Happy Birthday Raja Petra!

Happy Birthday!

Why I did this? - Birthday card to RPK

Many called or text asking why I did this? What am I getting from running a campaign for RPK.

Well, RPK simply deserves what I have done, and more. To get to know him better, read his articles.

Meanwhile, I am trying to dig the recorded session between RPK, my wife, and myself, and I will edit a few clips and be posted here, real soon..

Birthday Card to RPK

Please be reminded that we are going to send this card to Puan Marina tomorrow (27 Sept 2008). We may not be able to include any message posted after 27 Sept 12pm.

To All Concerned Malaysian,
致各位馬來西亞同胞，

27th September is the birthday of the respectful Raja Petra who was recently been detained under Internal Security Act by the Barisan Government.
9月27日是深受我們敬愛的Raja Petra的生日。他最近被國陣政府以內安法令扣留了。

To show support to Raja Petra on his effort to uncover the truth, and his vision towards a united Malaysia, we plan to send him a birthday card, to be hand delivered to his wife, Puan Marina Lee Abdullah before his birthday.
為了對Raja Petra揭露真相，拆穿腐敗的努力表示支持，我們計劃為他送上一張生日卡。這張卡，我們打算在他的生日之前，通過其妻，即Puan Marina Lee Abdullah 轉交給他。

We urge you, a Malaysian, who appreciate his effort to sign this birthday card, show him that he is not alone behind the Kamunting Detention Camp.
我們呼吁您，馬來西亞人，簽署這張生日卡以對他付出的努力表示支持。以我們的實際行動，告訴被扣在霹雳太平甘文丁的Raja Petra在這條改革路上他並非孤軍作戰。


You may send in your message to me, chinyau.chia@gmail.com, or bobochia@gmail.com, or leave a comment here http://chinyauchia.blogspot.com.
您可以將您的訊息寄給我，chinyau.chia@gmail.com, or bobochia@gmail.com,或將您的留言貼到http://chinyauchia.blogspot.com.。

We will compile your message, and send it to Puan Marina before his birthday by hand.
我們將綜合所有的留言與訊息，在他的生日前轉交給 Puan Marina。

Let him know his effort is not wasted, Let him know you care about him, let him know he is not alone!
請讓他知道他的努力並沒有白費，讓他知道還有很多人在外面關心和聲援他，讓他知道他並不孤單！


請大家把消息傳給大家。

Rgds,
Chia Chin Yau
Lim Sou Bian

**Updated 25th Sept 2008
I have received responses in both emails and sms, and I have posted below. I need to withhold their names as they did not specifically tell me whether they wanted their names to be shown publicly.

Chia CY

《9月25日更新》
我将收到的电邮和短讯回复也贴于此。我把回复者的全名略掉，因为我没得到他们的同意是否可以将他们的姓名公开。

谢振耀

Forgive me for my lousy Chinese translation, but I am trying as much as possible, as my little contribution.

I urge those who wish to send RPK message via this birthday card program to include their names. Don't you want to tell RPK who cares for him?

Many asked why we started this. In fact, both my wife and me was thinking of giving him a birthday surprise even before his detention. Since the situation changed, we think its better for us to do it publicly.

May justice prevailed.

I will try my best to edit some of his views, in voice recording we have recorded, and will be posted here as soon as I can.

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Meanwhile, those who wish to send snail card to RPK themselves, by all means. his current address as follow:

YM Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin

Tempat Tahanan Perlindungan

34009 Kamuting

Taiping

Perak

Malaysia.

Flood the camp with greeting cards to RPK, and if you wish, to all behind that WALL and greet them Selamat Hari Raya. Tell them we did not abandon them! Tell them they deserve a trial in the open court and they deserve their rights to defend themselves.

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** Updated 26th Sept 2008

Just loaded the card. Was told that musical card will probably not reaching detainees in the camp, or rather, nothing will reach them. But we will try, atleast we hope Marina will show RPK during he upcoming visit.

Black page for RPK's detention in Kamunting

My page is black, black, black!!! It is a black Tuesday!

Haris, We are waiting for your instruction to act.

We know that he is innocent. How can the Govt goes against the people's will?

From now on,

I WILL NO LONGER MENTION THE MINISTER WHO SIGNED FOR RPK'S DETENTION. It will for sure corrupt my blog.

A man called for National unity ended up treated like an animal in the Holy Month. Those who caused racial tension gets away!

I am speechless now........

Reformasi

10 years ago, on 20th September 1998, I joined thousands to show support to Anwar Ibrahim. When I reached the National Mosque, I saw two sides, one side, in the Mosque, and the other side, the police and light strike force, were outside the Mosque.

The police was confronting anyone passes by, warned anyone trying to go to the other side. As I was standing right in the middle of two sides, the Mosque side gate opened, someone from inside pulled me in, and told me better be inside the Mosque and they will protect me. Before I realised what was going on, the police was trying to pull me away. Quickly I ran into the Mosque, and they closed the gate.

The man who opened the gate for me, smiled, and greeted me with "Reformasi!". I replied the same, and both of us smiled. I dunno who he is, but am sure that he is a Malay, an ordinary Malay that you will hardly remember his face almost immediately.

This is the first time, really, the first time, I have a feeling that I am doing the right thing. I wasn't Anwar's supporter, I did not buy his idea of injecting Islamic value in the Government Administration at that time, which we were brain-washed by MCA, Gerakan, and a host of other controlled main stream media, including the media I worked for at that moment: Sin Chew Daily.

I went because I do not see justice served on Anwar, I see him as a person who, like you and me, deserves the rights to defend.

It was since then I have decided to post all images that our print media photographers taken from scenes during the reformasi movement, despite the fact that many advised me not to do so, within and outside the organization.

The print media, is limited to pages printed, thus, only a handful of images, get published on paper. We posted all of them daily, hundreds of them, on our website, with no caption, not accompanied stories.

The images told the story, without words, which I hope to create awareness on why people went to the streets for a man whom he/she doesn't even know in person.

10 years later, I attended the Batu ceramah when Anwar is wrapping up his election campaign right before 308.

What impressed me is the crowd, even it was raining, all of us stood in the padang in the heart of Sentul, listening to speakers after speakers campaigning for Tian Chua.

When Anwar arrived, his speech, as usual, full of passion, powerful, and straight forward. I did not pay much attention but rather looking around the padang. I noticed with PKR donation collectors going around to raise campaign fund, I see Chinese, Indian, Malays, young and old, contributed. I have not seen this in any of the political ceramah where people from all races, willingly, taking out their money, and donate.

I see the future. I see people from all walks of life, peacefully gathering together, helping each others, cheers and echo when speaker deliver strong statements, shouted reformasi as if it was 10 years back. But this time, the crowd is no longer Malay majority, the crowd is a perfect blend of races. I see the future.

When Anwar predicted that the Opposition will deny 2/3 majority, I told my wife that I think the situation may be even more optimistic, i.e. BN will fall.

The last rally I attended, the 916 rally in Kelana Jaya Stadium, to show support to the 3 detained under ISA, I was impressed! I was impressed with the crowd, orderly, peaceful, sitting together like brothers and sisters, we do not know who the one sitting beside us, but we are coming for a memorable night, the Eve of Malaysia Day, and show our concern on abuse of ISA for all the wrong reason on wrong person. Perhaps ISA should either be repealed, or it should apply only to alien from outer space (should you think we should still keep the law for contingency), not any creature on earth.

915 was the night I sang Negaraku with tears in my eyes, after 10 long years I have not been singing Negaraku, neither have I waved Jalur Gemilang since 1998.

I know I am back, I am back, and deep in my heart telling me that I need to do something. I told my wife, let's do something, we do not want to be a passive citizen waiting to be spoon-fed no more. We can no longer see others lost their freedom, or their life, for us. We need to play a role, no matter how small, or insignificant to others. We need to contribute, we need to facilitate, and we need to share.

Are we falling into a trap?

Unfinished draft of a recent post sept 9 2008

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Think about Ahmad's statement, think about the reaction from within UMNO, think about MCA/Gerakan's reaction, and look at Chinese Dailies amplifying the issue.

All these make me believing that something is brewing......

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We witnessed now the desperation of those in power, trying every possibilities to retain their power, which leads to the detention of RPK, Tan Hoon Cheng, and Teresa Kok.

Where are we heading to after today?

Apology!

25 August 2008, Ahmad Ismail, an UMNO division chief, made an offensive statement to the Chinese community with the presence of the Deputy Prime Minister, Najib Tun Razak.

2 Sept 2008, Najib said he will, on behalf of UMNO and Ahmad, apologise if (only if) Ahmad's statement offended the non-Malay.

It took BN/UMNO/Najib a good 8 days to apologise with condition.

3 Sept 2008, Lim Kit Siang made a mistake claiming both Utusan Malaysia and Berita Harian did not published Najib's "apology".

In the same afternoon, when discovered otherwise, Kit Siang apologise to both publications that he overlooked, thus withdrawn paragraphs describing the mistaken facts.

Just give a thought of the 2 incidents, one "apologise" with condition, and needs 8 days to act, and the other within the same day, and action taken.

You may say these cannot be compared as there are 2 distinctive matters.

To me, it is who has guts to admit his own mistake, correct it, and move forward.

Clearly, Uncle Kit win my respect.