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They are so proud to fly the Jalur Gemilang upside-down … any police action or arrest? - Facebook pic (authenticity not verified and no information on when the pic was taken)
Disgusting police selective action on Jalur Gemilang mistakes
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 12, 2025: It is just disgusting to read news that the 59-year-old man caught on video raising the Jalur Gemilang upside-down is expected to face charges in court soon.
North Seberang Perai OCPD Asst Comm Anuar Abd Rahman confirmed that police had wrapped up investigations and have recorded statements from 10 witnesses, while the accused has been released on bail pending instructions from the Attorney General’s Chambers (AGC).
Disgusting because it is so clearly a case of selective persecution and prosecution.
The police should, instead investigate and arrest the racial and religious bigoted Umno Youth chief Dr Akmal “Dr Ham/I Am Malay First” Saleh for threatening national unity.
As for the police, they are seen to be selective and pandering to the evil politics of Umno and Akmal.
Why continue to go after the 59-year-old man for a mistake that he quickly apologised?
What about the national team flying the Jalur Gemiling upside-down? Any police action or arrest?
What about the Education Ministry’s double-star Jalur Gemilang. Any police action or arrest?
What about PAS kindergarten flying the Jalur Gemilang upside down? Any police action or arrest?
> Many incidents of this error but not reported because it's easily corrected when someone notices it.
We have a very notorious politician today trying the play the race and religious cards by threatening and intimidating people of various races but kept silent on these or being selective in his rantings.
We are actually moving many steps backwards instead of moving forward as a developing nation.
Probably the Government is not strict enough to arrest politicians playing this evil political game - Facebook comments accompanying a video clip featuring the Jalur Gemilang being hoisted upside-down, accompanied by Negaraku, at a Merdeka Day Parade
The issue simply stinks.
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Any politician or political parties wanting to play the race and religious cards on this too?
The image captures the Malaysian national netball team celebrating a victory, proudly displaying the Malaysian flag and a "MALAYSIA" sign.
The team is seen cheering enthusiastically, indicating a significant achievement or win in a netball competition.
The celebration likely occurred after a match, possibly during an international tournament such as the SEA Games, where Malaysia frequently competes in netball.
The image highlights the team's national pride and unity in their success.
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> This is the difference between China and Malaysia ! Or more accurately put the difference between those who exploit a situation to earn brownie points and those who are genuinely interested only to get things done right ! Small problem....no issue;
> Akmal Salleh is not there. Only morons who are desperate for publicity and attention will make a human mistake into an issue ! We can’t teach them to be smarter but we can ignore their stupidity as it is not within morons with pea size brains to be able to comprehend humanistic concepts and values of mutual respect and self worth ! The perplexing and inexplicable irony is how did and how could a moron obtain a PhD ? Permanent Head Damage. - Facebook comments posted;
> The Chinese police don't go around arresting people for a simple mistake. They adjust it and salute to the flag. A true humane society.
No News Is Bad News reproduces below news reports on the issue:
Shopkeeper to be charged soon over upside-down flag
By LO TERN CHERN and And
Tuesday, 12 Aug 2025
Keeping the peace: A motorcycle police unit driving past the hardware shop where a protest was initially planned to take place at Taman Bertam Permata, Kepala Batas. — ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star
KEPALA BATAS: The 59-year-old man caught on video raising the Jalur Gemilang upside-down is expected to face charges in court soon.
North Seberang Perai OCPD Asst Comm Anuar Abd Rahman confirmed that police have wrapped up investigations and have recorded statements from 10 witnesses, while the accused has been released on bail pending instructions from the Attorney General’s Chambers (AGC).
Aaron is urging all parties to not rush to judgement. — ZHAFARAN NASIB/The StarThe 21-second clip filmed outside a hardware store in Kepala Batas showing the Jalur Gemilang being raised upside-down triggered public outrage since going viral on Saturday.
By international law, any country’s flag being flown upside-down is a sign of great distress or emergency, and outsiders are obliged to check and render aid.
By Sunday, at least 16 police reports had been lodged.
A protest planned for yesterday fizzled out, with no crowd turning up while the shop remained shut.
In a TikTok video uploaded earlier, Umno Youth chief Datuk Dr Muhamad Akmal Saleh urged participants to bring their own Jalur Gemilang and gather outside the shop to “teach” the shopkeeper and another on attaching the national flag properly.
However, police were present at the store, including the Light Strike Force (LSF) unit, to prevent unrest.
It was reported that the 59-year-old man had admitted the blunder, claiming he was merely measuring the pole height and had yet to secure the flag when it was filmed.
He claimed that he later corrected the flag’s position.
The case was investigated under Section 5 of the Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act 1963, Section 14 of the Minor Offences Act 1955 and Section 233 of the Com munications and Multimedia Act 1988.
Bertam assemblyman Datuk Seri Reezal Merican Naina Merican, who lodged a police report, said he confronted the people in the shop, saying it was hard to believe such a mistake could happen.
In a statement, Penang DAP chairman Steven Sim, said the state will continue to uphold harmony and urged that the matter be handled legally and constructively.
“I discussed it with Reezal and the Chief Minister’s Kepala Batas coordinator Lay Hock Peng, regarding the incident.
“We agreed to fully hand over this matter to the police so that it can be addressed according to the law and proper procedures.
“I spoke to Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution to ensure there is no opportunity for any party to take actions that violate the law in connection with this incident.”
Meanwhile, Datuk Aaron Ago Dagang urged all parties not to rush to make assumptions regarding the recent viral incident.
The National Unity Minister said the act of displaying the Malaysian flag upside down is inappropriate and contrary to the proper protocol for flying the national flag as stipulated in the Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act 1963, but the actual cause of the incident must first be determined.
“In the spirit of unity, we should not hastily make assumptions before the results of a complete investigation are available,” he said in a post on social media platform X yesterday.
Aaron said the incident could have been intentional or due to an error, or public ignorance about the correct way to fly the Jalur Gemilang.
Aaron also said the public should not be afraid or hesitant to put up the flag following the incident, but instead take the opportunity to learn the proper protocol and continue to support the Communications Ministry’s ‘1 House, 1 Jalur Gemilang’ campaign in conjunction with the National Month celebrations.
Akmal threatens ‘class’ for man who flew flag upside down if he’s not charged
The Umno Youth chief says he will give prosecutors two days to bring the hardware store owner in Penang to court.
Umno Youth chief Dr Akmal Saleh said the hardware store owner should be charged under a section of the law that provides a heavier sentence. (Bernama pic)
PETALING JAYA: Umno Youth chief Dr Akmal Saleh has threatened to give the hardware store owner in Penang a “class” in the form of a protest if he is not charged in court by Thursday.
“We will give the prosecutors two days … tomorrow and Wednesday.
“If no charges are made against this person by Thursday, I will go and give a class to teach this ‘ah pek’ how to correctly put up a flag,” he said in a video on Facebook.
“If this is hushed up … no matter, we will wait for the prosecutors to decide whether to charge or not.
“We ask for this person to be charged under a section (of the law) that provides for a stiffer sentence,” he said.
Yesterday, police arrested the 59-year-old hardware store owner for hoisting the Jalur Gemilang upside down the day before.
Acting Penang police chief Alwi Zainal Abidin said the investigation paper will be referred to the deputy public prosecutor’s office today for further action.
He said 16 reports had been received nationwide over the incident, including 12 from within Penang.
The video of the incident showed a man hoisting the flag while another recorded it.
Malaysiakini reported that the hardware shop owner said he was measuring the length of an iron pole while hanging the flag and did not notice that it was upside down.
The owner said he rectified the mistake immediately after realising it.
He apologised for the blunder and lodged a report at the Kepala Batas police station to provide an explanation.
Sunday, 10 August 2025
Why are the police selective in their action on Jalur Gemilang-related mistakes?
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KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 11, 2025: When it comes to making unintentional mistakes related to the Jalur Gemilang (national flag), selective persecution and prosecution is the order of the day.
While in certain cases police action is swift, others see no action being reported.
The police need to explain to Malaysians why, in some cases, action is swift with arrests while other cases seem to have no action at all.
On Saturday (Aug 9), a 59-year-old hardware store owner in Penang was arrested for hoisting the Jalur Gemilang upside down.
The man took remedial action upon realising the mistake, apologised to the public for the blunder and lodged a police report to explain his mistake.
However, still he was arrested.
What about the case of the Education Ministry featuring a two-star Jalur Gemilang?
Was there any action? Was anyone arrested? All selectively and conveniently forgotten?
James Chin
AL and CLK are spot on, but UMNO’s pulling a disgusting stunt, demonizing non-Malays just to scrape up votes from Malay/Muslim folks!
Everyone I talked to in KL is saying the same thing: PN’s gaining ground in Selangor, NS, and Melaka, while keeping their grip tight up in Northern Malaya. If PN can capture more seats in Southern Malaya, then UMNO is in big trouble.
UMNO needs more than 26 seats in the next GE if they want anyone to take them seriously— right now, they’re pathetically trailing behind even the combined GPS/GRS from Borneo! And yet they hold the DPM1 post.
If UMNO screws up and loses more seats next election, which is looking likely, they can kiss the DPM1 spot goodbye.
That’s why UMNO Youth is playing the filthy racial card at every turn! It’s a disgrace, and they’re dragging Malaysia down with them!
No News Is Bad News reproduces below video clips on the cops selective treatment of mistakes related to the Jalur Gemilang:
Cops arrest man for flying Jalur Gemilang upside down in Penang
Acting state police chief Alwi Zainal Abidin says the investigation paper will be referred to the deputy public prosecutor’s office tomorrow for further action.
A screengrab from the video showing a man hoisting the Galur Gemilang upside down.
PETALING JAYA: Police have arrested a 59-year-old hardware store owner in Penang for hoisting the Jalur Gemilang upside down yesterday.
Acting Penang police chief Alwi Zainal Abidin said the investigation paper will be referred to the deputy public prosecutor’s office tomorrow for further action.
In a statement, Alwi said the arrest was carried out in Kepala Batas.
He said 16 reports had been received nationwide over the incident, including 12 from within Penang.
Yesterday, Seberang Perai Utara police launched an investigation into the incident.
District police chief Anuar Abd Rahman said the authorities were investigating the incident for improper use of emblems and names, insulting behaviour and improper use of network facilities.
Statements from the complainant as well as the suspect involved in the incident were also recorded.
A video, uploaded at about 12.30pm, showed a man hoisting the flag while another recorded it.
Malaysiakini reported that the hardware shop owner said he was measuring the length of an iron pole while hanging the flag and did not notice that it was upside down.
The owner said he rectified the mistake immediately after realising it.
He apologised for the blunder and lodged a report at the Kepala Batas police station to provide an explanation.
Education Ministry Apologises For Two-Star Jalur Gemilang Oversight
This is the third case of a flag snafu in just over a week.
April 24, 2025
The bastardisation of Malaysia’s glorious Jalur Gemilang continues through the Ministry of Education’s (MoE) latest Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia’s (SPM) results analysis report, which was released today on 24 April.
An image of a classroom is depicted on the cover page of the report, and over on the top left corner a Malaysian flag is visible. Or at least, what’s supposed to look like the country’s national flag.
In what is probably the worst AI (allegedly) rendition ever, this depiction of the flag contains two stars instead of one, and eight stripes instead of 14.
Well, at least the crescent moon is there this time.
Image: Twitter | @OscarToo8tv
The education ministry has since issued an apology over the gaffe. In a statement, it said printed copies of the report have been recalled and corrections are being made immediately.
“This oversight is unacceptable, as the Jalur Gemilang is a symbol of the country’s pride and sovereignty.
“Immediate and stern action has been taken against all parties involved, and a thorough investigation is currently underway,” the ministry said.
Two local newspapers have already misprinted the national flag in the past week
One would think after a series of country flag-related blunders, organisations would be taking extra caution before printing anything that contains the flag which represents the nation.
Two local Chinese-language newspapers were embroiled in similar controversy just over a week ago.
On 15 April, Sin Chew Daily published an image with the Jalur Gemilang on its front page that was missing the crescent moon. The moon represents Islam, which is the official religion of Malaysia, so you can imagine how that went with the Muslim community, authorities, and even the Agong.
Two days later, on 17 April, another Chinese-language daily printed the flag without the crescent moon and the 14-pointed star missing one point. The points of the star represent each of Malaysia’s 13 states and federal territories.
However, there was speculation that the flag on Kwong Wah Yit Poh’s front page may have not entirely been their fault, as a Twitter user pointed out the image may have been taken from a digital billboard just outside Fahrenheit 88, a shopping mall on Jalan Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur.
Some said the mall should be blamed, while others thought the news daily should also be accountable for not double or triple-checking before going to print.
Friday, 8 August 2025
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Cops going after whistle blowers instead of the corrupt?
KUALA LUMPUR, July 9, 2025: Are the police going after whistle blowers, in this case news portal MalaysiaNow, in the Farhash-Sabah mining expose?
Is the police’s priority to hide evidence against the corrupt?
No News Is Bad News reproduces below a MalaysiaNow news report on the alleged Sabah mining corruption scandal:
Cops probe MalaysiaNow for 'leak of confidential documents' in Farhash-Sabah mining exposé
The investigation follows a police report filed by Sabah Mineral Management, the state agency at the centre of a mining corruption scandal.
August 6, 2025 3:26 PM
Farhash Wafa Salvador.
Police have summoned the editor of MalaysiaNow for questioning over the news portal's explosive report last month involving Farhash Wafa Salvador, in which it was revealed that the former PKR politician turned multi-millionaire businessman had been granted a mineral exploration licence in a massive forest reserve in Sabah.
A police officer from Kota Kinabalu told the news portal that the investigation was based on a police report filed by Sabah Mineral Management (SMM), the embattled state agency chaired by Chief Minister Hajiji Noor that is at the centre of a mining corruption scandal.
"An article has been published in MalaysiaNow about SMM which is said to contain confidential documents," police said in a message to MalaysiaNow's editor, adding that the case is being investigated under Section 203A of the Penal Code for leaking confidential documents.
In addition, police said the portal was also being investigated under Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act for "improper use of network facilities and services", a law that has targeted media outlets and journalists critical of the government.
The development comes more than two weeks after MalaysiaNow reported that Hajiji had voiced strong support for a company linked to Farhash, the former political secretary to Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, in its application for coal exploration activities in the state.
SMM had approved Bumi Suria Sdn Bhd's application to cover a 70,000ha forest reserve, – three times the size of Kuala Lumpur.
Bumi Suria is wholly owned by Borneo Bumi Sdn Bhd, which in turn is controlled by Farhash and another individual named Aminuddin Mustapha, each with a 50 per cent stake.
In response to the revelation, SMM CEO Natasha Sim denied that any company linked to Farhash had been awarded the licence, while Farhash claimed the report as "fake news".
To back up its claim, MalaysiaNow later released letters, meeting minutes and excerpts from a recording of SMM's board meeting chaired by Hajiji, in which the applications of Bumi Suria and its Indonesian joint venture partner PT Bayan Resources were approved.
Farhash and SMM have since threatened to sue MalaysiaNow for defamation.
The portal has since defended its report.
Finance Twitter: Both Khairy and Anwar do not have the balls to call a spade a spade in Malaysia’s brain drain woes
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Finance Twitter: Both Khairy and Anwar do not have the balls to call a spade a spade in Malaysia’s brain drain woes
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 9, 2025: Nearly 98,000 Malaysians gave up their citizenship to become Singaporeans between 2015 and and June 2025.
This means Malaysia has been losing about 9,000 talent and brains annually to other countries, like China and Singapore.
“The highest figure was in 2024, with 16,930 individuals,” Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail disclosed this in Parliament on Thursday (Aug 7).
And international news website Finance Twitter has accused both Khairy Jamluddin and Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim as having no balls to call a spade a spade on the real woes for Malaysia’s worsening brain drain and loss of talent.
No News Is Bad News reproduces below the Finance Twitter article that was re-posted by The Coverage:
Nearly 98,000 Malaysians Gave Up Citizenship For Singapore Nationality – Brain Drain & Racist Policy Towards Non-Malays
8 August, 2025
Between 2015 and June 2025, over 98,000 Malaysians renounced their citizenship to obtain Singapore nationality, averaging more than 9,000 annually. The highest figure was in 2024, with 16,930 individuals. Malaysian Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail disclosed this on 7 August in response to a parliamentary question.
From 2015 to June 2025, over 98,000 Malaysians renounced their nationality in order to obtain Singapore citizenship.
This was disclosed by Malaysian Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail on 7 August.
He was responding to a Parliamentary Question filed by Datuk Seri Takiyuddin bin Hassan, an opposition Member of Parliament for Kota Bahru.
Takiyuddin had asked for the number of Malaysians who applied to become Singapore citizens from 2015 to 2025, broken down by year.
The year 2024 recorded the highest number of Malaysians renouncing their citizenship, with as many as 16,930 individuals doing so.
23,472 individuals granted Singapore citizenship in 2023
According to Singapore’s National Population and Talent Division (NPTD), 23,472 individuals were granted Singapore citizenship in 2023. The information was published on 24 September 2024.
The number of new citizenships granted for 2024 is not yet available.
From 2019 to 2023, Singapore granted an average of 22,400 citizenships per year, slightly above the average of 21,600 in the previous five years.
The Ministry of Home Affairs of Singapore reported that, in 2023, 2,776 new citizens were aged 21 to 30, while 6,150 were aged 31 to 40.
Approximately 20 per cent of the new citizenships were granted under the Family Ties Scheme to foreign spouses of Singapore citizens, according to a written reply on 7 January 2025 by Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam to then-Ang Mo Kio GRC MP Gan Thiam Poh.
In total, between 2019 and 2023, Singapore granted 111,890 individuals citizenship.
Source : The Online Citizen
Over 6,000 Malaysians gave up citizenship for Singapore this year
More than 6,000 Malaysians have relinquished their citizenship to obtain Singapore citizenship in the first half of this year.
Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said 6,060 people had done so as of June 30.
He said last year recorded 16,930 Malaysians giving up their citizenship for Singapore, a sharp rise from 11,500 in 2023.
In 2022, the number was 5,623, slightly lower than 7,956 in 2021.
The highest figure in the past decade was in 2019 with 13,362 cases, before dropping to 5,591 in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic.
“Earlier years saw 7,394 cases in 2015, 8,654 in 2016, 7,583 in 2017, and 7,665 in 2018,” he said in a written parliamentary reply yesterday.
Saifuddin was responding to a question from Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan (PN–Kota Baru) on the number of Malaysians who had applied for Singapore citizenship from 2015 to 2025.
Brain Drain & Unfair Treatment Towards Non-Malays : 1.13 Million Best And Brightest Malaysians Migrated To Singapore
Former Human Resources Minister V. Sivakumar recently revealed that out of the 1.86 million Malaysians who have migrated overseas, 1.13 million reside in Singapore as of 2022.
Sivakumar pointed out that brain drain is a common issue globally, with 3.6% of the world’s population having migrated from their home country.
“From the Malaysian perspective, the migration percentage is 5.6% from the total population (33 million). So, if you compare globally, the disparity is big, but in micro context, the migration consists of 1.86 million people,” said Minister Sivakumar.
Stanford Computer Science attributed it to social injustice, particularly the special privileges afforded to Malays under the Constitution
The Constitution provides extra assistance for Malays in starting businesses, mandatory discounts for real estate, and a quota system for education opportunities based on racial distribution, which has led to feelings of unfair treatment among non-Malays.
Netizens commented when growth opportunities are limited; talented individuals may look elsewhere
Commenting on The Star’s Facebook post, Malaysia’s netizens expressed concern about Malaysia’s ongoing brain drain issue.
A netizen suggested that the Malaysian government should prioritize developing strategies to reduce brain drain by investing in people and creating more opportunities that are accessible to everyone.
The commenter also stated that although many Malaysians have migrated overseas for work, a significant number have settled down in their new countries and are unlikely to return.
A netizen’s comment highlights an important issue that many organizations face in retaining their top talent. When career growth opportunities are limited, talented individuals may look elsewhere for opportunities to advance their careers.
A Malaysian who was worked in overseas, said while working overseas may provide new opportunities and experiences, there is a certain level of comfort and familiarity that comes with working in one’s home country.
Malaysia losing some of its “best and brightest” medical graduates to Singapore annually
Last year, Prof Datuk Dr Adeeba Kamarulzaman, former Universiti Malaya (UM) medical faculty dean, warned that Malaysia is losing some of its “best and brightest” medical graduates to Singapore annually.
She claimed that at least 30 UM medical graduates per year choose to undergo houseman training in Singapore instead of Malaysia.
“I don’t blame my young colleagues at all. I, too, would go where the opportunities are. We are failing them. How can we expect to build a resilient and world-class health system when we have this continuous internal and external brain drain?”
Malaysia Brain Drain Due To Racist Policy – “Second-Class Citizens” Treatment Of Non-Bumiputeras
Khairy Jamaluddin, supposedly the top brain of UMNO before he was sacked, has finally admitted that the brain drain in Malaysia is a serious problem. It’s both entertaining and flabbergasting that the Oxford educated genius suddenly realizes that a mother is actually female (who can produce offspring). He talked as if the issue of brain drain began yesterday.
The former health minister, who was sacked by the Malay nationalist party in January this year for sabotaging his own party during the Nov 2022 general election, was trying to steal the thunder from the Speaker of Lower House – Johari Abdul – who urged Malaysian students in China to return home upon graduation to help develop the country. But why should they?
Apparently, the Speaker told the students, all of whom are ethnic Chinese at the prestigious Tsinghua University, to learn as much as possible from China before returning to contribute to their homeland. Crucially, he told all the students to come back not to start looking for jobs, but to lead the country as well as to become entrepreneurs and use their connections to develop Malaysia.
Does Speaker Johari know the reasons those students left Malaysia to study in Tsinghua in the first place? Does he know that Tsinghua is known as “China’s MIT”? Heck, did he even realize that most of the Malaysian students accepted into Tsinghua were top scorers of UEC examination, the same Unified Examination Certificate that the Government of Malaysia refuses to recognize for decades?
Yes, Tsinghua is one of China’s top schools for studying sciences. Ranked 18th by the Times Higher Education as the world’s top-20 schools, the university has been producing top brains, ranging from Nobel laureates to tech innovators and from esteemed diplomats to global leaders. It was ranked 2nd best place in the world to study Material Science and 4th to study Electronic and Electrical Engineering.
Tsinghua and Peking University are like China’s Oxford and Cambridge, competing with each other in research. In fact, Tsinghua produced more of the top 1% most highly cited papers in maths and computing, and more of the 10% most highly cited papers in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics), than any other university in the world.
Current Chinese president Xi Jinping and his predecessor Hu Jintao were graduates of Tsinghua. And there are thousands of brilliant Tsinghua graduates being hired by Huawei Technologies Co. (they have more than 100,000 employees in R&D, mind you), the tech giant which recently stunned the U.S. with the introduction of Huawei Mate 60 Pro phones powered by 7-nanometre chip.
Mr Khairy said top brains have left not only due to higher salaries being offered abroad, but also because of other factors. He mentioned bureaucracy for local talents to kick-start their business or outdated local market in supporting sophisticated products. He acknowledged the 500-pound gorilla in the room – “second-class citizens” treatment of non-Bumiputeras.
He was probably referring to Grab, originally known as “My Teksi”, which was first started by Harvard graduate Anthony Tan in Malaysia in 2012. Thanks to bureaucracy and regulatory issues in doing business in the country, Anthony and his co-founder Malaysian internet entrepreneur, Tan Hooi Ling, another Harvard graduate, moved the company headquarters from Malaysia to Singapore.
Grab had tried to apply for financial grants from Khazanah Nasional, the sovereign wealth fund of the Government of Malaysia. But the long process and Khazanah’s disagreement to the deal saw Singapore investment fund Temasek quickly grabbed the opportunity and pumped US$10 million into Grab in 2014 – an example of how businesses and Malaysian talents are lost to foreign countries.
However, Khairy cunningly refused to link the root problem to “Ketuanan Melayu” – the ideology of Malay supremacy espoused by the United Malays National Organization (UMNO), which he was part of till he was fired. The racist and discrimination policy saw brain drain in the form of hundreds of thousands of technical skills went through a large scale migration to other countries.
Not only the racist policy caused the brain drain at an industrial scale, but it also spooks both foreign and domestic investors. Years before Malaysian internet entrepreneur Anthony Tan and Tan Hooi Ling founded Grab and migrated to Singapore, “Sugar King” Robert Kuok and gaming giant Genting Berhad had already moved their business head office to Hong Kong and Singapore respectively.
It becomes worse when the NEP (New Economic Policy), a discrimination and racist policy derived from the “Ketuanan Melayu”, was quietly upgraded by greedy and parasite Malay elites to rob the businesses belonging to minorities Chinese and Indian – from 30% to 51% stake – under the pretext that the Malays or Bumiputeras were still poor and needed to be given equities without lifting a finger.
The burning question is this – exactly where was Khairy, the son-in-law of former Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, when the brain drain has been happening for the last 60 years? It screams hypocrisy at the highest level when he was part of – even had benefited from – the racist and discriminatory policy, only to blame the system now in an attempt to project himself as the clever guy.
During the Badawi administration (2003-2009), Khairy was the leader of the infamous “4th-floor boys” running the country on behalf of his father-in-law, operating just a storey below the Prime Minister’s Office. As the most powerful 28-year-old in Malaysia, Khairy was busy enriching and empowering himself by controlling and manipulating the premier, instead of voicing his concern about brain drain.
Even after Badawi and UMNO-led government had lost power, he did nothing as Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation in the backdoor government of Muhyiddin Yassin. And he has the cheek to blame the brain drain on racist policy when he happily served the most racist premier Muhyiddin (and still hopes to serve him again) in oppressing and bullying non-Bumiputeras.
At the very least, he should have pushed Muhyiddin administration to promote the STEM education in “national schools”. But he did nothing and kept silent as his friends in the religious extremist PAS Islamist party pushed for more religious study, the same way he stayed as quiet as a church mouse when his former boss, ex-PM Najib Razak, stole money in the infamous 1MDB scandal.
It appears that both Johari and Khairy agree that Chinese vernacular schools are not only of top quality, but also contribute to the development of the country. It also proves that the national schools are in a deplorable state, so much so that the Speaker, and Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim for that matter, is begging graduates from Tsinghua to return to help the ailing country.
Had the national schools and local universities been able to produce quality students instead of unemployable graduates, Speaker Johari did not need to fly to Beijing to persuade the Malaysian Chinese students to come back. Had the UEC examination been recognized, there would not have been a brain drain because it would also mean racist policy does not exist to begin with.
So, both Khairy and Johari deliberately ignore the vital ingredient in retaining top brain – education. Quality education is the reason why Singapore skyrockets ahead, leaving Malaysia in the dust. Of course, they can’t demonize the Malay-language national schools for the disaster as it would be a political suicide. The Chinese who were told to go back to “tongsan” (China) are now being asked to come back.
Malaysian education system is a joke. Last year, at least 90,000 of the 373,974 candidates who sat for the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination – equivalent to “O” Level – had failed the Mathematics paper, while a whopping 52,674 candidates flunked English. Overall, 42.9% of the candidates, or 160,435 students, failed at least one subject. But here’s the best part.
According to some teachers who used to mark SPM exam papers, the passing score could be as low as 20%, especially for subjects like Mathematics and Science in order to make students of certain ethnic happy (“syiok sendiri”). Even then, some 30,000 candidates who were registered did not sit for the SPM. It’s not surprising that the system produces unemployable graduates.
Get real, do you really think after being discriminated since their young age, the talented Tsinghua graduates would foolishly come back to start a new business so that it can provide employment for local unemployable graduates, a problem created by the racist policy in the first place? Worse, when the business thrives, the Bumiputeras will force their way and demand 51% stake.
For example, Sitiawan-born Prof Kee Keh Kooi is the Tsinghua University lecturer currently heading a team to study how gravity and radiation affect the development of human stem cells in space. A former student from Foon Yew High School, he obtained bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Iowa State University, before doing his PhD at Weill Cornell University.
Will a local university allow a Chinese like Kee to head a research team, let alone allowing him to claim credits for all the achievements? Heck, does Malaysia even have the necessary technology and sophistication in R&D in stem cells? While China recognizes both local and foreign talents, Malaysia happily chase away local talents due to different skin colours and welcome Bangladeshi cheap labours.
Even if Malaysian Chinese are being treated as second class citizens in Singapore, it is still much better than being threatened by racist bigots and religious extremists in Malaysia. At least, they can find comfort in Singapore currency, which has 3.5-times more purchasing power than the useless Malaysia Ringgit. Nope, Malaysia can never compete with Singapore even in the next 50 years.
The solution is incredibly simple – abolish racist policy like the NEP, which is being ridiculed as “Never Ending Policy”, and stop preaching “Ketuanan Melayu”. The Malay supremacy is the toxin that produces Grab delivery boys rather than scientists, engineers, researchers and entrepreneurs needed to develop the country. But not even Khairy, let alone PM Anwar, has the balls to call a spade a spade.
Source : Finance Twitter
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