Wednesday, July 21, 2010

THE MALAY RIGHTS – IN THE EYES OF THE IGNORANT

Off late my e-mail has been clogged by forwarded messages from a friend of mine, Datuk Jamaluddin Mansor who gave us the privilege of being our guest writer in The Patriot a couple of times before.

Quite a number of forwarded articles by the good Datuk have irked my emotions and disturbed my routine reading them, but I think this classic one needs responding to.

It is an article by a certain Shaik Rizal Sulaiman on Malay Rights. There are some Malays who think this way. Some of them are either true to their beliefs being ignorant or just trying to be different going against the grain being a Malay hero (read: popular) amongst the non-Malays making them instantly famous around the non-Malay blogs and write-ups.

Allow me to be presumptuous by responding point for point to this gentleman exercising the right to my views just as he has done his. This topic has risen several times before without a satisfactory response from UMNO either because their second line leaders are too deep in their comfort zone or their lack of comprehension in the English language whether spoken or written. Yes, as my Company Chairman once witnessed, one Minister couldn’t even tell the difference between a Security Company and the Securities Commission. So we shouldn’t be all too surprised.

Please refer to the numbers in white ink under the writer's paragraphs for my responses.

Many Thanks & Salam Perjuangan!
TPJ




Stick To Your Roots



Or Learn to Lick Boots

Malay Rights – by Shaik Rizal Sulaiman

The Malays are 'technically' in power governing the country but it is alsothis same controlling group that demands the right to correct economic
imbalances and disparities for its own race.

1. We are COMMANDING the right to correct economic imbalances and disparities for our own race because it continues to persist.

What does this say about the 'majority governing' Malay race for the last 50 years? I dare say that most Malaysians (regardless of race) below the age of 40 would like to see all opportunities be spread amongst those who deserve it on *meritocracy.*

2. Even through loose observation, one could witness that in the last 50 years, we have succeeded in narrowing the disparities despite being pressured by the non-Malays with all sorts of means be it legal or otherwise in acquiring and begging for projects from some of their corrupt Malay Political Masters. As far as meritocracy is concerned, what would you say when a qualified Malay applies for a job in a Chinese institution or company only to be told that the position is no longer vacant based on the colour of his skin when it actually hasn’t been filled? What would you say when you are qualified for a job except for the fact that speaking in Mandarin is compulsory applying for the same in Malaysia? Is that meritocracy enough for you? Are you even shocked that matters of this nature exist? Do you think if by an unfortunate stroke of bad luck, we wake up one morning under Chinese rule, you as a qualified Malay would be given a cushy job having being discriminated upon by them even while being under Malay rule today?


We do not need the keris anymore to tell others to be careful of what they say and do because in the survival of the fittest, the keris is of verylittle relevance!

3. With due respect Shaik, if someone told you that your mother was servicing two males from Bangladesh from both her ends all at the same time in the back alley of Chow Kit Road, would you still maintain that he needn’t be careful with his words even if it was the truth? I’m sure even a crooked fork would look relevant then, wouldn’t you say? You may say that I am being personal, but Heck! This IS damned personal to the Malays who know their history and have served long in the local workforce, enough to know that even the fittest can get tripped halfway and fall on their faces. Do you think that this is a game that we can afford to lose and start again? This is not a play station where you can press reset every time the game is over. This is life! It is only by chance in birth that we were born in a country that gives us the advantage. Only fools give up a ready advantage and if you are working in Europe or the US, you’d know well enough to keep quiet while you’re one up. No one in corporate Europe or the US would give back what he thinks is unfairly his. College degrees and business theories are worthless in the real world. In La La Land that you wish to live in, perhaps one would give up an advantage, be honest to oneself and his neighbour and live happily ever after. In the real world, they’re happier getting a better life even if it means having to step on peoples’ toes. That is a fact and if it’s good enough in a Capitalistic market in the West, good enough for the non-Malays here, it should damned well be good enough for us, thank you very much.

If we continue to hide under the 'bumiputera' tempurung as most Malays havebeen in the last 50 years or more, the catch-up game will just get harderand the gap wider.

4. The Bumiputera Tempurung is the one that probably helped your grandfather put your dad through school and perhaps is even responsible to turn you into an intelligent Malay lad who has turned on the very policy that has benefited members of your family. If in the last 50 years, although we have narrowed the gap, we have still not reached our target. Wouldn’t it defy logic that we would catch up without it as you have carelessly put it?

If we continue to expect without earning it, we will never learn how to be arace that succeeds on merit. *There is NO substitute for merit*. The Malay politicians continue to shout about Malay rights and bumiputera rightsbecause the very nature of our local politics is sadly racially biased.

5. Well said from a Malay intellect who fails to realize that, with our local politics being racially biased as you suggest, it is essential and on merit that we maintain our stand as the Chinese and Indian parties are even more chauvinistic in their stand to defend their race. Do you presume that we are to stand down while the other parties maintain their hard position? How do you think we managed to get contracts drilling for oil in other parts of the world? Do they have the NEP for Malays there too? Whose company drills there? Ah Chong Oil and Gas company Ltd? NO It’s PETRONAS run by the MALAYS and we achieved it through meritocracy! I’ll have you know from personal experience that I am currently working with an all Bumiputera team which bought an overpriced company from a Chinese party that couldn’t work the business at all although it has monopolistic characteristics. In just four months, for the first time in 8 years, we’ve managed to rehabilitate and transform the outfit into a full-fledged working reception plant and started earning revenue while cleaning the environment performing National Service. Would you now like to check our blood to determine whether we are pure Malays?

In this day and age, a great nation is built upon joint success stories,meritocracy and the combined hard work of its people WITHOUT any fear orfavour of racial biased politics governing our daily policies. Sadly, the Malay politicians have ended up completely corrupt, racialists, twistedreligious fanatics.

6. Please name one nation which precisely reflects our multiracial country that practices equal rights where the people work “WITHOUT any fear or favour of racial biased politics governing their daily policies.” I can name one in the South but they not only live in fear of the Government, they are darn-right TERRIFIED! Some Malay politicians are corrupted but not the entire cast. If the Malay leaders are religious fanatics, the I.S.A. today, wouldn’t be filled with terrorist suspects with intentions to terrorize the infidels whom we are protecting. Also, you imply that Chinese or Indian politicians are pristine and corrupt-free? Have you not read how one MCA minister took free private jet rides from a certain company who was also allegedly accused of taking millions from a certain party to finance his entire political party? Yes, the case may have been dismissed but that is either because the witnesses changed stories halfway through or disappeared into thin air. As one easily perceives Malay politicians to be corrupt, one can equally perceive the others to be the same too once an allegation emerges.

I am below 40 and as much as I love the 'idea' that Malaysia is tanah tumpahnya darah orang Melayu, I can't help but also feel that this countryis for ALL Malaysians alike including the Chongs, the Kumars, the Xaviers,the Singhs & Kaurs etc who were born on the same day in the same hospital asme here in Malaysia.

7. Well spoken, very noble indeed. Perhaps Shaik, you should learn your history and analyze their behaviour and attitude when they are at an advantage over us. Refer to the Bintang Tiga and prior to May 13th when they behaved atrociously vulgarly antagonizing the Malays in their kampongs when they won an election. The Malays will be sympathetic towards their cause at times but THEY will give no quarters back whatsoever to the Malays when it is the other way around. It is not about you being born together with them in this blessed land that gives them the same privileges as you. No one is forcing you to accept the helping hand from the Malay government. It is there for the needy. When I was in junior school, I was given a form to fill to apply for free text books. My father asked me to reject it in fear of depriving those more deserving pupils whose parents couldn’t afford it. They included even the poor Indians and Chinese too, not only the Malays. This country my dear chap is for all Malaysians alike. No Indian or Chinese can live better and easier lives in a country other than Malaysia. If they can, they would have shipped out long ago. Those who are left here complaining are the losers who are just as lazy as the Malays you so happily refer to.

If we feel that WE (the Malays) deserve this country more than THEM , thenWE (the Malays) should have shown them a long time ago that we deserve the'control all' status. *We have to earn it.* The policies FAILED because the very concept of Malayrights or the NEP/DEB is like a double-edged sword. On one hand, it aims toeradicate wealth disparity but on the other, it has made the Malaysoblivious of what reality is. Our (Malays) success is only reflected in the'perceived' political power which today can collapse in a matter of minutes.I would also like to see my children succeed in their country, Malaysia, for reasons that true success should be based upon, which are merit and hardwork and NOT because they are Malays or bumiputeras. For as long as the Malays don't see this, there is very little point infighting for Malay rights..

8. We as Malays have earned it. It was the Malays who fought for Independence. It was the Malays who were generous in allowing the aliens to be given full citizenship and share the wealth of this nation. You are implying that the Chinese are the only ones qualified and are successful in running a business establishment. Tell me then, who runs Petronas? Who drills offshore under the name of Petronas in a score of countries around the world earning the nation more than we do draining our own fields? What about our banks and other successful institutions like the Tabung Haji, which is well known amongst the Islamic world for its organization and business acumen? What about the Permodalan Nasional Berhad and even Sime Darby (before Musa Hitam and his CEO) which have generated billions allowing us to send hundreds of thousands of students abroad to study on scholarships and giving the majority of the rural folks a better living? Who turned this country into a car producing nation which has sold millions around the world creating thousands of skilled Malay workers in a sector which was jealously kept within the Chinese community before this? Is it the Chinese and Indians who run these establishments? NO! They are MALAYS! It escapes me what is causing you to have this skewed vision towards the Malays.

It just makes us look more ridiculous. We have taken this notion of being privileged a bit too literally in that it now simply means we want this country and its fruits all for ourselves without accepting theresponsibilities that come with it. I blame the MALAY politicians for thisbecause we want to only fight the cause without strategising for the truesubstance and need of the cause.* We have been given fish all the whilewithout being taught how to fish.*

9. Like you, I too am a Malay but I don’t know where you get your facts from thinking that every Malay is taking fine advantage of these privileges. I’ll have you know that I worked at the Stock Exchange through school and paid my tuition fees abroad without a cent from the Malaysian Government. Yes there were those who abused it but there were many more who didn’t. Those non-Malay students who studied abroad could have had their fees paid by their fathers some of whom bribed their way to success. They didn’t have to compete with equally competent Malay companies because their meritocracy was CORRUPTION! Yes, the Malay politicians may have been corrupted, but by whose hands?! It takes two to tango and it’s not Malay all the way in that department, I assure you. By saying that “we have been given fish all the while without being taught how to fish” I’m presuming that you were one of the lazy Malays who were at the receiving end getting fish. I can say with much pride, that I, like many other Malays I know, was never given the “fish”, and those institutions and establishments I mentioned two paragraphs above were the “boat” given to the Malays to fish in deep waters so that their generous catch can be evenly distributed among the needy.

It's funny how two different generations can be so diverse in their thinking and the recent elections proved just that... We are no longer concerned withracial problems but more so the never-ending Malay agenda issues. The rakyathas spoken and the landscape has drastically changed. Is this changewelcomed? Is it good?

10. Yes the Rakyat has spoken, and even though the landscape has changed because of the the government’s decision to engage the youths and allow more freedom of expression, which they have learnt to take for granted but are unable to handle today, they have forgotten that the current and old government is still the choice of the Rakyat. The change is very much welcomed so that the opposition party who’ve been very good at criticizing, will have the chance to display either their ability or DISABILITY to lead us all. In recent months, they have been proven to be 1. Liars, ( Sept 16th change of Federal Govt which didn’t happen), 2. Scandalous, ( An assembly-woman was intimately involved with a married person and celebrated her right to commit adultery forgetting that being a politician, she became public property and ceased to have a private life, then went on a holiday deceiving the daft section of the Rakyat into thinking that she was serious about vacating her seat only to come home and have her resignation offer rejected ) 3. Corrupt ( receiving sexual and monetary favours in return for decisions favourable to the benefactor). 4. Non-transparent and irresponsible ( Allowing officers charged of corruption to continue to serve instead of being suspended like the ruling party does in similar circumstances.) 5. Abusive with power. (cows and car accessories for the MB’s constituencies and private motor car at the expense of the State Government) 6. Internal bickering, attacking one another within the party trying to dislodge their own colleague from the Menteri Besar's post.(this is the disease they might've caught from UMNO) 7. Allow the Chinese to “sub-contract” the MB's post (by default) to a Malay but follow their orders to the "T" in the running of the State, and a lot more but we'll be here till Ramadhan if I continued.


The answer is 'NO'. Because we,the Malays, have been caught with our pantsdown - we are not ready to compete on any level playing field (we can't evencompete on advantageous grounds!). Even with three or five more continuingpolicies for Malay rights or bumiputera privileges over the next 50 years,we will still be in exactly the same position as we are in today.

11. If we are in the same position in 50 years to come, that means we haven’t completely failed because while the gap may not have narrowed down, it has not widened either and under the current scenario, everyone gets to eat and live healthily in Malaysia. So what’s your problem with that?. Even today, we are living under meritocracy. Malay contractors have to compete with the Chinese and are losing out because the others are more generous corrupting high officials compared to the Malays. You must have a fetish for the non-Malays to think that they are the ones who built this nation single-handedly and fairly. Might I remind you that even the highways you travel on across the Peninsula were built by Malay companies.

The truth hurts and the truth will always prevail. And the truth of what'sto come will NOT go away. I am cynical perhaps because I feel that Malay rights is NOT relevant anymore.

12. Yes, you can bet your last earned Ringgit that the truth does hurt. And when it smacks you hard on the face that you were wrong about all races being able to look beyond the colour of their skin, no cream or ointment in the world would be able to heal your backside because by then, the situation will be irreversible. We may give up our rights to be equal, but are you willing to bet on your children’s lives (not future but lives) that the others will do the same? Do you really want to give them the benefit of the doubt my noble friend?


The right to be safe, to be treated fairly, to have a world-class healthcare
and education, to enjoy equal prosperity, to have good governance, to livein a clean environment and to be war-free is what I want for my Malaysia.NOT for MY race to be artificially powerful.*

13. Please wake up and stop quoting from some American Presidential campaign pamphlet. I’m a Malaysian and I feel safe. There is no other country in the world where you can enjoy food and beverage in town over 24 hours without feeling safe. Name me one country other than Malaysia! It’s as fair as anywhere in the world if not better. My Chinese friends are coming back to Malaysia although they still maintain homes abroad because they suddenly discovered that the grass isn’t as green as they thought it was down under and in Europe. Their skin colour may be overlooked but their eyes can tell no lie (no pun intended). We may not have a world class health care program for the rich and famous but the normal man in the street (this includes the poor non-Malays) can still be treated as an out-patient which costs a mind blowing ONE RINGGIT at any Government hospital! Can Australia, Britain or even the mighty United States of America beat that old boy? You are asking us to be War Free? Where the hell are you writing from? The Gaza Strip?

If we want the Malays to fail, then by all means continue the fight for Malay rights.. Go and polish your keris..

14. Hmm….It’s like saying if you want to fail in your exams, by all means continue studying. Go and burn the midnight oil. Those last sentences by Master Shaik Rizal Sulaiman has convinced me even more that we will need to defend the New Economic Model because he surely won’t make the cut in the world of total Meritocracy.

ps.

In recent months we have seen the Syariah Courts allowing quite a few Malaysto exercise their rights to a third or fourth wife. Fair, the guy may beable to provide for the financial & conjugal needs of his wives. However,question here is when he has a dozen kids, will he be able to provide adecent education and life to his kids or will he demand for his 'Rights' forsubsidy and aid and be a burden to the govt and society.

14. It is not the right of the Malays to take on up to 4 wives. It is the right of Muslim men who can afford it and are willing. Being ignorant, you may ask many questions. Perhaps if you do a proper survey, you will find that not even 1 in 1,000 Muslim men have 4 wives in Malaysia. Perhaps in your view, committing adultery too would be a better way out in order not to burden the government too much. Like the NEP, although the right and privilege is there, not all Malays and Muslims choose to exercise it. The government doesn’t give aid like the UK gives out dole benefits to the unemployed. Scholarships and aid are given to those children who are straight “A” students from poor families. I’m sure that would be a burden the government is happy to bear. Why would you make it sound as though every Malay gets benefit for nothing? Your prejudicial views against the Malays negate your sincerity for the same.

We Should All Be Grateful that We Are Living In A Country Where We Are Intelligent Enough To Be Rewarded For Our Hard Work Reflecting Our Intelligence Regardless Of Colour Or Creed. Imagine If We Were In A Country Where We Are Equally Intelligent But Still Have To Hold 3 Jobs To Live A Fair Life! Just Look Down South And Count Our Blessings. For The Young Malays Who Think They Are Hip In Wanting To Sound Liberal, You Can Stop “Polishing The Keris” And Prepare To Polish Alien Boots!

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

"The right to be safe, to be treated fairly, to have a world-class healthcare
and education, to enjoy equal prosperity, to have good governance, to live in a clean environment and to be war-free is what I want for my Malaysia.NOT for MY race to be artificially powerful.*"

This fler "sounds" more like a chinese singaporean than a Malay Malaysian.

He should know that the red dot does not REALLY practise meritocracy. The army is not "open" to Malay personnel. Salary and Performance Bonus are CONFIDENTIAL - which means one can hide any hanky panky in promotional exercise.

Ahmad can work his butt out only to have Ah Meng getting the top performance bonus SECRETLY.

This shaik fler should remember that the word 'clan' comes from the chinese and 'pariah' comes from the indian.

Reflect on the significance. The 2words show they practice discrimination.

Shaik is licking the chinese/indians boots.

P.S. where i'm working, the Malays are HIGHLY qualified (true grit and hard work) BUT only a handful are in management positions

Anonymous said...

MALAYS HAVE A DEFAULT RIGHT AS PER CONSTITUTION AND THE KING UPHOLDS IT BUT I ALSO BELIEVE THAT WHILE WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE THIS RIGHT, WE SHOULD NOT BE SLEEPING ON IT FOR THIS PREVENTS US FROM BEING A RACE THAT IS FEARED MORE FOR OUR MERIT AND THANKS TO 2008 ELECTION, EVEN OUR RIGHTS "THEY" DON'T FEAR ANYMORE! WHY DO YOU THINK THEY DO THIS? THEY DONT RESPECT US BROTHER! WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE.

SAMPAI BILA KITA NAK BERLAKON KUAT PADAHAL ORANG CAMDEK KITA SIANG MALAM! BEAR IN MIND THOUGH THAT WHILE THE NORM MAY BE TRUE OF YOUR SELECTIVE OBSERVATION, I WILL ALSO HIGHLIGHT OF THE MANY MALAYS WHO SIT ON BOARDS OF CHINESE OWNED AND RUN COMPANIES BECAUSE OF THEIR RIGHTS! AND DO THESE MALAYS HAVE ANY CONTROL OR EVEN SAY? I AM SURE YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH SUCH CASES OR ARE YOU IN ONE YOURSELF? WHY DO YOU THINK THEY BEHAVE LIKE THIS? SADLY THEIR "HATRED" IS SO INNATE THEY FAIL TO SEE ANYTHING POSITIVE SO THEY TAKE THE EASY WAY OUT AND SAY FXXX OFF! SAD ISN'T IT?

BTW, DONT GET PERSONAL OR RUDE. READ PROPERLY AND SLOWLY AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND. PUT YOUR EDUCATION TO GOOD USE OR ELSE WE WOULD THINK THE ONLY THING YOU BENEFITED FROM YOUR STINT ABROAD IS YOUR BRUNETTE WIFE! IS SHE BUSTY?

MY GRANDFATHER RAN HIS OWN BUSINESS DILIGENTLY AND WAS A PRUDENT MAN. HE HAD 5 BOYS AND 3 GIRLS AND ALL THE BOYS HAVE A DEGREE AND IS A PROFESSIONAL (JUDGE, DOCTOR, ENTREPRENEUR, PROFESSOR, DIPLOMATS ETC)THIS IS NOT TESTIMONY OF A "RIGHT" BECAUSE HE LIVED ON THE NOTION OF MERIT AND BUILT HIS BUSINESS FROM SCRATCH AND DID NOT QUITE PRESCRIBE TO THE LAID BACK MALAY ATTITUDE OF SURVIVING BASED ON "RIGHTS". GOD BLESS HIS SOUL.

HASSAN MERICAN IS AN EXTRAORDINARY MALAY AND I BELIEVE HE BECAME THIS WAY BECAUSE HE DIDN'T CARE ABOUT HIS RIGHTS BUT MORE ON HIS MERIT. SADLY HIS TERM TO SERVE MALAYSIA WAS SHORT LIVED DUE TO SELFISH POLITICS THAT SAW OTHERWISE.

CONGRATULATIONS. YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF YOURSELF AND MAKE SURE YOU GET MORE MALAYS TO EMULATE YOU. THIS IS WHAT MERIT IS ALL ABOUT. I WONDER HOW DID THE CHINESE FIRST OWN THAT BUSINESS BTW?

ALL ARE PRONE TO BE CORRUPT WHEN THEY START DANCING WITH POWER. ITS ONLY THE DEGREE OF IT THAT SEPARATES SUCH MEN...

I AM A BIG FAN OF THE MERITS OF TUN MAHATHIR, TUN RAZAK, TUN AZIZAN, TAN SRI HASSAN MERICAN, TUN ISMAIL ALI AND A FEW OTHER TOWERING MALAYS. THIS ARTICLE IS NOT ABOUT THE FEW GREAT ONES BUT RATHER THE SYSTEM OF LETHARGIC MALAYS THAT WE ARE SUFFERING FROM.

DID I EVER SAY THAT THE CURRENT OPPOSITION IS ANY BETTER? THE SAD THING ABOUT MALAYSIA POLITICS TODAY IS THAT THERE IS NO CREDIBLE ALTERNATIVE. I AM A FIRM BELIEVER IN UMNO BUT OF LATE EVEN UMNO IS NOT QUITE A FIRM BELIEVER OF UMNO. THIS IS EVIDENT FROM THE PLEAS BY THE LEADERS TO CHANGE OR BE CHANGED!

SO ITS OK TO YOU THAT WE "RUN ON THE SPOT" FOR 50-100 YEARS? BTW I HAVE A FETISH FOR BUSTY BRUNETTES (NO MALICE INTENDED)AND YES THE GREAT MALAYSIAN HIGHWAY WAS BUILT BY A GREAT MALAY RUN COMPANY AT A 30-40% HIGHER COST

I WILL MAKE SURE MY CHILD DOES NOT EVEN KNOW SHE HAS A "RIGHT" IN THIS COUNTRY OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT SHE IS WHAT SHE IS FOR THE MERIT THAT SHE POSSESS. EVEN AT HER AGE, THE DISPARITY IS GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER BECAUSE OF THE VALUES (LACK OF IT) MOST MALAYS PLACE IN THE FUTURE OF THE CHILDREN. SAD BUT TRUE.

YOU WANT TO LEAVE YOUR FATE ON A KERIS?? THIS IS THE WHOLE POINT! YOU KEEP ON MISSING IT. I AM PROBABLY MORE MALAY LOVING THAN YOU WILL EVER BE MY DEAR THAT IS WHY I DARE WRITE LIKE THIS BECAUSE I LOVE MY RACE AND I WANT MY RACE TO BE POWERFUL FOR THE RIGHT REASONS. DON'T YOU OR ANYONE ELSE DARE QUESTION MY LOVE FOR THE MALAY RACE. IF YOU READ MY ARTICLE PROPERLY, YOU COULD HAVE VALUE ADDED IT INSTEAD OF BEING DEFENSIVE. THIS IS THE PURE ARROGANCE OF YOU POLITICAL LOT WHO ONLY WANT TO LIVE AND DIE BY THE EDGE OF THE KERIS WHILE THE REST OF US PAYS FOR YOUR FOLLIES.

SHAIK RIZAL SULAIMAN

TPJ said...

Anonymous 2:42,

I agree, our sceptics should observe a Chinese dominated Country/ State with Malays as Citizens and see how they are treated there. They will discover that we treat the other races here better than they treat the Malays there. If they go a step further, they might also discover that even the Malaysian Chinese are looked down upon by the locals.

TPJ said...

Dear Shaik,

Due to the length of my response, I'll have to break it into several postings to answer point for point.

1. While you may be partly correct on the slumber part, many young Malay leaders of my breed are not sleeping on this Right that is provided for in our Constitution. On the contrary, we are violently shaking up those who are taking it for granted, being lazy about it, and getting them to be counted, half shockingly motivating them into being productive in their respective fields either by our actions and/ or by our voice. You on the other hand are asking us to abandon the Right altogether and feed them to the sharks which will eventually eat you for breakfast when they’re done with the rest. “ They ” no longer respect our Rights because the previous Prime Minister was incompetent, couldn’t control the component parties representing “ them ” allowing “ them ” to shoot their mouths off and stretch the Constitutional limits in the pretext of advocating total freedom of speech. Shaik, make no mistake, I am not your brother, and while I am lucid and alert, I don’t like nor consume coffee either.

2. Yes, I agree it is sad that a good number of Malays who sit on the board of Chinese run companies are there as “Ali Babas” and quickly sell-out their worth as soon as the moratorium on their holdings expire frustrating the purpose of the NEP from the get go. I am very familiar with such cases as is the current UMNO leadership under Najib Razak which is finding solutions like the creation of Ekuiti Nasional Berhad to ensure sustainable and effective participation of Bumiputera holdings in the economy. I don’t sit on one of the boards of the kind of companies that you mentioned. The public company I sit in doesn’t require mandatory Malay participation which means I must be there based on MERIT! I’ve been with the company since its inception before it got listed on the Exchange close to ten years now.

3. I would like to put it on record that I humbly apologize for using your mother as a hypothetical to amplify my point that it is natural to have an angry reaction on a topic that is quite offensive, hence the need to warn others to be careful with their words, either symbolically with a Keris or by certain affirmative action provided for under the law. Not only have I gained from my-self funded education abroad, but I was able to do so while still being grateful to UMNO and the Government for sending my less privileged college-mates there affording them the same. And if at the end of it all, I’ve gained nothing but my brunette wife of 19 years, I have achieved more than you. My gentle wife had no qualms in me publishing your comments about her as she is an intellect and advocate of the freedom of speech, but you should show more respect for your own wife as by saying that you have a fetish for busty brunettes, especially someone else’s wife, you’re implying that you are suffering from major shortcomings in your own bedroom describing her handicap and serious inability to satisfy you. Furthermore, having seen your picture in your blog, one might be surprised that you even like women. Please accept my commiserations for your deprivation and one's possible misjudgment on your looks.

4. I stand corrected on your upstanding family background. Let us recite the Al-Fatiha for your Grandfather and pray that his soul be placed amongst the righteous.

TPJ said...

5. Hassan Merican did very well in his tenure in Petronas and we thank him, but he is not the only extraordinary figure in the Company. He has been at the helm for 15 years. There are others just as capable and should be given a chance to bring Petronas to greater heights. Merican’s talent and capabilities were needed by the PM in another important position and is pending his acceptance. 15 years is short lived for you in a Corporation? Perhaps making him a life-time President would make it less politically selfish to you and HIM, but wouldn’t it be selfish to the rest of the exceptional brass depriving them all of at least a notch in promotion at each level?

6. Thank you for your congratulatory message on our quest to prove that we (Malays) can be highly competitive and be better than the others if we put enough effort into our work with the Grace of God.

7. I agree with your statement on corruption.

8. I share your adoration for the likes of Tun Dr Mahathir, Tun Razak and the other great Malays of their day. As I have said in a few paragraphs above, if the system is running obsolete and ineffective, it needs to be and is currently being changed to work better and more affectively by the existing Prime Minister, whom by the way is Razak's son. Scrapping it altogether would spell chaos because we have seen how conditions can get really awry when people get desperate. We wouldn’t want that for our country of multiracial Citizens. A mechanism must be formulated so that we can cohabit in peace and harmony without antagonizing one another.

9. The pleas by the leaders to change or be changed is actually supported by the UMNO mass because the message should be primarily directed at them! The fact that there is such a call should be celebrated by the young generation such as yourself because we do not want the ways of the old with less educated Division leaders acting like Warlords holding the leadership at ransom. We want vibrant and educated young Malays to be ready to take over and not blocked by the old guards who began with the pure struggle but ended up enriching themselves and acting like the Mafiosi. I am sure the Prime Minister himself is having a major problem in choosing a dynamic team with reasonable intelligence for his future Cabinet. Please continue to believe in UMNO while we purge it from lethargic leaders wearing blinkers who are not even prepared and ready for the future. I am loyal to the party, not its leaders. It is not that the members are not firm believers of the party. The party must remain, but the useless amongst the good leaders must be replaced. That, I suspect is what you might have misperceived as “ UMNO not being quite a firm believer “ of itself.

TPJ said...

10. “Running on the spot for 50-100 years” is fine with me as long as we’re moving forward in it in a bullet train. While working on advancement, we shouldn’t fall back. Reflect on it.

11. What’s wrong with a Malay company building a highway at a good percentage higher than the cost? Do you think the Chinese or Caucasion companies would do it at cost and say thank you very much? Are you one of the Malays sitting in one of the Chinese run companies you mentioned earlier.

12. How you raise your child is of your concern Sir. I wish you well in her upbringing and hope she will reach the full potential that you aspire for her.

13. The Keris to me is just a symbol of part of our Malay Heritage. Nothing more, but I take umbrage at you being a Malay mocking it, aping the Chinese leaders in the past because of the foolish apologetic act of a former UMNO Youth leader who didn’t have the balls to stick to his Keris (guns). As I am respectful to every other race in this country and remain good friends with many, I will however, have no mercy for those who attack my race or its Heritage. I will not apologize for it neither as a politician nor a true red blooded Malay individual who has enjoyed no favours from the Government which I support in the last 21 years in politics. You may have friends who are much higher up in the UMNO hierarchy than me who share your sentiments and ideals on Malay Rights, but then again, there are the likes of one UMNO Minister up there that can’t even tell the difference between a Security Company and the Securities Commission.

14. I Congratulate You On Becoming Popular As I Had Suspected By Posting A Very Controversial Article Making You The Darling Of No Less Than 25 Blogs, The Majority Of Which Belongs To The Non-Malays Of This Land Achieving Your Desired Goal Of Instant Fame. There Alone You Have Successfully Exploited The Bumiputera Status By Speaking Against Your Own And Getting Accolades From The Aliens In Good Measure.

I thank you Shaik for your response. Though I feel you have noble intentions for our Blessed Nation in wanting to see a truly 1 Malaysia. While we all strive for it vigorously in full support of the Prime Minister’s vision, it would be quite difficult if the other leaders representing their respective ethnic groups don’t quite pull their weight to keep to their end of the bargain. I for one, will not bank all my chips on their sincerity. For now, I’m quite happy working hard succeeding on merit while still maintaining our “ Malay Rights “, as you put it.

For the readers of The Patriot who care to read Part 2 of Shaik's article on Malay Rights, please go to his blog at WWW.COWBOYMALAYSIA.WORDPRESS.COM.

Good Luck.

Anonymous said...

And the personal swipes continues... sigh. Cukuplah... argue on merit and not personal punches. After all you started it all!

I hope my part 2 of the article defines my stand in a much clearer picture. You've got me totally wrong. Perhaps my rhetorics are too abstract for the simple minds but it's message is very clear. You may choose to understand it in any way you want...

Just so you know, both current and past PM (Tun M) have read and discussed these articles and while they know that UMNO Malaya could never accept it, they appreciate the sincerity of it's profound message. I hope you share some of their wisdom. We've got to now make the best out of the situation. And no, it's not only the non Malay blogs that championed my so called shot to stardom but I've received hundreds of emails from Malays who see and respect my points. they just like me love our Malay race very much and want to see a paradigm shift take place so that the Malays would not be artificially powerful as they are made to think currently. There is no substitute for merit with or without rights! you for one seem to demonstrate that so I hope your perjuangan will be more based on that.

Thank you.

Shaik Rizal

TPJ said...

Shaik,

The personal punches were confined in only two out of the entire 14 points I responded with. The other twelve were arguments based on merit. I took strong offense with your article as a Malay gentleman and exercised my right of response.

Out of MERIT and fairness, I invited my readers to visit your blog to read you the way you might want them to without my influence, to see if their sofisticated minds can identify with you or suddenly become " simple " because they beg to differ.

Appreciating the "profound message" doesn't mean that Tun M nor the current Prime Minister agrees with you. They may say that about UMNO which even my 13 year old can do, but exactly what were their personal views on it? From what I gather, Tun's sentiments are not quite in line with yours in his speeches around the country with PERKASA.

Good luck with the hundreds of Malays who emailed you sharing your sentiments. I hope none of them work with Petronas, Sime Darby, PNB, EPF, Tabung Haji, Telecom Malaysia, Tenaga Nasional, Maybank, DRB, Felda, Proton, Perodua, UDA, Johor Corp, Tradewinds etc and all their subsidiaries not mentioning the State GLCs because without our powerbase and its influence, they'd probably be working there as junior executives at best being passed over by greener personnel with lighter skin.

I, as I hope most Malays do, will continue to work based on merit. I consider our "rights" as a bonus, but one which I will not have to rely on by the Will of Allah.

Thank you for dropping by at The Patriot. I hope you will continue to contribute with your comments on the other articles of interest.

Jasri Jamil said...

Salam TPJ, dah lama saya tak memberikan komen di sini, tetapi melihatkan isu yg didebatkan ini ada kaitannya dengan saya, lebih elok saya melontarkan sedikit pendapat, kerana saya adalah anak Melayu dan yg keduanya kerana saya adalah generasi bawah 40 Tahun sepertimana yg dikatakan oleh saudara Shaik..

Kesimpulan yg dapat saya buat ialah amat mudah. Saya kategorikan kepada subjek utama seperti di bawah..

a) Pendidikan - Tiada langsung bantahan apabila bangsa asing ingin menubuhkan sekolah berdasarkan bangsa mereka. Kewujudan SJKC dan SJKT tidak pernah ditentang secara besar2an oleh Melayu kerana jelas org Melayu mmg bijak menjaga hati rakan bangsa lain. Perlu kita sedar, di dalam kita sibuk mencanangkan agar sistem penilaian berdasarkan merit diadakan di Malaysia, sistem pendidikan itu sendiri harus senada dan sealiran, agar penilaian dapat dijalankan di dalam level playing field.. Perlu juga kita sedar, tiada negara di dunia ini yg mengamalkan sistem pelajaran seumpama kita di Malaysia. Di dalam isu pendidikan, kerajaan sentiasa peka kepada keperluan semua kaum, dan tidak hairanlah banyak IPTA yg bersifat "bangsa" wujud di negara pada masa kini.. Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman yg dimiliki oleh bangsa Cina umpamanya adalah lubuk kepada masyarakat Cina utk melanjutkan pelajaran mereka. Tidak timbul langsung isu bias ataupun terlalu memberi muka kepada bangsa Melayu di dalam isu pendidikan. Malah kerajaan yg ditunjangi oleh UMNO sentiasa menjaga kebajikan bangsa2 yg lain, walaupun umum tahu dan sedar, untuk mendapatkan perpaduan sebenar ianya haruslah dimulakan daripada perpaduan yg dipupuk semenjak di bangku sekolah lagi..

b) Ekonomi - Hal ini sering dijadikan isu utama untuk membincangkan tentang merit dan tongkat.. Mmg semenjak kewujudan Malaysia, DEB telah menetapkan wujudnya slot ataupun advantage kepada bangsa Melayu, kerana jelas, Melayulah tuan asal kepada bumi bertuah ini, dan seharusnyalah ianya menjadi hak tuan tanah ini untuk menetapkan apa yg boleh dan apa yg tidak boleh dikongsi oleh golongan yg boleh disifatkan sebagai pendatang pada masa itu. Jika kita faham akan sejarah dan arif tentang asal usul, tiada isu langsung yg boleh dibangkitkan tentang DEB ataupun tongkat yg telah diperuntukkan kepada bangsa Melayu. Itu adalah hak kekal dan mutlak bangsa Melayu yg telah bertungkus lumus memerdekakan tanah melayu daripada cengkaman penjajah. Tontonlah Filem Tiga Abdul, ketika P Ramlee hendak membahagikan harta kepada abang2nya.. adakah kita melayan bangsa lain sedemikian rupa??? Jawapannya TIDAKKK!! Kita terlalu memberikan muka kepada mereka.. sehinggakan Melayu2 yg tidak tahu asal usul mereka pun sudah menjadi terpengaruh!!

Tanyalah kepada pekerja2 bank yg meluluskan pinjaman tidak kira pinjaman rumah ataupun kereta.. Jika nama pemohon bermula dengan MOHD ataupun ABDUL, prosedurnya adalah lebih ketat jika dibandingkan dengan pemohon yg bernama LEE, TAN ataupun CHONG.. Jika hendak menjadi adil, sepatutnya bank2 yg ditunjangi oleh majoritinya kaum CIna harus jugalah melayan bangsa asing dengan sama rata dan bukannya mempromosikan two sets of law yg harus account department mereka ikuti bagi meluluskan sesebuah pinjaman. Tanyalah pada Remisier2 Bumiputera betapa seksanya mereka ingin bersaing dengan Remisier bangsa2 Cina yg rata2nya diberikan handicap yg lebih walaupun mempunyai collateral ataupun senarai pelanggan yg sama kualitinya.. Saya berani bertaruh, treatmentnya tidak sama.. kerana saya juga adalah seorg Remisier Bumiputera yg cuba dinafikan haknya oleh pembuat2 dasar yg cuba menghapuskan terus status kuota Bumiputra dari terus dipraktikan di dalam sesebuah syarikat broker saham. Tepuk dada tanya selera.. Jika sudah dipadamkan terus kuota Remisier Bumiputra, adakah akan wujud golongan pelabur Bumiputra yg dapat bersaing secara sihat di negara kita ini??? Sudah tentu jawapannya tidak kerana segalanya sudah diletakkan di dalam kekangan ataupun ruang lingkup bangsa mereka sendiri..

Jasri Jamil said...

Sebenarnya tanpa bantuan kerajaan pun, bangsa asing boleh manjana kekayaan di bumi Malaysia ini, Saya duduk dan membesar di Johor, betapa rakan2 saya berbangsa Cina selalu berkata bahawasanya nasib mereka lebih baik menjadi warganegara Malaysia berbanding rakan2 mereka yg berwarganegara Singapura.. betapa mereka walaupun ditunjangi oleh kerajaan yg dikepalai oleh org Melayu, masih mampu berniaga dengan aman, membina banyak rumah2 besar dan mampu untuk hidup secara mewah.. Tidak langsung mereka persoalkan apa itu hak dan keistimewaan org Melayu kerana mereka sudah faham dan masak dengan isu tersebut.. mungkin mereka faham akan sejarah dan tidak banyak membuat bising.. berbanding segelintir Melayu yg apabila sudah mewah dan berjaya, mula untuk menjadi hero dengan mengatakan mereka berjaya hasil titik peluh dan usaha sendiri, tanpa bantuan mana2 pihak..

Di persekitaran tempat tinggal saya pula, majoritinya adalah berbangsa Cina, dan Developernya pula adalah dari kalangan bangsa itu.. Yg menariknya, semenjak daripada "soft launch", "launching" sehinggalah program2 yg diaturkan, semuanya melibatkan artis2 bangsa Cina walaupun boleh dikatakan 30% masyarakat di sini adalah berbangsa Melayu.. Jika tiba perayaan Tahun Baru Cina, banner2 dan bunting2 akan digantung di sepanjang jalan sehingga selepas 2 bulan CNY berakhir.. Tetapi apabila Syawal menjelma, satu haram ucapan selamat hari raya pun tidak dipamerkan oleh developer bangsa Cina ini.. Layanan seumpama ini walaupun nampak remeh, tetapi sudah jelas menunjukkan betapa jika tiada keistimewaan pada bangsa Melayu, alamatnya akan dipijak hingga lumatlah kita gamaknya...

Apa yg jelas, sekiranya matlamat meritokrasi itu adalah ternyata bagus, saya adalah org pertama yg akan menyokongnya.. namun melihatkan kepada keceluparan dan kebiadaban bangsa2 asing ini yg sudah mula menunjukkan tocang masing2, sewajibnya tongkat yg telah sekian lama diberikan kepada org Melayu, dipanjangkan dan digemukkan lagi agar mereka akan serik dan tidak terlalu meminta2 yg akhirnya akan membuatkan bangsa Melayu merasa menyampah dan benci..

Anonymous said...

"Namun melihatkan kepada keceluparan dan kebiadaban bangsa2 asing ini yg sudah mula menunjukkan tocang masing2, sewajibnya tongkat yg telah sekian lama diberikan kepada org Melayu, dipanjangkan dan digemukkan lagi agar mereka akan serik dan tidak terlalu meminta2 yg akhirnya akan membuatkan bangsa Melayu merasa menyampah dan benci.."

Ada juga hikmah bila BN tak menang 2/3 kerusi. Dapat tengok preview kalau bukan orang Melayu memerintah.

Strategi seterusnya, keistimewaan ini patutnya digemburkan juga kepada orang asli, bumiputera (yang di sabah dan sarawak tu juga) kerana strategi pembangkang saya lihat seperti melaga-lagakan orang sabah sarawak dengan semenanjung (mainly sabah sarawak against Melayu), mengapi-apikan isu orang asli (dengan harapan dapat membuat persepsi masyarakat bahawa orang melayu bukan orang asal, tetapi orang asli). Get semua bumiputera (melayu, orang asli dan juga di sabah sarawak) bersatu.. Lagipun, orang yang susah sekarang banyaknya masih lagi daripada kalangan bumiputera, orang asli dan melayu. Takutla si kiasu tu. Sekarang ni those kiasu are working like the 'hidden hand' yang melaga-lagakan islam sesama islam, bumiputera sesama bumiputera.. tetapi hasilnya..mereka juga yang kenyang.

TPJ said...

Terima Kasih Saudara Jasri.

Sekurang-kurangnya kita sedar bahawa ramai yang diwakili Tuan Shaik dibawah umur 40an itu datangnya bukan dari orang Melayu tetapi sudah tentunya dari bangsa asing yang bertepuk tangan diatas "confession" ini.

Terima kasih diatas sumbangan yang berharga ini yang sekaligus mewakili sebilangan besar pihak dari bawah umur 40an dari bangsa Melayu yang berjaya dan terus bershukur diatas keistimewaan yang sedia ada.

TPJ said...

Anonymous 12:19

" Ada juga hikmah bila BN tak menang 2/3 kerusi. Dapat tengok preview kalau bukan orang Melayu memerintah. "

Ini adalah kenyataan yang paling tepat dan harus dimasyhorkan supaya orang Melayu sedar bahawa perpecahan kita yang akan menyebabkan orang asing memerintah dan berkuasa.

Tentang Bumiputera Sabah dan Sarawak adalah dipersetujui 100%.....harus dipertimbangkan dan diambil tindakan eksekutif dengan serta merta.

Terima kasih kerana menyumbang dengan buah fikiran dan pandangan yang bernas.