'Minors were brought to the 'balai police' and questioned without the presence of their legal guardians. Is that allowed in Malaysia?'
Cops question students for 10 hours over 'Interlok'
Gandhi: Matters are getting worse. Where is Hulu Selangor parliamentarian P Kamalanathan, Niat (National 'Interlok' Action Team) and all other Indian NGOs supposedly concern but are unable to help in this situation?
What audacity for the police officer to take the students to the police station. All MPs from across the political divide must raise this in Parliament. This atrocity is happening just because of a lousy novel?
The discipline teacher must apologise and the police officer must resign from his PTA (Parent-Teacher Association) chairmanship. Indians must remember this and vote Kamalanathan out.
Norman Fernandez: In a recent poll, it was the Indians who gave the highest approval for PM Najib Razak. See how in the recent by-elections Indians bent backwards to support BN?
Then they complain and blame Pakatan Rakyat for not realising that Indians have been discriminated for 53 years by BN. You cannot expect miracles from Pakatan in two years.
Indians have no choice but to learn the hard way. Maybe these students may become Pakatan supporters in future. Who knows, this incident may have a silver lining to it.
Anonymous: I see some the politicians here are taking advantage in this case by asking the Indians not to vote for this party or that party. Hello, we are talking about our children's education and well-being here, not your stupid politics. Please, for God's sake, for once think like a human being rather for your own benefit.
I find it very wrong for the Education Ministry to do this to our Indian children. I'm in the services line and I have never discriminated against any Malay or Chinese.
What's wrong with these teachers? They seriously need to go for psychiatric evaluation before they are allowed to teach in school. Please withdraw 'Interlok' before it causes further damage to this country.
Thisia: I'm an Indian Malaysian and I can understand why there are Indians who still vote for Umno-BN even after so much atrocities have been committed against this community.
Just look at the previous two by-elections: one Indian family has been eating biawak (iguana) as they can't afford to pay for a decent meal. So when Umno-BN enters such estates and gives away Milo and milk, it's something they can't afford to buy, so they blindly vote for Umno-BN.
By keeping Indians below the poverty line this way, Umno-BN will always get the Indian vote.
Anonymous4076: Cikgu kata 'keling pariah' tapi murid di hukum. Manalah keadilan? Is this the hidden agenda of the Umno-led government behind introducing the 'Interlok' novel in the SPM syllabus? As a citizen of this country, we don't deserve this.
AkuMelayu: The fact is that the majority of Indians didn't find 'Interlok' offensive. Only a minority of Indians were offended by it and it is only after they were instigated by the opposition politicians and NGOs. We must not allow others to dictate our thinking, because God give us brains to decide on what is best for our future.
Temenggong: So many foolish-minded persons are equating voting patterns to the 'Interlok' book. Does it not occur to them that the discipline teacher and school head may be PKR and PAS members?
That Malays and Chinese had also voted for BN in the last three by-elections? That when issues arise, the people naturally turn to no one but Hindraf? That when there are issues confronting the Indian community, DAP, PKR and PAS are nowhere to be seen?
Not a word from the relevant elected MPs and state representatives, and yet they expect the people to vote them? No wonder BN keeps winning.
Sabawak: The head of the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) Bakhtiar Rashid took the children to the police station? For what? Does that explain the stupidity?
A cop is the head of the PTA and he decides to act on a matter that is purely for the school to attend to? The headmaster has abandoned his duties and should be severely punished, sacked if necessary.
Anonymous: How come the school children are using this book. I thought it would be distributed only after amendments are made? The PTA head was showing his authority to the school children. You can't take them to police station for returning the books and the worst part without the parents' consent.
DPM Muhyiddin Yassin has to answer for this. Stop your arrogance.
Phoenix Star 88: During the era 'Interlok' was set, the term 'pariah' was still in official use in British India. Hence, it would be historically accurate for people during this era to describe a low-caste Tamil Indian as being from the 'kasta pariah'. India only prohibited the use 'pariah' decades later.
The novel has some factual errors but it still does reflect the realities of life during this era. The early Indian and Chinese settlers had a lot of social problems which is expected of any immigrant community trying to settle in. Alcoholism and wife-beating was historically a problem for Indians during this era. The Chinese faced fierce clan wars and opium addiction.
However, the choice of 'Interlok' as a textbook is unwise especially at a time where race relations are fragile and people tend to be so sensitive about race. I doubt that 17-year-olds and their teachers can analyse the book within the right historical context.
Kgen: I had a ex-colleague who was accused by the boss for stealing software and the boss called the police to the office to question him. He was so shaken that he burst into tears.
Now we have school children taken to the police station and questioned for 10 hours without their parents and this idiot Norel said it is "standard procedure". This is truly a country where the minorities are threatened and harassed if they so much as dare to whisper against 'Ketuanan Melayu'.
'Interlok' has become a symbol of their 'ketuanan' and their right to use this racist book. Nobody, not even school children can be allowed to question this. This is the Malaysia which MCA, MIC and Gerakan help Umno to build.
Anonymous_5fb: To me, this is a case of a police, who is a law enforcer, took laws into his own hand for 'arresting' the Indian students to a police station, kept them there by questioning them for 10 hours. The parents concerned could actually sue the police for kidnapping their children.
Rajakera: There should be disciplinary action taken against the police for removing minors from the school without the presence of their guardians/parents. They have no business interfering in affairs of the school. The students broke no law.
Why are the school teachers using the police to instill fear in students? The students should be spoken to and convinced to do the right thing if they are not doing so. This is a disgusting state of affairs that are taking place in our country.
If books are provided for education they should not contain racist material inspite of the BN politicians who are happy to encourage racism so as to win votes so that they can rape the wealth of our country.
The role of teachers is to teach the right thing to all students and to teach them to love and respect all races and religions, otherwise the teachers should be sacked as they do not qualify to teach.
Alice's cat: Minors were brought to the 'balai police' and questioned without the presence of their legal guardians. Is that allowed in Malaysia? Is that legal?
Shanu: Muhyiddin, you gave us the impression that the books were not distributed yet, but here it shows that the schools are actually teaching the book and the effect is - teachers are abusing students using the 'k' word as well as the 'p' word.
This must be what our dear 'sasterawan negara' (national laureate) Abdullah Hussain meant when he said that he stands by his book - he claims to know the history of the Indians better than Indians themselves.
Is it a programme meant to belittle all Indians?
Zz2XX: I think this a brilliant move. We should organise a date and time for all pupils in the whole of Malaysia to return the book to their headmasters.
Cops question students for 10 hours over 'Interlok'
Gandhi: Matters are getting worse. Where is Hulu Selangor parliamentarian P Kamalanathan, Niat (National 'Interlok' Action Team) and all other Indian NGOs supposedly concern but are unable to help in this situation?
What audacity for the police officer to take the students to the police station. All MPs from across the political divide must raise this in Parliament. This atrocity is happening just because of a lousy novel?
The discipline teacher must apologise and the police officer must resign from his PTA (Parent-Teacher Association) chairmanship. Indians must remember this and vote Kamalanathan out.
Norman Fernandez: In a recent poll, it was the Indians who gave the highest approval for PM Najib Razak. See how in the recent by-elections Indians bent backwards to support BN?
Then they complain and blame Pakatan Rakyat for not realising that Indians have been discriminated for 53 years by BN. You cannot expect miracles from Pakatan in two years.
Indians have no choice but to learn the hard way. Maybe these students may become Pakatan supporters in future. Who knows, this incident may have a silver lining to it.
Anonymous: I see some the politicians here are taking advantage in this case by asking the Indians not to vote for this party or that party. Hello, we are talking about our children's education and well-being here, not your stupid politics. Please, for God's sake, for once think like a human being rather for your own benefit.
I find it very wrong for the Education Ministry to do this to our Indian children. I'm in the services line and I have never discriminated against any Malay or Chinese.
What's wrong with these teachers? They seriously need to go for psychiatric evaluation before they are allowed to teach in school. Please withdraw 'Interlok' before it causes further damage to this country.
Thisia: I'm an Indian Malaysian and I can understand why there are Indians who still vote for Umno-BN even after so much atrocities have been committed against this community.
Just look at the previous two by-elections: one Indian family has been eating biawak (iguana) as they can't afford to pay for a decent meal. So when Umno-BN enters such estates and gives away Milo and milk, it's something they can't afford to buy, so they blindly vote for Umno-BN.
By keeping Indians below the poverty line this way, Umno-BN will always get the Indian vote.
Anonymous4076: Cikgu kata 'keling pariah' tapi murid di hukum. Manalah keadilan? Is this the hidden agenda of the Umno-led government behind introducing the 'Interlok' novel in the SPM syllabus? As a citizen of this country, we don't deserve this.
AkuMelayu: The fact is that the majority of Indians didn't find 'Interlok' offensive. Only a minority of Indians were offended by it and it is only after they were instigated by the opposition politicians and NGOs. We must not allow others to dictate our thinking, because God give us brains to decide on what is best for our future.
Temenggong: So many foolish-minded persons are equating voting patterns to the 'Interlok' book. Does it not occur to them that the discipline teacher and school head may be PKR and PAS members?
That Malays and Chinese had also voted for BN in the last three by-elections? That when issues arise, the people naturally turn to no one but Hindraf? That when there are issues confronting the Indian community, DAP, PKR and PAS are nowhere to be seen?
Not a word from the relevant elected MPs and state representatives, and yet they expect the people to vote them? No wonder BN keeps winning.
Sabawak: The head of the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) Bakhtiar Rashid took the children to the police station? For what? Does that explain the stupidity?
A cop is the head of the PTA and he decides to act on a matter that is purely for the school to attend to? The headmaster has abandoned his duties and should be severely punished, sacked if necessary.
Anonymous: How come the school children are using this book. I thought it would be distributed only after amendments are made? The PTA head was showing his authority to the school children. You can't take them to police station for returning the books and the worst part without the parents' consent.
DPM Muhyiddin Yassin has to answer for this. Stop your arrogance.
Phoenix Star 88: During the era 'Interlok' was set, the term 'pariah' was still in official use in British India. Hence, it would be historically accurate for people during this era to describe a low-caste Tamil Indian as being from the 'kasta pariah'. India only prohibited the use 'pariah' decades later.
The novel has some factual errors but it still does reflect the realities of life during this era. The early Indian and Chinese settlers had a lot of social problems which is expected of any immigrant community trying to settle in. Alcoholism and wife-beating was historically a problem for Indians during this era. The Chinese faced fierce clan wars and opium addiction.
However, the choice of 'Interlok' as a textbook is unwise especially at a time where race relations are fragile and people tend to be so sensitive about race. I doubt that 17-year-olds and their teachers can analyse the book within the right historical context.
Kgen: I had a ex-colleague who was accused by the boss for stealing software and the boss called the police to the office to question him. He was so shaken that he burst into tears.
Now we have school children taken to the police station and questioned for 10 hours without their parents and this idiot Norel said it is "standard procedure". This is truly a country where the minorities are threatened and harassed if they so much as dare to whisper against 'Ketuanan Melayu'.
'Interlok' has become a symbol of their 'ketuanan' and their right to use this racist book. Nobody, not even school children can be allowed to question this. This is the Malaysia which MCA, MIC and Gerakan help Umno to build.
Anonymous_5fb: To me, this is a case of a police, who is a law enforcer, took laws into his own hand for 'arresting' the Indian students to a police station, kept them there by questioning them for 10 hours. The parents concerned could actually sue the police for kidnapping their children.
Rajakera: There should be disciplinary action taken against the police for removing minors from the school without the presence of their guardians/parents. They have no business interfering in affairs of the school. The students broke no law.
Why are the school teachers using the police to instill fear in students? The students should be spoken to and convinced to do the right thing if they are not doing so. This is a disgusting state of affairs that are taking place in our country.
If books are provided for education they should not contain racist material inspite of the BN politicians who are happy to encourage racism so as to win votes so that they can rape the wealth of our country.
The role of teachers is to teach the right thing to all students and to teach them to love and respect all races and religions, otherwise the teachers should be sacked as they do not qualify to teach.
Alice's cat: Minors were brought to the 'balai police' and questioned without the presence of their legal guardians. Is that allowed in Malaysia? Is that legal?
Shanu: Muhyiddin, you gave us the impression that the books were not distributed yet, but here it shows that the schools are actually teaching the book and the effect is - teachers are abusing students using the 'k' word as well as the 'p' word.
This must be what our dear 'sasterawan negara' (national laureate) Abdullah Hussain meant when he said that he stands by his book - he claims to know the history of the Indians better than Indians themselves.
Is it a programme meant to belittle all Indians?
Zz2XX: I think this a brilliant move. We should organise a date and time for all pupils in the whole of Malaysia to return the book to their headmasters.
1 comment:
Returning school text book/s is a crime in Malaisia.
Under article 153 umno's law
Indians eating the " biawak curry " is considered as living in luxury
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