When the British brought in the Chinese to work in the mines in
Perak, they have also brought in the culture of gangsterism and secret
societies to Malaysia . For over a decade, the Ghee Hin and Hai San
societies had been fighting and avenging each other’s death over control
of watercourse, gambling and personal matters.
As the stories were told, at one time, the Ghee Hin imported 4,000
professional fighting men from mainland China via Penang to attack the
Hai Sans and for the first time, the Hai Sans were driven out of
Larut. About 10,000 Hai San men sought refuge in Penang.
And time passed, these two clans grew bigger and roamed all over the country.
These secret societies may have ‘faded’ away, but their mentality
remains a threat to this multi-racial country. Like a time-bomb, it
keeps ticking, provoking our patience by displaying arrogance and
intolerance.
Although they have come out from the mines, adopt the hygiene and
manners from the locals, live in bungalows and own 80% of the country’s
wealth, the new generations of the faded societies cling on to their
forefathers’ ‘glory’ days of taikos and thugs and refuse to embrace the
humble culture of Malaysia, which requires a high level of tolerance.
For their forefathers, Malaysia was a money mine.
For the later generation who inherit the money, Malaysia was a place
where they happened to be born in. It’s not their country, because
their country is still China.
But for the societies’ new generations of today, Malaysia is their
country, and therefore, they don’t want to share it with others. Since
they can’t and don’t want to go back to China, they must turn Malaysia
into another China or at least another Singapore where they can dominate
and monopolize and bully others like a true gangster.
The mentality of thugs and bullies can now be seen clearly in Dong
Jiao Zong, the United Chinese School Committees Association of Malaysia.
It is very disturbing to see an NGO like Dong Jiao Zong, which is
supposed to be looking after the education of our children, having the
mentality of gangsters and bullies by being intolerant and arrogant,
demanding to have it all their ways and their ways alone. Instead of
leading the children towards unity and instilling patriotism, this
education-related NGO is doing all the opposites.
Don’t ever forget that it was Dong Jiao Zong that held a gathering
back in 1987 that evoked racially provocative speeches, all because they
couldn’t accept the appointments of some 100 senior assistants and
principals to vernacular Chinese schools because they were not
Mandarin-educated. This, plus the incessant incitement of hatred and
prejudice by the Chinese language newspapers, had led to the infamous
Ops Lalang where arrests were made to prevent the recurrence of 13th May
1969’s tragedy.
Today, they once again wanted to stage a protest over the same matter.
We have no choice but to view this NGO as a danger, a threat to the country’s stability and the nation’s unity.
It is not an exaggeration, I guess, to say that Dong Zong actually
represents the majority, if not 100% of the Malaysian Chinese mentality.
The question is, how long will the Chinese continue to fight for race
separation in schools? Until they manage to ‘colonize’ this country?
How can they colonize their own country, unless they have never accepted
the fact that they are its citizens.
Some of them complained of being sidelined, discriminized and being
treated as second class citizens and that is why they don’t feel like
they really belong here.
Maybe they should ask themselves, how can someone who refuses to act like true citizen be accepted and treated as true citizen?
If only Dong Zong, as an education NGO, focus on educating the
Chinese children humility, tolerance and respect rather than feeling
superior and selfish, this ‘belonging’ problem would have been history.
The Chinese children should be exposed to the true meaning of
patriotism and accept that Bahasa Malaysia is more important than
Mandarin. And that it’s okay to not know Mandarin but it’s a shame to
not be fluent in your own national language.
Dong Zong must tell the Chinese children that this is Malaysia, not
China, and that one day the children must blend in with other races, be
truly open and sincere so that they may create a better Malaysia where
there is only one school system for everyone and race is no longer an
issue.
Can Dong Zong do that for the sake of unity and stability? Is it so
hard for the Chinese to be sincere after all the prosperity that they
enjoy for being Malaysians?
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oooo..cool lah Bro, patutlah Guan Eng berlagak Gangster, memang pun serpihan gang Hai San..hahahah!
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