02/09/2009 by drrafick
1. From morning, I wanted to update my blog with an article which is half prepared under the title “Selangor under siege” but somehow could not finished the write up due to mental block and lack of mood. At home about 500pm today when I saw an article on Malaysiakini titled Hisham defends cow-head protestors which makes me wants to puke.
2. In my previous write up I had labelled the demonstrators as “Orang Ulu” but due to the poor knowledge on the part on some readers, they were upset with me as they had assumed that I had belittled the Sarawakian Orang Ulu. In this article, I have decided to relabel the Section 23 residents who was directly involved with the demonstrations as orang tak bertamadun(OTB) and hope there will be no one trying to split hair with me on whom OTB actually represents. Should I define it? I guess not necessary as everyone knows by now.
3. When the Home Minister defended the OTB for their actions, it only shows the ugly side of politics. Hishamuddin has sent a very strong signal that right and wrong is not important. UMNO political agenda is so supreme that it overrides the need to do the right thing. He has indirectly supported the group.
4. Few things attracted my attention when I read the article in Malaysiakini. Among others the Home Minister defended OTB on their actions as if they have no outlet to address their issue. The minister even said that the police did not act because the group was small. I have read on many occasions when the PR supporters and leaders held candlelight vigil in smaller number and was arrested. Why the double standard? This group of 50 had no permit and had acted in the most despicable manner and the police did not act at all. They were merely spectators or they were giving protection to the group of OTBs?
5. The second thing is that Hishamuddin claims the organizers do not know who brought the cow head and claims that a third party had sabotaged their program. This is the most childish excuse that I have ever heard. There are ample pictures on the internet in the form of static images and videos that showed the resident leaders carried the cow head.
6. They even stomped their feet on the cow head individually as well as a group and shouted, “ Xavier, this cow head is for you!” There is so much evidence to show that it was a pre planned event. There were enough witnesses to help the police if they wanted help. I feel the Minister has proven that his intelligence is very questionable which is probably not better than OTB. There is a saying that “Great people things alike”. In this case “ The dumb people also think alike”
7. He also commented that there were histories that pig head was wrapped in UMNO flag and given to the Malays. In my view that is also wrong and those people should have been punished. Is he indicating that since there was no action taken on those who had wrapped pigs head with UMNO flag, then similar treatment must be given to the OTB. In the first place why there were no action taken against them? Why comparing the two event? I do not recall of hearing such an event took place if it ever did.
8. I have expected civilized people who lives in the great city of Shah Alam to handle this matter in a mature and professional manner. They did not go to City Hall. They did not raise this issue with their MP or State Reps. They did not even write a letter. Instead they took action in the most despicable manner.
9. The Home Minister is sending the wrong signal to the public by condoning the action of the residents. I foresee that this matter will be dropped by AG on the basis that the Hindu Sangam Association has accepted the explanation by the group and had apologized to them. The AG would probably come to the conclusion that there is not enough evidence to link the cows head with the group leaders. They will get away from being charged under the Seditious Act. I hope the AG proves me wrong as it has become too boring of late when legal outcome in cases involving the PR government is so expectable.
10. An apology is definitely good and should have come out by now but unfortunately the OTB have not done so. The group must apologize publicly for their actions. Public apology and the law is two different matters all together. The law must take its course. If the law is not exercised in a just manner it will create greater havoc in the country. The actions by this group will be use as precedent for other groups and this is dangerous for the masses and definitely not in the best interests of Malaysia.
11. All things said and done, I find Hishamuddin statement is totally unjust. It does not do any justice to the good Muslims whose imaged has been blackened by the group of 50. It has created an impression as if all Muslims in this country support the actions by the OTB. It certainly does not do any justice to the Hindu’s. I have only two questions at this stage, how come it is so easy for this group to meet Dato Noh Omar and Hishamuddin and why is Samy Vellu and the MIC is still silent over this matter?
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on 03/09/2009 at 23:01 | Reply anon
Logically speaking, why should the temple move? It has been there for 150 years then came these Malays and since it is now a ‘malay majority’ area, there is no place for a temple as it will ‘disprupt’ the daily prayers of the malays ( not Muslims ).
A true Muslim will never be 'disrupted' by any kind of distraction when he prays.
In any case, the authorities have agreed to relocate the temple because it is now ‘haram’. Nothing was done. So whose fault is it?
Are Malaysians practising tolerance?
Are the people respecting the religious beliefs of the others?
Is this what Najib calls 1Malaysia?
What is 1Malaysia? One race? What race is that?
This unfortunate incident has every True Malaysian fuming – true Malay Muslims, Chinese and Indians and across the sea, the people of Sabah and Sarawak.
But as the home minister, is this clown doing the right thing? He is, as we all know, defending the uneducated morons who exibited an act that that only a racist bigot will indulge in.
So what does that make him? Condoning this despicable act makes him part of that moronic crowd. In fact, he is seen as the protector of racial bigotry. After all, a person who can unsheath his keris in Parliament can also do it in the streets – or ask others to do it for him, like cowards do.
UMNO knows who the right man for the ‘right’ job is. This airhead is an extension of that uncouth racist, uneducated 50.
So this is 1Malaysia?
It is not just a huge setback to 1Malaysia but makes 1Malaysia look like a farce.
50Malaysia would be more appropriate. Perhaps it is the teething troubles of 1Malaysia?
If Najib was more forceful - dauntless and dogged as any leader of a country should be he would have taken the matter into his own hands and dealt with these people severely to give him a little bit more credibility as the founder of 1Malaysia.
He did nothing, the police were bizzarely reduced to being spectators and now Kerismuddin has gone to meet his fellow-morons.
Barbarians seem to rule in Parliament and on the streets and there is nothing being done to control such detestable barbaric acts.
Nope, an apology is not good enough. Now is the time to use the ISA on these bigots. So why is the ISA silent?
Do you really expect the sly and surrepticious sambo ( President of the MIC ) and his cohorts the MIC to condemn this beastly act? They are paramilitaries of BN/UMNO.
Singapore a third-world metality? That is a joke coming from uneducated bestial, malicious, merciless mercenaries.
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