Who’s the bigger traitor? One who’s unwilling to respect BM or one who plunders the nation’s wealth?

 

IT IS amazing how a more crucial second part of His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia’s decree was conveniently given a miss by the rightist fraternity who only preoccupied themselves with the juicier first part – “those unwilling to accept Bahasa Malaysia (BM) as the national language should not live in this country”.

Hence, sensationalising the fact that the Agong as the Supreme Commander of the Malaysian Armed Forces “may one day have to appoint a sergeant instead of a senior officer as Armed Forces Chief” if corruption continues to wreak havoc among senior ranks within the Armed Force was literally accorded ‘second class citizenry”.

While nobody is denying that the stature of BM as the national language within the national education policy realm must be upheld at all times, one wonders if corruption, abuse of power, misappropriation of public funds or shielding those involved in graft amounts to a bigger betrayal to the nation.

This follows the Facebook post of UMNO Youth chief Datuk Dr Muhamad Akmal Saleh who only applauded Sultan Ibrahim’s edict on the acceptance of BM by taking a swipe at those who are fighting for a full recognition of the Unified Examination Certificate (UEC) in Malaysia (ie Dong Zong).

“Daulat Tuanku!!! Straight to the face of those who talk about recognising UEC,” jibed the firebrand Merlimau MP who yesterday (Jan 19) vacated his Melaka state EXCO post as chairman of the rural development, agriculture and food security committee.

“If you don’t accept the Malay language, it’s better not to live in Malaysia. Daulat Tuanku.”

Akmal aside, Muslim convert preacher Firdaus Wong Wai Hung went to great length to lodge a police report against Chinese language daily China Press for allegedly “distorted” Sultan Ibrahim’s edict in its thumbnail/headline by originally citing “Agong: Don’t live in Malaysia if don’t know BM”.

“China Press has changed their thumbnail after I exposed their rudeness and provocation. Will they change their thumbnail (to ‘Agong: Don’t live in Malaysia if don’t accept BM’) if I don’t expose their evil choice of words?” the Multiracial Reverted Muslims (MRM) president penned on his Facebook page.

“I’ll file a police report against them this evening at Damansara Utama Police Station. Friends, you can file a police report at the nearest police station. We will teach them a lesson.”

Interestingly, however, the second and perhaps more vital part of Sultan Ibrahim’s royal address – among others, the Agong was deeply troubled that corruption had allegedly reached the highest levels of the military, an institution entrusted with defending the nation’s sovereignty – was given a miss by Firdaus.

Shouldn’t the preacher be condemning corruption or expound on how it violates the teaching of Islam?

Well, can this trend be summed up as it’s all about clickbait and eyeball game to cater to the likeminded masses? Sadly, some Malaysians see more value to weaponise BM instead of an all-out fight to eradicate corruption. – Focus Malaysia