Friday 26 June 2015

Face Hindraf and the Oppressed Community’s demands squarely, look forward to helpful policies for all ethnic groups to be carried out by Johor Sultan

Face Hindraf and the Oppressed Community's demands squarely,
 
Look forward to helpful policies for all ethnic groups to be carried out by Johor Sultan


Author: Nyam Kee Han (Committee Member of Sahabat Rakyat)

Translated by: Yong Siew Lee

[Text below is translated from original version in the Chinese language published on 23 June 2015. In the case of any discrepancy between the English rendition and the original Chinese version, the Chinese version shall prevail.]

Johor Sultan, Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar (second from right) listening to the explanation of the root of 2 gold elephants presented to His Majesty by Johor State Human Resources and Unity Committee chairman R. Vidyanathan (second from left).

——Source of picture and caption (Chinese): Sin Chew Daily
Johor Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar and 4 members of the Malay feudal aristocracy attended a royal banquet with the Indian community in conjunction with the recent installation of the Sultan of Johor in Johor Bahru on 12 June. The sultan singled out Hindraf as the group out to create trouble in the country by raising sensitive racial and religious issues during the event. Hindraf chairman P. Waythamoorty criticized the sultan’s statement above afterwards. Waythamoorthy believed that Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar had a wrong perception on Hindraf as the sultan may had been misled and misinformed by his advisors.

I personally think that the courage shown by Hindraf chairman P. Waythamoorthy in criticizing the Malay feudal ruling class represented by the sultan is far more meaningful compared to the war of words initiated by Minister of Tourism and Culture Nazri against the Johor Crown Prince Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim in his move to fawn over Najib’s regime. The former represents an active role played by the most oppressed ethnic in Malaysia against the authority of the Malay feudal ruling class or the imperial power (represented by the Johor Sultan); the latter only reflects the conflict between a section of the Malay bureaucratic bourgeoisie represented by UMNO and the members of royal families in Johor, whereby it will not bring any practical meaning to the oppressed people of various ethnicity no matter how fierce it is debated.

In my view, from the perspective of the oppressed people, the rise of Hindraf movement in Malaysia and the existence of Hindraf organization is in fact a reflection of the resistance put up by the Indian community, being the most oppressed community, against the institutionalized racism policies implemented by the UMNO ruling clique. The Hindraf rally in 2007 did not happen by coincidence, in fact it has been accumulated for 150 years, from British colonialization till the independence of Malaya (Malaysia) until today. It was the first outbreak by the Indian community when majority of them have been leading a vicissitudes life that has then become misery. It was a “grievous blow” for the UMNO racist hegemonic rule by the marginalized Indian community. The anxiety and discontent of the Tamils (mostly Hindus) on the Islamization move in the country are just like the other non-Malays and non-Muslims. They have no choice but to put up struggle and demands.

In February this year, I published an article entitled Hindraf Movement is a Product of Current Democratic Reform Movement of the Malaysia Indian Community (in Chinese) on the issues of the Indian community and Hindraf. In the article, I further elaborated the history of the Indian community in coming to Malaya (Malaysia) and explained the struggle launched by Hindraf from filing a lawsuit against the British colonial government on the historical crime committed on the Indian community to fighting against the neo-colonial ruling by UMNO-BN, which is basically a continuation of the unfinished historical mission of the national democratic reform movement carried out by the left-wing parties and organizations in Malaya (Malaysia). I made a conclusion in the article: the struggle of Hindraf can be said as an important part of the national democratic movement in Malaysia, it is also an inevitable outcome of the current democratic movement of the Indian community in Malaysia.

It is an indisputable historical and realistic problem that the oppression and exploitation faced by the Indian community which have led them to the current misery of being marginalized in the aspect of politic, economic, cultural, education and social status, etc is not a local but a national issue. Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar should view and assess Hindraf organization or the emergence of Hindraf movement from a wider perspective. The sultan should not negate the significance of Hindraf’s struggle for democratic rights and dignity of the Indian community in our country merely from the angle of a state, Johor. It is necessary for the sultan to assess Hindraf in a national context and face the tragic treatment encountered by the Indian community under UMNO’s racist hegemonic rule squarely, instead of jumping to a conclusion that Hindraf is a “trouble maker”.

Local media reported that Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar said his late great grandfather, Almarhum Sultan Ibrahim Ibni Almarhum Sultan Abu Bakar gave land to build places of worships such as mosques, Hindu, Sikh, Chinese temples and churches to forge unity among the people here, and the Johor state government even recognizes the contribution of the Indian community in Johor's development. Therefore, the sultan will not allow any party that wants to create trouble that threatens unity of the Johor people. During the event, Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar also announced a personal donation of RM1mil and RM300thousands from Permaisuri Johor to help the elderly and orphans in the Indian community.

To me, Hindraf movement is a mass movement of the Indian (Tamil) community (mostly Hindus) struggling to uphold their dignity and fight for basic human rights in order to extricate themselves from predicament of poverty and being marginalized. It also symbolizes the demands of other oppressed ethnic communities to “oppose Malay racism” and “oppose Islamization of the state”. It is not at all “raising sensitive issues and threatening unity of the people”.

Johor may be doing better than other states like what mentioned by Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar. However, it does not mean that the oppression and marginalization of the Indian community does not exist. Hindraf who has always been the “voice of the voiceless” has now become “trouble makers” in the eyes of some people is in fact due to the long-term racist policies implemented by UMNO ruling clique. Therefore, the problem faced by them must be resolved at its root – put an end to the UMNO racist hegemonic rule!

In my point of view, if Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar would make Johor a better state, the sultan may decree the Johor state government or the state administrative team to implement the following policy guidelines:
1) Allow all ethnic groups to build places of worships according to the local needs;
2) Institutionalize funding to all primary schools, religious schools, Chinese Independent schools and Chinese tertiary education institutions to ensure sustainable development of these schools;
3) Urge the federal government to allow building additional primary schools of different streams, religious schools, Chinese Independent schools and Chinese tertiary education institutions when it is found necessary by people from all ethnic groups;
4) Allocate and absorb people from different ethnics into Johor state government agencies, state government-linked companies or business organizations controlled by state government according to the population ratio by ethnicity (Malay 54.1%, Chinese 30.9% and Indian 6.5%).

If the abovementioned policy guidelines can be implemented in Johor, it would outperform other states governed by UMNO-BN or even the opposition parties (including PAS, PKR and DAP). Thus, the people of Johor will build up the mentality of “coexistence in prosperity” whereby we will respect each other and unite with mutual respect and love, instead on the basis of “racial assimilation” or “discrimination by the oppressive ethnics towards the oppressed ethnics”. It will be the role model of the nation. Otherwise, the doings of Johor Sultan reported above will be some sort of enlistment towards the opportunists in the Indian community and further splitting the unity of the Indian community.

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工委会议决:将徐袖珉除名

人民之友工委会2020年9月27日常月会议针对徐袖珉(英文名: See Siew Min)半年多以来胡闹的问题,议决如下:

鉴于徐袖珉长期以来顽固推行她的“颜色革命”理念和“舔美仇华”思想,蓄意扰乱人民之友一贯以来的“反对霸权主义,反对种族主义”政治立场,阴谋分化甚至瓦解人民之友推动真正民主改革的思想阵地,人民之友工委会经过长时间的考察和验证,在2020年9月27日会议议决;为了明确人民之友创立以来的政治立场以及贯彻人民之友现阶段以及今后的政治主张,必须将徐袖珉从工委会名单上除名,并在人民之友部落格发出通告,以绝后患。

2020年9月27日发布



[ 漫画新解 ]
新冠病毒疫情下的马来西亚
舔美精神患者的状态

年轻一辈人民之友有感而作


注:这“漫画新解”是反映一名自诩“智慧高人一等”而且“精于民主理论”的老姐又再突发奇想地运用她所学会的一丁点“颜色革命”理论和伎俩来征服人民之友队伍里的学弟学妹们的心理状态——她在10多年前曾在队伍里因时时表现自己是超群精英,事事都要别人服从她的意愿而人人“惊而远之”,她因此而被挤出队伍近10年之久。

她在三年前被一名年长工委推介,重新加入人民之友队伍。可是,就在今年年初她又再故态复萌,尤其是在3月以来,不断利用部落格的贴文,任意扭曲而胡说八道。起初,还以“不同意见者”的姿态出现,以博取一些不明就里的队友对她的同情和支持,后来,她发现了她的欺骗伎俩无法得逞之后,索性撤下了假面具,对人民之友一贯的“反对霸权主义、反对种族主义”的政治立场,发出歇斯底里的叫嚣,而暴露她设想人民之友“改旗易帜”的真面目!

尤其是在新冠病毒疫情(COVID-19)课题上,她公然猖狂跟人民之友的政治立场对着干,指责人民之友服务于中国文宣或大中华,是 “中国海外统治部”、“中华小红卫兵”等等等等。她甚至通过强硬粗暴手段擅自把我们的WhatsApp群组名称“Sahabat Rakyat Malaysia”改为“吐槽美国样衰俱乐部”这样的无耻行动也做得出来。她的这种种露骨的表现足以说明了她是一名赤裸裸的“反中仇华”份子。

其实,在我们年轻队友看来,这名嘲讽我们“浪费了20年青春”[人民之友成立至今近20年(2001-9-9迄今)]并想要“拯救我们年轻工委”的这位“徐大姐”,她的思想依然停留在20年前的上个世纪。她初始或许是不自觉接受了“西方民主”和“颜色革命”思想的培养,而如今却是自觉地为维护美国的全球霸权统治而与反对美国霸权支配全球的中国人民和全世界各国(包括马来西亚)人民为敌。她是那么狂妄自大,却是多么幼稚可笑啊!

她所说的“你们浪费了20年青春”正好送回给她和她的跟班,让他们把她的这句话吞到自己的肚子里去!


[ 漫画新解 ]
新冠病毒疫情下的马来西亚
"公知"及其跟班的精神面貌

注:这“漫画新解”是与<人民之友>4月24日转贴的美国政客叫嚣“围剿中国”煽动颠覆各国民间和组织 >(原标题为<当心!爱国队伍里混进了这些奸细……>)这篇文章有关联的。这篇文章作者沈逸所说的“已被欧美政治认同洗脑的‘精神欧美人’”正是马来西亚“公知”及其跟班的精神面貌的另一种写照!




[ 漫画新解 ]
新冠病毒疫情下的马来西亚
"舔美"狗狗的角色

编辑 / 来源:人民之友 / 网络图库

注:这“漫画新解”是与《察网》4月22日刊林爱玥专栏文章<公知与鲁迅之间 隔着整整一个中国 >这篇文章有关联的,这是由于这篇文章所述说的中国公知,很明显是跟这组漫画所描绘的马来西亚的“舔美”狗狗,有着孪生兄弟姐妹的亲密关系。

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