Malaysia is sick!!!

The majority of Malaysians are sick of the corruption, racism and injustices started during the dark days of Mahathir.

Mahathir hides his ill-gotten billions behind his racist and controversial statements. Equally bold in amassing huge wealth for himself and his family is Sarawak Chief Minister Taib Mahmud.

In other democratic countries, such thiefs of public funds (in the billions not few hundreds millions) would have been put on trial and jailed. But in Malaysia, it seems crooks in Armani suits are untouchable !

Najib must recognise that the deceitful Mahathir’s racist policies against ethnic minorities where jobs/opportunities in the public sector and GLCs are reserved almost exclusively for Muslim-Malays is wrong and detrimental to the growth of Malaysia.

But I am realistic enough to know Najib cannot do it. This is because he was born into and bred by the cabalistic UMNO system. He himself has too many skeletons in his cupboard.

In recent years, ethnic relations have deteriorated and we need to be careful that it does not get worse. We are losing talent because those Malaysians–Malays and non-Malays– who have the qualifications are denied opportunities to advance and prosper. There is no point of a Talent Corporation if we cannot retain talent we have in the country because of the continuance of NEP ala Mahathirism.

What it does appear is that many of these UMNO Malays are simply envious and jealous of the successful vernacular system, and cannot bear to see other cultures and institutions being successful and thriving as it would be an open indictment of their own failure. If their national system fails, they want other systems to fail too. That is the reason they closed the english stream education system. It was too successful and too difficult for the average Malay, where he would have little chance to compete and show he is just as good, barring a few exceptional individuals. The non Malays understood that and compromised by letting the english stream education system go!

Now that the English stream education system is gone, they want the vernacular systems to go. If it is not about language, and Malays are good, why not enter the Chinese and tamil schools, compete and show us all? Show us that the Malay cultural-educational system is so superior that Malay students can enter chinese and tamil schools and get all 9As! If it is so, then we can immediately close vernacular schools without any prompting, and chose the superior system. Till then, stuff it! And keep your inferior national malay educational system to yourselves and don’t bother the rest. Till then, to each his own way!