The Malaysian Insider

Mahathir is a man who has always seen opportunities in crisises so it no surprise that he has picked this moment to land his knock-out upper hook on a man who has already taken one severe body blow.

I wish to ask the highly respected Tun on the following:

Tun, the Malays control the rights to all the lands and all other natural resources in this country. They control all government institutions, GLC and State owned companies. The Malays dominate the lawmaking process in Malaysia; The Malays control the decision making process in formulating the economy policies. The Malays own the largest national assets and the Malays are given shares in the public listed companies for free. The Malays have also been given all kind of priorities when it comes to buying properties, awarding of public contracts, tertiary education opportunities, awarding of scholarships and even getting a job in government departments. With all these privileges and rights enjoyed by the Malays, you are saying nothing has been done enough to help the Malays to catch up with other races, mainly the Chinese. Then what else should Malaysia do to satisfy the Malays? Did the Chinese seize or rob anything away from the Malays or all their wealth was a result of their hard work? If it is all due to their hard work, why do you say it is unfair? I don't quite get your point here.

May I humbly ask you what do you expect the Chinese to do if your so-called NEP did not achieve the desired result? Would the Malays be happy if the ethnic Chinese in this country do any of the followings:

- surrender their assets and hard earned money to the Malays unconditionally;
- not to engage in any business activities;
- not to score As in all sort of examinations;
- not to make money that is more than the Malays are earning;
- not to advance to higher education; or
- renounce their citizenships and go back to China or migrate to some other countries?

I am a foreigner but I am surprised that your intention is to divide your own country. I think you are mainly targeting the Chinese. Frankly, tell us, what do you expect the Chinese to do in order to achieve what is so called "equality" meant by you?

I have never yet hear of this chap who at least will,just will own up on mistakes that he had made during his 22 years of running Malaysia. He thinks he is mr. perfect. What irony! There is a saying, when you point one finger at others, "three" others are pointing back at you. No argument on that. I believe Allah also want us to look within ourselves before we blame others. This guy is so egoistic that he don't even realise a lot of people are really piss-off with him. Still playing the race issue to stay relevant ( he thinks).

This heartless old man needs to be told off from time to time. He doesn't care if he leaves behind him a nation in shambles. He needs his daily fix of the limelight, to the extent of stealing it from a dead man.

Probably Mahathir did it at the right time?

I mean, could he be trying to distract the public from Teoh's death caused by MACC?

Mahathir is very unlike malay(anyway he's not 100% malay),usually for a malay,when they grow old they tend to spend time doing good like spending their time helping out in the local mosque and doing charity works;but not mahathir..he is full of hate and vengeance,the most glaring insident was when pak lah hugged him,he dont seemed to reciprocate,even god forgive us;who are you to harbour such hatred? bertaubatla Tun,umur kamu bukan muda lagi,entah esok entah lusa kau akan pergi..takan kamu tak percaya yg hidup mati di tangan tuhan?

Dr.Mahathitr forgot to mention his son is one of the 20 wealthiest men in Malaysia,which I read in a paper. How come you forgot, Dr >mahathir ?

Mahathir only concern about power and wealth. The Malay issue is only used as a vehicle to justify his methods of acquiring power and wealth. Not for the Malays but for his cronies including non Malays. This he has demonstrated many times in the past. He assisted many Malays and non Malays to be filthy wealthy and owned many things in the country. But if anybody crossed swords with him he will cut them off like nobody's business. Just look what happened to his cronies like Halim Saad, Rashid Hussin, Tajuddin Ramli etc. They are Malays and put up by him to high offices and wealths but he also brought them down.
In case of power crazy there is ample proofs that he does not mind to cut power to the Malays if the Malay concerned go against him. Anwar is a classic example and almost all Anwar's men were sliced to pieces. Similarly if he is so concerned about Malay losing power he would not have stop Kelantan, Kedah and Trengganu from getting extra parliamentary seats. Just because the states concerned are inclined towards the opposition he would not mind depriving them of parliamentary representation even though the real losers are the Malays whom he always claim that he is the champion and protector.

Well, what this racist is saying, is that the Malays need 4,000 years to catch up. So, the NEP is going to be with us for another 3,948 years.

I write here to express my full faith in the wisdom of the majority of our Malay brethens as to the constant attempts by an ex-Premier to not only mislead them but to incite them (towards what ends, I can only guess) over who are the master of this land called Malaysia. Our Malay brethens today are not those as in the 60's. They are very much more educated, more exposed, more confident, have a mind of their own aided very much by a higher level and more oppportunities to higher education, the internet, more travelling and of course, more commmon sense than before.

Are the Chinese Malaysians or can the Chinese in Malaysia ever be the 'master' of this land ? Really, can they be the Agong or the Governors of any of the states in Malaysia ? Can they be the PM of Malaysia or the MB's (except for Penang or maybe Sabah perhaps) of any state ? Are they in the majority in Parliament ? Are they now the head of the judiciary, the AG, the military, the police, the civil service, the MACC or the various important and critical ministries or departments in the government - like the PM's Dept, the Treasury, MITI, Foreign Ministry, Home Affairs, the JPA, SPA, Customs, Immigration, etc ?

Are they really in control of the economy ? Who owns the big banks - Maybank, CIMB, RHB, Affin Bank ? Who owns the big buildings in KL - KLCC, PWTC, Telekom Tower and hundreds of others in big and small towns ? Yes the Malaysian chinese community do own some nice big towers and buildings too. But did they rob them from the Malays or ddidthey build them or buy with their hard earned money ? Land - do the Chinese own all or most of the land in Malaysia ? Do a survey to find out how many Chinese are living in TOL lands and do a survey to find out who are those living in Bukit Tunku, Country Heights and Damansara Heights. Factories/industrial concerns - are they all own by the Chinese ? What about foreign concerns ? Are they all stolen or were they built with their entrepreuer efforts ad capital ? Are not these efforts that are helping our economy, bringing in foreigh exchange, boosting our national coffers and providing employment for our people of all races ?

Does this ex-Pm think our present Malay brethens are all blind to this - like those in the 60's where they were manipulated and made use of to acheive his selfish purposes ? Does he still think the same old tricks can be used to frighten the Malays so that he is made to be seen as their protector and saviour ?I think most Malaysians including our Malay brethens have seen through his agenda except some who are brain dead.

Having said that, as a Malaysian, I am not only disgusted, but feel so much ashamed that an ex-Premier, and one who constantly likes to scold other world leaders for some mnisdeanour, is not helpimg the country to enhance unity amongst its people. Instead, he chose to stoop so low in misrepresenting facts that he knows can cause hatred and jealousy amongst his very own people. and which he knows may very well lead to a weakened nation. May I ask, why must the Malays be always made to feel insecured so that they can be used to advance yr personal agenda? Why must the Chinese be made to feel threatened, unappreciated and unwanted so that they be made to leave this country on their own accord ? Whatever yr agenda I hope you will search your conscience if u have one. If u do not, may God save your soul.

"he is full of hate and vengeance,the most glaring insident was when pak lah hugged him,he dont seemed to reciprocate"
I agree to this, I saw it on TV. I don't think Dr. M will ever admit his mistakes during his 22-years as PM, Malaysia today's problems is mostly because of him, it is definitely no Pak Lah. Many of my friends have the same thinking, he is going to mess up Malaysia again.

Grudge Old Man
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It has become crystal clear, Biro Tatanegara was perhaps under Mahathir's direct order to spin hatred against Chinese.

He has grudge towards Chinese
He has grudge towards yang berhormat Tunku Abdul Rahman
He has grudge towards El Gore
He has grudge towards G.W. Bush
He has grudge towards Khairy
He has grudge towards Badawi
He has grudge towards Rafidah
He probably has grudge towards Najib now

(comes to think of it, Mahathir's character of habouring grudge betrays his claiming of being a Malay, doesn't it. I can't recall any genuine Malay that hold up that much of grudge)

Old man, depite all the wealth you possess (from mysterious sources), you are not a happy man. It is now into your dying days, but your heart is still fully infested with grudge.

The grudge you have makes you the most pitiful man, even more pittyful than the man carrying a lady ghost in the heart.

This man is deluded and getting more and more senile. Best he be carted away to Langkawi Island or something and never be heard again.

The real Masters are Corrupted UMNO and a few chinese crony Tycoons!

Most ordinary Rakyat Cina study, work, struggle and strives hard to make end meets and to pay their fair share of taxes for the development of Beautiful Malaysia!!

Look at the bright side. Statistically speaking he won't be around much longer to stir shit. Be patient and wait for him to pass on. No one will genuinely miss him except for fellow rabble rousing fanatics.

Can the UMNO cybertroopers ie.appollo, crazy diamond and sizzlestick please respond to Andrew's post above, which I think is brilliant bythe way.

What else do you expect the chinese in Malaysia to do? I know a guy who made a prediction that in time say 20-30 years, the chinese in Malaysia will be the poorest chinese in the world. Why? Look at the other chinese communities who dont face such discrimination. Look at China whose economic prosperity is making even the western powers worry. The chinese elsewhere will prosper because of their hard work (the chinese have other problems but that is not a subject here). His reason - all the chinese who can afford it will migrate from this country. All those who are left will be those not able to study to get qualifications and the lower income group whose children are being denied access to our local universities, financial help etc. etc.

From theory to practice. Dr Mahathir is the greatest ' Engineer ' in Malaysian history. We are what today thanks to his ideas in his famous " The Malay Dilemma ". In this sad period when the nation is mourning the loss of a true Anak Malaysia, he is fanning rascism. He has lost the moral standing to speak up.

What Tun says is slowly becoming true. In the last 12th G Election......and the winner is............................ NOT MALAYS. So all u malays think............................AND THE WINNER IS....................NOT MALAYS

If only Dr. M has half the vision and ability as that of Lee Kwan Yew, our country would have been a developed one by now.

Instead we have all these unemployed local graduates fit only for our bloated the civil service and a whole load of rent seekers fighting among themselves to get on to the NEP gravy train.

Mahathir's 22 years of ruinning Malaysian economy as compared to Singapore, which has no natural resource, etc except human resources can still out perform Malaysia. Mahathir has failed the Malaysian. Because of these poor economic short sightedness, by using the excuse of helping the Malay, instead he only enrich few of his cronies. As you can judge Our currency has depreciated so low compared to Singapore currency.

Saya ingin belajar bagaimana nak menjadi Melayu UMNO yang "miskin" seperti Khir Toyo dan Datuk Zakaria yang boleh mendirikan istana/mahligai indah bernilai berjuta-juta ringgit dan melawat tempat-tempat pelancongan seperti Disneyland sambil berbelanja duit beberapa juta ringgit dan menaiki penerbangan kelas pertama.Atau Melayu UMNO "miskin " seperti Mike Tyson/Mat Taib yang boleh makan angin di Australia sambil membawa beg berisi wang tunai jutaan ringgit . Bagaimana pula dengan keluarga "miskin" TDM yang semuanya jutawan belaka dan boleh bercuti di luar negara sesuka hati? Bagaimana pula dengan TUN Daim Zainuddin yang "miskin" tetapi mampu memiliki sebuah Bank antarabangsa bernama "International Bank of Commerce"?

Mungkin TDM marah kerana kedai Roti emas kepunyaan beliau mungkin semakin kurang mendapat sambutan oleh rakyat Malaysia? Hanya warga Arab yang nampaknya mampu makan roti emas TDM.
Ini kerana rakyat Malaysia yang benar-benar miskin tidak mampu membeli roti emas beliau. Bukan Melayu yang "kaya-raya " rupa-rupanya hanya suka makan roti Gardenia atau Hi-Five biasa sahaja!! Itu salah mereka kerana tidak menyokong bisnes Roti emas TDM!!!Jadi TDM mesti nak mengamuklah!!

Please visit RPK's history details. Today we are striving for One Malaysia and why is Tun talking otherwise. Tun has ruled the country since 1970s and everyone is aware on the case as to how Tun came about to be the PM. Who cried?? Today is 2009, the government has been helping one race for the number of years and because of that, few people has became SUPER RICH, while the majority percentage of this race has yet to come out from being average income earners. Why is that? As for the other races who are unable to benefits from all the benefits by the government, that race have no help from the government but to help themselves. Be it in school or in work place or in the community.

The way Tun has played his PLAY-BOOK has created a stagnant in the progress of Malaysia, just to enable more SUPER RICH people for one race. One simple justification is, in 2009 we are still talking about our EDUCATION. 1970 was the day education changed from english medium to bahasa medium. Then 6 years ago, Tun changed again from bahasa medium to english medium. Now changed again from english medium back to bahasa medium in 2012. Anyone thought of who benefited from this change and who are the losers of this education change?

Dan lama dah.......... cukup lah tu

There he (Dr M) comes back again, doing more harm than good, old habits connot change, the hole is not big enough or is it more than enough, umno please wake up to the grave digger, God bless you.

Yeah!! All of us are responsible to build resources & wealth of this country together. C'mon lah! We are all Malaysian maa.. should be like family.. bros & sis..

DR MAHATHIR adalah MELAYU yang MENJADI hamba kepada Vincent Tan dan Lingam ketika pemerintahannya.Dah banyak korban khazanah negara yang dibuat oleh orang Mahathir supaya Vincent Tan dan Lingam mendapat apa sahaja yang dituntut oleh mereka,demi tuan2nya itu.Mana Dia kes Lingam yang didakwa menjadi perancang utama menaikkan hakim2 yang disukainya?Bicarakan secepat mungkin agar rakyat boleh nampak segala dosa yang dilakukan Mahathir ketika menjadi PM...

P.A.Chew: "...sizzlestick please respond to Andrew's post above, which I think is brilliant bythe way"

What is P.A. Chew so presumptuous to think I should do his bidding? I chose to respond the lead writer,Tan Tian Yan's sloppy writing. Instead of re-butting me, P.A.Chew chose to issue instructions. Grow up, man. You cannot out-argue me by asking me to argue with somebody else. I am courteous enough to let other commentators have their say, except for P.A. Chew's boorishness. Whose concept of brilliance must be as banal as his debating skill.