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Dr M: Malays are lazy and untrustworthy - Now, who are really the enemies of Malays?
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 13, 2024: The racist former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad (Dr M) and his band of Perikatan Nasional (PN) leaders, led by the racist and unpatriotic Muhyiddin “I Am Malay First” Yassin have joined (political) forces to oppose a “common enemy” of the Malays.
Who’s the “common enemy”? Dr M did not say who they are.
But who are really the real enemies of Malays?
No News Is Bad News reproduces below news articled posted by The Coverage on the forked tongue Dr M:
Mahathir : Malays Are Lazy & Untrustworthy – “We Accuse The Other Races , When We Fail, They Are At Fault , We Are Never Wrong”
13 December, 2024
(Finance Twitter) On June 22, Mahathir Mohamad dropped a political bombshell in the midst of the three day national conference of the ruling United Malays National Organisation (UMNO). One hour into his closing speech, Mr. Mahathir suddenly announced that he was immediately resigning all his party and government positions.
He burst into tears and cried like a baby, as delegates, including Iron Lady Rafidah Aziz rushed to the stage, crying “Why, Why”. A sobbing Mahathir could be heard saying – “No, I have decided. I have decided.” Although shocking, many thought it was nothing but a melodrama, as the political party was well known of staging. But he was adamant about quitting.
Days earlier, the prime minister expressed regret over his failure to change the mindset of Malay Muslims, whom he slammed as complacent, incompetent and ungrateful. Mahathir said he had tried everything – from pleading to praying to crying, in trying to jolt the community from what he called a “culture” of extravagance and taking the easy way out.
In an interview, he said – “This is our culture. We do not know what hardship is, we only want things to be easy. I have tried to be an example, tried to teach, scolded, cried and even prayed. But I have failed. I have failed to achieve the most important thing – how to change the Malays. The Chinese in Malaysia have no special rights, they experience discrimination. But they are more successful than us.”
After 16 years since Mahathir quit UMNO and slammed the Malays, he has spoken again. At his newly created party Bersatu’s (Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia) second anniversary celebration at the Malawati Stadium on Saturday night, Mahathir, now 93 years old, has condemned the Malays again – calling the community “lazy and untrustworthy”.
The world’s oldest prime minister said among the failings of the Malays is their unwillingness to work hard and having a lackadaisical attitude to their own responsibilities. According to the New Straits Times, Mahathir unleashed his frustration at the Malays – “We accuse others. We accuse the government, accuse other races. When we fail, they are at fault. We are never wrong.”
He lectured the Malays – “Where are our faults? There are many. The first is we do not work as hard as others. Not only that, we also do not pay attention to our responsibilities. We don’t pay attention before deciding to do something. We lack mastery of the knowledge and information needed to make good decisions. I dare to say that we are lazy. We like to hand over our jobs to other people.”
Mocking the Malays as lazy wasn’t the worst part. The worst part was when Mahathir labelled the Malays’ attitude of being “untrustworthy” and for not having a sense of responsibility for tasks entrusted to them, as well as their tendency to break promises. The Malay community, he said, would not thing twice about taking things or money that do not belong to them.
The Malaysian leader said – “When we owe someone, it’s hard to pay back. Take the PTPTN (National Higher Education Fund Corporation). It’s not much that we need to pay back, just a little. We can afford it. Even if we only make RM2,000 a month, what’s RM100 a month? Only five per cent. But even those who earn more than that don’t pay. Stingy.”
“Whatever excuses we give, the fact is we don’t pay our debts. To us, it’s a small matter. But to other races, it erodes their trust in us. PTPTN debtors owe RM36 billion, almost the same as the stolen 1MDB (1Malaysia Development Bhd) funds,” – he said. As a result, banks no longer want to lend to Malays, which has led to many Malay traders unable to secure capital.
Love him or hate him, Mahathir is perhaps the only Malay-Muslim leader left who dares to slam, mock and even insult his own community for being lazy and untrustworthy. If a non-Malay leader were to say the same thing about the highly sensitive Malay race in the country, all hell will break loose and blood will flow on the street. A bloody riot will definitely start.
Not even prime-minister Anwar Ibrahim would dare criticize his own community at the scale Mahathir had done, for obvious reason. However, unlike Anwar Ibrahim who loves to be praised and lack the courage to call a spade a spade, a strong and decisive Mahathir isn’t too afraid about Malay voters getting offended for being labelled lazy and untrustworthy.
Between the year he quit in 2002 and this week, this isn’t the second time that Mahathir has criticised the Malay-Muslim, and it will certainly not be the last. In 2014, he insulted the Malays, saying they do not feel ashamed of failures anymore. He said the Malays would become “Mat Rempit” (Malay motorcycle gang members) when they failed.
He had earlier mocked the Malays students – “I am ashamed when I see the Chinese students studying three different languages, but still have a better grasp of the English language compared with their Malay peers. The Malays study two languages, Bahasa Malaysia and English, but they keep saying ‘all right, that is enough, no need to learn English any more’.”
Mahathir, perhaps confused with what had happened to the Malay race, also commented – amusingly – “In the past, when a Malay was sentenced to jail, the offender would hang his head in shame as it was not something to be proud of … But today, when a Malay is sentenced to jail, the offender will walk with his head proudly in the air, smiling as if he has achieved something.”
But the most dramatic event which had made the old man mad was when he experienced for himself the dishonesty of fellow Malays. He said – “Now I have a bakery. I want to say honestly, I am ashamed because among the Malay, Chinese or Burmese or any other workers, the Malay ones sometimes when they see money, they forget themselves, they become dishonest.”
He revealed he was forced to sack many of his Malay staff working in “The Loaf”, his Japanese-inspired bakery, for swindling money. Apparently, his bakery business suffered a mini scandal when the daily collection was not deposited into the bank. A Malay manager was then caught red-handed stealing money from the cash register and the incident infuriated Dr Mahathir.
Mahathir shared his sobbing story – “I am operating a bakery and have given many opportunities to Malays to hold management positions. Unfortunately, time and time again, honesty and integrity appear to be lacking as there have been staff who keep stealing money. They do not seem to understand that it is wrong to take what is not theirs. They do not think of the big picture or the long term.”
Because the Malays lack honesty and integrity, hence, Mahathir justified why he was forced to give contracts to the ethnic Chinese – “We have to be trustworthy so people will give contracts to us. When we want to give contracts, we give to the Chinese instead because we know they will do their work properly. This is our weakness – not being trustworthy.”
Without him realizing it, the Malay manager’s trustworthiness was the least he should be concerned of. He was left speechless when his protégé Najib Razak turned out to be the biggest crook under his watch. Mahathir hadn’t expect an elite Malay-Muslim like Najib, the son of the country’s second Prime Minister Abdul Razak Hussein, would take trustworthiness to a new level.
As early as January this year, just four months before the May 9th nationwide election, Mahathir slammed the Malays for being less committed to work, not hardworking and at times, not trustworthy. Speaking at his Vision 2020 Forum, he said – “I believe the Malays have the same capabilities as the Europeans and the Japanese. But, the Malay culture remains a problem.”
To be fair, of course, not all Malays are lazy and steal money whenever they have the chance. Those Malays who sell “nasi lemak” in a Chinese-dominated “pasar (market)” demonstrate a more hardworking and possesses more honour attitude than former premier Najib Razak. In the same breath, not all ethnic-Chinese are hardworking and honest.
Unfortunately, the lazy and untrustworthy Malays constitute the majority of the community. On the other hand, only a minority of the Chinese belong to the same despicable group. Therefore, the Chinese are seen as hardworking and honest while the Malays give the bad image as nothing but a bunch of lazy and untrustworthy people.
Adding insult to the injury, the Malays make up 68.8% of the Malaysian population, making them the biggest group of lazy, if not untrustworthy, race in the country. Hence, it only makes sense that Mahathir consistently mocks and insults the same community he represents as being the most complacent, incompetent and ungrateful people.
Yet, it’s quite amazing and puzzling that while Mahathir acknowledges – even condemns – the Malays of being lazy and untrustworthy, he continues to pour fuel into the fire – promoting special privileges in commerce and education for the community that seems forever hungry for handouts and freebies. His racism policy and refusal to promote meritocracy were part of the problems.
Source : Malaysia Today
Mahathir : Malay Community Contributed The Least To Making Malaysia A Model Country – Our Progress Was Built On The Hard Work Of The Chinese Race
13 December, 2024
It is perhaps timely that Dr Mahathir Mohamad, speaking at a forum on the ‘Future Challenges of the Malays’ recently in Alor Star, should have stated that “Malays have to acknowledge that the Malay community contributed the least to making Malaysia a model country and to its current status in the world” ( The Sun , Monday, March 27, p 10).
Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad does not mince his words when he says that if Malaysia depended only on taxes paid by the Malays, it would not have achieved what it has today, the Chinese press reported yesterday.
He said Malays have to acknowledge that the Malay community contributed the least to making Malaysia a model country and to its current status in the world.
Addressing a forum on the Future Challenges of the Malays organised by the Kedah Malay Assembly Hall in Alor Star on Saturday, Mahathir said there is no doubt the country has progressed and prospered under the leadership of the Malays but that such progress was built on the hard work of other races.
“The government used taxes from the people to develop the country, but who contributed the most in taxes?”
“The Chinese! Their success in business has made them the biggest contributors in taxes.”
He said Malays are behind the others not because they are inferior or lack resources but because of their culture and attitude.
Malays have to acknowledge that they contributed the least to making Malaysia a model country – The Sun, Monday 27-03-2006
FORMER prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad does not mince his words when he says that if Malaysia depended only on taxes paid by the Malays, it would not have achieved what it has today, the Chinese press reported yesterday. He said Malays have to acknowledge that the Malay community contributed the least to making Malaysia a model country and to its current status in the world.
Addressing a forum on the Future Challenges of the Malays organised by the Kedah Malay Assembly Hall in Alor Star on Saturday, Mahathir said there is no doubt the country has progressed and prospered under the leadership of the Malays but that such progress was built on the hard work of other races.
“The government used taxes from the people to develop the country, but who contributed the most in taxes? “The Chinese! Their success in business has made them the biggest contributors in taxes.” He said Malays are behind the others not because they are inferior or lack resources but because of their culture and attitude. He urged them to stress on the pursuit of knowledge.
Mahathir also warned that the New Automotive Policy would be the undoing of Proton, which has suffered setbacks previously. “Proton is destined to fail,” he told reporters later when asked to comment on the policy announced last week. Asked to elaborate, he said: “What more is there to say?”
He credited much of Malaysia’s development and the creation of businesses to the first Chinese settlers here, saying we would be in a different situation were it not for them.
“The Chinese not only occupy China. You go anywhere in the world, you will see Chinese faces. They have contributed much to the development of many countries and have become citizens in these countries,” the Prime Minister said.
“We have 30% of the population of Chinese origin and there is no doubt that much of the development of Malaysia is due to the Chinese,” he added.
He said that without them Malaysia would have been left behind
“Malaysia fully appreciates the Chinese contribution to the development of Malaysia. Indeed, we feel that without them, much of the development of Malaysia would be somewhat lagging behind,” he said while addressing the Chinese contribution.
Source : Malaysiakini
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Chinese Are Not An Existential Threat To Malay Political Power – Racism Towards The Chinese Minority In Malaysia
13 December, 2024
1) TDM was Prime Minister for 23 years. If the Malays are weak now, isn’t it because he didn’t establish the groundwork and foundation for them? Why is he blaming the enemy of the Malays (while he did not state so, history suggests he meant the Chinese)?
2) Malays completely dominate all of the state’s important institutions, including the royals, police, armed forces, civil service, and parliament. Since Merdeka, no non-Malay/non-Muslim Prime Minister or Deputy Prime Minister has been appointed. Since Merdeka, the Malays have held an absolute cabinet majority. So, if Malays are losing power, isn’t it because the Malays appointed to all these institutions didn’t perform their part in upholding ketuanan melayu? The Chinese were never near power so how are they a threat? In fact MCA is now unable to win Chinese support because they were seen as the ‘running dog’ of UMNO and unable to promote Chinese interest during your BN/UMNO time. If the most important Chinese party, MCA, cannot promote Chinese interest, then what are you talking about?
3) GLC controls the Malaysian economy and stock exchange. The only area where the Chinese remain dominant is in SMEs; the rest are dominated by GLCs which is a proxy for Malay interests. The NEP and its successors aimed at economic redistribution have created an uneven playing field where Malay businesses are given preferential treatment in terms of government contracts, licenses, and financial assistance. While Chinese businesses have been successful, its despite the institutional barriers. How many Chinese companies are forced to appoint Malay directors? Any Malay companies forced to employ Chinese directors?
4) Malays have privileged access to higher education, their own university, and a variety of other advantages like housing discount. Is this under threat?
5) Ketuanan Melayu is being replaced with Ketuanan Melayu Islam (KMI). There is now a religious layer on top of the ethnic barrier.
6) Chinese population is declining. This is open knowledge. It will reach around 20% soon. It was about 40% at 1957. In other words, the population will be halved in less than a century.
Conclusion: The Chinese in Malaysia are not inherently a threat to Malay political power but are seen as such within a political framework where ethnicity and race are central to power dynamics. The perception of threat often arises from the fear of diluting Malay political and cultural dominance rather than from an actual capability to overthrow or significantly alter the established political order. The real challenge lies in navigating towards a political system where all ethnic groups feel represented and empowered without stoking racial tensions or diminishing the cultural identity of any group, including the Malays. This involves rethinking the political narrative around ethnicity and embracing a more inclusive form of governance.
Source : James Chin X
Racism Towards the Chinese Minority in Malaysia
Politics in Malaysia revolves around the conflicts between three major ethnic groups: Malays, Chinese and Indians. Despite this, the country has been remarkably stable since independence from the UK in 1957. The only major racial incident was in 1969 when ethnic riots let to temporary suspension of Parliament and emergency rule. The reason given for the riots was economic disparity between the Malays and Chinese, where the Malay community feared being overwhelmed by Chinese economic power leading to a loss of political power.
To right this “historical wrong”, the New Economic Policy (NEP), an affirmative action programme, was put in place in 1971. It is still ongoing (under a different name) and is regarded as the world’s longest-running social engineering programme. The NEP aimed to increase Malay share of all economic and social spheres via a quota system. The quota was based solely on racial criteria. More unusually, the NEP was for the majority ethnic group, not the minority. The quota was applied to all institutions in the country – from university intake to government procurement and listing requirements on the stock exchange.
The merging of a Malay identity with Islam
The unique thing about ethnicity is the Malay identity was merged with Islam constitutionally. Thus legally, an ethnic Malay is constitutionally a Muslim as well and you cannot legally separate the two.
Article 3(1) of the Malaysian Federal Constitution further states that “Islam is the religion of the Federation; but other religions can be practised safely and peacefully in all parts of the Federation”, leading many to subscribe that Islam is the official religion of Malaysia. Over time, this identity has metamorphosed into the ideology of Ketuanan Melayu Islam (Malay Islamic Supremacy). This is the root cause of racism towards the Chinese (and all non-Malay) community. All Malay/Muslim political parties began to adopt a “Muslim (us) vs non-Muslim (them)” political worldview.
Two main factors were responsible. First, the two main Malay parties, United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) and Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS), tried to be “more Islamic” than the other to capture the conservative Malay vote.
Second, there was bureaucratisation of Islam. The government created the all-powerful Malaysian Islamic Development Department (JAKIM). JAKIM introduced radical teaching of Islamic theology in all schools, a compulsory subjects for all Muslim students. That teaching espouses a theology derived from the Middle East, particularly Saudi Arabia. The curriculum promotes an exclusivist view of Islam, Islamic supremacist attitudes and rejection of the non-Muslim.
Since the Chinese constitute the largest non-Muslim segment, much of JAKIM’s anti-Muslim worldview were targeted at the Chinese, especially Chinese Christians. JAKIM’s efforts to demonise the non-Muslims in Malaysia as a threat to Islam and Islamic supremacy was aided by the rapid growth of Tahfiz and private Islamic schools from the 1990s. Many of these school teach an even more exclusivist view of Islam and Muslim and sees non-Muslim as dhimmi — a protected minority with restricted rights and who should pay a special tax in exchange for protection. In practice, this meant that the non-Malays would be second-class citizens in an Islamic state.
Many Chinese (and non-Malays) in Malaysia hope that racism towards them will ease over the long run as the demography of Malaysia changes. At independence, the Chinese constituted slightly more than one third of the population but in 2020 they were down to just 23.2 percent.
The thinking is once the Chinese becomes a small minority; the Malay political class can no longer use the Chinese as the bogeyman. This thinking is erroneous.
First, the animosity towards the Chinese is based on a large part on religion – Islam. Second, the Chinese will continue to dominate the private sector, creating resentment. The bottom line is that for the Malaysian Chinese to be treated as equal citizenship they have to convert to Islam and adopt Malay culture and identity.
From affirmative action to racism
The Malaysia case demonstrates how an ideology can set the stage for creating the political institutional setting for racist policies under the guise of affirmative action policies. This is compounded by history – the Chinese were brought into the country during colonial times and were never meant to be permanent residents. Another driver has been the Constitution which defined who is an ethnic Malay and Islam attached to being Malay. The adoption of the NEP after the 1969 racial riots signalled the setting up of nationalised racism across the entire political-social system. Over time this became Ketuanan Melayu Islam as Islam became a political tool to rally the Malays.
The rise of political Islam is part of the wider trend in Muslim countries where Islam is taking on a more political character and plays an increasing role in setting the political agenda. In Malaysia this political Islam comes with an ethnic identity. This conservative, exclusivist worldview of Islam based on Malay identity is supported by the state as a means to rally support amongst Malay Muslims and to dominate the non-Muslims. This construction, by default, promotes racism towards all non-Malays. The Chinese, being the dominant group among the non-Malay population bear the brunt of this racism. This situation is made worse by the NEP affirmative action policy, by giving tangible economic benefits to someone who is defined as Malay. Thus, the Malay identity becomes even more exclusionary as one group, Malay, want to protect their economic benefits. This is done by holding on to political power at the expense of the non-Malays. The “system” thus generates anti-Chinese racism to reinforced identity politics.
This system is unlikely to change for the foreseeable future even as the country modernises. The current ideology has served the Malay elites well for the past five decades. Malaysia’s experience with racism towards its minorities is not unique but it is notable that an ethnic domination has increasingly taken on a religious character. This may be part of a wider pattern across the world and clearly requires examination but that is, beyond the scope of this article.
Source : James
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