‘KETUANAN MELAYU’ AND THE OTHER ‘KETUANANS’ IN THE NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES AND ALL OVER THE WORLD.
…WHY DIDN’T THE CHINESE IN THOSE COUNTRIES CREATE ISSUES WITH THE LOCAL MAJORITY POPULATION?
By Mansor Puteh
‘KETUANAN MELAYU’ IS NOT ‘MELAYU SUPERIORITY’. IT IS SO ONLY WHEN THE CHINESE WANT TO FIND FAULT WITH THE TERM AND THE MELAYU. IT IS THE SUPERIORITY OF THE CONSTITUTION.
ISN’T THERE ‘KETUANAN CINA’ IN PULAU PINANG WHERE THE MELAYU HAVE BEEN SIDELINED UNTIL THEY ARE ALMOST BANKRUPT?
THERE IS ‘KETUANAN MELAYU’ IN INDONESIA AND BRUNEI, ‘KETUANAN SIAM’ IN THAILAND, ‘KETUANAN FILIPINA’ IN THE PHILIPPINES, ‘KETUANAN MYANMAR’ IN MYANMAR AND ‘KETUANAN CINA’ IN SINGAPURA…
All these go unchallenged by the people. So why must ‘Ketuanan Melayu’ in Malaysia be an issue?
The sultan of Johor wants ‘ketuanan Melayu’ be changed to ‘kedaulatan Melayu’. And many other Melayu are in wonderment as to who and why the fuss over this?
When in reality, in the neighboring countries, they also have their own versions of ‘ketuanan Melayu’ and ‘ketuanan Siam’, ‘ketuanan Filipina’ and even ‘ketuanan Myanmar’.
In fact, in America, England and all the countries in Europe including Australia and New Zealand, there are 'Ketuanan Inggeris’, and the other ‘Ketuanan’.
This is despite their non-mention of it.
The reason being the Chinese communities in those countries, except for Singapura are so tiny; so they are not able to have their own MCA, Gerakan or other Chinese political parties.
In fact, they can’t or won’t even dare to demand for land and financial assistance from the federal or state government to build schools and temples.
The Chinese in those countries know how to behave simply because they are so small and so insignificant.
If they want to enter politics and be elected, they have to conform and behave like the locals.
They have to have local names and revert to the religion of the majority.
There can never be a Kit Siang, Karpal Singh, Soi Lek and what have you that we have in Malaysia in those countries.
Why are there no Karpal Singh in India and no Kit Siang in Taiwan or China and Singapura?
Because the Melayu allow them to exist.
It is therefore more of a psychological and historical issue than a political one. It is an issue that can continue to exist as long as there is no Melayu unity, and as long as the Melayu are being divided by the minority and with the help and collusion of some Melayu.
So much so that they also cannot think they are Chinese like what they do here in Malaysia; they cannot be seen to be too awed with things China or things Hong Kong and be too supportive of the causes of their own ethnic group.
This is the reason why there are two from the Aquino clan who are ethnic Chinese but who did not care too much of their ethnicity, were elected presidents of the Philippines.
Thaksin and Abhisit are ethnic Chinese who have Siamese names and identities were also able to be elected prime minister of Siam.
In Myanmar, the Chinese have been fully assimilated much like the Chinese in Siam and the Philippines and also to some extent in Indonesia, where there is a slide back to the pre-Sukarno era where some Chinese are now trying to exert themselves.
There are also now some Chinese programs on television and schools offering tuition to the young Chinese to study their language.
But the Chinese in Indonesia and those other countries cannot do much; they cannot blame the majority ‘Bumiputeras’ of those countries for being unfair to them.
They had been culled to accept reality about their being in alien lands. It was the fault of their ancestors and that of China, too, for having forced them to flee from South China to come to Southeast Asia where they had to seek support and sustenance from the locals who are mostly the Melayu of Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei, Siamese, Myanmars and also the Filipinos.
Without the charity and understanding of these people, the Chinese would not have been allowed to land in those countries where their off-springs were able to continue living.
Many of their ancestors had perished in the Great Famine which happened in South China which forced many Chinese to flee, in order to survive and prosper.
All the countries in Southeast Asia of Nusantara Melayu allowed the Chinese in because they were pitiful of their plight.
They also allowed them to dabble in business or mostly in small trading at the expense of the local entrepreneurs, simply because they wanted the Chinese to be able to earn a living.
But at the same time, those countries were insistent that the Chinese and the other aliens follow local ways.
They did not allow them to do as the please. They were forced to slowly revert to their religions and speak the local language and follow the local ways.
But not in Malaysia.
Malaysia allowed the Chinese and the Indians to do as they please.
The Melayu who are Muslims were more accommodative and charitable and they allowed the Chinese to do as they please.
The Melayu also did not stop the Chinese to dabble in small trading and supported them. So that was why we could see small shops operated by the Chinese existing in the middle of Melayu villages.
If the Melayu had wanted to be nasty, they could sabotage those stores so that they could become bankrupt in no time.
Yet, at that time being alone, the Chinese behaved well; they did not try to show their Chinese too much.
They tried to speak Melayu even though it was in a very thick Chinese accent. The Melayu also spoke in such fashion so that the Chinese could understand them better.
In Indonesia, the Chinese were not allowed to get away with this matter concerning language. They were scolded for not speaking in Melayu.
But over the years, after being too comfortable and having their own political parties, the Chinese in Malaysia have become arrogant; they have started to make unusual demands to the extent that they believe they can even taunt the Melayu and chastise them for behaving like ‘Masters’ with the ‘Ketuanan Melayu’ which they did not know the real and full meaning of.
What the few Chinese leaders are trying is to create unnecessary guilt from amongst the Melayu so that the ‘slogan’ could be erased, which will also allow the erasing of the existence of the Melayu as being the original inhabitants of the land and causing Bahasa Melayu to lose its special position in the country.
This is what the few Chinese want to see happening. But they cannot go on to their final goal without doing it slowly.
Yet, not surprisingly, there are some Melayu who have fallen into the trap set by the so few Chinese politicians who have also become daring to accept the rejection of ‘Ketuanan Melayu’.
These Melayu are from the opposition party and coalition. They want to get more votes from the Chinese, even when they know the majority of their supporters are from the Melayu.
And they are doing this in post-general election time, when they are not bound by the dictates of the voters.
They are not being fair for doing this since such matters must be raised during the election campaign for their voters to judge.
They only dare to do so now with the general election not about to happen in a year’s time.
The MCA leaders and especially Soi Lek are also brave to bring such issues at this time.
One can bet, all those Chinese and some Melayu will remain quiet on the issue concerning ‘Ketuanan Melayu’ if the general election is called.
By Mansor Puteh
‘KETUANAN MELAYU’ IS NOT ‘MELAYU SUPERIORITY’. IT IS SO ONLY WHEN THE CHINESE WANT TO FIND FAULT WITH THE TERM AND THE MELAYU. IT IS THE SUPERIORITY OF THE CONSTITUTION.
ISN’T THERE ‘KETUANAN CINA’ IN PULAU PINANG WHERE THE MELAYU HAVE BEEN SIDELINED UNTIL THEY ARE ALMOST BANKRUPT?
THERE IS ‘KETUANAN MELAYU’ IN INDONESIA AND BRUNEI, ‘KETUANAN SIAM’ IN THAILAND, ‘KETUANAN FILIPINA’ IN THE PHILIPPINES, ‘KETUANAN MYANMAR’ IN MYANMAR AND ‘KETUANAN CINA’ IN SINGAPURA…
All these go unchallenged by the people. So why must ‘Ketuanan Melayu’ in Malaysia be an issue?
The sultan of Johor wants ‘ketuanan Melayu’ be changed to ‘kedaulatan Melayu’. And many other Melayu are in wonderment as to who and why the fuss over this?
When in reality, in the neighboring countries, they also have their own versions of ‘ketuanan Melayu’ and ‘ketuanan Siam’, ‘ketuanan Filipina’ and even ‘ketuanan Myanmar’.
In fact, in America, England and all the countries in Europe including Australia and New Zealand, there are 'Ketuanan Inggeris’, and the other ‘Ketuanan’.
This is despite their non-mention of it.
The reason being the Chinese communities in those countries, except for Singapura are so tiny; so they are not able to have their own MCA, Gerakan or other Chinese political parties.
In fact, they can’t or won’t even dare to demand for land and financial assistance from the federal or state government to build schools and temples.
The Chinese in those countries know how to behave simply because they are so small and so insignificant.
If they want to enter politics and be elected, they have to conform and behave like the locals.
They have to have local names and revert to the religion of the majority.
There can never be a Kit Siang, Karpal Singh, Soi Lek and what have you that we have in Malaysia in those countries.
Why are there no Karpal Singh in India and no Kit Siang in Taiwan or China and Singapura?
Because the Melayu allow them to exist.
It is therefore more of a psychological and historical issue than a political one. It is an issue that can continue to exist as long as there is no Melayu unity, and as long as the Melayu are being divided by the minority and with the help and collusion of some Melayu.
So much so that they also cannot think they are Chinese like what they do here in Malaysia; they cannot be seen to be too awed with things China or things Hong Kong and be too supportive of the causes of their own ethnic group.
This is the reason why there are two from the Aquino clan who are ethnic Chinese but who did not care too much of their ethnicity, were elected presidents of the Philippines.
Thaksin and Abhisit are ethnic Chinese who have Siamese names and identities were also able to be elected prime minister of Siam.
In Myanmar, the Chinese have been fully assimilated much like the Chinese in Siam and the Philippines and also to some extent in Indonesia, where there is a slide back to the pre-Sukarno era where some Chinese are now trying to exert themselves.
There are also now some Chinese programs on television and schools offering tuition to the young Chinese to study their language.
But the Chinese in Indonesia and those other countries cannot do much; they cannot blame the majority ‘Bumiputeras’ of those countries for being unfair to them.
They had been culled to accept reality about their being in alien lands. It was the fault of their ancestors and that of China, too, for having forced them to flee from South China to come to Southeast Asia where they had to seek support and sustenance from the locals who are mostly the Melayu of Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei, Siamese, Myanmars and also the Filipinos.
Without the charity and understanding of these people, the Chinese would not have been allowed to land in those countries where their off-springs were able to continue living.
Many of their ancestors had perished in the Great Famine which happened in South China which forced many Chinese to flee, in order to survive and prosper.
All the countries in Southeast Asia of Nusantara Melayu allowed the Chinese in because they were pitiful of their plight.
They also allowed them to dabble in business or mostly in small trading at the expense of the local entrepreneurs, simply because they wanted the Chinese to be able to earn a living.
But at the same time, those countries were insistent that the Chinese and the other aliens follow local ways.
They did not allow them to do as the please. They were forced to slowly revert to their religions and speak the local language and follow the local ways.
But not in Malaysia.
Malaysia allowed the Chinese and the Indians to do as they please.
The Melayu who are Muslims were more accommodative and charitable and they allowed the Chinese to do as they please.
The Melayu also did not stop the Chinese to dabble in small trading and supported them. So that was why we could see small shops operated by the Chinese existing in the middle of Melayu villages.
If the Melayu had wanted to be nasty, they could sabotage those stores so that they could become bankrupt in no time.
Yet, at that time being alone, the Chinese behaved well; they did not try to show their Chinese too much.
They tried to speak Melayu even though it was in a very thick Chinese accent. The Melayu also spoke in such fashion so that the Chinese could understand them better.
In Indonesia, the Chinese were not allowed to get away with this matter concerning language. They were scolded for not speaking in Melayu.
But over the years, after being too comfortable and having their own political parties, the Chinese in Malaysia have become arrogant; they have started to make unusual demands to the extent that they believe they can even taunt the Melayu and chastise them for behaving like ‘Masters’ with the ‘Ketuanan Melayu’ which they did not know the real and full meaning of.
What the few Chinese leaders are trying is to create unnecessary guilt from amongst the Melayu so that the ‘slogan’ could be erased, which will also allow the erasing of the existence of the Melayu as being the original inhabitants of the land and causing Bahasa Melayu to lose its special position in the country.
This is what the few Chinese want to see happening. But they cannot go on to their final goal without doing it slowly.
Yet, not surprisingly, there are some Melayu who have fallen into the trap set by the so few Chinese politicians who have also become daring to accept the rejection of ‘Ketuanan Melayu’.
These Melayu are from the opposition party and coalition. They want to get more votes from the Chinese, even when they know the majority of their supporters are from the Melayu.
And they are doing this in post-general election time, when they are not bound by the dictates of the voters.
They are not being fair for doing this since such matters must be raised during the election campaign for their voters to judge.
They only dare to do so now with the general election not about to happen in a year’s time.
The MCA leaders and especially Soi Lek are also brave to bring such issues at this time.
One can bet, all those Chinese and some Melayu will remain quiet on the issue concerning ‘Ketuanan Melayu’ if the general election is called.
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minta tu..minta ini..
org melayu jgn kena tipu lagi sekali...