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I’m very sorry. I feel very disturb with this news.
“Therefore, the rakyat must unite and never raise issues regarding Malay rights and special privileges because it is a quid pro quo in gratitude for the giving in of citizenship (beri-paksa kerakyatan) to 2.7 million non-Malays into the Tanah Melayu federation. Thus, it is not appropriate for these other ethnic groups to have citizenship, only (later) to seek equality and privileges,” said Tengku Faris, who read from a 11-page prepared text.
Japanese, Finns, Germans colleagues here curious about this kind of situation in Malaysia.
Howsy has some question about this.
Tengku Faris: Non-Malays should not seek equality
Andrew Ong | Apr 12, 08 2:10pmKelantan Crown Prince Tengku Faris Petra said today that Malays had given into granting non-Malays citizenship and the latter should therefore not seek equality or special treatment.
He said this during his keynote speech at a forum titled “Malay unity is the core of national unity” organised by the newly formed Barisan Bertindak Perpaduan Melayu in Kuala Lumpur today.
Speaking to a crowd of about 1,000 people, Tengku Faris said the Malay rulers would be an umbrella to foster unity among all Malaysians, based on the Federal Constitution and the Rukun Negara.
“Therefore, the rakyat must unite and never raise issues regarding Malay rights and special privileges because it is a quid pro quo in gratitude for the giving in of citizenship (beri-paksa kerakyatan) to 2.7 million non-Malays into the Tanah Melayu federation.
“Thus, it is not appropriate for these other ethnic groups to have citizenship, only (later) to seek equality and privileges,” said Tengku Faris, who read from a 11-page prepared text.
However, the crown prince stressed that in an effort to unite the Malays, non-Malays also have rights that must be protected, such as in areas of religion.
As an example, Tengku Faris said non-Malays are allowed to practice their respective religions in peace. They must however do so in accordance with the law and “not be provocative towards Islam”.
“The Malay rulers are the head of the Islamic religion and Malaysia is a Islamic country (negara Islam), not secular. We have our own formula (as a country) which is different from others,” he added, drawing thunderous applause from the crowd.
‘Dominance’
He added that the effort to instil Malay unity and defend Malay special rights does not mean that other races would be ignored.
“In fact, if Malay rights and special privileges are taken care of and is not disturbed, it would ensure national harmony. It does not just benefit the Malays but all ethnic groups,” he said.
In his speech, Tengku Faris said the 12th General Election results have shown that the Malays are being “challenged” and thus Malays unity is of the outmost priority.
“The election results have shown that the Malays are disunited and facing other ethnic groups who are more dominant politically and economically,” he said.
As the constitution provides that the Malays are the natives (penduduk asal) of Malaysia, Tengku Faris said every Malay must defend the constitution and Islam and this can only be achieved through Malay unity.
“We have to make an effort to unite. Don’t spilt up. Avoid polemics that can distance us. Ideology (and) having different interpretations does not contribute to Malay unity.
“Discussing about polemics such as Islamic state, secular state, welfare state… confuses the people… Resulting from this confusion, Malays are becoming more disillusioned,” he added.
I already had my opinion voiced in my last post entry.
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April 13th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
one thing will never change, either you a me layu or dan lain-lain
April 13th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
I heard this type of speech while I was attending a ceramah in the Dewan Tunku in the Universiti Malaya in 1974, while I was a freshman.Now,after 34 years, I heard it again.
The speech is definitely drag us backwards in terms of racial unity.
KJ: Never ending story although it already happened century(ies) ago.
April 14th, 2008 at 7:15 am
The 1974 Ceramah was held just before the Election after the then Alliance Government suffered heavy loses.The Alliance managed to wrest back many lost seats in 1974 by instilling fear on the voters.
I smelt rats in such a ” prepared speech”.
Hope those people are not that stupid to use such an outdated tactic this time.Nowaday, voters are more educated and have the mind of their own.
April 16th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
I told my finn bf about people here are not satisfied about bumiputra and non-bumiputra thing and have to fill what is our religion or race in an important form. Then he asked how do they know what is your religion? Does it stated in the mykad? That time I didnt know about it as they could judge it by a person’s name.
Last week, I received my malay friend’s mykad in copied and I really had a look at it. Then realized that it stated ‘Islam’ there
April 16th, 2008 at 4:48 pm
Do you have any impression that all malays must be muslim, all chineses are buddhists and all indians are Hindus?
KJ: In Malaysia, all Malays must be Muslim? Yes. All Chineses are Buddhist? No. All Indians are Hindus? No.
April 22nd, 2008 at 4:37 am
The Constitution clearly provides that all Malaysians are EQUAL. There can be no discrimination. There is a provision to HELP Malays (and Orang Asli) if they are BACKWARD i.e. left behind. It is called AFFIRMATIVE ACTION. This is not uncommon as similar clauses exist in constituion of other countries e.g. India to help the untouchable, etc. But that does not mean those in receipt of affirmative action are superior or have special rights. Indeed, the opposite is true. They are behind and so given specially assistance to help them.
That is only right and fair. But no, they do not have special rights. The special rights only exist in the pre-independence State Constitutions e.g. in Negri, Malays pay less to use Govt hearses when they die. But under the Federal Constitution (which overrides the State constitution) no more special rights can be given. Indeed the Johor constitution expressly forbids any discriomination between the different inhabitants of the state, whether they are nationals or not. If everybody understood this, we would not have these pointless discussions every few years about special rights. There is no need to humiliate any part of the society to progress if you look at it rationally. If more people progress, there will be greater use of our manpower and our country will benefit. Even partly trained personnel are better than untrained people at performing a job. We have to change our mindset and not waste our resources any more.