What lies ahead?

Now that the Permatang Pauh by election is over, and Anwar Ibrahim has won, the question of what lies ahead for the nation comes to my mind? A few to name; will the 16th Sept deadline ever become a reality or will Najib ever become the next Prime Minister. Will Tun Mahathir Mohamed migrate else where as what he has mentioned or will Khairy resign being the MP of Rembau? These are some of the questions that are doing re-runs in the minds of many Malaysians.

So will DSAI become the next PM, it is a million dollar question that not only the PKR members are anxiously waiting but also the nation at large.

Well that is not what I want to write about, before looking at that direction lets turn the pages of history and ask ourselves if we are really free and we have achieved independence or are we still colonized in our minds.

Are we really free, have our nation got independence from the British in the true sense or are we still following the concept of divide and rule which we adopted and adapted from them. We have painted rather a bad picture about the British that they were evil and they purposely did not allow racial integration. How far is it true, anyway that was how and what has been written in the chapters of our history books. If that is indeed true what has changed over the years?

Have the nation’s policies changed now that the British has left us, I don’t think so. Some politicians are still engaged in the divide and rule policies among the races that emphasize race supremacy. Some even vowed to fight till death in order to uphold race supremacy under the pretext of being the champion of their race. Every now and then they continue to ignite the battle cry of race supremacy and raise tension among the other races. I am not sure if they are sincere in their flight or its just a political gimmick thus to cling on to power for their personal ambition. Will they ever change, I am not sure either?

Worst still the government is represented by a coalition of race based political parties which think along the racial line like an incurable disease that has infected some to their very core of their beliefs. These groups of people have been polluting the minds of their respective races in the mask of championing the rights of their race but in truth they are only there to quench their own ambitious thirst. Are the people any better than being under the rule of the British in real sense?

So, will the coming 31st August bring the much awaited hope of change which shall move the country into a new direction. Will Malaysia finally become Merdeka after 50 years of policies that have been segregating the people of Malaysia along racial lines? Will Malaysian finally shred off the false race supremacy fallacy and look beyond race and religion for the sake of the nation? Will a new nation awake like a phoenix arising from its own ash? Only time will tell!

The Eve of 26th Aug 08

What can I say about my trip to Kampong Baru along the old Bukit Mertajam trunk road or an upgraded road now, it was simply awesome, and it was electrifying with hordes of people everywhere. Cars being double or triple parked on both sides of the road either causing a slow moving traffic or a massive jam. It didn’t stopped three of us, Maya, Kishen and I to waver through the crowds moving towards the “Ceramah” makeshift stage.

After parking my car some 2 km away from Kg Baru we walked towards the main ceramah area.We just followed some Malay folks through the Kampung area walking through some kampong houses and all of us ended up at someone’s door step, only then we realized that those folks whom we followed were actually heading to their respective homes not to the “ceramah”. Some 20 people stood in the dark looking for a way out of this dead end! We were laughing at ourselves for making a fool out of ourselves remembering a famous idiom “A blind leading a blind” lead us nowhere. Doesn’t it sound familiar with our current leadership…oops.Finally someone managed to find a narrow alley between two kampong houses and we squeezed through the pathway towards an open space.

We saw the whole place was swarming with people of all walks of life and the ceramah stage was no where insight! Maya one of my colleague was bold among us and said let’s inch slowly towards the stage. As we were walking slowly towards the stage I could see some business minded individual took advantage of the situation and set up stalls offering snack, drinks, DVDs, books, T-shirts and many more souvenirs for the visitors to make some extra cash during this testing economic situation.

I remember some time ago the BN government’s call for national integration; I wonder how they are progressing? Here I saw people of all races standing shoulder to shoulder in the rain listening to the speakers. I found that I was sharing my big umbrella with a Malay and a Chinese man without even speaking to them thus cherishing the moment of being rakyat Malaysia.

When we reached closer to the stage I could hear someone speaking and I didn’t know who it was and asked the chap who was standing beside me and he mentioned it was Saudara Lim Guan Eng, the honorable Chief Minister of Penang. He sounded somehow different last night compared to the famous or infamous debate with Dato Seri Koh Tsu Koon, the ex CM of Penang as I sensed that he was speaking from his heart rather than a prepared manuscript. I remembered “Journalism 101” or how RPK have said it “Its elementary Dear Watson” and I was touched when he admitted that he did not dream that he would become the CM of Penang as this is something that the people of Penang gave him and he’ll be forever hold that responsibility high in accordance with his party's motto CAT. Please remember that Dear CM as it was the rakyats' decision to bring change and you are their representative armed with authority and accountability to bring good governance to the state. Democracy is by the people and for the people!

Saudara Lim Kit Siang, Saudara Zahrain Mohamed Hashim , Saudari Chong Eng and Saudari Wan Azizah spoke while the crowd was anxiously waiting for Anwar Ibrahim to arrive. From time to time when some VIP makes his or her way through the crowd, we can hear the chants of “reformasi…reformasi” and the crowd would chatter that it was DSAI making his way to the stage only to our disappointment. Few occasion I joined in the chants but Anwar was nowhere in sight. Finally at 11.pm there were cries of “reformasi..reformasi again, and the crowd were turning their sight away from the stage where Wan azizah was speaking and wondering if it is true that Anwar finally has arrived nevertheless I was bit skeptical. It was then Wan Azizah mentioned that Anwar Ibrahim is making his way through the crowd a deafening cry of reformasi echoed. The noise silenced her speech and I saw among the crowd the man himself making his way through.

Poor Wan Azizah had to stop her speech in order to give way to her husband the stage as she vacated her MP position for him. She appealed to the crowd to be quite so she could end her speech with a note of thanks to the people of Permatang Pauh.

When Anwar took over the mike, it was something else, there was a total silence and he spoke as usual that kept the audience very attentive. One thing that strike a note to me was when he gave the assurance that he’ll have good governance once he takes over the government by giving equal opportunity to talents irrespective of race.

This was when I felt that finally I was accepted as Malaysian irrespective of the colour of my skin but to the character and talent that I hold. Interesting I may have heard such speeches by BN leaders before but it didn’t strike any chord on me yet yesterday I bought his story stock, log and barrel. That reminds me of the blogger Haris Ibrahim’s “Dear Anwar” mail which was famous for quoting Anwar “I may forgive but I will not forget”! Like wise Anwar, always remember your promise.

The crowd slowly dispersed as I walked back to my car in the drizzle, I was feeling upmost peace with my self, for reasons that I could not put a finger to. As I drove home with my two buddies while they were sharing this nostalgic moment that may write a new chapter in our Malaysian history I could envision a new dawn in the horizon. “Makkal Shakti” or Ketuanan Rakyat may not be a distant dream after all...god bless Malaysia.

A day before 26th Aug 08

Some calls it “The Mother of all Election” and some call it “Road to Putrajaya” and it may be called in many other names. After 50 years of independence the nation is faced with a political scenario that the nation has not confronted before. I guess the aftermath of the recent political tsunami has not stopped making its waves and many rumours were surrounding the current political situation. Some say whatever happens in Permatang Pauh will change the entire political landscape of this nation.

I was talking to some of my colleague about the up coming by election and all of them were very excited about it even though they were not voters in Permatang Pauh. I mentioned that I may be making a visit to Permatang Pauh to check the scene tonight and immediately one of them mentioned that he too was interested to be part of the excitement that is galvanizing the nation and the possibility of creating history . Few of them joined in and said that they wish to join me for a drive to Permatang Pauh. So stay tuned for more news after out visit to the ground and hopefully the FRU won’t stop my car and detain me for taking in more passenger like “kereta sapu”.

The nation waits anxiously for a new dawn to rise, is it a possible dream? Will Malaysia rise to a new beginning? Will the winds of change continue to sweep Malaysia for a better future? These are some of the questions that have been playing in the people’s mind since 16th Aug 08. Will Malaysia see a new beginning or will it be continued to be pushed into the dark ages like the past 50 years?

Can the people in Permatang Pauh make a difference, do the folks in Permatang Pauh realize the mammoth task that they have in their hands? heading to. What responsibity they hold and the whole nation is waiting for them to cast their vote tomorrow which will decide the fate of our nation. Permatang Pauh is the ultimate test for all that we wished for and only time will tell us if that is a possible dream!

Statement by Waytha Moorthy in MT

It came to my attention in January 2008 that Vasanthakumar has been planted by the Police Special Branch to infiltrate HINDRAF and upon further investigations the fact became apparent.

HINDRAF
135-3 JALAN TOMAN 7
KEMAYAN SQUARE
70200 SEREMBAN

BRIEF PRESS STATEMENT 23RD AUGUST 2008-08

RE: ISA DETAINEE VASANTHAKUMAR A SPECIAL BRANCH PLANT RAMACHANDRAN MEYAPPAN & V.K.REGU HAVE BEEN RECRUITED AS GOVERNMENT AGENTS TO BETRAY HINDRAF CAUSE.

ISA detainee Vasanthakumar had volunteered to join HINDRAF in September 2007 and according to him at that time he was “waiting for someone to do something drastic” and the fact that I had filed an action against the UK Government attracted him to join HINDRAF. He had then served as a volunteer and I offered him to undertake the post of pro tem treasurer.

It came to my attention in January 2008 that Vasanthakumar has been planted by the Police Special Branch to infiltrate HINDRAF and upon further investigations the fact became apparent.

In March 2008 I was informed by two top Government officers on separate occasions confirming Vasanthakumar was assigned to break up HINDRAF lawyers in detention and the organisation from his detention. He had since met with various people from within HINDRAF to break the organization.

V.K.Regu though was a Pro tem Secretary of HINDRAF but was removed personally by me in October 2007 for undertaking activities against the interests of HINDRAF.

Upon the arrest of the 5I had appointed a 10 member interim committee of which Tanendran was made the National Co-ordinator and Ramachandran Meyappan alias Ramaji was made the Spiritual Advisor of HINDRAF.

Recent events have shown that Ramaji and Regu had made frequent visits to KEMTA prison to meet Vasanthakumar secretly and they had colluded to break up HINDRAF and take over the registration of HINDRAF as an organization.

Ramaji and Regu had various secret and unauthorised meetings with the Prime Ministers Department, the PM’s Private Secretary and top MIC leaders over the last 5 months and I have evidence of this. It is now clear that all their activities thus far is to break up HINDRAF and take over the leadership of HINDRAF together with Vasanthakumar upon his release from ISA.

It wouldn’t be a surprise that the Government would approve the registration of HINDRAF as a legitimate organisation but the approval would be handed over to Regu Ramaji and Vasanthakumar and other MIC proxies so that the unity and power that HINDRAF has displayed under the MAKKAL SAKTI would be permanently be damaged and shattered.

I apologize to all HINDRAF supporters for concealing these crucial facts all these while. I did this solely to protect the unity and integrity of HINDRAF and to avoid the breakup of HINDRAF. I sincerely believed that the release of the 5 including Vasanthakumar is of utmost importance for the sake of HINDRAF’S struggle.

What transpired today at Butterworth is a blatant insult to the intelligence of all HINDRAF supporters. Ramaji and Regu had placed various advertisements and news in the local tamil daily over the last few days about gathering 20 000 people for a Yaagam for the release of the 5 HINDRAF and for the promotion of the 18 demands submitted by HINDRAF in August 2007 under their organisations ie HSS (Hindu Sevai Sangam) and an organisation loosely named Makkal Sakti. This event that was organised deliberately in the Permatang Pauh Constituency where there the Ex deputy Prime Minister is contesting in a by-election next Tuesday. By using the name Makkal sakti both ramaji and Regu had expected a huge crowd to bolster their grip on HINDRAF by the Prime Minister personally attending their Maha Yagam which was organised in a Chinese Temple (1st time of its kind) and entertained by a local famous pop band group.

I urge all HINDRAF supporters to remain calm during this crucial moment and urge all look out for news in our website http://www.hindraf.org and http://www.hindraf.co.uk for the latest news.

As the Chairman of this organisation I take full responsibility for the damage caused to the divine struggle of this organisation and extend my sincere apologies to all our supporters. Let us all unite to fight the betrayers within us who are up for selfish gain and to break the unity that never was seen prior to this within our community over the last 51 years. May the blessings of the almighty be showered upon us on this crucial period and I seek his guidance to take me in the right path.

P.Waytha Moorthy
Chairman
HINDRAF
Currently in London
Waytha@hotmail.com

Dear Anwar mail By Harris

Reproduced with permission by the author

I write to you as one anak Bangsa Malaysia to another.

My friends and I were pleased to read in the Malaysiakini report of 14th August that you have forgiven your enemies for what they have done to you over the last ten years, but that you will never forget what they have done to you.

It is good that you have found it in your heart to forgive them, for otherwise you will end up bitter and vindictive like a certain ‘past the shelf-life’ politician who just simply refuses to fade away.

No, you don’t want to carry bitterness within you.

And indeed you must never forget, for it is the remembrance of what you have gone through that will serve you well in two ways.

One, to never do to others or allow to be done by others what has been inflicted upon you.

Two, so that you will not allow those who have wronged you the opportunity to do again what they have done to you before.

My sister, I like Chopin, has asked me to tell you that she has forgiven you your 16 years of involvement, at least by association and failure to dissociate, with the autocratic, dictatorial, corrupt Mahathir administration.

Yes, most of my friends and I, like my sister, have long forgiven you for your involvement in the atrocities committed by Mahathir during his reign of destruction and pillage, even if only by association and your failure to dissociate with his regime.

But like you, we, too, have not forgotten.

Just as remembrance will serve you well, so too us.

Will we ever forget?

I cannot speak for the others, but for me, I think that is really up to you.

Before I proceed further, so as to lessen the hurt, if any, of what I am about to say, let me first say that whilst I have the highest regard for YB Lim Kit Siang and YB Lim Guan Eng, yet in the matter of the politics and governance of this nation, I do not trust them implicitly and without question, because they are politicians and 50 years of BN politics has delivered a hard and painful lesson to many of us.

Don’t trust politicians completely.

Many times last year, I wrote in this blog that I wished you would give me a reason to trust you.

Whilst I have to be frank and tell you that I still do not trust you, three things have persuaded me to ‘take a chance’.

First, and this is the only rational factor of the three, this nation needs to be rid of the racist, divide and rule politics of BN. UMNO will not change, and the other component parties have shown themselves to be helplessly subservient to UMNO.

You and your party leaders, together with the leaders of DAP, have been taking policy positions or making policy statements that, by far and large, seem to be in line with the aspirations of the people.

I say ’seem’ because much still remains to be seen.

I had actually wanted to say all the Pakatan leaders but, truly, PAS has been giving us some serious concerns of late.

The second and the third factors are, in truth, ‘gut’ reactions.

Raja Petra wrote a series to remind us of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into your ‘black eye’ beating at the hands of the former IGP.

My eyes teared when I read your testimony about the beating you received and the day after, the condition you were in, and the refusal by the police to afford you treatment.

Yes, I still think you owe the nation an apology for your 16 years in the Mahathir administration.

We, too, as a nation, though, owe you and your family an apology, for all that you and your family have been through these last 10 years.

I am sorry.

Then, on 5th August, I heard you deliver your ceramah in Bentong, Pahang.

I have attended many of your ceramah but, quite frankly, this was the first time that I heard you speak with humility, particularly your appeal to any who might feel inclined to go to Permatang Pauh to help in your election campaign.

What particularly touched me and my family who were present, something that has also got the mention of G. Krishnan in his blog today, was when you said :

‘Anak Melayu, anak kita, anak Cina anak kita, anak India, pun anak kita. Mengapa harus kita bezakan?”


Succinctly, you had articulated that which I have felt for such a long, long time and which, without more, sums up the spirit of anak Bangsa Malaysia that I hope one day will be definitive of us as a people of this nation.

It is this last matter that I have mentioned, irrational as it may seem to many, that has most moved me to ‘take a chance’.

A word of advice.

Don’t make the mistakes of Pak Lah.

You have made us many pledges and promises.

I quote you from the Malaysiakini report mentioned above :

“But how do you run a government and affect changes, move forward - we need a new Malaysian awareness, we need unity of all races, we need a new vibrant economy, we need to reform the judiciary and bring back confidence in a more professional police force - if you get yourself engrossed with the past?…If it (involves) 2,000 acres and two billion ringgit - it’s just not my right to forgive, they have to return the money. But otherwise, we cannot afford to drag the entire country back to the past.”

Keep your promises to us.

Where we can recover the nation’s wealth that has been stolen, we must.

You must not do favours for anyone from the past by interfering with our law enforcement authorities.

Restore what is rightfully due to the rakyat.

On Black 14, I heard you use the phrase ‘Ketuanan Rakyat’ for the first time.

Do not waver from this.

End race politics.

End the politicisation of Islam.

You must be brave enough to tell the Malays that this country belongs to all the anak-anak Bangsa Malaysia, to remind the Malays again and again that UMNO’s ketuanan Melayu is unIslamic and has been their evil tool to enrich themselves and divide this nation.

Do this, and be assured of the strongest support from the majority of anak-anak Bangsa Malaysia who, by far and large, are decent people.

In the run-up to the 12th GE, the rakyat launched an aspirational document called the ‘People’s Declaration’.

All the Pakatan parties, including yours, indorsed this document.

We took your indorsement seriously and for that reason went all out to work to get the votes for the Barisan Rakyat parties at the last general election.

We will hold you to that indorsement.

A final reminder.

The rakyat today are not like that of 16 years ago.

We understand national issues better, we are better informed, and we have a greater sense of commitment to the ideals of justice and equality.

And we have a newly found self-belief to pursue these ideals and to pursue change.

Understand and remember that we are no longer afraid.

We fully understand today that governance of this nation was intended to be in the hands of the people, and that when you and your party leaders offer to govern, it is with a view to serve us.

Therefore, understand and remember that it is we, the rakyat, who govern through those who have taken oath to serve us.

It is only by abiding by that oath that you might honourably be called a leader of men.

Any less and you would have proven yourself to be no better than those whom you now endeavour to displace.

In the run-up to polling day on the 26th, my friends and I will be in Permatang Pauh to help you in any way we can.

By God’s Grace, you will soon be returned to Parliament. May He also continue to bestow you with wisdom and courage to discharge you duties faithfully.


The Avathar's comment:
August 19, 2008 at 3:42 pm
I agree with hawkeye, my eyes became moist after reading the mail” Dear Anwar”.

Dear DSAI i don’t care any more what they say about you but I wish and want you to become the next PM of Malaysia. I want the road to Putrajaya to come true for many reasons.

Only you can bring the light of hope to Malaysian yet a word of caution we are with you all the way and always remember what you said ” Anak Melayu, anak kita, anak Cina anak kita, anak India, pun anak kita. Mengapa harus kita bezakan?”

I came back giving up a possibility of living abroad being a citizen of another nation where I could have lived in much wealth. Yet the thought of my motherland drove me back and by the way I am not referring to India. If Martin Luther King had a dream, my dream is also the same where my children could walk down the streets and be proud of this nations that Bapa Merdeka would aspire this nation to be.

Make this possible dream come true and we the rakyat are with you all the way.

Malaysia's Bucket List

Recently I watched a movie titled “ The Bucket List”…it was great movie played by two of my favorites Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson. It’s a movie about two middle aged man in a death bed reaching out to the inner needs or self actualization list in short, they made a list of things together to do and went out to make it happen. Simple story line but profound meaning to me as I looked at my own bucket list and one of it was the itch to write! That is something that I wanted to do for a long time and a thought came to me on what possibly could be the bucket list for Malaysia!

The winds of change in Malaysia something that I never thought that I’ll live to see in my life time! I guess I may not be the only one with that thought?

Sad to see and hear what is happening even after the so called political tsunami some of us are still propagating the same old agenda of Malay supremacy, Indian and Chinese rights.

Have we ever wondered what possibly could be Malaysia’s bucket list?

How ironic that that some of us are still so selfish even after witnessing what is wrong with the world and have been playing god in some issues, trying to be politically correct about Palestine, Bosnia, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq and the US and the whole load of crap that we stand for yet closing an eye about Malaysia issues.

In our own courtyard we have the same issues in hand and we are screwing it up big time, haven’t we learnt anything from history? So which is the superior race in Malaysia? Are we dumb or just plain stupid for raising race issues every time. The theme of a superior race is a bloody fallacy that drove people to war and destruction, do we Malaysia wants takes that path for some politically motivated small napoleons’?

Are the Malays superior than the Chinese or Indian or any less superior than them or the any other way around? When are we ever going to grow up and learn that we are living in a small blue marble and we have no where to go and yet daily we hear some ignorant fools still talking about race superiority? Haven’t we seen enough in history the down fall of ancient civilizations once upon a time walked in this world and now lost in history pages? We need to do some digging into the artifacts and put the pieces to together to understand and learn what have become of the rich and majestic civilization that once stood tall in this world? I remember another cliché that I saw in another movie “the destruction of any civilization starts from within and not from the outside”. Wake up Malaysian and think for a while what Malaysia needs and not being selfish in what the Malay or Indian or a Chinese need. Don’t repeat the history of the other civilization that has perished from the face of the earth as they are only been covered in history books If we follow the same path of destruction I doubt we even will make it into any history books in the future as we are an insignificant nation!


The only time I think that I felt being a Malaysians, it’s when I was abroad but it changes once I come back to Malaysia. It was great feeling to meet fellow Malaysian while living abroad, the joy of finding out about each other, which state or town that they come from and the funny fact is that the question of race was never a topic conversation! When foreigners ask me where do you come from and I say “Malaysia” with a smile in my face. Then I asked my self a question whether am I really being proud of being Malaysian and I am not sure of the answer then. I spent some time overseas and when I came back and when I caught the glimpse of KLIA from the skies, it felt good, to my country where I was born and raised. The reason that I left Malaysia was like anyone else who wanted to leave for better opportunity elsewhere. I was growing to hate Malaysia as there’s a strong race based policies been developed, staggering shots at other religions where one professes superiority over other faiths, wastage of public funds with no accountability and transparency and many more disheartening issues. How could a rational, logical thinking human could hate his or her own country, then it daunted upon me that it is not Malaysia that we hate but the policies and practices and the governance that drove me and many others away. While living abroad I spoke to many Malaysia living abroad and their responses on why they choose to live abroad were; better living, good future for their children, better prospects, been respected and treated or made to feel treated equal and yet many felt that they do not belong there and strongly felt that they belong here in Malaysia. Why would someone who loves Malaysia that much stays away from her and that reminded me of an article by someone who wrote sometime ago” I love Malaysia and but do not know if Malaysia loves me back”?

If it is true that the government, is for the people and by the people and it is definitely not someone’s right to dictate and push their own agenda in the pretext of making it the national agenda. Everyone will go down in history either in a macro or in a micro sense. If the politician are truthful during their political speeches blaring that they will “listen to the rakyat and take the rakyat’s decision” than take it with of pinch of salt, the rakyat has spoken, we Malaysian have spoken. Finally Malaysia has spoken so the million dollar question is what does Malaysia wants now…lets’ make a list together and make it happen!

Awake my nation to the dawn of hope,
Awake my motherland from the clutches of tyranny,
Awake my nation from the gloomy past,
Awake my motherland to the glory that awaits you….a possible hope!

What If?

I seriously don't understand why the UiTM students are reacting in such a manner? Let’s put your intellectual property to use for a moment. Let’s reverse the table and see how the Malay's would react if it is the other way round? Assuming that the non-malays are the majority and the Malay are the minorities in this country. For the past 50 years all the privileges were given to the non-malays; in terms of licenses, business opportunities, admission to the universities, scholarships and even a university solely for the non-malays. How would you react now if the non-malays were to march down the streets demanding that do not play with non-malay rights and sentiment? The Higher Education Minister warns the MB not to abuse the rights of the non-malays, the VC mentioned that this is the "last bastion" for the non-malays and we'll march all the 250,000 students of UiTM with another 350,000 alumni members. Do not challenge the rights of the non-malays. He's suppose to be an educator, how funny! Just wondering!

Assuming since the majority of the race is non-malays and the federal religion is not Islam. Malay Muslim bodies were snatched from the families and been buried in non-muslim cemetery. During a divorce process your family does not inherit any wealth that your father left behind as your father converted to another religion without your knowledge and under the non-malay religious law your father's marriage with your mother is void and they do not recognise the legality of your mother's marriage neither nor your legal right as his children. What would you do?

In the so called national type school one non-malay teacher abuses the malay students with demeaning words and your out cry lead to the no-malay teacher to be transferred to another school worst still to a "Smart School"! The Education Minister who happens to be a non-malay keeps mum! How interesting to know how would the malay react now?

So, would you have waited for 50 years hoping to be respected as a legal citizen of this country which allows the right to practice the religion of your choice and enjoy the same privileges as the non-malays? I guess you will never understand how it feels to be let down by the government and worse still by the so call ministers "yang berjiwa rakyat". One even went on to claim that he is the leader of the all races and not for a particular race!

You'll never understand how it feels to be told “orang asing", "balik negara kamu" and for the simple fact you never been a minority in this country nor never been on the other side.Wouldn't you like to know?

Feeling Sensitive

I am feeling little bit down and sad, either the day was not a great start or for what I've been hearing and reading in the media of late about Malaysia.



Religion is becoming a major problem in Malaysia as we can't even have a civilised discussion about it as mobs would barge in and demand that the meeting is ends immediately without even being there to find out what is been discusses. We have become paranoia of the word religion that we lose track of the content of dispute or discussion. Some would even go to the extend to threaten and caution that do not play with fire!Surprisingly the police who would use court order to restrain the public from attending other events did not do so this time? How interesting!Neither the protesters were arrested nor sprayed with chemical water?



Some so called educator will degrade a particular race and neither the ministry nor the minister would comment on that, I suppose that they deemed it is unnecessary to say anything as it is insignificant matter that doesn't need any attention.


About 3000 students marched towards the Selangor MB's office to show their disappointment towards his suggestion to include 10 % non-bumi and foreign students citing that that particular university is only for the Malays. The university's scholar warned the MB not to poke his nose in this matter as it is sensitive of nature.



So, I am feeling sensitive right now being a minority so my question is that can I and other minorities in this country marched towards the Parliament to submit a memorandum that we as non-malays wish to show our disagreement towards the discrimination that is happening in Malaysia without being arrested by the police nor the FRU? Just wondering.

Can we say do not snatch bodies from mortuary by force or just use income tax contribution from the Malays to fund that particular university which only takes Malay student as we the minorities does not benefit from out contribution. Best still can we march to the public universities demanding more intakes and to JPA for 40-45% of scholarships?
Just wondering? How the politicians, police & FRU would react?

Malaysian Scenario

Recently there is a big hue cry about the bar council organising "Conversion to Islam" various parties called that this action defames Islam and even the DPM called that issue is highly sensitive and should respect the sensitivity of the issue. Interesting that having a forum on this issue is sensitive but grabbing " bodies" from the family of non muslims is not! Well that is not what i wanted to talk about.

Lets say a hypothetical situation, I am a non-muslim and i wanted to marry a Muslim. I have been a good son for my parents and siblings as i am the sole bread winner for the family. But due to love i wish to convert willing to be a Muslim to marry.

Once i am converted what happens to my responsibility to my parents? Do I continue with them or do i abandon them. What happens when I die, will my wealth be shared with my non-muslim parents or they won't get anything as I am a muslim and there are non-muslim? It does not fall under the shariah law?

Interesting to know what the ulamaks have to say on this?