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Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Vol. 38, No. 12. June 4 1975

Stop oppression in Malaysia

Stop oppression in Malaysia

Dear Sir,

Hear! Hear! Robert Pui & other patriotic Malaysians' "Open letter to Razak". Be it known to you that there are many people who are behind you and your actions. God be with you all and give you strength.

The unfolding of events, put & present, of the Umno dominated alliance government's repressive actions are beginning to slow to a showdown with the people. How can a government, while looking to the interest of some, stamp down, almost impudently, on minority or even majority interests? It is clear these are not true-blue politicians, but power hungry grasping "mad-mullahs"; devoid of any sense of morality and totally unscrupulously corrupt. Peasants are easy to hoodwink m'lad, but not students. No sir, they need the University & Colleges Act & Internal Security Act to handle them. The Malaysian Chinese? The May 13 incident should keep them in line. We can always bring in the Royal Malay Regiment to systematically massaere them, like we did before. No Sir, a government with blood on its hands will never do! Neither is one who feeds us with malicious lies & distorted facts for their own personal gain; who takes upon defenceless women like Juliet Chin; and who keeps the rural Malays ignorant and the monarchies inclined and then to say the Malaysian Chinese are exploiting them!!

The way events are shaping up, would it surprise you to place the Razak's clique in a position comparable to Vietnam's Thieu and Cambodia's Lon Nol? Maybe the only way to oppose effectively is to join the Communists. To oppose legally and in a perfectly constitutional manner is to be silenced more effectively like Juliet Chin, Hamah Kassim and other political detainees. If the very credibility of the Domino Theory becomes a reality, it is not because of communist movements but because of inept incumbents and corrupt politicians like the people whose names of which there is no worth of mention. At the very least, comparing standards, maybe Lee Kuan Yew isn't so bad after all. At least, there is no racial discrimination, no empty promises.

No country is perfect, but thank God for New Zealand and its freedom of speech & action. I say Malaysians, it is time to realize the opportunity to speak out. I say free Juliet Chin, Hamzah Kassim, and other persons detained under the Internal Security Act. I say". The government must rethink its whole approach or else abdicate in favour of citizens who are sincerely and genuinely concerned with bringing real progress to the country. Until you (Razak & Clique) are prepared to listen to the just demands of the people, you have no right to rule . . . History speaks for us".

Yours sincerely,

XYZ.