This was retrieved in a blog-posting by Tulang Besi of Malaysian Waves. we had embargoed this article to follow up upon a argumentative film upon May 13, which we hold has been shelved. As such, it is a good time to recollect which this letter did surface after 513 1969, lest we forgot to remember.
The May thirteen riots: Mahathir's open letter to Tunku Abdul Rahman
Y.T.M. Tunku,
I am deeply saddened because my goal in making a press matter was misunderstood by you. In fact, my goal is a same as yours, to save this nation from harm which threatens it.
Your opinions have been formed upon stories which were told to we by a people around you,who will usually discuss it we things which they felt we similar to or should know. Let me discuss it we counts which concern a situation, opinion as well as ideas of a public so as to give we a improved understanding upon because we done which statement.
It was we yourself who told me which in order to equivocate riots, we stopped a execution of 11 Chinese subversives. In actuality your movement in interlude a execution caused a riots as well as mixed deaths which have occurred given May 13.
You regularly "give as well as take", which is to give a Chinese what they want. This was a reason for interlude a execution. This additionally caused a rise of annoy among a Malays.
The Chinese labelled we as well as a Perikatan supervision as cowards as well as weak, which can be pushed around. That is a reason because a Chinese have been not fearful to deny Perikat! an, as w ell as a Malays do not wish Perikatan anymore. That is because a Chinese as well as Indians were bold to a Malays upon May 12. If we have been squabble at in a face or been humiliated, then competence be we assimilate how a Malays feel.
The Malays whom we think will never revolt right away have become mad as well as run amok , to a extent of losing their own lives as well as killing those which they hate because we accidentally gave face. The responsibility of a deaths, Muslim as well as non-Muslims, contingency be placed upon a shoulder of a leader who done a wrong stand.
I swallow ones honour though we wanted to discuss it we a feelings of a Malays. In fact, a Malays now, be it PAS or "Pakatan Rakyat", really hate we generally those who were flustered by a Chinese, as well as those who mislaid their homes, families, young kids as well as relatives because of your give-and-take policy.
They pronounced which we just wanted to be known as a Happy Prime apportion despite a actuality which a people have been suffering.They know which even during a Emergency, we were still engrossed in gin rummy games with your Chinese friends. The policemen told of how we used their cars as well as escorts to look for gin rummy partners.
On a contrary, a Chinese have no apply oneself for you.They pronounced we have been nave as well as of no calibre. There is more of what they pronounced though we cannot contend it here. These words came from Chinese from all walks of life, from intellectuals as well as additionally a rickshaw man.
Lately, a little development has arisen. The Malays in polite service, from Permanent Secretary as well as below, armed forces officers as well as policemen have mislaid trust as well as apply oneself in you. we knew which most of them upheld PAS through postal votes. Officers from a troops as well as armed forces still follow orders at a moment given a orders hav! e been i n line with their wishes.If we ever do anything which they do not wish we to, we hold they will not conform your words anymore.
I know which we have been fearful which a Communists will take advantage of a unstable incident in a country. we am more fearful if Government starts to remove carry out over a armed forces. Once this happens, thing will never be a same again. The polite supervision then contingency follow orders from a military. Your pretension competence be Happy Prime Minister, though those who reinstate we will not feel any happiness at all.
I hope which we will not lie to yourself which one day people will be beholden with what we have been we do now. It can never be which usually one chairman is scold as well as a rest of us have been wrong. we wish to discuss it we a opinion of a people which it is about time for we to step down as PM as well as "Pakatan Rakyat" chief.
I assimilate a energy which we have as well as we recollect what happened to Aziz Ishak. But we cannot call myself a obliged chairman if we did not explain what we meant. If we were to be imprisoned, we will still uphold what we indispensable to say.
I was told which we called me a Pakistani. we didn't hold what people pronounced because we know we would never contend such thing. we regularly defended we when PAS pronounced we were Siamese, had no rights to lead a Malays. So, will we additionally defend me even if there is Pakistani red blood in my body.
I wish to reiterate which a matter we done was to forestall a incidents which will enlarge passion as well as hatred among a Malays towards a Government as well as encouraging a Chinese to further humiliate a honour of a Malays. Bigger riots can take place if this is not controlled. Even a armed forces competence not be means to carry out it. And further more, if TH Tan as well as a Chinese Chambers can emanate a statement, because can't "Pa! katan Ra kyat" leaders?
I wrote this in frankness as well as which hope which we will read this letter yourself. we urge to Allah to open your heart to accept a tangible contribution even though a contribution have been bitter.
Yours sincerely
(Dr Mahather bin Muhammad)
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Surprisingly, he forgets most things, though is specific upon whom to put a censure on. Now Anwar is fingered in a Project IC! Who is next? Najib?
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