Are young Malaysians as ignorant as Anwar believes? By Commander S THAYAPARAN (Retired) Royal Malaysian Navy

Malaysiakini : “I need young people to understand this. Have the courage to say no to corruption and religious bigotry.”

- Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim

COMMENT | Whenever Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim talks about young people, I recall the way he lectured that young girl on the bumiputera quota system in education.

The key is when Anwar talked about “fairness” to this young girl, he implied that by virtue of her ethnicity and her question, she was victimising the Malay community.

It was such a sight that even Bersatu got into the action of throwing shade at the prime minister.

Sasha Lyna Abdul Latif, the deputy chairperson of Bersatu’s legal and constitutional bureau, reportedly said, “He must apologise and make amends so that it is clear to all that every Malaysian child or student is important and every one of them must be cherished and treated with respect.”

I remember when Anwar presided over the conversion of a Hindu youth. By doing so, he was in fact representing the religious reality that non-Muslims face in this country. He was not merely welcoming a new convert into the religion, he was reinforcing religious narratives.

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim (left) at a conversion ceremony, Aug 21, 2023.

The prime minister lectures the West on democratic values and principles. He sees fit to remind young Malaysians to stand up against religious bigotry and corruption. What message did it send young Malaysians when he justified the DNAAs and dropped corruption charges against those in his cabinet?

Political and social life for young Malaysians is defined by constitutional provisions that are manipulated by Malay power structures to maintain racial and religious hegemony at the expense of minorities.

This is why Anwar referenced the Constitution which guarantees the rights of the majority. If people really thought about it, they would be asking what rights do the majority have that the minorities do not? But of course, nobody brings this up in polite company.

Veteran 1972 : Ka, ka, ka, the greatest practicing of religious and racial bigotry, starting with converting a Hindu and talking down to an Indian student who asked about apartheid in the Malaysian Education practices. What a hypocrite!!!

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