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Friday, September 06, 2019

Why Boycott of non-Muslim products is deceitful, treacherous and harmful to Malays

From Wikipedia:

A boycott is an act of voluntary and intentional abstention from using, buying, or dealing with a person, organization, or country as an expression of protest, usually for moral, social, political, or environmental reasons. The purpose of a boycott is to inflict some economic loss on the target, or to indicate a moral outrage, to try to compel the target to alter an objectionable behavior.


sanction against White Supremacist South Afrikaan government

Sometimes, a boycott can be a form of consumer activism, sometimes called moral purchasing. When a similar practice is legislated by a national government, it is known as a sanction.

Some boycotts worked (eg. sanction against the White Supremacist South Afrikaan government because of that former country's evil horrendous racism; ditto White Rhodesia), some failed usually due to lack of global support (eg. Iraq, leading to a frustrated and impatient USA invading and occupying it, and currently Iran) and some somewhere in between due to lack of global support by key nations like the USA and a few European nations (eg. BDS against Israel).





it's US lust for the oil in Iraq and Iran, stupid

In Malaya-Malaysia we too have seen such boycotts with mixed results. The current one against non-Muslim goods, initiated allegedly by UMNO and PAS, and now cunningly altered and euphemised as pro & primarily Muslim purchases, has been actually deceitful, treacherous and harmful to Malay-Muslims.

Why, you may ask? Please read following from twitter-finance:

Boycott Non-Muslim Products – Do You Own Enough Products Or Have Financial Muscle To Go To War?




A campaign to boycott non-Muslim products, believed to have been quietly unleashed by opposition UMNO Malay nationalist and PAS Islamist parties has spread like wildfire, at least on social media. On the surface, it certainly looks like a declaration of war against the minorities in the country, especially ethnic Chinese whose prowess in the business world is unparalleled.

Since the spectacular defeat in the last May general election, UMNO, the supposedly backbone of the Barisan Nasional coalition, has been happily stirring up racial and religion sentiments among the Malays that the Muslims and Malay Rulers have lost power to the “Chinese, Christians and Communists”. The goal was to spread hatred among Malays against Chinese and Hindus.

According to Malaysiakini portal, a Facebook group that is pro-Muslim business has seen its members grown from 10,000 to over 1-million in just 2 weeks. That’s a jaw-dropping 9,900% jump in membership. Chinese and Hindu haters, of course, celebrate the achievement as if they have won the FIFA World Cup. They have taken to social media to gloat about their “power”.



That’s fine. What is amusing though, is the confusion over the scope of the boycott. Apparently, the boycott campaign started when the Islamic Consumers Association of Malaysia (PPIM) suggested to the Islamic Development Department that halal certificates should be issued in the native language of the product’s manufacturers so that consumers can identify if they are Muslim or otherwise.



years back I recall my blogging matey, sweetie Marina telling me it was PPIM, wakakaka, who objected to the sign of the 'cross' on the buns

then there was Nadzim Johan (the Datuk bloke of PPIM), wakakaka, who was chewed kau kau by Dr Ahmad Farouk Musa, Chairman of the Islamic Renaissance Front (IRF), for his (Nadzim's) call in February 2017 for a piggy logo to inform some Muslims who are “not that smart” in differentiating an item with pig-derived parts

for more of PPIM's shindigs, see my post
PPIM - Wild West Frontier Vigilante Corp?

So, initially they wanted the Muslims to boycott non-Muslim products. Then, for obvious reasons, they changed their mind and clarified that it was a campaign to buy Muslim-made products first. But as far as emotional and gullible UMNO and PAS supporters are concerned, their understanding remains – boycott everything produced or made by non-Muslims. Period.

Can they make up their mind? There was no such thing as being half pregnant. Why can’t they just go full force in their campaign against non-Muslim products? What is so hard in determining whether products made or sold by non-Muslim are either “haram” (forbidden) or “halal” (allowed)? Are they saying there’s such thing as a quarter-halal or half-halal?



Yes, it’s perfectly alright if the ignorant and narrow-minded Malays choose to boycott non-Muslim products. But as they soon found out, more than 90% of products is made or produced by the so-called infidel “kafir” non-Muslims – either local Malaysian Chinese or the Chinese from mainland China. And they hadn’t a clue that they have very little leverage against the non-Muslims.

The “nasi lemak” breakfast consumed by Malays every single morning, and lunch and dinner thereafter, contains onions, shallots, garlic, chilli and other spices imported from India. And most of the Malaysian importers are companies owned by minority Chinese, including NSK Trading Sdn Bhd, the favourite wholesale store where Malay-Muslims seek cheap groceries.

Did the Malays know that NSK (New Seng Kee) is a Lim’s family business first started at Chow Kit in 1985? Another Malay’s favourite destination, Econsave Cash & Carry, is a Malaysian family-run retail brand owned by ethnic Chinese. Econsave’s history goes back to 1955 when Lai Poh Tian sold the family’s only cow and borrowed some money to sail to what was known then as Malaya.



Today, supermarket chain Econsave, infamous for its “Compare Our Prices” slogan, is a multi-billion business with 57 retail outlets providing jobs to more than 6,000 people, mostly Malays. Yesterday (September 3), general manager Mas Imran Adam lodged a police report against two Facebook accounts which had spread lies that the supermarket did not sell Muslim products in its outlets.

The ignorant Malays who falsely accused the Chinese of being racist probably hadn’t a clue that Econsave actually has a Muslim general manager in its payroll. Not that Econsave would go bankrupt with the boycott, but sure, go ahead with the campaign and let’s see who will be the first to be jobless and unable to put food on the table for family members.

Alternatively, the idiotic Malays eager to boycott non-Muslim products can go to Aeon, Giant or Tesco. But all those hypermarkets are owned by foreign non-Muslims. Giant, founded in 1944 as a small grocery store in Kuala Lumpur, was owned by the Teng family until 1999 when Hong Kong-based Dairy Farm International Holdings bought a 90% interest in the chain.



Tesco is a multinational retailer from the United Kingdom while Aeon (formerly Jaya Jusco) is owned by the Japanese. Do you realise that even Sogo, arguably the most favourite shopping heaven for the middle-income Malays, actually belongs to another Chinese kafir called Andrew Lim? Sogo is no longer owned by PERNAS Corporation or Sogo Japan since 2002.

In 2002, Mr. Andrew initiated a management buyout and KL SOGO today is a 100% Malaysian (Chinese) wholly owned and operated, but with a franchise agreement with Sogo Japan to allow the continual usage of the Sogo name. And you don’t need a rocket scientist to tell which race constitutes the majority of the staff of Sogo in Malaysia. So, go ahead and boycott Sogo.

In the food business, Malays’ favourite restaurants such as KFC, McDonald’s, Texas Chicken, Burger King and whatnot actually belong to foreign non-Muslims but operated by local fast-food operators through something called franchising. Starbucks Malaysia is owned by Berjaya Group tycoon Vincent Tan, whose empire included convenience store 7-Eleven.



That’s right. In case the clueless Malays didn’t know, employees of 7-Eleven – mostly Malay-Muslims – are all under the employment of Vincent Tan. How about “99 Speedmart”, another local convenience store brand so successful, it opened its 1,000th outlet in August 2017? Unfortunately to the racists and extremists of UMNO and PAS, 99 Speedmart is another Chinese success story.

The founder of 99 Speedmart is Lee Thiam Wah, who has been wheelchair-bound since eight months old, and had only 6 years of formal education. Sales revenue of 99 Speedmart reached RM3 billion in 2016 – up from RM2 billion in 2014. In comparison, Tesco Malaysia only posted revenue of RM4.45 billion in the financial year ending February 2017 with 71 outlets.

KK Super Mart, a 24-hour mini-supermarket chain which was a favourite target among robbers, was founded by Douglas K.K. Chai, obviously another ethnic Chinese. KK sells both Gardenia (owned by Syed Mokhtar al-Bukhary) and Massimo (owned by Robert Kuok) bread. So, will the Malays buy Gardenia bread, knowing very well it would enrich the Chinese owner of KK?



But do you also know that in 1969, together with Sye Slocum and Jim Humpries, two Americans with vast experience in bakery, Malaysian Chinese Wong Tze Fatt co-founded the Gardenia brand of beverages, bakery and creamery food products? Yes, Mr. Wong, who was murdered in 2004, was the Chinese millionaire who started Gardenia brand in Sabah.

Robert Kuok’s empire is not limited to Massimo bread only. The consumer brands associated with the billionaire include Shangri-La hotels, various brands of flour, Marina frozen food, Seri Murni, Krystal and Neptune cooking oil, Jordan toothbrushes and oral care products, Snow brand infant formula, Goodmaid household cleaning products, Kart’s frozen food and the list go on.

Interestingly, Golden Screen Cinemas Sdn Bhd (GSC), Malaysia’s largest cinema exhibitor with over 41% market share, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of PPB Group (a member of the Kuok Group). Perhaps the Malays should boycott GSC and go to TGV for movies. However, TGV is owned by tycoon Ananda Krishnan, another non-Muslim.



The only Muslim-owned cinema – MBO – was already sold to private equity firm Navis Capital Partners by then-owner Abdul Rashid Abdul Manaf. However, due to pressure from increasing costs and slowing revenue growth, even Navis is looking to dispose of its MBO business in Malaysia. Does this mean the Malays will boycott cinemas entirely in the name of Muslim dignity?

British India, Mr. D.I.Y., Secret Recipe and Chicken Rice Shop are just some of the local brands owned by local non-Muslims but flocked by Malay community all the time. From Chatime to Tealive, those Malays hooked to bubble tea would form long queue just to get their kicks, despite the fact that the Taiwanese-born tea drink is not a Muslim product.

Hilariously, every Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday, the Malay-Muslims would religiously queue at Magnum, Sports Toto and DaMaCai to try their luck betting on 4D numbers or Jackpot. Clearly, these are not Muslim products, are they? You can bet your last penny that those Malays, including police officers, can never abandon or boycott the non-Muslim product called betting game.



Perhaps there’s a reason why Kelantan is in such a sorry state, despite being ruled by the PAS Islamist party based on the strictest Islamic Law. Jobs were scarce and the state has recorded the highest number of HIV or AIDS cases in the country. They have no idea how the world trade works so much so they probably thought condom is another type of flavoured chewing gum.

Smartphones from Huawei to Oppo to Vivo to Xiaomi – even Apple – are all made by non-Muslim Chinese. From lighting bulbs to fridge to TV to every single electrical appliance at home, nothing escapes China. And when all those components arrived at Malaysian ports, they readily go to mostly Chinese-owned warehouses or shops, thanks to their well established business ecosystems.


Two different Chinese-owned tyre shops, less than 200-metre apart, sell a same brand and model of tyre at an unbelievable price difference. One shop sells at RM145 a piece while the other at cut-throat prices of RM210. Besides operating costs and expenditures, business strategy and supply chain contribute to the dog-eat-dog business world even among the Chinese.




Malay-Muslims should co-exist with non-Muslims for their own good. They’re simply not built to excel in the world of trade and business. From a complicated product like halal airline Rayani Air to a business as simple as Digital Mall in Pertama Complex, they had tried but failed spectacularly. Rayani Air, proclaimed Malaysia’s first “Syariah-compliant” airline, had gone bust just 110 days into operation.


After Rayani Air goes bankrupt in 2016, not only were the workers’ salaries not paid, more than RM1 million was deducted from more than 500 employees’ salaries but not credited to employees’ accounts. So much for a Muslim product called Rayani Air. Perhaps running an airline is too complicated for them. Sadly, the same fate hit Malay traders selling basic IT products.

A Malay youth, Shahrul Anuar Abdul Aziz, who was charged for stealing a mobile phone that triggered a bloody racial riot outside Low Yat Plaza in 2015, was acquitted by the Kangaroo Court in 2018. Three Chinese handphone salesmen were arrested by police instead and were fined RM1,800 each for committing assault. As a result, UMNO set up Digital Mall to rival Low Yat.





Today, after “handout” free rental runs out of juice, all the Malay traders at the 4-storey Pertama Complex are eating dust. If they can’t even survive selling ready-made branded IT products without handouts, exactly how could they promote non-existent Muslim products? Get the gist? To talk big about boycotting non-Muslim products is one thing. But to actually do it is another thing altogether.

You can only start a trade war or boycott if you either own the technology or knowhow of certain products (as in the case of the U.S.) or you have the financial muscle to engage a trade war (like China). Trump can hurt the Chinese flagship Huawei because America owns the technology. China can hurt American farmers because it has tons of money to buy more expensive soybeans from Brazil.

The silly group of Malays yearning to boycott fellow Malaysian non-Muslim products have none of the above. They neither have the replacement products, nor the deep pocket to teach non-Muslims a lesson. The biggest joke was when UMNO’s newspaper – Utusan Melayu – and PAS’ newspaper – Harakah – ran into debt. Those newspapers are Muslim products, obviously.




While financial-stressed Utusan has total debts of RM139.19 million as at June 30, PAS stunningly owed NAJ Press Resources (M) Sdn Bhd, a Muslim-owned printing company, a staggering RM3,053,204.59. Harakah reportedly had fled and is now being printed by a non-Muslim-owned business. So much for inciting Malay-Muslims to boycott non-Muslim products.


17 comments:

  1. the communist in ccp china no diff, day in day out critisise usa, but no shame sent their kids n keep their wealth in usa. most ccp rich chinese use iphone including huawei boss daughter but telling their nationalistic idiotic pig head ccp chinese go buy huawei. umno pas no diff with ccp, most that support them r zombie, but some thick face enough to label others zombie.

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    1. So u know very 'well' about the underhanded workings of CCP China!

      Where do u send yr daughter for her higher education?

      Formosa! Why not stay put in bolihland?

      U can exercise yr choice, based on whatsoever f*cked logic. Others must not do the same!

      Walk the terbalik talk ke?

      China has 1.4B people. Can u fathomly guess what's the percentage of the princelings who get special treatments in sopo undertakings?

      How many of the elected representatives of the people's Congress, the highest legislative body, come from ordinary, no kabel, dirt poor backgrounds?

      Now, compare that with yr uncle Sam's all-in-the-family settings.

      How did the Kennedys got involved with business/politics? Ditto with the Bushes. How about the Rockefeller, Goldstein, du Pont & those Wall St financial vultures?

      Did they have any shame? Or yr shame definition applies differently to whom u like & dislike?

      Ren recommended her daughter to use Apple iPhone. So what? At least he is honest. At worst, her daughter can tell him about the marketing trends favour by the younger generations!

      Huawei phone sale IS NOT the top pick of the Chinese market. Her remarkable phone sales volume come mainly from overseas markets, especially EU! R those Huawei phone buyers idiotic pig head CCP sympathizers?

      So, don't play kerbau-ing to fitnah Huawei lah! Just say u want to show of yr iPhone - to prove yr egoistic moneyed loftiness lah.

      Finally u understand WHAT zombies r after wasting time mixing with them for so long!

      Just proved that u have a slow, maybe getting similarly petrified, brain too.

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    2. i mean it when i claim i am fine with chinese education, so all the way from primary to tertiary. moreover i am okay with taiwan. its a vast diff with yr dad that send u to an anglo uni, see how hypo work? communist tell the pig head their political system is superior but hide their wealth in the democracy west, some even live there like our host wakaka, n most the rich send their kids for western type education, of course a hypo oso can exercise a choice, i never claim thay cant.

      usa is what it is, they never claim they r a socialist society like ccp, they dun tell something like socialism with american characteristics. so whats wrong if the wealthy become wealthier? n pls dun sound like a broken mp3 wrt 1.4b, its a boring excuse.

      ren honest my kok, her daughter kept 2 iphone when detained, so mahathir wan msian to drive proton n his son drive a porsche, what u call that? an honest man?

      i understn zombie the way u do, thats y i label the pig head jianmin zombie.

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    3. Now u r using education as an twisted excuse!

      If u accept choices of education, then what the f*ck is there to complaint?

      Perhaps 小民的智慧. Why not using the latest lyt's egg in the garden fart? Beautiful argument still.

      The Chinese believe CCP simply bcoz there r amble successfully results for all to see.

      Pig headed? Mfer, u r just pure jealous for the lousy results of yr idol's inconsequential strugglings that don't fit into yr mimpi putih.

      Hide their wealth in the demoncracy west? Some even live there?

      Those 'communists' have their untold wealth been stacked in the West & live there BCOZ they r traitors. For that reason alone, many of them will never want to return to China, knowing very well a bullet-to-he-head judgement is waiting.

      For those WHO return, prove yr claims to the mainland govt & don't just building yr western media inspired fitnahs far far away.

      AGAIN - why planned capitalism like US can claim no wrong if her wealthy become wealthier? Why socialist society like CCP can't having the same? R u ONLY looking at the labels & ignoring the means to achieve the wealth?

      Yr f*cked education tells u so ke?

      "broken mp3 wrt 1.4b, its a boring excuse."

      Indeed. I have heard so many such frivolous excuse many a times on flights with those Formosa dickheads. On one hand they claimed democracy (ha! demoncracy, more acutely) where numeric majority rules. Once they got downright rebuttals, that numeric majority becomes irrelevant! Those 1.4B becomes 贱民!Mfer, does something 忘宗,like 李 登輝 lah & cut yr ties with all your Chinese ancestry since out of those billions of 贱民 there r someone who r definitely related to u - meaning u share that same 贱民 genes that u despite so much!

      贱民? Look at yr mirror lah. Ooop… don't forget those mfers dalam selumut of that 太阳花运动! Soon, too, those hkie 废青!

      iPhones ke, proton ke, Porsche ke… what have those gotten to do with honesty? Just like u sent yr daughter to Taiwan for higher education?

      Could it be bcoz

      A) deep down u know yr daughter's future lies in an education that emphasizes understanding of things Chinese. That means China! She CAN'T learn anything of been Chinese from a dickheaded dad who die2 wants to behave like Iwasato Masao(岩里政男). She should have earned her education in mainland China than that very confused Formosa.

      B) u just want to show off about yr blurred insistence of walking the twisted talk! Thus u claimed Kuek Ho Yao is a hypocrite for been an anglo ed & yet support Chinese vernacular education! In yr f*cked mind, everything must be fixed as in yr labelling formula - doing what the namesake implies! No other ways, period.

      Zombies?

      I take back my words about u beginning to know zombies. U r worst than a brain dead zombie. U create yr own mimpi putih to elevate yr personal pet hatred of CCP to such an extent u can agree in total with that 忘宗 李登輝 !

      Mfer, shows some honesty & admits lah since honesty is so so critical to u. Or u r talking kok AGAIN?

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  2. Seeing the volume of rubbish and scum in your article and the time you took to galvanize them into a hate weapon, I felt pity for you for all the wasted effort. Firstly, nobody with a rational mind will buy your garbage and secondly we Malays are already set with our determination to spend our money on Muslim products first. Only when they are not available will be look at other alternatives. Say what you like, breathe out fire if you may, it will not affect our determination one bit. For generation, your Tawkeys are raking in millions and maybe billion of ringgits from Malay buyers but only insignificant non-Malays care to buy Muslim products. Do we Malays ever complaint or make noise like what you all do now? So, why all the barking when we Malays are trying to help our own businesses.

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    1. go for it, do your best, as a non muslim I'll support, not particular who makes what products as long as its cheap, quality is good and value for money but if it is inferior, sorry la, I'd look stupid and I'm sure many clever muslims will feel the same way too, but be quick, pull your socks up before the chinese muslims products flood the market then you'll be back to square one

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  3. Muslims are emulating the successful international BDS (Boycott, Divestments and Sanctions) campaign against Israeli discrimination.

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  4. Moronic farts!

    "Malays are trying to help our own businesses."

    "BDS (Boycott, Divestments and Sanctions)"

    Do it RIGHT, right from the lowest level lah. Make very sure all 'melayu' products r 100% melayu certified.

    Otherwise, u r just pure alibaba as a munafik to syiok sendiri while lagi bodoh sombong le!

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  5. Continue the selective boycott to drive the prices further down for the benefit of all. Viva Malaysia Baru!

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  6. You people fight over some petty issues.. Dum dums.. Seriously.. Freedom of choice, expression & rights man.. Who cares who wants to boycott who? Malays wanna boycott chinese then do so.. I dont get why the chinese are whining and squeking like slaughtered pigs.. yada yada yada all the time.. You want the malays to fall and you say this boycott is gonna hurt themselves.. so keep yr mouths shut and enjoy the show! Unless you chinese are actually afraid of the unexpected.. Just like how unexpectedly the world seems to be ganging up on the chinese globally.. Heck! even India is pushing to boycott china.. Haven't you heard? Hmm? It's like there is a deep hatred inside the souls of men towards the flat face sliced eyed creatures.. Or maybe the world just wants a new tag on their stuffs saying made in somewhere other than china and chinese.. Or maybe it's just the latest trend! Who knows?! And who gives a sh*t! Life is a like box of chocolate, you'll never know what the chinese put in.. Hahaha! Go malays go! Do as thou wilt..!

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    1. U r living in yr mimpi putih, right?

      Days in & days out, there r country head honchoes visiting China for trade/diplomacy! Unless all those western medias r owning to their old tricks of creating Chinese urban legends!

      Indeed for a f*ck like u, all u care is to put that chocolate into our mouth. Where it is made doesn't matter - halal/haram irrelevant too!

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  7. Virtually any product or service that a Muslim consumer in the country needs can be sourced from a Muslim business, at a market competitive price.

    It is time for Muslims to flex their market power.

    BDS against the Tiongkok lovers.

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  8. Rayani Air was not founded in the true spirit of Islam.

    It was founded by an Indian Hindu couple, Ravi Alagendrran and his wife Karthiyani Govindan, to scam Muslim fliers.

    It is NOT representative of an Islamic commercial enterprise

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    1. So the aneh trying to con the zombies!

      How come the zombies couldn't work out a airline in the spirit of zombieicism?

      Could it be bcoz its a no brainer? Wakakakaka…

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  9. As a result of their deceitful nature Rayani Air founders are now flying kites...

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    1. Along the way, how many zombies, blur-sotongs have been conned?

      Both in fares & salaries!

      Or they r helping the aneh to fly kites together?

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