Hainanese Kopi-O

This is the first time I do a fan(-si) meme from 5Xmom. I guess I am to coward to snap pictures of fan at Hock Seng Leong or Jusco electrical department. I ended up with 2 of these from home. I confess I read blogs more than blogging. My dad should’ve named me Huan Choo (Ah-Choo), english name Sweet Potato. I may not be the greatest fan (stalker) of 5Xmom but I do read at few times in a week.

Justice and Fair play for the family of Gan Eng Gor (deceased)

1. Our father was seventy four (74) years old. He suffered a severe stroke in 2006. He was as immobilized,bedridden, mentally unsound, cannot speak, partially deaf and has very poor vision.

2. We transferred him to stay with one of our brothers in Klang. Our aged mother looked after, bathed andfed him. She also helped to look after our nephews and nieces.

3. Our father died on 20th Jan 2008. As Gan Hock Seng (the eldest son) is a member of the family, we informed him of our father’s death. He was then told us that our father is a muslim, we were shocked and did not believed him. So we continue to perform the wake service as our father have never led a muslim life. The Majlis Agama officers came and attempted to snatch the dead body, all our family members more shocked and angry, we resisted and strongly protested against the removal of our father’s body.

4. We obtained his alleged conversion papers from Majlis Agama the second day.

5. We were advised by our solicitors that there are serious irregularities in the said conversion papers especially the Declaration of Conversion into Islam.

a). The declaration was before a Pegawai Ukhuwah. His rubber stamp was on the paper but that officer did not sign.

b). Further there was no signatory at the certification column.

c). There was an illegal alteration on the date to 3rd July 2007.

d). The thumb print was questionable as we are certain that our deceased father was in Klang and not at the address No. 451, Taman Megaway, 70400 Sikamat, Seremban as stated in the application form.

e). His address stated in the Borang Perakuan Memeluk Islam is No: 1272, Jalan TBK 6/2, Taman Bkt Kepayang, 70200 Seremban, the residence of the eldest son. We wish to state that our father has never resided at this address.

f). The Majlis Agama Authorities claimed that our deceased father made an oral declaration in Arabic accepting the Muslim faith. Our family has medical confirmations from three doctors that our father was unable to speak.

g). We were asked to appear before the Syariah Court Seremban, we believe the Syariah Court is for Muslims only.

h). We refused to attend at the Syariah Court on a matter of principle as non-Muslims. We refused to submit to the jurisdiction of the Syariah Court.

i). The Syariah Court made a unilateral declaration that our father is a Muslim and is to be buried in accordance to Muslim rites.

j). We filed an application at the High Court Seremban to adjudicate on the validity, authenticity, veracity and legality of the conversion paper especially the declaration of acceptance into Islam.

k). The High Court Seremban dismissed our application on the ground that he has no jurisdiction to hear this matter as the subject matter falls within the purview of the Syariah Court. We beg to differ.

l). We were indeed shocked and aggrieved at the simplistic way the High Court disposed off this matter. We only seek justice, fair play and to find out the truth on his alleged conversion.

10. The eldest son Gan Hock Seng converted to Islam years ago. Our father and mother had strenuously opposed his conversion.

11. This eldest son had allegedly converted our father without the knowledge of our other and all other seven siblings.

12. Further, the eldest son had NEVER taken care of him physically and financially. He hardly visited him too.

13. Even if the eldest son had converted our father, we like to ask :

i). Why is it that he did not take care of him and brought him to stay in his house to lead a Muslim life?

ii). Why did he allow our father to continue living in a non‐muslim home in Klang ? Our father had never prayed and continued eating pork and other non‐halal food. He never revealed to anyone that he has converted to Islam.

iii). Why he as a Muslim, did not ensure that our father (if he had been indeed converted) led a Muslim life?

iv). Why is it that the Agama Islam authorities did not visit and follow up with our father – the alleged new convert, after his conversion?

14. We believe we have been unfairly treated by our eldest brother and the Agama Islam authorities in this alleged conversion of our father. If there had been a conversion, we firmly believe that the Agama Islam authorities should have informed all members of the family. There should not be a fight over the body of dead person. There should be dignity and respect on the dead person.

15. We hope the PM and the higher ups in the Islamic Authorities review this case and to ensure that the truth is unraveled. We hope that all conversions to Islam is fair and transparent and made known to all the next of kin of the convert.

We Seek Justice, Fair play and Truth in this matter.

From,

Gan Hok Ming for and on behalf of the family members of Gan Eng Gor (deceased)

Date: 25th January 2008

I left comments below at 5Xmom’s blog.

Some people out there is not doing their job.
Some people out there is using religion for personal gain.

Mixing religion and politics is a dangerous act.
Religion was meant for personal belief
But when enforced
It divides and breaks our society

Public transport is a mean of safe mass travel
Opening oppurtunity for all near and far
Riding on Malaysia public transport
Is liken to dicing with life and death

My heart felt condolences to both
late Gan Eng Gor’s family
and Nian Ning’s family

You can read about late Gan Eng Gor’s at HsiauChuen’s blog. Hsiau Chuen is a family member of late Gan Eng Gor.

I am heart broken and angry to read from The Star about Nian Ning, and the bus driver - I considered a repeat criminal.

I have copied and pasted some links on below from Jolene’s blog if you have not read the issues:

Family mourns loss of beautiful, intelligent go-getterBus crash: Driver had 13 outstanding summonses2 killed, 24 hurt in bus crash

A facebook group has also been set up in memory of her:

In Loving Memory of Lee Nian Neng(1987-2008).

Please post this on your blog now to help:

Chung Lern and Nian Ning’s families would like all families and friends of the victims, dead or alive, in the Slim River Bus Crash to come forward and join them in taking action against the bus company. Stand up to seek justice for these three innocent individuals, who were all so young and full of life.

If you have a blog, please call out to ANYONE who

knows someone who survived or did not survive

the crash to come forward to join the Lee family.

Make a huge difference, make a huge fuss.

For now, you may contact Lee Chung Lern at chunglern@gmail.com or preferably on his handphone at 012-6670368.

A popular Teochew chicken rice may cease operation due to internal problem. Owner wanted to pass son the business but asked for huge amount of salary and rental (total amount of PM salary) from the young master. The old man’s greed has chased out his business heir to work for outside the family. This is the classic unfortunate event that caused many good things never last here. When patriach demands exceed the younger generation affordability, the family breaks. There is a Cantonese drama which the future mother in law asked for 3 shop properties as bride’s dowry. Greed….

Greed kills good things.

Hooray! Bahasa Malaysia is no longer known as Bahasa Melayu. See The Star for today’s news. I don’t understand why former Education Minister Anwar Ibrahim had to change Bahasa Malaysia to Bahasa Melayu. I still remember clearly Anwar Ibrahim tried to close chinese school while holding Education Minister post. This post is a reminder to myself, in case I turn senile in the next 5 years, not to support people like Anwar Ibrahim who would stir any kind issue to achieve his own agenda.

There are forces out there
Trying to decrease our presence
Trying to silence us
Trying to oust us
Trying to drown us

What century is now?
What year is this year?
What month is this month?
What day is this day?
What time is now?

Did you…
Begged to be raped?
Asked to be molested?
Pleaded to be harassed?
Wanted to be silenced?

Congratulation Malaysian women!! You ARE the punching bag for sex related crimes in your country. To avoid being penalise, please refer to today’s The Star to keep up to date of your physical presentation.

Let me forecast what the up coming rules are for Malaysian women & little girls:

1. All sanitary pads, douches or female related medication will be moved to special hidden from public eyes room in the pharmacies, supermarket and grocery store.

2. All men barred from ladies apparel & shoes department, make up department and kids department (where moms shop)

3. All soft and silky textiles and clothing are ILLEGAL to be worn as it would arouse sexual desire.

4. All Malaysian women and little girls will wear new outfit designed by sexually charged Malaysian men to prevent further attraction. New outfit designs will be launched soon. Authorities involved will announce launch in a month’s time.

5. Malaysian women and little girls are NOT allowed to carry, possess or be near any cylindrical like objects, as this would arouse sexual desire among Malaysian men too.

6. All Malaysian mothers will NO longer allow to breast feed, bath, feed or in any form of contact with the Malaysian male child as this too, would lead to their boys’ sexual desire growth abnormality.

7. Meals prepared at home shall be serve to Malaysian men in the family either by passing thru a small window or a dumb waiter in the house.

8. Malaysian women to do housework when men are all OUT of the house.

9. There will be Malaysian female only supermarkets, malls, enclosed wet market (sold by Malaysian women only) and transportation.

10. For Malaysian married couples intercourse, this activity will be conducted in total darkness (to avoid seeing), loud and noisy environment (to mute any howling & puffing noise) and cease activity immediately upon completion by Malaysian female leaving the bedroom in total silence.

Thanks to the Niah-Ma-Fu-Lat sexually charged Malaysian men who support the new regulation.

Read today The Star Two page T4-No Child’s Play and page T6 Stay-at-home dad.  I am a mother of 2 boys. My husband spent time to be with me and our eldest boy during confinement month which was a learning and bonding experience. He was not able to do so during our second boy due to work commitment. So the younger boy is not so close to his papa. I would support the idea of granting paternity leave for both government and private sector. It can help to build better relationship in families.

I am wondering why the HR guy in this company being so insensitive about individual different needs. Does every family in this world function as they are being programmed to live in A way? HR department is the one of the functions in an organization that take care of staffs and ensure reasonable working conditions that effective for both organization and staffs. If 2-3 working days are sufficient, I think that would be workable for those who are still living in and before the eigthties.