Photo courtesy of Dr Boo Cheng Hau Malaysia is the Asia-Pacific’s “best model??? in dealing with the rights of indigenous peoples – or so it is claimed. On Saturday (incidentally the same day Dr Mahathir Mohamad launched the Perkasa inaugural congress), BN Member of Parliament Dr Makcus Mojigoh said, in his paper presented at a… Continue reading How Ketuanan Melayu has dispossessed the Orang Asli
Month: March 2010
Enam bulan lepas Bajet, apa hasilnya?
Pada Okt 23, 2009 ketika pembentangan Bajet 2010, Perdana Menteri telah mengumumkan bahawa fungsi Kementerian Wilayah Persekutuan akan diperkukuhkan. Disarankan skop kementerian tersebut diperluaskan supaya ia lebih berkesan dalam membasmi kemiskinan bandar. Najib Razak berkata antara tugas utama kementerian ‘baru’ yang bergelar Kementerian Wilayah Persekutuan dan Kesejahteraan Bandar [KWPKB] ialah menyediakan satu pelan tindakan komprehensif.… Continue reading Enam bulan lepas Bajet, apa hasilnya?
The forgotten La Salle Brothers
CPI Note In all the talk about becoming a high-income country and belonging to the league of developed nations, Malaysians should realize that they are still painfully lacking in the attributes and values that make a nation truly developed. These missing attributes and values are not only the high ethical and moral norms that we… Continue reading The forgotten La Salle Brothers
Orang Asli: Jangan ibarat terlepas mulut singa, masuk mulut buaya
Memorandum bantahan dasar pemberimilikan tanah Orang Asli oleh gabungan jaringan kampung-kampung Orang Asli semenanjung Malaysia YAB Perdana Menteri Malaysia, YB Menteri Kementerian Kemajuan Luar Bandar dan Wilayah dan Yang Berusaha ketua pengarah JHEOA. Memorandum gabungan jaringan kampung-kampung Orang Asli semenanjung Malaysia bertujuan untuk: Menegaskan bantahan oleh masyarakat Orang Asli terhadap dasar pemberimilikan tanah Orang… Continue reading Orang Asli: Jangan ibarat terlepas mulut singa, masuk mulut buaya
Perkasa, GLCs and the New Economic Model
During the recent Perkasa inaugural meeting, Ibrahim Ali expressed his displeasure with Malay heads of government-linked companies (GLCs) for not attending his Malay rights group inaugural congress. He also criticised the GLC heads for being interested in personal interests instead of the interests of the Malay community. Introducing a note of intimidation, he warned… Continue reading Perkasa, GLCs and the New Economic Model
What makes a Malaysian, not who is
Kadir Jasin, yet another journalist, has asked this: Am I Malaysian just because I am proud to be a Malay? Kadir isn’t merely challenging the basis for dropping ethnic identification from formal or official documents. More than that, he is actually posing (perhaps without him realising it) an existential question, and a fundamental one. Rephrased,… Continue reading What makes a Malaysian, not who is
Menembusi ‘simpanan tetap‘ Umno
Hampir 90 peratus daripada lebih satu juta kakitangan awam adalah orang Melayu yang layak mengundi serta perlu ditambat sokongan mereka. Tatkala Umno mengalami kemerosotan undi yang sangat ketara pada pilihanraya umum 1999, ramai pemerhati politik meramalkan Umno akan berkubur pada pilihanraya yang seterusnya. Majoriti pengundi-pengundi Melayu dilihat sudah beralih arah dan mula memihak kepada Parti… Continue reading Menembusi ‘simpanan tetap‘ Umno
Seeds of racism: A look at national identity from child developmental perspective
A Malay boy – in his middle or late childhood years – was captured on video attempting to stomp on the gory cow head during the protest against a Hindu temple by Muslims in Shah Alam. The boy displayed a simultaneous attraction and repulsion to the act, and viewers were left with an indelible image… Continue reading Seeds of racism: A look at national identity from child developmental perspective
To our political leaders: Stand up and be counted on this reform agenda
It is established theory in political sociology that potential ‘class conflict’ is endemic to democratically elected governments. Applying theories of imperialism and colonialism, I have shown in my Oxford doctoral thesis that in the case of Malaysia, the manipulation of British colonial policies of indirect rule, and divide and rule resulted in ‘intra-class conflict’… Continue reading To our political leaders: Stand up and be counted on this reform agenda
Article 153 on ‘special position’ of the Malays and other natives: The way forward
In my article, Visiting the Malay ‘Rights’ (the Bahasa Malaysia version can be read here), I had commented on article 153 of the Federal Constitution. I stated that under its provisions, the Malays in fact do not possess any special ‘rights’. There is only the special ‘position’ of the Malays and the natives of… Continue reading Article 153 on ‘special position’ of the Malays and other natives: The way forward