Was the UN secretary-general being 'politically correct' about the incident in Malaysia?
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"You could contend which I'm the man upon the mission, as good as my mission could be dubbed Operation Restore Trust certitude in the organization as good as certitude in between member states as good as the secretariat."Ban Ki-moon, secretary-general of United Nations
When the secretary-general of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, finished his initial central revisit to Malaysia recently, he had nothing though glowing courtesy for Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, citing the latter's 1Malaysia judgment something worth emulating.
"Malaysia is multi-ethnic, multi religious, multi cultural compelling togetherness between farrago as good as 1Malaysia is the great vision not usually for Malaysia though for the segment as good as this is just what the UN tries to promote worldwide," he had said.
Ban, the former South Korean unfamiliar minister, took over as the secretary-general of the UN from Kofi Annan in 2007 as good as calls himself the "harmoniser as good as the bridgebuilder".
That then explains because Ban was fascinated with his initial "official" impression of Malaysia when he was here for dual reduced days, from Mar twenty-one to 23. The 1Malaysia judgment aside, he no reduction admires Malaysia's swell underneath the leadership of Najib.
"I'm tender with what Malaysia has completed underneath the leadership of PM Najib in terms of domestic as good as approved maturity, social mercantile development as good as the grant from the policies which the PM introduced," Ban was quoted by the New Straits Times upon Mar 23 as saying. Was Ban since the wrong impression by Najib about what is really happening in Malaysia or was the UN secretary-general being "politically correct" about the incident in Malaysia?
How did Ban come to the finish which all is good here when the status quo in Malaysia reveals otherwise?
Contrary to Ban's belief about togetherness between farrago being the hallmark of Malaysia, the republic abounding with multi-cultural as good as multi-ethnicity, the truth begs to differ; togetherness in between Malaysians of opposite faiths has for some years now been compromised, no thanks to the politicking finished by the "powers which be".
In this regard, there is little the politically-motivated 1Malaysia judgment can do. Branding "all things" Malaysia as "1 Malaysia" is not starting to assistance the sovereign supervision led by the Barisan Nasional coalition grab the much-needed votes in the coming 13th general election.
What domestic maturity?
How did Ban strech the finish which Malaysia has matured "politically as good as democratically" underneath the Najib administration is anyone's guess.
Had Najib the slightest spirit of what constitutes domestic as good as approved maturity, he would not have seen the Jul 9, 2011 rally perfectionist for electoral reforms the ban threat, so much so which both the rally as good as the non-governmental organization helming it, Bersih 2.0, were spoken illegal.
Had approved infancy been the part of the Naji leadership, leaders-activists of antithesis parties would not have been caught as good as mistreated while in military custody as which which happened to Sungai Siput MP Dr Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj as good as associate Parti Sosialis Malaysia members after they were detained upon Jun 26, 2011 underneath allegations of waging fight opposite the King.
As for domestic maturity, obviously Ban has no opinion of what has been starting upon in Malaysia.
It is regrettable which domestic infancy has never been Malaysia's strength; upon the reverse, it is corruption, nepotism as good as cronyism which is the sequence of the day in this country. The modus operandi of politicians in Malaysia has always been "you blemish my behind as good as I'll blemish yours".
It is obscure as to how Ban has unsuccessful to see the truth which democracy in its genuine sense has never been since the "breathing" chance by the Barisan Nasional supervision which has always been muzzling it via oppressive laws similar to the Internal Security Act (ISA) as good as the Emergency Ordinance, both which were supposedly revoked by Najib usually to be replaced with the Peaceful Assembly Act 2011, which has been cursed as crippling justificable expressions of criticism as good as not being in the interest of the rakyat.
Had Malaysia been "blessed" with both domestic as good as approved maturity, the rakyat would not be threatened with harsh movement underneath draconian laws similar to the ISA any time they dared plead issues of secular taste publicly.
The subject of "Malay rights as good as privileges" as stated underneath Article 153 of the Federal Constitution is taboo to the non-Malays.
Then there is the restraint placed upon the mainstream media underneath the Printing Presses as good as Publications Act which hampers them from reporting contribution truthfully in reserve from burdening them with the "bureaucracy" of renewing their operating licence annually.
Did Ban miss out upon the genuine facts?
The UN secretary-general additionally lauded Malaysia for assembly most of the 2015 deadline Millennium Development Goals which enclosed eradicating impassioned misery as good as augmenting education as good as additionally for actively compelling tellurian rights.
There is no doubt left which Ban got his contribution about Malaysia wrong. While the BN administration boasts ! of augme nting education in the country, how does it insist the actuality which notwithstanding completing their first schooling, there have been students who remain illiterate?
The most intolerable of all was when Ban praised Malaysia for actively compelling tellurian rights. Did the internationally-highlighted military abuse as good as the Najib leadership's mistreatment of the Jul 9, 2011 "Walk for Democracy" rally participants not strech Ban?
Is Ban wakeful of the rapes faced by the Penan women as good as girls in Sarawak during the hands of joist loggers? Would it disquiet Ban to know which the rapes go upon as good as in spite of turning to Najib's "vocal" mother Rosmah Mansor for help, these women received no empathy from her?
Looks similar to Ban has no thought of the "real" story concerning Malaysia. He might not even be wakeful of the tellurian rights abuse taking place in the country, be it the right to speak up or the right to lead one's life without fright as good as discrimination.
It was in November last year which the country's usually sexuality rights festival, Seksualiti Merdeka, was criminialized with Deputy Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar citing the forgive which the nation did not recognise any "deviationist activity" which could fall short the practice of religious freedom between others.
Seksualiti Merdeka is an annual legal holiday comprising talks, workshops, literary events, stage performances as good as an art muster focusing upon the rights of "people of diverse passionate course as good as gender identities".
If this was not pathetic enough, Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, who is better well known for his secular slurs, in lending await to the ban, called the eventuality "immoral".
"Any wake up which does not benefit the infancy of Malaysians should not be carried out. It's the waste of time, nonetheless they can contend it's their own right as good as freedom," was how Muhyiddin r! eacted.< /div>
All not good in Malaysia
Despite calls for an finish to the institutionalised complement of taste opposite non-ethnic Malays, the BN supervision remains austere in wanting to dilate the chasm in between the Malays as good as non-Malays, be it in the field of education or employment.
Not usually that, Malaysia additionally has nonetheless to sanction the Convention upon the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discimination (CERD), the UN covenant already ratified by 173 countries.
For example, non-Malay students have been barred from studying during the state-owned Universiti Teknologi Mara, which has the student physique of 120,00. In 2008, the sovereign supervision deserted the offer to reverse this policy.
In May 2010, Malaysia was re-elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) through the secret list which supposing the three-year mandate from Jun 19, 2010 to Jun 18, 2013.
This notwithstanding the actuality which Malaysia is between 7 countries accused of tellurian rights violations apart from Angola as good as Libya.
With such the bad lane record, because was Malaysia re-elected to the UN's Human Rights Council?
Was it not Ban who in January this year urged African leaders to apply oneself happy rights, observant taste formed upon passionate course had been ignored or even authorised by most states for as well long?
Ban had told delegates which taste formed upon passionate course or gender identity "prompted governments to provide people as second class citizens or even criminals".
"Confronting these discriminations is the challenge, though you must not give up upon the ideas of the universal declaration (of tellurian rights)," he was quoted by AFP as saying.
But during his central outing to Malaysia, the secretary-general unsuccessful to "practise what he preached" in Addis Ababa dual months ago. Is Ban not wakeful of the taste ! as good as prejudice faced by the homosexual as good as transgender communities in Malaysia or was he personification safe by not in contact with upon this topic, notwithstanding it contravening the rights enshrined underneath the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948?
At the finish of the day, all which could be pronounced of the 67-year-old Ban's operative revisit to Malaysia is this: "He came, shook hands with PM Najib, smiled for the camera as good as left."
Jeswan Kaur is the freelance writer as good as the FMT columnist.
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