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[unclear: fer] to the letters in Salient dated 3.9.79, Attacks on David Lo, and would like to [unclear: ent] on the immature and factually [unclear: ect] statements about him.

[unclear: quite] evident to many students, that [unclear: fgfg] has written is very true. Mr Lo seems to be [unclear: ly] Malaysian at VUW, who seems to have [unclear: ts] to stand up against those bigots who run [unclear: UA] and MSSA; these spineless people who [unclear: teh] condemn the New Zealand Government, but dare not even whimper at the racial intolerance in their own country.

Sure, Mr Lo was an activist who collected signatures of protest against Tun Ruzak in 1977. (Not the 45% cut-back; Get your facts right Salleh.) He was fighting for the freedom on speech and political prisoners in Malaysia.

The fact still remains that we are overseas students, studying here at the invitation of the New Zealand government and the people. Well Salleh and S. Ng, if you don't like it here, get the bloody hell out, and stop ruining the already tarnished image of overseas students.

Sad to say many Malaysian students are nothing but a pain. Any overseas Chinese is stereotyped a Malaysian, and is in general shunned by other students. They move in cliquey groups, creating their own suburbs of Petaling Jaya in Wellington. Above all these Malaysians are not as poor as they claim to be. Just go down to the TAB on Saturdays and you will see what I mean. Please don't use the excuse, "They are the local Chinese," for we all know they are not.

Sure we are an oppressed people back home, but after a while we learn to live with it, to survive, so Salleh and S.Ng, don't go around writing all this garbage. The plain truth is that you both don't have any guts to express your true feelings to your own Government, so you use Salient to attack the only level-headed Malaysian around.

If we have to pay for our education, we jolly well pay, or get out. Maybe the proverbial Abu Sajed would like to comment. As for you dumb Malaysians, don't bother, you're all so thick that you'll probably repeat the same trash written by Salleh and S.Ng.