Blackberry Bun Wrote:Weekend again, and all over Facebook I see photos of Malaysia demonstration or something like that. Care to explain, David? You don't have to if you don't want.
Well, the demonstration is about two things: The LYNAS rare earth processing plant near a town called Kuantan in the east coast (the last time we had an rare earth processing plant built in the country, the villagers around the area got cancer. It was forcefully shut down after a protest. That was in the 80s tho) and people don't want that new plant to open and want it torn down since it was built without their knowledge.
Second one, well, a lot of things. Mostly because the government's corruption- they're known to cheat in elections to stay in power (as it happens, Election is coming soon. Although rumors now is that the government will try to postpone it as long as they can). Aside from that, the protest is also against governmental racism (ie how they always side the "Moral/Religion NGOs" like the case of the recent Erykah Badu ban, the recent demand to ban Jewish products, and that the government is considering implementing Malay Supremacy)
Malay Supremacy is the worst. It's basically like Apartheid in South Africa except that instead of skin color it's religion. If it passes, Muslims will get additional benefits, while non-Muslims will be saddled with additional taxes, inability to get high-rank jobs in certain offices, and have a lot of rights taken away from them.
See now why I've been so cranky lately?