THE MCA and its scandal-tainted president Chua Soi Lek claim that they represent the Chinese community in Malaysia. I say: “My foot!”
I checked out the 325 (March 25) Dong Jiao Zhong (DJZ) protest assembly this morning and it did not disappoint me. The atmosphere at the near 10,000-people crowd was electrifying and uncompromising.
Scores of banners adorn the 325 venue – the New Era College in Kajang – but not a single one was put up by MCA or any other BN component party. What a shame!
The protest was about Chinese education but the MCA did not have the guts to be associated with the event.
And the MCA president Chua had the gall to be quoted by a vernacular Chinese newspaper today that such a protest was useless and a waste of time.
Is Chua implying the protesting Chinese community is stupid? Is Chua saying the Chinese must just remain timid and accept their “fate” in Malaysia?
Is Chua implies the crowd on the New Era College football field is stupid to stage 325
The crowd at one of the sections with live telecast of 325 in New Era College
Ka Siong kicked out by angry Chinese educators, parents
Only deputy education minister and MCA Youth chief Wee Ka Siong made a surprise appearance.
He must have thought and expected a grand welcome reception from the assembly organisers and the crowd. How disappointing and wrong he must be thinking now.
More than a dozen policemen had to form a human shield to escort Wee in and out of the college ground because he was greeted by jeers and boos by the crowd.
Under heavy escort, Wee is jeered and booed by the crowd when he turned up for 325
Negri Sembilan’s Paroi assemblyman (PAS) Mohamed Taufek Abd Ghani (3rd from left) and his supporters at 325
But PAS delegates were greeted with handshakes and smiles
Isn’t it an irony that a MCA deputy education minister had to “fear” for his life this way when PAS delegations were greeted with applause, handshakes and smiles?
The PAS delegations were able to walk around freely and comfortably without any fear for their safety.
If the sentiments of the Chinese-dominated crowd at the 325 are any indication of the political mood of the Chinese, the MCA and BN are as good as buried in the next general election.
The crowd comprised not only the Chinese community but also 600 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) nationwide.
One speaker told Wee to stop blaming others and playing the sympathy card by claiming that he had “no choice” and was forced to “face the music”.
“Not a single drop of your crocodile tear will help us,” he said to a very embarrassed Wee seated among some 20 Pakatan Rakyat (PR) MPs.
No more crocodile tears for us, we're fed up!
DJZ chief Dr Yap Sin Tien got the crowd roaring and high when he said: “We are here this morning to pass resolutions to demand that the shortage of Chinese teachers or Mandarin-competent teachers in SJKCs (Chinese primary schools) be resolved immediately.
“We do not want to hear anymore resolutions, proposals, memorandums o excuses presented to us. We have heard them all for the past 40 years.
“No more talk. Just resolve it. It is not that the Chinese education woes cannot be resolved. It is whether they want to resolve the problems,” he said to a thunderous applause from the crowd.
Only Chinese education NGO leaders were invited to present speeches on stage.
And whenever Wee’s name is mentioned, it is greeted by jeers and boos.
Negri Sembilan’s Paroi assemblyman Mohamed Taufek Abd Ghani (PAS), who led a 20-member delegation to 325, said: “We are here today because we support fair and just education policies and the right of the people to mother-tongue education. As you can see, even the Indian community is here today to lend their support.”
Jackson Ng is a Retired Journalist
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