Malaysian Reporter replies to Mulrennan

I was really surprised to see Kiwi student helping Pinjen to cover his ugliness. But after reading through Mulrennan letter (Salient 13). I understand why I have hurt the wound of trotskyites (Young 'Socialists'?

I must clarify that i am not aimed at smearing Pinjen personally: what I have done is Just to reflect what the students think about Pinjen's touring NZ, and to expose what Pinjen has done to the Student movement in Australia. If you really want to know what Pinjen has done in Australis. I suggest you write to student bodies in Australia (eg. Overseas Student Service); I believe they'll be very willing to supply information.

I have reflected students thoughts in my last letter that: '"rumours' have spread among Malaysians in NZ and Australia that Alan Pinjen is from a rich family which has 'fishy' relations with the Malaysian Government." At this moment, we can't confirm whether 'rumours' are romours but sooner or later someone will go and do the investigation to tell us the facts. I doubt very much that Mulrennan can confirm that Pinjen is 'progressive' either.

It is not hard to see why 'one would presume that the money came from the Malaysian Government, was it not from Young 'Socialists', if we analyse the present situation in Malaysia, in Australia and NZ. It is clear enough that NZ trotskyites will support the Australian and Malaysian trotskyites to spread the trotsky's ideas as they are having the same sour smell. Moreover, the Australian and Malaysian students do not support Malaysian trotskyites, as they consider trotsky's ideas as a threat to the student movement in Overseas and the revolutionary development in South East Asia, consequently, the only way for pinjen to get money to tour NZ is either from his best friends in NZ Young 'Socialists' or from the repressive home government.

Mulrennan also asked why I was not interested in what Pinjen had said in the forum. Well, when we come to consider whether a person is progressive, we can't simply consider or believe what he says or does isolatedly and jump into conclusion that he is reactionary or progressive. We also have to take into consideration what he/she had done in the past, i.e., we must investigate his/her family background: political stand and ideioogy and outlook of life.

We can't expect a spoilt child from a rich family, who enjoy corrupted bourgeoisie life, to become involved in revolution (unless he/ she is ready to sacrifice what he/ she already has). What he/she can do is to shout more extremist's slogans without any practice or involvement.

We should never write with those who have reactionary stand and ideology. But we have to be alert all the time as those who possess reactionary stand and ideology might not expose themself stupidly. They might create some progressive phenomenon to white wash their reactionary stand and ideology.

If we analyse Pinjen's case, we'll discover that what he has done in Australia is entirely contradicted with what says: in his Malaysian 'Socialist' Review Magazine, and in his NZ tour.

Can he be the one who possesses reactionary stand and ideology but tries to cover up, that I don't know. However, I do know that 'you can fool some people sometime but not all the people all the time",

Malaysian Report.