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Why don't they criticise Ku Li? Posted: 22 Dec 2013 09:10 PM PST In some of my blog postings that 'criticised' Umno and the Malays for blaming other race over their poor economic showing and backwardness, I was ridiculed and labeled as pro-Chinese or pro-DAP. They didn't like me for being so downright, neither did they support my notion that the Malays have reached a point where they need to move forward alongside the Chinese and Indians, treating them as partners rather than competitors and 'robbers'. Yesterday, former Finance Minister said the same thing, reiterating what I had written many times since 2008. However, nobody criticised Ku Li, the Umno veteran who had undergone the 'thicks and thins' of Umno politics and once a Cabinet member who played a key role in Malays and Bumiputras entrepreneurship. Of all the places, he chose to said that a Perkasa meet, the Malays right-wing organisation that avows to champion and protect the rights of the Malays! Instead of wailing, lamenting and demanding more Bumiputera participation in the economy, Malays should take a good look at themselves and ask why they have been left behind, said veteran politician Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah. Tengku Razaleigh, or known as Ku Li, noted that the number of Malays holding key positions in the corporate sector had decreased compared with previous years. While Felda Global Ventures (FGV) has spread its wings to other countries and boosted trade, it did not involve many Malays. "The halal product industry is sadly controlled and dominated by non-Malays. The most disappointing thing is that several Malays, who founded local businesses, are no longer the owners but workers of the companies," Ku Li said when opening the 4th Perkasa general assembly in Kuala Lumpur today. "Let me make it clear, these developments are not related to racial issues or the special rights of Malays being ignored. "The core of the issue is that Malays have lost their edge in an increasingly competitive business arena." Malays can no longer blame others for monopolising economic wealth in Malaysia because they have been given numerous opportunities and aid. It is time for them to equip themselves with the necessary knowledge to succeed in the business arena. Ku Li said the Malays should be taught skills and knowledge so that they would learn how to be independent instead of constantly relying on the Government. He said if Malays continued to be dependent on Putrajaya, they would be swallowed by globalisation. Ku Li also said Perkasa should take a good look at itself and ask why it has been mocked and ignored by the Malay community whose rights the party professes to struggle for. He said Perkasa was perceived by many as the cause of splits between the various ethnic communities in Malaysia.  He said this was a damaging view of the party as national unity was prized in Malaysia. "Hopefully, this is not a common perception and only the view of a few extremists," he said. I have yet to hear any comment or critic to what Ku Li said in KL yesterday. I believe Perkasa was astonished and at the same time caught by surprise with that kind of stinging speech from an Umno veteran they chose to officiate the event. I personally would like to commend Ku Li for saying it out. And I can expect some nasty comments from the Malays out there, especially pro-Umno bloggers whom all this while had to tango to their party paymaster in giving the Malay rights campaign a boost!

Avoid southern Thai Posted: 22 Dec 2013 08:44 AM PST Wisma Putra should issue an advisory to Malaysians to stop going to Thailand for the time being, in light of the bombings in Danok that injured 2 Malaysians and dozens Thais yesterday. Of course Danok is among Malaysians favorite towns in south Thailand for shoppers and 'leisure hunters' apart from Golok, Betong and Takbai. Better stay safe for Christmas! Two Malaysians and 20 Thais were injured in a series of blasts in the Thai border town of Danok, in Sadao district today. The blast occurred some 1km from the Immigration, Customs and Quarantine Complex in Bukit Kayu Hitam in Padan Besar at 11.40am, reported Star Online. Malaysian consul-general in Songkhla, Mohd Faizal Razali, confirmed that the two Malaysians were injured in the blast. The report said the town was rocked by a series of four blasts from bombs hidden in parked motorcycles, with the first attack taking place in front of the police station in Sadao while the second was in a parking space at the Sadao police station. Futher north, tens of thousands of anti-government protesters took to the streets of Bangkok yesterday, some surrounding the home of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, whom they want to oust. Some 70,000 to 80,000 protesters were marching in Bangkok, Lt. Gen. Paradon Patthanathabut, Thailand's national security chief, told CNN, and 10,000 had surrounded the premier's home while she tours the northeast provinces. In a bid to cool tensions, Shinawatra dissolved the nation's parliament earlier this month and called for new elections, to be held on February 2. But the move has done little to appease anti-government protesters, who remained on the streets by the thousands. In fact, they vowed to boycott the polls.

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