Negrito (Semang), First People In Malaya, Came From Kerala In SouthWest India, 40K Years Ago . . .
https://fernzthegreat.wordpress.com/2024/09/05/negrito-semang-first-people-in-malaya-came-from-kerala-in-southwest-india-40k-years-ago/
Blue, grey and green eyes and blonde hair were exposed in mountain valley in north India when the brown genes disappeared!
The public perception remains that former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad isn't "Malay" unlike those with family roots in the Archipelago, originally Indian, then Malay, now Indonesian!
Commentary And Analysis . . . In law, it must be stressed at the very outset, that there's no such thing in Malaysia as bona fide Malay vs constitutional Malay as raised in the ongoing court case involving Umno President Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and former Prime Minister Tun Mahathir Mohamad. The former has conceded roots in Java. The latter has been linked in the public mind with the "Kutty" (little in Malayalam) image in Kerala, southwest India.
Bona fide Malay, for those unfamiliar, are those considered by public perception as having roots and heritage in the Archipelago. It may be fall back on anthropology as declared by case law. Read Petmal Oil (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd v Che Mariah Mohd Tahir (Trading As Delta Mee Enterprise) [1994] 3 CLJ 638.
The case law by the High Court of Malaya states that "Malay in the Federal Constitution is an anthropological classification rather than based on 'race'. It's inclusionary in nature".
Malay was Defined in Article 160(2) as "form of identity" based on Muslim, habitually speaking Malay, and born or domiciled in Singapore or Malaya by Merdeka 31 August 1957.
Their descendants are also Malay by "form of identity".
Article 160(2) mentions no Malay race, no Malay blood and no Malay DNA.
There are questions being raised in the following external links . . . https://newswav.com/article/getting-to-the-bottom-of-whether-tun-m-is-a-bona-fide-malay-or-a-constituti-A2408_qZlA5l?s=A_AJhSr4E&language=en
https://newswav.com/article/accused-of-being-a-kutty-by-zahid-dr-mahathir-tells-court-i-m-a-malay-and-m-A2408_kiyOax?s=A_WqtzQHj&language=en
https://theedgemalaysia.com/node/724186
The 1st Prong and 2nd Prong in Article 160(2) must be read together for Definition of Malay as "form of identity".
The Constitution mentions no other "form of identity".
In law, Article 8 in Malaysia, there can be no discrimination. The Constitution cannot go against itself.
The Constitution, Parliament, the court of law -- colour blind institutions -- cannot get into "race", religion, theology, language, culture, anthropology, geographical origin, blood and DNA, among others.
It's widely known that many people in Sabah and Sarawak, who don't originate from Singapore or Malaya, are listed in the MyKad as Malay by "form of identity".
The following link tells the story on person born in India:
https://newmalaysiaherald.com/2022/08/09/advocate-wants-court-to-probe-citizenship-of-sabah-mic-chief/
Mahathir . . .
Mahathir, based on the Definition of Malay in Article 160(2), may be misleading on the term Malay, aberration in law, in the Constitution. The public perception remains that Mahathir isn't "Malay" unlike those with family roots in the Archipelago, originally Indian, then Malay, now Indonesian.
Read this external link which raises related issues . . . https://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news/240834/dr-mahathir-i-m-not-ashamed-to-say-i-have-some-indian-blood-but-i-m-malay/
Article 160 defines many terms in the Constitution.
Malay . . .
Malay arises from language -- Johor Rhio Lingga version -- as seen in Bahasa Melayu 20K words, half of Bahasa Malaysia 40K words and 20K words in Bahasa Indonesia 127K words. Article 152 defines Bahasa Melayu as the national language.
Malay isn't race, nationality or citizenship.
Mahathir finally conceded that he isn't ashamed that he has Indian blood but claims that otherwise he's Malay, implying by blood. It was not so long ago that Mahathir told the media that he doesn't know from which part of India his people came from and that in any case he has only "spoonfuls of Indian blood, otherwise he's Malay".
Indian Muslim remains term used in India by all Muslim.
When Mahathir for example was enrolled at Singapore University, Lee Kuan Yew told the Johor Sultan that he (Mahathir) was listed as Indian Muslim. Mahathir and four other students with him allegedly didn't meet entry requirements. The British allowed them entry on the grounds of special circumstances, based on the fact that there wasn't even one doctor, from among Muslim, in Singapore and Malaya.
Christian, Sikh, Jain, Buddhist, Parsi, Hindu in India, as further example on better particulars, are not hyphenated.
The question has also arisen in India on why Muslim in the subcontinent say Indian Muslim.
Arab outside Saudi Arabia feel that Muslim in India and elsewhere are not “real Muslim”.
The Quran was codified by the 3rd Caliph, Uthman, for Islam as “form of identity” for the people in Saudi Arabia. The Quran was then not in the Arabic language which had no writing. It was in Aramaic, the language of Jesus and Syria.
The Saudi King, now late, told then Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan that “Islam came from outside. India is Hindu Land”.
Imran Khan wanted OIC (Organisation of Islamic Countries) meet on Kashmir.
https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2018/06/11/dr-m-only-spoonfuls-of-indian-blood-in-me-i-am-otherwise-malay/1640700
https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2024/08/27/dr-m-clarifies-ancestry-not-indian-muslim-but-likely-of-indian-descent-like-many-penang-malay-muslims/148392
Blood . . .
Indian isn't blood but nationality just like Malaysian, Chinese, American, Australian, Canadian, South African and British, among others. Anyone eligible can apply for these citizenship. Indian can be about roots and heritage as well.
Former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for example, who has family roots in India said, on St George's Day this year, that he was proud "English". He added that he was also proud of Hindu heritage and Indian roots. Sunak speaks no other language besides English. His parents probably spoke Hindi and/or Punjabi back in west Punjab (now in Pakistan), later in east Africa, and then in India where they fled, before settling in England.
Sunak's mother wanted the son, born in Southampton in England, "accepted" by society around them. So, he habitually spoke English and no other language.
Sunak told the media that society should be blamed for his "form of identity".
Genes . . .
There are no English genes. DNA remains warehouse for genes viz. the instruction manual for making the physical body based on energy, intelligence, and the elusive element called "luck".
All human beings have the same DNA, as race/species of homo sapiens, and come from various blood groups viz. A, AB, B, and O. Homo sapiens remains protected on procreation with other species by genetic barrier created by evolution spanning millions of years. Even so, the difference between human DNA, cucumber and pig, remains less than tiny fraction of one per cent.
O, the universal donor, can donate blood for all but can receive only from O.
A can receive from A and O.
AB, the universal recipient, can receive from A, AB, B and O.
B can receive from B and O.
Mahathir has been mixing up the terms, Malay and Indian, by mentioning blood.
English Speaker . . .
I cited Sunak, for example, at JPN (Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara or National Registration Dept).
I, as habitual English speaker and speaking like Sunak no other language, should be listed in the MyKad as English, not Indian. I hold Malaysian citizenship, not Indian, and British Empire birth certificate.
There are no genes for blue eyes, grey eyes, green eyes and blonde hair.
The pigment cells are immune system reaction when sunlight falls on the human skin, eyes and hair. The pigment cells unleash melanin which protects the eyes, hair and skin from burning up in the sun. If there isn't melanin, the pigment cells being fewer, the skin turns red and virtually burns.
The eyes and hair were exposed when the brown genes, for the first time, disappeared in the mountain valleys in north India when the Sanskrit-speaking Aryan descended from Albino Dravidian speakers.
The people in these mountain valleys still have blue, grey and green eyes, blonde hair, and fewer pigment cells.
Blue, grey and green eyes were not rare in the rest of India including in the south and east where people, generally, have more pigment cells than those in the west and north.
The people in the south and east came from the west and north.
Buddha . . .
Buddha, it's often not known, had blue eyes, goldish hue skin and hair worn in small curls.
Buddha, in digressing little, can be explained.
Einstein said that Buddha found what he was looking for and came nearest for science. Buddha sought end for human suffering and came up with the noble eightfold path and four noble truth.
Buddha saw nirvana -- eternal bliss -- which has been variously translated as heaven and paradise. He saw no God. In ancient India, sanatana (science) dharma (duties) and Hinduism, there's no God the Creator.
The people felt there was paramatma -- great spirit -- which permeates everything. The Holy Spirit gets mention in the Holy Bible, the Word of God, on the spiritual nature of truth.
Brahmin (the Aryan priests) created the caste system based on varna (colour). The caste system prohibited upward social mobility based on discriminatory and politically incorrect practices. In law, Article 8 in Malaysia, there can be no discrimination save as provided by law in the form of sunset clause which must have expiry date.
The Indian Constitution, based on international law, outlawed the caste system in 1947.
Brahmin preached on past lives, allegedly distorted the interpretation of Karma -- cause and effect -- from past lives, rebirth and reincarnation. These were all deemed politically incorrect and not backed by science.
Sunset Clause . . .
Article 160(2), in taking up the cudgels again, became redundant in 1972 when the 15 year sunset clause which propped up Article 153 -- now redundant as well -- expired as form of caste system in Malaysia.
The Mahathir v Zahid case on the latter's alleged "kutty" remark shows there's case for amending Article 4 for automatic dropping of redundant clauses without the intervention of Parliament and/or the court of law, the pre-meeting Council of Rulers (only heads of state) and the Conference of Rulers (heads of government present).
The Article first appeared here . . . https://newmalaysiaherald.com/2024/08/30/mahathir-interprets-malay-as-race-and-blood/
#redundant #Article4 #parliament #court #malay #article153 #article160(2) #sunsetclause #caste #karma #mahathir #Indian
If many people give up on the English language, it’s because of the grammar. The grammar comes from the sounds of the language. The rules of grammar are often broken because there are many exceptions in the English language. Also, coming from French and German sources, English remains language which often breaks its own rules!
Commentary And Analysis . . . No one believes when we say that English was the simplest language in the world.
Then, we point out that English probably became international language because it’s apparently the simplest. It grew through loanwords from Latin (50 per cent), French (30 per cent), Greek (10 per cent) and two Germanic dialects and other languages and dialects (10 per cent).
In Asia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and the Philippines all master English as their most common second language.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1935938/countries-english-second-most-spoken-language
English has vocabulary of 170K words. Tamil, difficult language, has 385K words.
Likewise, Javanese did not became the official language in Indonesia because others found it difficult. Sudanese was also equally difficult for others.
So, the people in the Archipelago used Bahasa Melayu from Johor, Rhio and Lingga as lingua franca. The status was actually created by Hindu and Buddhist traders, missionaries, administrators and teachers by borrowing loanwords, for Khmer dialect, from Tamil, Sanskrit and Pali.
Bahasa Melayu, however, has only 20K words.
Bahasa Malaysia has 40K words.
Bahasa Indonesia has 127K words.
There are many Articles on the English language in the Internet.
Grammar . . .
If many people give up on the English language, it’s because of the grammar. The grammar comes from the sounds of the language. The rules of grammar are often broken because there are many exceptions in the English language. Also, coming from French and German sources, they are not on the same page, and English remains language which often breaks its own rules.
Grammar checkers are not more than 60 per cent accurate on the English language.
Listening skills help improve grammar.
The rules of grammar come in later.
Turn on the news on radio, not TV, for ten minutes every day. Listen. The grammar skills will improve. It would take at least two years for attaining minimum standard.
Make it lifelong habit.
Visit the rules of grammar -- it's like traffic rules which help prevent accidents -- but only after listening skills improve. Listening skills are about training the ears on the sounds of the language.
TV must be avoided when training the ears on the sounds of the language.
TV, and reading story books as much as possible, would be useful for comprehension skills.
42 Sounds . . .
English has 42 sounds but no writing. It may have had early form of writing which was abandoned.
It uses the 26 Roman alphabets. Alpha became the first letter in Greek, Beta the second letter.
English, by using 26 letters for producing 42 sounds, isn't written as spoken.
Old English remains German.
Middle English can be seen in "The Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucer.
Modern English begins with William Shakespeare.
It’s in history that the English language began in England as Angles and Saxon viz. two Germanic dialects from northern Germany.
England comes from Angleland.
German say Englander.
The English speaking people are also known as Anglo Saxon. There’s no English genes. DNA remains warehouse for genes viz. the instruction manual for making species based on energy, intelligence and luck.
There are no genes for blue, grey and green eyes and blonde hair. Pigment cells are immune system recreation when sunlight falls on the skin. The immune system creates pigment cells which unleash melanin which protects the eyes, hair and skin from burning up in the sun.
Blue, grey and green eyes and blonde hair were exposed when the brown genes disappeared.
Buddha, it’s often not known, had blue eyes, goldfish hue skin and hair worn in small curls.
The brown genes disappeared, for the first time, in the mountain valleys in the north near where Buddha was born.
All human being — homo sapiens — have the same DNA separated from cucumber and pig by less than one per cent.
Human being are protected from other species on procreation by genetic barrier spanning millions of years.
Extended Term . . .
WASP, white Anglo Saxon protestant, remains an extended term which includes the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
English comes within the Indo-European linguistic system which has four mother tongues viz. ancient Sanskrit, ancient Persian, ancient Latin and ancient Greek.
English remains spoken differently in various parts of England, Wales, Scotland, northern Ireland, India, Singapore, China, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and America in the west coast, midwest, east coast and the south.
English has large vocabulary which can also be found in the 40K word Bahasa Malaysia and 127K word Bahasa Indonesia.
Bahasa Malaysia and Bahasa Indonesia includes the 20K word Bahasa Melayu as spoken in Johor, Rhio and Lingga and many loanwords from English.
Bahasa Sabah remains variation of Bahasa Melayu.
Sarawak Malay, linguist Dr Asmah Omar discovered, was variation of the Iban language.
Bahasa Melayu began as Khmer dialect with loanwords from Tamil, Sanskrit and Pali. The Kamus Dewan refers.
Bahasa Indonesia remains one quarter Dutch as spoken in the Archipelago about 500 years ago.
Singapore Story . . .
There's a story here from the Straits Times in Singapore. It was in the form of letter on English speaking in Singapore. The island may be more noted for Singlish i.e. English spoken in Singapore Chinese way.
An American visited McD in Singapore for quick bite.
He was probably the only American there.
The people around him were chatting away but he could not make out anything because it was not in "English".
The more he listened, the more he realised that the people around him were not speaking in "Chinese" or "Bahasa" or "Tamil" etc but in English. He could just about make out what they were saying although spoken in Chinese, Bahasa, or Tamil way. So, he wrote about the experience in letter published in the Straits Times.
The moral of the story may be that people in Malaysia may be speaking better "English" than in Singapore.
There's no reason for two people in Singapore, for example, speaking English in the same way as King Charles in England, Rishi Sunak, Kamala Harris, or Donald Trump.
India . . .
Incidentally, we watch YouTube video in English as spoken in India. We have tough time.
It does not sound like English at all. It sounds like an Indian language. Even the sentence construction isn't in the form of English but in Indian language.
Bahasa . . .
If we just say Bahasa, it's the English way of discussing the Malay language in a non-ethnic or non-racist way.
Bahasa isn't ethnic or racist. Malaysian don't accept Bahasa Melayu because it's racist. No one wants Malay vs non-Malay. Bahasa Malaysia isn't ethnic or racist.
Malay may be seen as ethnic or racist since not all habitual Malay speakers are considered Malay. There are no Malay genes or Malay DNA. The science on evolution has been perfected.
The statements on Malay genes and Malay DNA in the social media are not by subject matter experts.
Read the Definition of Malay in Article 160(2) as "form of identity" based on Muslim, habitually Malay speaking, and born or domiciled in Singapore or Malaya BEFORE Merdeka on 31 Aug 1957.
Former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's family roots, for example, lie in Kerala, southwest India.
Former Prime Minister Najib Razak's family roots, another example, lies in Sulawesi, Indonesia.
In law, the 1st Prong and 2nd Prong in Article 160(2) must be read TOGETHER for Definition of Malay as “form of identity”. Form of identity isn’t about genes or DNA.
All human being -- homo sapiens -- have the same DNA as species protected on procreation from other species by genetic barrier spanning millions of years in evolution. For example, the DNA difference between human being and pig/cucumber may be less than one per cent. Yet, human being cannot mate with pig/cucumber.
English isn't ethnic or racist term. In England, habitual English speakers are considered English. There are no English genes or English DNA.
Outside England, in Malaysia for example, habitual English speakers aren't considered English. The government pins other labels on them.
UK English finds usage in Commonwealth jurisdiction.
American English, for example, isn't King's English.
Bahasa Malaysia, another example, has been emerging as more English and other languages and dialects, and less Malay. Already, Bahasa Malaysia has only 20K Bahasa Melayu words and more than 20K non-Bahasa Melayu words.
Read Kamus Dewan. Both Kamus and Dewan are Sanskrit words.
https://worldofbuzz.com/universiti-malaya-mocked-for-using-eksesais-as-the-bm-word-for-exercise-in-congratulatory-post-for-olympian/
Eksesais remains the right word in Bahasa Malaysia, based on linguistics, for the English word exercise.
Eksesais remains the way that someone in the kampung would pronounce exercise as English word.
In fact, the Bahasa Malaysia vocabulary may be rapidly developed by taking English, Tamil or Chinese words pronounced in the kampung for new Bahasa Malaysia words.
Acupuncture -- actually French -- in English has become akupuntur in Bahasa Malaysia.
Then, there's mamak (Tamil Muslim), Tah Pau (take away in Chinese) and cincai (not so strict in Chinese). They have become Bahasa Malaysia words. Mamak in Tamil actually means uncle. Mami in Bahasa Malaysia means Tamil Muslim lady.
There are other Bahasa Malaysia words, derived from English, like universiti, aktif, pasif, proaktif, reaktif, sains, matematik, geografi, geologi, teologi, and eksais, among others.
400 Words . . .
We need between 200 and 400 words for English Speaking skills. That's true for most languages.
Those who can't understand the this content can run the text through AI or Google Translate and get better idea.
We wouldn't recommend it since crutches can probably never be abandoned. That means being handicapped for life.
The Google Translate Application can be downloaded from Google Play or Apple Store.
The English language remains best taught by person who knows only English.
No other language should be used in English teaching.
Mother speaks with baby although it knows no language.
Eventually, the baby can speak the mother tongue.
The thinking is in the mother tongue.
Mother tongue is used in habitually speaking i.e. at home.
Then, there are those who habitually speak in certain language at home. It might not be the mother tongue.
They might respond outside the home, by imitation, in the language of the other person, or in Bahasa Malaysia i.e. the "unofficial" official language or in Bahasa Sabah viz. the local variation of Bahasa Melayu as spoken in Johor, Rhio and Lingga.
We habitually speak in English at home. We use no other language although we know few words, or more than few words, in other languages or dialects as well.
English learning must not be done through another language. It risks language which cannot be perfected for perfection in language. The language falls apart in communication.
What's said in English would be communicated in another language in different form of construction.
We have AI which can translate from one language into another. It should not be used, preferably, in language learning.
We use AI for producing Blog stories in Bahasa Malaysia. Google translation isn't perfect. It needs some editing so that the message would not be lost. Even so, Google cannot sometimes translate English, for example, into Bahasa Malaysia, for example. Google Bahasa may be more Bahasa in English way. It isn't Bahasa at all. The spirit of the language may be missing.
That's because we use English English i.e. the King's English. It was previously known as Queen's English.
English English remains very much different from Manglish, Singlish, Chinglish, Hinglish, and the language as spoken in Cornwall in England, Wales, Scotland, northern Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Quebec (French), and in the US along the west coast (California), midwest, east coast (new England) and the south.
Media . . .
[8/16, 3:00 PM] +60 16-610 xxxx:
In your opinion, you now argue that affairs of other countries are related to Malaysia and therefore qualify as Malaysian issues?
Are you suggesting we dismantle our 3 chatroom concept and allow a "free for all" here?
Admin choose to reply your comment for you to reflect.
It could easily have been taken down instead for transgressing on chatroom objective.
Please have regard for admin effort.
[8/16, 3:38 PM] JF:
The media, being 4th Estate after the legislature, executive and judiciary, takes the cue from public perceptions and covers matters of public concern and matters of public interest and the AG under Article 145.
The media has policy on coverage.
Firstly, everyone was entitled for the proverbial 15 minutes of fame.
Secondly, all local news was important, and must be carried if there's space.
Thirdly, except for elections worldwide and human rights violations or violations of international law, no foreign news was important unless it affects national interest or there's humourous angle.
Fourthly, all elections worldwide must be carried if there's space.
Fifthly, any violations worldwide of human rights and international law was important and must be carried if there's space.
External Related Link . . .
https://chat.whatsapp.com/JdTT8hgVLFe5kzhMImsjZi
The purpose of the chat group remains about finding out where we can go after the English Speaking Tuition programme.
Students have options . . . whatsApp video, zoom, face2face setting at our place all on Sat and Sun or at Institutions in KK from Mon until Fri. The Institutions would be for those signing up for certificate, Foundation, A Level, diploma and degree.
The tuition programme, based on English Speaking skills, runs for four months. It can be extended every four months until maximum two years.
There are other English language programmes viz. vocabulary building, comprehension, grammar, writing skills, reporting, editing, minute taking and thinking.
Students can also attend bahasa, maths, science, biology, moral and sejerah classes. These subjects, based on request, run Mon until Fri.
We work with Institutions, mostly on standby basis, as subject matter expert on public examination techniques.
This can only be about interpreting the educational blueprint, curriculum, syllabus, text and topics for lectures and tutorials which would be reflected in all testing areas viz. assignment, related presentation, Quiz, project, related presentation, and final exam. Students can get A without memorisation and rote learning.
Extended Group . . .
This chat group, if extended, would be especially suitable for three groups, among others:
four month English programme for school leavers entering tertiary institutions.
The focus would be on comprehension skills and phrases for vocabulary building.
Our English Speaking Tuition programme would be more suitable for Others. That’s the focus of this chat group. Between 200 and 400 words may be enough for speaking skills.
The focus at the Asrama for Form One and above would be on writing skills and literature. The rest would fall in place.
Writing skills isn’t about Speaking skills.
If English was spoken rapidly, it wouldn’t sound like English at all.
The English language remains best taught by person who knows only English.
No other language should be used in English teaching.
Mother speaks with baby although it knows no language.
Eventually, the baby can speak the mother tongue.
The thinking is in the mother tongue.
Mother tongue is used in habitually speaking i.e. at home.
Then, there are those who habitually speak in certain language at home. It might not be the mother tongue.
They might respond outside the home, by imitation, in the language of the other person, or in Bahasa Malaysia i.e. the “unofficial” official language or in Bahasa Sabah viz. the local variation of Bahasa Melayu as spoken in Johor, Rhio and Lingga.
We habitually speak in English at home. We use no other language although we know few words, or more than few words, in other languages or dialects as well.
English learning must not be done through another language. It risks language which cannot be perfected for perfection in language. The language falls apart in communication.
What’s said in English would be communicated in another language in different form of construction.
We have AI which can translate from one language into another. It should not be used, preferably, in language learning.
We use AI for producing Blog stories in Bahasa Malaysia. Google translation isn’t perfect. It needs some editing so that the message would not be lost. Even so, Google cannot sometimes translate English, for example, into Bahasa Malaysia, for example. Google Bahasa may be more Bahasa in English way. It isn’t Bahasa at all. The spirit of the language may be missing.
That’s because we use English English i.e. the King’s English. It was previously known as Queen’s English.
English English remains very much different from Manglish, Singlish, Chinglish, Hinglish, and the language as spoken in Cornwall in England, Wales, Scotland, northern Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Quebec (French), and in the US along the west coast (California), midwest, east coast (new England) and the south.
Tongue . . .
When the class starts, the focus in the passage used would be on loosening the tongue, constructing sentences for questions and constructing questions for answers.
We will not be going outside the contents in the passage used in class.
Every class would use new passage.
The focus would be on Speaking Skills, not on the English knowledge, DNA or solving world problems.
The format for the English Speaking Tuition class has been successfully used for 20 years before the pandemic.
It’s tried and tested formula which produces results.
The proof of the pudding remains on the eating.
#english #germanic #latin #french #greek #angles #saxon #anglosaxon #tuition #DNA #genes #bahasa #Indonesia #javanese #sundanese #khmer #tamil #sanskrit #pali
Orang Asal (Original People) stand Defined as 'Native' even if not Defined in law, and there are also non-Orang Asal who may be 'Native' in law!
Commentary And Analysis . . . The Orang Asal (original people), as demanded by 75 NGO in Memorandum (see external link below) for Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, cannot be declared as "Momogun" or "Native" or any related term.
There are non-Orang Asal, if declared by the High Court, who may be "Native" in law. These include many in the Indian diaspora and Chinese diaspora, in Malaysia, listed as automatic citizens under Article 14 in the Federal Constitution. Many Malay speakers in Malaya also stand defined under Article 14.
In any case, there's no reason for declaring the Orang Asal and/or the Orang Asli as "Native". They stand Defined as "Native" even if not Defined in law. Also, if Native enters the Constitution, it risks challenges, especially by the non-Orang Asal who stand defined outside law as "Native".
The Constitution, Parliament, and the court of law -- colour blind institutions -- cannot get into "divisive" elements like "Native", colour, looks, "race", "form of identity", religion, theology, DNA and geographical origin, among others.
In law, Article 8 in Malaysia, there can be no discrimination.
Federal Constitution . . .
The rule of law, the basis of the Constitution, isn't imposed from outside. It arises from within the Constitution, from the ultimate political documents, which sets forth the governing institutions of state. The ultimate political documents until recently were the Federation of Malaya Agreement 1948 and the Federation of Malaya Independence Act 1957.
Malaya is Federation under Article 160(2). Malaysia, under the same Article and MA'63, isn't the Federation enshrined in the 1948 Agreement, and reinforced by the 1957 Act.
The Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA'63) was inserted recently in the Federal Constitution -- not Malaysia Constitution -- by Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaffar when he was de facto Law Minister. Wan Junaidi became Sarawak Governor after brief stint as Senate President.
MA'63 envisages the Equal Partnership of North Borneo (greater Sabah), Sarawak, Brunei, and Malaya (with Singapore merged after Yes/No Vote in 1962). Singapore left on 9 August 1965, based on Singapore Separation Act 1965 by Malaysia Parliament, after being denied access on the Malaysian Common Market.
Brunei stayed out at the 11th hour on 16 September 1963 when issues arose on oil and gas rights and the position of the Brunei Sultan in the pre-meeting Council and the Conference of Rulers.
The Malaysia Parliament, based on the Federal government's non-compliance on MA'63, can pass the Sabah Separation Act and the Sarawak Separation Act. This can be advised by the UNSC and UNGA based on Advisory Opinion of the ICJ and ICC.
Although the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA'63) was inserted in the Federal Constitution recently, the High Court may still discover that it was not valid on 16 September 1963, under international law.
Already, Sabah and Sarawak have been internally colonised since 16 September 1963. Both Territories merit compensation and also the right of self-determination under international law.
The onus, whether MA'63 was valid or otherwise, still lies on Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak.
The Federal government can still comply fully with MA'63. Sabah and Sarawak can accept full compliance.
Having said that, internal colonisation of the former British Borneo Territories must end.
Also, proxy government imposed on Sabah and Sarawak since 1994 and 1966 must be ended.
In fact, the people of Sarawak lost sovereignty in 1966.
The people of Sabah, as evident from the 2013 RCI (Royal Commission of Inquiry) Report on Projek IC Mahathir, lost sovereignty in 1990.
DNA Narrative . . .
We resume the Narrative on DNA.
DNA remains the warehouse for genes i.e. the instructional manual for making the physical body based on energy, intelligence and luck. All human beings -- homo sapiens -- have the same DNA protected on procreation with other species by genetic evolution spanning millions of years. Homo sapiens remains the only "race" among human beings. They have almost the same DNA as pigs and cucumber, for example. The difference may be less than one per cent.
Orang Asal, for those unfamiliar, are about ancestral and historical property rights in the form of NCR (native customary rights) land under Adat -- under customary practices having force of law -- and under Article 13 (property rights), Article 5 (right to life) and Article 8 (no discrimination).
Adat is the 1st law in international law.
Orang Asal were the first settlers, working the land, in the emptiness and vastness of geographical expanse bound by water, jungle and mountain. The acquistion of NCR land, heritage, was by the right of first settlement.
"Malay" in the Constitution, under Article 160 (2) as "form of identity" for pre-Merdeka Singapore and Malaya, remains abberation in law. It was rendered redundant in 1972 when the 15 year sunset clause, propping up Article 153, expired. The facilitating clauses for Article 153 have also been rendered redundant. These include Article 3 (Islam), Article 152 (national language), Order 92, Rule 1, Rules of the High Court 2012 (national language), NEP and quota system.
Article 4, the pre-meeting Council and the Conference of Rulers keep alive the redundant Article 153 and related facilitating clauses, all rendered equally redundant.
Linguistic Groups . . .
JPN (Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara or National Registration Dept), charged under the National Registration Act 1959/1963, no longer uses Lain Lain (Others). JPN uses linguistic groups as "form of identity" in the identity card i.e. MyKad.
Momogun (i.e. People implying Orang Asal), Pasok (non-Orang Asal) and PasokMomogun (Non-Orang Asal living in the land of the Momogun i.e. Orang Asal) are not about language. The Momogun term for example, highly misleading, remains form of euphemism for tribalism and feudalism under the guise of democracy.
Democracy isn't about sleeping between elections.
Democracy only works if the people participate by forming movements on matters of public concern and matters of public interest.
The people should descend on the streets if the government closes the door for dialogue and/or the court denies hearing.
Political parties are for the leaders and small group of party workers and supporters. The people should avoid political parties and political personality cults like the plague. Political personalities are tribal and feudal chiefs. Some examples are Modi, Putin, Xijinping and Trump. These four personalities are literally worshipped by millions of voters as demi-Gods.
The people should focus on candidates, including Independents, and the issues they raise and the pledges and promises made.
They should never place all votes under one political platform. The approach, tried since 1957 until 2018, only benefitted small group in power. They amassed impossible wealth through inflated government contracts. These contracts drained the public treasury, at the expense of the people, and that saw exponential increase in the national debt burden.
It's the Church which keeps local languages and dialects alive. The Church in Malaysia also conducts mass in English and Latin, and the languages and dialects used by foreign workers in the country. Ironically, except in the deep hinterland, the Orang Asal in North Borneo habitually speak Bahasa Sabah, the local variation of Bahasa Melayu as spoken in Johor, and two islands in Indonesia viz. Rhio and Lingga.
Dusun . . .
When I wanted PasokMomogun listed in the MyKad, not so long ago, JPN said that it wasn't listed and cannot be listed. I was advised that Dusun, for example, would be acceptable as "form of identity" based on language. I declined. I don't speak Dusun.
I habitually speak English. So, in taking cue from former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, I will be filing at JPN HQ for listing as English. There's no English DNA, for example. British remains nationality. Indian isn't language but nationality. I am Malaysian.
Interestingly, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) listed me as Malayalee (people of the hills/mountains) although I speak only few words of Malayalam (hilly/mountainous world).
I informed them that Malayalam should be listed if I habitually spoke the language, not Malayalee. Malayalam should be listed just as Tamil, Punjabi etc has been listed by IIUM, I argued.
Tamil, Punjabi, and others are listed as language by IIUM and not as term for the speakers. Of course, Tamil speaker can be considered Tamil, Punjabi speaker as Punjabi etc.
Another odd listing by IIUM was "Sikh but not Punjabi".
Sikh is religion. Punjabi is language. Sikh in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan and elsewhere habitually speak Punjabi.
Punjabi "speakers" speak Hindi if they are Hindu.
Rishi Sunak speaks neither Punjabi nor Hindi. He said on St George's Day this year that he was "proud English". He has told the media that he was proud of Hindu heritage and Indian roots.
Sunak blames society for his English form of identity. His mother, taking the cue from society, made sure that he was "accepted by society". That means habitually speaking English.
Indian languages . . .
In West Punjab, Pakistan, the Muslim speak Urdu which remains Hindi by form of variation.
Languages in the south also include Dravidian loan words. Brahui in Pakistan and Medes in Iran are more than half Dravidian.
Negrito in India was spoken mostly in the mountains of Kerala in southwest India. Negrito was also spoken in the mountains of Malaya. They came 40K years ago from Kerala. Negrito, the first people in India, entered the subcontinent 70K years ago. They came from east Africa by hugging the African, Arabian, Persian and Indian coasts. The Negrito are still there in the mountains of Kerala and Malaya.
Tibetan-related languages are spoken by 50m "Chinese looking" people in Ladakh and eight states in northeast India.
The people in south China came originally from Afghanistan as Dravidian speakers, and later from south India, also as Dravidian speakers. In south China, where's there's less direct sunlight, the number of pigment cells decreased.
Almost all the languages in India, including those in the south, originate from Sanskrit which was developed by Albino Dravidian speakers in mountain valleys in the north.
People here still have blue, grey, green eyes, blonde hair, and fewer pigment cells.
There are no genes for blue, grey and green eyes and blonde hair. Pigment cells are immune system reaction when sunlight falls on the skin. Pigment cells unleash melanin which protect the eyes, hair and skin from burning up in the sun.
Blue, grey and green eyes, and blonde hair were exposed when the brown genes disappeared. Blue, grey and green eyes are not rare in the rest of India including in the south and east where people, generally, have more pigment cells.
Buddha, it's little known, had blue eyes, goldish hue skin, and hair worn in small curls.
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External Related Links . . .
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/avcr5teh5iab86e5dw1tx/YANG-AMAT-BERHORMAT-DATO-SERI-ANWAR-IBRAHIM.pdf?rlkey=tnlqtudkc0qxtaicp3qorkbcz&dl=0
https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/08/02/75-associations-endorse-use-of-momogun-over-lain-lain-in-official-forms/
https://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news/130533/preference-for-using-indigenous-instead-of-native-/
https://jesseltontimes.com/2024/08/02/momogun-sparks-vibrant-discussions-across-social-media-platforms/#google_vignette
https://www.dailyexpress.com.my/read/5363/census-stats-akin-to-ethnic-cleansing-/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2R9h-6WUAKrXrPv7Y1q8V-IQYTUZzrx1oehYzRlaFjoVPlyWTcERXD6-o_aem_MPkJIrl_pcYpUuG_pnwvpQ
https://www.theborneopost.com/2024/08/01/jeffrey-advocates-for-natives-of-sabah-to-replace-lain-lain-in-government-documents/
https://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news/239246/sabah-leaders-agree-lain-lain-should-go-away-but-differ-on-what-should-take-its-place/
https://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news/239326/peranakan-chinese-as-a-race-option-could-be-added-to-malaysian-birth-certs-ics-as-deputy-unity-minister-says-putrajaya-asked-to-recognise-them/
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/7896xgd6ly5x5rp06tp1r/UN-Resolution-1514-3-2.pdf?rlkey=egwahkez9upp1h93fam14ymuq&dl=0
