A veiled threat
The Deputy Prime Minister is only interested in advancing the interests of his own race.
FMT says….
Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin is the second most powerful man in the country. Whatever he says in public carries a lot of weight. So when he said on July 5 that Malaysia may experience another bloodbath born out of the rising tensions between the Malays and the non-Malays, he is clearly issuing a veiled threat and not a gentle reminder. He is warning the other races that there may be a repeat of May 13 if things spin out of control. In that conflict many people of different races lost their lives, and May 13 has ever since been a favourite bogeyman with Malay politicians and ultra-right Malay NGOs.
Muhyiddin’s dark hints were reported in a Malay daily, Utusan Malaysia, a rabid champion of Malay supremacy. The ultra racist newspaper is the ideal platform for him to make his point. It is now apparent that he and that foul mouthpiece of Umno share a mindset: they think the non-Malays deserve another bashing because they are hurling insults at the Malays and their religion. The big, important man is putting the blame on the non-Malays for the strained ethnic ties.
It seems the deputy Umno president is a tireless worker. He is unlike the common people who go to bed and sleep the night away with nary a care in the world. He tells the newspaper that before he dozes off, his mind is busy thinking how to manage a country that seems to be on heading for a calamity. Since he has said that he is Malay first and Malaysian second, he cannot be thinking of advancing the interests of non-Malays.
What can Muhyiddin be thinking before his eyes close? Let’s read his mind. How to run the country? Goad the Malays to spew dirty remarks on the Indians and Chinese. Tell them they are “trespassers” in Malaysia who should be sent packing back to their native lands. Instigate the Muslims to besiege the courts whenever a decision comes up touching on the rights of the Christians. Give moral support to the bone-headed extremists to commit sacrilegious acts. Encourage the mindless mobs to barge into state legislative assemblies controlled by the opposition alliance.
