Branded and chained like Hard-core Criminals.

   

This is how our Polis Di-Raja Malaysia treated suspected Flesh traders from China - being branded and chained like animals as if being led to the slaughter house - and they had not even been charged and found guilty yet. The authorities had deprived the women of dignity when they 'branded' their bodies. They had shown a flagrant lack of decency in them. The Penang police chief Ayub Yaakob, had defended the action of marking the foreheads and chests as they feared that they would run away. But why the forehead and the chest and not the hand as was normally done. Meanwhile the Malaysian Civil Liberties Movement (MCLM) had rightly questioned whether the police' actions were part of the force's standard operating procedures (SOP). There were also eight men who were detained and asked whether these men were also similarly branded?
Such action cannot be condoned by right thinking Malaysians and must be condemned in the strongest possible terms. No religion teach its followers to treat another fellow human beings in such manner. Its derogatory, inhumane, and a gross violation of human rights.
 Me thinks the police have been given too much ropes and are getting more arrogant without anymore care for their SOP.

The Sungei Buluh Nursery Issue - what gives?

The Selangor Pakatan government needs to come out with a clearer explanation on the Sungei Buluh nursery land dispute. The reason given  by the Menteri Besar for the rejection of the issue of TOL is certainly unacceptable. He stated that the Yayasan Selangor was given the land because "it had 30 years of experience in property management, and that it would enable Yayasan Selangor to take care of the water pipes below the nurseries. However, state Executive councillor Ronnie Lui said that the Agency was given the land so as "to develop and revamp the area. So what is the real reason now? To take care of the water pipes or to develop and revamp the area?
And while the issue rages on, the BN parties are capitalising on this and accusing the Selangor Pakatan government of not keeping their pre-election promises of taking care of the people. MCA vice-president Datuk Donald Lim is throwing accusation in the mass media and this will definitely hurt the Pakatan in the coming GE. He said that Pakatan had always promised transparency but now seemed to be operating in a "black box" as "no one knows what they are doing."
An MIC division chief Barath Maniam said that the Pakatan was taking the rakyat for a ride, and  MCA Chua Tee Yong said the Selangor government's move had clearly shown that the Pakatan could not honour its promises.
Even MP for the area R.Sivarasa seemed to be in support of the nursery operators as he had  advised them to bring the matter to court.
So Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim, what is brewing? While our infamous Ibrahim A is helping to add votes to the Pakatan with his rhetorics, you in Selangor are driving away votes to the BN. Whatever it is, a promise is a promise, transparency means transparency. We the rakyat are no fools and would not be taken for a ride too. We, who still have faith in Pakatan, demand a proper explanation, otherwise.......If you are going to operate  the same way as the BN, we might as well retain the BN, as the devil we already know is better than one we don't know.

A Patriot that should have been in our History Books.

Come June 12, it will be exactly 63 years since Sybil Kathigasu, the freedom fighter, died.
Most Malaysians know little of her. This is mainly because she, along with many other distinguished non-Malay freedom fighters, have been “buried” and forgotten by the ruling Umno government.
Why this is so is another hotly debated matter.
Recent reproaches by the people on the Umno government’s take on Malaysian history, which has erased all acknowledgement of non-Malay freedom fighters, tell of a new awakening in our midst.
This brings the focus to Sybil.
Sybil is the only Malaysian woman to have ever received the distinguished George Medal (GM) for gallantry and bravery. Instituted by the late King George VI, the GM recognises both civilian gallantry in the face of enemy action and brave deeds.
She wrote a book “No Dram of Mercy”, which gives an insightful account of a woman of great courage who should be held as a beacon and role model to all Malaysians.
In the 1940s, Sybil sacrificed a great deal in the fight for freedom of Malaya.
Born on Sept 3, 1899 in Medan, Indonesia, Sybil Medan Daly was a trained nurse and midwife.

Turning point
In 1919 she married Dr Abdon Clement Kathigasu and they were blessed with two daugthers, Olga and Thavam. Later on, the couple adopted a son, William Pillay.
Sybil and Abdon operated a clinic in Brewster Road, now known as Jalan Sultan Idris Shah in Ipoh, Perak, for 14 years before the war descended on them.
Sybil’s warmth, readiness to help and her fluency in Cantonese made her popular with the local Chinese community.

Then came the war and the invasion of Malaya by the Japanese army in 1941.
When the Japanese army occupied Ipoh, Sybil and her family moved away to Papan, a small town fringing Ipoh.
Papan would soon prove to become a turning point in Sybil’s life.
It was here that Sybil began “consolidating” her commitment to helping the local community who were members of the Malayan People’s Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA).
Sybil secretly supplied medicines, medical services and information to the underground guerilla forces of the Fifth Independent Regiment of MPAJA freedom fighters who camped in nearby hills and jungles.
She also secretly kept shortwave radio sets and clandestinely listened to BBC broadcasts to keep in touch with the situation around the world, especially in Britain and Europe.
Those acts were, at the time, considered criminal and highly subversive by the military administration of Japan in Malaya.

It has been told and retold by many that Sybil and her husband had treated more than 6,000 guerilla fighters who fought relentlessly for the independence of Malaya.
Eventually Sybil and her husband were caught. The Japanese army arrested them in 1943.
They promised to release Sybil and her husband but on condition that she revealed the names of the MPAJA forces. But Sybil was adamant and refused to do so.
In fact, she is said to have told the Japanese government that she was “willing to die with my family, then disclose the 30,000 MPAJA and family members who fought for independence of Malaya”.
Sybil was prepared to face the punishment by the Japanese army.
They punished her husband, son and her daughter Thavam, who was then seven years old.
But Sybil, who suffered the anguish of knowing her family’s pain, did not relent.
She refused to betray the MPAJA members and their families. Finally, Sybil was sent to Batu Gajah prison where she was further tortured.
According to her memoir, the Japanese army sprayed soap water into her vagina and forced her to sit for hours on ice cubes and she was not allowed to sleep.

Sybil survived three years of torture and torment under the Japanese army and was only relased after Japan lost the war.
Following her release, Sybil was flown to Britain for medical treatment. It was there that she wrote her now famous memoir, “No Dram of Mercy”.
She went on to write a second book “Face of Courage”, which gave a revealing insight into her family.

But the three years of incessant torture by the Japanese army took its toll on Sybil.

Sybil died on June 12, 1948, in Britain, seven months after she was released from her Batu Gajah prison cell.
Her body was initially buried in Lanark, Scotland, but was later returned to Ipoh and buried at the Roman Catholic cemetery beside St Michael’s Church.

The older generation who are familiar with the Sybil Kathigasu story recalled how her remains arrived in Penang from Scotland by ship and transported to her home in Ipoh’s Brewster Road.
It was one of the largest funeral processions ever seen in Malaysia.

Royal-style sendoff
Sybil, the Malayan heroine, was treated in royal style. Some 100,000 people from all over the country turned up to say goodbye. Even people from as far as Thailand, Vietnam, Borneo and Indonesia came to pay their respects.
In Ipoh, a road is named after her to commemorate her bravery and Sybil’s shophouse at 74, Main Road, Papan, is now being presevered by Law Siak Hong, the president of the Perak Heritage Society.

In 2008, the Actor Studio’s in Kuala Lumpur produced a play and trained her grand-niece Elaine Daly to play the title role of “Sybil”.
There’s also a Singapore TV drama series titled “The Price of Peace” about her life.

Sybil’s life is perhaps the best example of unity – an Indian women who willingly sacrificed her life for MPAJA members who were mostly Chinese who fought for the independence of Malaya and Malays.
Watch the video here
   

Time to show that the rakyat is the Boss

 "It appears crystal clear that all of the rakyat's wish is beyond BN's comprehension. Despite so much feedback in the main stream media (subtle writing) and new media (brazen and bold statements). What is left as a last resort is for all Malaysians to mogok. No street protest. No public gatherings. No speeches or ceramas. Just stay at home. One full day. No one rides, drives, or goes to work. A sort of silent boycott to demand for peace, progress and harmony. SHUTDOWN. If Malaysians can do this, they are sure to have their wish list answered overnight. If Mahatma Gandhi could have done it given the vastness of the illiterate in those non-technology bygone eras, why can't we today?"


The above comment was made by J.D. Lovrenclear and it further confirms that the BN government is not bothered with all the feedbacks they have received through the various media.The rakyat is really flogging a dead horse.  As if that is not enough, it is turning round to show us its middle finger. The above suggestion of a "mogok" deserves some serious consideration. Lets not just talk but act. We are always saying that the government works for the rakyat, but what are we doing to effect this. 
So as a start, lets pass this "mogok" idea around and see the reaction and feedbacks.

This is How We Christians Worship.

To prevent further misinterpretation and misunderstanding, and also as a means of educating  those who are less intelligent in the understanding how Christians worship, I would like to explain the different ways and methods practised by the Christians.
The most common method is to kneel down, put our hands together, bow our heads and pray. This can be done individually or in groups. In groups we may join hands, or place our hands on the shoulders or heads of the person or persons we are praying for. Sometimes a priest may end the prayer by making the sign of the cross with his hands.
This was probably what happened at the controversial pastor meeting held in Penang and was misinterpreted by ignorant people to mean conspiracy.
Those who are more charismatic would raise their hands in adoration and thanksgiving while singing, praying and even dancing. It is immaterial whether you raise one hand or both hands, or whether it is the left hand or right hand. You move as the Holy Spirit directs.
And as the Holy Spirit moves, some may even end up speaking in tongues (continued uttering of words and sounds). To an uneducated, this may seem eerie as if the person is drunk and gone mad. But rest assured, this is normal, and a sign that the the person speaking in tongue has reached a level whereby the Holy Spirit is interceding on his behalf. Sometime at the end of the session, the person may collapse and become unconscious.
So please don't ever interprete this as a ritual of conspiracy to evoke our God to rise up in arms.
Then we have the less popular ministry known as the Holy Laughter ministry which began in upstate New York, under the ministry of a South African missionary named Rodney Howard-Brown. This worship results in the manifestations of laughter, drunkenness, and running round in the church. However this form of worship is rarely seen or heard of in Malaysia.
But to the less informed, the worshipers are not drunk or gone mad, and are not performing any rituals to do evil like taking over a country. In Christian language, the Holy Spirit has taken over control and they are in another level of the spiritual realm.
We reiterate that we Christians in Malaysia have not an iota of intention to take over Putrajaya or conspire to make a Christian the Prime Minister. Let's be realistic. We are only 10% of the population. Those guys who hatched this conspiracy theory and the ministers who even entertain such a theory must have their heads examined. Who controls the government? the army? the police? the air force? the judiciary and even the royalty?
We just want to left alone to practise what we have been allowed to practise since even before Independence, and according to what is guaranteed in the constitution. And finally, as our God has instructed us, we forgive those who have wrongly accused us of wrong doings and evil intention. We will leave it to our God to do the rest.

MCA, Gerakan, Direct your Rebuke at the source of Trouble and NOT AT THE VICTIMS

A noticeable trend has emerged in the MCA and Gerakan in the way they try to remain relevant in today's political setting. Instead of taking the umno and its cahoots, such as Utusan and Perkasa to task, for creating all the contoversial issues, they have instead aim their venoms at the Opposition parties, the Chinese and now the Christians. Take for instance the current Christian issue. What the DAP and the Christians are doing are merely defending a lie that has been indisciminately thrown at them, without an iota of proof whatsoever. And instead of lambasting the umno bloggers and Utusan Malaysia, the Kedah Gerakan youth chief, Tan Keng Liang turned around and  criticised Lim Guan Eng for prolonging and inflaming the issue. Tan claimed that "the meeting between Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak with Christian leaders was clearly meant to resolve issues relating to an allegation highlighted in the newspaper Utusan and to protect harmony among all religion in our country." The issue was first and foremost NOT created by the Christian leaders and why were they hassled into a meeting and made to pledge to accept Islam as an official religion and respect the Federal Constitution? Aren't those two issues a forgone conclusion? An apology for Utusan's haste by the PM would have been in order, but there was none of that. Tan Keng Liang should first tick off Utusan for raisng the issue without proof and call for the arrest of the 2 bloggers. But I guess it is easier to bully someone else rather than big brother.
Next we have Dr. Mah Hang Soon of the MCA accusing PAS of distorting the MCA President's remarks on the status of Islam. He said, quote "With regards to the unique multi-racial and multi-religious conditions in our country, we at MCA, as well as Malaysians everywhere do respect the status of Islam as the official religion of Malaysia, and we will not make any racial or religious insults which may undermine our national harmony and stability."
Very well said. Then why dont you direct this to the 2 bloggers, Utusan Malaysia, Hishamuddin and the police who had called in the Pastors for questioning? You should tell them " we at MCA, as well as Malaysians everywhere do respect the status of Islam as the official religion of Malaysia, and we will not make any racial or religious insults which may undermine our national harmony and stability."
Again, as I have said, its easier to bully the Opposition and the Christians rather than big brother.
So come on MCA and Gerakan. Tell your big brother to stop hassling the Christains, unless you really believe that 10% of the population is capable of taking over Putrajaya. On top of that we have the constitution and finally we have PAS to content with. With all these obstacles and safeguards, its amazing how our Home Minister and all the other purportedly highly intelligent ministers can ever come to the conclusion that the Christians are conspiring to make Malaysia a Christian Country.

The Christian Conspiracy?

The greatest joke of the year is the accusation by the umno bloggers that the Christians are conspiring to make Christian the official religion of the country and make a Christian the Prime Minister. This joke is futher carried by Utusan Malaysia and then pursued by Pembela. These guys. including Pembela president Dr Yusri Mohamad,  must have shit in their brains to come up with such an accusation.  The Christians are a minority group (1 out of 10 is a Christian), you need 2/3 majority to change the constitution and you need the Agong's approval, and these guys with shitty brains go round saying that the Christians are planning to take over Putrajaya and change this country into a Christian country. And to accuse a group of pastors gathering round to pray together as conspiring, is a classic display of ignorance of the way the Christians pray. Sometime we even lay our hands on the head or shoulders of someone to pray for healing. So are you going to accuse us of designating the person as the next Prime Minister?
So without proper knowledge of how the Christians pray, without concrete proof like audio and video recordings of the events that took place in the Penang hotel, whatever accusation made by the umno bloggers , Utusan Malaysia and Pembela, is tantamout to sedition and the police and the home minister should, without hesitation, investigate. I wouldn't even expect the police to punish the malicious liars, as this would never happen. Asking for an apology from the shitty people is also out of the question. Suffice that the Christians be cleared of any conspiracy.
As a parting reminder, the Allah and the Bible controversy were started by the umno government, and the Christians are only asking for what is granted in the constitution-freedom to worship, nothing more, nothing less. Ask yourself,. since our Independence, was there any controversy at all about the above 2 issues, until the home minister Syed Hamid Albar  banned its usage by the Catholic church?