December 6, 2011
Racism as great as Corruption in Malaysia: The Ongoing Saga
by Nawawi Mohamad, Malaysia Chronicle
Many of us might have asked: when as great as why did a secular divisions in Malaysia start as great as who is to blame? Obviously, a secular sequence did not exist in aged Malaya, where a different races could live together in harmony in a kampongs (villages) as great as tiny towns.
Now, it seems which you have been forever during a brink of secular tension or even secular war. In fact, jihad (holy war) has been declared multiform times by a UMNO-linked PERKASA opposite a Christians as great as a Chinese.
The starting point
When UMNO was formed, Onn Jaafar who was a single of a categorical founders as great as who was a afterwards president, had to leave a jubilee given a group of brand brand brand new faces disagreed as great as fought with him over a domestic direction to be taken. They insisted their ideas were softened than his as great as this inevitably led to a changes in policies, manners as great as objectives.
Whereas Onn was some-more for ordering a Malays from all walks of life, with a Chinese, Indians as great as alternative migrants underneath a single organsation, as great as afterwards jointly onslaught for independence, a group of UMNO leaders led by a late Tunku Abdul Rahman was some-more meddlesome in assembly a subordinate terms set by a British for achieving autonomy no matter how onerous.
The thought of a non-communal domestic party
Onn Jaafar (right) a grandfather of a current Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein had indeed
been farsighted as great as visionary; he felt a need for secular harmony as great as a non-communal domestic jubilee was a many appropriate approach to secure a prosperous future for Malaya. No doubt a British did emanate a Malayan Union comprising all races with equal rights, as great as even widely distant a powers of a Malay rulers, though a British were not unequivocally frank during all.
The British did not unequivocally want Malayans to be joined as one, similar to in Onn's vision. Neither did a British unequivocally want a Malayan Union to succeed. So a Malays were led in to rejecting a Malayan Union, paving a approach for a dissolution.
Had a British been sincere, they would have corroborated Onn's idea. Instead a British supported Tunku when he was inaugurated a brand brand brand new UMNO president after Onn resigned. Onn had to give up after failing to hoard a majority await from a representatives upon his multiracial prophesy after his debate in a UMNO General Assembly in Kuala Lumpur in Aug 1951 backfired. The Malays have never been joined given then.
The thought of non-communal domestic jubilee still lives on
But did Onn Jaafar unequivocally have so tiny support? The answer is no, he had a await of a Malays all over a republic as great as during a grassroots level. In actuality when Tunku attempted to manage UMNO, he found out which many of a people were not aware which Onn had left a party. The staff manning a UMNO offices were additionally demure to work with Tunku as they still supported Onn. In a end, Tunku had to abandon a aged UMNO office bearers as great as emanate a brand brand brand new set-up, appointing his own people to manage a jubilee as great as a activities.
Further proof of a British ill-intent was when they told a Malayan entourage negotiating for autonomy consisting of UMNO, MCA as great as MIC which Malaya could not be given autonomy given a 3 vital race! s were n ot united! Onn's multiracial proposal was a many appropriate as great as it still is as great as a British additionally knew that. Yet, they managed to convince a Malayan representatives to determine upon an Alliance with UMNO, MCA as great as MIC a pioneer members.
To their discredit, all 3 of them fell for it. Presumably this had been summarized by a British for Tunku to implement.
UMNO unsuccessful us from a start
Here UMNO has to illustrate unsuccessful twice. Firstly, to combine a Malays as great as consolidate their domestic energy as great as losing a event to combine a assorted races underneath a single non-communal party. Secondly, to unequivocally lead a some-more suggestive struggle. Unlike a alternative loyal eccentric struggles seen all over a world, UMNO usually "negotiated" for a 'walkover' from a British.
UMNO might argue which it was a skill of their leaders which helped Malayans benefit autonomy though bloodshed. This is not true! There was indeed a lot of carnage though not amongst a UMNO people. What about a onslaught led by alternative groups as great as individuals?
Let us additionally not forget which during this duration there were many alternative groups as great as people struggling as great as fighting for autonomy as great as with a unavoidable bloodshed. We were not sensitive about their onslaught as if a Alliance was a usually a single who struggled. PAS Deputy President Mat Sabu had exposed this one-sided history for us. Besides a Communists, there were many others from all a races.
Nations which experienced, endured as great as managed to strike all obstacles leading to a loyal clarity of autonomy have been customarily of a different breed. The onslaught instills genuine nationalism as great as their citizens unequivocally worth what they have achieved unlike Malaysians too, who need to be lured to fly a Jalur Gemilang almost any time you try to applaud a National Day.
In a end, a UMNO-BN jubile! e of a 3 1st Aug National Day has spin something of a mediocre, wasteful, as great as incomprehensible effort, though zeal as great as substance, though a genuine feeling of nationalism during all. The annual approach is usually for uncover as a series of people drifting a Jalur Gemilang keeps shrinking year after year till a series of highway vehicles drifting a inhabitant flag can even be counted upon a fingers. The inhabitant day celebrations have been usually being looked forward to by a Mat Rempits as great as a like.
UMNO as great as Malaysia underneath Tunku Abdul Rahman: Going Nowhere
Malaysia underneath Tunku was not unequivocally independent, it had to depend upon a British as great as they were some-more than peaceful to maintain their support, mainly due to mercantile reasons. The British had invested so many in Malaya in plantations, mining, banking, media as great as education. Furthermore, Malaya was a single of a growing markets for everything English.
After gaining independence, a Tunku was not means to unequivocally grasp anything some-more substantial. He was not even means to better a ragtag Communists, as great as Malaysia was still behind in any clarity of a word. The immature democracy as great as brand brand brand new republic was usually during a decline as great as though any coherent policy, objectives, prophesy as great as actions although there were a little sort of localized mercantile activities in a towns, as great as secular harmony in a kampongs.
With a Communists still active not usually in a jungles though additionally in a civic areas as great as their ideology spreading in a University of Malaya, genuine assent as great as togetherness as a republic were not attained during his administration. Even Sing! apore wa s distant from Malaysia. The manage to buy was not doing great given Malaysia was some-more upon a commodity-based economy, as great as during a mercy of a British who controlled prices as great as a trade itself.
At this theatre of a republic building, Malaysians had zero to applaud or cheer about. There was zero to reason upon to, nor was there a clarity of belonging. Not usually were a business, financial as great as income still underneath a British, a Supreme Court was additionally in Britain. Nothing substantial belonged to Malaysia. The Malays in particular had zero solely for a tiny plots of land in a kampongs as great as a Malay rulers to be proud of. Tunku did not have any genuine skeleton for a Malays notwithstanding UMNO being ostensible a United Malays National Organization.
Racism during Tunku's period
The Tunku fell in to a trap set by a British when a secular based coalition, Alliance was formed. He had not done sufficient to set any plain substructure for a republic as great as he realized as well late how fragile secular harmony was after a 1969 ubiquitous election. The Gerakan as great as DAP had distinguished their wins with a feat march in KL upon May 12, 1969. Then UMNO led a counter march a subsequent day, as great as this is when a secular demonstration well known as a barbarous May thirteen secular riots erupted. May thirteen additionally led to Abdul Razak Hussein receiving over a nation's leadership.
But was it unequivocally a secular riot? Were both a Gerakan as great as DAP unequivocally so unresponsive to a domestic incident which they orderly a march as great as unsuccessful to control their members? The Alliance managed to win 77 out of 140 seats in Parliament; UMNO still hold power. Furthermore it was really engaging to note which Malay antithesis parties saw a sharp enlarge in votes in a peninsula, rising drastically from about 15% in 1964 to 25% in 1969. UMNO did not have a full await of a Malays as great as assu! mingly a Malays did not determine fully with UMNO even then!
UMNO underneath Razak: His inaction led to a subsequent theatre of failure
Razak, a father of current Prime Minister Najib Razak, was utterly thoughtful as great as managed to
move about a little changes. He proposed a routine of republic office office building by introducing a word "pembangunan" which is development. For this, he was in a future bestowed a title of "Bapa Pembangunan". After a barbarous May thirteen secular riot, he introduced a New Economic Policy (NEP) which had great as great as noble intentions although it was miserably abused to a core in after years.
The NEP was meant to restructure society, encompassing education, commercial operation opportunities, employment as great as preferences to eliminate identification of competition with mercantile function anf exterminate poverty amongst Malaysians, irrespective of race.But UMNO leaders took value of this routine to fatten their coffers withdrawal both a Malays as great as alternative bad Malaysians behind. We can obviously see as great as assimilate a incident now.
Razak additionally empowered FELDA (which was shaped by a British in 1956 for their own reasons) to aggressively embark upon opening brand brand brand new land schemes as great as creation Malays do something to ascent as great as improve themselves. The FELDA story is still maturation now.
As a Malays were earning a little extra income, Tabung Haji ( a brainchild of Professor Ungku Aziz) was shaped to introduce a robe of savings for a stormy days as great as to help save sufficient income to perform a haj. Sad to say, as has been reported, Tabung Haji was not protected from a unwashed hands either.
The siphoning of income which you see now, a unethical polite servants as gre! at as th eir abuse of energy as great as unchecked crime additionally proposed during Razak's premiership. He was not means to closely guard all a things which he had implemented.
One vivid e.g. is a building a whole of a wooden houses for a FELDA settlers. But instead of houses, a settlers got what were fundamentally usually pieces of sawn wood nailed together with a little sort of thatch to protect a inhabitants from a elements of nature. Yes, a 'house' was usually a shed. These houses can still be seen in a FELDA settlements as a sworn statement to a rapine of a allocations by unethical groups of people.
This was a commencement of a money-making schemes, as great as those in UMNO saw a doors opening to all a golden opportunities which had never existed for them before. The supervision officials as well found a event as great as took what they could as great as as many as they could.
When RISDA was shaped to help a rubber smallholders, they were provided with giveaway fertilizers, weed poison as great as alternative incentives similar to a income to keep a rubber camp transparent of all alternative plants, shrubs as great as tiny trees. This was to safeguard softened rubber production, easy maintenance, safety as great as forestall a rubber camp to be any form of hideouts for vermin, wild animals as great as a communists.
While they were ostensible to be given a equipment giveaway of charge, a officials still demanded income from a tiny holders as great as a substantial volume of a fertilizers as great as poisons went in to a wrong hands as great as were in a future sold to a hardware shops to be re-sold to others. The money-making schemes were carried out plainly to a extent a RISDA button upon a sacks could be obviously seen. Yet, a authorities did zero to stop a corruption.
Almost all a projects awarded to a UMNO-putras during this duration was executed as Ali Baba schemes withdrawal a UMNOputras with usually 5 percent of a profit which was as well little. Since they were n! ot genui ne businessmen, they spent generously within a couple of months accomplished all their gains. Thus some-more projects had to be given out to fulfill their lust. The Ali Baba commercial operation trend began here.
It was a same with alternative supervision projects as great as procurements. The instant noodles granted as armed forces ration were paid by a Ministry of Defense during RM0.65 per packet whilst a market price was usually RM0.25 each.
The Police as great as a Army were additionally in a world of their own with giveaway cigarettes, cheap alcohol, merrymaking in their messes. They were rapt to their surroundings. The military were so cruel in their duties which a IGP was shot passed indicate blank by two assailants upon a motorbike when his automobile halted during a undiluted highway upon his approach to a office.
The emasculate polite servants were rapt with so many tasks in their offices. Hospitals as great as medical staff were couple of in numbers, as great as a propagandize teachers were a many respectable group of people in multitude then. But unfortunately not anymore now.
The Biro Siasatan Negara (National Bureau of Investigation) was operational though they did nothing. At this stage, a UMNO supervision ignored all a warning signs of obvious corruption, injustice of supports as great as pilferage. As such, a subsequent theatre of disaster was unavoidable as great as some-more so underneath Hussein Onn.
First outrageous liaison underneath Tun Hussein Onn
Hussein Onn was similar to Abdullah Badawi as great as unlike Badawi, he was a demure politician. He was not means to fit in to Razak's shoes. Hussein Onn left a republic upon auto-pilot. Thus, some-more crime as great as indiscretion widespread all over a republic together with to Sa! bah as g reat as Sarawak which had outrageous amounts of healthy resources especially timber.
Sandakan in Sabah once hold a world record of a top numbers of millionaires (from a miserly rampage as great as crime of a joist industry) per block mile. Sabah is right away though a pure forest solely during a inhabitant reserve. This as well will not be spared for prolonged as great as Sabahans still remain bad today.
The initial outrageous liaison for UMNO which was a RM2.5 billion waste by Bank Bumiputera Malaysia Bhd, which began in 1976 with a unconditionally owned Bumiputera Malaysia Finance (BMF) lending income to skill developer Carrian Group in Hong Kong. The disaster unfolded in 1983 kicked off a UMNO rapine convention upon a outrageous scale.
You see, no a single was punished for a crime. UMNO leaders condoned such disturbance creating a precedent which when a single is a clever UMNO man as great as with correct connection, a single can get away scot-free. The bailout convention as well began from this indicate on. Since Malaysia was upon auto-pilot, a ordinary citizens had to tarry upon their own.
Mahathir: All forms of disaster as great as a unhappy miss of vision
This was a really engaging duration for UMNO. There were failures galore all as great as any form of
disaster which could occur did happen. There was one after an additional disaster during all levels of supervision to assimilate a bulk of a situation, from stripping a Malay rulers of their powers, using a full force of a ISA upon a opposition, violation up UMNO, looting a nation's funds, antagonizing a West, full-scale bailouts of cronies, destroying a firmness of a Police as great as Judiciary to being a dictator. Obviously, this resulted in resentment throughout a finish multitude leading to a arrangement of Pakatan Ra! kyat.
Mahathir was a a single who broke a inhabitant piggy bank, upon fire a route to pure supervision borrowings. He unsuccessful to yield sufficient supports for stormy days. Many of his supporters boasted which he was important for his vision, though time has proven which Mahathir in actuality lacked it. He lacked prophesy simply given he was not means to see beyond himself.
Mahathir unsuccessful to assimilate a inherent mercantile cycle as great as be prepared for eventual downturns. He knew Lee Kuan Yew had special supports to be used underneath a energy of a President. But Mahathir siphoned out a usually genuine supports you had in PETRONAS, to illustrate even a once abounding PETRONAS has to steal income now.
The Police underneath Mahathir was for many of a time operative for him as great as not many for a rakyat. The military was used to better a opposition, harass individuals, put people in prison using a ISA as great as determining a many befitting time for a ubiquitous election. Crime was tall given a PDRM was rapt with UMNO as great as Mahathir. Lawyers were know to be unethical though it was during his time which a law system was turned in to disorder as great as judges could be plainly bought, to illustrate finale a firmness of a finish law as great as sequence of a country.
Mahathir additionally unsuccessful to defend a monarchy by stripping a Malay rulers of their powers. The Malays have mislaid their last citadel of pride as great as for a rest of a Malaysians a last citadel of justice, as can be seen in a awkward position of a Sultan of Perak being manipulated by UMNO in a Perak energy squeeze of 2009. The Perak Sultan sanctioned UMNO's coup d'etat, whilst a Agong usually had sufficient guts to admit BERSIH as legitimate, whilst a Sultan of Selangor had to play protected in a JAIS -DUMC case with UMNO respirating down his neck.
Mahathir in his endeavour to have Malaysia a grown republic by 2020 unsuccessful to safeguard a republic from being plundered by refus! ing to f orestall as great as take movement opposite corrupt people. This could be given he was himself a conspirator in some, if not many of a fiascos. The Tajuddin Ramli-MAS liaison is an e.g. as great as a vital sworn statement to a failures of a Mahathir-era, whilst a RM12.5bil PKFZ liaison is still unfolding.
Mahathir additionally unsuccessful to see a inept capacity of Badawi as great as a destroyed Najib who both have no genuine ability of their own. Nonetheless, a single cannot spin behind time or erase a one after an additional failures Mahathir caused. In any case, he was ready to pass a rod to Abdullah Badawi by 2003.
Badawi sleeping away
Badawi was not means to fit in a boots of Dr. Mahathir. He attempted to remove multiform of questionable projects proposed by Mahathir. But even this, he fumbled as great as bungled.
Badawi attempted to emanate a little mercantile corridors, have a little fancy slogans similar to operative together with him as great as Islam Hadhari, which he himself found difficult to explain. Till now, a questions ring: what have been a corridors, a slogans as great as Islam Hadhari unequivocally all about?
The manage to buy became low as great as to spur expansion Malaysia had to steal some-more money. He was means to emanate a little clarity of mercantile activities though usually for a elections. Fortunately for him though unfortunately for a rakyat, he had a fourth floor goons headed by his beloved son-in-law, Khairy Jamaludin who made things worse.
Our republic was in danger given it was being managed by a twenty-something de-facto budding minister. Although Khairy was an Oxford graduate, he was not savvy sufficient to run a republic many to a disgust of Mahathir. Both a republic as great as UMNO have bee! n right away in disarray. A classical e.g. of a Khairy understanding left badly is a disaster of a Shahrizat-linked Gemas NFC debacle.
Badawi did form a MACC though for what? They have been usually a same people from a Anti Corruption Agency (ACA) in different uniform.
Free for all, squeeze what you can right away underneath Najib
Najib is prolonged upon ideas though reduced upon action, to illustrate has no formula to show. Basically, this is due to his ideas being copycats of alternative systems, such as a Pakatan's Buku Jingga or mercantile blueprint.
But initial of all given he was not inaugurated to his post as great as his picture was tarnished by a useless as great as unsinkable Scorpene submarines which additionally led to a murder of Mongolian inhabitant Altantuya Shaaribuu.
Najib engaged APCO as great as FBC Media for a full scale picture makeover, spending during slightest RM55
million of tax-payers' income for expensive propaganda to glorify himself, his supervision as great as his policies as great as carrying it screened upon international channels similar to CNN, CNBC as great as BBC.
To correct a damage to his image, Najib should have rectified a mistakes as great as not try to whitewash them as great as incurring some-more blunders in a process. There is unequivocally no indicate in putting upon thick have up during a day when everyone can see a thick covering of 'paint as great as powder'.
Transformation programs which go nowhere
Then Najib went upon to try to transform multiform vital things though he unsuccessful to see what a causes were which led to past failures. All a sounds as great as lecture of his Economic Transformation Program might have seem rsther than considerab! le to a layman, though what have been a formula so far? Unfortunately you have not been means to feel great about anything which Najib as great as his ETP people have announced.
His categorical showpieces have been a 6 National Key Results Areas (NKRA), twelve National Key
Economic Areas (NKEA) all partial of his Economic Transformation Program. On Nov 23, Bernama reported which Najib underlined 6 tall impact programs to progress a expansion of a Small as great as Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to 8.7 by 2020 but, what about right away or subsequent year?
The mercantile policies which a UMNO-BN supervision underneath Najib have been undertaken though uncover no improvement in a economy. Thus, until now, it has been 'nothing for zero Najibnomics'.
As for Najib's Political Transformation Program, it has proven to be a imitation complicated upon proclamations as great as full of doublespeak as in a new Peaceful Assembly Bill, which essentially restricts a leisure as great as not grant greater democratic space as he had promised.
Old day to day die hard
Even during this really critical juncture, in a last path to a "Mother of all Elections", UMNO still continues to endowment contracts though following a correct procedures. At benefaction there have been multiform projects underneath a assorted ministries which have been allocated to their cronies as great as when a time comes, by hook or by crook, these projects will come to light either UMNO-BN wins a GE-13 or not. So as well will all a money-making schemes programmed with rhythmical secrecy, a PKFZ scandal, a Scorpene liaison as great as a Gemas NFC debacle.
The Najib supervision has additionally told a rakyat which it will not be concerned in financing a mega-projects he has announced; they have been often underneath a Private Financing I! nitiativ es (PFI), he assures. But you were not told which a UMNO cronies will have to steal from a banks as great as none of a transparent minded private banks would ever lend them any money.
The private banks know which these projects have been usually money-making schemes though any guarantee of success as great as will in a future need bailouts. Thus all a burden of financing has been given to Bank Pembangunan, a supervision bank, with income from a government. Still a income will be taken from a already exhausting EPF as great as Tabung Haji or borrowed somewhere as great as bringing Malaysia closer to becoming an additional Greece.
Chaos during a ministries
The Ministry of Defense has set a plan relocating for a squeeze of brand brand brand new fighter planes from Russia as reported in a invulnerability magazine though Ahmad Zahid Hamidi denied this recently. The ministry will additionally continue with a office office building of a exorbitantly expensive naval ships as great as boats.
The Ministry of Education has embarked upon office office building multiform campuses in Perlis as great as Pahang as great as even a HUKM pediatric sanatorium in KL as great as being awarded to their cronies.
The Ministry of Transport has already authorized a KVMRT project, a Integrated Transport Terminal in Subang Jaya with an additional going to be in Gombak as great as in Melaka as great as as you all know Malaysia Airports Holding Bhd has a giveaway hand to impose any charges upon passengers as great as finish a KLIA2 tour during whatever cost.
The Ministry of Agriculture will in a future bail out a unsuccessful Gemas NFC plan as great as a miserly rice play "National Rice Bowl" plan in Sarawak will get some-more income a little to be reinvested as great as a rest pocketed.
The Ministry of Finance will continue paying a PKFZ thieves as great as continue dumping some-more income in to MAS notwithstanding a purported win-win share barter with A! irAsia a s MAS has already voiced RM400 in waste recently. PETRONAS has been set to bail out TNB by absorbing a gas cost.
The Ministry of Tourism as well have their money-making schemes by assorted advertisement projects, whilst a Ministry of Information uses FINAS by a loans as great as grants issued for movie productions as great as a injustice of FINAS assets for a little successful individuals. The alternative ministries as well have their problems as great as these could be suggested later.
Enough is enough
Najib has turned Malaysia retrograde by not trying to reject a wrong doings of UMNO-BN. Where his father was as well busy, Najib's problem might be given he has his own scandals; to illustrate a change of supervision is a usually loyal means of saving this country. The new UMNO AGM showed a republic a party's loyal colors; a racists/fascist focussed as great as a actuality which it had no genuine agenda for a country.
So after tracking by a 6 Prime Ministers, all of whom came from UMNO, it is transparent a jubilee is a cause, a categorical ingredient, a matter as great as a categorical component of all a failures which have befallen a nation.
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