“To drag on the Wee Meng Chee aka Namewee rendition of Negaraku serves no purpose as it would only send a wrong message to Malaysians especially youths by giving the impression that Malaysia does not practise freedom of speech.”
This was the message delivered by YB Dato’ Lee Hwa Beng, MCA Central Committee member and state Assemblyman for Subang Jaya. He made these remarks after concluding a seminar with members of MCA Club Overseas from Australia, United Kingdom, Japan and Ukraine.
“The boy is naïve, and he is genuinely sorry as indicated by his apology through YB Dato’ Chua Soi Lek, a full Cabinet Minister and MCA Vice President. He realizes his mistake,” explained Hwa Beng.
Hwa Beng who is also MCA International Bureau Chairman added that “if you prosecute him in absentia, there is no meaning served as Namewee may choose not to return to Malaysia.”
Meanwhile, in view of the ongoing elections at UMNO division levels, Hwa Beng suggested that “for UMNO leaders who insist on prosecuting Namewee, they are using this issue to score political mileage. If you noticed, all these criticisms charged against Namewee coincide during and at the opening of the UMNO division level meetings. Some want to be heroes.” Hwa Beng then urged our UMNO counterparts to refrain from playing up to the gallery “because if UMNO keeps hammering Namewee, more Malaysians will grow to detest UMNO, and later on Barisan Nasional as a whole. In the end, all of us will suffer. Hence, it is better to let this issue rest and move ahead.”
Meanwhile Hwa Beng also highlighted that there are UMNO leaders who are magnanimous in accepting Namewee’s apology, for instance the Minister of Information YB Dato’ Seri Zainuddin Maidin who said that society must accept his apology by forgiving him. "He should not be punished but instead be guided and educated to enable him to understand the basics and to distinguish between political and national issues." Another UMNO leader who displayed magnanimity is a Perak EXCO councilor.
Hwa Beng’s advice comes as very important food for thought for parties who are insistent on prosecuting Namewee.
To harp on an issue although the youngster has already issued a public apology through a Cabinet Minister while ignoring other more serious national issues like combating rising crime rates, upholding the original intentions of the Federal Constitution or weeding out graft in the private and public sector, or striving towards a more representative civil service ultimately will not benefit our beloved country on the whole.
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Kudos to our MCA for helping out poor Namawee and their parents in handling this sensitive issue. Apology has been conveyed through MCA's effort in talking senses to both the parent and Namawee. Guess MCA is like a Superman to the rescue eh?
Not quite. Issue should be closed after the public apology has been published in both the paper and Namawee's blog, but it turned out to be otherwise.
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22/08: MCA bersetuju Meng Chee dihukumPosted by:
Raja Petra
KLPOS.com
MCA bersetuju dengan gesaan pelbagai pihak supaya tindakan undang-undang dikenakan terhadap Wee Meng Chee kerana mencipta klip video menghina lagu Negaraku dengan menggunakan bahasa kasar dan lucah.
Naib Presiden parti itu, Datuk Seri Dr. Chua Soi Lek berkata, persetujuan itu selaras dengan prinsip parti berkenaan bahawa perkataan lucah dan yang menyentuh sensitiviti kaum dan agama tidak boleh digunakan semata-mata atas nama kebebasan.
``Kita berharap kerajaan mengambil tindakan tegas kepada sesiapa yang melanggar prinsip ini dan kita serahkan kepada kebijaksanaan Peguam Negara untuk menyiasat dengan lebih terperinci mengenai apa tindakan yang seharusnya dikenakan,'' katanya.
Beliau yang juga Menteri Kesihatan berkata demikian kepada pemberita selepas mewakili Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak merasmikan Kongres Patologi dan Makmal Perubatan Sedunia Ke-24 di sini.
Sebelum ini, akhbar-akhbar melaporkan Meng Chee meminta maaf kepada kerajaan dan rakyat Malaysia yang tersinggung dengan penyiaran lagu yang diberi tajuk `Negarakuku’ itu.
Meng Chee juga dilaporkan telah mencipta sebuah lagi lagu bertajuk Kawanku/My Friends yang terang-terangan menghina kaum Melayu.
Susulan itu, Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi menegaskan proses undang-undang terhadap Meng Chee, 24, pelajar tahun akhir jurusan Komunikasi Awam sebuah universiti di Taiwan akan diteruskan walaupun dia sudah meminta maaf secara terbuka.
Dalam pada itu, Soi Lek berkata, beberapa kenyataan pemimpin MCA sebelum ini supaya kes itu diselesaikan setelah Meng Chee meminta maaf tidak harus disalah tafsir bahawa parti itu mempertahankan orang yang menggunakan perkataan lucah serta memperalatkan agama dan kaum.
``Ini tidak benar kerana kita menghormati prinsip saling hormat menghormati dalam sebuah negara majmuk dan kita bersetuju tindakan diambil bukan sahaja terhadap Meng Chee malah kepada sesiapa yang melanggar undang-undang dan menggugat keharmonian antara kaum,'' tegasnya.
Beliau menjelaskan, pihaknya mahu isu itu diselesaikan segera kerana bimbang ia diperalatkan oleh pihak tidak bertanggungjawab termasuk parti pembangkang demi kepentingan politik mereka.
All i see is no Superman, but a chihuahua who knows how to backstab people and kow tow to no-brainer-nincompoop-rottweilers.
Oh well, as long as we have such doggies all over the place, we should be proud being Malaysian, shouldn't we?
