Here’s a brilliantly re-scripted satirical video from Kav’s Kollage – adapted from the semi-documentary film  ‘Der Untergang‘, originally about the last days of Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich. Kav’s version has been very cleverly re-contextualised  for the political situation in Malaysia, and addresses the impending downfall of Das Bee-En Reich.

Congratulations, kamerad Kavi,  this is currently the hottest video on the Malaysian net. For anyone who hasn’t seen it yet, enjoy.

On a more serious note: There are very real and disturbing similarities between UMNO and the German National Socialist (Nazi) Party.

Even a cursory comparison between UMNO and the Nazis throws up unmistakable parallels — historical revisionism building up to a constructed myth of racial supremacy, usually packaged behind a facade of ‘nationalism’;  the sustained use of violence or threats against minorities to quell dissent;  totalitarian tendencies to control information and thought through control of the media and educational institutions;  consistent anti-intellectualism, rampant corruption, manipulation of the judiciary and abuse of the police/military to further the ends of the ruling party…

It’s all been done before – by Hitler’s Nazi party in pre-war Germany, and by their contemporaries, Mussolini’s Fascists in Italy.

Hitler and the Brownshirts - Nuremberg

Over 70 years ago – prior to WW2, Hitler and his Nazi party came to power by creating a myth of racial supremacy, systematically manufacturing accusations against the Jews, Gypsies, ‘inferior races’ and other so-called ‘undesirables’ and then launching pogroms against political opponents and anyone who opposed them.

Today, we see UMNO resorting to the same fascist methods to cling to power, using as their weapons the  Polis di-raja Malaysia and the Internal Security Act.

IGP Musa Hassan - UMNO Enforcer

UMNO has been exceedingly successful in suborning the police to their purposes. The PDRM have long given up any pretence of being an independent guardian of the law, and instead subordinate themselves happily to the paranoid whims of a fascist regime, becoming UMNO’s blunt (and particularly dense) instrument with which to batter opponents. The PDRM has thus goose-stepped nicely into the jackboots of the Gestapo, trampling our civil liberties underfoot in the much-abused name of ‘national security’.

Gestapo officers

One of the defining characteristics of the German Gestapo (Geheime Staatspolizei – ‘Secret State Police) was a particular power called the Schutzhaft – the power to arrest and detain an individual without trial – usually on trumped-up charges. Like Malaysia’s Internal Security Act, the Schutzhaft circumvented the judicial system and thus removed the ‘problem’ of accountability for the Gestapo. The ‘charges’ that were used by the Gestapo to justify their use of the Schutzhaft ranged from ‘being a Jew’, ‘collaborating with the enemy’, ‘activities against the interests of the Reich’,  ‘making defeatist statements’, etc.

The fate of the arrested individual would often be decided arbitrarily by the immediate commanding officer of the Gestapo, and was not subject to judicial review. The usual result for the victim was summary execution or deportation to a concentration camp. Apart from the known victims of the Gestapo, tens of thousands others simply ‘disappeared’ while in Gestapo custody during WW2.

The Gestapo was thus actively used to persecute opposition to the Nazi regime, assist in the persecution of the Jews and to terrorise the populace into submission by thier repressive methods and reputation.

The unquestioning willingness of the PDRM and especially the Special Branch to use extra-judicial methods like the Internal Security Act on opponents of the UMNO-BN regime has exactly the same sinister undertones as the historical Gestapo and their Schutzhaft. The PDRM have not begun executing victims of the ISA yet (though the unfortunate Altantuya Shariibuu should qualify as a victim) but if left unchecked, it is only a matter of time before the PDRM and their Special Branch offshoot become the new Gestapo – a blunt instrument of repression to prolong the existence of a fascist regime.

This is why regime change is necessary. The UMNO-BN regime has neither the political will nor – it has to be said – the principles to undo the damage it has done to this country and its institutions after decades of misrule. A comprehensive change of government and de-Nazification — I mean de-UMNOisation — programme will be necessary to set Malaysia back on the right track.

Despite the latest ‘assurances’ from Abdullah that the ISA will not be used again even as the current political crisis comes to a head, this is not something we can afford to take for granted. We may even assume that Abdullah is not fully in control of the situation, and that self-interested parties like the UMNO hardline faction and the police command may try to take things into their own hands. It has happened before.

It will be necessary, I think, to maintain a state of high alert over the next few days and be ready to mobilise to defend Anwar and the key Pakatan leaders from the ISA-philic PDRM-Gestapo’s favourite ambush-and-grab tactics.

Let’s see PDRM-Gestapo arrest 20,000 people, 30,000 people, 50,000 people if they can.

A wounded beast is a dangerous beast, and UMNO is grieviously wounded now.

Now, we need to deliver the coup de grace to this beast, as quickly as possible, before the damage to this country becomes irreparable.

See Antares M’s related post here.

I am a cold, cynical character these days, but I nearly wept when I saw these photos of the rally last night. Kudos to TV Smith, who took this wonderful, wonderful series of photos. One day, these photos will become as iconic as the photo of Tunku Abdul Rahman in 1957.

We are so accustomed to seeing the ugly face of Malaysia that we have almost forgotten what the beautiful face looks like.

These are photos of hope, of faith, of love, of pride.

This… is what the beautiful face of Malaysia looks like.

[ All photos by TV Smith.  Please visit his/her blog ]

The beautiful face of Malaysia

True muhibbah - not BN's fake freak show

Meet Bangsa Malaysia

The Great General - Lim Kit Siang

Anwar - the charismatic leader of Pakatan

MALAYSIA DAY CELEBRATION AND SOLIDARITY VIGIL TO PROTEST AGAINST THE UNLAWFUL DETENTION OF RAJA PETRA KAMARUDIN, TERESA KOK AND TAN HOON CHENG UNDER THE ISA.

Location: Kelana Jaya Stadium

Date: Monday 15 Sept 2008

Time: 8:30 pm.

Speakers: Lim Kit Siang, Anwar Ibrahim, PAS representative

Inquiries: 03-7885 0530,03-7885 0531

(Event information from DAP Malaysia website)

UMNO Fascists . 12 Sept 2008

[ UPDATE ] 20081306 . 0140

HARI MALAYSIA / ISA SOLIDARITY VIGIL:

Kelana Jaya Stadium . Monday 15th September 2008 . 8:00 pm.

From Haris Ibrahim of the People’s Parliament:

“…People, do not play into the hands of the authorities.

Let’s not knee-jerk.

If we are going to do any vigils or peaceful demonstrations, let these be planned.

Will keep you posted on these, if any.

What I can tell you is that Pakatan Rakyat is holding a Hari Malaysia celebration on 15th September, 2008 at the Kelana Jaya stadium to commemorate 45 years of the formation of Malaysia, since 1963. The even starts at 8pm.

We are going to utilise that event to show solidarity with RPK.

I will try to get more details of that event and update all of you when I can.

Meanwhile, please start an sms campaign. Please send out the sms below. Can someone do translations in BM, Tamil and Mandarin, please? Send it in and I will put it up.

‘RPK detained under ISA. Pls come to Kelana Jaya Stadium 8pm 15th September, 2008 to show solidarity for RPK’.

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[ UPDATE ] 20081306 . 0130

This fascist action is clearly premeditated.

A few days ago, out of nowhere the Army Chief gave a ‘warning’ not to stir up ‘racist sentiments’. [ CORRECTION: see 2nd comment below ~ Ed ]

There is a general consensus that UMNO hardliners – in collaboration with the PDRM and the Malaysian Armed Forces [ CORRECTION: see 2nd comment below ~ Ed ] - are attempting to repeat the racial riots and coup d’etat of May 13th 1969, by first provoking the people with this wave of ISA arrests, and then using the resulting unrest as an excuse to declare an emergency and further suppress the opposition. At the same time, the hardliners will overthrow Badawi and impose a Malay supremacist government in the mold of Tun Abdul Razak and Harun Idris.

Well. This is not 1969.

We will not allow that to happen. The non-UMNO Malays will not allow that to happen. They have seen through your lies, UMNO.

We will not fall into that trap, despite the raging anger on the ground.

We will bide our time, take over the government, re-establish the rule of (real) law, and then deal with these bigots one at a time.

SO, FUCK YOU UMNO. FUCK YOU BADAWI. FUCK YOU NAJIB. FUCK YOU PDRM. FUCK THE ISA. FUCK AHMAD ISMAIL. FUCK ALL BIGOTS AND FASCISTS.

WE WILL NOT FALL INTO YOUR TRAP.

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[ FLASH ] 20081306 . 0030 DAP’s MP FOR SEPUTEH TERESA KOK HAS ALSO BEEN ARRESTED UNDER THE ISA.

So it has begun.

Not just Raja Petra, but also Sin Chew Jit Poh journalist Tan Hoon Cheng has now been detained under the ISA… for REPORTING the racist remarks made by that motherfucker Ahmad Ismail and his UMNO goons, who also made death threats against Tan.

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has failed completely, as Prime Minister, as UMNO president, as a human being. Nothing he can do will ever redeem him. The best that he can do now is to jump off the Petronas Towers.  But I doubt he can even manage to do that by himself.

The UMNO-BN govt has gone too far this time, even by its own abysmal standards. This is fascism, pure and simple.

HOWEVER, AS ANGRY AS WE ARE, PLEASE DO NOT ACT RASHLY. UMNO is just waiting for an excuse to instigate another May 13 or to declare an emergency.

STAY CALM, GET ORGANISED.

Fellow citizens of Malaysia, make your stand now! Support Anwar and Pakatan to force the change of government! For the sake of our country and all right-thinking Malaysians, we must make a stand now! RESIST UMNO!

AND TO ALL NON-UMNO BARISAN COMPONENT PARTIES. IF YOU DO NOT MAKE AN IMMEDIATE STAND AGAINST THIS FASCIST ACTION, YOU SHALL BE HELD EQUALLY GUILTY. THE PEOPLE WILL HOLD YOU TO THE SAME CONSEQUENCES AS UMNO.

FUCK the ISA . FUCK BADAWI . FUCK NAJIB . FUCK AHMAD ISMAIL . FUCK UMNO . FUCK BARISAN. FUCK ALL FASCISTS .

UMNO Fascism pre-GE2008

Raja Petra Kamarudin has just been arrested under the ISA. According to the Malaysiakini report, the police sent 10 men to his house at 1.10 pm to arrest him.

So, the racist thug Ahmad Ismail gets away with nothing but a light slap on the wrist, while Raja Petra who regularly exposes the UMNO-BN regime’s crimes is arrested under the ISA — because they do not want him in open court where his testimony could bring down so many of the ruling elite.

We all knew how weak and foolish Badawi was, but even I didn’t expect him to be so stupid as to arrest Raja Petra under the ISA.

Or is Badawi so weak now that he cannot even control his own Home Minister?

It does not matter.

If anyone still had any doubts about whether Pakatan Rakyat should take over the Federal Government, here is your answer now.

IT’S TIME TO ACT, ANWAR. REMOVE  UMNO-BN NOW!!!

OH, MY WORD!  *faint*  WHAT CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT IS THIS,  for such a gentle soul as Ahmad Ismail?

The other gentle racist UMNO thugs must be wetting each other’s pants in terror of what doom might befall them if they should make more racist remarks and death threats against the minority communities, media personnel and anyone else who might not agree with their beneficient ideologies.

In response to this vicious punishment and uncalled-for display of kuku besi by Abdullah Badawi, the corporate board of Ghostline Industries has decided to immediately hire Pak Blah to endorse our new product line of extra-mild kitty kat treats. The board considers that Pak Blah’s decisive, tough-guy image is entirely appropriate for promoting our food product for ferocious fluffy felines.

Due to our excellent UMNAHputra-only supply chain, it is likely that the kitty treats contain 100% meat-like ingredients and are allegedly edible.  The only size available is the 20kg super-economy pack. Wholesale enquiries are welcome.

[ Another DODGY(tm) Product, proudly brought to you by Ghostline Industries Tidak Berhad 2008 ]

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Excerpts from Malaysiakini: (highlights added); (full article at http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/89439 )

AHMAD SUSPENDED FOR 3 YEARS

Andrew Ong and Wong Teck Chi | Sep 10, 08 5:27pm

Bukit Bendera Umno division chief Ahmad Ismail has been suspended from the party for three years over his racial rants.

MCPX

This was announced by party president Abdullah Ahmad Badawi after an emergency supreme council meeting which lasted about three hours this afternoon.

“The supreme council’s opinion in this matter is that the statement and actions of Ahmad had caused tension and objections were raised by BN (Barisan Nasional) component parties. We view this seriously,” said Abdullah.

He added that the supreme council also urged all BN component parties to take stern action against theirs members who cause discord among coalition parties.

In an immediate reaction, Ahmad – who was at the party headquarters soon after the meeting – reiterated there was no reason for him to retract his remarks that likened the Chinese community to ‘squatters’.

“No way. I made no mistake,” he insisted.

…

The ‘Chinese squatter’ statement had received strong condemnation from Gerakan and MCA but the situation worsened when Ahmad hit back at Gerakan chief Dr Koh Tsu Koon and suggested that the latter’s party leave BN.

A press conference held by Ahmad two days ago degenerated into a ruckus when a photo of Koh, who is Penang BN chief, was ripped from the wall of the Penang Umno headquarters where the event was held and torn into pieces.

[ photo from Malaysiakini ]

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– END EXCERPT –

(photo courtesy of Malaysiakini)

Heaven knows Malaysia has suffered more than her fair share of pustulent bigots, but Bukit Bendera UMNO chief Ahmad Ismail takes the definition of ‘pustulent bigot’ to even more putrid depths, first with his racist tirade against ‘Chinese squatters’ during the Permatang Pauh campaign, and now his equally fetid defiance in the face of public outrage.

The delicious irony is that this inbred, racist thug has done far more damage to UMNO than to anyone else, really. Even better, he’s actually managed to insult his own UMNO leadership as well in the process. It takes real talent to be be able to do all that. Of course, this festering sac of pus pretending to be a human being rationalises that he is doing a great service to bigotkind.

So, the question is: will Badawi and Najib make an example of Ahmad Ismail to stamp out the growing UMNO mutiny (no one expects them to disown the statement and make a real apology to the Chinese and minorities), or will they quietly appease the extremist faction represented by this rabid dog, who after all was only reiterating the racist sentiments so often uttered in the past by UMNO leaders – including Najib himself?

It does not matter now. Either way, great damage has been done to UMNO, and to a lesser extent, BN.

This is what happens when one interbreeds and inbreeds racists and thugs: In its quest for ‘racial supremacy’ UMNO has instead succeeded in producing a new breed of untermenschen – vile, gibbering, inbred creatures dripping with corruption and fattened on the twin poisons of bigotry and ignorance (Much like J.R.R. Tolkien’s Orcs and Uruk-hai); vermin like Ahmad Ismail, Hishammudin, Khairy, Najib, Bung Radin, Nazri Aziz, Adnan Yaakob, Hashim Suboh… the list goes on and on.

Ironically, the fool has inadvertently helped us advance the popular, multiracial platform of Pakatan Rakyat, by highlighting (yet again) the undisguised racism within UMNO. We could spend hours (and we do) expounding the virtues of the Bangsa Malaysia principle – ‘colourblind’ Malaysian multiculturalism – and still be scarcely more convincing than having this vile creature demonstrate for us the dangers of bigotry.

That UMNO should be undone by the rantings of one of its own racist dogs is but poetic justice.

May I suggest that when Pakatan Rakyat reclaims our country from the UMNO-BN regime, we each send a thank-you card to Ahmad Ismail for his ‘help’.

THAT, my fellow Malaysians, would be poetic revenge. Serve it cold.

Best regards,

[ ghostline ]

An extract from the Malaysiakini report:

http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/89166

Penang Umno backs Ahmad, snubs Pak Lah
Athi Veerangan | Sep 5, 08 4:10pm

Backed by all 13 Umno divisions from Penang, the embattled Bukit Bendera Umno division chief Ahmad Ismail today fervently defended his stand not to apologise for his alleged racist remarks against the Chinese community.

MCPX

All Penang Umno divisions, including Prime Minister and Umno president Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s Kepala Batas, fully supported Ahmad’s stance, which erupted into a national furore since last week.The Penang Umno’s action today came as a snub against the prime minister who had earlier urged Ahmad to make an apology.

Abdullah, who is Penang Umno chief, is scheduled to have a meeting with the division leaders tomorrow in his home state.

Instead of apologising, the local Umno strongman today accused vernacular daily Sin Chiew Daily and its journalist for triggering the controversy by reporting his speech out of context, which was delivered during the recent Permatang Pauh by-election rally in Kampung Belah Dua on Aug 25.

“The newspaper and reporter were the ones who should apologise to me, my family, my friends, Umno and all Malaysians for misrepresenting the facts and wrongly reporting my statements,” he said.

Ahmad also took a swipe at the so-called trial by media, which had publicly found him guilty without hearing his side of the story.

The packed press conference was unexpectedly held under a rather intimidating atmosphere with the presence of some 100 Umno members, mostly from Bukit Bendera division, and it was frequently punctuated by shouts of racial slurs and threats.

…

Other local Umno leaders such as state secretary Azhar Ibrahim, Bukit Mertajam division chief Musa Syeikh Fadzir and Bayan Baru division chief Mohd Zain Omar joined Ahmad to rap those who objected to Ahmad’s rally speech.

Azhar blasted the Sin Chew Daily journalist who first reported Ahmad’s speech as ‘idiotic’, saying that “the reporter and the newspaper should be held responsible for inciting racial hatred and conflict”.

Meanwhile, Ahmad also slammed Gerakan acting president Dr Koh Tsu Koon as a “great liar and opportunist”, and said Gerakan can always “get out from Barisan Nasional”.

He even claimed BN would not have lost in Penang in the last general election if not for the incompetency of former chief minister Koh and his party.

“MCA could have won more seats if not for Gerakan,” he claimed.

He accused Koh and Gerakan of using him as a pawn to resurrect their waning credibility, position and relevance among the Chinese community.

In a clear sign of defiance and internal mutiny over the controversy, Musa hit out at the Umno top leadership for apologising on behalf of the party without checking the facts with Ahmad.

Deputy Prime Minister and Umno deputy president Najib Abdul Razak had already apologised over the issue to Chinese Malaysians on behalf of the party.

“The national leadership can have its own stand, but Penang divisional leaders have theirs.

“We fully back Ahmad on this issue,” Musa told journalists, rejecting outright Najib’s apologetic gesture.

But the most intimidating threat came from former Bayan Lepas assemblyperson Mohd Zain, who warned “non-Malays to be extra careful with their deeds and words”.

“Don’t disturb and push the Malays too much. Don’t think we are quiet.

“We can retaliate very aggressively,” he thumped home amidst applause from supporters.

Mohd Zain rapped “Chinese and Hindus of blowing up Muslim conversion issues out of proportion while at the same time, being quiet on Christianity conversion issues”.

At the same time, Ahmad argued that he was neither a racist nor anti-Chinese.

The former municipal councillor, who is being investigated by the police under the Sedition Act, said he has many Chinese friends, both personal and business, all these years.

The press conference ended with a show of solidarity and strength from local Umno leaders, and shouts of ‘Hidup Melayu’ (long live Malays).

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They have now instructed the MCMC – Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission – another running dog statutory body – to block all Malaysian internet access to the Malaysia Today website. The original website is no longer accessible from Malaysian ISP’s. The new alternate website is here: http://mt.harapanmalaysia.com/2008

In doing so UMNO is tacitly acknowledging that Malaysia Today – run by Raja Petra Kamarudin – has done enormous damage to UMNO-BN, by publishing incriminating documents, news and insider revelations about the corrupt inner workings of UMNO. With an estimated readership of 1.5 million, Malaysia Today and Malaysiakini are the two foremost independent news portals in Malaysia and wield enormous influence, as witnessed in the build-up to the March 8 political tsunami.

The person most likely behind the current assault on Malaysia Today is Najib Tun Razak, who has gone from PM heir-apparent to a political pariah, hounded by the ghosts of Altantuya, defence kickbacks, his 1987 ‘we-will-bathe-the-country-in-Chinese-blood’ keris-waving stunt, the intimidation of PI Balasubramaniam (in relation to the Altantuya case) and attempted intimidation of Dr. Mohd. Osman (whose refusal to ‘amend’ his leaked medical report is a pain in the arse for the Sodomy 2 conspirators) and many, many other scandals.

Najib is also widely seen as one of the prime movers behind the ‘Sodomy Part 2′ conspiracy against Anwar – after all, who was this failed student Saiful Bukhari who could approach the Deputy Prime Minister himself for a ‘scholarship interview’? Just as damaging, the ‘imam’ who witnessed the sodomy swearing ceremony chickened out in the face of eternal damnation and confessed that he had been ‘acting on instructions’ – a trail that points back to IGP Musa Hassan, AG Abdul Gani Patail and ultimately Najib.

Najib’s rapid reversal in fortunes is due in no small part to the extraordinarily damaging allegations levelled against him by Malaysia Today – particularly with regard to the Altantuya murder, where a continuing series of articles, published documents and statutory declarations have tightened the noose on Najib.

Of course, this being Malaysia, the ‘law enforcement agencies’ chose to persecute the whistleblowers rather than investigate the allegations. Police thugs managed to silence Altantuya, Razak Baginda and the hapless PI Bala, but they could not intimidate Raja Petra. The revelations have proven to be so damaging that Najib himself had to swear on the Quran that he had nothing to do with the murder and he did not know Altantuya.

But we all know how effective swearing on the Quran is: a cheap, desperate publicity stunt. Permatang Pauh proved that people can see through the charade. Any dumb shit can swear on the Quran (or other holy book). Money is the greatest religion of all; Saiful Bukhari forsook Allah for the God of Holy Ringgit.

In the aftermath of Permatang Pauh, the dogs are turning on their master, and the same fractious voices (Mahathir, Tengku Razaleigh, Mukhriz, Muhyiddin) are once again openly calling for Badawi to step down. But – as some astute MSK readers pointed out, it was Najib – the Prime-Minister designate - who led the UMNO-BN campaign in Permatang Pauh, a campaign that quickly and predictably descended into the blatant ‘Ketuanan Melayu’ racist rhetoric that UMNO always falls back on in its intellectual bankruptcy.

The victory is especially significant for all Malaysians, as the Malay-majority electorate bluntly rejected the ‘Ketuanan Melayu’ rhetoric in favour of Keadilan’s multi-racial platform.

Without discounting the personal charisma and ‘home-ground advantage’ of Anwar Ibrahim, the overwhelming rejection of UMNO-BN in the primarily Malay constituency of PP was not only a rejection of the UMNO agenda, it was also a personal rejection of Najib Tun Razak as PM-in-waiting. Ground reports indicate that Najib’s ceramahs drew as few as 50 people, mainly UMNO members – a situation previously faced by Samy Vellu in his home constituency of Sg. Siput.

The message is clear: the time of UMNO-BN is over. Najib Tun Razak is persona non grata. We are tired of race politics and this corrupt, fascist government.

We want our country back. And we will take our country back.

These are our thoughts for Merdeka 51.

So much for continuing to fool the people regarding the real status of MIC. I’m guessing it’s no presents for Minister for Misinformation Lord Zam Zam Alakazam bin Maidin either, because this is one he didn’t see coming and it was live.

1 down, 196 more BN MP’s to go.