YOURSAY | ‘The proof of this is the swath of arrests made against its top leaders for corruption.’

Umno No 2 points to rich non-Malays in rubbishing discrimination claim

FellowMalaysian: Umno leaders like Mohamad Hasan has lost their moral high grounds to speak about wealth distribution among races as it is a party known more to prosper their leaders and warlords than to care for the economic interests of the Malays.

The proof of this is the recent swath of arrests made against almost the entire top echelons of Umno leaders and they are all hauled up and charged in court in relation to serious financial crimes, such as misappropriation of funds, criminal breach of trust or money laundering that amounts to billions of ringgit.

With the shame and embarrassment that has surrounded the party and its leaders, as Umno deputy president, Mohamad Hasan should be the last person that has any dignity and honour in defending Malay rights.

I believe even Umno members will squirm in disgust hearing how despicable and hypocritical their own leaders like Mohamad Hasan could be.

Quigonbond: Mohamad Hasan is missing the point. There are also poor "other races" and "rich Malays". Should the poor "other races" continue to be sidelined? Should the rich Malays be further enriched in the name of sustaining privileges?

Would Umno-PAS regard discount of property prices for bumiputera one of such privileges that must be protected by running amok? What's wrong with needs-based policy?

They should answer all these questions directly, honestly and without tripping all over themselves with their hypocrisy and inconsistencies.

TehTarik: Maybe, MACC should revisit the illegal fund transfer case as reported in 2013:

"Putrajaya confirmed today that no charges would be brought against Negri Sembilan Mentri Besar Mohamad Hasan for allegedly violating banking laws when he transferred RM10 million to London through a moneychanger in 2008.

“In a parliamentary written reply here, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Nancy Shukri explained that the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) cleared Mohamad of any wrongdoing when it found the funds were clean and decided instead to punish the moneychanger that had helped remit the money to a London account.

“The statement, however, did not explain why the Negri Sembilan MB had wanted to transfer the money overseas through a currency-exchange company although it was clearly illegal. The case had come under a Bank Negara probe after the central bank launched a wide-scale investigation into illegal overseas remittances in 2009."

The AG’s Chambers should open up this case as we now know that many such cases were allegedly "settled" by hidden hands.

Anonymous #07988903: What can you expect from a man who himself dared not face his opponent in a clean fight for his state seat, instead allegedly conspired with the Election Commission (EC) official to gain victory?

He wants everything given to him on a silver platter just because of his skin colour. And after 60 years of brainwashing by Umno leaders such as this, how can the Malays become stronger?

The accountants, engineers, doctors in the non-Malay community did not come in a silver plate, neither have they robbed the Malays of what they deserve. Many parents have to work extra hard to support their children through education.

For your information, even the char kuey teow sellers, chicken rice sellers and paper lama vendors among the Chinese community have produced doctors and engineers without scholarship or government assistance.

Anonymous 2461101488710988: Mohamad Hasan, you are simply playing the race card again with the intention to misguide the Malay masses and create hatred amongst the Malays and the non-Malays.

I was a poor civil servant during the BN regime and could hardly provide for my family. I sat and passed the external exam with whatever money that I could scrape together.

Due to the New Economic Policy, I was not promoted in the civil service after I passed my external exam although I had always excelled ìn my work.

Hence, I had to leave the civil service and worked very hard in the private sector to be currently among the top 10 of my profession.

Hamster Huey & The Gooey Kablooie: I studied hard, sat for five subjects in STPM in 1990 and achieved a score of 72/80 points but I didn't get any JPA (Public Service Department) scholarship to further my studies.

My parents paid for all my educational expenses till I graduated and received my scroll from a foreign university. My Malay friends, meanwhile, had scores of between 56-60/80 points and all of them were granted JPA scholarships to study abroad and in local universities.

Of course, being a non-Muslim the BN government was very unfair to me. I was badly discriminated even though I am half-Indian and half-Iban!

Babylon: I am a chartered accountant because I worked hard for it. Attending night classes after a full day's work is tough but worthwhile. It drove me to achieve my goal.

I was not eligible for any government scholarship for obvious reasons. Today, by the grace of God, I employ all races and pay my due taxes. So, quit bellyaching and start working hard.

Vent: Where does one even begin to have a decent conversation, leave alone reason with a racist so blighted and a mind so warped that it has internalised lies and half-truths and actualised them.

This isn't the space to waft about myself but I'm certain I’m one among many here who had to crawl our way to the life we subsequently led and solely because of our own efforts and ability growing up on the oft-repeated mantra at home that we had to be better than the rest.

We knew education was our only passport to success and because we had the grades some like me were fortunate to win international scholarships and study awards without a single leg-up from a government to whom we didn’t matter anyway.

So, if it “is the Malays who should be making noise”, then they are nothing but the empty vessels who have been filled for the last 61 years and beyond with the blood, sweat and tears of countless hardworking taxpaying non-Malays.

But these are desperate times. The gravy train has run dry and its drivers have been put out to pasture.

Desperate times leads to desperate attempts at finding scapegoats.

But we will survive. Indeed, our resilience has weathered the worst. Although not completely sunny, we have a new day in front of us. It cannot get any worse than it was if we don’t allow it to become worse.

The ball is in our court. Let’s just play fair and straight.

Anonymous_1543296386: Indeed, let’s work together for a better Malaysia. We all have to move forward and stop harping about past practices.

There is enough for everyone to try to meet their personal aspirations. No need to look and make stupid conclusions about one's race or colour.

It’s a fact that Malaysia is owned by Malays. Everyone is grateful that they share it with non-Malays.

We have a special and unique relationship.

Be happy for all and if one desires more material comforts, let him or her work hard for it fairly.

Yoursay: No need to help Malays since Najib, Taib are rich

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