Pig farming row: What Wong said and what was 'lost' in translation By Ayesha Sheik Mazrul

Malaysiakini : Additionally, Wong also touched on equality rights under Article 8(2) of the Federal Constitution, claiming that pig farming should not be singled out compared to other livestock, as all forms of animal farming carry environmental risks

She also expressed regret that various parties, including former politicians, had politicised the issue. Malaysiakini is also reproducing Wong's original Bahasa Malaysia speech text for transparency:

“Seri Kembangan menjunjung kasih atas keprihatinan Tuanku terhadap kesejahteraan rakyat Selangor tanpa mengira kaum, agama dan budaya, serta terhadap kelestarian alam sekitar. Seri Kembangan bersetuju bahawa sebarang aktiviti industri atau penternakan tidak boleh dikompromi sekiranya menyebabkan pencemaran alam sekitar.

“Namun demikian, Seri Kembangan berpandangan bahawa Selangor sebagai negeri peneraju tidak seharusnya mengelak daripada cabaran. Sebaliknya, kita perlu mencari penyelesaian yang lebih moden dan mampan. Mengenai isu penternakan babi dalam titah ucapan, Seri Kembangan memohon ampun Tuanku, menyembah bahawa isu ini juga menyentuh hak kesamarataan warganegara yang terjamin di bawah Perkara 8(2) Perlembagaan Persekutuan.

“Penternakan babi tidak seharusnya dibezakan daripada penternakan haiwan yang lain. Risiko pencemaran, aspek kebersihan serta kesihatan dalam penternakan babi adalah sama seperti yang dihadapi oleh penternakan haiwan lain. Namun begitu, amat dukacitanya, seperti yang dibangkitkan dalam titah ucapan Tuanku, isu penternakan babi telah dijadikan sebagai isu politik dan dimainkan oleh pelbagai pihak, termasuk bekas ahli politik di luar sana.

“Sehubungan itu, Seri Kembangan memohon pertimbangan agar diberikan ruang kepada kerajaan dan para pelabur untuk meneroka sistem penternakan tertutup dan moden, termasuk konsep ‘zero discharge’ melalui teknologi kitar semula sisa kepada biogas dan tenaga elektrik. Sistem ini telah terbukti berjaya di negeri-negeri lain, dan Selangor tidak seharusnya ketinggalan.

“Tambahan pula, kebergantungan sepenuhnya kepada import bagi sumber makanan adalah berisiko dalam jangka panjang.”

ZamZam : Perhaps PAS should take over Selangor and then run it the way Kelantan is run. Where all their young men have no jobs and only spend time racing their bikes around the airport.

On the Other Hand : Can any form of invalid decree be treated as law? The Federal Constitution clearly places boundaries on the matters that fall under Royal ambit. 

Everything else is out of their purview, and hence any so-called decree is void of legal power, and should rightfully be ignored. There is nothing to negotiate.

Doubtful : Aiyah.. No amount of explanation (no matter how reasonable) will get thru to the thick skull of these racists, bigots and ketuanan type la... They have already been indoctrinated by the old man for decades....

Average citizen : PAS is forever trying to intimidate non Malay State Assembly Members by playing up racial and religious issues. They are always hitting below the belt and ungentlemanly riding roughshod over the legitimate rights of others. 

All for the sake of winning the votes of the racial extremists. Let’s hope the moderate and enlightened Malays will not give PAS their votes. Just compare the lack of progress of the states ruled by PAS with those by the Unity Government! It will be doomsday for all if they were to take over the Federal Government!

Coward : How can it be "lost" in translation when the speech she made was in Malay and get detractors are supposed said to be only able to understand in that language. 

It's either they deliberately cherry pick the part of her speech that they want to create a commotion about and ignore them rest that they cannot make a song and a dance on, or they cannot understand her perfect BM. You go figure which one it is

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