The MBB’s racist policy further confirm my fear that I will not live to see a Malaysian Malaysia even if I live another 50 years.

I think all Malaysian (including Bumis) should stand up to this policy by stopping all dealings with MBB – close accounts, cut your credit card, refinance your loans (Many banks are offering very attractive package including free moving cost). Encourage friends & relative to do the same. THE IMPORTANT THING IS DO NOT STOP EVEN IF MBB REVERSE IT’S NEW STUPID POLICY.

Lets show our power by making Malaysia biggest bank bleeds for being racist!

Hopefully if we are united, I may see a Malaysian Malaysia after all.

Recently have I have discarded my beautiful handphone number as a protest against TM.

The Malays have gone too far. They discriminated 016 from getting 3G and WIMAX license because 016 wont let the Malays have majority control.

However 016 is giving customer tremendous value for money and showing record profits.

Go 016.

(PS: I am not on 016 payroll(above or under the table))

Seriously, how stupid can one get?

A policy like the NEP should be subject to special procedures regulated by public law! If the people are going to give up their rights, then special procedures should be in place to make sure it isnt given up for nothing!

Therefore, in this case, the gov needs to answer the question of proportionality. How could they justify this decision as proportionate? How is it achieving the objectives of the NEP?

It is unclear how this would benefit the bumiputra. Rather it may work against them; the public perception of bumiputra lawyers will turn negative – these lawyers will be haunted by the spectre of NEP that was supposed to help them. It is not considerate of the many bumi lawyers that worked hard to get to where they are – for the public is indiscriminate with their discrimination in this respect. For this point, just look at malay graduates from local universities. Those that are good suffer because many employers perceive them as lesser anyway. The people just dont have confidence in these lot.

Furthermore, where a firm is forced to take in more bumiputra partners, they do so at the cost of quality. The image of a firm suffers if 50% of their partners are lesser lawyers – but that is not to say that bumi lawyers are incompetent, merely that alot would be if they were raised to the position of a partner merely to meet a quota and not out of merit!

I will raise this issue at KPUM (UK Malaysian law students soc) after my exams. Hopefully we will write a response to this. It would be difficult though since the Gov recently flexed its muscles – showing us how far their reach is; threatening my (Malay!) friend with a retraction of his scholarship for arranging a talk by Anwar on Islam and the West (!not Keadilan!); The Malaysian-Singapore society subsequently took over the talk but was forced to abandon it the day before; subsequently and fortunately, the LSE took over the talk.

Many of us here are all very agreeable to stop all dealings with Maybank in protest to their unfair and racist ruling. However, there are also some who are sceptical that this protest will do little to dent Maybank’s bottom line since we are a small group who doesn’t hold much significance.
So I would like to suggest if anyone or maybe even Uncle Kit to start a poll or list for people to write in their names when they have stopped all dealings with Maybank. Of course, this poll / list will not cease its function there. There are many other things which we should protest and it can also be used for such purposes.
I think the number of names reflected in the list will spur others to also act in protest to those who are racist.
What we have here is a good protest but it is scattered and there is nothing centralized to bring us together. We read one post after another but then it is hard to visualize how many have closed their accounts, how many have moved their business elsewhere. I think a list will be a better impact.
Sorry to say, I dont know how to make polls or websites. Anyone willing to take it up or point me in the right direction?
http://www.maybanksucks.com would be a good name

Non Bumis, this is the start of a revolution to tell the bn and all their running dogs that racism is not welcome in this world including this country, called Malaysia.

Whatever the outcome of this racist bank decision, the boycott must continue to show them the Non Bumis Peoples Power and a strong warning to those companies who may want to follow the same racist policies.

This racist bank had operation in the following countries:
Bahrain
Brunei
Cambodia
China
HongKong(SAR)
Indonesia
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Singapore
United Kingdom
USA
Vietnam

Malaysian readers residing in these countries should support the call for boycott of this racist bank.
Most of these countries allow staging protest of racism, if possible someone can organise banner protest in front of this racist banks in these countries.

Act not just talk only if we want to be free of racism in this country.

50 years is ENOUGH
Vote For A Change
Vote For Any Opposition
Give Them A Chance To Change For A Better Malaysia
Remember bn Is A Useless Grouping Of Self Serving, Corrupt, Dictator, Power Crazy, Racist, Kris waving, etc, etc type of parties.

Yes, also cancel all Maybank credit cards, redeem your points and leave them.

This shows Maybank that there is a huge OBJECTION to their corporate objectives. The people do not bank with Maybank ANYMORE until it apologises and makes transparent its dealings.

JOIN ME. Lets make a difference in Malaysia. It may be difficult with fixed deposits – though Maybank rates are not good anyway. But, at least move all your savings somewhere else.

Use Digi for Mobile,
Use Shell for Fuel,
Read from Malaysiakini, Malaysia Today, TheEdge Daily, save you time & money from subcribing to BN paper.

Just like LKY said, we are being ” systematic marginalised “…So vote wisely…before that check whether are you a register voter first. Otherwise, don’t waste time talk @ write.

Something must be done before these kind of new forms of NEP hijacking takes root. Maybank must be made aware that coming out with such ideas would have dire consequences for their business.

Trouble is, are there enough people out there that’s committed to teach Maybank that lesson?

The usual ploy used by all these big corporate giants are to penetrate the market and once they hv gained a place in your lives, they will then turn and bite u back. Look at Astro. Now without any main competition and lousy offerings from RTM and other local channels, they hv grabbed us by our balls.

Such exercise must be done together and everyone must be willing to sacrifice.

To imply that giving work preference to bumi lawyers when all things are equal, that this would lead to security issues is an insult to the bumi lawyers. Are you saying that bumi lawyers are not as good as the non-bumi lawyers, that they are intellectually inferior??

The DAP leadership would do well to distance themselves from bigots from all races.

Your response please.

It is important for Uncle Kit to keep this issue of Maybank’s racist ruling on lawyers’ panel ship alive. Let the news spread. Get others like Chinese Chamber of Commerce, the SMI association, Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers to take a stand and ask their members to join the boycott of withdrawing FDs and current accounts and changing to other banks without such ruling.

(The Bar Council chairman Ambiga Sreenevasan has described the requirement as “totally discriminatory”. “There is no legal basis for such a condition and it’s certainly in breach of the spirit of the Federal Constitution” she said).

We must ask the regulator Bank Negara Malaysia to also take a stand, whether it permits its members like Maybank to do a thing like that, whether it will affect longer term legal protection for the bank.

The news of this ruling first broke in the Chinese press last Tuesday. MCA think-tank INSAP’s economic caucus vice-chairman Dr Jeffrey Goh was quoted as saying the regulation was an insult to the legal profession and contradicted the premier’s calls to promote meritocracy.

Uncle Lim must ask MCA President and Gerakan chief what they thought of this ruling. They must be pressured to take a stand.

i will terminate my account with you as soon as i return home.
i’m more than happy to give my business to another bank!

hopefully, all that your remaining bumi customers will deposit in your bank are crutches and non-performing-loans (ie. hutang buruk!)