SUARAM, has just sent a ‘whining’ letter to the American
President to refute the President’s views on Malaysia as a global model for
‘diversity, tolerance and progress’.
SUARAM insisted in the letter that there are various
defects and shortcomings under the leadership of Prime Minister Najib Tun
Razak that defy the President’s views. SUARAM
had listed among others, the history of racism, religious extremism,
corruption, electoral fraud and various other criminal activities as the
reasons for Malaysia not deserving such acknowledgment.
SUARAM has also claimed that the government has committed
serious human rights abuses for selectively deployed repressive legislation
such as the Sedition Act 1948, the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012 and the Penal
Code in order to suppress protests against the election result by human rights
defenders, opposition leaders and Malaysians from various religions.
To add to that, SUARAM had also pointed out that the
government has been ‘demonizing the non-Malays’ (the Chinese) for voting the
Oppositions. And of course,
‘Zahid’s shoot to kill’ statement was also mentioned in the ‘whining
letter’.
The list could at any time be swapped with the Opposition’s
attack points as it does not reflect a genuine effort to protect human
rights. This, is nothing to
be surprised of because majority of SUARAM’s leaders are also holding positions
in the Opposition party.
Malaysians believe that President Obama will take SUARAM’s
letter as nothing more than a whining from a spoilt brat who is way passed
tantrums. BERSIH’s Ambiga
once tried the same trick, pulling the shirt of an Australian’s MP whining with
her best pitiful look for the Mat Salleh to come and spank our Prime Minister
for not letting the Opposition wins the election.
Surely, the Mat Salleh of Australia knows better than to
listen to the crap. The
fact that the government had barely won the election had, in itself, proven
that Malaysia is as democratic as any democratic country could be.
The fact is that, SUARAM is writing to the America on
behalf of the ungrateful citizens of Malaysia who have had everything but
insist that they have nothing.
Ever since Independence, the only life known to Malaysians
is that it is the Chinese who controls the economy. Chinese discriminating other races in
all aspects of economic activities has since become a part of life, which is
not healthy. The Chinese
becomes more and more arrogant and oppressing, while other races become more
and more angry at them. All
the emotions had led to May 13 1969 racial riot and finally to the bumi-rights
policy.
So far, the bumi-rights policy has been proven to be the
most effective way to tackle the problem of economic disparity among races. The bumiputeras no longer angry
while the Chinese can continue to make money.
It is interesting to note that the spokesperson for SUARAM
and the leader of BERSIH are Indians, not Chinese. Obviously, they don’t give much
thought that their own race is also being discriminated by the Chinese in the
private sectors as much as in the Chinese dominated opposition party,
DAP.
Just in case President Obama didn’t know, DAP is now going
through so much pressure for being accused by its own members to deliberately
cheated and manipulated their party election in such a way, so that the Indian
representatives were denied of their rights to vote. Not to mention that the party actually
appointed a Chinese to represent the Malays in the party. That is the Opposition for you Mr.
Obama, the same one crying of discrimination, racism and injustice against the
government.
Yes, ‘race’ is a factor of everything in Malaysia today as
we can see through the election result where 97% of the Chinese rejected the
ruling party. Malaysia has
always been very tolerant in giving all races a space in the cabinet so that
their voice would be heard. The
ruling party which is made of numbers of parties to represent every race and
tribe has proven to be the best formula in maintaining stability and peace.
But the Chinese wants more power. Controlling the economy is not
enough. They want to
conquer everything. They
cannot do that if the government keeps protecting and helping the less
fortunate, the bumiputeras or the original settlers, in the long struggling
effort to close the economic gap. So
the Chinese rejected the ruling party for it, thus, lost their voice in the
government.
Apparently, the government has had enough with them. It has come to the point of either
giving in to that ‘one race’ or maintaining the stability of the country. Still, as a responsible government and
in the spirit of tolerance, the cabinet posts were reserved for the race, which
was rejected nonetheless.
Now, the Chinese are using SUARAM/Oppositions to complain
to America that they are being demonized. For Mr. Obama’s information,
Malaysia’s authority is currently having a hard time curbing the act of
insulting, provoking, mocking and ridiculing the Malays and Islam by the
Chinese youngsters through their social media networks. It is not hard to see that it is the
same display of arrogance of May 13 1969 all over again.
The Oppositions have been working very hard to paint ugly
pictures on Malaysia, with the help from SUARAM of course. For that, they would invite or provide
foreign media with all sorts of news and pictures of demonstrations and
peaceful rallies they held. So,
there is no doubt that their voices are heard around the globe and yet none of
them are being arrested.
Therefore, we believe Mr. Obama would be asking, what
suppression or oppression is SUARAM talking about?
The fact that SUARAM had been caught lying and slandering
the government and the Prime Minister with all sorts of stories is still alive
and kicking and free to whine to the power that be, is, in itself, a statement
of how tolerant Malaysian government is. With that, comes ‘diversity and
progress’ which fits perfectly with Mr. Obama’s views on the country.
In conclusion, SUARAM is no human rights watchdog, it is
just another one of the Oppositions’ dog.
1 comment:
President Obama will not be swayed by the garbage info sent to him by SUARAM. He has other sources of intelligence on Malaysia such as the US diplomats, CIA , US think tank groups etc. The world knows that the Malays and bumiputera in Malaysia have been as accommodating to non Malays esp Chinese in creating wealth without much hindrance. The world knows that Malaysian govt has to put in place stringent law and order related Acts to ensure stability and peace in a multiracial country. If before the US tends to take at face value the whining of the oppositions, well not anymore. The US is not that naive and it has its own assessments of the efforts taken by the Msian govt in the context of Msia's own vision for devt and achieving peace and stability. SUARAM should be ashamed of its tactic of getting sympathy to bolster its own narrow and selfish agenda.
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