🚀 go-pugleaf

On Sun 24 Feb 2008 08:26:13, pg <penang@catholic.org> wrote:

> On Feb 24, 8:51 am, Franklin <no_u...@www.invalid> wrote:
>> On Sat 23 Feb 2008 03:57:44, pg <pen...@catholic.org> wrote:
>>
>> > On Feb 23, 4:00 am, Don Wiss <donwiss@no_spam.com> wrote:
>> >> [...]
>>
>> > Many thanks for shrinking that file to 1.1 MB !!
>>
>> > On behalf of many, many people from Malaysia, I salute you !!!
>>
>> > And I've uploaded that 1.1 MB file ontohttp://bn106.4shared.com
>>
>> > Now more people can download it. Bandwidth is still quite a
>> > problem in Malaysia, one way or another.
>>
>> > And a big Thank You to all for your support !!
>>
>> > ROCK ON, FREEDOM !!!
>>
>> Can you give us a basic summary in English of what it says.
> 
> 
> Since it has 106 items, I can't list them all here. But I'll pick a
> few examples ...
> 
> In 1987, the Malaysian government rounded up all the people who
> dare to speak up against the government, and detained them for
> years and years, without trial. The operation was named as
> "Operation Lalang". This is a blatant violation of human rights.
> 
> In 1999, the Chinese community put out a list of requests, in the
> hope that the Malaysian society can have a more leveled playing
> field for all people. The government responded by accusing those
> who signed the request as "COMMUNIST TERRORISTS".
> 
> In year 2001, the government ordered the closure of a Chinese
> primary school, without any reason. Forcing the students who study
> there to another school situated quite far away. The Chinese
> community objected to it, but the government deployed armed police
> to chase away all the children and their parents from that school.
> BTW, that Chinese school is NOT owned by the government.
> 
> The local universities in Malaysia have a policy of limiting the
> enrollment of ethnic Chinese students, even when the Chinese
> students have scored much higher in all the examinations. The only
> reason for the policy is that they want to reserve the slots for
> the Malays -- of the majority Muslim population. Unlike America
> where you have more university slots than students, in Malaysia,
> for every 100 eligible students, there are only 80 slots. This
> means that the more qualified Chinese students are shut out of
> university education, while the much lower echelon's Malays
> students get to study. This is yet another blatant violation of
> human rights. 
> 
> In year 2005, the state of Selangor sent a delegation abroad, in
> the name of "research". That trip cost the government a lot of
> money, millions ! And it was later revealed that part of the
> delegation's "research itineraries" included "belly dancing" and
> other vice activities.
> 
> While the country is poor, with many citizens having no roof over
> their head, the government spent 40MILLIONS to build 10 resort
> houses for top civil servants. That 40MILLION, if applied in
> building ordinary housing for the people, is equivalent to at least
> 400 houses, or 2000 apartments !
> 
> The above is but a small portion of the 106 items mentioned in the
> bn106.pdf file. The Malaysian government has done a lot of terrible
> things, and the things I translated are of the "milder" kind. There
> are more heinous crimes the Malaysian government has perpetrated.
> 
> The file listed 106 incidents done by the Malaysian government, no
> added MSG at all. And yet, the government of Malaysia is afraid of
> the world know of their dirty laundry. In this aspect alone, the
> Malaysian government is no better than the Myanmar or the Chinese
> regime. 
> 
> The old adage of "People Who Live In Glass Houses Should Not Throw
> Stones" should be applied to the Malaysian government. They do not
> want to be treated badly, but yet, they are treating other people
> badly.
> 
> If they don't want their dirty little secrets to be known to the
> world, then they shouldn't have done so many terrible things to
> their own citizens.
> 


The bumiputra policy favoring the frequently idle Malays is unjust 
but it may be the price one has to pay to avoid race riots again.

Mahathir may be corrupt and have a very loud unsmiling mouth but he 
has brought a lot of prosperity to Malaysia.

I hope you mentioned Anwar Ibrahim.