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Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Vol. 38, No. 9. April 29, 1975

A Diseased System

A Diseased System

Dear Bruce,

Thank you for your enthusiasm in publishing the "News from Malaysia and Singapore" and 'Malaysia Special' from which I really enrich my knowledge and understanding of my own country.

1)On the surface my country is a wealthy country, miles and miles of acres of rubber plantations, tons and tons of tine ores ... so beautiful and so rich ... like a dream .... but deep down the majority of people are poor. My own people are suffering. Sad and disgusting!
2)Now I know why they are poor. They are poor because:
a)My own government overtly conspires with those foreigner capitalists to expoit and suppress our own people. Let 'other people' eat 'chicken', 'pork' and own people are forced to eat yams and other low-quality foods instead of rice.
b)These foreign capitalists are also supported by Malay landlords and non-Malay compradores. In other words, Malaysia has not yet achieved her economic independence. It is still a neocolony of Britain, America and Japan. What a pity!
3)Now I realise that there exists a diseased system in my country needing to be reorganised. Mass demonstrations by peasants and students show their response to their innate impulses as human beings. They are only hoping to fulfil their obligations to work for the betterment of the people, to combat social injustice so as to lay a path to a more just and equal society. What is wrong with these demands? Our government accused them as 'meddlers', branded them as 'trouble makers' Why? The authorities irresponsibility towards the demand for their (the peasants) fundamental rights to live mirrors a system devoid of understanding and concern for humanity. It reveals the ugly profile of the system A system sickly diseased.

I strongly urge that all Malaysian students in New Zealand should pay-more attendion to this diseased system in our beloved country.

Yours,

'Baling'