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Sumber: Malaysiakini

Gapena: Human rights causes decay in BM

By: Leven Woon 2:19PM Jun 28, 2012

The Federation of National Writers Association (Gapena) has blamed liberalisation in education and human rights is threatening the position of Bahasa Malaysia as a national language.

Gapena chief Abdul Latiff Abu Bakar told reporters that the two factors had led to the “excessive” freedom to use other language and thus Bahasa Malaysia was facing relegation.

“The problem Malaysia is facing now is, we use languages at our whim and fancy in all the places. I feel offended because they don’t respect our national language.

“(Such trend) was influenced by the theories of liberalisation and human rights, to the extent that Bahasa was sidelined,” said the Malacca Art Institute chairperson at national language agency Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.

Abdul Latiff stressed that the national language must be prioritised even though other languages are allowed to flourish.

“We don't want to be like Singapore or Switzerland, they are small countries without identity, that’s why they use English (as their common language).

“In Malaysia, we have our own language. We must be like China, Japan or South Korea,” he said.

'MCA not patriotic'

Earlier, Abdul Latiff spoke at a language seminar in Kuala Lumpur, in which he introduced a 35-member monitoring council that will police the use of the languages in public.

He said that while it was okay for government agencies to be bi-lingual, Bahasa Malaysia must take priority over others.

“For example I founded it strange to see MCA conduct their assembly in foreign languages. It shows that they are not patriotic,” he said.

He said that the council will issue advisories to those who do not comply and reflect the council’s feedback to various quarters.

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Steven Sim, The Audacity to Think – An Invitation to Rethink Politics, Genta Media

(gentamedia.com), May 2012.

Dalam bab keenam yang berjudul, “ Understading the lion’s speech” halaman 39- 43,  yang memperkatakan isu bahasa, Steven menulis begini:

“We see language, especially the Malay language, as a sacred cow ― something one does not discuss, does not share and does not question; The language of the nation must the language of the people. It must be dynamic, fluid and organic language of everyday communication, both firm enough to be a consistent platform of exchange and yet bold enough to allow itself to grow through evolution while in use…”

Sebagai penutup bab tersebut, Steven berhujah:

“On the other hand, in Malaysia, the Malay language is zealously guarded, discouraged and even barred from being used to carry religious and theological ideas outside Islam. Restriction of the freedom of thought also led to very few critical literatures being published in the language.  Thus, our problem is not our national language, but the lack of space to allow critical ideas to be represented in the language.  No one will bother using a language which does not allow them to communicate their thoughts freely in commerce, in philosophy, in religion, in science.”

III.

Kepadaku seorang teman dalam LLG, pernah menyatakan:

“Kassim, semasa di sekolah dulu, aku benci dipaksa mempelajarinya.  Aku benci paksaan-paksaan  yang mereka sengajakan supaya aku belajar bahasa Malaysia itu…”

Demikianlah perasaannya, setiap kali aku mendengar, melihat dan dipaksa mendengar-melihat SATU MALAYSIA itu.  Bagiku Regime yang ghairah berpropaganda adalah Regime muflis.