Folks, this is why I fought for Malay right in Malaysia. This where my ancestor come from and where I will be. It the same as China for chinese and India for Indian.
These what I write on Helen blog (ref : build-muzium-cina-for-the-mca ) :
This was the best ideas from them so far. Go ahead. Try to build a segregate Muzium just to make you feel superior. But to be fair build other segregate Muzium to other races also.
if these what they want, then just give it to them. Then beside it, you build Malay muzium and then the indian muzium. What the heck, find a row of building to built all the other races muzium.
Then in Malay muzium, put in the history of malay who was here during lembah bujang which record the existing of malay in Tanah Melayu more than 113BC (Not AD but BC – OK). Record also, during these time a lot of malay was hindu. They become a muslim during early 1400 AD (1408 to 1410 – record from China – Admiral Cheng Ho) but according to batu bersurat terengganu some become muslim as early as 1320 or more. Put also all malay know hero from earliest known possible from melacca history to independent and during darurat and now.
In chinese muzium include everything on it. How the chinese come to melaka and all. Including how how the chinese come here en-mass before 1920 and then left it en-mass during recession 1920. the Hero who died during darurat and who fight together witn TAR for Tanah Melayu independent.
Don’t forget to include whaat they have played during and after independent (Yes, there will be LKS name in it but he will push for closing the Muzium after it launching) and now.
Then Indian Muzium. Look at their relationship with all the malay which started as early as Langkasuka (prior to popular believe it exist – Merong Mahawangsa was only a legend). Put in also on how the indian has been taken here by british and then some going back to india after it Independent (that how the indian become the minority in Malaya even at some point during history they population was higher than Chinese). Don’t forget the hero that come from Indian community (Trust me a lot more than the chinese might think)
Nothing to lose for the Malay but if you follow the history, the winner will be Malay and Indian because if you study Semenanjung Tanah Melayu in details you will admit that when coming to claiming these country, the Malay has more substain in it than others.
After all, South East Asia was known long ago as Rantau Melayu/Alam Melayu especially in the area of Sumatra, Semenanjung, Pettani (South Thailand), Tumasek (now singapura), Jawa, Sulawesi, Borneo and south Philliphine (That the base of KIng of Sulu claim in Sabah). Some when further until Taiwan.
As for the Indian, at lease the indian who stay after India independent stay because they choose to be here. So that also make them a winner.
:)) sarah
ps : I’m ony summarise the history. Please refer to
http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nusantara for Rantau Melayu
http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etnik_Melayu for Bangsa Melayu
http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia for Malaysia
and all history books like History of Malaya, History of Malay Peninsular, and more for details of Semenanjung Tanah Melayu
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Some may say my history knowledge come from my years of study. Wrong. I only study Sejarah until form 3. Form 4 and 5, I'm in Science streams. So I've never taken Sejarah as my main subject.
I learn more about sejarah Tanah Melayu on my own reading and research. To claim I know all about sejarah was a mistake but I know some of it. And I stress up, I'm still learning about it.
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