Pahang Jawi signage row – DAP leadership's party-first, not principle-first stand

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"If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him." - Attributed (disputed) to Cardinal Richelieu In defending Tras assemblyperson Chow Yu Hui's lawsuit that challenged a mandatory directive to include Jawi script on signboards, DAP Youth secretary Eric Teh said: "We should oppose any cultural hegemony instead of surrendering to it, and I think (DAP Youth chief) Howard Lee (who criticised Chow) has forgotten this." Let us begin with the basics. Culture is a one-way street in Malaysia. The non-Malays have no choice but to learn about Malay culture while the Malays get to retreat to a mainstream political system that claims their culture, economic survival and political system are under threat because of the non-Malays - that generally means the Chinese community. Therefore, this is not …