In perplexing to downplay a "pendatang" (immigrants) slur oft finished opposite non-Malay Malaysians, a Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak is revelation to dual things:
Firstly, a disaster of his 1Malaysia Policy which he announced when he became Prime Minister 39 months ago with a objective to emanate a Malaysia where each Malaysian regard himself or herself as Malaysian initial as well as race, religion, region as well as socio-economic status second;
Secondly, his inability as well as unfitness to do anything to opposite as well as clean out this divisive as well as insidious mindset which perpetuates a false, mischievous as well as anti-national multiplication of Malaysians, which is quite ridiculous when a first-generation internal born of a single village could call on a fourth, fifth or sixth-generation internal born of another village to "balik China" or "balik India"!
In his discourse with Chinese youths during University Malaya yesterday, Najib urged a Chinese village not to be offended by people who call them pendatang (immigrants) since such remarks have been finished by a handful of "lunatics" with "loose screws".
He pronounced those who utter such remarks purposely say so to harm a feelings of a Chinese village as well as which his administration department does not share such views.
He said: "I hope we have been not too harm by a single or dual comments. In each community, there have been always a single or dual people whose heads have been not quite right."
Is it true usually a single or dua! l lax sc rews?
Najib's answer would be most assuring if it is true which it is usually "one or dual lunatics" with "loose screws" who finished such offensive, insidious as well as anti-national remarks.
However, this is not a case.
In actual fact, a "pendatang" slur is most manly proof of a disaster of Malaysian nation-building in a past five decades as well Najib's 1Malaysia policy, as it is not confined to "one or dual lunatics" though infected a highest levels of governing body as well as government since of decades of Biro Tata Negara (BTN) teaching of polite servants as well as open officers.
Najib's own special military officer to a Prime Minister, Datuk Nasir Safar for example had labeled Indians as well as Chinese as "pendatang" as well as combined insult to damage in dogmatic which "Indians came to Malaysia as beggars as well as Chinese especially women came to sell their bodies".
Two years ago, during a launch of a Merdeka celebrations of Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra, Kulai, a school principal Hajah Siti Inshah binti Monsar said:
"Pelajar-pelajar Cina tidak diperlukan dan boleh balik ke China ataupun Sekolah Foon Yew. Bagi pelajar India, tali sembahyang yang diikat di pergelangan tangan dan leher pelajar nampak seakan anjing dan hanya anjing akan mengikat seperti itu."
Malaysians of course still remember a situation in a Permatang Pauh parliamentary by-election in Aug 2008 where an "Anwar Ibrahim" multiplication chief referred to a Malaysian Chinese as pendatang orang tumpang as well as totally untrustworthy Malaysians.
The "pendatang" slur is not a outcome of "loose screws" of "one or dual lunatics" though a outcome of decades of a poison of anti-national teaching by state agencies like a BTN perpetuating Malaysians into dual classes of people.
Will Najib do anything concrete
What has a Najib adm! inistrat ion department finished underneath its 1Malaysia process to develop an official process backed up by a national consensus which usually "lunatics" with "screws loose" would make a "pendatang" slur, as well as classifying it as a divisive, fraudulent as well as anti-national indicate of view which must be condemned by all nationalistic as well as receptive Malaysians?
Malaysia will be celebrating our 55th National Day on Aug 31.
Is Najib rebuilt to send out a clear as well as unmistakable summary which in line with his 1Malaysia policy, those who continue to regard a Chinese as well as Indians as "kaum pendatang" have been lunatic, definitely anti-national who must be condemned by all receptive as well as nationalistic Malaysians in undeniable terms as well as who should have no place in Malaysian governing body or open service?
Lim Kit Siang is a DAP MP for Ipoh Timur
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