RTM doesn't know what typical Chinese are

I am appalled by the way the government misrepresented the culture of the Chinese. On the second day of Chinese New Year, at 9pm, RTM broadcasted the ‘Panorama’ programme which showed a so-called ‘typical’ Chinese Malaysian family preparing for the Chinese New Year.

Instead of showing a typical Chinese family, they purposely showed a Muslim Chinese family, passing the family off as a typical Chinese family. They showed the food preparations but, of course, did not show any pork dishes.

How can you not show pork dishes for Chinese New Year? They also did not show these people going to Chinese temple and worshiping their ancestors. Instead, they tried to show this Chinese Muslim family celebrating the New Year the Muslim way.

I have nothing against Chinese Muslims, but they are a minority among Chinese Malaysians and they do not represent the majority of Chinese in Malaysia.

It is appalling the way RTM is trying to manipulate the true picture of the Chinese. They purposely did not show the three key elements for our New Year celebrations - pork dishes, the temples and ancestor worship.

If the government is trying to promote Islam among the Chinese population here they have, in fact, created a bad impression. It just shows how shallow the government’s commitment is to a plural society and religious and cultural freedom.

By trying to portray Chinese Muslims as typical of the Chinese community in Malaysia, they have gone to the extreme.

The BN government, and especially the MCA, should be voted out. It is a real shame that the government tries to tell a big lie. This government is worse than PAS. They just want everyone to be Muslims and are willing to lie openly.

Angry Chinaman
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