{"id":6877,"date":"2010-09-27T17:34:32","date_gmt":"2010-09-27T09:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/?p=6877"},"modified":"2010-09-27T17:36:39","modified_gmt":"2010-09-27T09:36:39","slug":"be-friends-with-si-mata-sepet-and-si-botol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/borninmalaysia\/2010\/09\/27\/be-friends-with-si-mata-sepet-and-si-botol\/","title":{"rendered":"be friends with Si Mata Sepet and Si Botol"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yet another seditious statement<\/strong><\/a>? I’m not sure if the program is a government event or if the person is speaking in official capacity (God help him if he did!).<\/p>\n

At the very least, the person mentioning (implying) a religious places in bad faith, is not fit to be a person of\u00a0 any faith.<\/p>\n

I’m really not concerned on who rules the country, as long as its the best person(s) for the job. That’s what right-thinking person would think, I suppose.<\/p>\n

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National Civics Bureau (BTN) deputy director <\/span><\/strong>Hamim Husin today proclaimed Malay rights as a mandate to rule the country amid a spike in Malay rhetoric.<\/p>\n

Former premier Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad recently warned Malays that they would lose power if Pakatan Rakyat (PR) took control of Putrajaya.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe rights of Malays, is to rule the country. Simple,\u201d Hamim told Puteri Umno delegates in a closed-door function today.<\/p>\n

\u201cMalays must unite in the face of threats,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The BTN Federal Territory deputy director cited an example where the Malay ruling party failed to act during a purportedly seditious demonstration by non-Muslims in Kuala Lumpur a few years ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Hindus marched to Parliament to send a memorandum. They, like Hindraf (Hindu Rights Action Force), are groups that spread sedition,\u201d said Hamim. [is marching to Parliament to send memorandum seditious????<\/strong><\/span>]<\/p>\n

\u201cWhere was the political party then?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n

About 30,000 protestors from the Hindu non-governmental organisation Hindraf had rallied in the city in November 2007 to submit a memorandum to the British embassy, where they demanded for the Queen\u2019s Counsel to represent sidelined Malaysian Indians.<\/p>\n

Today, Hamim underscored the importance of Malay unity in view of a possibility that snap polls may be called as early as next year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe general election is coming soon. If there is still disunity, we cannot have events like this… where we can say what we want,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Last Tuesday, Dr Mahathir said the Malays were not aware of the political threat facing them as they were divided into three groups (PAS, PKR, Umno), where no one group could obtain a percentage of Malay votes that can secure power for the community.<\/p>\n

He also claimed that the political marginalisation of the Malays had already become a reality in PR-controlled states even though those administrations were led by Malays.<\/p>\n

The former Umno president, who still commands widespread influence among party members and the larger Malay community, pointed to the former PR mentri besar in Perak Datuk Seri Nizar Jamaluddin as an example of how Malay politicians had been sidelined by PR.<\/p>\n

Dr Mahathir also implied that a Chinese or an Indian could become prime minister if PR took federal power because there was no constitutional restriction on race for the position.<\/p>\n

Today, Hamim also urged Puteri Umno to make sacrifices in a bid to defend Malay rights.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the context of Malay rights, don\u2019t just demand for your rights. You must ask, \u2018what must I sacrifice to defend my rights?\u2019\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Hamim stressed that the Malays could not rule the country without co-operating with the non-Malay communities as each citizen only carried a single vote.<\/p>\n

\u201cMalays cannot rule the country by themselves. That\u2019s why we make friends with the MCA and MIC,\u201d he said. [Wow! call them names, and yet want to be friends???<\/strong><\/span>]<\/p>\n

\u201cThe \u2018si mata sepet\u2019 that has never gone to a mosque or surau only has one vote. The \u2018si botol\u2019 that only knows how to go up to Batu Caves up and down only has one vote,\u201d said Hamim, using apparently derogatory terms to describe the Chinese and Indian communities in Malaysia. [This is racial profiling. It can be also constituted as hate crime because inciting the audience against some particular race. Racism essentially means you claim your race is the best (or better) and\/or denying others their rights based on race. So, not sure if the statement is racist. However it can be seditious because it mentions Batu Caves, a religious place for Hindus.\u00a0 Also, I know of some “mata sepet” who goes to mosque and surau. Hekc, there are few hundred millions of them in China! This guy may be in very, very deep trouble]<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cSo Puteri Umno must make friends with youths who are not Malays,\u201d he added. [f<\/span><\/strong>alse friendship? can we generalise and say, steer far away from Puteri UMNO now?<\/strong><\/span>]<\/p>\n

He also exhorted Puteri Umno to recruit youths born from marriages with foreigners into their party.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are many foreigners who have children here. Their daughters and sons who have turned 18 should be in Puteri and Putera Umno,\u201d said Hamim. [you mean those married to Indonesians, Bosnians, Pakistanis, Indians, Iranians, Nigerians, Middle East folks, Americans,\u00a0 etc.? Looks like the “Malay” blood becomes quite diluted.<\/strong><\/span>]<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are losing them… thousands of them. You should be collecting them and network with them,\u201d he added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yet another seditious statement? I’m not sure if the program is a government event or if the person is speaking in official capacity (God help him if he did!). At the very least, the person mentioning (implying) a religious places in bad faith, is not fit to be a person of\u00a0 any faith. I’m really […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[117,112],"class_list":["post-6877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-borninmalaysia","tag-crime","tag-discrimination"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6877"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6878,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6877\/revisions\/6878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}