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Sunday, October 27, 2019

Silence of Lamb (paa-less) DAP


MMO via Malaysia-Today:

DAP Leaders’ Silence Is Deafening

by Kua Kia Soong


Dr Kua Kia Soong 

Silence

(last paragrah)

And there is the silence of the dead.
If we who are in life cannot speak
Of profound experiences,
Why do you marvel that the dead
Do not tell you of death?
Their silence shall be interpreted
As we approach them


- Edgar Lee Masters



The banning of “Superman” Hew Kuan Yau’s comic book on China’s Belt Road Initiative must surely be the ultimate farce under our so-called “New Malaysia”.

Suaram’s annual human rights report has routinely listed banned books since the BN era but this takes the biscuit for absurdity.

Our “cartoon laureate” Zunar has rightly spoken out against this kind of medieval censorship which is a far cry from the “Shared Progressive Vision” we are supposed to be co-creating.

What is astonishing is how the DAP “Masters of the Universe” have not dared to say a word after their decades of breast-beating indignation against BN repression.



How can they wash their hands off Hew when it was their Secretary-General who had written the foreword to this comic book, the DAP Deputy Education Minister who helped to launch it and the DAP National Chairperson who appointed Hew to be the China-Malaysia Business Council CEO?

For years, Hew had served the DAP well as the “bad mouth for hire” at political ceramahs.

The DAP “Masters of the Universe” had allowed “Superman” Hew to tour the country together with other top leaders and played the role of hurling obscenities at political opponents with the full enjoyment of the top DAP leadership.

Not communist, not socialist, just opportunist.


now total silence on above scandals by the loudmouth 

Only one DAP leader has spoken out through this controversy and that is party adviser Lim Kit Siang, who said Hew is neither communist nor socialist as claimed by the Umno detractors.

That is certainly true – there is not a trace of communism or socialism in DAP whose leaders are some of the biggest defenders of neo-liberal capitalism in Malaysia.

Their defence of China is based on bare-faced opportunism since China is today such a world power and they are clearly desperate for Chinese votes in elections.

Did the DAP ever defend China during the days when China was a poor country denigrated by the imperialist West for its socialist policies?



This is not the first time that the DAP “Masters of the Universe” have tried to stay aloof from Hew’s periodic troubles.

Hew’s homophobic comments against a columnist some time ago were rightly condemned by progressive Malaysians.

Diversity, an NGO advocacy group for gender equality was among those who took Hew to task for the serial attacks on the columnist on social media.

Diversity pointed out that this was not the first time that Hew had verbally assaulted others using homophobic language derogatory to the lesbian, gay, transgender and bisexual (LGBT) community.



While Hew was forced to make an apology, he graciously stressed that “it has nothing to do with the DAP.”

The gallant party saver has even posted his photo with Kit Siang, saying that he will assume all the guilt.

Nevertheless, despite the apology, Hew did not retract the homophobic remarks he had made.

It is time the DAP and Pakatan Harapan stop the theatrics and focus on the reforms they promised before GE14.

This did not include absurd censorship of comic books, cowardly connivance with the Home Ministry nor any of the BN’s repressive policies.

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KUA KIA SOONG is the adviser of Suaram


Related:

Silence of Lamb (paa-less) Pakatan


7 comments:

  1. What's the issue here. Our past and present PMs support Belt and Road.

    Jibby to the tune of 80 billion for the ECRL and 40 billion for the Malacca Gateway. These 2 projects were among the largest under the Belt and Road initiative.

    Guanee had no choice but to "support" the initiative because of the negotiations with China to reduce the cost and scope.

    Toonsie also lauded the Belt and Road, last April in Beijing, in front of word leaders.

    https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2019/04/26/dr-m-in-beijing-everyone-will-benefit-from-belt-and-road-initiative

    The comic book was banned supposedly for propagating "communism".

    Well, China's "communism" has transformed its economy to be the second largest in the world after USA. If that is "communism" sign me up. Malaysia should follow with our own initiative called "Bullock cart and Sampan"....ha ha ha...

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    1. Parti Pribumi's bullshit has been due to pressure from UMNO-PAS in the Tanjung Piai by-election - who's the jaguh Melayu? mHence Mahathir's "Malay Dignity Congress" (organised by his VC machai's) to counter PAS-UMNO marriage

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  2. During those days when China was a poor country denigrated by the imperialist West, most of us Chinese diaspora did not 'abandon' China. I still remember my grandfather who every quarterly gathered foodstuff, clothing, together with a sum of money to be sent to China and we as children then, would be hanging around excited to be seen as giving a helping hand. We were told stories of China, the history, the kind of lives there and also the poverty that had befallen China...all these imbued in us to see China rise up and be strong again. My grandfather is particularly pleased that China doesn't need our donation anymore and that to him, and to us his grandchildren, too, the best reward there is...that no Chinese in China have to bear with hunger and lack of basic necessities.

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    1. kua is talking abt dap in the 70 up to 90, not yr or my grandfather.

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    2. Was I ever rambling off-tangent ? Then what is this :

      "Did the DAP ever defend China during the days when China was a poor country denigrated by the imperialist West for its socialist policies?"

      Since you want to be personal, then just answer this question - have your own family ( including your grandfather ) ever help out the Chinese during those harrowing times ?

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    3. most elderly/adult Chinese in the era "before 1980" (approx) sent money back to Chinese principally to help their relatives, not China per se

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    4. His family wasn't in good term with the MCP, thus refused to help those relatives in China!

      Such logics!

      But his Cameron Highlands relatives DID whatsoever to help those in China.

      Thus, the family bad bloods in patronizing this f*ckhead in any which way possible. Making him even more critical about anything CCP!

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