Katak Dalam Tempurung Katakan Penyu Kurang Kebolehan

I refer to letter by Pokka in Malaysia Today calling Anwar Ibrahim a traitor of the Malay race for not being able to increase Malay equity ownership during his tenure as finance minister.

When one calls another man the traitor of his entire race, decency requires that person to give at least a sensible explanation for that accusation.

Otherwise, it is cheap name-calling which any fool can do.

The author of this article has a simplistic view that the lack of increase in Malay equity ownership is purely the work of a finance minister.

It may start to impress the intelligent readers if he can explain how he thinks that is the case but he did not.

If it is indeed so easy, UMNO would have it made long time ago. They only have to string a few Daim-like (Malaysian finance minister leading to 1997 financial crisis - Daim Zainuddin) finance ministers together and voila the Malays would be made for good times.

How the entire world would love it if this is how things work in the real world. NEP would be the UN model for global development!

If equity ownership is simply a numerical play controllable by a government or finance minister, and devoid of the need for human effort, discipline, ingenuity, expertise etc., UMNO and perhaps the author himself would have just setup and list a tonne of companies 100% owned by Malays and the proportion of Malay ownership would skyrocket. Who can stop that?

That would also be a perfect way to showcase the incredible enterpreneurial and other skills of the Malays. They would be walking tall among humanity, not just within Malaysia.

Being a Malay hero would then be a piece of cake.

But no one with some intelligence would believe it is as simple as that. Unless one lives inside a little coconut shell as the Malay saying goes.

Or perhaps the author thinks money can just be simply printed and distributed to the Malays by the finance ministry just like that. If that is the case, why even bother owning companies? Just sit inside the coconut shell and print lah.

Katak dalam tempurung katakan penyu kurang kebolehan....
(translation: frog living inside a coconut shell says a turtle lacks ability)