The Ballad of Mustapha Hussain

Mustapha Hussain is very important figure in Malaysian History especially in our struggle towards independence...yet his name is not mentioned in our history books...I first heard about the story of Mustapha Hussain back in 2007 during a lecture of one of my final year Economics subject for my BECS course. I was so captivated by the story of Mustapha Hussain and the man himself that I decided to do my own mini-research about Mustapha Hussain...luckily for me, my uni's library have 2 copies of Mustapha Hussain memoir titled "Malay Nationalism before UMNO: The Memoir of Mustapha Hussain"...
















Last week I was at the 2009 KLIBF in PWTC...To my utter delight I saw Mustapha Hussain memoirs "Malays Nationalism Before UMNO" at SIRD/Gerak Budaya's booth...Only two copies available...There and then me and my mate bought the book for one each at a discounted price!!!

Mustapha Hussain's memoirs was originally written in Malay... It consists of 655 pages!!!118 pages more than Chin Peng's tome "My Side of History"... Published by DBP in 1999,sadly this book is out of print. However in 2005 Utusan Publications published an English version of Enchik Mustapha's memoirs titled "Malay Nationalism Before UMNO"...This English version was translated by Enchik Mustapha's own daughter Insun Sony Mustapha and edited by Jomo K.S...

Mustapha Hussain's was KMM first Vice-President...At that time Ibrahim Yaakob was KMM first president...KMM was the first political party in Malaya...The sole purpose of KMM was attaining independence for Malaya...KMM(Kesatuan Melayu Muda) or Young Malays' Union in English were registered as a social and sport association just to deter British suspicions...KMM real name is KESATUAN MALAYA MERDEKA(Union for Independent Malaya) ...

Enchik Mustapha is one of the few educated Malays not from aristocratic elite families(very rare during that time and age)...He was a lecturer in Agricultural School of Malaya in Serdang (presently UPM) from 1933 until World War 2 broke out...The Japanese appointed Enchik Mustapha as a de-facto leader of the Malays during their push towards Singapore...This happens because of Ibrahim Yaacob"s secret deal with the Japanese that KMM will act as their Fifth Columnists once the Japanese force enter Malaya...At that time Ibrahim Yaacob was imprisoned by the Brits in Singapore...

During his Japanese forced-reign as the Malays de-facto leader, Enchik Mustapha save hundreds of Malay soldiers,policemen,volunteers and civillians. This is also marks the time of Enchik Mustapha's first attempt to gain independence for Malaya... Dr Cheah Boon Kheng in his book Red Star over Malaya wrote:
"In fact in january 1942 after the Japanese force had enteres Kuala Lumpur, a conflict of aims had arisen when Mustpha Hussain asked the Japanese commanders to back a proclamation of Malay independence, citing Japan's promise to liberate Malays from the British rule. But the request was turned down."

In 1945 with the Japanese sensing defeat, they entertained the idea of proclaiming Malaya's independence...As a result Hodosho and KRIS were formed...Enchik Mustapha played an active role in KRIS and in drafting an independent Malaya constitution(based by the American Declaration of Independence)...This marked his second attempt of gaining independenc for Malaya...Malaya were to announce her independence on 17th August 1945!!! However it was not meant to be...The Japanese surrendered on 15th August 1945...Independence cheated by 48 hours...When recalling the moment, Enchik Mustapha described it as his "deepest regret" and "one of the most bitter moments of my life"...

Enchik Mustapha faced the brunt of the Brits' anger when they came back to Malaya...He was imprisoned from 1945-1946 for "collabrating" with the Japanese...He was freed only when hundreds of Malay soldiers whom he saved during the Japanese occupation signed and submitting a petission demanding his release...

In December 1946, Enchik Mustapha participated actively in drafting another Independent Malaya's constitution through the PUTERA-AMCJA conference (more on the happenings during the conference, read here)...He actively participated in the capacity as the assistant of Dr. Burhanuddin Helmy (MNP's President)... The result of the effort by PUTERA-AMCJA is the The People's Constitutional Proposals for Malaya... However the Brits totally ignored the proposal...Resulting in the 1947 All-Malaya Hartal...

Most astonishingly Mustapha Hussain could just as become our first Prime Minister!!..Enchik Mustapha was 2-votes away from becoming UMNO 2nd President... This happened in 1951 after Datuk Onn Jaafar left UMNO...After his defeat to Tunku Abdul Rahman, Enchik Mustapha's supporters nominated him for the Deputy-Presidency post which he faced Tun Abdul Razak... Enchik Mustapha received the same votes as Tun Razak...To resolve this the chairman of the meeting, Tan Sri Noah Omar (UMNO Permanent Chairman) gave the casting vote to his prospective son-in-law Tun Razak...

Mustapha Hussain was truly an unsung hero!!!He kept quiet and go on about his life in sleepy Matang for 30 plus years...Then in the late '70s Ibrahim Yaacob wrote a letter to Tun Abdul Razak(the Prime Minister at that time) accusing Enchik Mustapha of heinous crimes during the Japanese occupation...The reason Enchik Mustpha wrote his memoirs is to set the record straight and safeguard his name and reputation for the sake of his descandents...Otherwise all of this will might just go to the grave with Enchik Mustapha...

Malay Nationalism before UMNO is not just a memoir...It is an important record of events and accounts of Malaya's significant pre-Merdeka moments which shaped our struggle towards independence...More than that this memoir describe the way of live and the mentality of the Malays during the British colonialization...A must-read and must-have for all Malaysians especially the so-called "nationalistic" Malays...


-picture of Malay Nationalism before UMNO was taken from Fahmi Reza's Blog 10Tahun Sebelum Merdeka...

Tahniah!!!

Tahniah Selangor kerna berjaya menjulang Piala F.A 2009!!!Akan tetapi harus diingati banyak kelemahan harus diperbaiki...

Tahniah Abang Zack dan Coach Devan!!!The first of many!!!

Tahniah Selangor langkah pertama bagi mencapai Visi 2015...

Tahniah Kelantan kerna bermain lebih "cun" dari Selangor...tapi apa bleh buat sudah rezeki Merah Kuning...

Tahniah buat Amri Yahyah...sekali lagi dinobatkan "Man of the match"...tandukan penyelamat...kau memang "The Golden Boy of Selangor" Am!!!...Piala F.A 2009 juga merupakan kejuaraan kelima sepanjang karier professional beliau...diharap dapat tambah lagi dan lagi!!!

Tahniah juga diucapkan kepada Kapten Kelantan Badhri Radzi diatas permainan beliau yang cemerlang...nampaknya Badhri Radzi bukan lagi "Kelantan's best kept secret"... Saya kira seluruh peminat bolasepak tempatan sudah mengenali anda selepas final semalam...

Tahinah Khairul Anuar Baharom a.k.a Acong The Boss!!!Piala ke-13 sepanjang karier!!!!ni dah bleh masuk Malaysia Book of Record nih!!!Moga-moga dapat tambah lagi 10 sebelum menggantung but...

Tahniah penyokong Kelantan dan Selangor!!!Kehadiran kita seramai 85 Ribu merupakan satu rekod dalam sejarah bolasepak negara!!!Ini menunjukkan maseh ada yang sayang akan bolasepak kita!!!

p.s: Kepada penyokong Kelantan...kalau jodoh kita panjang, kita jumpa di final Piala Malaysia 2009...

Selangor vs Kelantan: The Battle of Bukit Jalil Part I

Bahang Final Piala F.A sudah terasa...Bahangnya terasa lain sekali berbanding musim-musim yang lepas...mungkin kerana buat Kelantan inilah kali pertama menjejakkan kaki ke Final setalah 39 tahun...Selangor pula berlainan sedikit dari musim lepas sejak dikendalikan oleh K.Devan...Kedua-dua pasukan juga dibarisi dengan nama-nama bintang bolasepak tempatan seperti Indra Putra,Khalid Jamlus dan Safee Sali...Pemain-pemain yang "top-form" musim ini seperti Amri Yahyah,Badhri Radzi dan Norfarhan juga berada dalam kesebelasan utama Selangor mahupun Kelantan...

Faktor peminat membuatkan Final 2009 hangat sekali...Tidak seperti musim-musim lepas berita dan artikel tentang Final musim ini terpampang di akhbar-akhbar dan televisyen...Peminat Kelantan yang setia dan amat fanatik pasti akan memenuhi Stadium Nasional Bukit Jalil kerna ini final pertam mereka selepas 39 tahun...Akibat ini peminat Selangor mula bangun dan tidak mahu peristiwa musim lepas dimana penyokong Kedah menang sorak dan lebih ramai di Final Piala F.A dan Piala Malaysia berulang kembali

Antara tunjang kekuatan sesebuah pasukan adalah jurulatih...K.Devan merupakan jurulatih muda yang cukup disegani...Beliau dianugerahkan gelaran Jurulatih Terbaik 2006 setelah menjuarai Liga Super dan mara ke final Piala Malaysia musim itu...pentas final Piala F.A juga bukan asing bagi Devan kerna pernah menjulang Piala F.A 2003 bersama Negri Sembilan (kejuaraan Negri yang pertama setelah 55 tahun)...

Kerjaya Peter Butler di Liga-M bermula dengan Sabah...Menjadi Ketua Jurulatih dari tahun 2001-2004...bekas pemain West Ham United ini pernah mara ke final Piala Malaysia 2002-2003 dengan Sabah...Lelaki Inggeris ini juga boleh berbahasa Melayu dan mengendalikan sesi latihannya dalam bahasa kebangsaan...Seorang jurulatih "journeyman" yang tidak mahu kerjaya kejurulatihannya bermula kerna ihsan rakan dan kenalan di Britain diberi peluang untuk bermula di Asia Tenggara...Beliau berpendapat bagi seorang "Mat Saleh" untuk berjaya disini, budaya tempatan mesti difahami dan dihormati...bahasa kebangsaan juga harus dipelajari...Ini membuatkan saya cukup tertarik dengan beliau... (Info lanjut tentang Peter Butler baca disini)...

Sejak diberi lilitan kapten, Amri Yahyah "the golden boy of Selangor" bermain dengan cukup cemerlang sekali dan menampakkan kematangan dari segi permainan..jika dulu sering dilabel sebagai pemain panas baran dan "budak nakal", musim ini Amri sudah dapat mengawal emosi dan memimpin rakan pasukan melalui prestasinya yang cukup cemerlang setakat ini...

Jika tumpuan lebih diberikan kepada Indra Putra dan Khalid Jamlus, nadi utama pasukan Kelantan adalah Badhri Radzi yang juga merupakan Kapten pasukan...Seorang pemain yang mempunyai kawalan bola yang sangat bagus...tenang walaupun di dalam tekanan... seorang Playmaker yang ada 'game making sense' persis lagenda Perak Azizul Abu Hanifah...

Secara jujurnya Final kali ini memang 50-50... Selangor yang dilihat kurang konsisten tetapi telah memenangi semua perlawanan "besar"...Kelantan hanya memenangi 2 dari 5 perlawanan baru-baru ini...Tetapi Kelantan telah membuat kejutan besar berjaya menumbangkan Negri Sembilan walaupun pernah ketinggalan 0-2 secara aggregat...

Jika Selangor hanya memberi tumpuan kepada Indra Putra dan Khalid Jamlus sudah pasti Gergasi Merah akan tumbang...Ini kerna segala gerak serangan Kelantan bermula dengan Badhri Radzi dan Norfarhan...Tetapi jika Badhri Radzi dan Norfarhan berjaya dikunci kemenangan pasti milik Selangor sperti ditunjukkan dalam kemenangan 3-0 keatas Kelantan di Shah Alam tempoh hari...

Bahang final yang terasa sebegini dari dalam padang mahupun luar padang amat bagus sekali untuk bola sepak Malaysia...Kehangatan sebegini diharap dapat memberi semangat baru kepada bola sepak kita yang kian layu...Akhir kata...MAJU SELANGOR!!!

7th of April Referendum: The TRUTH, The FACTS and The REALITY

The Truth:

1. The 7th of April by-elections is a referendum of sorts to the appointment of Najib Tun Razak as Malaysia 6th Prime Minister.
2. More importantly it shows that the majority of the voters from the Bukit Gantang oppose the coup d'etat orchestrated none other than Najib Tun Razak himself resulting in BN taking over the Perak sate government.
3. The majority of voters from Bukit Gantang is with Nizar Jamaluddin.
4. "Gelombang Rakyat" is still riding high in Bukit Selambau and Kedah.
5. PKR failed to woo the the people of Batang Ai.
6. The majority of voters from Batang Ai is still comfortable with BN.

The Facts:

1. One of the reasons attributed to BN's loss is some issues that were left unanswered particularly the murder of a particular Mongolian women.
2. Another reason for BN's loss in the 2 "bukits" is the canditate BN's choose to be on the ballot.
   
3. The influence of the "new" or "alternative" media is highlighted by BN's win plus increasing majority in Batang Ai where voters rely heavily on the information from the contemporary and establiment-controlled media.
4. As a result of PAS taking the defensive approach on the issues of the constitional crisis in Perak and "Nizar is a DAP stooge"...the Malay vote for PAS shows a decrease.
   

The Reality:

1. Although Malaysia experienced a political tsunami on 8th of march 2008, BN won the 2008 general election and form the federal government.
2. However as a result of the tsunami Pak Lah and Ong Tee Keat were forced to stepped down...Although Samy Vellu also lost his seat in Sungai Siput and were bashed by the MIC grassroots and the Indian community, Samy soldiered on...Well let's just say that Samy is being Samy...
3. Eventhough Pak Lah seemed to be incompetent, the major cause of the political tsunami was the alleged invovlement of Najib Tun Razak with the murder of a particular Mongolian women and the alleged inteference and influence of Khairy Jamaluddin have on Pak Lah's administration.
4. Pak Lah was elected by the Malaysian people to continue as the Prime Minister.
5. Najib Tun Razak WAS NOT elected by the Malaysian People to be the Prime Minister!!!
6. Hell he was not even elected by the UMNO members to be their President in last month Umno Elections as he "gingerly" take up the Umno Presidency vacated by Pak Lah and "won" the seat uncontested!!!
7. In light of the results from the by-elections, DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang called for Najib to convened an emergency meeting of the Parliament to pass a vote of confidence on his Prime Ministership.
8. A motion of a vote of confidence was tabled and passed within a week of Pak Lah tenure as Prime Minister in 2003.
9. Within two weeks after Tun Hussein Onn took over as Prime Minister as a result of Tun Razak's death in January 1976, Tun Hussein convened an emergency meeting of the Parliament to pass the motion of a vote of confidence in him.
10. The tabling of the motion of a vote of confidence in the Parliament is now all the more important and necessary to be done.
    

Kembara Seniman Jalanan @ Pawagam Coliseum

Nilah cerita "cult" dan filem "kebangkitan" kita...Membuka mata generasi muda...membuat kita berfikir....walaupun filem ni dah berusia 23 tahun, kisahnya masih relevan dengan generasi muda sekarang....Cerita pon tak guna...korang turun je Coliseum esok kol 12.00 tengahari!!!

info lanjut sila ke blog brader Pyanhabib

*poster ni pon aku kebas kat situ...jgn marah ye brader Pyan...hehe

Hasutan Pensyarah???

KUALA LUMPUR: Sebelum ini beliau pernah berucap empat kali di Perhimpunan Agung Umno, namun ucapannya semalam menyentap perasaan apabila menyatakan antara sebab golongan muda tidak menyokong kerajaan adalah hasutan secara halus pensyarah di pusat pengajian tinggi.

Ketua Penerangan Umno Bahagian Bukit Katil, Melaka, Datuk Hasnoor Sdg Husin, berkata beliau bukan sengaja membuat dakwaan itu tetapi berdasarkan jawapan pelajar universiti di Melaka sendiri, hasil perjumpaan mereka baru-baru ini.

“Apabila saya tanyakan sebab anak muda tidak menyokong kerajaan, mereka memberitahu peranan dimainkan oleh pensyarah universiti...dia kata dalam pada dia mengajar kita sekali dia sebut inilah kerajaan satu sindiran...seboleh-bolehnya dia hentam macam-macam.

“Sedikit demi sedikit lama-lama jadi bukit dia timbulkan rasa benci. Akhirnya bila anak muda ini keluar universiti dalam jiwanya sudah tertanam rasa bencinya pada kerajaan,” katanya ketika membahas usul Ucapan Dasar Presiden di Dewan Merdeka, Pusat Dagangan Dunia Putra (PWTC), di sini, semalam.

Hasnoor berkata, tidak susah menangani perkara itu daripada terus berleluasa, yakni pemimpin negara perlu menentukan pengurusan tertinggi universiti terdiri daripada orang Umno dan mereka yang sayangkan parti itu sepenuh hati.

“Pada saya bukan susah, tentukan rektornya orang Umno...tentukan dekan fakulti orang Umno, pegawai yang mengambil pelajar, pekerja dan pentadbirannya adalah orang yang dipenuhi rasa cinta pada Umno sangat tinggi seperti (Datuk Seri) Ibrahim Abu Shah di UiTM (Universiti Teknologi Mara).

*dipetik dari Harian Metro hari ni

haa...cantek...kalau monyet pon bleh jadi Rektor & Dekan asal orang UMNO...tu yang banyak professor kangkung kat IPTA tu...jilat bontot sikit...sokong UMNO terus dapat title professor...dapat jadi dekan...dapat jadi rektor...

kalau arwah A.R Tompel maseh hidup mesti dia sound mamat ni "NO BRAIN!!"

kalau satu universiti sume orang UMNO pelajar-pelajar kita bleh jadi bertambah pandai ke??

universiti ni tempat timba ilmu pengetahuan ke tempat tarbiah fahaman UMNO??

nak jadi pensyarah,dekan atau rektor terletak kepada kebolehan, pengetahuan & pengalaman... bukan political view...

tak kesah ar orang UMNO ke DAP ke MIC ke PAS ke PKR ke...kalau layak jadi rektor atau dekan silakan...didik pelajar-pelajar kita sampai pandai...

Selamat Hari Rakyat!!!

Hari ini adalah ulangtahun pertama "Tsunami Politik" 8 Mac 2008...Dengan ini aku ingin mengucapkan SELAMAT HARI KEBANGKITAN RAKYAT!!!

8 Mac 2008 ialah hari dimana rakyat sedar dari lena yang 50 tahun panjangnya....
8 Mac 2008 ialah hari dimana rakyat menyahut cabaran pemerintah angkuh...
8 Mac 2008 ialah hari dimana rakyat menolak politik rasis dan fasis...
8 Mac 2008 ialah hari dimana rakyat Malaysia bangkit!!!

Tapi kita masih belum berjaya lagi...marilah kita semua rakyat Malaysia seluruh baka bangkit menghapuskan kezaliman dan kekejaman...Marilah kita semua tegakkan keadilan dan kebenaran untuk semua di bumi Malaysia yang tercinta ini...

Sekali lagi...SELAMAT HARI KEBANGKITAN RAKYAT!!!

Perarakan Mansuhkan PPSMI

Setelah menjadi mangsa tindakan fasis FRU sewaktu perarakan mansuhkan PPSMI, maka hari ini aku mengisytiharkan HARAM bagi anak cucu aku jadi FRU!!! Jadi FRU yang jaga stadium masa lawan bola pon tidak aku izinkan!!! CELAKA PUNYE FRU!!! Dalam masjid pon korang tembak gas pemedih mata...Rejim Zionis pon tak camni!!!

Sekian,terima kasih.

Malam di Balai Budaya

Selamat malam komrad-komrad sekalian,

Kali ini kita layan pula sajak "Malam di Balai Budaya" nukilan Sasterawan Negara Allahyarham Usman Awang...

Malam itu di Balai Budaya
Api dan air mata

Malam itu di Balai Budaya
Seorang guru tua berbicara
‘Berarak ke parlimen,aku di muka’

Malam itu di Balai Budaya
Seseorang peguam muda* berkata
‘Bakar Perlembagaan 152’

Malam itu di Balai Budaya
Seseorang pemuda berteriak
‘Ayuh mari kita berarak’

Malam itu di Balai Budaya
para pelajar berikrar
‘Dada kami sedia dibakar’

Malam itulah juga
Parlimen jadi petanda
Memenggal leher BAHASA.

(USMAN AWANG 3 Mac 1967)

"Malam di Balai Budaya" merujuk kepada perisitiwa tunjuk perasaan sebelum Perarakan Keranda 152 kerana menentang Rang Undang-Undang Bahasa Kebangsaan 1967. Peristiwa ini berlaku pada tahun 1967 di Balai Budaya, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka sekarang.

*Peguam muda itu disebut-sebut sebagai Allahyaraham Tun Hussein Onn bapa kepada menteri pendidikan kita yang bengap lagi bacul, Hishammuddin Tun Hussein... kesian...bapak pejuang bahasa anak tukang kasi jahanam...