Voice of Malaysia has errupted

4 more days and we will be in the month of December, the month where everybody starts counting down days for 2009.

However, this month is not just an ordinary month. November 2007 is filled with unity, bonding, brotherhood, sisterhood, cries, shouts, chants, marches, roadblocks, FRU, tear gas, water cannon, mafia trucks, Dang Wangi, etc. Two words for all these, according to official govt spokesperson, is "Illegal Gathering". The highly educated son-in-law described these as 'Monkeys'.

It is rather astonishing to see the rise of Malaysians in the era where freedom of speech is considered a taboo, is likened to bunch of monkeys in the wild. If this is to be the case, then our founding fathers must also acted like a bunch of wild crazy monkeys.

The first rally organized by a coalition who called themselves Bersih asked nothing but a free and fair election. An election where no vote to be casted by groups of super oldies with age well beyond century years old, where oppositions are free to stage campaigns and roadshows, where the ruling party stops using public fund to finance political campaigns.

The second rally organized by a group called Hindraf asked nothing but to see Malaysian Indian welfare being uphold and addressed by the government. In a country where Bumiputera for decades is seen as the victims of modern development, the less fortunate non-Bumi are outcast. Yes - the current government is multi-racial government. Yes - the current ruling coalition party represents by the three races. But, how effective is it to address the current social economic woes?

As Malaysia is working hard to achieve fully developed nation by 2020, the imbalance social factors seem daunting. The wealth imbalance among communities has grown larger by the year. Crimes such as rape, molestation, kidnapping and murder are becoming norm. Our children are no longer safe on the playgrounds, not even on their own backyard. As for the parents, they may face imprisonment if their child is either kidnapped, raped, molested or murdered. As a result, the criminals go unpunished and the victimized suffer double the blow.

Will this 'illegal gathering' trend continues? Let's wait and see.