tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743253625608807450.post3306089786636860245..comments2023-09-15T22:59:58.951+08:00Comments on Salt, Pepper ANd a little Kicap (SPAnK): Utusan Menyalak 'Melayu Dikhianati'... Lagi...Simon Templarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03880417499690433688noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743253625608807450.post-75870711482513442622009-06-05T10:24:55.313+08:002009-06-05T10:24:55.313+08:00Do I owe you anything, Encik Awang?
In an article...Do I owe you anything, Encik Awang?<br /><br />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.<br /><br />By TAY TIAN YAN/Translated by DOMINIC LOH/Sin Chew Daily<br /><br /><br />I do not know who Awang Selamat is, but he keeps haunting me, claiming that I've owed him something!<br /><br />Other than banks, I don't think I have owed anyone anything.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Moreover, because I do not know Awang Selamat at all, as I said earlier, how could I possibly owe him anything?<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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?"<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Of course, I can say proudly that I have paid my income tax and owes not a cent.<br /><br />Moreover, I have never betrayed my Malay friends. We treat one another sincerely and fairly.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />But that's not because I feel I'm indebted to him; neither do I think he's trying to take advantage of me!<br /><br />Right, Awang said Chinese Malaysians were getting more and more demanding, and racist, after the general elections last March.<br /><br />What demands, or should I say what excessive demands, have the Chinese voiced up?<br /><br />Scholarships? Land titles? Chinese primary schools? Democracy? Equality?<br /><br />All I know is that these are reasonable requests from each and every citizen. As long as they are eligible, they should possess them.<br /><br />It has nothing to do with race.<br /><br />If we are denied of these things because of skin colour, then we must fight for them. This is not racism either.<br /><br />Although I have no idea who Awang is, I know he is hiding under the protective net of Utusan Malaysia.<br /><br />He may be an individual, or a group of individuals. And he may have his own hidden agendas for his displeasure with Chinese Malaysians.<br /><br />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.<br />Or perhaps there should be someone making a police report, in particular those who claim they represent the six million Chinese Malaysians.Simon Templarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03880417499690433688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743253625608807450.post-78167134744463495322009-06-02T18:54:29.486+08:002009-06-02T18:54:29.486+08:00this is all DPM has to say. what else do you expec...this is all DPM has to say. what else do you expect anyway?<br /><br /><br />Just a slap on the wrist for Utusan from DPM<br />By Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani<br /><br />PETALING JAYA, June 2 - Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin issued a mild rebuke today against Utusan Malaysia for calling non-Malays immigrants, urging the Umno-owned newspaper to instead show greater respect and understanding toward all races in the country.<br /><br />The deputy prime minister was commenting on an article published last weekend by the Sunday edition of Utusan Malaysia, Mingguan Malaysian. The column by Awang Selamat referred to non-Malays as “Kaum Pendatang” or immigrants, and also asked if the sacrifice of Malays has been betrayed by non-Malays.<br /><br />“You have to respect the position of every race in the country. Those who have been accorded proper citizenship, irrespective whether they are Malay, Chinese or Indians, is provided for in the law and constitution. So, whoever it is, I do hope that there has to be better understanding, whether or not it is Utusan,” he said.<br /><br />The article made reference to the rights of citizenship given to non-Malays before independence, comparing Malaysia to other countries which according to the weekly had rejected their immigrant communities.<br /><br />The article also quoted former MIC president Tun V.T Sambanthan as comparing Malaysia to Burma, where the Indian community had been forced out.<br /><br />Muhyiddin pointed out that such articles are irresponsible and goes against the government’s 1Malaysia concept. He said that it is important that the media should preserve a good sense of judgment.<br /><br />“We are talking about Malaysians of all races working together in unity. That is very important because we do not want to create unnecessary problems among ourselves. We must treasure the good relations that we have developed among each other and we must continue respecting each other,” he added.<br /><br />Utusan Malaysia had over the past week ratcheted up racial tensions by running daily stories criticising calls to allow former communist leader Chin Peng to return to Malaysia, linking it to what the newspaper says are moves to question Malay rights.Simon Templarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03880417499690433688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743253625608807450.post-3362715712769623942009-06-02T11:28:05.584+08:002009-06-02T11:28:05.584+08:00Simon: If he doesn't understand, too bad. Not expe...Simon: If he doesn't understand, too bad. Not expecting him to anyways. His head is filled with hatred towards others of different skin colour and arrogance that he is a son of the soil. <br /><br />If Awang only knew that nobody had a choice of what race they are born into. It's not my bloody fault that I'm born into that category of race that he hates so much.Da Maniachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06940780864906209084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743253625608807450.post-33779350996188798012009-06-01T16:10:29.301+08:002009-06-01T16:10:29.301+08:00eh maniac, kenapa tak tulis dalam bahasa melayu? a...eh maniac, kenapa tak tulis dalam bahasa melayu? awang mungkin tak faham nanti.Simon Templarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03880417499690433688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743253625608807450.post-52919465687681595902009-06-01T15:09:31.694+08:002009-06-01T15:09:31.694+08:00Well said Simon. Zaid Ibrahim also wrote about Awa...Well said Simon. Zaid Ibrahim also wrote about Awang Selamat's unfounded article. <br /><br />Awang Selamat is trying to stir some sh*t as per what the UMNO people wants in order to 'unify' the Malays. Racist? We'll he don't need to write about racist... all he needs to do is for him to look in the mirror and also re-read his own article.Da Maniachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06940780864906209084noreply@blogger.com