Obama Please Reject Fta With Malaysia

An appeal to Barack Obama to reject any FTA between the United States and Malaysia. Mr. Obama, You must NOT agree to any FTA agreement to be reached between Malaysia and the United States until you, as the President of the United States of America, are satisfied that the government of Malaysia has ceased all discriminatory practices and abuses that are currently perpetuated against the minorities in Malaysia. The Malaysian government has a policy of silently encouraging the mainstream politicians to utilise threats, insults and other kinds of verbal abuse (not excluding filing numerous police reports) to put fear into minority politicians, activists and non-governmental organisations whenever these people dare to open their mouths to protest against the inequalities and sufferings experienced by the innocent in the country. Added to the above miserable state of affairs is the stand taken by the police force in the country. The police here has shown to be particularly partisan and government or pro-government figures are routinely "protected" by the police, while, opposition and minority figures or activists are regularly harassed and arrested, sometimes on trumped-up charges. The real work, fighting crime, is treated almost as an afterthought. Malaysia, by the way, is now currently in the grip of a severe crime wave. Murder, robbery, rape, gangland violence, drug peddling, cattle and human smuggling are rampant. Piracy and vice rings, more often than not, are well organised and under the protection of people in the right places. The future president of the United States ought to be aware that besides the police, the mainstream politicians are also aided by the huge pro-government mass media as well as the royalty. These institutions rarely earned the respect of the man-in-the-street as a result of their glaring one-sided stand on national issues. Due to the grossly overpowering weight stacked against them, all the minority politicians could never push through the desired and urgent changes needed to repair the social fabric in Malaysian society. As a result, the minority politicians can only make noises in the state assemblies and the national parliament, while the government gets to continue extending the discriminatory abuses ranged against the minority communities in Malaysia, using the excuse that these imbalances in justice are part of the "social contract" agreed to by the founding fathers and therefore they are legitimate. No social contract (if there actually was one in the first place) will ever condone any kind of attempt at legalising abuses erected against the silent (in Malaysia's case) minority. Meanwhile, day-in, day-out, the electronic mass media incessantly blare out government propaganda, mostly aimed at the majority in the country. Highly emotional phrases like "love my race, love my country", "for the benefit of my race and country" and other similar neo-fascist vomit are put out on the airwaves and these are aimed at the targetted audiences so as to ensure that future generations will be fired up to continue the abuses and injustices heaped on

the silent minority. The sin list is almost endless, but what has been voiced out now will suffice for this moment. Mr President-elect, wake up to the abuses and injustices perpetuated against the minorities in Malaysia and reject any kind of FTA agreement with Malaysia. Thank you.