1Malaysia even more hollow now

Muhyiddin, the second in command in UMNO made a huge bobo last week when he exclaimed he is Malay first and Malaysian second after being challenged to support 1Malaysia concept. Inexplicably the PM defended this absolutely braindead statement, apparently saying this does not mean you are not fully supportive of a 1Malaysian concept (I guess Malays just are more 1 than the rest).

Let's look to what was said and analyze it, Muhyiddin said that he is Malay first and Malaysian second.How then can you be for a unified nation that is color blind and welcoming to all religions? If he is malay first he will fight all changes that takes away benefits to the Malays and equalizes the standing in society. Would you take away your families privileges and give to your neighbor?

If 1Malaysia is to have any chance of success (not that I believe it's anymore than a PR stunt to attract Indian and Chinese voters) then all proponents need to be Malaysians first and nothing second. As long as the goverment keeps preferential treatment for Malays and insists of dividing themselves from 45% of the population there is no chance of success.

In a predictable move the PM blamed the person questioning Muhyiddins sincerity to try and drive a wedge in their relationship. Sure I can understand since Muhyiddin is the "kingmaker" by ousting Abdullah but seriously, how is anyone to take the concept seriously now?

The whole shift from looking at UMNO sincerity to the "kill the messenger" has been seen before, remember Tan Hoon Cheng? The Sin Chew Daily reporter that got taken by the police under the ISA for reporting what UMNO member Ahmad Ismail said at a political rally.

Obviously it is just illegal to report that a UMNO member mentions that the Malaysian-Chinese are squatters, not to actually say it. In addition, Ahmad never apologised for the comment but rather defiantly tore up pictures of chinese leaders, great stuff Ahmad, that's the stuff of 1Malaysia...

On a sidenote, Ahmad was barred from competing in elections for three years and got kicked off his political job. However in a turn of event that surprises absolutely no one, Ahmad's suspension got lifted recently. Apparently the PM want's to have people that really embodies the 1Malaysia concept front and center.

Now, we could just say, sure, he can contest but the elections are far away, yet again we can then see UMNO's real commitment to 1Malaysia when the whole political organization simply resigned to give Ahmad a clear path in to politics again!

Najib is in for one major faceplant!
















Lastly I just want to say as long as Malaysia's politicians are talking about Malay's, Malaysian Indian's and Malaysian Chinese there will be no healing or progress. As long as the goverment records race and religion there will be no brotherhood. As long as a roti cennai is 1 RM there will be no escape from poverty.

If Najib is serious about unity then he should drop everyone that is in favor of Malay rights over Malaysian rights! As long as he accepts this Malaysia will remain an apartheid state.

Kartika, pardon?

You remember Kartika, the divorcee that had a beer at a hotel in Malaysia?

The sultan of Pahang has commuted her sentence for drinking that beer from caning to public service, one can wonder if this is really what Kartika wanted. When she was sentenced by the Sharia court and convicted of drinking alcohol she stoically said that the caning should be public.

We all know what happens if that caning had been done publically, the outcry from everyone except UMNO officials would have been deafening. While UMNO is trying to portray themselves as a party for everyone they have turned amazingly fundamentalistic when it comes to local islam. The Sultans in Malaysia are usually more sensible, as we could see from the strikedown of the fatwa against yoga.

Of course, the whole system of being born into a religion you can't leave, that has a parallell legal system you can't challenge or change democratically is ludicrous but used extensively to keep the bumis in line. UMNO's lip service to OneMalaysia is of course only a PR stunt to try and regain votes lost to PKR from last election. Not even the second in command believes in the initiative, yes you Muhyiddin!

Anyway, I had hoped that the caning would have been performed on Kartika but I guess I should not want that unless I get caned first. What is really absurd with this whole story is that while the Kartika affair was ongoing three other women got caned, you know what they got caned for?

The three women had sex out of wedlock, one couldn't find her father in time to get married before giving birth, one had a stillborn and the third simply had a baby. They got caned for giving birth to children while not being married, how stupid is this? Where is the crime? Why wasn't the fathers punished?