dagen :
Eeeewwwwwww. Smelly fish head. Rotting fish head. Rotting badly. Eeeeeeww.

Lin Liong Sik had borrowed a famous saying that fish rots from the head. MCA fish definitely fall into that category

yhsiew :
LLS and CKC must have been rewarded otherwise who likes to be charged and suffer humiliation? To sum it up, the current corruption charge against the duo is a drama, and LLS and CKC are most suitable to be the protagonists as they do not hold any political office.

The acquittal of the two by the court in the end will definitely prove that the “prosecution” is a drama nicely played out by BN.

I don’t think the two have been rewarded for any special deal for facing the music. They know very well that these are not the only cases. But why should they be made the fall guys to make UMNO looks good.

The Chinese community has been betrayed by UMNO through MCA while MCA leaders were laughing to the bank. Now they taste the raw deal themselves. Can’t pity them though because they deserve that type of treatment for betraying the Chinese community first for their own good. Maybe these two MCA have beens don’t have long to endure, and they certainly did not care about their name. In hindsight, they might be regretting that they had not done something good befitting their position in the party said to represent Chinese. They abdicated their responsibility but used whatever convenience for their own good. Quite happy to see them suffer, except that it is hard to stomach UMNO’s racist habit of bullying non-Malays.

Mahathir’s words

SEMENANJUNG TANAH MELAYU
By Dr. Mahathir Mohamad on March 3, 2011 5:55 PM | Permalink | Comments (42) | TrackBacks (0)

///1. Was I rewriting history when I said that Peninsular Malaysia is historically Semenanjung Tanah Melayu? If Mr Gan Ping Sieu ?(MCA Vice President) cares to read the history of this peninsular, he would know that officially the Malayan Union was replaced by Persekutuan Tanah Melayu. The English name “Federation of Malaya” was not official. I ought to know because I lived through this period.///–Mamakthir

Malaysian Union was the suggestion made in 1946 by the British. So the history of Malaysia began from 1946, or was it 1846? Or was it from the Malacca sultanate that made Najib said that Malays were enslaved by foreigners for 400 years, and from the 20th century non-Malays should pay for the sins of the Europeans who conquered Peninsular Malaysia, the correct usage of the modern geographical term.

One can simply pick a name used in history and claim that that is where the history begins. Certainly the person who said it is totally convinced. But other thinking persons do not.

This land was a British colony until it gained independence with the cooperation of all the population in the land represented by the political party known as Alliance. Since then the country has to follow the so-called agreement in how the land is governed, based on the constitution.

///2. But when the federation was enlarged to include Singapore, Sabah and Sarawak, the Malays, led by the Tunku agreed to the name “Malaysia” for the enlarged federation. Historically therefore the Malays agreed to the renaming of Persekutuan Tanah Melayu. But historically the peninsular was Tanah Melayu, made up of Malay States ruled by their rulers, the Malay Sultans. All agreements with the British were made by the Malay Sultans of the Malay States of the Peninsular. Malaya or Malaysia never entered into agreements with the British simply because they did not exist as sovereign states.

Malaya was granted independence by the British in 1957, and Malaya was a sovereign state since that day. Malaysia was a new nation formed with Singapore, Sabah and Sarawak in 1963 based on agreement reached by the parties concerned. The four states agreed to the name of the new nation. There was no question of Malays agreed to change the name of Tanah Melayu, as if Malaysia absorbed the other three states. In fact the British recognized Peninsular Malaysia as Federation of Malaya before she granted independence to this land. Malaya and Malaysia began its life as a sovereign nation with the British granting it the status of an independent nation. Since then all relations with the rest of the world were made in the name of Malaya or Malaysia as the case maybe.

///3. These are the facts of history. I was speaking about the origins of Malaysia. Can we say the origin of Malaysia was Malaysia. Historically there was no Malaysia.///–Mamakthir

Historically Malaysia began on 16 September 1963, and Malaya 31 August 1957.

///4. I talked about this in response to certain people who claim that the Malays are as much immigrants as the Chinese and Indians.

5. Some Malays are obviously descended from people who came to the Malay Peninsular from the Indonesian islands, India and the Arabian Peninsular.///– Mamakthir

So the statement confirms that Malays are as much immigrants as the Chinese and Indians. Mamakthir himself claims to be Malay and he did not deny that his grandfather came from India, and his father would not have been born without his immigrant grandfather.

///6. Having come here they were assimilated after they identified themselves completely with the Malays by adopting the Malay language, their customs and traditions and by being Muslims.

7. This is a common phenomenon. In America, Australia, Latin America, the later immigrants accepted the languages of their adopted country as their mother tongue as well as the culture. ///–Mamakthir

Dictators ruled the country with their idea of how the country should be governed. Mamakthir wants to change the way how the citizens live their lives including how they retain the food habit, language and culture as well as religion. That racist argument might be relevant in the 18th century, but no more. Mamakthir has obviously outdated way of thinking but he unfortunately had a longer natural life not befitting those who advance with time.

Those later immigrants in the countries referred to migrated to independent country after the nation had been established. The immigrants, including Malays in Malaysia joined hands to form the new nation called Malaya and later Malaysia. The logic is too difficult for Mamakthir to comprehend. It should surprise any right thinking person that as Prime Minister for two decades, he would not consider his responsibilities in the elected office were towards all Malaysians. But he never felt his responsibility to Malays either and that was why NEP was utilized for his own wealth and staying power.

///8. After doing this they no longer think of themselves as being of their original country. They are Americans, Australians and Argentinians period. We don’t hear them claiming to be German Americans, Portuguese Australians or Italian Argentinians, even though they or their ancestors came from these countries.///–Mamakthir

Whatever the ordinary citizens think about their status, they were allowed to keep them as their human rights. They did not have the government telling them that they were pendatangs. They were not asked to slow down so that the so-called natives could catch up. The leaders of these democracies did not have the national policy to help the rich and then hijack the policies to enrich themselves in the name of making the natives as rich as the later migrants. They did not polarize the country into race and religion to ensure winning elections.

///9. Malays are Malays and it is mischievous to suggest that when asked about their race they would say they are Bugis or Javanese. It is only if they are asked where their ancestors came from that they would say Celebes or Java. Otherwise they are just Malays.///–Mamakthir

When a person is asked a factual question, there cannot be anything mischievous about the question. It is when the person considers that the answer might have some other connotations that spin in their own mind that they consider such issue in emotional sense.

Malay as a race has a special meaning as indicated in the constitution, article 160. The Malay in the constitution is defined for the purposes of assistance provided under article 153. Thus outside Malaysia, Malay means differently. A legal expert said that driving through the states of Peninsular Malaysia a person could alternate between Malay and non-Malay. Sarawak does not recognise mix marriage as Malay, and Mamakthir is certainly not Malay in Sarawak.

///10. If you ask me I would reply that I am a Malay. I would not say I am a Malay or Malaysian of ethnic Indian origin. My mother tongue and home language is Malay, my culture and tradition is Malay and I am a Muslim. The constitution defines a Malay as a person who habitually speaks Malay, practices Malay custom and tradition and is a Muslim.///— Mamakthir

Mamakthir did not realize that there are two other conditions to fulfil to become Malay. They are as follows:

(a) Was before Mederka Day born in the federation or in Singapore or born of parents one of whom was born in the Federation or Singapore, or is on that day domiciled in the Federation or in Singapore; or

(b) is the issue of such a person;

Mamakthir should also note that the word Federation refers to Federation of Malaya. How could Mamakthir say, in para. 1 above that the term Federation of Malaya is not official when the term is used in the constitution? So did Mamakthir uphold the constitution like he swore while taking oath of office.

///11. However I am told that IC cards in Singapore ignore Malays and state that the person is Bugis or Javanese. The intention is clear; to kill the Malay identity and create the impression that they are foreign immigrants.///–Mamakthir

Singapore does not pretend to be helping Malays through article 153, and as a sovereign state they do not have to follow the definition given in article 160 of the Malaysian Constitution. Singapore does not have to adopt the political classification utilized in Malaysia. The interference through this comment shows that Mamakthir could not be good neighbour, let alone be a political leader who could do business in a dignified and upright manner.

Without Singapore as comparison Mamakthir should be able to claim that he did well compared to Iraq. How could Mamakthir explain why a country without abundant natural resources beat Malaysia in all spheres of life?

///12. Malays are caught in a dilemma. When challenged by the opposition on any racial issue, they are unable to respond because if they do then they would be accused of being racist even by members of the Barisan Nasional. When they do not reply then UMNO in particular would lose Malay support for not defending them. This will lead to UMNO being rejected by them. The Chinese have openly declared that they will not support Barisan Nasional. (read here)///–Mamakthir

This is the only land in the world when the issue of government is linked to the race of the persons who are elected to govern. The issue of race is perpetuated because race is the convenient rallying point to look away from corrupt practices perpetrated by the powers-that-be. The Malay dilemma as a novel was created by Mamakthir in 1969, and he has been rewarded for being in power ever since. The real dilemma has been created because Malays want to remove him, but yet loves the little crumbs that racial politics apparently gave it to them. Meanwhile they suffer the fate of low-income trap.

///13. Without Malay support and deprived of Chinese support UMNO would lose. Barisan Nasional would also lose.///–Malaysia

Mamakthir quoted many western countries but never talked about how the government got elected. They bare their policies for voters to choose rather than divide the people by race and religion to force them into enemies.

///14. Preventing Malays from defending themselves is not much different from supporting the opposition. When I rebut the anti-Malay racism of the opposition I am only trying to ensure that at least the Malays would support Barisan Nasional. I am no racist. Those who support racist statements by the opposition are the real racists.///–Mamakthir

I have oft repeated that Mamakthir is not qualified to be called a racist in the sense that he cares for his race. His is Indian by Islamic code, but he claims to be Malay for benefit. He is an opportunist.

///15. For almost 52 years the Alliance and Barisan Nasional coalitions had worked well together. The prosperity that we enjoy during those years is the result of inter-racial cooperation through the Barisan Nasional. ///-Mamakthir

Prosperity is a relative term. Compared to Myanmar, we are prosperous. Compared to Thailand, and Singapore, I doubt.

///16. In multiracial Malaysia no one can have everything that they consider they are entitled to – neither the Malays, nor the Chinese nor the Indians nor the different tribal groups in Sabah and Sarawak. The moment anyone demands that he be given everything that he thinks he is entitled to then there can be no inter-racial cooperation. Without inter-racial cooperation this country would go to the dogs. ///–Mamakthir

If UMNO had not insisted that the people should live the lives according to their strategy so that UMNO can get elected all the time with them (UMNOputras) involving in grand theft of national coffer with impunity, they would not have divided the people into those who are entitled to more assistance and those who are destined, by UMNO policies, to be discriminated, and fair and clean election would have produced government that does not have to pander to issues regarding race and religion. Mamakthir started racial politics above the table in 1969, and held on to it until now before the above paragraph is written. He might not even be sincere in saying what he said above.

///17. We have read the fable of the thief who shouted “thief”! The racists are the same. They shout racist at others to distract from their own racism. ///–Mamakthir

Mamakthir criticizes APs as though APs scheme for corruption started after he left government. Mamakthir talked about racism as if this is a recent feature. To him, so long as he could blame others on anything he has his sin absolved. Where has he learned this method of operandi?