The Innocent vs the Uncivilised Oppressor

By the time I carried out my attachment at the High Court last few months, there's something that marked the dot on my mind,the 'heart-pricking' experience which would remain entrenched in my mind.It's a case between the local people and FELDA(clearly an Authority controlled by the 'quick-grab-opportunity' government). The main essence:the local people alleged that FELDA misused their funds and they claimed over them. FELDA's allegation:the local people planted the trees not in accordance of the agreement. Nah..Ignored their 'fake' allegations. What remains haunting my mind is the face of the local ppl(the claimant).I still remember, the face of this one old man,wearing kopiah,spoke in pure Kelantanese accent during the examination, his voice was loud, at certain time his face show 'hatred', yet he remained calm when was bombarded with question frm the FELDA's counsel(from M/S Karpal Singh if i'm not mistaken).Bravo Pakcik! He was not easily 'manipulated' by that counsel, he paused for a few seconds before answering.(Show that he think before he speak). Dear Uncivilised Oppressor, you are wrong if you think that these folks are toys that u can manipulate,you can play. Though they're not exposed to your CIVILISED WORLD,when they're deceived,they cant stay silent!I'm wondering the 'structures of the hearts' of these 'oppressor',maybe they changed the color to black,build with concrete,guarded by two evils.Dont they feel symphatized when they misappropriate the money of the rural old folks?Why they're so greedy?Is the 'commission' from their multi-million projects,taxation not enough to them?WHY THEY WANT TO BE THE SLAVE FOR MONEY?

Around a month later after the hearing took place, I was watching television. Good gracious!I was shocked,yet happy and relieved, the local ppl won the case and the damages amounted to millions ringgit..alhamdulliah,its not the amount of the damages which becomes the matter,but the pride and the rights of the oppressed.Kudos to the learned judge,for his sound decision.Day by day, people are more aware of the rights of these innocent and oppressed citizens, looked at Kg.Rimba Jaya case(another more tragic incident of the oppresed and neglected rural folks).May the new tsunami-political change and the rising of the new dawn would start a new chapter..

Yesterday, while I was chatting with a friend who did the attachment together last few months,this topic was raised out again by her...Coincidently,I was thinking about it frequently lately..and it wasnt me alone, so as her..so as the Malaysians who had wake up from their dreams..

The love-chemistry between TAN HONG MING and UMI QAZRINA

Why I'm addicted to 'blogging' again?Because I'm getting fed-up with the social network thingy, so I resorted to something which is more mind-challenging, to articulate your life,your point of views,etc. Here is my previous writing. I wrote this post few months ago, was inspired by the book of "In Good Faith" by Dato' Zaid Ibrahim, "I Have a Dream Speech" by Marthin Lurther JR, current 'political agenda twist and turns", Critics on Constitution by Prof Abd Aziz Bari, and not to forget, Tan Hong Ming and Umi Qazrina's Petronas ad..:)

"The love-chemistry between TAN HONG MING and UMI QAZRINA"

An advertisement which had striked my eye-appeal!Well, as the subject may suggest, I am not going to comment about the casting of the advertisement, instead the primary thing which striked my eye-appeal is the message of the advertisement. Yes, it's about the RACIAL INTEGRITY! It looks so sweet when the primary-school-pupil from a Chinese ethnicity fall in love with a Malay girl because she's pretty,she wear earrings, she tied her ponytail...You see,the message at the end of the ad.."Kanak-Kanak Pun Memahami.."..Even the kids, they could understand about nurturing love,friendship,and affection towards another human-being from a different race.The core of the pluralism in our country which we can assert here is:mutual respect.

The slogan "Malaysia for Malaysians" was inculcated based on our unique multi ethnic and multi religious country. What is mean by Malaysians here is tantamount to the concept of 'Bangsa Malaysia' which had been introduced by Dr.M in his famous Vision 2020 speech. So who are the peoples who form this Bangsa Malaysia?Certainly, they are the Malays, Chinese and Indians!But do not forget on the other minorities group at the East Malaysia and the aborigines, as they are part of US also. Hence, as we are ONE, we should have mutual respect for each other. The intergrity should not be tainted by playing the racial card, by stirring the seditious sentiments which could leave deplorable effects to our UNITY!

I am a Kelantanese (who are proud to be one). Although the Malays formed the majority constituent, there are still a number of Chinese, Indian and Thais which complement the populations. Yet, they mingled very well and even can speak in Kelantanese dialect! I still remember a fortnight ago, I was having my dinner at a KB Bistro, a mamak restaurant, a Chinese family came to the place and one of the boy in the family asked for "nok air teh beng sor". You see, they used our dignified dialect as the medium of instruction. Even the Thai-Moslem near my house who run a grocery shop, who married to a local man, can speak in our dialect fluently, and she wear batik sarong, liked the typical Malay middle-aged woman. These examples depict the richness of racial diversity in my kampung niche. If this can be practised at my 'kampung' nice, why can't it be existed in the larger scale, meaning that in our nation?

I guess all of us know about the sizzling headlines nowadays, the HINDRAF 28 RM28 trillion claims and their riot!What are the basis of their claims?One is they alleged that the government practised the ethnic-cleansing towards their minority group. Did they really understand what ethnic-cleansing means or they just put forward the ridiculous issue to reap the support from the Indian group?Ethnic-cleansing means displacement of an ethnic group from a particular territory, which is something similar to deportation. The question here is:do we really expunge their group?What about the second-richest tycoon in Malaysia?What about the enrolment of the men from their ethnicity in the public service, and even in the among of highest rank in the judiciary(eg:Gopal Sri Ram)?What about the large number of the men from their ethnicity who play role in the professional sector?

The Hindraf group should understand about the 'social contract' which had been drafted since the Reid Commission. The 'contract' refers to an exchange through the Constitution, while the non-Bumi were granted the citizenship through Article 14-18 of the FC and the Bumi enjoyed their special rights and privileges enshrined in Article 153. They should be grateful enough with their rights to citizenship. In addition to that, even clause 5 of Article 153 still empowering the merits to them, which laids out that any persons should be treated impartially regardless of their race. To upheld the fundamental liberties in our multi-ethnic country, Article 8 of the Constitution in furtherance connotes on 'equality before the law', that is the most sacred provision concerning human rights.

The Malays themselves should not be to arrogant with their motherland. We should remember that in the distant past, even the Malays were migrants to this country, as they came from different parts of neighbouring land. Even we are comfortable with our privileges, we should not relying too much on our special rights, as what had been described as "tongkat" by Dr.M. We should use the tool to work harder. It's so embarassing, there are too little of the Malay student who scored well at the tertiary level, they are left far behind!To tell the truth, I am not the first-class student, but I cared to ensure for my best achievement. I witnessed this "embarassing incident" by myself as now I was in the Third-Year. They would be happy enough with the "cukup-cukup makan" CGPA. If we remain to be satisfied with this mindset, how could we be on-par with the excellent achievers who are not relying on this so-called 'tongkat'?

If I were given the space to articulate my suggestion, I would like to discourse on:
"Malays, work harder and do not too engrossed. Remember the glory days of the Malacca Sultanate. Non-Malays, do not widen the rift. We are all equal. We are Bangsa Malaysia! To the Malaysians, we should embraced the diversity of ethnicity as our strength to achieve the common goal, ensuring peace and stability and in the same time exploited the richness of our diversity to be accumulated and develop the nation. Do not forget that Tunku Abdul Rahmad was not alone fighting for independence. He struggled together with Tan Cheng Lock and Tun V.T Sambathan. To quote the words of Martin Lurther Jr. in his "I have a dream" speech :
1) "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."
2) "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character".