Malaysian should work together for peace and harmony

The Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi call all Malaysians share the task of ensuring peace and harmony for continued economic development.

Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said the responsibility of maintaining peace and harmony in the country did not rest on his shoulders alone but on all races.

He admitted that although much had been done by the Government for the people’s well being, problems still arose from time to time, which required the collective effort of all to be resolved.

The Prime Minister said the Government balanced its help on the basis of the country's racial composition, where the Malay community was the largest, followed by the Chinese and Indians.

As we know, Malaysia is a multi racial country; any action taken by the government can cause criticism and unhappiness if the action seems to be bias. Any statement issued by politician may carry negative implications, so all need to be responsible and careful.

Under any circumstances, Malaysian should respect one another and not make any baseless accusations against each other as urged by PM.

PM: Racial clashes just rumours

Short messaging service text of racial gatherings or clashes Sunday December 16, 2007, especially in the Kampung Baru area here, are just rumours, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said.

“Rumours, rumours, rumours. Tell me who is it from? As far as I know, the Malays are not having any such gathering.

“Don’t make up stories and scare people,” the Prime Minister told reporters after chairing the Umno supreme council meeting at PWTC here yesterday.

By the way, it seems that some irresponsible people had exploited the current situation to create the instability of the country for their personal political benefits.

Polis should take extra precaution and the politicians should mind your languages.

American mind your own business!

The United States demanded on Thursday that Malaysia provide fair treatment to five leaders of a rights group held under the Internal Security Act (ISA) for a initial two-year period.

Malaysia has told the United States to give fair trials to detainees at its Cuban military prison before criticizing it for holding five Hindraf leaders.

"Can they first of all give a fair trial to the detainees in Guantanamo Bay? We will only respond if they do so," the New Straits Times newspaper quoted deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak as saying.

The ISA is a security law that allows for indefinite detention without trial. There are about 290 detainees at the US camp in Guantanamo, Cuba.

To fight for the rights is nothing wrong but Hindraf is pushing for an end to discrimination of minority ethnic Indians in multi-racial Malaysia, which created the instability, seems to be questionable.

Hindraf enraged the government last month by mustering at least 30,000 people to the streets of Kuala Lumpur to highlight issues facing Indian Malaysians, including a lack of economic opportunities and the destruction of Hindu temples.

The detained leaders are (from left): P. Uthayakumar, M. Manoharan, R. Kengadharan, V. Ganabatirau and K. Vasantha Kumar.

The reactions of Malaysian are complex but acted maturely by demanded the government take tough action against the five from the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf).

The demanding of the United States seems to be unjustified as is it the internal affairs of Malaysian. Further more, the United States also did not give even fair trials to detainees at its Cuban military. United States need to give fair trials to detainees at its Cuban military prison before criticizing it for holding five Hindraf leaders by the Malaysian government.