Prof. Khoo -It's YOU who are distorting our History!

Speaking at a forum in Ipoh (the Star, 10 Sept. '11)  Prof. Khoo Kay Khim claimed that that " the British never ruled the country, but had merely taken over the administration of our country". He maybe a historian but he definitely is no English language expect.  He blamed the week education system for teachers as well as students for not understanding the "proper terms used in the study of history". I suppose it is also because of the week education system that has resulted in his poor understanding of the English language. "Never ruled",  but had the power to ban - please explain the contradictions.
So the British came and took over the administration of the country and the Sultans meekly allowed them to do so. Hello ! Where are you UMNOs? Where are you Ibrahim Ali and Mahathir? You gonna allow this to go down in history? that the Malays did nothing and simply allowed the British to walk over them? Then how come the British could ban the many Malay movements such as PKMM, API, AWAS and Hizbul Muslimin as they were considered  communist movements? So Prof, the British never ruled, but they can ban. So we can similarly say that the present government, that is BN, does not  
rule but just administer the country, right? So as a  learned professor, do you think umno is just administering the country now? By your own reasoning, I suppose you should say "yes", but in reality we are practically a police state. And yes, one more thing, if we were not under British rule, than who are we celebrating 'Merdeka" from? It's YOU who are distorting our History. For goodness sake, have a spine and tell it as it is.