Too Little Too Late - Part II

Pak Lah apologised. Najib apologised. But where is Bukit Bendera Umno division chief Datuk Ahmad Ismail? Why he didn't show up to Chinese community and apologise to us after the racist remarks of calling us as 'pendatang'? Don't we have some contributions to Malaysia? Aren't we part of Malaysian? Or are we only Chinese Malaysian? Will it reduce the damage caused by him as claimed by MCA Youth secretary-general Dr Wee Ka Siong? Read the article here.

We want to see what disciplinary action UMNO will take against him. We want to see what is the prime minister going to say now after all his talk of unity and respect for people regardless of race or religion.

Many kampung folks do not know what racism is until 'introduced' by UMNO during their speech. Read Eileen remarks from Malaysiakini below :

Eileen: I come from a kampung where the Chinese and Malays lived side by side in harmony. I remember during Hari Raya Puasa and Hari Raya Haji, our kitchen would be full of kuih, ketupat and beef curry.

And during Chinese New Year, my mother would be busy making tons of kuih bakul for all our Malay friends.

During the local fruits season, our house would be full of rambutan, mangosteen and durians, fresh from the backyards of our Malay friends.

We were all very naive and lived happily together. We didn't know what racism was until ‘ambitious’ politicians introduced it to our lives when they came to our village to canvass for support. They used racist policies to pit us against each other in order to cling on to power.

For the past 51 years, politicians have been poisoning us. This was especially evident during the March general election and the recent Permatang Pauh by-election.

After 51 long years of struggle, is it too much to ask that we all get along and respect each other? I hope the rakyat will bury their differences and give Anwar Ibrahim a chance to lead Malaysia forward.

You can read the comment here.

What a shame!!