From the events that have taken place in Sabah lately,it is apparent that the
Barisan Nasional (BN) is very confident it will win the up coming general
election in Sabah again, without the help from the Chinese component
parties.
First, a piece of land belonging to the Cantonese-Hokkien Cementry was taken back by the Sabah state government and given to the Sabah Woman Assiciation to build their new building.
First, a piece of land belonging to the Cantonese-Hokkien Cementry was taken back by the Sabah state government and given to the Sabah Woman Assiciation to build their new building.
Then a piece of land in Kolombong approved for the construction of the Third
Campus of Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Chung Hwa (China)was revoked and the land
was later awarded to a company engaged in joint venture with the Sabah state
government. Instead the school is given another piece of land which is much,
much smaller and further from the main access road.
The most recent event is the sudden order from the Kudat Municipal Council to
stop the building of a giant Mazu (Heavenly Queen) statue in Kudat.The statue
is at 60% completion stage.The steering committee of the Mazu Statue project
is Datuk Seri Chong Kah Kiat,the former Sabah Chief Minister.Datuk Seri Chong
was holding the Minister of Tourism,Environment and Culture profolio in the
Sabah state cabinet then.He rsigned from the post in protest against the
stoppage of the statue project.
Whatever happened between the current Chief Minister of Sabah,Datuk Seri Musa
Aman and Datuk Seri Chong is their personal affairs. But it should not involve
the construction of the Mazu statue because the Mazu statue does not belong to
Datuk Seri Chong alone, it belongs to all the Chineses in Sabah.The leadership
of BN has mistakenly considered that this will only anger a small faction of
the Chinese,namely the Taoism followers.
They are sreiously wrong, people will view this matter as not only the
victimizing of the Chinese but as victimizing all the non-Muslims.Today it is
the Taoists, tomorrow it maybe the Buddhists,then the Hindus or maybe the
Christians? It is not that simple.
