The list of languages by head is interesting, but the summary is silly. I imagine the source figures for (for example) Hakka are not for some sort of official version of Hakka, but for speech that is mutually intelligible by a group identifying it as Hakka.

I have Hakka- and Hokkien-speaking in-laws, and I understand the two dialects are not mutually intelligible. You can’t summarise them as ‘Chinese’ in a list of mutually intelligible languages. The summary’s only real value is in indicating what ‘root’ the languages have.

Ah Pek’s question is about ethnicity. As ever, ethnicity, race, language and religion are not necessarily the same in the real world. It’s easy to be confused by what authority figures say to the contrary in Malaysia.

The breakdown of various ethnic groups are as follows:
Malay50.4%,Chinese23.7%,indigeneous11%,Indian7.1%and others7.8%.

The figures from Wikipedia is definite suspect for the Malay population can’t be that low 39.3% and the Chinese population can’t be that high 34%

Wow. Never occur to me to wiki the issue for statistical breakdown. For the sake of knowledge can you also find out the race compositon and their respective size in terms of numbers for the group of people who are identified formally as Malay?

TQ.

Twenty largest ethnolinguistic groups in Malaysia

Malay Peninsular 9,041,091 38.1%
Malay, East Malaysia 271,979 1.0%
Han Chinese, Hokkien 1,848,211 7.8%
Han Chinese, Hakka 1,679,027 7.1%
Han Chinese, Cantonese 1,355,541 5.7%
Han Chinese, Teochew 974,573 4.1%
Han Chinese, Mandarin 958,467 4.0%
Han Chinese, Hainanese 380,781 1.6%
Han Chinese, Min Bei 373,337 1.6%
Han Chinese, Min Dong 249,413 1.1%
Straits Chinese 236,918 1.0%
Tamils 1,743,922 7.4%
Banjarese (inc Dayaks) 1,237,615 5.2%
Iban 666,034 2.8%
Dusun 191,146 0.8%
Minangkabau 874,536 3.7%
Indonesian 772,558 3.3%
Filipino 442,933 1.9%
Tausug 201,797 0.9%
Nepalese 217,587 0.9%
TOTAL 23,717,466

SUMMARY:
Malay 9,313,070 39.3%
Chinese 8,056,268 34.0%
Indian 1,743,922 7.4%
Other 4,604,206 19.3 %
TOTAL 23,717,466

They must take the matter as far as it needs to go in Malaysia and if need be, outside to an international court of law.

What has been done so arbitrarily to these ISA detainees (who are all innocent Malaysian citizens) and to their families – and who are all supposed to be living in a democratic nation where their fundamental human rights and freedoms are guaranteed and protected by their democratic Constitution – is against all standards of civilised behaviour and justice, and even common standards of human decency, that exist within all civilised nations and societies today.

And yet, the Home Minister and IGP failed to grasp the nettle and understand priorities, and callously decided that it was somehow still “okay” to delay their release and extend these innocent people’s incarceration further because of some pointless, irrelevant paper-pushing exercise, which could have been done in five minutes if they had put their minds to it!

The Home Minister and the IGP have failed to act within the standards of normal professionalism, care and the urgency that was expected of them and clearly required in this important matter. Such a failure in carrying out their public duties is not acceptable. It is not only a dereliction of their public duty, but it is also against the public interest to allow such high ranking public officials to act in such a cavalier manner over such critically important matters to the Malaysian People.

“Imagine Power To The People” John Lennon.

Unless the said documentation is a long “confession” by the detainees to absolve all the crimes perpetrated on them under the guise of being a security threat to the nation. If they are to be released unconditionally then they only need to collect their belongings and sign in the log book at the Kamunting detention camp on their way out.

Most of the detainees should not have been incarcerated in that gulag in the first place. They were not terrorists or violent criminals. They were not tried in an open court and were not given the chance to defend themselves.

The Home Minister and the BN government acted as judge, jury and excecutioner and deprived the families the love, care and guidance of the man of the house.

Detaining people who oppose the wrongdoings of the government is the route taken by dictators who find that they do not have the evidence to present in a court of law. It is akin to silencing dissent by the malicious use of the draconian ISA which has no relevance today.

ISA was meant for the eradication of the communist menace. It is high time the ISA is REPEALED. There is no necessity for even a review. Just scrap it.

Archaic and sadistic rules and regulations as the ISA are used by obnoxious morons such as the retarded alblur who is at a loss when faced with dissent from peace-loving ordinary citizens.

The question I would like to have answered is:- How come it is the pm who announces the release, and not the home minister? Whose portfolio is this anyway? Who makes these arrangements? Shouldn’t it be the home minister who has to give the ok for their release? Najis is not the current home minister. So how did he manage to do this?

The way it has been done, shows that it is just a PR exercise.

Also means that in future for any ISA release, just petition the PM. He is the one who decides.

Also means that Najis will be taking over the Home Ministry…so bye bye Albar!

Who is looking down on whom? Who talked about Tong Sampah University not recognised abroad when that person has not even gone to an attap school?

A self made millionaire (hopefully not in ringgit or worse still in rupiah) who walks the talk. No need to talk very much, just tell us here one thing you do.

“I was to make an announcement tonight but after a discussion last night, we have decided that it is too dangerous to do it now.

“When we win the three by-elections on April 7, then I will make the announcement,”

Shannon Teoh remarks Anwar ‘said anti-climactically’, which seems a bit redundant.

Free people to get votes, not abolish the ISA policy.

Pakatan are bitter at the fact that unlike Abdullah, Najib will actually be more effective and give no more reasons for Pakatan to make gains.

p.s. The major announcement that PKR had hyped up on Friday turned out to be a big disappointment – it amounted to a crossover of PPP members to PKR. Clearly Anwar has not learnt from his mistakes in Perak :^)

corrupted racist UMNO must DIE.

To free Malaysian.

For all these these two parties have been condemned to just YES Sir party and keep kow tow to the big BOSS. UMNO will never give any damned post to MCA or Gerakan. let think about it Gerakan ex Boss has openly say it only after he retired from the party that his party is kow tow party.

MCA now is in favour if buying back the PLUS concessionaires. So let wait and see what they can achieve.

Think of it, we people are really just like meat lay on the chopping board and let BN chop into pieces and feed all those cronies. Remember, all these privatization was done during the old hat time and this old hat has been back in action. More pain will be inflicted these time.

We have been rob in broad day time to pay for all those corrupt and feed them for decades.

We have been paying all the taxes and also force to pay unnecessary so to create the gravy train for those CORRUPTS to enjoy for generation.

Look at the Selangor water deal.The poor was make to pay to create a CEO who was paid RM15 millions a year, not to mentioned all other contracts that benefits the handful.

so do you believe in BN to change. NO, unless the government change no way they will change. They will not serve the people interest thet only serve their own cronies and these are the legacy lay down but the old hat who is coming back NOW. So beware, time will not be good worst is coming.

Remember the old hat used ISA to the mas to his fancy and achieve his own political purpose.

Remember the old hat who lay his ugly hand to crippled the judiciary. and he is back in action. so beware.There is no time to celebrate and worst is coming Folks.

Remember the old hat has sack Tun Salleh and he say he has forgotten about it. And this old hat is back now. Beware and no time to celebrate. Worst is coming.

Remember the old hat was the one who stripe off the Sultan immunity and now they say PR is derhaka. Who is derhaka? Beware the old hat is coming bak. No time to celebrate. Worst to come.

Folks, do not and never con by the release of ISA detainees. They should not be ISA anyway. They have keep it to serve their purposes of oppression. They have keep it to serve as a political tools to silent all the dissident. Remember the old hat has use it to the max for achieving his political purpose and keep his seat for over 22 years. he is back now and beware. No time to celebrate wand worst is coming.