I do not know who Awang Selamat is, but he keeps haunting me, claiming that I've owed him something!Other than banks, I don't think I have owed anyone anything.All the things I've had, from the birth certificate when I was born, to the car I bought at the age of 22, and my house at 30... have all been acquired in a clean way, including my self respect.
Moreover, because I do not know Awang Selamat at all, as I said earlier, how could I possibly owe him anything?But in an article entitled The Malays are betrayed published on Utusan Malaysia recently, Awang Selamat said Chinese Malaysians were immigrants, and were indebted to the Malays.I am a Chinese Malaysian, one in the six million. He said the Chinese owed this and owed that, and as a Chinese, I can't help but ask: "What have I owed you?"
Some more, I am not an immigrant. My birth cert and IC, along with all the documents of my assets point to the fact that I am a rightful Malaysian citizen.The Constitution protects my status, my rights as well as my properties. If I've done anything against the laws, I will be bound by the Malaysian laws, like anyone else.Of course, I can say proudly that I have paid my income tax and owes not a cent.
Moreover, I have never betrayed my Malay friends. We treat one another sincerely and fairly.
When my old friend Ghaffar buys me teh tarik, I'll get him nasi lemak in return, even though nasi lemak is twenty cents more expensive than teh tarik.But that's not because I feel I'm indebted to him; neither do I think he's trying to take advantage of me!
Right, Awang said Chinese Malaysians were getting more and more demanding, and racist, after the general elections last March.What demands, or should I say what excessive demands, have the Chinese voiced up?Scholarships? Land titles? Chinese primary schools? Democracy? Equality?
All I know is that these are reasonable requests from each and every citizen. As long as they are eligible, they should possess them.It has nothing to do with race.If we are denied of these things because of skin colour, then we must fight for them. This is not racism either.
Although I have no idea who Awang is, I know he is hiding under the protective net of Utusan Malaysia.He may be an individual, or a group of individuals. And he may have his own hidden agendas for his displeasure with Chinese Malaysians.A lawyer friend told me, it was an act of sedition just to brand ethnic Chinese Malaysians as immigrants, and that the police should probe the incident.
Or perhaps there should be someone making a police report, in particular those who claim they represent the six million Chinese Malaysians. (By TAY TIAN YAN/Translated by DOMINIC LOH/Sin Chew Daily)
Moreover, because I do not know Awang Selamat at all, as I said earlier, how could I possibly owe him anything?But in an article entitled The Malays are betrayed published on Utusan Malaysia recently, Awang Selamat said Chinese Malaysians were immigrants, and were indebted to the Malays.I am a Chinese Malaysian, one in the six million. He said the Chinese owed this and owed that, and as a Chinese, I can't help but ask: "What have I owed you?"
Some more, I am not an immigrant. My birth cert and IC, along with all the documents of my assets point to the fact that I am a rightful Malaysian citizen.The Constitution protects my status, my rights as well as my properties. If I've done anything against the laws, I will be bound by the Malaysian laws, like anyone else.Of course, I can say proudly that I have paid my income tax and owes not a cent.
Moreover, I have never betrayed my Malay friends. We treat one another sincerely and fairly.
When my old friend Ghaffar buys me teh tarik, I'll get him nasi lemak in return, even though nasi lemak is twenty cents more expensive than teh tarik.But that's not because I feel I'm indebted to him; neither do I think he's trying to take advantage of me!
Right, Awang said Chinese Malaysians were getting more and more demanding, and racist, after the general elections last March.What demands, or should I say what excessive demands, have the Chinese voiced up?Scholarships? Land titles? Chinese primary schools? Democracy? Equality?
All I know is that these are reasonable requests from each and every citizen. As long as they are eligible, they should possess them.It has nothing to do with race.If we are denied of these things because of skin colour, then we must fight for them. This is not racism either.
Although I have no idea who Awang is, I know he is hiding under the protective net of Utusan Malaysia.He may be an individual, or a group of individuals. And he may have his own hidden agendas for his displeasure with Chinese Malaysians.A lawyer friend told me, it was an act of sedition just to brand ethnic Chinese Malaysians as immigrants, and that the police should probe the incident.
Or perhaps there should be someone making a police report, in particular those who claim they represent the six million Chinese Malaysians. (By TAY TIAN YAN/Translated by DOMINIC LOH/Sin Chew Daily)
Source: http://www.malaysianbar.org.my/general_opinions/comments/do_i_owe_you_anything_encik_awang_.html
2 comments:
the chinese & indian here in malaysia are co-owners of the country. they are not lodgers or licensee.
after all, is they any true and genuine malays in malaysia. don't get offended but here is the established facts as per the lineage of our prime ministers:
1. tunku abdul rahman, allmarhum's mum was from siam (thailand)
2. tun abdul razak, descent of bugis, sulavesi
3. tun hussein onn, origin of turkey
4. tun mahathir, grandparents form kerala, india
5. tun abdullah, maternal grandfather was from guandong, china
6. najib, same as his father, origin of bugis, sulavesi
mind you, many more with such foreign origins:
1. rais yatim, origin of minangkabau
2. hishamuddin tun hussein, same like his father, descent of turkey
3. syed hamid albar, origin of Arab
4. nor mohamed yaakob, bugis like najib
so, can anyone claim themselves to be pure malay with un-mixed blood lineage from their family tree?
if not, why insist to call the chinese and indian as 'pendatang'. the malays are also 'pendatang' just that they are an earlier 'pendatang'
*parameswara who founded the malacca sultanate was a hindu prince from palembang.
even former selangor menteri besar dr. khir toyo is not a pure malay!!! his father's name is Joyo @ Toyo Erodikromo, a pendatang from java. even a person with indonesian origin can become menteri besar. please be reminded that the selangor sultanate was founded by bugis from sulawesi.
can any malay claim himself to be a pure malay in selangor thus entitling him to call the non-malays as 'pendatang'. please step forward with proof!!!
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