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Wednesday, August 24, 2011

YB V.Sivakumar: Problems faced by SJK (T) Gunung Rapat



Press Conference by YB V.Sivakumar on 24/8/2011.

To highlight problems/issues faced by SJK (T) Gunung Rapat.

Sunday, August 7, 2011

Speech by M Kula at Tapah : Najib should walk the talk and tell Malaysians what electoral reforms will the government bring about before the next general election.


Speech by M Kula Segaran, DAP National Vice Chairman and MP for Ipoh Barat at Bukit Paggar, Tapah on Saturday, August 6, 2011

Najib should walk the talk and tell Malaysians what electoral reforms will the government bring about before the next general election.

Six months before the 2008 general election, it was evident that there was the general mood for political change that  was favorable to the Opposition.

But despite our optimism of a better performance, we were not really sure how well could the Opposition perform.

The political tsunami which took place and caused the BN to suffer its worse electoral debacle was therefore an unexpected shock for the Opposition as well as the BN leaders.

The result simply showed what people power could do.   People power made BN lose its traditional two thirds parliamentary majority and power in 5 states.

With present  speculation going on that the next general election may be held anytime after Hari Raya Aidil Fitri celebration, the political question that is being asked by many Malaysians is whether there could be a greater political tsunami that will bring about a new federal government.

I dare say that the chances of the Opposition taking over Putrajaya are there. It is certainly not a pipe dream.

In fact, I believe that the recent internet portal reports that there have been loss of confidence in the prime minister's leadership within Umno is due to dry run results indicating the existence of favorable political mood towards the Opposition.

Recently, a  report in the internet  portal " The Malaysian Insider" revealed that BN  could lose Perak and Negri Sembilan in the next general elections, according to results of a recent dry run, unless component parties put popular faces and ensure the grassroots machinery garner support from voters.

The report too says that Opposition will make gains in BN traditional fortress state of Johor.

Undoubtedly, UMNO  leaders have begun to have daily political nightmare and some have even begun to think of changing the ship.captain

They saw how the then prevalent mood of change among voters during the 2008 general election campaigning period translated into a political tsunami against BN.  

They also saw how once campaigning period started in the recent Sarawak state election, massive crowds turned up every night at DAP ceramahs.

Though they will not publicly admit, the greatest fear that is gripping the BN leaders is that they now cannot say with certainty that Putrajaya will not fall at the next general election.

Previously, BN leaders would never ask who would be the Prime Minister if Opposition becomes the federal government, but MCA leaders have over the last few months been asking Pakatan Rakyat this question.

This shows that BN does actually think that they can lose federal power.
However, we must bear in mind that the next election  is not  going to be an easy battle for PR.

In fact, the next general election is going to be the dirtiest in the nation's electoral history.
There will be politics of money, threat, blackmails lies and falsehoods. Spectre of May 13 may be raised.

There could even be electoral fraud.

Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng has  revealed that Penang state saw a sudden surge of 32000 voters in just 3 months and a staggering 1,400 postal votes were inserted into Batu Maung state constituency, currently held by state Exco member Abdul Malik Kassim from PKR.

The Election Commission must explain such strange surge of voter numbers.
Last month, the prime minister Dato Sri Najib said that government was all for fair elections.
Talk is cheap.

Najib should walk the talk and tell Malaysians what electoral reforms will the government bring about before the next general election.





Tuesday, August 2, 2011

DAP Kinta Valley "Yellow Saturday" Campaign Pasar Besar Ipoh, Perak


Press Statement by YB Wong Kah Woh, the State Assemblyman for Canning and DAP Perak Publicity Secretary on 30.07.2011 (Sunday) at the “Yellow Saturday” Campaign Pasar Besar Ipoh, Perak:



It is imminent for the BN Government and the Election Commission to accept and implement the 8 Demands for a Clean and Fair Election as proposed by Bersih with a view to improve and reform the electoral system in the country and to restore the confidence of the People in the democracy system.

The DAP Kinta Valley reps were here in Pasar Besar, Ipoh this morning kicking off the Kinta-Valley wide campaign of a Post-Bersih electoral reform campaign. Those who are presence include YB M Kula (MP for Ipoh Barat), myself (Canning), YB V Sivakumar (Tronoh), YB Shum Cheok Leng (Bercham), YB Lim Pek Har (Menglembu), Human Rights lawyer Sdr. Augustine Anthony, Mulan’s Branch Chairlady Sdr. Wong Chee Yen and the members from various service team in Kinta Valley. It is notable that everyone were presence in yellow shirt in support of a “Yellow Saturday” and this had led to a wave of yellow in the market itself.

As part of the “Yellow Saturday” campaign, the DAP Kinta Valley reps will be having programmes and walkabout every Saturday in the designated areas in every State Seat of Kinta Valley. We hope that we can create more awareness of the people on the importance and Clean and Fair Election and to let the people understand the truth that cannot be covered at the peaceful rally on 9th July 2011.

The Election Commission had presented some proposals for the improvement of the electoral system in the country. However, we can hardly see the proposals such as the biometric identification system and the repositioning of the postal balloting by the name advance voting will carry any weight in the improvement of the electoral system or bring to a total reform of the system.

As far as the biometrical identification is concerned, there are fear of manipulation of the system and it will also involve gigantic cost. The indelible ink system which was supposed to be implemented in the last General Election and as proposed in the 8 Electoral Reform Demands by Bersih will be a better and more practical choice with a much lower cost.

At the same time, the introduction of advance voting system in place of postal balloting provides no difference between the two. The shifting and manipulation of the numbers of arm-forces votes can still be easily done by the authority, with the latest example of the Draft 2011 2nd Quarter Electoral Roll where the there is drastic unjustifiable increase of the postal votes in the past 3 months in Ipoh Timur and Canning. This has further reaffirmed the importance of another demand for a clean and fair electoral system, the reform in the postal votes.

We urge the people to join and support our event of “Yellow Saturday”, by wearing anything in yellow every Saturday.

WONG KAH WOH

Friday, July 29, 2011

This is how the Election Commission helps BN to cheat voters Written by Kenny Gan, Malaysia Chronicle

This is how the Election Commission helps BN to cheat voters
Written by Kenny Gan, Malaysia Chronicle

EDITOR'S PICK The hallmark of a democratic system is the holding of elections at periodic intervals to allow the people to choose their government. A government which must renew its mandate from the people should result in better and more accountable governance in contrast with an authoritarian system where the ruling regime does not have to face elections.

However elections do not necessarily result in better governance in a one party system where only the ruling party has any chance of winning the election. In a functioning democracy the people must have choice. Regimes which cannot bear democratic competition but still have to face the inconvenience of elections will try their best to remove the choice from the people. One of the most favoured methods is to compromise the electoral process.

In Malaysia, the Election Commission is tasked with conducting elections. It is supposed to be an independent and impartial referee under the direct auspices of the Agung but sadly it has not behaved as independently or impartially as it should.  In this article I will point out the many ways in which the EC tilts the playing field to BN’s favour to spare BN from intense democratic competition.


Gerrymandering

Gerrymandering is the practice of manipulating geographic boundaries to establish a political advantage for a particular party. This term was coined after Governor Gerry of Massachusetts who signed a bill to redraw district boundaries to favour his party. The shape of the district formed was likened to a salamander.

The EC has relied on gerrymandering on a large scale. To quote from Bersih 2.0 chief Ambiga Sreenevasan:

“We shared our research, presented slides on the delineation process in 2003. There were astoundingly unusual features, with some constituencies crossing boundaries of local authorities and creating funny shapes,” -

One gerrymandering tactic is to create more seats in pro-BN areas. Needless to say, there were no new seats created in Kelantan. As rural areas are perceived to be pro-BN there is a propensity to create more rural seats and less urban seats.  This leads to a big disparity in urban and rural seat size - for example Kapar has 112,224 registered voters while many rural seats have registered voters in the region of 50,000.  The Putrajaya seat which is composed mainly of civil servants has a mere 7,000 voters.

After the 1999 general election the EC preferred to create mixed seats in favour of Malay majority seats which may be a hard fight with PAS. These mixed seats were seen as safe seats and unwinnable by the opposition due to voting along ethnic and religious lines with respect to opposition candidates (mainly PAS and DAP) while BN was seen as the only multi-ethnic party. However the 2008 general election has blown this premise apart.

The next delineation exercise started in March 2011 and may take at least a year to complete. Then it has to be approved by a two-thirds majority in parliament but BN is currently short of this majority. Hence it is uncertain whether the 13th general election will be based on any new delineation which must be a relief to Pakatan Rakyat.


Shuffling Voters Around

Even without new delineation the EC can try to assist BN by shuffling voters around. This is illegal as voters can only be moved in a parliament approved delineation exercise (unless requested by the voter with a change in address) but specious excuses are sometimes given such as refining electoral boundaries.

Voters can be moved to different constituencies either to dilute opposition supporters or to concentrate them in a few sacrificial seats. In 2008 DAP’s Teresa Kok achieved the distinction of the MP with the biggest majority of 36,492, assisted in part by many opposition supporters sent to vote for her. More recently the Hulu Selangor and Sibu by-election has seen the EC moving some of pro-opposition voters out of the constituency.

Another trick is to move voters to other polling centres within the same constituency without their knowledge and without informing them. In the Hulu Selangor by-election 20% of the voters were moved from their 2008 polling centres for no good reason. It is unclear what the EC hoped to achieve with this but it could be a strategy to reduce the number of voters by causing less determined voters to give up after turning up at the wrong polling centre.


Postal Votes

Postal voting is available to police, military and other security personnel who by the nature of their duties may not be able to vote in normal polling centres on election day. There is longstanding criticism and suspicion regarding postal votes as observers are not allowed. As postal votes are always overwhelmingly skewed towards BN there are doubts whether the balloting is really secret or even whether votes are genuine. Between the times the votes are collected and produced at the counting centres anything could happen due to the lack of independent monitoring.

Postal votes have been known to save marginal seats for BN after a first count show that BN has lost. A notable example is Najib Razak who lost in the first count of his Pekan seat in 1999 but was saved by postal votes in a recount. There seem to be an uncanny ability by the EC to produce postal votes to save marginal seats even though postal votes are supposed to be tied to the constituency where the postal voter is based. The practice of producing postal votes after and not before a count is extremely dubious.

The Malaysian Territorial Army of reservists is being expanded aggressively. The Defence Ministry is planning to set up additional Territorial Army companies in 58 parliamentary seats by year end and there are rumours that they will be granted postal votes before the 13th G.E.


Phantom Voters

Phantom voters are another shady category. Although the EC insists that electoral rolls are clean it has been proven time and again that they are not with duplicate voters, multiple voters sharing the same address who do not live there and an unlikely number of centenarians. Recently the Perak electoral roll was found to contain more than 1600 centenarians with the oldest voter at an astouding132 years old.

Not removing deceased voters from the rolls has its advantages to BN. It provides more scope for phantom voters without the mathematical inconvenience of the total number of votes cast exceeding the number of registered voters.

The use of indelible ink will help to curb phantom voters as they are usually executed by people voting multiple times. However the EC has refused to implement the use of indelible ink. A proposal to use indelible ink was withdrawn 4 days before polling day in 2008 G.E. after purchase of 47,000 bottles of ink.


Picking Overseas Voters

Under the election laws, four categories of Malaysian citizens living aboard are allowed to cast their votes as "Absent-Voters" which includes military personnel, public servants, full time students and their spouses who may cast their votes in the high commission or consulates in the countries they live in.

So the machinery exists for overseas Malaysians to vote and there is no reason why this facility cannot be extended to all Malaysians residing abroad.  Although the law specifies all full time overseas students are eligible to vote in practice only government sponsored students are allowed to vote while privately funded students who probably been denied scholarships are given the shoo-off.

There are an estimated 1,000,000 Malaysians living abroad. Most of them are not supportive of the BN government, having fled to escape race based social injustice so the reluctance of the EC to allow them to vote is understandable.


Making it Difficult for Some Voters

Holding elections on working days is devoid of any logical reason but the EC has held several by-elections on working days where the voter sentiment is seen to be unfavourable to BN. Where the condition is seen to be favourable to BN such as the Bagan Pinang by-election in Negeri Sembilan it is held on Sunday.

Obviously this is a tactic to make it inconvenient for young voters working in urban centres to return to vote. These voters are not perceived to be BN supporters.

The EC’s fear of young voters can be seen in the extraordinary long time needed to register a new voter which can take up to 6 months.  In the 1999 G.E., at the height of the Anwar crisis, 650,000 young voters were prevented from exercising their voting right on the specious excuse that there was no time to register them.

The EC has refused to implement automatic registration of eligible voters to replace the present cumbersome process of applying to be on the electoral rolls. There is no reason why the NRD’s database cannot be tapped for automatic registration.

One can only draw comfort from the fact that a regime which fears young voters is on its last leg with more and more young voters replacing old voters with each election.


Non-Enforcement of Election Laws

There are election laws against vote buying and promising favours in return for votes but they have been routinely broken by BN candidates without any action by the EC. This has been done by none other than the prime minister himself made famous by his blatant “I help you, you help me” line used on Sibu voters in a by-election. In the Sarawak state election held in April 2011, vote buying was rampant with several documented cases but the EC has refused to act.

The use of government machinery for campaigning is also not allowed but this is usually ignored by BN. Some government departments like the Jabatan Hal Ehwal Orang Asli are actively involved in canvassing for votes with threats, intimidation and goodies to the Orang Asli.

Unequal access to the media is another complaint which the EC can act on but does nothing. Not only is the state controlled mainstream electronic and print media is totally inaccessible to opposition parties to broadcast their message but are also used to conduct vile propaganda campaigns against them. Widespread access to the online world in urban areas has helped to negate this BN advantage but the opposition is disadvantaged in rural areas where internet penetration is low.

To press home the BN advantage in information dissemination the EC sometimes set short campaign periods to limit the ability of the opposition to spread their message via ‘ceramah’ (gatherings).


No Fear of Losing Power Means No Democracy

By helping BN retain its grip on power by unfair means the EC is subverting the right of the people to choose their own government. Even worse it encourages the ruling party to be corrupt and abusive by removing or reducing its fear of losing power. There is no functioning democracy if the ruling party can depend on compromised elections instead of popular support to win.

The truth is that Malaysia has never been a real democracy even though we have all the trappings of democracy and hold elections every 4-5 years. No democracy could have survived the sordid execution of Sodomy I and the barefaced attempt to push through Sodomy II. We have been a one party system since independence and all the institutions and instruments of government have been subverted to serve BN and assist BN in maintaining power. This includes the press, the police, the MACC, the Judiciary, the Attorney-General chamber, the Registrar of Societies and the Election Commission.

After the 12th general election there were hopes that Malaysia will evolve into a two party system where democratic competition for votes will help to keep the ruling party in line. On the face of it we should already have a two party system as surveys have shown that 30% of the people will welcome a PR govt while 20% are undecided. Such figures should make any government worry.

However we do not have a two party system yet because the electoral playing field is wholly tilted in BN’s favour. Only when there is free and fair elections will a two party system materialize.

- Malaysia Chronicle
Article Link

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Wong Kah Woh : The Residents in Taman Kemuncak (Ipoh Garden East) has initiated a signature petition to oppose the application from Haluan Ikhlas Sdn Bhd



Press Release by YB Wong Kah Woh, State Assemblyman for Canning on 01.07.2011 (Friday) in Ipoh:-

The Residents in Taman Kemuncak (Ipoh Garden East) has initiated a signature petition to oppose the application from a company known as Haluan Ikhlas Sdn Bhd for the conversion of category of land use for 4 pieces of land here from “none” to “Building” and the express conditions from “none” to “religious house”.

We received calls from the residents of Taman Kemuncak last week informing that the Local Council, Majlis Bandaraya Ipoh, had served the residents a notice stating that the Council had received an application from haluan Ihhlas Sdn Bhd for the conversion of 4 pieces of land in Taman Kemuncak.

We have met with the residents last Saturday and a petition was prepared. The residents were unsure whether the owner has the intention of building a crematorium at the site. It is the view of the residents that the whole area is a residential area and shall not be used for religious purpose. The other feedbacks were that on the worries of the issue of traffic congestion together with the potential noise and air pollution.

We will continue to co-ordinate with the residents of Taman Kemuncak on this issue and arrange for the submission of the petition by the residents to Majlis bandaraya Ipoh. We have also texted the Mayor, Datuk Hj Roshidi Hashim of the same and we urge MBI to initiate a session of hearing to hear the views of the residents.

Saturday, June 25, 2011

Call to resolve problems related to conversion in and out of Islam immediately


PRESS STATEMENT

Illegal for Government to subject non-Muslims to be tried by the Syariah Court. Call on the Government to resolve the problems related to the conversion in and out of Islam immediately and to implement a quick and easy way to determine the religious status of a person

政府把非回教徒交给回教法院审判是非法的。呼吁政府立即解决有关改变信仰,皈依回教和脱离回教的问题。并采取快速与简便的方法,来确定一个人的宗教地位。

The clarification by Minster in the Prime Minister’s Department, Mejar Jeneral (B) Datuk Jamil Khir Bin Baharom that the 135 applicants who managed to renounce Islam were actually non-Muslims who were mistakenly registered as Muslims by the National Registration Department (NRD) because of their names and these victims have to apply to the Syariah Court to change their religious status shows that something is very wrong with the Government administration.

首相署部长,Mejar Jeneral (B) Datuk Jamil Khir Bin Baharom 澄清:135人申请者脱离回教,实际上是国家登记处(NRD),因为这些非回教徒的名字,误登记他们为回教徒。这些受害者必须向回教法院改变其宗教地位,|这显示政府的行政,出现非常错误的施政。

Firstly, if it is a mistake made by the NRD why can’t the NRD rectify it?

首先,如果是NRD犯了错误,为什么NRD不能纠正它呢?

Secondly, the Syariah Curt has no jurisdiction over non-muslims. The Syariah Court Judges should reject such application due to lack of jurisdiction and asked that the matter be resolved by the NRD. Any decision by the Syariah court over a non Muslim is illegal.

其次,回教法院没有权力对非回教徒作出审判。回教法院的法官,由于缺乏司法权力,应拒绝有关的申请,并要求该事项交由NRD解决。任何由回教法庭对非回教徒作出的审判都是非法的。

Thirdly, courts are constituted to settle disputes not for confirming the religious status of a person. Articles II of the Federal Constitution guarantees the freedom of religion of every Malaysian and therefore, the religious status of a person is determined by the person concern. A statutory declaration made by the person should suffice. Muslims are complaining that there is huge back log of cases in the Syariah Courts. Therefore, Syariah Courts should spend their time giving priority clearing the cases rather than getting themselves involved with matters which they do not have jurisdiction.

第三,法院是用于解决纠纷的,不是为了证实一个人的宗教地位。联邦宪法第二章条文保障每一个马来西亚公民信仰宗教的自由,一个人的宗教地位是由个人的决定。一个人作出的法定声明已经足够。回教徒抱怨说有在回教法庭有很多累积的案件等待处理。因此,回教法院应该花时间优先清理自己的案件,而不是参与自己没有司法权力的事务。

Subjecting non-Muslims to the Syariah Court is oppressive as these non-Muslims have to go through ‘counselling not to leave the Islamic faith’ which may take months, some cases years and in many other cases never approved.

非回教徒遭受回教法院的压迫是因为这些非回教徒要经过“不要离开回教信仰的辅导”,这可能需要几个月,在某些情况下需要多年的时间。甚至有许多其他案件从来没有获得批准。

A person after becoming a Muslim registers himself/herself with the respective State Islamic Council. Depositing a statutory declaration declaring that he/she has left the Islamic faith with the same Islamic Council should suffice to confirm that he/she has left the Islamic faith.

一个人成为回教徒后将会到各自的州回教理事会进行注册。在相同的回教理事会里,法定声明宣布他/她脱离回教信仰,应足以确认他/她已经脱离回教信仰。

Conversion to Islam has been abused by many. Some have converted to Islam to escape their legal duty to provide maintenance for their wives and children. Others converted to Islam to get custody of the children as the Syariah Courts will grant them the custody of the children. The civil courts regretfully now hold the view that they have no jurisdiction to interfere. Islam promotes justice but it has now been used to perpetuate injustice.

皈依回教已被许多人滥用了。有些人皈依回教,为维护他们的妻子和孩子,以逃避法律责任。其他人皈依回教,是为了得到子女抚养权。因为回教法院会把子女抚养权给予他们。现在民事法庭遗憾的认为,他们无权干涉。回教提倡正义,但它现在已经被用来延续不公平不公正。

I know of people who do not profess the Islamic faith, never seen or read the Koran before and have never entered a mosque but due to various circumstances have a muslim sounding names. They want to be non-Muslims and get married to non-Muslims. Since there is no avenue for them to get married, they stay together out of wedlock and give birth to offsprings who will then be victim of circumstances like their parents. By refusing them an avenue to get married and have a normal family, we become a cruel society and by our cruelty we breed further social problems.

我知道一些人,不信奉回教的信仰,从未见过或阅读可兰经,也从来没有去过回教堂。但由于各方面情况,拥有一个和穆斯林相似的姓名。他们希望成为非回教徒和与非回教徒结婚。由于他们没有结婚的途径,他们只能同居在一起。他们的孩子出生后就会像他们的父母的情况下,成为牺牲品。拒绝他们结婚的途径和拥有一个正常的家庭,我们成为一个残酷的社会。我们的残酷,将进一步制造社会问题。

All persons above the age of 18 should be given full liberty to choose the religion of their choice.

所有18岁以上的人士应给予充分的自由,选择他们所信仰的宗教。

I call on the Government to resolve the issues related to the conversion in and out of Islam immediately by following and respecting the provisions and the spirit of the Federal Constitution so that the untold miseries of those affected by the said issue can be put to an end.

我呼吁政府立即解决有关改变信仰,皈依回教和脱离回教的问题。根据和尊重联邦宪法的规定和精神,结束这些受影响的人士,面对这些问题,所带来数不清的痛苦。


Dated this 25th day of June 2011.

2011年6月25日

NGEH KOO HAM
Deputy Secretary of DAP Malaysia
MP for Beruas &
State Assemblyman for Sitiawan

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民主行动党全国副秘书
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Wednesday, June 8, 2011

M Kula Segaran, Where in the world has a fiction been used as a history book?

Media statement by M Kula Segaran, DAP National Vice Chairman and MP for Ipoh Barat, in Ipoh on Wednesday, June 08, 2011

Where in the world has a fiction been used as a history book?

Professor Anthony Milner, currently with the International Studies Department of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), has been reported to say that despite complaints against the Interlok novel, he felt that the author of the book national laureate Datuk Abdullah Hussain attempted to provide an idea of the lives of the Chinese and Indian community and their relationship with the Malay community.

He therefore suggested that the controversial "Interlok" novel should be used as a model for history text books as it's is quite "inclusive" in its narrative and depiction of non-Malays.

I find his suggestion most shocking and unacceptable. I wonder if he is aware of the strong and continued public objections against the novel's usage as a school text.

I wish to ask Professor Anthony Milner if he is also aware of the following:-

1) that the novel contains factual inaccuracies? That many matters written are unsubstantiated?

2) that the Government itself has set up an independent committee to review. the book's contents but 3 of the panel members have later resigned in protest?

3) that the novel can destroy the fabric of national unity in a multiracial country?

On March 30, Chinese groups have also joined the Indian community and voiced their strong objections against the continued usage of the novel.

I reproduce below an extract of media report of the stand and views taken by the groups:-

In a statement today, Chinese associations from across Malaysia said the book was not only offensive to Indians but Chinese as well, as it depicted the character Kim Lock as a "miserly opium addict and callous adulterer" and his son, Cing Huat, as "cunning, greedy, unscrupulous and someone who would happily sell his daughters".

"'Interlok' in its totality propagates the ideology of ketuanan Melayu. In our considered opinion, this novel is not only unhealthy but an insidious poison," the statement said.

 "In fact, 'Interlok' is barely a step away from the Biro Tata Negara (BTN) brainwashing that promotes racism and disunity. 'Interlok' conveys the central message that Chinese, Indian and other minorities are second-class citizens in addition to perpetuating the divisive notion of a host community (the Malays) versus foreigners ('bangsa asing' Cina dan India )."

The groups also condemned the "major thread" in the book, which depicts the Chinese "cheating and oppressing" Malays or as "nasty and immoral" communist guerrillas.

The statement was signed by the Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall (KLSCAH), LLG Cultural Development Centre, Malaysian-China Chamber of Commerce, the Federation of Chinese Associations Johor, the Penang Chinese Town Hall and 40 others, including the Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and Taoism (MCCBCHST), Saya Anak Bangsa Malaysia (SABM) and several Indian organizations. Why is Professor Anthony unable to see all these despite his claim that he has read the novel?

Has he chosen to play politics by ignoring the truth?

Finally, I wish to also ask him where in the world a fiction has been used as a history book.

Thanks.



M.Kulasegaran
MP, Ipoh Barat
http://ipohbaratvoice.blogspot.com
http://twitter.com/mkula