Temple demolition: Illegal or insensitive?
Friday, November 24th, 2006 | 5:23 pm @ SK
Correct me if I’m wrong, we (Malaysians) love to take great pride in Malaysia’s cultural, ethnic, and linguistic diversity which has always defined our national unique identity.
On the other hand, religious issue is always a sensitive matter, what’s more when you’re talking about an Umno Youth Leader(?) of admitting writing to the Seberang Perai Municipal Council (MPSP) calling for the temple to be torn down.
(SOURCE: Image courtesy reader Andrew)
According to the Youth chief from Umno’s Bukit Mertajam Division Ramlan Ishak, the 20-years-old temple (mind you, 2 decades old temple) was constructed without a plan approved by the local council and added that it’s his responsibility to convey the grouses of the people to the authorities.
Fine, the argument is, it’s wrong to build a plan without approval, doesn’t matter whether it’s 2 decades old or 2 centuries old. Fine.
However, the question is, when the fate of the temple was supposed to be decided at Wednesday’s state exco meeting due to the intervention of Penang state exco Toh Kim Woon and Berapit state assemblyperson Lau Chiek Tuan, why it was destructed by MPSP last Friday, days before the impending decision? Why the total ignorance of its sensitiveness?
No wonder Bukit Mertajam will remain a stronghold of DAP and will continue to be so in years to come.
November 25th, 2006 at 4:26 am
Neither one.Its stupid.Bloody double standard practioners.Next they will be coming for the char kuay teow and sar hor fun stalls.
November 25th, 2006 at 5:02 pm
It is bad timing bcos they shouldn’t have struck when the UMNO assembly was going on and emotions were running high. That incident could have sparked off a huge chaos, so is the one at the church in Silibin. Lucky that both worshippers were very self-controlled. And the manner the Deputy CM answered by passing the buck to the lower subordinate is a clear sign of bad leadership. Good leaders always take the shit of their subordinates and then, kill and hang their hides in public. That way, no one has anything further to talk. Eheh, ignore me, I am very Chinese.
November 27th, 2006 at 9:50 pm
this country is on a mission to make it fully islamic. it’s already starting.
December 1st, 2006 at 9:59 pm
This is the result of the Penang Chinese voting for Gerakan and Koh Tsu Koon in the last few elections….. so do not blame anyone except them! More temples will be torn down if they should vote Gerakan to power in the next election due next year.