The Sedition Act was enacted on 19 July 1948. A day earlier on July 18, a state of Emergency had been declared in Malaya.
Hence the Sedition Act has a direct relationship with the war declared against the communist terrorists. Throughout 1947, the CTs were stepping up their propaganda and violence.
This morning the PM announced that the Act will be retained. In 1948, our forefathers were terrorized by the Bintang Tiga. Today we’re being terrorized by the Bintang Lima.
I hope that with his announcement, Najib Razak will grow a spine and take the fight to the enemy and not sit on his hands whistling Kumbayah as he has done the last six years.
Harold Briggs, Henry Gurney and Gerald Templer – the British colonial administrators fighting the communists – did not win the war against the insurgents by inviting Chin Peng to high tea at the Carcosa.
You don’t deal with communists using a “moderate” approach. “Moderation” does not work with brutal killers. What the British had was a body called the Federal War Council.
They were fighting a W-A-R.
BELOW: How was the kopi and karipap?
A Chamberlain or a Churchill?
Najib quoted a famous saying “for evil to triumph, good men do nothing” in his presidential address to Umno delegates.
After doing nothing himself against our latter-day CTs the last six years, I hope that the PM will start doing something now.
Has Najib got the steel to be a war general?
Sorry to say but thus far he’s shown himself more in the mould of Neville Chamberlain – the British prime minister who capitulated to Hitler in Munich.
BELOW: Munich appeasement agreement signed between Chamberlain and Herr Hitler
Buying “peace for our time”
On 30 Sept 1938, standing outside 10 Downing Street, Chamberlain said:
“My good friends, for the second time in our history, a British Prime Minister has returned from Germany bringing peace with honour. I believe it is peace for our time.”
Fearful of armed conflict, Chamberlain believed that by appeasing the Fuhrer, he will have successfully bought peace for his time and “with honour” too. Alas, nein.
The very next day (Oct 1), the German army marched into Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia. And the terror began for that small country.
Najib has been “buying” too
He has been buying expensive bad advice from consultants. He has been liberally dishing out money hoping to buy goodwill and LOVE.
With what does the 11th Orang Kaya Indera Shahbandar now want to purchase Chinese support, pray tell?
Semangat setiakawan bukan jalan sehala
Takkan lah PM kita ni masih belum lagi ada kesedaran.
The long and short of it is, MCA has no capacity to deliver any electoral support to the BN, period. As for providing logistical support – such as field workers and party volunteers – go lah ask their Umno branch and division counterparts whether MCA ada turun padang tengok kawasan tak.
Even during the election campaign period, the MCA did not bother to send their own workers to man the pondok panas in the constituencies they contested. The pondok panas in my Cina totok area was manned by outsider Malays.
As far as any efforts, hopefully, to be made for the ruling coalition is concerned, jangan harap lah. The BN Chinese party is dead in the water.
Instead Najib should be more worried if those MCA biawaks might be prepared to be min yuen to the evangelical DAP.
Don’t forget that some months following the MCA’s losses in the 2008 general election, the party former vice president Jimmy Chua Jui Meng and Wanita MCA ex-deputy chief Tan Yee Kew jumped the BN ship.
Perang saraf kena guna otak, beb
On 21 Aug 1940, Britain’s wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill said the war he was fighting was “a conflict of strategy, organisation, technical apparatus, science, mechanics, and morale”.
(Needless to say, Chamberlain had been booted out of office already as he was incapable of leading his country.)
It was in this speech that Churchill immortalized the following line, “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few”.
While Najib was complacently hugging himself aka berpeluk tubuh and smoking his “moderation” weed, we (“the many”) were owing our debt of gratitude to the “so few” fighters – most particularly to the Ancient One.
Dah lah, cukuplah tu!
In his PAU speech earlier today, Najib said,
“Dari itu, cukup-cukup dan sudah-sudahlah dengan sikap buruk yang merosakkan bangsa kita dari dulu sampai sekarang. Kita harus meninggalkan kisah-kisah Hang Nadim, Singapura dilanggar todak dan musuh dalam selimut.
“Waima, ada yang menjadi api dalam sekam, bahkan gunting dalam lipatan, tumpul di hujung tapi tajamnya menikam di dalam.”
Come on lah, if you know who the GDL is, then why have you not taken action to stem the treachery?
Why the PM sues Malaysiakini
Statement by the Prime Minister’s Office (11 June 2014):
“These articles – which were based on reader comments selected and then republished by Malaysiakini – made a slew of false and defamatory allegations against the Prime Minister; including insinuating his involvement in serious crime.
“After the articles were published, the Prime Minister’s legal team wrote to Malaysiakini and requested that the articles be removed and an apology issued. Malaysiakini refused, and instead published the private legal letter and further articles.”
The PMO further said:
“There is a difference between legitimate criticism, and defamation. It is my legal team’s opinion that recent allegations by an online news portal overstepped the line.”
Najib’s lawyers asserted that he had the “fundamental right to protect [his] dignity and [his] good name from being recklessly attacked as a result of political beliefs”.
So have we all been recklessly attacked. Fitnah dan Evangelista berpisah tiada.
They were CTs then, they’re still CTs today
Fitnah is a form of modern day terrorism by the cucu cicit kominis.
During zaman Darurat, the communists terrorists (CTs) Bintang Tiga carried rifles and sprayed bullets at soldiers and civilians alike.
Today we’re confronted by cyber troopers (CTs) Bintang Lima who are character assassins spraying lies and slander. They are just, if not more, dangerous in the damage that they wreak on us all.
Earlier today, the Umno president gave a stern speech to placate his restive Malay grassroots. Jangan cakap tak serupa bikin, okay.
Was it truly a battle cry?
If yes, then we should be looking at a temporary respite from the implacable advance and assault by the Bintang Lima juggernaut.
Just do it!
Helen Ang 
Helen,
saya tak mahu komen panjang. cukuplah sekadar menyatakan bahawa saya salah seorang rakyat khususnya pengundi atas pagar yang sedang memerhatikan samada PM najib will walk his talk or as usual that he just talk c**k only!
time will tell….!
This article should be published in big screen in PAU.
One of the few that we (yes, include many non-Malay who hate the hypocrisy of the evangelista) owe to is you Helen who exposes the hypocrisy an ugliness of those who pretend to walk on the moderation ground.
Thank you Helen
helen,
I hold my “jubilation” over Najib’s decision not to abolish Sedition act. While I am relieved that Najib bowed to demand from UMNO, I realise that he decided to retreat gracefully as he is cornered by UMNO and more importantly, his own deputy.
Still I must take off my hat to Muhyiddin for bring firm. UMNO president will not be able to abolish Sedition Act if his own deputy is not with him.
The saga shows there is still hope with UMNO. I hope Najib learns . and he must learn very fast. For a start, how about telling the whole world that UMNO will contest in all malay majority seats. And the best time to announce is during UMNO general assembly. it will send message to Chinese that they too must take initiative if they want to be part of federal Governments.
And secondly, do engage with ISMA, PERKASA. How about inviting ISMA for lunch at Seri Perdana. Never mind on what nonsense DAP will say. The gesture will show that UMNO recognises the influence of ISMA.
Listen to them. engage with these professionals. For God’s sake, please do not wage war with them .
And always have Tun ‘s on UMNO’s side. His comments are based on reality on the ground. Take his advices seriously.
We all can see how UMNO lost Kedah when some rude young UMNO politicians bashed Tun
quote,”For a start, how about telling the whole world that UMNO will contest in all malay majority seats.’unquote.
That is one of two things that I was hoping someone would brought up during this UMNO assembly.
The 2nd one is for someone to suggest that President and VP and DVP and Ketua Bahagian positions be limited to 3 or 4 consecutive terms. This way, there won’t be anymore warlords in the Bahagians and at the top UMNO leadership, and will attract talented Malays to join UMNO knowing that they have better chances of moving up the ranks in UMNO.
Anyway, we will throng PWTC esok pagi for the final grand sale of cloths, samping, rendang, songkok, etc… I heard UDA also set up its booth to promote its housing products.
Dia baling batu sembunyi tangan tak nampak langgar no entry pun habis-habis tunjuk slide yang tak berkenaan dengan corak pemerintahan yang di depan ni nya iaitu yang you Helen sering highlight kan kuman seberang laut nampak gajah depan mata buat tak tau saja
wow helen..
i’m speechless..
thumbs up for you..
Helen. Satu kupasan yang cukup terang dan cukup bijaksana.
Tetapi boleh ke Najib ni bertindak seperti sebagai seorang general yang hebat atau cakap-cakap saja hebat.
Sebenarnya saya sudah tak yakin sama ini PM. He shoul go if UMNO want to servive the next PRU.
Sabbas 48,
Precisely. Najib loves to surround himself with overpaid consultants. I heard there is a mat salleh consultant paid very handsomely to the point he is referred as “British resident”.
It’s hard to take Najib words anymore, it’s wait to be seen.
Helen,
DAP adalah komunis alaf baru yang bertopeng di sebalik parti politik sosialis. Mereka tahu, jika mereka menggunakan nama Parti Komunis, sudah tentulah mereka akan merengkok dlm penjara atau dihukum mati. Peperangan zaman skg bukan lagi menggunakan senjata fizikal, tetapi ideologi.
Sebenarnya mereka lebih bahaya dari komunis, evangelista boleh ambil sebarang bentuk.
Tengok sahaja di Hong Kong, kerajaan komunis China pun jadi tebusan oleh evangelista.
Mereka tak perlu senjata api. Mereka lebih bahaya, guna senjata brain wash.
Looks like the FLoM must have put some eye and ear drops so that Najib finally opened his eyes and ears to realise what the majority wants.
Still, I dunno. Watched how he announced this. Same sengih-sengih face like when announcing Brim or salary bonus, especially when the perwaikilan cheered and stood up. Like he was doing everyone a favour when in reality, he had no choice, given the strong opposition by party members and the Malay community.
Anyway, wanted to laugh at Zumba-king’s posturing. This guy is like the bontot-basher. Tailors his words for his audience.
Still, maybe there’s hope yet for Umno.
‘Like he was doing everyone a favour when in reality, he had no choice, given the strong opposition by party members and the Malay community.’
Exactly! The turnout at Majlis Perpaduan Nasional says it all. Thanks to the NGOs involved!
Helen, this is your exposition about why the Sedition Act should be retained; you have been consistent with your viewpoints over a long period.
Mr. Najib the PM ought to do better and explain in lengthy terms his rationale for wanting to abolish the act in the first place and only now for wanting to retain it. Just so that we know that his is a well-considered viewpoint and not an act of political exigency.
This issue hinges upon our national integrity.
My Apek neighbour just back from family visit to their tanah ibunda. One interesting story he told me.
The town municipal there plants mango trees in public areas and lots of fruits on the trees. You will not see the public climbing these trees to pick the fruits! Why?
A reward for reporting to the authorities on anyone stealing the mangoes. I think he mentioned a fine of equivalent to RM300 for each mango stolen.
Gomen should practise same here. Offer rewards. Anyone committing sedition, lepot lia sama autolity dan siapa saja kasi hadiah. At least those unemployed bole lepak2 kat kedai kopi, public places, shopping malls.. pasang telinga, lepot, dapat juga menjana pendapatan. Negara pun lebih aman.
I am glad Najib finally listens. Unfortunately amat memalukan that our elders, TDM and exjudge sampai kena cakap kuat kuat lia masih buat pekak. Bila TPM, Wanita dan Pemuda sound, mungkin takut nanti hilang undi agaknya, balu lia mau dengar? Haiyaa!! What a shame!
‘Unfortunately amat memalukan that our elders, TDM and exjudge sampai kena cakap kuat kuat lia masih buat pekak.’
RINA sebenaqnya memang kesian tengok depa dah tua dan pencen, badan pun kurus kering tapi sebab PM kita tak bertanggungjawab, nak jadi popular tak bertempat depa ni terpaksa buat roadshow sampai borneo cakap pasal Akta Hasutan, dan kepentingan untuk tidak memansuhkan akta tersebut. Sibuk pi simposium sana-sini. Naik turun tangga pi bagi ceramah pasal peri pentingnya akta tu!
Harap-harap bab Akta Hasutan ni, Najib tak kona lagi skali sudah!
Harap2 PM kita lepas sehari dua ni, boleh stop jadi Cina jadian macam Zairil jadi Melayu jadian dan Bangnon ustaz jadian!
In his PAU speech earlier today, Najib said,
“Dari itu, cukup-cukup dan sudah-sudahlah dengan sikap buruk yang merosakkan bangsa kita dari dulu sampai sekarang. Kita harus meninggalkan kisah-kisah Hang Nadim, Singapura dilanggar todak dan musuh dalam selimut.
“Waima, ada yang menjadi api dalam sekam, bahkan gunting dalam lipatan, tumpul di hujung tapi tajamnya menikam di dalam.”
Dari cakap najib diatas, apakah kamu melayu semua masih tak dapat nak faham? Apa yang dikatakannya itu sebenarnya adalah tertuju kepada dirinya sendiri.
Sebelum orang lain berkata kepadanya sedemikian, baik dia sendiri melontarkannya dulu sebagai pertahanan dirinya.
Perangai dia tak ubah seperti cina DAP yang cukup kuat dengan sikap rasis mereka tetapi sebelum apa-apa hal lagi merekalah yang lebih dulu akan menyerang orang lain (maksudnya melayu lah tu) dengan memanggil melayu itu rasis.
Si najib ni tahu majoriti orang umno akan menjatuhkannya jika dia masih mahu melupuskan Akta Hasutan. Dia masih tidak nampak tanda-tanda kearah itu tetapi dibisikkan bahaya itu oleh para consultannya. Dan dia tak jadi melakukannya (melupuskan AH) kerana terpaksa, bukan kerana dia ikhlas.
Dia dinasihatkan untuk menggunakan KP dan KW umno untuk mengwar-warkan tentang penentangan terhadap tindakan mahu menghapuskan AH ini.
Mana mungkin orang-orang seperti KP dan KW ini yang dikutipnya ditepi jalan dan diberi nyawa baru dalam politik begitu berani bersuara menyanggah hasratnya mahu memansuhkan AH itu?
Melainkan jika sudah diarah berbuat demikian dengan skrip dan jalan cerita yang telah disediakan? Inilah tujuan dia mengutip 2 orang ini untuk digunakan dalam situasi-situasi seperti ini.
Mereka hanya akan mengangguk dan menurut perintahnya dengan mengikuti skrip yang disediakan oleh pakar strategi politiknya
Ini dilakukan semata-mata mahu menjaga air mukanya yang telah memandai-mandai berjanji untuk menghapuskan akta berkenaan.
Dengan demikian dia ada alasan untuk memungkiri janjinya itu.
Tapi awas!
Kamu melayu semua jangan terpedaya dengan najib kaki temberang ini. Apa yg dia lakukan itu semata-mata mahu menyekat gelombang ahli umno yang mahu dia diturunkan.
Dengan pengumumannya tak jadi lupuskan AH itu, sekurang2nya dapat meredakan arus penentangan yg semakin deras terhadapnya.
Namun dia masih membayangkan mahu meminda AH itu kononnya untuk penambahbaikan. Kalau kamu melayu semua perhatikan betul2 ucapannya, dia tak habis2 menyebut “demi keharmonian nasional” berkali2.
Apa yg tak dinyatakannya secara terus-terang ialah dia mahu mengekalkan AH itu hanya pada namanya saja. Isi kandungannya nanti akan dipinda dan digantikan dengan isi kandungan Akta Keharmonian Nasional yang dipuja-pujinya itu.
Sikap temberang dalam diam si najib ini boleh diperhatikan dengan jelas sejak 6 tahun lalu.
Tetapi sikapnya yang lebih menyanjung bangsa lain tetapi merosakkan bangsa sendiri telah berakar umbi sejak dia menjadi menteri pendidikan lagi.
Kalau tidak, mana mungkin seorang menteri pendidikan melayu sepertinya sanggup melupuskan kuasa sendiri apabila dia meminda perlembagaan memansuhkan kuasa menteri pendidikan untuk menukar sekolah vernakular kepada sekolah kebangsaan!
Lu pikirlah sendiri bro…
Saya sokong seribulan.
Seribulan
While I agree that Najib made the announcement as he simply could not push it due to Muhyiddin’s strong objection, i am still “relieved”.
The truth is that the episode should serve as a reminder to any UMNO leader that he/she cant simply bulldoze over UMNO members. Najib or any or UMNO MT must remember they are on peak of political position simply because of the post they hold in UMNO. And UMNO members voted them in.
As such, it is foolhardy to create a wedge with the very people who put you into power.
Except for Prophet Muhammad SAW who can claim complete loyalty simply because he received DIVINE apointment, others can expect complete loyalty. If Najib or any UMNO leaders behave they way they are doing, out they go.
I was at UMNO convention yesterday. I asked around on what they feel on Sedition act. ALL of them said they can not accept abolishing the act.
And one thing Najib must learn is that no matter what he did, he will never get any accolade from DAP and its “suku sakat”. If Najib insist on abolishing the act, DAP will say that he admits the act is unjust. If Najib does otherwise, DAP will say Najib bows in to Malay ultra demand.
So why bother to please them. AFTER ALL without Chinese support, UMNO still “holds the fort”. Wow. I love to utter the sentence.
quote,”And UMNO members voted them in.”unquote.
Did UMNO members actually vote Najib as the president, and Muhyiddin as the timbalan president? If my memory is correct, I remembered that UMNO members chose not to contest the Presidency and Timbalan President posts and let Najib continue to be the President and Muhyiddin the Timbalan Presiden, for the sake of UMNO unity.
The last time that both President and Timbalan President were contested was in the late 1980’s.
You know, I’m familiar to PKM’s acts of violence back then due to history books and movies like Bukit Kepong, but acts of sedition, not so much.
Maybe we need a reminder and comparison to present cyber troopers as well.
In a way I don’t think the ideology matter much to the communists. They were just riding on it to subvert the rights and power of the Islam, Sultan and Malays back then. Now they use religion and social justice notions.
Berilah our PM peluang untuk menebus segala salah salah nya. Selalunya orang yang dah insaf ni akan lebeh bertakwa, harap harapnya.
Macam mana you tabu Najib dah insaf?
His back-track on Sedition Act were more like him being pushed hard to the corner by all UMNO members includen his Deputy.
Now I wonder what would you say if Najib and his allies uses the Sedition Act against the pro-Barisan Nasional bloggers and websites from the other faction? Najib and his allies know that the biggest threat comes from within the Umno, not from the Opposition coalition.
It was unthinkable that the DdoS attacks on your blog and others would come from within the Barisan Nasional cybersquad. That, it appears, was a shot across the bow.
You political polemicists should realize what Melayu chivalry means.
Saudara AC-DC, in Islam, the objective of proper education is to cultivate the Good Man, just like what Master Kung Tze taught. Not necessarily a good citizen that has been “moderated” by the powers-that-be.
Helen,
Sorry for typo error. It should read ” others CANT expect….”
masa belum sampai & sesuai utk akta hasutan & keselamatan dlm negeri dihapuskan. tengok apa dah berlaku selepas isa tamat. ah jib gor scored two own-goals tapi cuma balas balik sebiji. kalau dlm peperangan dia dah tewas.