Guess when the  Chinese and Indians were bleeding and dying for this nation, he might  just have been a "dirty glint in his father's eyes" or just "swimming in  his father's cojones".  I will not allow my emotions get to me by being vulgar talking about  our Defence Minister who cannot construct a decent sentence in English, I  will not dwell on that.
I am not insulting this dull fellow, just so that this dimwitted, crass and shallow minded individual needs some input, who was the first Malaysian to be awarded the "Pingat Gagah Berani"? He was a Chinese!  Sergeant Chong Yong Chin PGB of the First Federation Regiment, dey  Zahid I guess you did not know that. Insults have to be politely  reciprocated with civility, I am doing just that.
Did you not know who was the first recipient of the "Pingat Gagah Berani" in the Congo? Hey you dingaling , that person too was a Chinese, Lt Lee Ah Pow PGB , read about how shoddily he was treated too! There was another young Chinese Officer, Lt David Fu Chee Meng, who too was awarded the PGB at the Battle of Tanah Hitam.
How about this Indian Officer who laid down his life at the "ripe old age of 24"? Captain Mohana Chandran al Velayuthan (200402) Seri Pahlawan Gagah Perkasa .  Not patriotic enough for you? How about this where a sorry excuse, for  an officer, caused the death of 13 Italian airmen in the Congo,  Malaysia's name had to be salvaged in this incident by 2Lt N.H. Siebel PGB and Captain Maurice Lam PGB,  notice their names, they were Non Malays. How about the time in Bosnia  where soldiers desecrated a Catholic Cross, again the situation was salvaged by the Non Malays. For posterity I have another link here.  I will not even talk about the vandalising of the Hoba Meteorite in  Namibia. Okay continuing some more, here is another Indian who got the  PGB, 2Lt Panir Chellvum al Velaithan PGB. Still not patriotic enough for you?
Here  is another Indian, who after serving a total of 29 years in both the  Police Force and the Army is denied his pension. The reason being he did  not attend the weapons course and tactics course. What weapons and  tactics course, when he and his men wiped out the remnants of the enemy  in Selangor, what would his unshaved instructors teach him? Read about  him, Captain Courageous aka Mukhtiar Singh s/o Sodagar Singh.  In any other Army in the world today, they would have cited him for  courage and piled honours on him without any questions asked,  unfortunately he is an Indian in Malaysia, get that Zahid?
Here is a picture of an all Chinese group of Kinta Valley Homeguards who fought the Malayan Communist Party.
The problem with people like Zahid Hamidi is he does not know about people like these Chinese and Indians who were willing to die for Malaysia unconditionally, they only wanted to be treated fairly. The current situation is like "some people are more equal than others". People like him are WIND BAGS, full of foul air and all empty talk. If you notice the minorities were significant in numbers in the forces when Malaysia was in danger, from the Japanese occupation of Malaya, the Emergency, Confrontation and the subsequent Emergency until the cessation of hostilities by the MCP.
Remember the Communist Party of Malaya, did not surrender. It was a treaty for the cessation of hostilities. Freeing our Great Leader to push his agenda of Ketuanan Melayu, subsequently his achievements were these  , he could not do it when the MCP was on the warpath as it would  increase their numbers. Zahid being an ardent fan of this old goat, is  still playing to the gallery.
Soldiers  who have served, the Non Malays know what it is to be discriminated  against, because of their race and religion. Even the Bumiputras of  Sabah and Sarawak are discriminated against, as most of them are  Christians. While at this, being an ex- soldier and all, I have seen  many East Malaysian Officers serving in combat units, why did not any  one of them make it to General? Not good enough? Look at how brave, loyal and patriotic they are. Go to the archives.  After seeing the results of the Sibu "buy elections", where the BN lost, I guess they saw the writing on the wall and recently promoted an Iban Officer to become the first Iban who  made it to General, Stephen Mundaw, in September this year. Anyway that  is peanuts, East Malaysians should demand and expect at least a 4 star  General from amongst the Ibans, whose bodies have been littered across  the battle fields in Malaysia. Their courage and ferocity in battle is  unmatched.
After having served many years and plodding along, being bypassed by juniors and incompetents. There so many grievances, not enough space to write at one go, is it not heart wrenching? Even your children, who are brilliant are discriminated by virtue of race and religion,  you expect patriotism to burn brightly in the hearts of the Non Malays?  Treat everyone equally on a level  playing field, you will not need to ask for the Non Malays to defend  this country, the numbers would be so huge that you would have to send  most of them back.
In  the military the Non Malay is ridden like a horse, for the greater  benefit of the majority. No rewards, when it comes to promotions and  benefits, they forget you. You know that old race horse, it runs until  it drops dead or put out to pasture. Most Non Malays make it to the rank  of Major, I am sure you have heard this before, about the "infamous  glass ceiling". That is the rank you have to be happy with. You are not  promoted on merit, I know of guys who can barely speak English, but  become Generals. During my time all the courses were in English. Ask the  ex and serving Non Malays, not forgetting the subtle hints to convert.  They do not even respect your faith by suggesting that, they look down  on you. Relgious and racial discrimination go hand in hand together. I  have also had the privilege of seeing a General's knees tremble, when he  stepped out of my Infantry Fighting Vehicle, as  I helped him down, this was after an exchange of fire. I was the escort  commander and he was riding in my IFV in Somalia.
A hundred Non Malays would without hesitation and asking questions, charge a hill of 10,000 enemy, if you treated them and their offspring, as Malaysians and not as Dhimmis and second class citizens to defend their country, Malaysia..
A hundred Non Malays would without hesitation and asking questions, charge a hill of 10,000 enemy, if you treated them and their offspring, as Malaysians and not as Dhimmis and second class citizens to defend their country, Malaysia..
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