Mana Prabhakaran Ketua Tamil Tigers? Cuba tanya Timbalan KM Penang.

Sekonyong-konyong Malaysiakini melaporkan bahawa Prabhakaran, Ketua pemberontak Tamil Tigers kini ada di Penang. Pulak dah! Apa cerita ni?

Website Asiantribune.com melaporkan:

“Sri Lankan army source speculated that he might be either in some coastal area in between Kerala and Tamil Nadu, or else in Penang, Malaysia. When asked why Malaysia, Army source said civilians are of the view that in Malaysia there are scores of hardcore LTTE supporters and many of them in the Penang state. In that state, there are good number of hardcore LTTErs in the state government and it would be easy for them to keep him in safe houses in Penang.”

Eh, siapa pulak yang Tentera Sri Lanka ni kata “hardcore LTTers in the State Government”?

Lalu saya pun menanya Encik Google. Jawapan Encik Google ialah, jeng, jeng, jeng, Ya, tak lain tak bukan, Timbalan Ketua Menteri II Penang, Prof Ramasamy, yang juga Timbalan Setiausaha Agung DAP.

Rupa-rupanya si Ramasamy ni memang bukan saja penyokong tegar, tapi memang bergelumang dalam perjuangan LTTE ni. Dia ahli Jawatankuasa Hal-Ehwal Perlembagaan LTTE. Macam mana seorang rakyat Malaysia bertaraf Professor, pemimpin tertinggi sebuah parti utama, dan jugak orang No. 2 atau 3 dalam Kerajaan Negeri boleh masuk jawatankuasa satu kumpulan pemberontak terhadap satu Kerajaan yang sah dan yang telah melakukan beribu-ribu pembunuhan terhadap askar kerajaan Sri Lanka dan penduduk negara Sri Lanka teman pun tak tahu. Ini sama tarafnya dengan Datuk Ali Rustam duduk dalam jawatankuasa Al-Qaeda!


Kata Ramasamy dalam artikelnya bertajuk “Malaysian Tamils Back the Cause of Eelam”

Tamils in Malaysia are fully behind the struggle for Eelam. ...

It would not be wrong to say that Tamils, particularly the youth, have very high regards for the LTTE leadership in general and its Supremo Prabhakaran in particular. Tamils in Malaysia consider Prabhakaran as their hero; the presence of his pictures or portraits is becoming a common feature in the homes of Tamil youths. In the pro-LTTE demonstrations organised in Malaysia some years back, Prabhakaran pictures were displayed quite prominently so much so the police were quite upset.
...

The pro-Malay policies of the government have discriminated against Tamils being meaningfully employed in the different sectors of the economy. Beyond this, Tamils are finding it difficult to erect places of worship and have curbs placed on their cultural activities. Their own leaders have not really championed their cause. Many of them by closely accommodating to the Malay elite have fundamentally neglected the welfare and well-being of the community. Thus, given this scenario, it is no wonder that Tamils longing for meaningful change have become quite radicalised. Their admiration of the LTTE have grown by leaps and bounds over the recent years. In fact, many of them secretly wish that they had a militant organisation to take up their cause.

Third and not the least, the selfless struggle waged by the LTTE, the utter dedication of its leaders, the disciplined nature of their performance and others have not been lost on the Tamil population in Malaysia. The role of LTTE has given Tamils here much pride and dignity as Tamils. In short, LTTE has been a fantastic morale booster to Tamils in Malaysia.

The LTTE leadership stands in stark contrast to the kind of Tamil leadership in Malaysia. Tamils leaders in Malaysia are not only corrupt but totally an indecent lost. Lacking the moral integrity and pride, these leaders have sold the community outright. By accommodating closely with their Malay patrons, they have become alienated from the rank and file. In fact, it will be a truism to state that Tamil political parties and organisations have not done anything for the betterment of the community from the time of political independence; but on the contrary, they have endorsed the racist policies of the Malay state.

About 75 percent of Tamils are members of the working class-both in the plantations and urban areas. Tamils share of the national equity is only about 1.5 percent; a share predominately held by rich Tamils who have no sense of solidarity with the working class.

All in all, Tamils have been neglected for about 100 years, and if such a neglect is not addressed in coming years, Tamils might think of some alternative plans to improve their lot. As one former Tamil politician remarked some years ago: “We Tamils may be poor, but we are not cowards”. In a recent cultural event held at one of the universities, a Tamil student leader remarked at the end of his speech in Tamil: “If the government is not going to address our educational and cultural grievances, then we will have choice but to plant the ....flag”.

Umang ai! Bukan saja si Ramasamy ni menyokong pemberontakan bersenjata LTTE di Sri Lanka, rupa-rupanya ada terlintas dalam fikirannya untuk pemberontakan bersenjata LTTE ni dibawa ke Malaysia.

Apa cerita ni?

Harus diingat, Tamil Tigers atau LTTE ni bukannya kecik anak punya terrorists. Mereka mempunyai funding yang banyak, senjata yang banyak, skuad suicide bombers dan pernah melaksanakan pembunuhan terhadap seorang Ketua Negara iaitu PM India Rajiv Ghandi pada tahun 1991. Malah mereka juga mempunyai kapal perang dan jet pejuang sendiri! Kehadiran mereka di Malaysia, atau peningkatan sokongan mereka oleh kaum Tamil di Malaysia yang semakin militan, bukanlah perkara enteng.

Kalau dulu masa kes Jemaah Islamiyah dan letupan di Indonesia bukan kah pembantu-pembantu Jemaah Islamiyah di Malaysia serta-merta ditangkap dan disiasat. Ini kes Timbalan Ketua Menteri Penang ni macam mana pula? Ini hal serius yang patut dibincangkan dan diambil tindakan.