Today, Hindraf breaks up with Pakatan. Yesterday, PKR sacks Zul Nordin.
Malaysia has no place for ethnocentric leaders. Zul won't touch the 'unclean' non-Muslims while the Hindraf talks about 'ethnic cleansing'. Of course, Hindraf chair-in-exile Waythamoorthy Ponnusamy in a telephone interview with Malaysiakini said ethnic cleansing did not necessarily have to mean that killings or genocide had to take place but where Indian participation was mere tokenism or virtually nil - that was a form of ethnic cleansing, citing the Malaysian civil service, the teaching service, diplomatic service, the plantation sector, government-linked corporations, government scholarships, public universities, the armed forces, police and the judiciary as examples. According to Waythamoorthy, all these are the result of the Umno government unilaterally extending special privileges to virtually every sector in Malaysia.
I have to admit that I do agree with Waythamoorthy but does that mean that only the Indians are marginalised? How about the Chinese? How about Ibans, Kadazans, Bidayuh and 'dan lain-lain'? Think!
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