“When the Chinese and Indians refuse to recognise the role of the early Malays and strive hard to ‘rewrite’ history in ways that diminish that role, it is not wrong for the Malays to take several steps back so that they can figure out what the leaders of the Chinese and Indians are up to”
Raggie Jessy Rithaudeen
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Muda president Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman is obviously living in a cave.
In a Twitter thread, Syed Saddiq reportedly said Malaysians of all races and religions loved their home country equally and wanted the nation to become developed and governed well.
“I know absolutely no non-Malays today who wants to change our country’s name. I know many who call Malaysia their one and only home.
“Dear Tun (Mahathir), the old politics of division must stop,” said Syed Saddiq, referring to a statement by Mahathir that people “from other countries” wanted Malaysia to go from being “Tanah Melayu” to a multiracial country.
However, Mahathir was speaking the truth.
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I have, over the years, come across countless Chinese and Indians who refused to accept the fact that Malaysia is “Tanah Melayu.”
Out of 10 Chinamen, the likelihood that all would say things like “ini bukan Tanah Melayu,” “Malaya maju sebab orang Cina” and “kalau orang Cina tak ada, orang Melayu susah” is very high.
Fact is, the early Chinese and Indians came mainly for trade and to seek work opportunities, and in the case of some Indians under British rule, to escape punishment for crimes committed in India.
Many Chinese who came stayed on, reaped benefits from Malay soil but refused to regard themselves as subjects to the Malay Rulers.
Even the British made note of this and the fact that the Malay peninsula was Malay in every sense of the word and had established Malay Sultanates when they arrived.
It was only when disputes arose during the drafting of the Federal Constitution of Malaya that the Chinese and Indians took ‘extra’ interest in their rights post-independence.
Hence, Mahathir was, in a sense, right to say that “these people” (non-Malays) did not recognise Malays as the “founders and builders” of Malaysia.
To not accept this and to bulldoze ahead with false narratives under the pretext that “we just want to live peacefully” is an insult to the Malays and a form of discrimination, to say the least.
When the Chinese and Indians refuse to recognise the role of the early Malays and strive hard to ‘rewrite’ history in ways that diminish that role, it is not wrong for the Malays to take several steps back so that they can figure out what the leaders of the Chinese and Indians are up to.
Until then, it will be difficult for a large number of Malays to accept the Chinese and Indians wholeheartedly, and it will be incumbent upon these Malays to keep reminding the younger generation of their place in history.
Such reminders aren’t divisive, but a necessity and the birthright of all Malays so as to prevent the Malay race from being trodden on by unscrupulous non-Malay parties with hidden agendas.
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