Malaysian Politicians on Bloggers and Indians
Please read the sources to obtain the full context of each quote before you comment.
“All bloggers are liars, they cheat people using all kinds of methods. From my understanding, out of 10,000 unemployed bloggers, 8,000 are women.”
- Tourism Minister Tengku Adnan, quoted in Sin Chew Daily, 8 March 2007 and translated to English by blogger Jeremiah Foo.
"Kesalahan, saya fikir, kalau kita tidak air the truth, maka dia akan diteruskan. (If we don't air the truth on wrongdoings, they will continue to be done.) Kesalahannya banyak. Kalau kita nak buat senarai kesalahan, (The wrongdoings are many. If we were to make a list of wrongdoings,) there's plenty. That is where, we need bloggers."
- Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, fourth Prime Minister of Malaysia and former UMNO President, in response to a question from the audience, Perdana Leadership Foundation, 15 August 2007 [Quoted from 4:32-4:48 in the video].
"I have no concern for and care about bloggers."
- Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz, interview with NST, 28 October 2007.
He later clarified, "I don’t care about the bloggers, but I do care about the minority Indians."
And now on to today's news...
"Vide our hundreds of letters and memorandums to your goodself over the last few years we have repeatedly highlighted an average of one Hindu temple being demolished in every three (3) weeks in Malaysia."
- Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF), letter to Prime Minister Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, 30 October 2007.
"Looks like a war zone"
- Malaysiakini: Temple demolition leads to all-out fracas, 30 October 2007.
On a related note, my name is still not on the registered voters list! Why is that?!
Time is Right
Looking Back at Campus Life
8 comments:
i asked the same question few days ago, but too bad, he doesn't read blog, he won't answer us.
Let's hope his officers print this out for him then.
He's not in charge of the EC, is he? Whom can we direct inquiries concerning the electoral roll to?
Woa what's happening now? Somebody update me! We're not liars, excuse me. And excuse me again, for your sexist remark.
Perhaps you could read the respective sources linked from each quote to understand what's happening. I made it a point to choose only credible sources.
By saying 'credible sources', I am not implying that the people who uttered those words are, though.
Hahahaha! Good one :P
Read again? Don't I have enough readings to do already? :P Too lazy to read la.
Um... then how do you expect to be updated?
That's why until now I'm still not. Sigh. But you could tell me :P
Ok, I tell you... to read the links. Haha!
Pretend there's a surprise test tomorrow on Malaysian Politicians 101. Now, read! xD
Post a Comment