Ah, yes. Malaysian students should not get themselves into opposition activities but it’s alright to join the ruling party’s Kelab UMNO Minnesota or any other Kelab UMNO Luar Negara.
I received the following letters via Malaysian students’ association at my alma mater.
Bah. If you are “Malayly-challenged“, here’s a rough translation:
President,
Malaysian students’ association (MSA),Students’ involvement in activities that go against government policy
The government is seriously concerned with students’ involvement in activities sponsored by the Malaysian opposition parties, especially students that are subsidized by the government or any other government agency.
As such, student leaders must remind their respective association members not to attend such activities.
If there are students that are active in any opposition sponsored event, student leaders are requested to inform the Malaysian Student Department (MSD) at Chicago immediately.
Director,
MSD Chicago
[Stamp]
Practice caution – MSA presidents are the newly-instated moles of the ruling party. Now, you people will need to go underground. Heh.
This policy is not new. It’s just that the ruling party (aka the government) in the past few years have been rather flexible on it. This development is a signal that the ruling party is re-emphasizing the policy.
p/s – read [672] Of Anwar Ibrahim at Michigan for context.
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“PREDIDEN” ? In the letter (Bahasa Malaysia). Looks like they were in a rush issuing the letter, they didn’t proof-read it.
Well, big surprise there. The government has no qualms about declaring in its mouthpiece, the NST, things like “democratising the local authorities is not likely to happen soon” because “the Opposition tends to dominate such councils as part of the electorate�s desire for checks-and-balances.” (Get the full article at my forum/blog. Btw, _earth, what went wrong when you registered? If you got an empty form when you hit the submit button, your account was registered – it’s just a flaw in the programming I’m going to fix soon.)
as always.. how can they keep on suppressing the opposition party? They’ve already done so in the media of our country and now they’re even attempting to regulate the malaysian societies overseas! so much for freedom of speech, Malaysia Boleh! haha
A few steps back again…
selamat hari raya jebai..
maaf zahir batin..
kalau buat open house jgn lupa nak jemput..
chao2
oh my! what is malaysia coming to