We
would like to congratulate Majistrate Muhamad Hidayat Wahab for sentencing
Leong Pei Koe, a Malaysian who recently received his Singaporean permanent
resident-ship over the charge of giving obscene gesture to Raja Permaisuri
Agong Tuanku Hajah Haminah as her official vehicle passed through Bayan lepas
International Airport's departure hall on February 13, and over the same
gesture given to a police officer, ASP Mohamad Fakhrudin Abdul Hamid who was at
the same place, date and time.
Leong
Pei Koe is sentenced to 30 days jail term and RM6,000 fine or two month jail
term if he fails to pay the fine on the first charge, and 7 days jail term and
RM2,000 fine or a month jail term if he fails to pay the fine on the second
charge.
Leong
Pei Koe is not a child nor a teenager, he is 29 years old. However, Pei Koe,
just like any other Malaysian Chinese, cannot express their loyalty towards
Malaysia. Instead, they still practice on their racism and their kiasu-ness.
Kiasu
brings the meaning of refuse to lose, and Singapore was born from this behavior
where the Chinese refuse to accept the fact that they would fall under the
leadership of Malay government.
Being
kiasu kills humanity. Moral values such as being humble and respecting others
would never exist in people who are kiasu. In other words, they are often rude.
So it is not surprising when Pei Koe continued showing obscene gestures even
though he was warned by the police. He also said,"Malays do not have any
power in Penang, because the state is owned by the Chinese."
Pei
Koe seems to show the same hate which was shown by DAP back during the May 13,
1969 tragedy, It is clear that such spirit has never really sank and only
proves that DAP still breathe with racism.
Actually,
if you did or do have Chinese friends from other countries who are kiasu, you
can see how being rude is something normal for them. Spitting into garbage
bins, blowing their nose in public, eating like they have never eaten all their
life, those are all part of their culture.
If
you observe even closer, you will find that they would never say anything like
'thank you', or 'sorry; or even an 'excuse me' as part of their daily
interactions. They would never even admit any of their mistakes, until they are
stuck like Pei Koe. They are also often unashamed if their lies are exposed
because to them, they are far more superior than other races and the world
belong to them.
Do
you still remember how Singapore remain quiet when Wikileaks revealed a private
conversation between their leader with America where the Singaporean leader
ended up describing leaders of other countries as 'idiots, 'slow', 'no
credibility' etc.? Up until now, Singapore is still yet to apologize. Instead,
they simply act as if nothing happened.
However,
we cannot deny that not all Chinese are kiasu. Malaysian Chinese who live in
rural areas or areas with Malays as its majority do have high moral values.
But
other than them, especially Singaporean Chinese, are extreme kiasu. They often
look down upon other races and they would never leave any room for other races
to compete with them.
Sadly,
Singaporean Malays are still living in denial. In some cases, we could see how
some Singaporean Malays believe that they are born as second class citizens.
Even
though many of us may have misjudged on the fact that even if not all Chinese
are kiasu, they still hold on to one thing, they would never give any chance to
other race in terms of work or business no matter how polite or hard working we
are. They would only use as their 'network' or 'knowledge' instead.
And
Pei Koe is the reflection of a true kiasu Chinese in DAP as well as PAP.
However,
the question here is, what makes Pei Koe that brave that he could do such a
thing? Is it because he thinks that he would be given the chance to meet with
any Ministers and he would later benefit from what he did?
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