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Friday, June 21, 2013

Malaysia's rulers face rifts and protests..Al Jazeera reporting on the rally today



From Al Jazeera latest news

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Three days after the Barisan Nasional coalition was returned to power for a record 13th time, more than a hundred thousand people turned out in protest at a rally led by the opposition Pakatan Rakyat in the suburbs of the capital.
While the mood was festive, the concern was serious: a flawed electoral system that protesters said undermined the result of the May 5 poll.
Since then, thousands of people across the country have turned out for what have become known as the "Black 505" rallies. The opposition, meanwhile, has lodged legal challenges to the results in 25 parliamentary constituencies.
On Saturday, two days before the new parliament sits for the first time, Pakatan will hold its last major protest - a mass rally near the historic heart of Kuala Lumpur - despite objections from the police and the Barisan-led local authority.

"We are going to go ahead," Keadilan Vice President Tian Chua told Al Jazeera. "Our demand is not for Najib to resign or for a change in government. It's simply for the elections commission to go. It's our effort to ensure there's real improvement in the electoral system. It shouldn't be seen as an attempt to start a street revolution."  read more here

Thursday, June 20, 2013

This makes sense/ Chinese and Malay race situation in Malaysia

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Better for Malaysian Chinese and Indians to continue having separate identities otherwise the Malays could really lose power within a generation. Instead, do the reverse; send Malay kids to Chinese schools.  
WongCiLik 
Do the Malays want to lose power by integrating-assimilating the Chinese and Indians?
In the late 1940s and 1950s, Thailand suppressed Chinese culture and closed Chinese schools with the hazy notion that this would prevent a fifth column for Communist China. They were too successful - almost all Chinese have Thai names and speak Thai as their mother tongue. Being of similar religion is a major factor. From the 1960s after being “assimilated”, the Chinese began to accumulate political power. Nowdays, the top political posts and including the army and police are usually held by Chinese descended Thais.
Indonesia did the same from 1966, and Chinese Indonesians who are less than 5% of the population now control an estimated >90% of the economy and has begun to accumulate real political power (unlike MCA).
There cannot be integration/assimilation with discrimination. Without discrimination, due to longer history/culture/experiences* - the Chinese and Indians in whatever form of names would come out tops.
History shows that only when the original “foreign” population is less than 10-20% and with no major religious differences, will assimilation work.
I would say let it be as it is now perhaps with more effort on the Chinese and Indians to speak Malay better. Better for Malaysian Chinese and Indians to continue having separate identities otherwise the Malays could really lose power within a generation. Instead, do the reverse; send Malay kids to Chinese schools as I will elaborate in my last paragraph.
*As with Mahathir’s theory (who unfortunately seems to have only super rich Chinese and Indian friends like Vincent Tan and Ananda, hence not understanding the Chinese and Indian masses and also having a chip on his shoulder - getting a driver immediately after he can afford it), the Chinese and Indians have advantages; Malays do need handicaps temporarily — its this time period that is in dispute most of the time ... I would leave the Indian topic to better commentators.
The Chinese have about 5,000 years of history - education and health/nutrition knowledge etc. Being a more experienced race — like a more experienced tennis player or golfer, of course in general without handicap, they will prevail. For 5000 years, they were living most of the time in harsh times in China - famine, war etc and they have four seasons. They had to plan and save more as there could not be enough to eat/grow in winter etc. They have evolved to be the most successful race - if measured in scientific quantities terms. Their mathematical language has evolved early to be most efficient - compare the number Sembilan (3 syllables) with Jiu/9 - all single sound numbers in Chinese. Focusing on education/Confucianism and basic health/nutrition are 2 major determinants. In South East Asia, coconut and durians drop by themselves; one can fish and plant whole year round. Not much need for planning, saving and arithmetic.
But evolution/improvements are determined by needs/environment. When there's a need and a will, there's a way. Given the right environment-education and health/nutrition focus and a need to do so, human beings will be the same. Malays are not inferior to any races when born, it’s the environment and maybe culture and indoctrination that may cause some to be believe so. Currently, due to constant indoctrination of the need for assistance, the Malays lack confidence. Without confidence, there cannot be ability. Without Malay confidence, the “problems” of Malaysia cannot be solved.
So perhaps the solution is to come to a general agreement on the right solutions to this, the Chinese and Indians must be involved and help for their own sakes. Have a big NGOs and political parties get-together.
In my opinion and from my personal experiences growing up and living around/with non-rich Malay folks (who are usually much nicer, kinder and polite than the rich ones/Chinese/Indians - a sweeping statement perhaps but as stated is my personal opinion — we have equal share when collecting Kupangs, fruits, working in construction sites etc even though I don’t contribute much in our sojourns - belated thanks to Ali Kadir, Yusoff,Azmi etc of Khalidi Muar!)
A little of what I think can be improved:
  1. Malay nutrition - all the thick curries, fried stuff does not help. A poor Chinese usually still get enough nutrition for the kids by cooking chicken leg/necks/bones soup etc. Formula baby milk is expensive and the Malays mother normally needs to work to supplement the family income. I don’t think most Malay kids growing up has enough nutrition.
  2. Environment — it is not healthy at all for most Malays in urban centres (majority of the Malay population are in Urban areas now) to be housed in small 1-2 bedrooms apartments. They may be poorer in the kampung but they have the space and the whole village to depend upon. We need more libraries built around these areas instead of look/feel good halls, religious buildings etc.
  3. Ensure >50% of students in current vernacular Chinese primary school are Malays — they will get to learn one more language and better mathematics skills (important in future China growth century etc), the Chinese will get to learn/use better Malay; all should understand each other better. National schools can be converted into such Chinese primary school if needed or such Chinese schools named as National School in name — this is a bold move and may not be politically palatable. But a leader is supposed to lead, not follow. Singapore leaders were bold in using English as a main medium, a neutral language; Malaysian leaders should go one up on them by using the Chinese language at least in primary schools. There is already a substantial number of Malay students in Chinese Primary Schools. Being 50% and more will also give the parents confidence that their kids won't be badly influenced by the “kaffir” Chinese.
  4. Recognise that Malay history began more than 1,500 years ago from the Great Sri Vijaya empire rather than the Melaka Sultanate with arguably only a half hero - Hang Tuah vs Hang Jebat. More historical role models will help confidence and ability in the end.
Yours sincerely,
WongCiLik



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The Chinaman's REAL dilemma

RPK has published a letter in his Malaysia-Today titled The Chinaman's burden, which came up with lovely neat motherhood statements on what DAP as a political party should do in the light of virtually continuous anti-Chinese diatribes coming from UMNO sources, even down to childish nonsense that romanization of Bahasa Melayu was done as a favour for the 'ungrateful' Chinese but an accusation which failed to mention the much earlier death of Jawi-script Malay newspapers.

Be that as it has been from a former judge who has lost his moral direction, we know that there'll be further 'incoming' for the Chinese - 'incoming' being an American military word for enemy artillery barrage which for the Chinese Malaysians would be UMNO sources and their politicized anti-Chinese rants.

Let me tell you what has been and is the real Chinaman's dilemma. But to do so, I need to step back a few decades in time, at least briefly.

Because Chinese like Jews all over the world have had pogroms against them from time to time, they (the Chinese, not the Jews) prefer to lie low amidst the political landscape of wherever they sought domicile.

This political evasiveness or if you prefer, political abstention manifested in the notorious all-day-all-night long mahjung games on Malaysian election days wakakaka, is quite the opposite of what Indians do.

My Unc who studied in UK for many years told me at one time, around the 70's, there was strong anti Indian feelings among Britons just as there was recently in Melbourne, Australia, but relatively nothing much against the Chinese, both in Britain during the 70's and Melbourne, Australia at the time of the anti-Indian outbreaks.

Maybe it's because Indians have been and are very politically conscious and active (could this be linked to the domination of Indians in the field of law?) that they brought themselves to public prominence which gained for them the full attention and force of local bigotry?

Incidentally, pogrom is a word of Yiddish-Russian origin, testifying to the regular and frequent persecution of the Jews in Europe (particularly in Russia, Poland, Germany, etc) that such a word worked itself into the English vocabulary.

Similarly, the overseas Chinese, also a race frequently bashed around by the majority ethnic groups in various countries, have such a tragic word to describe the regular anti-Chinese pogroms. That word is p’ai-hua meaning ‘The Driven Out’.

Oh, now that we have mentioned p'ai hua, someone who was once in UMNO, wakakaka, was very vocal in telling his Heartland crowd that the Chinese should balik Tiong Sun (China).

Okay ... back on track, Chinese Malaysians had been lying (politically) low for decades because of two factors: firstly, as mentioned they didn't want to bring the attention of the mainly Malay local authorities to themselves, and secondly, I believe there could be an atavistic belief among at least the older Chinese Malaysians that Malaya-Malaysia was/is not their land, a subconscious impression enforced through regular drilling into their barb-wire haired head by UMNO that they were/are pendatangs (despite sacrifices of Chinese soldiers and policemen), so why would/should they bother to participate in local politics. Aha, the allure of mahjung becomes more pronounced, wakakaka.

Politically, they quietly worked out a voting strategy of sending federal opposition parties like the Socialist Front and (from 1969 onwards) DAP and its late 60's to early 70's allies (PPP, Gerakan) to federal parliament to 'make mucho noise' for Chinese interests while voting Perikatan-BN into the state Assemblies to ensure continued federal-founded developments for their state.

The strategy had been employed for years except in the 1969 general elections but ceased since 2008.

Prior to 2008, when push comes to shove, they preferred a BN-UMNO government, hence 1999 and 2004 saw Chinese tsunamis for (not against) BN-UMNO.

I have to say that someone saved by these Chinamen in 1999 has been terribly ungrateful, while having the brazen thick-skinned face to condemn the Chinese today. It's the same volte-face treachery practised against the Malay rulers, who were slapped in their royal face in 1991 but Godzilla-ishly ampu today by the same group of treacherous traitors.

Anyway, I believe two principal reasons convince the Chinese Malaysians today to cease the strategy of 'making noise in the East while behaving with decorum in the West'.

The first came about during AAB's term as PM, when ironically due to his quite relaxed attitude towards the online media, the Chinese public saw on TV and read on both hardcopy and online media the vile vicious vitriolic ultra racisms exhibited during the UMNO Party General Assembly as several wannnabe leaders showed off their credentials as defenders of bangsa, agama dan raja,and bloody f**k negara. They frightened the Chinese.

Yes, most Chinese were shocked at the unbelievable words and antics of those wannabe ethnic heroes. It was no longer the UMNO they had been comfortable with, an UMNO which though was the dominant political force and favoured UMNO Malays excessively but was also an UMNO which was reasonable, rational and reachable (accessible).

The second factor was the generational change among the Chinese, where the younger Chinese, born as 3rd, 4th or even 5th and 6th generation Malaysians have different values to their elders. They believe in and would vocally assert their Malaysian rights, and sometimes in their western cultured democratic practices appear as biadap to conservative and elderly Malays who haven't been exposed to the more robust style of democracy seen in Western countries like UK, Australia and New Zealand.

Thus the dilemma, the real dilemma of the older Chinamen was whether to join the younger Chinese in being more vocal in their opposition to BN and its nefarious practices, or to lie low as before while continuing with their 'making noise in the East while behaving with decorum in the West'.

What tilted them over had been their belief that the UMNO (and thus MCA, Gerakan etc) today is not the UMNO they had been comfortable with in the past. They fear that by remaining politically equivocal or worse, silent, they will suffer far more from increasing racist marginalization than by being vocal and bringing themselves to UMNO's nasty attention.

And then of course the very epitome of all this new UMNO viciousness was tragically encapsulated in the untimely unwarranted (and arrogantly) unexplained death of Teoh Beng Hock, a man who was killed on the eve of his wedding day.

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Malaysia is a prosperous, modern Islamic nation in which three main ethnic groups -Malay, Chinese and Indian - coexist peacefully, while maintaining their unique cultural identities. Yet this stable society is founded upon a form of affirmative action that has led to condemnation of Malaysia as an inherently racist society, and to criticisms of the architect of that policy, Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, who outlined his ideas in his book, The Malay Dilemma, in 1970.
  The winners from Mahathir's New Economic Policy have been the indigenous Malays who receive preferential treatment in education and business; the losers are the Chinese who feel they are the victims of inherently undemocratic restrictions. The author argues that whatever the cost, the benefits of the policy are indisputable. He not only queries many of Mahathir's ideas, he also challenges the simplistic views of the leader's Chinese and Western critics. Besides making a major contribution to Malaysian political and social thought, this book raises broader questions about Chinese cultural identity and the role and expectations of the overseas Chinese - a people who have left their mark in almost every corner of the world.

This book is well written and recommended to all Malaysian and those who are interested in the challenge and dilemma of `immigrant minority' in a multiracial country ("salad bowl" instead of "melting pot").
  The author is a second generation English educated Malaysian Chinese who has first hand experience from colonial period (the British), WWII (the Japanese occupation), communism threat, Malaysia Independence to the subsequent years of NEP (20 years of Malaysian New Economic Policy)  NDP where `affirmative action' was/is in full force. 
  Some may regard this `affirmative action' as a state sponsored discrimination on the minority groups of citizens (Chinese & Indian whose parents, grandparents or great grand parents were immigrants) but the author may beg to differ slightly by offering his own personal opinion / perspective.

The author attempts to point out the similarities and differences of Malaysia as compared to other countries with varied racial mix (ie. Indonesia, Fiji, America, Thailand, etc.)










Use the army against unarmed Malaysians at a rally? Unbelievable!

The Malaysian Insider
Jun 21, 2013
Federal Internal Security and Public Order director Datuk Saleh Mat Rasid hit a raw nerve yesterday when he said that the army will help the police, if necessary, at the Black 505 rally tomorrow.

Use the army against unarmed Malaysians at a rally? Unbelievable!
The ball is now in PM Najib’s court . Should he crack down on the rally as he did with Bersih 3.0 , listening to his advisors. Which completely stunk up his attempts to be seen as a moderate , or should he let things slide and regain some of the lost credibilty of the reconciliation he had inferred.. But problem may be the unpredictability of what course of events the rallies may take…Stuck between a used diaper and a sanitary napkin,either side will still reek of wasteful discharge.

But threatening the people to bring the army in ,that sounds like a whimpering panicking dog with it’s tail between it’s legs, forced into a corner ,and growling in a desperate manner , terrified of what may transpire.
  It’s not like armed Banglas are going to invade Padang Merbok. What is the threat to national security?
 Is he saying that the PDRM are not competent to control or manage the situation , therefore he doesn’t trust the institution? What will the army do, shoot fellow citizens in cold blood or bludgeon Malaysians with their rifle barrels just because they are protesting the fraud perpetuated on them. The people have a bone to pick with the EC not an agenda of toppling the goverment. 
 Scare tactics like these only serves to get people more indignant of the constant intimidation attempted. Wonder if he is familiar with reverse psychology?


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Combatting Corruption in Malaysia, what they say!!

In this Cafe Latte chat, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Paul Low Seng Kuan, Performance Management and Delivery Unit's (Pemandu) anti-corruption director Ravindran Devagunam, Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s (MACC) investigations director Datuk Mustafar Ali, and Deputy Education Minister P. Kamalanathan to discuss the topic of combating corruption in Malaysia. The chat was curated by The Star Online news editor Martin Vengadesan.

















Begging the panel's pardon, but as long as public perception of selective prosecution on high profile cases is not addressed, the people will always be cynical despite genuine attempts to  combat the corruption scourge. A very painful thorn stabbing  the public's sentiments is the perceived gross injustice on a past very high profile case of the death of the  political aide,that has yet to see closure for the family and the public, even if past grievances can be forgiven n we can move on.

 The people may just be able begrudgingly, to  forgive and forget money politics, misuse of public funds,abuse of power  and bribery in the past and may be anxious enough to give the Goverment the benefit of doubt and get on with it in a clean slate but the one thing on everyone's conscience is the death of a innocent young man. That is the one challenge to those with a sense of decency which has been  very hard to overcome.
 Much less forgive and forget...people need to know what really happened , to pacify their outrage!

 This feeling of moral indignation still lingers powerfully in the psyche of the people. An emotion that needs addressing and exorcising and not ignored nor underestimated.
 How can there be any redress if this powerful emotionally scarring feeling is allowed to fester?



But this video below is funny and thought provoking on corruption in Malaysia , have to view it to have  laugh and be contemplative of the state of corruption in Malaysia




The 5 panelists at the Global Issues Forum III, which was held at the Civic Centre in Petaling Jaya on 9th January 2009, offered some pertinent solutions to corruption in Malaysia.

Panelist were:
1. Ramon Navaratnam (former President of Transparency International Malaysia
2. Ambiga Sreenevasan (former Bar Council President)
3. Zaid Ibrahim (former Law Minister, Malaysia)
4. Megat Najmuddin (MACC Advisor)
5. Samsul Iskandar (Anti-corruption Activist)

Some of the solutions put forward by the Panelists were
1. Using the ballot box to weed out those who are corrupt
2. Transparency by amending the Official Secrets Act
3. A Freedom of Information Act
4. Transparency in the political funding process
5. Independent public prosecutors
5. A Whistleblowers Act
6 Anti-corruption Courts
7. Amnesty considerations










Malaysians of Chinese ancestry, ought to read this!


There would be better understanding of and perhaps appreciation of the  Malayan Chinese if their contributions to the struggle for a free and independent and prosperous land , were brought to light.

By June HL Wong - The Star -

A  reader who sent an email , pointed me to a particular chapter in a book written by long-serving colonial officer Sir Frank Swettenham.
The book was British Malaya, published in 1907, and once I perused chapter 10, I understood why the reader thought I might find it interesting.
     Here’s the pertinent excerpt:
“Their energy and enterprise have made the Malay States what they are today, and it would be impossible to overstate the obligation which the Malay Government and people are under to these hardworking, capable, and law-abiding aliens.
“They were already the miners and the traders, and in some instances the planters and the fishermen, before the white man had found his way to the Peninsula.
“In all the early days it was Chinese energy and industry which supplied the funds to begin the construction of roads and other public works, and to pay for all the other costs of administration.
“They have driven their way into remote jungles, run all risks, and often made great gains. They have also paid the penalty imposed by an often deadly climate.
“But the Chinese were not only miners, they were charcoal-burners in the days when they had to do their own smelting; as contractors they constructed nearly all the government buildings, most of the roads and bridges, railways and waterworks.
“They brought all the capital into the country when Europeans feared to take the risk; they were the traders and shopkeepers. Their steamers first opened regular communication between the ports of the colony and the ports of the Malay States.
“They introduced tens of thousands of their countrymen when the one great need was labour to develop the hidden riches of an almost unknown and jungle-covered country, and it is their work, the taxation of the luxuries they consume and of the pleasures they enjoy, which has provided something like nine-tenths of the revenue.
“The reader should understand at once what is due to Chinese labour and enterprise in the evolution of the Federated Malay States.”
Wow. They did all that even back then? My history books sure didn’t teach me that. The Chinese in Malaysia certainly didn’t get a free ride to where they are. But if I didn’t know my community’s history well, how could I expect others to know?
If they did know, surely it would help create a deeper appreciation of the Chinese and assuage the suspicions about their loyalty.
As the nation mourned the loss of eight policemen and two soldiers and hailed them as heroes in the recent Lahad Datu armed intrusion, a blogger thought fit to write:
“As has always been the case, when we send our policemen and soldiers into battle and they are killed or injured, the chances are they are Melayus and bumiputeras. Perhaps there is wisdom in getting more Chinese and Indians to join the armed forces so that they, too, can die for one Malaysia.”
“Always been the case”? How sad that the many Chinese Special Branch officers who died fighting the communists are unforgivably forgotten.
Online columnist K. Temoc who took umbrage at this blogger’s “caustic and unfair” remarks pointed out that five Chinese police officers have been awarded the nation’s highest gallantry award, the Seri Pahlawan Gagah Perkasa (SP), two posthumously.
Again, it shows how little is known about non-Malay heroes who served in the security forces.
This blogger certainly didn’t and he clearly buys into the belief that non-Malays aren’t willing to risk life and limb for the country and doesn’t consider why there are so few of them in uniform today.
The irony is even if you are well-known, your deeds may not be officially recorded.
Hence, Robert Kuok may be a business legend in Asia but few Malaysians know he was the close friend and confidant of Deputy Prime Minister Tun Dr Ismail Abdul Rahman.
As mentioned in Ooi Kee Beng’s biography, The Reluctant Politician, Tun Dr Ismail and His Time, Kuok played a role in the nation’s development and politics, including helping to pave the way for Tun Abdul Razak’s historic six-day visit to China in May 1974.
So much is left out of our history books and our national museums.
It’s telling that even Yap Ah Loy’s tok panjang showcasing the family’s exquisite dinner ware are housed in Singapore’s Peranakan Museum, not in Kuala Lumpur, the modern city he founded.
I agree whole-heartedly with the Prime Minister that Malaysians must understand each other better if we hope to become a great nation.
Something therefore must be done to document and preserve the nation’s history that is more inclusive and multiracial.
If the Government has been remiss, the Chinese should take it upon themselves to address this lack of understanding and appreciation of their community’s immense contributions. It shouldn’t, however, be a glossy and glossed-over coffee table account.
By all means include the darker and controversial aspects, including the Chinese-led Communist Party of Malaya’s attempt to overthrow the colonial government (Interestingly, Kuok’s brother, William, was a communist who died in the jungle).
But it was also a long war that was won with the help of the Chinese, like those S.B. officers.
While we take pride in celebrating our most famous Malaysians – Michelle Yeoh, Jimmy Choo and Zang Toi – we must also honour the unsung, unknown heroes like those mentioned by K Temoc: policeman Yeap Sean Hua who died while apprehending a criminal at Setapak and was awarded the SP, sergeant Lee Han Cheong and Deputy Commissioner Khoo Chong Kong who were both killed by the communists.
It’s time to build a Malaysian Chinese museum that will tell a history – the good, the bad, the noble, the inspiring – that must no longer be hidden or forgotten.
 The writer believes the Malaysian Indian community also has a proud and even longer history to share and preserve. 

Same issues as Malaysia , just in a different continent!

The ball is now in PM Najib's court . Should he crack down on the rally as he did with Bersih 3.0 , listening to his advisors. Which completely stunk up his attempts to be seen as a moderate , or should he let things slide and regain some of the lost credibilty of the reconciliation he had inferred.. But problem may be the unpredictability of what course of events the rallies may take...Stuck between a used  diaper and a sanitary napkin,either side will still reek of wasteful discharge.

Just change Brazil into Malaysia and you swear it is like  reading about our country apart from the world cup thingy and olympics ..except for the fact that thankfully no rubber bullets were used during the Bersih crackdowns..Just the same teargassing and chemical water spraying.. 

What happened in Brazil !
It began with smaller-scale protests over rises in fares for public transport in various Brazilian cities.
But within weeks, it had galvanised tens of thousands of people, many of them young, to take their anger onto the streets.
The focus of all this discontent seems to be spread across a wide range of issues: the costs of hosting the World Cup and the Olympics sat alongside demands to invest more in education and health.
Political corruption, as always, loomed large, with politicians accused of giving themselves high salaries and appointing relatives to phoney jobs in the capital, Brasilia. (sound familiar)

For some, evictions to facilitate the big sporting events are part of a wider injustice.
In the capital, demonstrators chanted: "I give up on the World Cup. I want money for education and health."
To further humiliate the country's political leaders, the demonstrators breached security at the iconic Oscar Niemeyer-designed National Congress building, clambering onto the roof.

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Brazil's political establishment has been caught on the hop by a movement that has grown more daring by the week.”
In a night of protest - some of it violent, much of it peaceful - it was the most visually striking image of the gap between many Brazilians and the politicians for whom they often hold nothing but contempt.

In Brazil's largest city, Sao Paulo, there was another incentive to protest: anger over police tactics at earlier demonstrations, most notably last Thursday.
The police were widely accused by witnesses of firing rubber bullets at peaceful protesters, with many officers hiding their name-tags to conceal their identities.
Among the more than 100 people injured in the unrest were journalists from national news organisations who said they had been deliberately targeted.
The authorities denied wrongdoing, promised to investigate the allegations, and ruled out the use of rubber bullets at the latest protest.
But for people watching, the images of a young couple being clubbed to the ground by a snarling policeman that appeared on the front of many magazines and papers was all too much.(Read More here)

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Gems of Snide comments on the Black 505 rally and attempts to subvert by BN via MPKL

playing right into the PR's hands,free publicity that gets people indignant, now probably few thousand more will resolve to attend just because they feel challenged..and do not want to feel suppresed.of voicing their resentment. 
kL mayor, another target for public bashing, hope he has prepared himself, and not have dug his own grave. the sting of peoples' disapproval can be very hard to bear.


Excellent. With people like this on their side, BN won't need any enemies. 1.39-1.49 LOSER.


That's a good proof of 'public interests'. And the aim of authorities are to make the rakyat lose interest in the fraud during GE13 election


From malaysiakini:

Pahatian: Now which is which? Did the OCM switched its venue to Padang Merbok or DBKL switched OCM's venue to Padang Merbok?

Either way, it was done purposely to sabotage Pakatan's Black 505 rally. This is the order of the day of the BN government.

FellowMalaysian: It is clear DBKL has no wish of allowing the Black 505 rally at Padang Merbok when they had to resort to cajoling OCM to subvert Pakatan's intent.

It is unbecoming for DBKL as a city council to openly and brazenly declare their political inclinations in such a blatant and offensive manner.

I believe DBKL's latest actions will cause this Saturday's indignant crowd to swell beyond unprecedented figures.

Quigonbond: Those who are planning to attend the OCM Olympic Day Fun Run, the right thing for you to do is to skip it and join the 505 rally. Electoral fraud is a far more important issue than a fun run.
And I can assure you after the event, when you check the news and see the shock on PM's face, you will know that you have contributed meaningfully to Malaysia's democracy.

AnakJohor1920: With the blatant ‘arm-twisting' of the OCM by DBKL, the majority of the rakyat are even angrier and more disgusted by the mayor who is trying all sort of tricks to deny the Black 505 rally at Padang Merbok.

OCM, being a apolitical sports body, should not change its venue at the last hour, thus giving the impression that its action was politically motivated. It is so pathetic on the part of OCM to ‘kow-tow' (bow) so quickly to DBKL mayor.

OCM, where is your integrity? Why can't you resist the change in venue and stick to your original venue, which is Dataran Merdeka?

McDonald's, being the key sponsor in this sporting event, will also be affected and its reputation severely tarnished. OCM and McDonald's may have to be prepared for an eventual boycott by Malaysians.

My favourite:   Ramachandran Muniandy: Let's all go as participants of the Olympic Day Run, then later change to black T-shirts.

When Mahatma Gandhi started the salt boycott in India, the British closed all the roads to stop the rallies. But the participants went ahead. Hundreds and thousands were arrested. When taken to court, all said that they were guilty.

The judge sentenced them to three months in prison or a fine of 20 rupees. They said they couldn't afford the fine but were willing to go jail. The prisons had no room for them and it would also be a costly affair.

All were eventually acquitted with a warning. That's what people do to fight for their rights!


MockingYou: Okay, we go to Dataran Merdeka then. It's even more symbolic as that was the site where blatant abuse of power was captured on video and shown to the whole world to see.

Bamboo: If sports organisation like the OCM is used as a political tool, this is the lowest that BN can go. What to do, a government which needs only 20 percent of the votes to win surely has lots of inferiority complexes and will do its utmost to stifle dissent.

Vgeorgemy: Pakatan must report to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) over OCM's involvement in politicking in Malaysia.

Mahashitla: Umno-BN is using every effort to frustrate the Black 505 rallies and this one on June 22 is no exception. It is too afraid of its own 'dark shadows'.

Not only the KL mayor and the deputy federal police chief Bakri Zinin have become Umno-BN's stooges but our sporting body, OCM, has now been turned into a political pawn. Black 505 should proceed at Padang Merbok.

Anonymous #47435535: Malaysia boleh! Everything is politicised by those who fear real power - the people's power.

Mushiro: OCM and McDonald's have allowed themselves to be used by Umno to go head on against the rakyat.

It is best that OCM and McDonald's state their stand clearly. The fast-food chain should also pull out from its sponsorship of the event. The rally will go on - rain or shine, or whether there is police permit.

Not Convinced: McDonald's, we're not lovin' it!

Is KL a safe city to visit..What foreigners think!


Perception ??
  It  is damaging ..especially when tourist are considering a visit to KL  
  and come across web sites who have rated KL according to feedback .
   Incredibly , we are one notch above Johanessburg at no. 7 ,
   a city notorious for unchecked crime and shootings,kidnappings,
   a virtual  crime paradise .

We as Malaysians may or may not agree with this "perception" of our
   lovely city but , does it make a difference.? 

Especially what has been going on in the crime scene in the city  lately.?
   Made to feel unsafe and constantly looking over our shoulder, as we
  stroll around town. 
 Hoping no one is going to  snatch or mug us.

 It has happened to not only locals but foreign tourist as well..

Check out this listing of the top 10 dangerous cities of the world from a website..
and at no..
                        6. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Malaysia also takes pride in its spectacular landscapes,
 a culture that begs to be discovered and explored and…
 a history of violence that made way too many victims.
 Presently, the state’s capital is said to be one of the most dangerous cities in the world, 
as the crime rate increased with 70% in the last three years. 
It wasn’t a peace on Earth display before either, 
but now things seem to keep getting worse.

Just one among so many accounts of tourist being victims of crime in KL...

Not only KL but Penang, a tourist haven as well,  has it's share of 
 notoriety also involving tourist as victims..

From the Star...
TOURISM officials have expressed concerns that the media is playing up stories
about snatch thefts and this could hurt the tourism industry.
Some officials fear that the local reports would be picked up by the foreign press
 and foreigners would be deterred from visiting Malaysia.
 Tourism officials feel snatch theft is not a serious problem.
( who are they kidding! just a cursory search online and we can find 
dozens of accounts involving tourist, 

These are occurrences that have been reported and  publicized,
 what about the unreported that probably happens daily  )



All these (and more) serious crime cases happened within the last eight weeks. 

And  not even taking into account the crime cases since January or even last year. 
Usually we would only read about these cases in the newspaper or watch them
 being covered on television.
 Not only us living in the country are alarmed but those who aren't even Malaysians
 have the same sentiments about the dire state of affairs with crime rates in the nation.. 

Story below on violent crimes ..


From The Malay Mail

Launch crackdown to curb snatch thefts

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 2012 - 17:22
I HAVE been living here for less than three months and have already been a snatch theft victim.
 Five other women I know have also been victims within the same time span. 
The latest case occurred, last Friday evening.

These cowardly scum prey on expatriates or women tourists because they are seen as soft targets.
 Always on motorbikes, working alone or in pairs, they prey on defenceless women, snatching handbags or jewellery.

There should be a much higher police presence in the city centre and popular tourist areas in the evenings as these are the areas that these villainous vermin target.

The reputation of Malaysia as a tourist destination will suffer as details of these crimes are publicised abroad.

A crackdown on snatch thieves is required urgently.

A start would be to ban motorbikes from city centre tourist areas after sunset — 
at least this would deprive these rats of their means of escape.

There should also be police patrols through these areas on a constant basis in the evenings.

If this crime is allowed to continue without a crackdown, sooner or later there will be a serious injury or death — reported in the international media. Now that would not do Malaysia's reputation any good at all, would it?
GEORGE DIXON
KUALA LUMPUR




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