Search
Items tagged with: malaysia
One of many earlier #British #ColonialCrimes in #SouthEastAsia. The #BriggsPlan in #Malaysia.
The Nazi regime during WWII forever gave the term #ConcentrationCamp a name symbolic of #atrocity, so when British #colonizers once again visited the idea of #ForcedRelocation of #IndigenousPeoples to isolate them they needed another name for the enclaves. They came up with #NewVillages. The New Villages were created under the Briggs Plan, which was developed to combat the communist insurgency in #Malaya during the 1950 #MalayanEmergency. The plan was prepared by Sir Harold Briggs, a British General who was the Director of Operations in Malaya.
#Britain lost the Malayan Peninsula and their fortress at Singapore to the Japanese during WWII and reoccupied their former dominion after the fall of Japan. Among the many difficulties the British encountered was the presence of roughly a half-million #Chinese in rural Malaya, most working as farmers working small plots of land for their own sustenance on land they did not own or lease. The British administration regarded these Chinese as squatters and found them a problem because they were physically distant from the machinery of British authority, which most of the Malayan population was not happy to see return to their country.
When the Malay #CommunistParty received support from armed #guerrillas from Malaya and #China, the British, intent on restoring #Imperial rule to the peninsula, looked with additional distrust upon these rural Chinese. While some of the Chinese were certainly sympathetic to the communists, most were indifferent. The British concern was that the communist #insurgents would receive support from the squatters in the form of food, neglecting the fact that the majority of the Chinese squatters were barely able to grow enough to support themselves. The Briggs plan required the forced relocation of the Chinese.
The New Villages isolated the Chinese, and they were guarded by Malayan police and British Military Police and some troops. The Chinese could not leave the villages except under escort and nobody was allowed in without the permission of the guards, making them effectively prisons. The villages were built with running water and electricity, amenities absent from most Malayan villages, and health care and some educational facilities were provided. This caused resentment towards the British from the Malay outside the villages, who didn’t receive the same amenities, and the Chinese, who resented the forced relocation settlement.
Although the New Villages, of which 450 were built, were an improvement over the forced detention camps of the Boer War, and death rates in the villages were roughly the same as for the rest of the country, there were racially motivated #CollectivePunishments directed towards the Chinese population in the villages. #Deportation without trial by the administration was a common punishment for the Chinese. Law within the villages was the decision of the British. Many of the villages are still standing and in recent years have been restored to serve as tourist destinations by the Malaysian government with support from China.
#AsianMastodon #SouthEastAsia #TootSEA #ColonialismInAsia #Decolonization #DecolonialLearning #ColonizerCrimes #ColonialViolence #Decolonize #AsianHistory #MalaysianHistory #LearnYourColonialHistory
*Jaw drops to the ground*
So, Malaysia is applying to be a part of BRICS! After Thailand, I guess I'm not surprised. Everyone's falling over themselves to join the bloc, and due to the insanity in the world right now it seems like the popular choice.
Whether we'll be accepted is another matter, of course.
It's so funny that one of the oldest provident funds in the world is the Malayan one (now known as EPF in Malaysia and CPF in Singapore). It's older than any iteration of this territory as a postcolonial state (1951). The easiest way to think of it is a pension scheme for the private sector - but that's such a leftwing thing to say here if I were to use that description I evidently will blow people away. Consequently people are more encouraged to think of it merely as a savings fund, a convenient framework as every successive generation of neoliberal seek to externalise any public obligation and social welfare. The big con that really got going in COVID era is the political encouragement to have people demand the right to 'withdraw their savings'.
Anyway, as political compromises go, this seems fine but if anyone wants free advice, that's below this post.
Ok another viral Raya song - am being such a typical Malaysian in always being puzzled if we're a regional/international source of anything - so kinda like how our CNY songs always get attention from other sinophones during Lunar New Year, over the years our Raya songs are popular elsewhere too. Though I think this used to be mainly in the nusantara but i'm seeing it's bursting out into the wider Muslim world.
yyyanyway, after watching the how manyth Indonesian reel, here's the other Raya song from this year: youtu.be/UnBr1vwjacU
The last one I shared: mefi.social/@cendawanita/11228…
#tootSEA #Malaysia #Raya #Eid #PlaylistSEA
Dendan Setia (Nins) (@cendawanita@mefi.social)
Finally a contemporary Raya song that has immediate iconic status. But when it went viral I didn't think "random Japanese content creator dancing to it" viral lol. #tootSEA #Malaysia #Eid #music #playlistSEA #raya Song: https://youtu.mefi.social
Mum: "see this is why I wanted to come to the market at 5" (o'clock IN THE MORNING)
anyway-- this is what city people do in lieu of actually cooking our own rendang and lemang etc.
#tootSEA #Malaysia #Eid #Ramadan #photography
What.
nst.com.my/news/nation/2024/03…
#tootSEA #Israel #Malaysia (will people pls stop coming here for assassination attempts!!!) (not enough bombing Lebanon and Syria, here also must come ah.)
London-based Grant Thornton in its annual survey said 43% of senior [..] positions at Philippine companies are held by women. Three other #SoutheastAsia nations placed in the top 10 -- #Thailand, No. 3; #Malaysia, No. 7; and #Indonesia, No. 10.
archive.fo/2024.03.16-031137/a… #TootSEA #ExpatAsia
How a Malaysian Chinese would behave in the US Congress TikTok interrogation 😆
Melissa De Silva has a cool video on CNA tracing her Kristang (Portuguese / Malaccan Eurasian) roots through food.
‘Eurasian’ in a Malaysian and Singaporean context is approximately similar to the idea of say, ‘Anglo-Indian’: not just a recent generational mix but centuries of it, with their own distinct cultures and languages and food
#Food #TootSea #Singapore #Malaysia
Curry Devil: Tracing My Eurasian Heritage Across Asia With Our Most Iconic Dish | My Debal Diaries
Singaporean author Melissa De Silva goes to Malacca and Goa, where her ancestors hail from, to discover more about the roots of Eurasian culture and identity...YouTube
Huh. Didn't even need a viral subsite or anything.
>The Malaysia Competition Commission (MyCC) has imposed a penalty of nearly RM415.5 million against five poultry feed manufacturers for infringing Section 4 of the Competition Act 2010 (Act 712) by forming a price-fixing cartel for poultry feed.
>(...)MyCC said its investigation uncovered evidence of identical increments in poultry feed prices among the parties from January 2020 to June 2022 in addition to finding that the five enterprises had employed a calculated strategy to create the illusion of rising poultry feed costs due to hikes in raw material costs.
>It added that WhatsApp chats and call logs recovered--
🤣 ANYWAY it's these fools: Leong Hup, FFM, Gold Coin, Dindings, and PK Agro.
Malaysians are such that this year's Michelin announcement of more additions from Malaysia has barely registered - I only saw it days back from my news feed, and I've yet to see it gone even mildly viral. Compared to last year, but mainly it was in the disbelieving tones of, what the fuck is this, and, if this makes the list where the fuck have they been eating, and, cheh KL Penang only Bib Gourmand only, and not to forget, well ok that's one more place we'll just let the tourists and expats go. Hater game strong 🤣 (I'll probably check them out... When I remember to. That said, quite a bit I can't go to anyway which just means I'll forget hahahaha) #TootSEA #Malaysia
The MICHELIN Guide Kuala Lumpur & Penang 2024 Bib Gourmand Selection
From chicken rice, North Indian cuisine to chargrilled pancake and delicous kuey teow, 14 new establishments — 5 in Kuala Lumpur and 9 in Penang — are awarde...YouTube
Random regular music post debut: Lagu untuk @thepoliticalcat - since you said you'd like more songs from home and anything after the 50s is still recent for you 😂: here's something I heard a busker perform the other day: Alleycats' Hingga Akhir Nanti (Until The End). These guys were huge when I was a kid. #TootSEA #Malaysia #PlaylistSEA (anyone can join and rec songs pls! Since I know mostly Malaysian songs in Malay and English only)
Alleycats - Hingga Akhir Nanti (Audio)
Music video by Alleycats performing Hingga Akhir Nanti. © 2010 Universal Music Sdn Bhdhttp://vevo.ly/P1T86PYouTube
Check out this recipe for a southern Malaysian Malay sambal kicap, however I doubt 20 birds eye chillies is the right amount for anyone not from that part of the world (try 8 if you think you’re a spice head)
periuk.my/recipes/sambal-kicap…
#TootSea #Malaysia #Cooking #Recipes
Sambal kicap: A versatile condiment for Malay kitchens
Sambals don’t need to be complicated. Just three ingredients can give you a soy sauce sambal so good, you’ll want for no other condiment.www.periuk.my
“Malaysian editor & writer Kean Wong was arrested by the police on October 1.
This happened while applying for a passport renewal more than three years after a book he edited was banned by authorities for allegedly disrespecting the country’s coat of arms.
The book, “Rebirth: Reformasi, Resistance And Hope in New #Malaysia” was banned July 2020 after its cover was deemed insulting.” #tootsea
globalvoices.org/2023/10/22/ma…
Malaysian editor of banned book faces police probe for sedition
"Kean Wong’s arrest demonstrates the State’s concerted effort to suppress the public’s ability to both inform and to speak out without fear of censorship."Global Voices
Cash-strapped Malaysian budget carrier MyAirline abruptly suspends operations, stranding passengers
> Malaysian budget carrier MyAirline abruptly suspended operations Thursday, citing financial pressures less than 11 months after it took to the skies. The unexpected announcement on social media caught many by surprise and left angry passengers stranded at the airport.
abcnews.go.com/Business/wireSt… #Malaysia #airlines #SouthEastAsia #TootSEA
Cash-strapped Malaysian budget carrier MyAirline abruptly suspends operations, stranding passengers
Malaysian budget carrier MyAirline has abruptly suspended operations, citing financial pressures less than 11 months after it took to the skiesThe Associated Press (ABC News)