A blogger has claimed responsibility for the “new Malaysian flag”
controversy, saying it was done to honour the country’s early freedom fighters.
Muhammad Nasir confessed in his
blog Singaselatan, which attracted instant flak from local historians and
sparked an uproar among Netizens.
Historian Prof Khoo Kay Kim
questioned the motive of Muhammad, who said he was responsible for unveiling
the flag with his friend Zairi Shafai during the Janji Demokrasi gathering at
Merdeka Square in Kuala Lumpur last Thursday.
“Do they really know the struggle
of Kesatuan Melayu Muda (KMM) and what it represented? If they are not happy
with the country, they should give up their citizenship and migrate elsewhere,”
Khoo said.
Prof Khoo, one of the co-authors
of the Rukun Negara (declaration of Malaysia's national philosophy instituted
by royal proclamation on Merdeka Day, 1970), said KMM was formed in 1938 for
the purpose of overthrowing the then British rulers in Malaya.
He noted that a large number of
KMM members were Indonesians, hence the leftist movement’s goal of forming
Panji Melayu Raya or Greater Indonesia which called for the unification of
Malaya and Indonesia.
Datuk Dr Ramlah Adam, the author
of over 30 books on local history, questioned the group’s motive for glorifying
KMM.
“They are trying to create their
own version of history without really understanding the details behind KMM,
which was against the Malay rulers.
“Some may treat their actions as
young boys being mischievous but I worry that there may be a greater plan by
the Opposition to cause disunity,” she said.
Blogger Aesheh Adlina Karim drew
attention to the similarities of the group’s flag to the Singaporean and
Indonesian national flags.
“Do they (Pakatan) mean to make
Malaysia a republic because both Indonesia and Singapore are republics?” she
asked in her blog.
Meanwhile, People's Justice Party
deputy information youth chief Najwan Halimi said he modified a 1947
AMCJA-Putera leftist movement 12-star flag in 2007, adding that this flag
design was mistakenly used by the group.
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