Recently 70 years old declassified colonial documents described by Zaharah Sulaiman of ISTAC on how the British spent 100 million ringgit (somewhere 1 billion now) around 1951–1953 to build infrastructures for the 1 million brought here immigrants while the Malay and the natives left out of any development. Mind you those money belongs to the Malay and the natives from the wealth of the land. Malaya was the most wealthy land under British that support her WW2 campaigns. Some of the records also remark how British granted vast amount of lands to these immigrants including tin and other valuable mineral mines. The Malay lost around 500 mines taken by the British. Ships belongs to the Malays to transport and trade tins, golds and iron ores, like their forefathers did for hundred of years were burned down. Ship docks and repair destroyed. Then the British said if the Malays cannot manage those mines within a year then they will be taken even though those mines were never theirs to begin with. It were all then taken and given to the immigrants. Some details were left out to cut this short. Those wars between secret societies of Hai San and Ghee Hin around Lukut were all about acquiring these mines. That is how British treated the Malays, a race that is not easily submit. They left us a million immigrants to create instability in the future. They left Pattani and few other Malay states to the Thais. They left Kashmir to the Indian. They left Zionist to the Arabs.
While lands of the Malays are not allowed to be modernized and must be kept agricultural. The son of Tan Cheng Lock (MCA), Tan Siew Sin led and handled the land approval in Malacca and granted all 1430 applications. (referred from EXCO papers (18–2–1953) Reference CO.1022/24 Applications For Land From The Inhabitants of New Villages). 1 million approved applications until the State Government at that time openly said that pressure on the land Offices was too great to deal with. In Kuala Terengganu, immigrant named Tan Gak Hwee given 2470 hectares of land. Ah Boon 1850 hectares. Yong Hwa 1235 hectares. Convert it to meters you will get millions. You cannot not see the other end of the land that huge. Land given to the Malays were very few, cannot be commercialized, only can be used as paddy field and only in rural area. High prospect lands is out of reach of the Malay. Those immigrants who were granted lands then mortgaged it to OCBC bank and some became straightaway millionaires. Then they started their businesses. States and Settlements issued lease hold title for periods of years varying from 10 to 99 years. Supposedly end by 2035. Their sad and humble beginning only for few years back in their origin country and during shipment. Yet DAP was fighting for permanent lease hold like we are seeing in Perak during their 22 months in power. It was really the right question when ex PM Najib Razak asked `Apa lagi Cina mahu?’ (What else the Chinese want?).
In Kuala Lumpur now, land titled Malay Reserved is only 1% left and Penang 0%! Only Kelantan & Trengganu obey the rules to never touch the Malay Reserve lands and they even added more lands. You can always check this facts.
The saddest moment in 1953 was when the Malays begged the Chinese taicoons for fund to build training centers for the Malays. 500,000 ringgit given, even though it is agreed as not the limit. The Chinese also mentioned that the Malays should not blame them for the economic plight but instead to blame the British. It was true back then. But it is no longer now.
Now we know where the wealth gap start. Wealth gap never end good. The Malays were sacrificed that gave a better life to the immigrants. It should be remembered and respected accordingly. DEB and Bumis rights are there for a reason. The blacks in America also protected by law acts because they did not start equal.
And there is no country in the world ever live peacefully ruled by minority. It is not the race that we reject, but the ideology.
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