we are malaysians!

we are not allowed to think (University & University Colleges Act)

we are not allowed to disagree publicly (Internal Security Act)

we are not able to make informed decisions because we cannot get information (Official Secrets Act)

we will never be equal (New Economic Policy)

bidayuh not bumiputera?

Racial discrimination happens everyday in Malaysia. But when it discriminates against the people whom we are supposed to "privilege", then there is something grossly wrong with the way our policies are implemented.

Now, I am not entirely supportive of the National Economic Policy. I believe that preferential treatment should be for the underprivileged, and not for the elite sons of the soil. But when there is such a policy, the implementation should ensure that the distribution of wealth is fair and justified to its intended target audience.

When a native of East Malaysia is not recognized as a Bumiputera, it goes to show how distorted this word has become. Instead, we have falsified Bumiputeras in this country, mainly immigrants from Indonesia who gained PR status by merit of professing a certain religious belief, and not out of loyalty to King and Country.

When a genuine Bumiputera is ignored by the NEP, which is supposedly to help the Bumiputera themselves with preferential treatment, what more can be said about the true non-Bumiputera Malaysians who have long been discriminated against in this beloved country's socio-economic policies?

"we are racists"

Information Minister Datuk Zainuddin Maidin says the thinking of Malaysians had yet to reach the level of maturity as those in the West and Europe.


He claims that the Malaysian Rakyat are racists. WTF? Who has he asked to determine such a claim? Did he send out questionnaires to survey the population on our so-called racist mentality?

If you want to talk racism, look no further than the structure of the Barisan Nasional coalition. An "alliance" of racist parties, each component party only catering to a particular ethnic group while ignoring the rights of the minorities. Divide and conquer. Very smart. Also very racist.

And we have people who are becoming much louder over the months with the emergence of more blogs highlighting injustice, institutionalized racism, corruption, beauracracy and other ills that clog up the government machinery. All this is designed to keep the ruling coalition in perpetual power, while blocking the truth from the public!

The Parliament is the only place where the public can truly be heard, via their constituency's MP. How will the public know what responses to their views and questions are if there is no live broadcast of the parliament proceedings?

The racist excuse is just that: a flimsy excuse given to protect immature and childish MP's from public ridicule, a sanctioned method to hide the unfair treatment dished out to opposition MP's, and the seemingly reduced power of the parliament to merely a noisy "pasar" with shouting, scolding, obscenity, racism and gender discrimination, and other exhibits of third-world mentality!

institutionalized racism (part 2)

Looks like the very "hangat" news has reached theSun. Kudos to theSun for airing this otherwise-surely-to-be-censored-piece-of-news!

kit siang and anwar praise PM

Is this the sign that the Malaysian press is growing up? I thought that former deputy Prime Minister DS Anwar Ibrahim is supposed to be blacked out from the news? And yet here he is on a headline!

A good sign for Malaysian Press Freedom!

institutionalized racism

Please click to this link, and tell me why are there scholarships awarded to ONLY a particular race(s)? Why isn't it open to ALL Malaysians?

Screenshot from www.jeffooi.com

I am ashamed to say that MMU, my former university, is practicing racial discrimination by openly neglecting certain segments of the Malaysian population. And with the backing of an international electronics giant such as Motorola to boot!

This is certainly NOT the way to instil unity amongst fellow Malaysians. Another perfect example of disUnity.

every school is best?

Take a look at this, coming out from Abdullah Badawi:



How are we supposed to assume that all schools are equally good? If that is the case, why are there "preferred" schools for the sons and daughters of the politicians? Why is there a gap between the urban schools and the rural schools? Why is there "smart schools" equipped with computers, and the "sekolah pondok" in obscure villages?

The prime minister is so detached from the country that he governs, he can't even see past the lies that are spun by his closest aides. What a shame.