[\/video]\r\n\r\nKlang Selatan police chief Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Cha Hoong Fong said one of the three individuals in the vehicle had allegedly pushed the complainant off his motorcycle, followed by a vicious assault involving choking, punching, kicking and inflicting multiple blows on the victim.\r\n\r\nBefore fleeing the scene, the suspects also kicked the complainant's motorcycle, causing damage to the motorcycle's cover set, according to Cha.\r\n\r\nAs a result of this ordeal, the complainant suffered injuries, including swelling and bruises on the lips, ribs and legs along with a loss of RM250.00 to repair the damaged cover set.\r\n\r\n\u201cThe Criminal Investigation Department (CID) at the Klang Selatan District Police Headquarters has initiated an investigation under Section 323\/427 of the Penal Code for intentionally causing injuries and committing mischief,\u201d Cha pointed out in a media statement.\r\n\r\n

ACP Cha Hoong Fong (Pic credit: Utusan Malaysia)[\/caption]\r\n\r\n\u201cBoth offences carry penalties of up to one year in prison or a fine of up to RM 2,000 or both for injury-related offenses, and up to five years in prison or a fine or both for mischief-related offences.\u201d\r\n\r\nPolice are confident of making arrests with the available video evidence.\r\n\r\nIn retrospect, whatever caused the ruckus in the first place does not justify the use of violence. Now, the cops have a video of the perpetrators to facilitate investigations and when they are eventually charged, the courts will have visual evidence as well.\r\n\r\nSo potential road bullies better think carefully before taking matters into their own hands because someone somewhere is always ready to turn perpetrators into viral sensations.\r\n\r\nThat is infamy that is best avoided. \u2013 Oct 3, 2023","post_title":"Police seek road bully after video of violent assault goes viral","post_excerpt":"No matter what the circumstances, never resort to violence to resolve matters. It is almost a certainty in this day and age that someone will have captured it on video and the entire episode will be uploaded on social media.","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"police-seek-road-bully-after-video-of-violent-assault-goes-viral","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-10-03 14:21:57","post_modified_gmt":"2023-10-03 06:21:57","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/focusmalaysia.my\/?p=149541","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":149552,"post_author":"102","post_date":"2023-10-03 13:29:02","post_date_gmt":"2023-10-03 05:29:02","post_content":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bwrxsVGJI6Y\r\n\r\nA new cheap malaria vaccine that can be produced on a huge scale has been hailed as a breakthrough by the World Health Organisation. The vaccine has been developed by the University of Oxford and is said to be 75% effective against the disease.\r\n\r\nMost deaths from malaria are of babies and infants in Africa, where it claims more than half a million lives every year. There are already agreements in place to manufacture more than 100 million doses of the vaccine annually.","post_title":"New malaria vaccine \u201ccould save millions of lives\u201d","post_excerpt":"A new cheap malaria vaccine that can be produced on a huge scale has been hailed as a breakthrough by the World Health Organisation.","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"new-malaria-vaccine-could-save-millions-of-lives","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-10-03 15:25:23","post_modified_gmt":"2023-10-03 07:25:23","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/focusmalaysia.my\/?p=149552","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":149538,"post_author":"103","post_date":"2023-10-03 12:18:31","post_date_gmt":"2023-10-03 04:18:31","post_content":"IT IS high time for Felda settlers in the Pelangai constituency to drop any lingering feelings of nostalgia they have for UMNO and Barisan Nasional (BN), said a Perikatan Nasional (PN) leader.\r\n\r\nPN Youth chief Ahmad Fadhli Shaari said after all, it was during PN chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin\u2019s administration that the government initiated a plan to waive the Felda settlers\u2019 outstanding debts.\r\n\r\n\u201cWe all know that it was Muhyiddin who came up with the theory on how to solve the debt problems of Felda settlers,\u201d Ahmad was quoted as saying by
Malaysiakini<\/em> during a ceramah in Simpang Pelangai, Bentong last night (Oct 2).\r\n\r\n\u201cI am aware that the older generations feel more indebted to BN and want to repay the favour through votes, but I urged them to consider whether BN still deserves it.\u201d\r\n\r\nAccording to the Pasir Mas MP, BN and UMNO had lost their way because they were now allied with DAP.\r\n\r\n\u201cI apologise. I don\u2019t want to attack or insult UMNO, but BN under Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has lost their way and their identity. They are forced to share power with their enemies,\u201d said Ahmad.\r\n\r\nThe Pelangai state by-election is a three-way contest between BN\u2019s Datuk Amizar Abu Adam, PN\u2019s candidate Kasim Samat, and independent candidate Haslihelmy DM Zulhasni.\r\n\r\nThe poll was called following the death of incumbent Datuk Seri Johari Harun in a plane crash in Shah Alam, Selangor on August 17.\r\n\r\nMeanwhile, Amanah president Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu said the so-called \u201cgreen wave\u201d of Malay-Muslim support for PN had slowed down since the six state elections held in August.\r\n\r\nThe PH deputy chairman popularly known as Mat Sabu also urged Pelangai voters to reject any political fatwas issued by PN leaders, saying they have no authority to do so.\r\n\r\n\u201cPAS president Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang said there will be a change of federal government after the state elections. Where is it? It didn\u2019t change. The \u2018green wave\u2019 returned to them, maybe,\u201d he was quoted as saying by Malay Mail<\/em> in his speech at the Ceramah Mega Perpaduan Madani Pelangai, Bentong last night (Sept 2).\r\n\r\n\u201cWhen they do it, it\u2019s fine. When they are against Howard Lee reading the Quran translation, maybe they forgot I was the PAS deputy president once. When we were friends with PH, N. Gopala Krishnan always recites a verse during ceramah. Everyone including Hadi Awang was in awe. They can\u2019t be trusted.\r\n\r\n\u201cSuch is PAS\u2019 behaviour,\u201d the Kota Raja MP added. \u2013 Oct 3, 2023\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nMain pic credit<\/em><\/strong>: Facebook\/Fadhli Shaari<\/em>\r\n\r\n ","post_title":"\u201cDoes UMNO, BN still deserve your votes?\u201d PN Youth chief asks Pelangai voters","post_excerpt":"According to Ahmad Fadhli Shaari who is also the Pasir Mas MP, BN and UMNO have lost their way as they were now allied with DAP and had to \u201cshare power\u201d with their \u201cenemies\u201d.","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"does-umno-bn-still-deserve-your-votes-pn-youth-chief-asks-pelangai-voters","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-10-03 12:18:31","post_modified_gmt":"2023-10-03 04:18:31","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/focusmalaysia.my\/?p=149538","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":149529,"post_author":"91","post_date":"2023-10-03 11:31:24","post_date_gmt":"2023-10-03 03:31:24","post_content":"LET\u2019S put it out there that I am a regular follower of Keluar Sekejap<\/em> \u2013 the podcast started by expelled former UMNO youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin (KJ) and suspended former information chief Shahril Hamdan.\r\n\r\nJust when UMNO thought they have cast out the undesirables who dared to rock their already shaky boat, both KJ and Shahril seem to have new-found fame with a growing audience of followers, especially among young Malaysians.\r\n\r\nAccording to the online dictionary, a podcast is a digital audio or video file or recording, usually part of a themed series that can be downloaded from a website to a media player or computer.\r\n\r\nKeluar Sekejap<\/em> has been consistently ranked as Malaysia\u2019s No. 1 podcast on Spotify and Apple. In an Instagram post on having achieved more than 100,000 subscribers on the its Youtube channel, KJ posted;\r\n\r\n\u201cWe were inspired by a political podcast in the UK called @restispolitics. We felt that a similar podcast could be useful in Malaysia to present issues from all sides in simple terms. With politics becoming so tribal, we wanted ideas to thrive in a centre ground free from spin, manipulation and post-truth.\u201d\r\n\r\nTribal politics<\/strong>\r\n\r\nIndeed, the Keluar Sekejap<\/em> podcast is a magnet for those who seek to understand realpolitik \u2013 a system of politics or principles based on practical rather than moral or ideological considerations \u2013 in Malaysia.\r\n\r\nListeners appreciate the intelligent discussions, sometimes with guests who are down to earth, analytical and critical minus the chest-thumping rhetoric of a political rally.\r\n\r\n
Khairy Jamaluddin (left) and Shahril Hamdan[\/caption]\r\n\r\nComing from two young political outcasts of UMNO, their insights and opinions are both eye opening and \u2013 at times \u2013 mind blowing. Even if you don\u2019t agree with everything, it\u2019s nice to know another point of view.\r\n\r\nIn Episode 54 in a collaboration with TIBER, a podcast hosted by Astro Awani\u2019s anchors Luqman Hariz, Najib Aroff and Ibrahim Sani, KJ was asked if he was disillusioned and might leave politics for good.\r\n\r\nTo which KJ replied that politics had taken a toll on his physical and mental health. He said this could also be because he and Shahril had not cultivated a tribe of followers who were pentaksub<\/em> (obsessed) as they were both centrists (a political moderate).\r\n\r\nAsked if there was no room for centrists in Malaysia, KJ said he didn\u2019t know \u201cbecause tribalism defeated him\u201d. Tribalism is defined as designating, characterised by or relating to a strong sense of loyalty to one\u2019s own tribe, party or group.\r\n\r\nThe best explanation for political tribalism that I could find was by Shiao Chong, a Christian pastor who is the editor-in-chief of The Banner<\/em>.\r\n\r\nChong explains that \u201cpolitical tribalism is where loyalty to the political tribe is more important than loyalty to anything else. It means that tribe members will go to any lengths to defend their tribe\u2019s leader\u201d.\r\n\r\n\u201cTribalism means the tribe never concedes an inch to other tribes. It is an \u2018us versus them\u2019 mentality where \u2018them\u2019 are seen as morally suspect and morally dangerous while \u2018us\u2019 are saints by comparison.\u201d\r\n\r\nThat is spot on for many political parties in Malaysia. What KJ refers to as tribalism in this sense would probably be UMNO loyalists.\r\n\r\nPersonality cult<\/strong>\r\n\r\nIn Malaysian politics, there used to be the cult of personality defined as \u201can excessive public admiration for or devotion to a famous person, especially a political leader\u201d around Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (Tun M).\r\n\r\nConsidering that he was prime minister (PM) for 22 years \u2013 from 1981 to 2003 \u2013 Tun M held considerable influence. His second term as PM lasted only 22 months \u2013 from 2018 to 2020 \u2013 when he lost much of the adulation.\r\n\r\n
During good times: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahin (left) and Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad[\/caption]\r\n\r\nInstead, the personality cult built around his former deputy prime minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim whom he sacked in 1998 had grown into the formidable Reformasi <\/em>movement that later became a political party \u2013 now known as PKR.\r\n\r\nPKR would later join up with other parties such as DAP to form the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition that would even include Tun M\u2019s former party BERSATU prior to the 14th general elections (GE14). Anwar would be made 10th PM (PMX) in 2022 after GE15.\r\n\r\nHas Anwar\u2019s personality cult lost some lustre since he became PMX?\r\n\r\nIt would be difficult to pin Anwar to a political \u201ctribe\u201d besides PKR because he is now PM of the unity government (PH joined up with UMNO, DAP and other parties) when no single party won a simple majority in GE15.\r\n\r\nThe DAP would certainly qualify as a tribal political party as its secretary-general Anthony Loke Siew Fook pledged unconditional support to PH to ensure that Anwar could become PM.\r\n\r\nHas Anwar taken over the role of tribal leader for UMNO now that its president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi is the Deputy PM? Does being a political tribal leader make Anwar more appealing to the elusive Malay support?\r\n\r\nThat remains to be seen. \u2013 Oct 3, 2023\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nNiza Shimi was a former journo with a leading mainstream English media.<\/em><\/strong>\r\n\r\nThe views expressed are solely of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Focus Malaysia<\/em>.","post_title":"If political tribalism defeated KJ, what political tribe does Anwar lead?","post_excerpt":"Just when UMNO thought they have cast out the undesirables who dared to rock their already shaky boat, both former health minister Khairy Jamaluddin and suspended UMNO forner information chief Shahril Hamdan seem to have new-found fame with a growing audience of followers, especially among young Malaysians.","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"if-political-tribalism-defeated-kj-what-political-tribe-does-anwar-lead","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-10-03 11:32:31","post_modified_gmt":"2023-10-03 03:32:31","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/focusmalaysia.my\/?p=149529","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":149532,"post_author":"103","post_date":"2023-10-03 11:23:19","post_date_gmt":"2023-10-03 03:23:19","post_content":"AN UMNO leader has warned voters against choosing a people\u2019s representative who had to ask for donations from the public to cover their expenses as a member of the state legislative assembly (ADUN).\r\n\r\nAddressing a crowd in Simpang Pelangai ahead of the Pelangai by-election this weekend, Peramu Jaya assemblyman Datuk Mohd Nizar Najib expressed his concerns that opposition assemblymen would cite not having an allocation in the constituency as an excuse to get out of helping their constituents.\r\n\r\n\u201cI\u2019m worried they will ask voters to buy them an office, buy aircons and fans which has happened elsewhere. I hope Pelangai voters will be smart and vote for Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate Datuk Amizal Abu Adam this Saturday,\u201d he was reported as saying by Utusan Malaysia<\/em> at the Ceramah Mega Perpaduan Madani last night (Oct 2).\r\n\r\nNizar, who is also the Pahang investment, industries, science, technology and innovation committee chairman, said he is touched by the people of Pelangai who asked about his father, former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak who is currently serving his 12-year jail sentence.\r\n\r\n\u201cMany people asked, how is Datuk Seri (Najib), is he healthy? Still strong? Alhamdulillah he is still strong, still energetic, still able to smile despite being behind bars. He sends his regards to his comrades,\u201d he told the crowd.\r\n\r\nMeanwhile, Nizar said he hopes the government will defend Najib as he believed that his father had been wrongly persecuted by the country\u2019s judicial system.\r\n\r\n\u201cBut we have been taught to be loyal to the party, and we will continue to fight for UMNO and BN. I hope the leadership will not disappoint my father and will give him a proper defence.\u201d \u2013 Oct 3, 2023\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nMain pic credit<\/em><\/strong>: Utusan Malaysia <\/em>","post_title":"Nizar Najib: \u201cDon\u2019t pick a people\u2019s rep who will ask for donations to cover their ADUN expenses\u201d","post_excerpt":"Nizar expressed his concerns that opposition assemblymen would cite not having an allocation in the constituency as an excuse to get out of helping their constituents.","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"nizar-najib-dont-pick-a-peoples-rep-who-will-ask-for-donations-to-cover-their-adun-expenses","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-10-03 11:23:19","post_modified_gmt":"2023-10-03 03:23:19","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/focusmalaysia.my\/?p=149532","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":149520,"post_author":"91","post_date":"2023-10-03 10:20:45","post_date_gmt":"2023-10-03 02:20:45","post_content":"I AGREE with my former colleague at Univesiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) Sharifah Munira Alatas that it does not make sense to talk about university students contributing to the growth of the nation if their role is subjected to oppressive laws such as the Universities and University College Act 1971 (AUKU) and other complementary laws and regulations.\r\n\r\nBeyond the campus, there are plethora of laws that could be invoked to curb student activism if found \u201cregime threatening\u201d.\r\n\r\nIt is unfortunate that those who helm the higher education ministry can merely offer platitudes rather than seeing whether there is need to hang the sword of Damocles over the necks of students.\r\n\r\nI surely agree that in this age of conservatism and racial-religious divide, the oppressive laws are basically an insurance to beget a passive behaviour on the part of students. In other words, a socialisation process to manufacture consent to those in power.\r\n\r\nGone are the days when university students rallied and protested against social injustices perpetrated in the country. The existence of oppressive laws are not the sole reason why there is lack of student activism in the campuses.\r\n\r\nClimate of conservatism<\/strong>\r\n\r\nIf students are asked about their non-activism, they will invariably point out not just the AUKU but other laws and regulations that might be detrimental to their activism. In other words, it has become a self-fulfilling prophecy on the part of inactive students to blame the oppressive laws for their lack of activism.\r\n\r\n
Student activists march during a protest over a financial scandal involving state fund, 1MDB in Kuala Lumpur on August 27, 2016 (Pic credit: MOHD RASFAN\/AFP\/Getty Images)[\/caption]\r\n\r\nHypothetically, if these laws are removed overnight, I don\u2019t think that students will suddenly jump into activism. While laws have a deterrent effect, they by themselves are not the sole reason why there is hardly any student activism in universities in the country.\r\n\r\nThe absence of student activism can be largely attributed to the long conditioning processes undertaken by regimes in power to ensure political stability and longevity. Manufacturing consent through the long process of hegemonic politics is a correct and sure way of ensuring regime stability.\r\n\r\nIn this respect, laws and other punitive measures of seeking compliance are necessary as a last resort but not the most effective way. In the words of Italian philosopher Antonio Gramsci, regimes intending to stay in power will not resort to repression but to build consensus or hegemony over a long period.\r\n\r\nHegemony refers to the consent people give to a political regime to stay in power. Similarly, if students are continuously oppressed to beget regime support, it might not serve the needs of the hegemony.\r\n\r\nIn the Malaysian context, there is a climate of conservatism among university students in not engaging in activism because they are subscribing to the hegemony of the regime. If students generally support the government in power through the hegemonic process, then why need the oppressive laws?\r\n\r\nPassive students<\/strong>\r\n\r\nUniversities are not aloof from the larger society; in many ways, they represent the microcosm of the society. Just like the larger society, student politics in the universities have come to mirror ethnic and religious politics of the society.\r\n\r\n
Prof Ramasamy Palanisamy[\/caption]\r\n\r\nGiven the primacy of ethnic and religious politics in the campus, there are alignments either in favour of the government or in favour of the opposition.\r\n\r\nAs long as campus politics do not go beyond the ethnic and religious boundaries, the administration is happy not to intervene or regulate students\u2019 activities by way of laws or regulations.\r\n\r\nIt is basically the manufacturing of consent for the hegemonic order that has prevailed in the universities. There is hardly any attempts to come together as students immaterial of ethnicity or religion.\r\n\r\nGiven the prevailing consent given by the students to the hegemonic order of the regime in power, student activism might not be there. Or alternatively, student activism might be artificially induced for regime support.\r\n\r\nEven if the laws curbing student activism is removed, there is no automatic return to active politics among students.\r\n\r\nIt is this hegemonic order that slowly and surely manufactures consent to regime stability. At the same time, the process of consent serves as powerful antidote against students\u2019 oppositional politics.\r\n\r\nThis conservatism among students in Malaysia is not unique to the country. The general decline of student activism across countries relate to how powerful ruling regimes have used sophisticated strategies to overcome dissent.\r\n\r\nWhen ministers of the Madani government are going around urging students to play a critical role in the development of society, what they are essentially saying is that students should support the efforts of the government.\r\n\r\nSo much for student activism in Malaysia! \u2013 Oct 3, 2023\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nProf Ramasamy Palanisamy is the former DAP state assemblyman for Perai. He is also the former deputy chief minister II of Penang.<\/em><\/strong>\r\n\r\nThe views expressed are solely of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Focus Malaysia<\/em>.\r\n\r\nMain pic credit: <\/strong>AskLegal.my<\/em>","post_title":"Is student activism in Malaysian public universities dead?","post_excerpt":"I AGREE with my former colleague at Univesiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) Sharifah Munira Alatas that it does not make sense to talk about university students contributing to the growth of the nation if their role is subjected to oppressive laws such as the Universities and University College Act 1971 (AUKU) and other complementary laws and regulations. \u2013 Prof Ramasamy Palanisamy","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"is-student-activism-in-malaysian-public-universities-dead","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-10-03 10:40:52","post_modified_gmt":"2023-10-03 02:40:52","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/focusmalaysia.my\/?p=149520","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":149516,"post_author":"91","post_date":"2023-10-03 08:57:43","post_date_gmt":"2023-10-03 00:57:43","post_content":"BELOW are excerpts of viewpoints from two selected research houses on what investors can expect in the day ahead:\r\n\r\nInter-Pacific Research<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThe FBM KLCI continues to falter at the start of the final quarter of the year with the incessant selling among the key index stocks sending the key index below the 1,420-support level at the close.\r\n\r\nMarket conditions remain morbid in tune with the regional market weakness on renewed concerns over global growth.\r\n\r\nThe lower liners also followed suit, resulting in total losers more than twice the number of gaining stocks for the day with traded volumes little changed at around 3.0 billion shares.\r\n\r\nAs noted earlier, that the FBM KLCI is slipping below its successive support levels has left the market in a fragile mode again, heightening the threat of further near-term downsides as market players continue to retreat due to the increased downside pressure.\r\n\r\nAs it is, the country\u2019s spate of weak economic data could see 3Q 2023 gross domestic product GDP performing worse than expected and this could further weight on the market\u2019s performance.\r\n\r\nThis could also result in the key index surrendering more of the gains it attained in 3Q 2023 as the near-term outlook becomes more challenging.\r\n\r\nWith few signs of a rebound as yet, there could be more downside bias, particularly after the key index slipped below the 1,420 level. The supports are now pegged at 1,412 points and 1,407 points respectively. The immediate hurdle is at 1,420 points, followed by 1,425 points.\r\n\r\nMalacca Securities Research<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThe FBM KLCI has extended its pullback below the 1,420 level amid broad-based profit taking activities but accompanied by a softer overall trading value.\r\n\r\nMeanwhile, the US stock markets traded mixed led by the technology stocks despite an uptick in 10-year Treasury yield by hitting a 16-year high.\r\n\r\nAlso, we think the sentiment was affected by the US Manufacturing PMI data which came in below 50, indicating that the sector continues to contract.\r\n\r\nOn the local front, we believe the market may rebound on the back of bargain hunting activities.\r\n\r\nCommodities-wise, Brent crude tumbled below US$93\/barrel level amid rising US dollar while crude palm oil (CPO) prices traded below RM3,800\/metric tonneT level.\r\n\r\nThe FBM KLCI ended lower within the current support zone of 1,400-1,420. Also, technical readings on the key index were negative with the MACD Histogram extended another negative bar while the RSI dropped below 30 into the oversold region.\r\n\r\nThe resistance is located around 1,450-1,460 while the support is located around 1,400-1,415. \u2013 Oct 3, 2023","post_title":"What to expect on Bursa Malaysia this Tuesday","post_excerpt":"That the FBM KLCI is slipping below its successive support levels has left the market in a fragile mode again, heightening the threat of further near-term downsides as market players continue to retreat due to the increased downside pressure. ","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"what-to-expect-on-bursa-malaysia-this-tuesday-91","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-10-03 08:57:43","post_modified_gmt":"2023-10-03 00:57:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/focusmalaysia.my\/?p=149516","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":149512,"post_author":"91","post_date":"2023-10-03 07:55:38","post_date_gmt":"2023-10-02 23:55:38","post_content":"I WISH to take to task PAS on the incident of one of its leaders disparaging our Chinese community in his use of the derogatory term apek seluar pendek<\/em> which means a \u201cChinese wearing shorts.\u201d\r\n\r\nAccording to a news report in Malaysiakini<\/em>, Pahang Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail has called out his Kedah counterpart Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor for disparaging the Chinese community and creating uneasiness in the Malay community just to canvass for votes in the Pelangai by-election.\r\n\r\nSanusi is no stranger to vulgarity in his statements which has made him \u2013 unfortunately \u2013 the most famous Malay politician at this time.\r\n\r\nIt is sad that Malays love this kind of foul-mouthed politician but they are used to this kind of culture from UMNO long before PAS itself discovers this effective method to popularity at the expense of the teachings of Islam, nation-building and the history of Chinese-Muslims being the protectors of Islam during the Cheng Ho-Parameswara Melaka times.\r\n\r\n
Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor[\/caption]\r\n\r\nHumiliation of human race<\/strong>\r\n\r\nFirstly<\/strong>, I will discuss the wrongness of using derogatory name calling on a person or a whole race like the Chinese in Malaysia from the perspective of Islam.\r\n\r\nThe term apek<\/em> is unanimously accepted even by Kamus Dewan<\/em> to mean an old and frail Chinese man. The term itself in normal Malay parlance many years ago when I was growing up was not meant to be derogatory.\r\n\r\nHowever, to use that phrase to mean \u201cany Chinese with short pants\u201d smack of a racial slur using religion as its basis for this name-calling.\r\n\r\nIn the book \u201cBimbingan Mu\u2019minin\u201d which is the Malay translation of an abridged version of Imam Ghazali\u2019s magnum opus \u201cIhya Ulumuddin\u201d published many hundred years ago, the author clearly warned Muslims against using their speeches to dishonour anyone purposely.\r\n\r\nProphet Muhammad himself forbade Muslims from name-calling to dishonour the enemies of Islam, warning them s that their uncontrolled speeches may result in them being placed in Hell.\r\n\r\nHere in Malaysia, we only have opposition parliamentarians, not soldiers out to kill one another.\r\n\r\nClearly, the PAS leader who attacked the Chinese in his apek seluar pendek<\/em> slur is clearly making PAS a political party that dishonours the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad. Why? No PAS leader has reprimanded the PAS leader who has uttered those words of dishonour.\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dCeBLZGBweU\r\n\r\nSecondly<\/strong>, we all know that the principle of Kesopanan dan Kesusilaan <\/em>in the Rukun Negara <\/em>(National Principles),\u00a0demand that we respect each other\u2019s culture and heritage.\r\n\r\nIt is highly doubtful that PAS leaders could misunderstand the Malay words in the Rukun Negara<\/em> to the extent of allowing their man to utter the unspeakable phrase apek seluar pendek<\/em>. PAS clearly has no interest in nation-building or honouring the Rukun Negara<\/em>.\r\n\r\nDisregarding history<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThirdly<\/strong>, PAS has also dishonoured the history of Islam in Tanah Melayu itself. Prof Khairuddin Al-Juneid, in his wonderful and masterly book \u201cIslam in Malaysia: An Entwined History\u201d elaborated the role that Laksamana Cheng Ho and other Chinese Muslim emissaries from China had played to the Nusantara and how they offered safe haven for Melaka from the threat of Siamese attacks.\r\n\r\nThe presence of \u201capek-apek\u201d from China who were Muslims represented a power that the other empires who were thinking of invading the Muslim kingdoms in Tanah Melayu had to put a permanent pause in their battle plans.\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\nFor the information of the ignorant PAS leader, these \u201capek-apek\u201d were already the intellectual, military and spiritual power long before PAS was born.\r\n\r\nAccording to Prof Khairuddin, Cheng Ho was instrumental to demand that the Siamese cease any future interference in Melaka\u2019s affairs and send gifts to China as a form of apology for its previous treatment of the Malay state.\r\n\r\nIt was purely from Cheng Ho\u2019s firm stance toward the Siamese that Melaka grew into a center for the propagation of Islam without any interruption until Cheng Ho\u2019s departure in 1431 (pages 96-99).\r\n\r\nThus, if PAS keeps silent on the foul mouth of one of its leaders disparaging the dignity of Chinese in Malaysia, the party is guilty of dishonouring Malaysia\u2019s history, the Rukun Negara<\/em> and the ada<\/em>b or mannerism of Islam itself as taught by the Prophet Muhammad.\r\n\r\nI, therefore, call on all Malaysians to demand that PAS apologise to Malaysian Chinese openly and unreservedly. We cannot be a nation if one group of people dishonours our faith in Islam, our dignity as a culture or a race, and also the history of our entwined heritage. \u2013 Oct 3, 2023\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nProf Dr Mohd Tajuddin Mohd Rasdi is Professor of Architecture at a local university and his writing reflects his personal opinion entirely. This opinion editorial first appeared in Sin Chew Daily (English version) under the headline \u201cPAS Should Apologise for Dishonouring Islam, Chinese-Muslim Tanah Melayu History and Rukunegara in \u2018Apek Seluar Pendek\u2019 Issue\u201d.<\/em><\/strong>\r\n\r\nThe views expressed are solely of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Focus Malaysia<\/em>.\r\n\r\n ","post_title":"PAS must apologise for dishonouring Islam, humiliating M'sian Chinese with \u201cApek seluar pendek\u201d slur","post_excerpt":"\"I wish to take to task PAS on the incident of one of its leaders disparaging our Chinese community in his use of the derogatory term \"apek seluar pendek\" which means a \u201cChinese wearing shorts.\u201d \u2013 Prof Dr Mohd Tajuddin Mohd Rasdi","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"pas-must-apologise-for-dishonouring-islam-humiliating-msian-chinese-with-apek-seluar-pendek-slur","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-10-03 07:55:38","post_modified_gmt":"2023-10-02 23:55:38","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/focusmalaysia.my\/?p=149512","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":2},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_22"};