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Posted: 03 Dec 2013 12:24 AM PST The Kedah state government has issued a stop work order to a housing developer who bulldozed what is believed to be an ancient Hindu civilisation site in Lembah Bujang. Saw Guan Keat, project manager for Bandar Saujana Sdn Bhd, was reported as saying the workers did not know the historical significant of the stones and would have left candi number 11 alone if they had known the stones on the land were the temple ruins of a once-great civilisation. "We had a site visit before land clearing started in September. We saw a stone structure (the candi). We did not know what it was," Saw was quoted saying. "If we had known the structure was a historical site, we would not have cleared it." Fine. Fair enough. Nobody's blaming him. However, let's read what our good friend Elangovan Annamalai, National Chairman of Mieta at MIETA (Malaysian Indian Education Transformation Association) wrote in a social media, which to me was a little bit off course: "Biar saya menyingkap serba sedikit tentang 'kebijaksanaan' kerajaan Malaysia.Adoiiii! From Lembah Bujang to Hang Tuah and Hang Li Po! I believe Elangovan was emotionally-obsessed by the incident that he lost his head. I understand his sentiment but as Malaysians, we should take a good care of our tongue. Now, let's hear to what Malay historians and 'orang Melaka' got to say about what he wrote. |
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