August, will be the month....

It is confirmed. By August, we will be paying the same price S'poreans pay for their petrol.

And yes, I am scared shit. My monthly petrol expenses comes to about RM250. In two months time, I will be paying at least RM500. Well, an extra of RM250 can be absorbed, albeit painfully. But think of the chain reaction with the rise of petrol price. Everything, absolutely everything in this country will increase in tandem. Food, property, the opportunistic toll operators, the opportunistic hawkers... I wonder if our monthly church offering should be increase too, considering the church expenses will be similarly affected ...

The government has agreed to float the price of cement (floating the price of some 'item' always means the price will go up, up and away....). This means properties, whether new or old will have another excuse to 'appreciate' in price. The government has also agreed to float the price of raw chicken to reflect the market rate. This means the chicken that we consume here and in S'pore will be sold at similar price.

I am wondering aloud, why stop there Badawi? If you want to open up and let everything reflect the world prices, why not open up all? Why didn't you remove all the AP for cars, plastic materials and other raw materials that are so important to the manufacturing sector? Why don't you liberalise all banking sector, insurance and telecommunications?

Half baked measures like this will more likely makes us less competitive while at the same time choking us unnecessarily. The cost of manufacturing is still high in Malaysia. There are too many taxes, resulting in our products being less competitive as compared to S'pore. My opinion is, if you want to take steps in opening up the country, do so with prior planning and not in knee jerk fashion. Set a timetable and allow the rakyat to plan for their future. We Malaysians, are not afraid of competitions. But let the competitions be fair. We are not frightened by realities of life and we know all these while we are blessed with the artificial low price of certain raw materials (and artificially high prices for certain item). The only thing that we hope from the government is in not being a stumbling block in our effort to compete with the rest of the world.

So what should we do? My first worry is the price of house. I don't have much money, but I know if I fail to secure any house now, the price will doubled by year end. Inflation level will increase significantly. And by that time, I will not be able to afford any house. Other than that, I guess I will take it in stride the increase in price of common commodity. I will travel less to my hometown, I will drive less aggressively.

In the mean time, my advise to all of you readers (as if there are many...:P) -

• Travel as much as you can. Travel to those places which you wanted to (but not able to due to financial constrains)
• Eat anything, everything and as much as you want
• Drive to far away places locally
• Buy the things which you have been eying for months now....
• Eat, Play and Be Happy....

The bottom line is -

You may hesitate in doing many things now due to monetary consideration.

But my advise is, DO IT NOW!

Simply because, many things will be out of your reach soon!!!

Life is getting interesting (difficult) soon....

Life is indeed getting interesting nowadays and that is especially true for Malaysian. The price of food and basic amenities have been shooting up. The price of flour, rice, milk and chicken (just to name a few) has doubled since a year back. Some even tripled, as in the case of flour and rice. I wonder what would the future hold for us. The price of fuel has been steadily increasing and base on the current pattern, we are nowhere near the peak.

While I would stop short of calling the future bleak, I believe that life will be different pretty soon. Gone are the days when I would drive all the way from Kota Damansara to Cheras or Puchong for dinner during weekends. Also, gone are the days when I would drive all the way to Kuala Selangor just to soak in to the serenity on top of the hill overlooking the sea.

I am not too depressed about it. In fact, there's something good with the increase in price for basic commodity like food and fuel. People will consume both food and petrol with much care. Having said that, things will be very different for poorer families and countries. It pains me to hear of people in Philippines and Indonesia that are having a hard time feeding themselves.

Our government has been doing all the wrong things, and taking all the wrong measures in addressing this global phenomenon. Malaysia are blessed with an abundance of land and natural resources, and yet, the government has failed to make full use of it. And in most case, there are deliberate attempt to maintain control and sabotage any form of solutions for the sake of money and power. We have always known our government as being shortsighted. The only thing that surprises us was the consistent display of extreme shortsightedness again and again.

Have you wonder why Malaysia has not been producing Fragrant rice? Have you ever wondered why we need to import rice from Thailand? Do you know that Bernas hold a monopoly over the rice trade in Malaysia?

If you don't, no worries. What is certain is that life is getting more interesting, soon....even if you don't know the answer...

If only they realised who they are engaging with...the Devil at Work

Recently a fren of mine inform me of his father winning a 4D lottery number. I don't feel happy for him or his father. Both of us know that such a luck will in the long run, create more trouble than providing any sort of comfort. Perhaps, this would relieve his father of any short term financial burden. Perhaps the family will gain from temporary material comfort. But all these will mean nothing but the calm before the storm.

I know, my father was in such a similar situation before and I am writing from experience. We used to be a simple and average family living in KL during the late seventies up till early eighties. My father works at home dealing with managerial task and paper work for SME and retail outlets. Those days, even a simple letter from EPF or Bank would send these owners scurrying to my father for advice and consultation.

Somehow and someway, my father got involved with illegal 4D operations. Good money, it seems. So the office in our home doubles up to become an illegal 4D centre and a management office. Many aunties and uncles within the neigbourhood came to visit, write some numbers, pay some money and moved on. The daily collection and summary of these numbers are submitted before 4 o'clock daily to the main boss in Klang. Whether it rains or shines and riding his trusted Vespa, my father has to perform the submission on time. Otherwise, the numbers will be rejected and my father will be in deep shit should any of the numbers got shortlisted. Of course, nowadays, fax machine takes care of everything.

These secret operations goes on for several years and as time goes by, my father seems to apportion most of his time doing this illegal business and neglecting his official work. Then crisis struck. Malaysia was hit by recession in the mid eighties and many small and medium businesses were declared bankrupt. Many aunties/uncles are out of sight, either hiding or running away and that's when the problem start.

You see, many of these uncles and aunties 'book' their numbers by phone, promising to pay at the end of the week or by the end of the month. On the other hand whatever money that is owed by these people must be 'top up' by my father and submitted to the main boss in Klang on a daily basis. So could you imagined what would happen if several aunties and uncles refuse to pay my father? All you need is just two aunties to owe an amount of 20K to run away and hide, and my father will be in deep deep shit. There are even a few that simply refuse to acknowledge the transaction that has taken place and challenge my father to lodge a police report. What a dilemma my father was at that time!

Indeed, my father was in deep shit. I still remember those difficult times, when my father had to hide himself in a far away land and the whole family is sustained by my mother alone. She is a warrior, working two job in a day, as a kindergarten care giver cum cook and as a cleaner at the nearby church. We moved to another house and three of use (me, my mum and my sister) stayed in the main room while renting out the remaining rooms. Those were difficult times, but we had a lot of people to thank for being kind to us, especially Mr/Mrs. Goh who provided us with free tuition and Auntie Wong. Things got even more difficult when my sis was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism, either due to stress or lack of proper nutrition. I think my sister's condition got worse when my mum learned from some aunties to feed my sis with more seafood and iodine rich food.

As such, I personally despise people who get involved with gambling of numbers. Whether it is illegal or otherwise, I would not hesitate to tell them they are ruining their life and the lives of their loves one in doing so.

To me, gambling is an act of inviting Satan to tempt a person with money. And done frequent enough it will become a form of ritual. For those determine to be tempted, Satan will not fail you. Satan will tempt you with monetary reward now and then. That will be the bait that will draw you deeper and deeper to the point of no return. And not only that, the lives of people close to you will also be greatly affected.

For my fren father, the devil's bait he will surely take. Too much effort and time had been invested and there are much accumulated debt to be settled. A much delayed 'reward' that justifies much.

But I do hope and pray that he will breakaway from this bondage and be able to realise that enough is enough. There must be a better way of living than to live in constant fear of being brought in for questioning by the police. There must be a better and more consistent way of earning ones keep.

May the Lord help him and be there for him always.

May the Lord grant him the wisdom and courage to break this bondage.

In Jesus name, Amen.

Tulis shiok shiok je....

Salah satu penyebab kenapa minda sesuatu bangsa tidak dapat berkembang pada kadar yang sewajarnya berpunca daripada bahan bacaan seperti surat khabar dan majalah yang tidak berkualiti. Bahan bacaan umum kini telah mengabaikan fungsinya sebagai pemangkin kepada kehausan informas. Selain memutar belit kenyataan, bahan bacaan ini (dengan sengaja) tidak menyampaikan secara menyeluruh segala fakta mengenai sesuatu isu. Surat khabar kini tidak lagi berfungsi sebagai penyampai maklumat yang sepatutnya, sebaliknya ia berfungsi di luar kewajipannya sebagai satu alat untuk memanipulasi minda and pemikiran sesuatu bangsa. Bagaimana pemikiran di manipulasikan, terpulang kepada agenda dan kuasa disebalik institusi akhbar itu.

Akhbar sepatutnya bersikap objectif, dimana ia dijadikan satu medium untuk menyebarkan fakta sesuatu isu dan pandangan dari setiap sudut (samada kawan ataupun lawan). Pembacalah (dan bukannya penulis artikel) yang membuat kesimpulan yang sewajarnya daripada kenyataan seimbang yang disampaikan akhbar. Kini, generasi yang baru tidak lagi mempunyai pemikiran yang kritikal dan kemahiran untuk berfikir yang berdikari. Generasi baru kini terlalu mengharapkan kesimpulan yang disampaikan tiap hari di surat khabar dan di kaca tv.

Tanyalah generasi baru mengenai Palestine, mengenai perbezaan Zionisme dengan Yahudi, mengenai agama-agama lain selain agama yang dianutinya, mengenai Ketuanan Melayu, mengenai tentera US di Iraq dan lihatlah betapa berat sebelah dan sempit pemikiran mereka. Sememangnya bukan salah kebanyakkan remaja negara kita mempunyai pemikiran sebegitu. Minda mereka terbentuk dari pandangan tidak seimbang yang di tanamkan dari guru disekolah sehingga ke alam dewasa oleh media media arus perdana. Contohnya, pernahkah remaja sekarang berfikir sejenak kenapa askar Israel kerap sangat menceroboh kawasan penempatan Gaza? Saya yakin kalaulah remaja remaja sekarang diberi peluang memahami keadaan sebenar(seimbang) di Palestine dan Israel, kesimpulannya mungkin akan berbeza dan lebih tepat dari sekarang.

Masih ingat lagi, pada zaman persekolahan 90'an, dimana tiap pagi surat khabar yang dibaca saya adalah Utusan dan Berita Harian. Pada masa itu begitu benci kita kepada negara negara Barat. Kenapa benci? Sebenarnya sukar nak mengingati sebab sebenar perassan benci itu, tapi benci memang benci. Cubalah tanya Mahathir.

Lepas benci Barat, kita pulak benci US yang 'menceroboh' Iraq (padahal kita tak benci Iraq yang menakluki Kuwait dimana rakyat dibunuh and perempuan dirogol sewenang-wenangnya)

Oleh itu, saya ingin menyeru kawan kawan, samada yang Melayu, Cina ataupun India untuk memperluaskan pembacaan kita. Jangan kita terima bulat bulat apa yang tertulis diakhbar dan kesimpulan yang terlampau kebudakan dan sempit. Kita mesti melatih pemikiran kita untuk berfikir akan udang yang berada disebalik batu.

Bacalah kedua-dua petikan dibawah dan perhatilah cara penyampaian/penekanan yang berbeza oleh kedua dua surat khabar -

NST
Utusan Malaysia

Ham-Ba-Lang pun NAIK!!!

A good Sam Hui song on the current predicament of Malaysians...

Thanks for your COMPLIMENTS!!

Overly serious, too few photos, too little 'interesting' topic, too critical - these are the 'compliments' I receive from people around me. They would prefer me to put up more nice/interesting/wierd photos, discuss on nice place/food and write less on politics, social issues and religion.

Some are surprised that I am so bothered with the social situation in our country, some ask why am I so critical of others. emm...yea...i have to admit the topics which I blogs on are more on these issues. Maybe you guys are right, I should write more pleasant things, more cute photos and perhaps some updates on sales and promotion, latest movies ...anything that is not confrontational, not depressing, ... . . . . just nice.

Will try, but I will not stop myself to blog on issues which I feel extremely passionate of. Of course I would like to have more readers, but that's not my main priority. Here's a reward to those who have been complimenting me on my blog!!!! Click here!

Johor Bahru - My Hometown aka Cowboy town

I am mad, angry and full of hate. Damn it! When will it stop? I was driving to work when the DJ of MyFM criticised the police for their apparent primitive ways of solving crime. Instead of sketching out the looks of the 4 rapists, the police actually dump a few year collections of criminal photos and expect the rape victims to shortlist those inside. Needless to say, they were not able to and worst still, they come out totally confused. They now even have difficulty remembering those 4 faces after seeing so many thousand photos at such a short time. The DJ was real angry and feel that the police should have done better by filtering some of these pictures. Hey, what do you expect from these people? They would prefer to hide behind a tree or some bushes to catch some traffic offender and earn some pretty good amount of pocket money than to do some serious patrolling. It's their rezeki!

Johor Bahru used to be a peaceful, serene and above all a safe place. But recent events of gang rape and snatch theft has again reaffirmed it's tag of a crime infested city. Well, what else the city is infested with?

As a johorean, it's sad to know that the state police has not been performing. There are many things that JB can be proud of. For example, we have a flourishing prostitution and gambling ring which always have new girls from all over nations, we (used to) have the nation biggest nightclub, we have largest amount of illegal Indonesian, we have an economy that is comfortably dependent upon Singapore, we have a idiotic and inefficient MB in Abdul Ghani Othman, and we have the worst police force (by the way, the same goes to the whole nation).
For further reassurance, let it be known that the corruption tainted ex-ACA (Anti Corruption Agency) boss used to be the police chief of the state. By the way, how he got the job baffles me when he has corruption cases lodge against him prior to the appointment.

So who should be responsible for the current state of affairs in JB?
The police for their tidak apa attitude?
The immigration and marine police for not guarding our coastline against the influx of Indonesians?
The state government for depending too much on Singapore investment?
The high Sing Dollar which attracted many Ah Beng, Ah Seng from every corner of Malaysia to work in labour intensive jobs in Singapore?
These people commute daily from JB and they too are a source of problem as they bring along their group of triads and gangs from the villages. These people are just temporary visitor that wanted to earn as much as possible. As such, they don't give a damn to the environment and society they lived in. And often than not, most of them are involved in any illegal activities you could think off.

Is JB a good place to stay? It's a definite NO! And I am sad of it cause personally, I wanted to return to JB for good, soon. I fear for my gf, my future children and anyone that I cared for. My parents are still in JB and they can easily provide a personal account of snatch theft, car hijacking, and plenty of serious crime committed within their own small community.

The whole letter sounded negative and I understand there will be frens and brothers/sisters (in JB) that will disagree with me or even feel offended. I hope they would understand that it's not JB that I hate, but all the illegal immigrant, bad influences and anything that is alein to the city. But hey, anything that I can help in KL? Perhaps I can help to fling a stone towards the Seri Perdana at PutraJaya?

Here are some like minded Johoreans in TheStar Blog.

Short list of recent crimes in JB by blogger Scott Thong
Another list of crimes in JB from Sophie's World
More details on the case of ram and rape in Jalan Pontian - Johor Bahru road
The news in Singapore newspaper(The Electric New Paper) that went unreported in The Star (the paper without guts)
Sin Chew has a list of all these crimes in archive here.

Excerpts from the news that make me scream with hate and anger ...and of course frustration that I cannot do much....

From the case of ram and rape -

"....May stumbled to the main road and tried to get help.
Thankfully, five people on their way to supper saw the crying girl and stopped their car.
They called the police and ambulance - but were asked to call other police branches, as the robbery and rapes had taken place in different jurisdictions.
Said one of the good Samaritans: 'The boyfriend was lying on the grass bleeding... We waited for half an hour, and when no police came, three of my friends sent them to the hospital in the car, while two of us followed in a taxi.'
He said he felt sickened when they passed a toll booth just 500m from where they found the victims, and saw a police patrol car.
His parents went to a police station to make a report, but no action was taken.
The brother then drove to the Gelang Petah area himself to try to look for them.
He spotted a patrol car and flagged it down. He said he begged the three police officers inside to help search for the couple, but the officers were unmoved and later drove off.
A Johor police spokesman said the unfortunate situation had arisen because the robbery and rape took place in different jurisdictions.
He said that when the public call the police, they need time to ascertain the location and situation of the crime, and delays may result.
He said the matter would be investigated thoroughly...."

Excerpts from real life experience in Johor Jaya from a poster in The Star Blog -

"...Today my gf was robbed IN FRONT of her house in Jalan Bakawali in broad daylight (arnd 4.30pm) by two guys on a motorcycle. It happened when my gf was outside the house approaching her car when both the robbers ride in her direction and stop beside her. One of the robbers took out a long parang and placed it on my gf's face, "knocking" at her face to show that they were doing real "business" here. My gf, of course, feared for her life, just passed her bag to the robbers. All this happened within 1 min. For your information, when this incident took place, there were a number of people around the area. But as usual, they could only watched and do nothing while my gf's family members shouted very loudly for help. When the robbers saw my gf's family members running out, they didn’t nudge abit nor tried to flee. They just continued on with their "job". This shows how robbers today act without fear and as though it is right for them to do so. When my gf went to the police station to file report for missing documents, the officers over there just asked "Apa hilang?" (what's missing), "Mana" (Where it happened", "Pukul berapa?" (What time it happened).
That's all. Later, it followed with a statement, "Cik, ini case biasa-lah. Tak boleh tangkap punya, nasib la." (Miss, this is normal, there is no way for us to catch them, just your luck). Yes, that's how our MALAYSIAN police do their jobs. That's their kind of attitude that makes the robbers more "invincible" as they know no one will come after them. WIll all this problem end by increasing their salary, providing more police station and patrol car, increasing police in johor... i sincerely doubted it. ............."

Just hope this will be reported big in Malaysiakini

A breath of Fresh Air

The writer of the letter below, together with Malik Imtiaz Sawar and Haris Ibrahim (just to name a few) are, but a minority in Malaysia. To make a stand like them amid the deafening voice of the majority is literally like rubbing Vicks on any night with a bad cold.

Here is the article which Azmi Sharom wrote and highlighted in Malaysiakini -

Islam is not about anything as crass as power by Azmi Sharom
Jun 4, 07 3:34pm
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This letter is a reaction to the decision of the Federal Court in the Lina Joy case. Taking heed of the prime minister’s concerns, I have two unemotional points to make. Firstly the Federal Constitution should guarantee the rights of all Malaysians to choose their religion. Secondly, this issue of apostasy in Islam is far more open to interpretation than what the orthodoxy claims.

Article 11 of the Federal Constitution is very clear. Every person has the right to profess and practice his religion. They can propagate it as well if they want unless the state laws say you can’t propagate to Muslims. It is also clear by Schedule 9 of the Constitution that whatever Islamic laws that we have is to be made by the state legislature (with the exception of the three Federal Territories).

These Islamic laws are to be judged by the Syariah courts, whose jurisdiction is only over persons who profess to Islam. The types of Islamic laws that the state legislature can make and that Syariah courts enforce are also listed in Schedule 9. To summarise, they cover issues of family, inheritance and the administration of Islamic institutions and charities. There is no mention at all about apostasy.

Where then does the state legislature get the authority to punish Muslims who declare that they wish to leave the religion? Where does it say in the constitution that you can fine, jail or ‘rehabilitate’ people who have chosen to believe differently? This ‘authority’ comes from a line in Schedule 9 that says states can make laws punishing Muslims who act against the ‘precepts’ of the religion. I must repeat here that apostasy is not expressly mentioned, therefore everything hinges on the question as to what makes up the ‘precepts’ of Islam.

The constitution is not any mere legal document. It is not like an ordinary contract where you can have express terms and implied terms. It is a guarantee that the government and the law will not take away our fundamental rights as a human being. As such, it is unacceptable that a right as vital as the freedom of religion can be taken away with anything less than an express clause saying in no uncertain terms that this can be done.

Justice Ahmad Fairuz, in his judgment, made the point that one can’t leave one’s religion on a whim and religious bodies would naturally want to have procedures to regulate this. This may be true, especially in this country where being Malay by definition means being Muslim and if one were to renounce Islam then legally speaking one can’t be Malay. Therefore all the special Malay privileges won’t apply to you any more. In that sense, I can see the logic of having some sort of system to determine whether a person is a Muslim or not.

However, that process, if it must exist, must by necessity be purely administrative and automatic. It can not and must not be punitive. Because once it is punitive as it is in this country, (after all leaving Islam can mean imprisonment) in effect you are denying a person their freedom to choose their religion as enshrined in Article 11.

The opposing argument to mine is that conversion out of Islam clearly goes against the ‘precepts’ of the religion. Apostasy is a crime that has to be punished. The degree of punishment ranges depending on which Islamic scholar you wish to quote, but the harshest is execution.

This is not a universally accepted view. The Koran, after all, does mention the lack of compulsion in religion. The verse does not come with explanatory notes as to the extent of this statement. There are opinions that say it means no compulsion to join the religion, but once in, there are compulsions aplenty, one of which is that you can’t leave. There are others that say that it means exactly what it says, you can’t force religion on anyone and that once this is done religion can have no meaning. Furthermore, the Koran does not prescribe any worldly punishment for apostasy. Therefore this entire issue is the result of human interpretation of the Koran. It is thus surely open for debate.

Let me provide an example of how changing times and values have affected how Muslims view the verses in our holy book. The Koran is ambivalent about slavery. It does not say that slavery is a sin. Neither does it encourage it. But there are verses that describe what one can do to one’s slave. In this day and age, you would be hard pressed to find a Muslim who will say that slavery should be reintroduced. Yet it seems to be allowed in the Koran.

I am not being facetious. I do not believe that Islam, taken as a whole, encourages or even condones slavery. The verses were meant for a particular time in history when such practices did occur. But the point here is that if the values of the ‘ummah’ can change to the point that practices which are allowed in the divine Koran won’t be accepted anymore, why then can’t we do the same for what is essentially the mere opinion of human Islamic scholars on the issue of freedom of religion?

Often, when the view is put forward that there is no compulsion in Islam and that if a person wants to leave they should be allowed to, there are the usual cries that such attitudes are the result of liberal, Western influenced minds. In all honesty, that is probably a fair ‘criticism’ of someone like me. However, Abdurrahman Wahid (Gus Dur), the Indonesian cleric and ex-president as well as the mufti of Al Azhar in Egypt are just two examples of people who also share this view. They can’t possibly be described in the same way.

At the end of the day it is simply quite cruel to not allow someone to believe what they want to believe. It is not a decision made lightly and as can be seen in Lina Joy’s situation, one that can lead to misery and heartache. Just as I am sure many converts into Islam face misery and heartache from their respective community. It’s hard enough to face being ostraciced from family and friends without having to face legal persecution as well. When faced with two contesting human opinions on the ‘precepts’ of Islam, one which is harsh and one which is merciful, I choose the latter.

Religion is one path towards personal peace and spiritual fulfilment. It is also something which depends entirely on faith. Even if the religion is a ‘way of life’, a term commonly used to describe Islam; it still needs belief and faith. How can one be forced to follow a ‘way of life’ if one simply does not believe in it? Once the element of force comes into the picture, be it in the form of fines, imprisonment or ‘rehabilitation’, then religion ceases to be about the spiritual and becomes instead a matter of power. I can not accept that the religion I was born into and my children are raised in is about anything as crass as power.

And it is my right to believe that.

Lina Joy, we salute you...

A sad day for Malaysia indeed. For many, the day passed like any other day. Quite a number of my frens are not bothered at all on what transpired at the Federal court. Most are just busy with their daily life, making more money to do whatever they wanted to do. Such is the attitude of most Malaysians, 'tidak apa' or couldn't care less attitude.

One of my fren even suggested that Lina Joy's boyfriend convert to islam if he loves her. My boss mentioned that he is not bothered with the verdict, only those so called 'religious' people like me are overly concerned about it. To me, he is religious too, just that he 'faithfully' believes that there's no God at all in this world. It's ironic that he didn't see through it. While he always cited science and the concept/theory of evolution, he just forget that all the advancement and findings in science has up to now has, in no way disapprove the existence of God entirely. More on that on other day.

The main issue here then is about religious freedom, about the maintaining a secular Malaysia, about the supremacy of the Federal Constitution.

If you think this is about Muslim affairs which has nothing to do with us, non-muslims, then you are wrong. The tide of islamisation is rising. If we have the intention of not moving to a higher ground (migrate) then we should find ways to stop the rising tide. Stops whatever you are doing and ponder on things around us, look at how islamisation is creeping into each and every aspect of our life.

• Look at how the Bodohwi gave his approval on forcing non-muslim policewoman wearing tudung,
• Look at how the syllabus for the History in secondary school are altered from World History and Civilisation to only Islamic Civilisation,
• Look at how the religious officers snatch bodies that they suspect to be muslims without even showing the necessary prove,
• Look at how families are torn apart by the islamic authorities when one party is an unwilling muslim,
• Look at how they try so hard to encourage others to convert through various devious ways and means,
• Look at how much a sense of justice they display - a perverted one though,
• Islam in Malaysia.

There will be more write-ups in Malaysiakini, and in MalaysiaToday, but my opinion is that it will be very difficult to stem this rising Islamisation of every spheres of our life, if non-muslims fail to see the significance of this ruling today.

If by the time one feels the stings and discrimination of being a non-muslim, it may be too late to do much. We can only reap what we sow if we make an effort to remove what we do not want to reap.

Remember this -

"The road to Auschwitz was built by hate, but paved with indifference."

Sir Ian Kershaw


Lina Joy, we salute you for your steadfastness in your faith, and courage. We salute you for daring to challenge the establishment to seek the God given justice. Whether justice is served or otherwise, we know you have utilised all God given strength and faith to do your the best.

It's not the destination, but the journey that counts. You have run a good race.

God bless.

Reports on Lina Joy in Reuters

Lina unhappy with decision

Judge:It's illegal and unreasonable

More reading...

Download Judges written judgement on Lina Joy here

May 13

I still remember when my parents caution me not to mention anything about May 13 for fear of being charge by the police. That was during my primary school days. For many years, what really happen during May 13 was never documented, nor did we studied it in our history classes.

All I know was that during May 13, the Chinese is being slaughtered in Malay dominated areas and the same thing happen to the Malays in Chinese areas. Right until now, we still get advised from our old ones not to purchase any house in a Malay dominated areas. I couldn't understand the fear and insecurity, especially when I have always mixed with other races pretty well and even my Father have and continue to make friends with the Malays. So what is May 13?

We were living at Salak South Garden during those times. My mother was back home after work while my father is on his way to Klang. Little did she knows that he will not be back for the day and many days later. While riding his Vespa, he was slashed at the abdomen by a group of Malays. He falls off and was pulled to the road side to die. It seems that when he regain consciousness, he make his way to the nearest police station. He was lucky to survive the incident. Until now, the scar is still very much obvious, a 1.5 feet long scar across the obdomen. According to my mum, my father health was never the same after that episode. I can imagine the agony of my mum waiting for the return of my dad and the lack of news for subsequent few days....

That was trying times...

Right now, there are news that the May 13 book will be banned... I hope not, and I will be the first to grab a copy once the second print is out...

Based on what the leaders of our country are doing, based on what the ulamak is preaching at the mosque, I would not be surprised that a similar trajedy like May 13 will revisit us in not too distant future.

Already all the mainstream papers and TV station is owned by the ruling political parties. Already the lay man is brainwashed with the constant state propaganda. We have so many corrupted and oppurtunistic politician. We have a toothless Anti Corruption Agency, Election Commision and we even have a manipulative Son In Law. Just check out the New Strait Times and you will his face appearing again and again on a daily basis. Any Ali, Ah Kau or Raj will know that he is trying to build an image of Malay ultra.

And then we have religious leader like Perak Mufti, the Harussani fella. Perhaps you would question how I know what they preach at the mosque since I don't attend any...well.....come to my place and you will hear the sermon loud and clear. Not satisfied with the load broadcast for azan, they even broadcast their sermon. So much hate, so much kafir mengkafir.

Thank God that I am not born a Malay in this country, Thank God I am not force to follow a religion where the Prophet has such a violent and vicious conduct. Thank God that I am not oblige to defend a religion which has so many injustice recorded in it's Holy Book.

Click here for the Wafa Sultan debate...


Updates 21 May 2007, 11.45am
Checked with Popular Bookstore, Ikano. The stock has not arrive yet. According to Malaysiakini, the second print of 5000 copies should have reach the shelves by now. Wonder if it will reach the bookstore at all.
Checked with Borders, The Curve. They said it was banned, not selling it. Emm...it was not banned! Not officially. These people have no guts!

Updates 22 May 2007, 06.23pm
The book is AVAILABLE at Popular Ikano Power Center!!!! Yeah baby yea.....

Updates 22 May 2007, 09.51pm
Bought 3 copies.....hurray!!! While leaving Popular, I notice an old apek was walking to the cashier with at least 10 of these books on hand...
By the way, not many copies remaining on the rack, but it seems there are plenty more in the store.

Read here on how the KDN fella 'rampas' 10 copies without paying!

FYI, we can still get it online in Malaysiakini....through the KiniBooks

Musings by Marina Mahathir II

The way we were

Thursday August 24, 2006

MUSINGS
By MARINA MAHATHIR

ONCE in a while, and getting more often these days, I get into a state of mind where I start thinking of where else in the world I might want to live. It’s been surprisingly hard to think of anywhere that would really suit me. I thought Bali would be nice but hard as it may be to believe, I think I would tire of lying around in a sarong getting massaged all day. Few other nearby countries appeal very much. Besides, if I’m going to be so close by, I might as well stay home.

I can’t think of any country in the West I’d really like to live in either. Sure I’ve visited many and have enjoyed those trips. But living there is another question. I could never live in the United States or Britain without every day wanting to tear my hair out at the idiocies of their governments. Nor could I live in Australia if I have to suffer listening to Howard every day. South America where I’ve never been has some appeal. Might be fun to learn to tango in Argentina.

The point is ....I really can’t think if anywhere I’d like to live in except Malaysia which is and has always been home. I love many things about this country, most of all the fact that it is multiracial and multireligious. I’ve said this before but when I used to live in very homogenous Japan, coming home felt like going from a black-and-white movie to a colour movie. It was so great to see so many different types of faces, hear so many languages, eat so many types of food each and every day. I like the easy lifestyle and my many friends. Why would I trade all this in for countries where I would always be considered an alien?

The thing is, in my darkest moments, I don’t recognise this country as the one I call home. I see increasing segregation among the different races in schools and universities and I worry about what Malaysia our young will inherit. Will it be the Malaysia that is a role model for multiracial harmony everywhere or will it be some other Malaysia where people get away with saying the most racist and supremacist things as if it was their right to say so?

I listen to some of our politicians and religious figures and I wonder whether we should call them Malaysians at all. (But then one poll says that some people identify themselves by religion first and nationality last.) Some people are even saying that the whole foundation of this country, the Constitution, is wrong. I reckon that’s not much different from burning the flag really.

I’d feel better about it if our leaders were protecting the idea of Malaysia with more gusto. On the contrary, I see the same leaders playing to the gallery. It would be nice if it was a gallery of tolerance and respect but it’s one of hate and suspicion. It’s one where everything is a zero-sum game; if you get it, I lose; therefore I have to get it so that you’ll lose. Win-win? They think that’s a Burmese name.

I grew up in a Malaysia where people cared enough and didn’t care enough. They cared enough about their neighbours to help when needed, but they didn’t care about their neighbours’ private business as a matter of respect. Now everybody wants to poke their noses into everyone’s private business, including into the impossible-to-verify one of personal faith. As a result, people take on the shallowest accoutrements of faith just to keep busybodies at bay. Even that is not enough for the sanctimonious sharks. They need blood, and cutting off chicken heads won’t be enough.

You can almost feel a near-hysteria in the air that, for some people, their country is being threatened by some kafir poltergeist. But then their “country” is one that comprises only one type of people, practises one religion exclusively, tolerates no diversity of opinion nor discussion, assumes the moral superiority of only one race and condescendingly tolerates the existence of others.

Their country is one where they wouldn’t dream of going into the home of someone of another religion, let alone eat with them, where the slightest thing is a threat to faith and therefore should be banned, where thinking is deemed satanic, where judgments are made on people at the smallest excuse, where people who are cruel, moralistic and sanctimonious are lauded as heroes of the race, where lies are blatantly told to get around everything.

I don’t know about you but that sad and confusing place is not my Malaysia. For Merdeka this year, I’d like to have it back please.

Marina has her blog here......

Too sick to go home, and Too poor to get better!

Got this from Lim Kit Siang blog

Lim Kit Siang may be a political figure, but let us read this article from the point of view as a citizen of this country and what can we do to improve the situation or alleviate(缓和) the sufferings of these people. These people could be our friends, neighbours and relatives....Let us pray hard that WE can do something to directly help people like these...

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“Product of the System” has written up two these real-life tragedies encountered as a government doctor in Sabah on the occasion of the 49th National Day, followed by reflections.....

A 46-year-old Dewan Bandaraya worker was admitted for progressive, generalized weakness associated with a severe inflammatory rash(激动疹). Unable even to swallow saliva, nasogastric feeding was started on complete nutrition formula milk. As investigations were carried out to clinch a diagnosis, she developed severe hospital-acquired pneumonia(肺炎) which scarred her lungs extensively.

Due to a severe shortage of beds, the patient was discharged prematurely(过早地) although she was still bedridden and unable to swallow. Her husband was told that he would have to buy the milk for nasogastric feeding on their own, estimated to cost RM 60 per tin, which should last about a week. A low-ranked clerk in the civil service, he pleaded for goodwill to prevail, that the milk be provided free as they were already unable to cope with the increasing cost of living. He was told however, that he would have to go through the social welfare, the application process of which would take some time. In the meantime however, they would have to go home empty handed. Bed-ridden but without a wheel-chair, disfigured but not disprited, too weak to even enter their humble, rented shophouse home, she was sent packing without her only source of nutrition.

A 39-year-old mother of six young children presents with severe pneumonia secondary to multiple sclerosis(多发性硬化症). Paralysed from the neck down, she had Grade III bed sores(床痛处) from prolonged immobilization (延长 钳制) . Her chests were hardly expanding due to diaphragmatic fatigue(疲劳) but she otherwise mentally alert and sharp.

The doctor-in-charge started antibiotics but... immediately pronounced DNR– do not resuscitate (不要复苏). It simply means that intubation (插管法) was not to be attempted should her condition deteriorate(恶化). One reason behind this rationale (理论基础) was due to the severe shortage of ventilators (通风筒) in the hospital. The family was advised to purchase an oxygen machine as well as a special mattress to prevent further bed sores. At the mention of the amount, the patient’s husband, a lowly roadside hawker, reacted in shock as there was no way they could ever afford to pay. Referral to social welfare was made, but due to “limited funds”, their appeal was rejected. One month and a half later, she lies there still in the ward – too sick to go home, and too poor to get better. Too tired to continue fighting an incurable illness and too weak to express herself in full, she mustered her remaining strength and begged to be euthanised(无痛苦的死亡) which, in a sense, is exactly what we are doing – because of a supposed lack of funds in an oil-rich nation.

I can’t imagine what goes through the minds of faceless Malaysians when Abdullah Badawi declares prosperity and justice for Malaysians great and small every 31 August.

There are families too poor to take a bus ride from the hospital back to their kampong and politicians who throw tantrums (投掷勃然大怒) in public because they were only offered “some useless cars” from the Customs Department.

Our special schools for special children are miserably pathetic yet the ruling feudal masters feel that a RM 490 million sports academy is of greater urgency.

Our teachers, lecturers, and healthcare workers are overworked, understaffed and underpaid but we somehow have RM 600 million annually to organize the great Malaysian summer camp a.k.a National Service.

Even as the monkeys in UMNO bersilat, brandish their keris and sound the battle cry annually, snatch thieves wield their daggers and rob the lives of innocent Malaysians on a daily basis.

We have UMNO Youth parading on the streets proclaiming (宣告) support for Hamas and Hizbollah, but no one to champion the plight of the pak cik debilitated from stroke and cancer.

The cops arrest couples for holding hands in public and crackdown on sincere, dissenting voices but “close one eye” when BN warlords contemptuously ignore their traffic summonses and fan racial and religious sentiments in mainstream media(主流媒介).

The BN government spends millions to “re-train” unemployed university graduates after spending years brain-washing them with the nebulous UMNO agenda and thereafter expects them to perform in the real world.

We have laws criminalizing hardworking family physicians while un-taxable illegal immigrants live off the fat of the land without fear of being apprehended and deported.

Our local citizens wait for months for an ultrasound scan while Project M citizens have no qualms paying for a RM 20,000 angiogram.

The stupidity and ignorance of the current UMNO leadership is best exemplified none other by the Putera UMNO chief’s vain attempt to “re-brand” daredevil Mat Rempits, even as hundreds of them are bed-ridden in our hospitals with vertebral fractures and amputated limbs, and countless more putrefying quietly in the graves of the soil of Malaysia.

The dearth of sound leadership has never been more conspicuous as now. “Di mana tiada helang, kata belalang akulah helang”. As Malaysians of all colors and creed daily face the threat of choking haze, violent crime, drug abuse, HIV, diabetes and a disproportional rise in living costs, it seems that the only issue that UMNO is concerned with is a non-existent Sino threat to its obsession with Ketuanan Melayu.

As I sit here wishing to do and earn more as a government doctor, something tells me that a young man my age is wishing to have more than a RM 9.1 million and to be more than the Prime Minister’s son-in-law. Somewhere else, however, I am reminded of a lady yearning to sweep the filthy streets of Kuala Lumpur like she used to and another who be eternally grateful just to breathe on her own, even if the air is hazy.

Selamat Hari Kebangsaan ke-49, saudara Pak Lah dan Khairy.

Need your ideas...

Hi all,

Been thinking for some time on making use of my limited electronic knowledge to build some kind of tools that would assist the elderly or the handicapped. Maybe I shouldn't sound so noble...let's just say, tools that may help us by automating certain task so as to make our life easier or maybe safer? Ok, this is the objective. Now I need your input on this. Write to me if you have any sort of ideas that we can brainstorm on.

For example -

Tool 1
I have started to use the IDD card to call back home in JB. To me the dialing of all those 1800 numbers with the id is pretty straightforward. But these simple procedure could be pretty daunting for the elderly. So perhaps we can automate this process and provide a single touch button for the parents to make a cheap distant call to the son or daughter. This is still in preliminary, and it may seems not practical too. So need your input on this. Are there any of you that have the knowledge of certain people not being able to make these types of call?

Tool 2
Personal alarm. Perhaps we can make a cheap alarm for the elderly that stays alone in the house. We can think about how the alarm can be activated. Perhaps, by the touch of a button which could be in several places of the house (toilet, kitchen, rooms, etc)? Or it could be activated by motion(lack of) detected in the house for a predefined period? And once activated, perhaps we can think of the method of notification? Let say, through a miss call to a preprogrammed handphone number? Siren? Lights?

Errr... what else? Of course there are many other considerations which may include the cost, its usefulness, and whether I am capable of turning the idea into a finished product (feasibility studies).

Please bear in mind that this is not an attempt to solicit ideas from the public. But it would be great if there are some really good ideas coming from these and some industrious and hardworking entreprenuer happen to pick up the ideas and send it to China to mass produce, resulting in a product 10 times cheaper, why not?

Musings by Marina Mahathir

Can't help it, I just have to keep a record of this article and what's better way than to blog on it! It's so comforting to know there are other Malaysians who think and feels very much like myself with the recent developments in our country...

This is from the article Musings by Marina Mahathir in the Star
Wednesday August 9, 2006

Limitations on speech Musings: By MARINA MAHATHIR

I MUST say that I am at a loss as to what to write about this time. My head is full of things but no ideas come for this column.

For the past 17 years or so, I have written about all the things that I care about; women’s rights, children and young people’s rights, censorship, HIV/AIDS, politics and politicians and more recently, the impact of harsh and rigid interpretations of religion on our people.

In the past few years, I’ve felt that I’ve become a bit of a grump so occasionally I try and lighten the mood by talking about something relatively trivial. But the many people I meet or who write to me have encouraged me by saying that what I write about resonates greatly with them, that I somehow say things that they have been thinking about but don’t feel they can say.

I’ve never felt constrained in talking about whatever got my goat that fortnight, except by the need to be civil and my 800-word limit. Not everyone would agree that I’m always civil; certainly my editors have been known to edit out a line or two where they thought I have been a bit too irreverent about some people in authority, particularly those inclined to wear white robes.

But now I don’t know what to write about. I had wanted to write about how the environment in our local schools is turning out little racists (including my daughter) but I guess I can’t because that’s sensitive. I thought also of writing about how I’ve become addicted to reading blogs recently but then lately, the Internet and the blogosphere particularly have been deemed seething hellholes of lies and misinformation so I can’t talk about that either, at least not in the bastion of truthfulness, the mainstream media.

I’d like to talk about my religion and how self-appointed defenders have painted it as one that so lacks compassion, ignores justice and fairness and promotes inequality between men and women and between those professing it and those not. But then some people have cited me as one of those who really should not be allowed to talk because apparently I give the country a bad name. I guess people who storm forums, write untruths, scream and shout at people with different opinions give a better image of our beloved country. So I can’t talk about this either. So what can I talk about? I don’t really know anymore. I guess the only safe things to talk about these days are cooking, celebrity gossip and fashion perhaps. None of which I am interested or good at writing about. Should I migrate to the cyberworld? But then, writing my column online would be like waving a red flag to all the keyboard-happy can’t-think-of-anything-nice-to-say-about-anyone lot out there and I really would rather not have a life more stressed than it is already.

Sometimes I have to remind myself that life is mostly about the mundane; getting up every day, sending kids to school, buying groceries, sending the car for servicing, that sort of thing. It would be great to be able to just get on with these, if one’s mind doesn’t get distracted by worries and concerns about what sort of country, now approaching its 50th year, my children will grow up in.

I look constantly for little glimmers of hope, that in fact, everyone in this country has to get on because we are so dependent on one another. But it would be nice if we could be inter-dependent comfortably, better still warmly, and with mutual respect. I don’t understand why I and some of my friends who have always spoken respectfully of everyone are the ones being censured while the ones who are blatantly being supremacist are not. How the world has turned upside down!

There are countries less advanced than us, like Pakistan, where people have a lot of space to say what they want. Some here may argue that that’s why they are not as developed as us.

On the other hand, there are also countries more advanced than us who also give people plenty of leeway to criticise, complain and argue. Many developing countries are also finding that the road to progress is bolstered by providing the many freedoms that their people hunger for, including that for speech.

We on the other hand are trying to emulate the least progressive countries, and are actually proud of it. I don’t know how given current circumstances, which admittedly are not new, we are going to take our place in the world. Unless the world is about to implode, in which case it’s a moot question. What a cheery thought!

Marina has her blog here...

Not for me to prove it, but for you(gov) to deny it

Thought long abt whether to post this or not. Anyway, my blog is too insignificant for people to take notice. Got this mail from a fren of mine, most of the claims are well known 'talk behind closed door' issues, although the figures needs to be substantiated.

Although many things mentioned here are true to a certain extent(sadly), it gave a very race serving (as in self serving) account of things. In my humble opinion, all the advantages supposedly enjoyed by our Malay friends are limited and overrated. To me the politicians with their excuse of NEP took a whole chunk from other races but only gave crumbs to those of it's own race. The only thing it succeeded was creating suspicions and uncomfortableness between different races. And this will be the fuel it needed to run the country. As long as the present gov discriminate the minorities, as long as the gov succeeded in creating the false impression that the majority is benefitting, as long as M'sia not united, the current UMNO will always be relevant. I guess when they do the annual Hidup UMNO, that's what in their mind.

What I do worried now is what will become of our country in 20 years from now? Should we make plans to emigrate so as to allow our children to live in a society with no official discrimination? and that they could easily mingle with other races?

Will things change for the better? We can only pray...

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(words in Blue are mine)

Introduction: Malaysia, a multi-racial country? There are three major races in Malaysia which are the Malays, the Chinese and the Indians. The highest political position in the Malaysia government is that of the Prime Minister. Prior to Malaysia achieving independence, the Malays worked as road-builders, the Chinese worked in the economic field and the Indians worked in the agriculture field. During the Independence Period of Malaya, there was an agreement that the Malaya Government signed with the British; only Malaysians who were born in 1900 to 1940 would know of.



This agreement contains one major criterion that had never been exposed to the citizens of Malaysia. This major criterion is that the Malaysian Prime Minister should be changed every 5 years in an election. Every 5 years the Prime Minister should be of a different race from the previous. But this changed due to the racism massacre which occurred on 13th of May 1969. And so the subject of rotating the Prime Minister by race was discontinued. History that we know of now today, only mentions that the agreement between Malaya with the British is that the Malays should have the political power while the Chinese SHOULD be satisfied with their commercial monopoly.

And today this is what’s happening in Malaysia:-

These lists cover a period of about 49 years since Independence Day in Malaysia (1957):
(1) Out of all the 5 major banks in Malaysia, only one bank is multi-racially-controlled, the rest are controlled by Malays.
(2) 99% of Petronas (the only petroleum company) directors are Malays, and the former Prime Minister works now as a Consultant for Petronas.
(3) 3% of Petronas employees are Chinese.
(4) 99% of 2000 Petronas gasoline stations are owned by Malays.
(5) 100% contractors working under Petronas projects must be of "bumi's status" (Malay).
(6) 0% of non-Malay staff are legally required in Malay's companies. But there must be 30% Malay staff in Chinese companies. And big companies in Malaysia need a Malay holding director status with 51% stake. This means non-Malay owned companies need to give their property to the Malays. And non-Malay citizen can't really own their business.
(7) 5% of all new intake for government police, nurses, army, are non-Malays.
(8) 2% is the present Chinese staff in Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF), dropped from 40% in 1960.
(9) 2% is the percentage of non-Malays government servants in Putrajaya (Malaysia main government office). But Malays make up 98%.
(10) 7% is the percentage of Chinese government servants in the whole government (in 2004), dropped from 30% in 1960.
(11) 95% of government contracts are given to Malays; even if it is an open tender. Non-Malay contractors who tender the lower price and use better materials are unable to secure contracts
(12) 100% of all business licensees are controlled by the Malaysian government e.g. Taxi permits, Approved permits, etc. and all these licenses are given to government officers and their families.
(13) 80% of the Chinese rice mills in Kedah (north of peninsular Malaysia) had to be sold to Malay and are controlled by Bernas (Government Org.) since 1980s. Otherwise, life is made difficult for Chinese rice millers.
(14) 100 big companies set up, owned and managed by Chinese Malaysians were taken over by the government, and later managed by Malays since 1970's e.g. UTC, UMBC, MISC, etc.
(15) At least 10 Chinese-owned bus companies (throughout Malaysia, throughout 40 years) had to be sold to MARA or other Malay transport companies due to rejection by Malay authorities of Chinese application for bus routes and rejection to their applications for new buses.
(16) 2 Chinese taxi drivers were barred from driving in Johor (South of Peninsular Malaysia) Larkin bus station. There are about 30 taxi drivers and only 3 were Chinese in October 2004. Spoiling taxi club properties was the reason given.
(17) 0 non-Malays are allowed to get shop lots in the new Muar (city in south peninsular Malaysia) bus station (November 2004).
(18) 8000 billion ringgit is the total amount the government channeled to Malays’ pockets through ASB, ASN, MARA, privatization of government agencies like Tabung Haji etc, through NEP over 34 years periods.
(19) 48 Chinese primary schools closed down since 1968 - 2000
(20) 144 Indian primary schools closed down since 1968 - 2000
(21) 2637 Malay primary schools built since 1968 - 2000
(22) 2.5% of the government budget goes to Chinese primary schools. Indian schools received only 1%, Malay schools received 96.5%.
(23) Chinese parents with RM1000 salary (monthly) cannot get school-text-book-loan, but Malay parents with RM2000 salary are eligible.
(24) 10 public universities’ vice chancellors are Malays. And high positions in universities are held by Malays. If non-Malays want to form a political party, there is no way to get approval.
(25) 5% - the government universities lecturers of non-Malay origin had been reduced from about 70% in 1965 to only 5% in 2004 with the reason Malaysia Education Ministry will only give full support to Malays only.
(26) Only 5% is given to non-Malays for government scholarships over the last 40 years.
(27) 0 Chinese or Indians were sent to Japan and Korea under the "Look East Policy".
(28) 128 STPM (High Study / A Level) Chinese top students could not get into Medicine course (in 2004). Malays without qualifying results are accepted.
(29) 10% spots for non-bumi students in MARA science schools beginning from year 2003, but only 7% are filled. Before that it was 100% Malays.
(30) 50 cases whereby Chinese and Indian Malaysians, were beaten up in the National Service program since 2003.
(31) 25% Malaysian-Chinese make up the population in 2004, dropped from 45% since 1957.
(32) 7% is the present Malaysian-Indian population (2004), a drop from 12% since 1957.
(33) 2 millions Malaysian-Chinese had emigrated to overseas for the last 40 years citing reasons of unfair politics, etc.
(34) 0.5 million Malaysian-Indian had emigrated to overseas.
(35) 3 millions Indonesians had migrated into Malaysia and became Malaysian citizens with bumi's status.
(36) 600000 Malaysia-Chinese and Malaysian-Indian with "red I/C" (a temporary identity card) were rejected repeatedly when applying for citizenship for the last 40 years. Perhaps 60% of them had already passed away due to old age. This shows racism of how easily Indonesians receive citizenships compared with the Chinese and Indians.
(37) 5% - 15% discount for a Malay to buy a house, regardless of whether the Malay is rich or poor
(38) 2% was what Chinese new villages received compared with 98% of what Malays villages received for rural development budget...
(39) 50 road names (at least) had been changed from Chinese names to other names.
(40) 1 Dewan Gan Boon Leong (in Malacca) name was altered (e.g. Dewan Serbaguna or sort) when it was being officially used for a few days. Government tries to eradicate the use of Chinese names from year 2000.
(41) 0 temples/churches were built for each housing estate. But every housing estate MUST have at least one mosque/surau built.
(42) 3000 mosques/surau were built in all housing estates throughout Malaysia since 1970 with full government support. No temples, no churches built in housing estates are supported by the government.
(43) 1 Catholic Church in Shah Alam took 20 years to apply for construction. But told by Malay authority that it must look like a factory and can't look like a church. Still not been approved since 2004.
(44) 1 publishing of Bible in Iban language banned (in 2002)
(45) 0 of the government TV stations (RTM1,RTM2, TV3) are directors of non-Malay origin.
(46) 30 government produced TV dramas and films always showed that the bad guys had Chinese face, and the good guys had Malay face. You can check it out since 1970s. Recent years, this tendency becomes less.
(47) 10 times, at least, Malays (especially Umno) had threatened to massacre the Chinese Malaysians using May 13 since 1969.
(48) 20 constituencies won by DAP are not able to get funds from the government for development. Or these Chinese majority constituencies would be the last to be developed
(49) 100 constituencies (parliaments and states) had been racist re-delineated to dilute Chinese voters so that Chinese candidates, particularly DAP candidates lose in election since 1970s
(50) Only 3 out of 12 human rights items are ratified by Malaysia government since 1960
(51) 0 elimination of all forms of racial discrimination (UN Human Rights) is not ratified by Malaysia government since 1960s
(52) 20 reported cases whereby Malay ambulance attendance treated Chinese patients inhumanely, and Malay government hospital staffs purposely delay attendance to Chinese patients in 2003. Unreported cases may be 200
(53) 50 cases each year whereby Chinese, especially Chinese youths are beaten up by Malay youths in public places. These cases may be unreported.
(54) 20 cases every year whereby Chinese drivers who accidentally knocked down Malays were seriously assaulted or killed by Malays
(55) 12% is what ASB/ASN (Malays Own banks) received per annum while bank deposits are fixed at only about 3.5% per annum.


And there may be more cases that have yet been discovered..

So, if any Malaysian read this mail and got extra opinion please add into this mail and forward to everyone who feel this is unfair to other race in Malaysia.

Your forward mail will be much appreciated.

FIGHT FOR YOUR OWN RACE….

Thank you,

From,
Malaysian Race Humanity 2006
Malaysian_humanity@yahoo.com

- although i can vouch for certain points raised by the writer, it is pretty obvious the writer has his own agenda in mind while writing it. And IMHO, he badly needs some lesson in biology(if he doesn't believe in God the creator) or in theology. The fact is, either way, the chances of us sharing the same ancestor a few thousand years back are practically 99.99%.

Apology for the misinformation on the sms on Saturday

Would like to apologise for sending an sms on sat night regarding the Lina Joy verdict. It was send to me by several friends of mine.

I have my reservation on the content of the sms itself and yet decided to edit part of the sms and resend to everyone. The first thing that prompts me to suspect its validity is that it mention 'tommorow is the verdict', when tommorow is actually a Sunday. And then the initial sms mention on the 10,000 strong protest on Friday. Now, i know about the protest, but I remember it was not about Lina Joy, at least not specifically.

Finally the original sms mentioned that there are 250,000 muslims waiting for the verdict and will apply to be apostate once the Lina Joy case is successfull. Again, as far as i know, the most exaggerated figure is around 100,000 as mentioned by the Perak Mufti, nowhere near 250,000. Even the Perak Mufti is unable to back up his claim when asked on how he arrived at the 100K figure.

It's pretty obvious that the sms is being very judgemental and trying to fan religious emotion. And yet, I choose to relay it to all i know after some editing. For that, I would like to apologise again.

Have a good day ahead.

God bless.