Tariq Ismail. Published: 10 Dec 2014 Dear Syed Hassan Ali, Negara ini ada 15 juta rakyat Melayu... Perkasa ada berapa ahli? (This country has 15 million Malays... how many members does Perkasa have?) Think about this carefully before you answer because you & your ragtag band of cowboys, Perkasa, do not represent the Malay race – or have any of you ever done anything for the Malay race. Tan Sri Yahya Awang is the nephew of Tun Dr Ismail & his late father Tan Sri Awang was a former MP of Muar & Deputy Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat who eventually became the 5th Governor of Penang. He has operated on Tun Dr Mahathir back in 1989, when the latter had to undergo a coronary artery bypass surgery. In addition to that, Yahya helped with the set-up of Institut Jantung Negara & performed the first heart transplant here in Malaysia in 1998. He has done more for the Malays & Malaysia as a whole in his career than you & your ragtag band can do in your lifetime. Datuk Noor Farida Ariffin, herself being a descendant of the Daeng Sedili clan was the former ambassador to the Netherlands. She has contributed much to Malaysia & Malaysians especially during her time as Under-Secretary of the newly formed Territorial & Maritime Division of the Foreign Ministry. Responsible for the management of territorial & maritime disputes between Malaysia & a number of neighbouring countries (among other duties), this division has ensured the peace of the country during its management of the Pulau Ligitan & Pulau Sipadan dispute with Indonesia, the Pulau Batu Puteh dispute with Singapore, & the overlapping claims involving 5 other littoral states of the South China Sea. Out of the 25, I have only mentioned 2 who so happen to be my relatives. What of the other 23 Malays? You cant match one what more 25. What have you or your ragtag band done to create awareness about the Malays, or what the Malays are capable of? What have any of you done to help anyone other than yourselves? Calling them out with regards to the kalimah Allah issue is simply petty & childish; of course they will sit on the sidelines on this matter. If they had sided with the non-Muslims & said this issue is unIslamic, you will brand them as munafiks or worse, traitors. If they had sided you, it will be unconstitutional & tantamount to treason. Common sense should have told you it was a stupid question to ask. What is plainly clear to all (except yourselves, it seems) is that shouting & threatening others isn’t helping anyone – & that after all this while, you still dont get it. Malays need to naturally evolve – even as the poor need help. Do the Malays need role models such as you? No, what we Malays need are role models who are the spirit of Malaysia, those who believe in partnerships & inclusiveness. What we need is for Umno & BN to reject you & any other like-minded individuals. The noise you & the likes of you create about May 13 is so obviously the result of skewed thinking. What does another May 13 accomplish? Besides feeding your selfish egos, it would only allow another calamity that will set the Malay race back decades. I will not stand for this, because it contravenes what my late grandfather & the late Tun Razak set out to do. Forty plus years of hard work will come to naught if the likes of you are allowed to bay as wild dogs do. We need more Malays of Yahya & Noor Farida’s calibre. At this point, it seems that only esteemed Malays of the aristocracy can help the Malays – not bigots like you. Please, pick up a book or two to learn about our rich history – what is plainly clear for all to see is that the Malays don’t need you & Malaysia does not want you. To me, you are the traitor of the Malays.
Posted on: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 03:57:38 +0000