The Malay sense of values

The boys are for serving the Umno ‘Mak Datins’ in Kota Bharu. These young studs hang around the hotels waiting to be picked up by the horny and sex-starved Umno ‘Mak Datins’. The Umno Datuks are too busy screwing around so they no longer have any energy for their wives. So the ‘Mak Datins’ need to hire young studs to service them.

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Raja Petra Kamarudin

I am sure many non-Malays don’t quite understand the Malay mind. They think that the Malays have a peculiar sense of values. And the current bashing of Zaid Ibrahim about his ‘drinking problem’ is a case in point.

Actually, back in the 1950s and 1960s, around the time of Merdeka, most Malays in the higher echelons of society drank. Most Malay homes had bars stocked with the best liquor that would put a London pub to shame. It was not unnatural or frowned upon. Malays drank, as the Malays would say, ‘like a fish’, although in reality fish do not drink.

The army had its NAAFI where you could buy beer very cheap, RM0.50 a can, and hardly any Malay army man did not drink. And the military personnel would toast the King with wine.

That is of course now a thing of the past and, today, drinking is not treated with the same tolerance that it was 50 years or so ago. Gambling, which was also a 'social event' of days gone by, is equally frowned upon. No longer do Malays meet for their weekly game of poker or hop down to the local betting shop to buy a lottery ticket.

When PAS took over Terengganu in 1999, the state government summoned the Chinese and Indians for a meeting to discuss the banning of liquor and betting shops in the state. The Chinese and Indians told the Menteri Besar, Hadi Awang, that they had no objections to the state banning gambling (as they considered it a social evil) but they would not agree to the banning of liquor. So the state government banned gambling but not liquor.

So you see, even PAS, the so-called extremist Islamic party, focused on two main sins or evils, drinking and gambling. These were the only two ‘social ills’ that the PAS state government talked about, drinking and gambling. In Kelantan, a state that PAS took over in 1990, the state government did the same thing. They banned gambling and liquor.

If you were to attend the congregational prayers in the mosques on Friday, you will hear the imam preach about the sins that Muslims perpetuate, drinking and gambling. The imams would condemn Muslims who drink and/or gamble. The Muslims would be made to understand that these are the two sins or vices they should avoid. So Muslims fully understand that drinking and gambling are to be shunned.

It is quite understandable, therefore, that they would use this against Zaid. If they can convince the Malay voters in Hulu Selangor that Zaid drinks (or, better still, drinks and gambles as well) then there would be a good chance the Malay voters would reject Zaid.

The non-Malays would not be faulted if they feel that there is something wrong with the Malay sense of values. Why are they only talking about drinking? Surely vices, sins and crimes extend beyond just drinking? Who do you harm if you drink? And we are not talking about someone being an alcoholic here. Even non-Malays look down on alcoholics. We are talking about social drinking. To the non-Malays this is not a sin or crime at all. So why is it such a big deal?

The non-Malays may be looking at things from their own perspective. If they would just look at it from the Malay perspective then they would understand the issue. For 50 years Malays have been indoctrinated with the belief that drinking and gambling are serious sins in Islam. Any Malay who drinks and/or gambles is to be condemned. That is what 50 years of sermons in the mosques have been screaming about. So they would hardly be any Malays in Malaysia who would dare defend drinking or gambling.

Actually, back in the 1970s, PAS in Terengganu too had a wakil rakyat, an ex-army officer, who drank. Everyone knew about it but no one talked about it. Maybe today that would not be possible but back then even PAS ‘closed its eyes’ to the issue.

I remember a story about the PAS President, Asri Muda, meeting the first Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman in his home. The Tunku greeted Asri at the door with a whiskey glass in hand and Asri exclaimed his shock. After all, it was still breakfast time and too early to ‘hit the bottle’.

The Tunku replied that he had just done his subuh prayers and still had his ablution (wuduk). So, in that sense, he has performed his religious duty and his drinking does not dilute his prayers. “Liquor and water do not mix,” the Tunku replied.

No, there was no bullshit or hypocrisy in those days. The Umno President cum Malaysian Prime Minister drank and he never hid that fact. He even met the PAS President for breakfast with a whiskey glass in hand. And he still had his ablution while he held his whiskey glass.

Umno people drink. They still do till today. You can see them all over town. Just go to Heritage Row or the Havana Club or the Press Club and see for yourself. Most members of the Royal Family drink as well, many in the privacy of their homes and some in public as well. Show me how many top guns of Umno or members of the Royal Family who do not drink. Okay, some do not, but most do, so those who drink are in the majority, not the minority.

The issue we should focus on is not whether Zaid drinks and therefore whether this makes him an unsuitable leader. The issue we should focus on is whom are those making this allegation? Those making this allegation are those who themselves drink.

I know many ‘Mak Datins’, wives of top Umno people, who don’t drink or gamble. But they do other things that could be considered worse. I personally know a group of Umno ‘Mak Datins’ from Terengganu who go to Thailand or Indonesia from time to time. They normally go in groups of four or five. And the purpose of these jaunts is to look for young studs for a weekend of wild sex.

Yes, these ‘Mak Datins’ do not drink or gamble. But they make excursions to neighbouring countries for a good screw. I, of course, know them personally. One even sent me a message saying that if I wanted to screw her she would drop her panties for me any time.

Unfortunately my wife intercepted that message and she made sure that this ‘Mak Datin’ kept her distance. This particular ‘Mak Datin’ even invited my wife to join their gang on a trip to Kuala Lumpur where they had a few young studs waiting to service them. My wife never joined them of course but since then she made sure that when I made any trip to Kuala Lumpur these ‘Mak Datins’ were also not ‘coincidentally’ in town having a party.

Kelantan has been under an Islamic government over the last 20 years since 1990. Liquor and gambling is no longer allowed in that state. But if you were to cruise round Kota Bharu you can find young girls and boys hanging around the main hotels waiting for clients. Yes, young girls and boys. What the girls are doing there is obvious but why the boys, you might ask.

The boys are for serving the Umno ‘Mak Datins’ in Kota Bharu. These young studs hang around the hotels waiting to be picked up by the horny and sex-starved Umno ‘Mak Datins’. The Umno Datuks are too busy screwing around so they no longer have any energy for their wives. So the ‘Mak Datins’ need to hire young studs to service them.

I once took my wife for a cruise round Kota Bharu to prove this. We stopped at a back lane at one of leading hotels and a young man walked over to our car. My wife was tickled that the most Islamic town in Malaysia in the most Islamic state, Serambi Mekah (the Corridor to Mekah), is more ‘advanced’ than Kuala Lumpur.

Yes, Zaid is ‘immoral’ because, according to Umno, he drinks. If this allegation came from PAS I would not want to say more. But this allegation is coming from Umno. And when the Umno Datuks and Umno ‘Mak Datins’ screw around, which Zaid and his wife do not, I just do not see how the hand that has sinned even worse can cast the first stone.

And I am not yet even talking about corruption, abuse of power, robbing from the rakyat, and whatnot. I doubt I need to talk about those issues that all Malaysians are aware of.

What is perplexing is that Malays get all hot and bothered on the issue of drinking. But when it comes to screwing around, corruption, and much more, the Malays are cool. They will reject someone who is said to be drinking. But they have no problems embracing someone who screws around or is corrupted to the core.

How does one explain the Malay mind? How do we analyse the Malay sense of values?

Don’t ask me. I have stopped trying to understand the Malay mind a long time ago.

By the way, if you need to get in touch with any of these ‘Mak Datins’ don’t give me a call because they will tell you they will agree to meet you only if you bring me along and that is going to get me into a whole load of trouble with my wife.