UMNO and the Muruts of Tenom

I am not referring to the news posted in Daily Express about the umno divisional meeting in Tenom recently.

This is my question? Since when the Muruts become malay? I don’t really understand how the Muruts actually become members of umno. Yes, they have the rights to participate in whatever political party they eligible to. But why umno? Don’t we have our own local based political party that we can contribute just as the same while we are in umno? Or is it about the bling bling?! Let us get this straight; umno is a race based political party and it was established to protect the interest and rights of the malays. If you are a converted Muslim, did that makes you a malay?

I remember this controversial quote by Datuk Ali Rustam (the Malacca CM) during the BN assembly in Kota Kinabalu long time ago. He said “If you are a Muslim, eat, talk and act like one then you are malay”. My A**! I don’t know how an educated politician and a leader can actually say something stupid like that. Does that also make Ahmad Chong Abdullah a malay? Funny isn’t it?

Back to Tenom. I have lots of relatives and friends who are a converted Muslim. And don’t get me wrong, I’m not against them. We lived happily having each other around. Race and religion are two different things. You talk about it by means of your intelligence, bukan mengikut perasaan. Because it tends to lead us to a rough circumstances.

Joining umno for me, is like giving up your own pride and dignity, and lost the battle whilst the game isn’t started yet. Because you are fighting for the rights of others and assuming that you actually fought the right of your own. It is like, this kind of people is having an identity conflict. Born as a Murut lives as a malay?

“Consider this situation; you’re a delegate representing Tenom’s umno in umno’s annual assembly in PWTC, while they are shouting “hidup melayu, hidup melayu” will you do the same? Keeping mum is not the best solution because you know, at that very time, you don’t belong there.”

Umno should have never set foot in Sabah in the first place. It’s the Sabahan that grant them the gold. Take Sarawak for example, which part of its population are Sarawak Malays, they don’t even have the umno flag reserved in their closet. I urge my fellow keMurutan especially the Timugons, to reconsider their involvement in umno and enough of being fooled! Like the old saying “Dusun senang disusun, Murut senang diurut” bukan begitu Om?!

Rondo ralan, rondo guang. Only my 2 Cents!