‘We have to be wary of our own select few, who will forever keep mauling our own.’
Pronouns like ‘kita’ are dangerous when you use it in opposition to a group you consider to be different from you, as former minister and Negeri Sembilan Bersatu chief Rais Yatim does in his tweet - first to separate himself from the Rohingyas and then to equate the Rohingyas to the ‘kaum lain’ that he says came in the 1920s under Britain.
He admonishes the ‘us’ to learn from history. Rais is no historian, no humanist and he is even not consistent with his beliefs. I just wish to remind Rais that both history and law are on the side of his ‘kaum lain’. The Indians and Chinese who were brought here in the early part of the 20th century by an established government to help in the building of the nation's infrastructure and economy. They were not refugees. Their contribution to the building of the nation was enormous.
It is a decision for us to make whether we choose to absorb them into our population. The other option is to wait for matters to be resolved in Myanmar or for third nations to take them in as refugees.Ever since the 1920s, we have been divided by the elites amongst us who pursued political power and positions and the majority amongst us who were content with tending to the field and flock. We mauled our own.
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