform for re-election is based on promoting race to hide the fact they they have failed the Rakyat is so many ways. I guess when individuals do not have much education it is easy to sell them 'Ketuanan Melayu'. blinded by racist sentiments they support a party that do not practice good governance and accountability. If not for the billion wasted, there is no need for quotas as there will be enough to go round.

1. The Bank Bumiputra twin scandals in the early 1980s - US$1 billion (RM3.2 billion in 2008 ringgit)

2. The Maminco attempt to corner the world tin market in the 1980s is believed to have cost some US$500 million. (RM1.6 billion)

3. Betting in foreign exchange futures cost Bank Negara Malaysia RM30 billion in the 1990s.

4. Perwaja Steel resulted in losses of US$800 million (RM2.56 billion). Eric Chia, was charged with corruption for allegedly steering US$20 million (RM64 million) to a Hong Kong-based company

5. Use of RM10 billion public funds in the Valuecap Sdn. Bhd. operation to shore up the stock market

6. Banking scandal of RM700 million losses in Bank Islam

7. The sale of M.V. Agusta by Proton for one Euro making a loss of €75.99 million (RM 348 million)

8. Wang Ehsan from oil royalty on Terengganu RM7.4 billion from 2004 – 2007

9. For the past 10 years since Philharmonic Orchestra was established, this orchestra has swallowed a total of RM500 million. Hiring a kwai-lo CEO with salary of more than RM1 million per annum !!

10. In Advisors Fees, Mahathir was paid RM180,000, Shahrizat Abdul Jalil (women and social development affairs) RM404,726 and Abdul Hamid Othman (religious) RM549,675 per annum

11. The government has spent a total of RM3.2 billion in teaching Maths and Science in English over the past five years. Out of the amount, the government paid a whopping RM2.21 billion for the purchase of information and computer technology (ICT) equipments which it is unable to give a breakdown. Govt paid more than RM6k per notebook vs per market price of less than RM3k through some new consortiums that setup just to transact the notebook deal. There was no math & science content for the teachers and the notebooks are all with the teachers' children now.

12. The commission paid for purchase of jets and submarines to two private companies Perimeker Sdn Bhd and IMT Defence Sdn Bhd amounted to RM910 million.

13. RM300 million to compensate Gerbang Perdana for the RM1.1 billion “Crooked Scenic Half-Bridge”

14. RM1.3 billion have been wasted building the white elephant Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) facilities on cancellation of the Malaysia-Singapore scenic bridge

15. RM 100 million on renovation of Parliament building and leaks

16. National Astronaut Programme - RM 40 million

17. National Service Training Programme - yearly an estimate of RM 500 million

18. Eye on Malaysia - RM 30 million and another RM5.7 million of free ticket

19. RM 4.63 billion, ’soft-loan’ to PKFZ

20. RM 2.4 million on indelible ink

21. Samy announced in September 2006 that the government paid compensation amounting to RM 38.5 billion to 20 highway companies. RM 380 million windfalls for 9 toll concessionaires earned solely from the toll hike in 2008 alone.

22.. RM32 million timber export kickbacks involving companies connected to Sarawak Chief Minister and his family.

Bailouts –
23.. Two bailouts of Malaysia Airline System RM7.9 billion. At a time when MAS incurring losses every year, RM1.55 million used to buy three paintings to decorate its chairman's (Munir) office. 24. Putra transport system bailout which cost RM4.486 billion.

25. STAR-LRT bailout costing RM3.256 billion.

26. National Sewerage System bailout costing RM192.54 million.

27. Seremban-Port Dickson Highway bailout costing RM142 million.

28. Kuching Prison bailout costing RM135 million.

29.. Kajian Makanan dan Gunaan Orang Islam bailout costing RM8.3 million.

30. Le Tour de Langkawi bailout costing RM 3.5 Million.


Please forward to all our family and friends & let them all know how much the BN has cheated & wasted our hard earned $$$ !!!!!!!!

By Zaihani Abdul Hamid

To all msian drivers. know your rights! the police CANNOT hold your IC and driving's license WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT.

1. Here's the law. It's not wrong to take video footage on what is happening when being confronted by the police. It only serves as EVIDENCE and the police should be more than happy to let you videotape it IF they are law abiding citizens themselves.

2. It is AGAINST the law for the policemen to take your IC and/or driving license WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT and if they do, it is no different from being robbed.

3. When being confronted by the police, it is also NOT WRONG to ask them to show their IC, license and proof of identification as a Malaysian police. If they do not comply, I do not see why we should comply as well for they could be crooks dressed in blue for all we know.



4. Lastly, NEVER feel intimidated. Know your rights and exercise it =)