Dear all,

Another comment I posted at Tun’s blog

Dear PM Tun Dr Mahathir,

Please allow me to quote wiktionary on the meaning of bigot and let’s people judge, am I a bigot as alleged by @twinpeaks?

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bigot

bigot (plural bigots)

1. One who is narrow-mindedly devoted to their own ideas and groups, and intolerant of (people of) differing ideas, races, genders, religions, politics, etc

Years of political posturing utilizing religion and race have now begun to show its ugly consequences. We have now produced group of self-serving politicians that are: rent seekers, bootlickers, backstabbers, political opportunists, political bigots, political hypocrites, political extremists and political frogs misusing/abusing religion and race to get themselves elected as “Yang Berhormat MP/ADUN” and then instead of serving the people wellbeing, selfless devotion to duty, and complete willingness to dedicate their lives to the causes of nation-building and raising the peoples’ standard of living, unashamedly grab business opportunities for themselves or their cronies and willingly selling their dignity to the highest bidder for more money and  greater political gain.

https://www.malaysia-chronicle.com/?p=178501

In Malaysia, one does not need anthropologists to study the group of people we call politicians, or political analysts to study their motives. One needs a zoologist, in particular, a herpetologist who studies frogs, because political frogs are the most dangerous species in our political zoo.

Political frogs cause instability as they make people mistrust and despise politicians. They alter the political equation and neglect to honour the voting public that put them in power. They make political donors regret giving money to their cause. They create tension and discord among parties of their own coalition, and they make us weary of voting.

Among the animals in the Malaysian zoo are the solitary fox, lemmings which willingly do as they are told, cocks which make a lot of noise at certain times, bulls which imagine they are macho but produce a lot of rubbish from one end of their anatomy.

There are also double-headed snakes which will betray you with their hypocrisy, rhinos with their impenetrable thick skin which will charge at you when their sensitivities are pricked, pigs which treat women badly or willingly grab business opportunities for themselves or their cronies, and of course, the frogs.

Frogs are an important part of the food chain because they help to control the population of insects but in Malaysian politics, frogs are a political tool used by unprincipled leaders, to betray the public. Leaders who lack integrity and are desperate to enlarge their power base use frogs. It is all about power.

Frogs jump for money, to have a court case dropped or to gain positions of power. The first recorded political frog of Malaysia jumped to gain power in Sabah.

The United Pasok Momogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation (Upko) was formed in the 1960s, but the party left the Sabah Alliance in 1967. After the state elections, Upko’s assemblyman in Kiulu, Payar Juman, declared himself an independent and so, scuppered Upko’s chance to form the state government.

In his book “March 8: A Time for Change”, author Kee Thuan Chye wrote that Payar claimed that Upko had created tension in the state and jumped ship to the United Sabah National Organisation (Usno). He was then made the social welfare minister in the state.

If there was a new species to be discovered in Sabah, it would have to be the political frog. The country has seen an invasion of political frogs ever since Payar’s defection. The frogs have crossed the South China Sea and caused discord in Peninsular Malaysia, too.

Dear @twinpeaks,

Did I read wrongly, the bigot in PPBM is now saying “Indeed, Malaysia Baru concept (whatever nonsense it was) was already stillborn even before PH formed the government”?

Refer: https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2018/09/415941/speech-text-dr-mahathir-73rd-un-general-assembly

Are you implied Tun’s words at 73^rd UN General Assembly, Quote, “Global Leadership and Shared Responsibilities for Peaceful, Equitable and Sustainable Societies” remains true to the aspiration of our founding fathers. The theme is most relevant and timely. It is especially pertinent in the context of the new Malaysia.

A new Malaysia emerged after the 14th General Election in May this year. Malaysians decided to change their government, which had been in power for 61 years, i.e., since independence. We did this because the immediate past Government indulged in the politics of hatred, of racial and religious bigotry, as well as widespread corruption.

Malaysians want a new Malaysia that upholds the principles of fairness, good governance, integrity and the rule of law. They want a Malaysia that is a friend to all and enemy of none. They also want a Malaysia that will speak its mind on what is right and wrong, without fear or favour. A new Malaysia that believes in co-operation based on mutual respect, for mutual gain.

The new Malaysia will firmly espouse the principles promoted by the UN in our international engagements. These include the principles of truth, human rights, the rule of law, justice, fairness, responsibility and accountability, as well as sustainability. It is within this context that the new government of Malaysia has pledged to ratify all remaining core UN instruments related to the protection of human rights. It will not be easy for us because Malaysia is multi-ethnic, multireligious, multicultural and multilingual. We will accord space and time for all to deliberate and to decide freely based on democracy. Unquote” is not worth the paper it’s written on? Or as @Mubarakchan’s word be treated like a piece of toilet paper?

Dear Tun,

If Tun’s vision for Malaysia is to overcome the nine strategic challenges espouse in Tun’s Vision 2020 in order for Malaysia to become a developed and progressive country:

• Challenge 1: Establishing a united Malaysian nation made up of one Bangsa Malaysia (Malaysian Race).
• Challenge 2: Creating a psychologically liberated, secure and developed Malaysian society.
• Challenge 3: Fostering and developing a mature democratic society.
• Challenge 4: Establishing a fully moral and ethical society.
• Challenge 5: Establishing a matured liberal and tolerant society.
• Challenge 6: Establishing a scientific and progressive society.
• Challenge 7: Establishing a fully caring society.
• Challenge 8: Ensuring an economically just society, in which there is a fair and equitable distribution of the wealth of the nation.
• Challenge 9: Establishing a prosperous society with an economy that is fully competitive, dynamic, robust and resilient.

Then Tun please by all means get many more progressive, liberal, open minded and critical thinking Malays to join PPBM and stop accepting and better still cleanse PPBM of political opportunists, political frogs and political bigots as they have noting good to offer except political culture of: racial and religious bigotry, politics of hatred, money politics, gutter politics, Machiavellian politics, political patronage, corruption, abuse of power, cronyism, nepotism, arrogance, thuggish, cheating, lying through their teeth and brutal disregard to rule of law. They will definitely turn PPBM into a self-serving UMNO 2.0.

Forewarned be forearmed:

Please hear out what a progressive, liberal, open minded and critical thinking Malay had to say about the future of Malaysia.

https://www.thestar.com.my/opinion/columnists/siti-kasim-thots/2018/08/26/the-real-malay-dilemma-the-issue-is-whether-any-of-the-malay-leadership-would-be-willing-to-change-i/

Mahathir came to lead the Government in 1981 and transform an agricultural hamlet into an industrial one with liberal economic policies powered by an industrious non-Malay population and the liberal segment of the Malay society.

This was the population that made the country progress. Mahathir was not popular as a result of Islamisation. Mahathir was and is popular because he brought progress, prosperity and in-turn unity and pride in the country to everyone as Malaysians. He brought revolutionary change to real life. For all intents and purposes, he was a liberal progressive leader.

A progressive leadership will only be elected by a progressive society. The only reason the Pakatan Harapan government was elected was because the progressive societies of the non-Malays and the liberal Malay voted for it. We saved the nation, again. Unfortunately, that liberal segment is now forgotten and vilified. Malay liberals who are capable and focused on a productive life are labelled blasphemous and extremists, and shunned by the leadership in power, no matter who are in power.

The religious conservatives, on the other hand, are courted and coddled as if they will be the ever-lasting vote bank that must be assuaged.  Think again on this paradigm. Malay swing votes are persuadable but only if the leadership shows the way.

If the leadership keeps to the racialist, feudalist, and religious-centric policies of the past, thinking this is what they need to do to keep the votes, they will just be repeating past mistakes of the Umno era. More of the Malay population will move to the right of centre towards the Mullahs. It is an inevitable outcome of such a policy. Islamisation was a counter to PAS, it only made Umno the old PAS, and PAS the new Taliban and a stronger party every year from that time onwards.

Religion by its very nature will always veer towards conservatism and fundamentalism, no matter how one wants to spin those words. Because institutionalised religion is about following. The attractiveness of institutionalised religion is the abdication of thinking to religious leaders with easy answers one shall not question. More so, when the population is uncompetitive against the outside world. In Malaysia, we have one of the most sophisticated array of institutionalised Islam in the world today.

So, without a change from the religious-centric environment the Malay society is currently in, and an education system that indoctrinates rather than enhance critical thinking, Malay society will continually drift towards the insularity of religious conservatism and away from progressive capabilities to succeed in the modern world. And population demographic will ensure that a progressive Government will eventually lose out.

Therein lies the real Malay dilemma.

Would any of the Malay leadership be willing to change its society from a religious centric one to one that is progressive and modern in character?

Do you want our Malay society to continue to regress and be uncompetitive? Do you want it to drag the rest of us down the road of conservatism and economic ruin?

As Malay leaders, do you placate or do you lead for change? How do you lead that change? 

Thank you

Yours truly,

SS LEE

P/S: As Chinese Malaysian, I do not choose to be born as Chinese Malaysian but I am grateful to Malaysia for giving a place of shelter for my grandparents and thankful to my parents for their many sacrifices made in raising and upbringing me so that I can have a better life. As Chinese Malaysian we know no one owes us anything. We do not expect pities nor handout thus we work extra hard to be successful in this life and in return we do our best to raise our children to be better than us and give back to society (donations/social works) as gratitude for the good fortune bestowed on us

As an engineer I had contributed my part in building and running successful chemical plants that provide employment to Malaysians and others, earning foreign currency for the nation, contribute to nation economic growth and tax revenue. As a Chinese Malaysians I am proud of my parents culture and thankful to my  SJK(C) Keat Hwa (H) for imparting Chinese cultural moral values to me and in return I had contributed in imparting these moral values to many of my staffs. http://chedet.cc/?p=2888#comment-142624

As Malaysian citizen I had done my patriotic duty to my country and family with dignity and pride, carried out my obligation/duty to vote in GE and help in kicking out the Kleptocratic and corrupt BN’s government in GE14.

As a caring manager, I had done by part in training and motivate my subordinates’ majority Malays with the required knowledge, skill, confident and encourage them to believe in themselves that they are capable of achieving great success if they put their mind on it and work hard to achieve it. I am glad to know many of my former subordinates are holding higher post in many multi-national companies and they call me “Sir” when they happen to meet me

So may I ask @twinpeaks, aside from been a political frog and yours ranting with racial slurs and misguided believe your racialism as nationalism, what have you contribute to nation building, social wellbeing, betterment of society and humanity?