HR Minister refutes ‘not patriotic enough’ statement by Defence Minister

Datuk Dr S Subramanaim, the Minister of Human Resources has come out to defend the claims made recently by the Minister of Defence, Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi who said that the reason that there was such a low enrollment of Chinese and Indians in the military was because they were ‘not patriotic enough’. Subramaniam claims that Zahidi’s statement was not true and it was instead the fact that career advancement issues were the main reasons holding back Indians and Chinese from joining the forces.

He said “As for the non-Malays, let me state that we have received many complaints that their applications were rejected for several reasons including failure during physical tests. Other than that, the issue of promotion, especially among existing officers and men in the armed forces is also a factor that makes them less interested to join the armed forces as they have other options. As a community leader, I am saddened by the remarks, especially because it came from a community and national leader. We at MIC are willing to hold discussion with the Ministry of Defence and the armed forces to address the issue,”

Meanwhile, Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai, the deputy president of MCA said As a minister, he cannot doubt others' patriotism and loyalty. Instead, he should look into the ministry's recruitment system and find the root of the problem," while Datuk Mah Siew Keong, the vice-president of Gerakan said “The Defence Ministry to exhaust all plausible means, including soliciting non-governmental organisations and relevant groups to help recruit non-Malays into the military, instead of pinpointing fingers. Dr Zahid Hamidi's reasoning was "unfair and unwarranted." We certainly do not need such myopic views. It is more important to address the problem (if there is one). Publicity on the recruitment exercises will also be more effective,"


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to those chinese and indians who supported the umno led government be it MCA, MIC, Gerakan and etc !! you all should feel utterly shamed for supporting the devils (umno) and you all should be refrained from calling yourself a chinese or indian !! you have betrayed your own race and look at how we all are being treated; they called us pendatangs, unpatriotic and all sort of bad names that one could ever imagine !!

are you all fcuking blind ?? couldnt you all see the umno scums you have bred for over 50 years have grown into an uncontrollable monsters which have been depriving our now and future generations rigths to be a dignified citizens of this country !! day in day out these umno malays have played around with the racist comments and it has never been about anything good to the chinese and indians !! wake up folks !! you all are gambling away your future generations' rights of citizenships by closing one eye on these monsters !!