So, it is not UMNO that started the MERDEKA process

Assalamualaikum warahmatullah wabarakatuh,

After watching this award-winning and outstanding documentary on Hartal - 10 years before Merdeka in Malaysia in 1947 posted on the People's Parliament, it was actually the WILL OF PEOPLE that brought the independence for Malaya, not a single party - UMNO - as has been 'educated' through history book in schools and UMNO who keeps on chanting that those who oppose UMNO are ungrateful for what UMNO had done to free the country. Again, it is not UMNO that brought Merdeka to the country, it is the PEOPLE - the multiracial and united PEOPLE. The slogan for UMNO has always been 'Hidup Melayu' and not 'Merdeka'. MERDEKA is only chanted by the PEOPLE who supported the Perlembagaan Rakyat opposing the Perlembagaan Federation which was supported by UMNO.

This is a documentary, telling the truth, certified by international film body, and made by our own locals:









The issues at that time were the same as now:

- The British was too arrogant, Rakyat hated it (sound familiar? Yeah, UMNO is arrogant at the moment)
- Rakyat thought that they would never be able to rise without the British (same to some Malays who think that without UMNO, the Malays will die of hunger)
- The British feared that when Rakyat came to realise that they can rule themselves, they would no longer need the British, so a lot of propaganda was spread through the pro-British newspaper (sound familiar again? That's exactly what the mainstream media nowadays do and that's why the blogs are spreading consciousness to the Rakyat)
- The Hartal took place in 1974 with a huge success, but the British totally ignored the voice of the Rakyat (look at Reformasi, Bersih, Hindraf - what did UMNO do?)
- The British announced a state of Emergency and arrested thousands of Rakyat who protested the British and demand Merdeka 10 years before 1957 (this was what exactly UMNO did after all these rallies in Malaysia, ever since the 1970s, today we saw a few were detained under ISA - a colonial law made by the British)

The question is, will the Rakyat win this time for a real MERDEKA after 16th September 2008 from UMNO like we did from the British? Same game, same rules, can't they be more creative? No wonder there is Sodomy II!

ALLAHU'alam.

Wassalam.