Senator Datuk Wira Syed Ali Alhabshee seems to be a proud man! His Cheras UMNO division has setup a fund to help the poor Utusan Malaysia which is being sued for RM30Mil by Teresa Kok.

My father used to tell me not to ever assume anything and later i was told by by a wise man that the word assume probably was derived from Making a ASS out of U and ME. So always make sure you know what you are talking about and have proper justification for it. I try to not assume anything since then.

So while i was reading article by Rocky yesterday i found which shows the Cheras UMNO Cheif’s posting on the launch of this new funds. What was weird to me is i got the impression that some feel that UMNO represents all Islam of Malaysia or MIC for Indians or MCA for the Chinese.

Those are simply political parties that are represented by the respective race but does not mean they represent the sentiments on the ground! That is something very important that they need to get into their system before releasing such statements. Something like this might have worked about 10 years ago but today, Malaysians are have developed the maturity to think and decide on their own.

Check out this quote from the article :

Assumption 1

“Apabila pemimpin DAP itu menyaman akhbar Utusan Malaysia hanya kerana isu laungan azan, maka tindakan Teresa itu seolah-olah mencabar dan menghiris seluruh perasaan umat Islam di negara ini,”

Assumption 2

Akhbar Utusan Malaysia adalah milik orang Melayu dan sinonim dengan perjuangan UMNO, maka tindakan Teresa itu samalah seperti menggugat kepentingan seluruh umat Islam.

Those are 2 very powerful assumptions that generalize the sentiments on the ground!! I’m no expert but a ordinary Malaysian who cant stand race based politics and think that its the cheapest way to gain mileage.

My view

Teresa Kok is wants Utusan to pay for the damage they caused with their reporting. She must have some grounds to do what she has. Would you keep quiet if that happened to you? Imagine getting busted under the ISA and going through hell behind bars?

If Utusan has grounds for what they have reported and are purely reporting the truth, then let them fight it in court and they the whole suit will definitely be striked out! When one person concedes defeat before a fight they definitely is weak and has no grounds to defend their rights isn’t it!?

I’m confused….Whats the connection between a law suit and a attack to a race? I don’t see how a legal case as anything to do with challenging the rights of Muslims, we would never challenge another race or religion…I don’t know where these people come from!! I was born in Malaysia and i was always told to respect everyone and that’s what most of us do!!

What are your thoughts??