Fighting Oppression

This is an open letter to all bigots, racists, reactionary running dogs, pseudo Christians (including OCFers, Navigators, Aligators, Mooners, etc.), jelly kneed, chicken hearted, self centred, apathetic High School, 1st year, 2nd year......... 10th year Malaysian students.

To all of you, I want to say Pull Up Your Socks you bunch of political nincompoops and robots. You are a colossal Disgrace to your fellow students and a heartache to your country's people. Shame, Shame, Shame. All of you should be paraded in Pigeon Park with toilet roll streamers printed with Shame, Shame, Shame, all across.

Since 1976, the NZ government has openly started the political prosecution of overseas students especially the Malaysians with "blessing" from the Malaysian authorities (this conspiracy is now an open secret.) That was the 45% cutback. More blatantly discriminatory and racist policies followed in quick succession, Marriage of Convenience; Mass deportation of student 'over stayers'; No capping rights; and now a round about face turn in its foreign aid policy, to sell education at $1,500 a year to overseas students.

And what was the response when efforts were made to organise against such flagrant violation of our basic democratic rights? A bloody dumb blank wall of silence, the 'glorious' tradition of Malaysian Apathy. And behind the wall of Tidak Apa, filthy scabs, scurry about peddling their 'scare political rumours and slander. Fakes donned round white collars, joined in to preach appeasement. "Thou shalt receive what they masters shit"

This incidently, is also the political philosophy of Abu Sajed and a 'Concerned Student' in Salient Issue No. 16, who claimed he got the "Cream", a tragic blind confusion over frothy, yellowish liquid direhoea of a pig! The only kind of animal that could consume such 'cream' with gusto must be a psychotic with a plastic tongue. It is not worth writing any further on such revolting, ever faithful, shit gobbling animals.

The Malaysian community can conveniently write-off and disown such morbid black sheep. Probably more hope lies with elected student representatives?

But, behold, our so called esteemed student leader too turned to be such a perverted political midget in time of test. To quote but a most recent case of immaturity and sheer lack of guts. When Malaysian Paranoic Mahitir (Alias Idi Amin) stuns the world with his cranky "shoot on sight" solution to Vietnamese refugees, the President of MSA, Mr Shu Sze Hong was asked to comment by the Evening Post. He refused, saying to do so would "Jeopardise the position of foreign students in New Zealand"! (source: Evening Post 16 June). Till now I still could not understand the logic in that statement, but it is definitely, the most timid and unconveiyable statement in the history of Malaysian students in NZ. Infact, he was more cautious than Big Brother Diplomat on the Terrace. Could we believe Mr Shu can lead in the fight for our welfare and interest? Need I say more.

What about our younger generation, the High School students. When the $1500 fees was announced, some were justifiably angry; some filled with self pity, and Some 'openly' don't give a damn.

After a hard fought campaign, Part of the battle was won. Those in High Schools will be exempted from the rise. But the fight goes on to completely revoke this discriminatory fee. To sit back now and say it not longer effects you, is [unclear: usterly] deplorable, self-centred and selfish. None of those who had been and still are working in the campaign is directly affected. They are fighting for your interest and that of our fellow brothers and sisters who were denied a tertiary education at home. To those complacent students, I ask, where is your conscience?

My appeal is simple, come out from behind those curry fumes and textbooks. We are not going to throw shit at each other and make a laughing stock of ourselves. We are going to stand together and show the NZ government they cannot shove us around. As long as we are here, we have to show the NZ people, we have our pride and dignity as a Malaysian Community. Scabs, bananas and tail wagging animals should be exposed as not belonging to our kind.