Teresa Kok - Onederful CNY Video

It has become an unhealthy habit of certain politicians these days to exploit culture, religion & race for their political benefit. Seems like nothing is off limits. Everything is game. From temples to Chinese New Year & Wesak Day. All these occasions are used to spread their political message and sow hate towards the government & BN.

1. OK, I must admit some parts of the video is quite funny. hehehe... The actors actually played their parts well. But I also think it is done in bad taste, and certainly not befitting the occasion, which is Chinese New Year, a joyous celebration to wish everyone good things, not for you to mock others.

2. Most Malays seem to be vexed by the term "Ma Lai, Sei Lei Ah", erroneously thinking that "Ma Lai" refers to Malay, but in the context of the video, it is not. In the video, "Ma Lai"is spoken in Mandarin while "Sei Lei Ah" is spoken in Cantonese.

3. You see, people who are blinded by anger, are asking the wrong questions, because they are questioning the meaning of the words, instead of the right question, which is, "Why did she split the phrase into Mandarin & Cantonese?". Even Chinese themselves are giving the wrong answers... So much for superior Chinese education.

4. In Cantonese, Malaysia is pronounced like this, "Ma Loi Sei Ah". So if Cantonese is used, the whole phrase in the video would sound like this, "Ma Loi Sei Lei Ah", which can actually work in the video. If Teresa had used Cantonese for the whole phrase, the Malays would not fall into her trap! But she chose not to.... aha! Malays think the word "Sei" used here means "Die". Wrong.

In Cantonese, Malays (the race) is actually pronounced as "Ma Lai Yan", Malay People. So, she chose to use Mandarin pronunciation for "Ma Lai" instead, so that non Chinese-speaking people (non-Cantonese & Mandarin) will be confused and take it to mean Malays, instead of Malaysia. In Mandarin Malays is pronounced as "Ma Lai Ren"...

So, the phrase actually means "Malaysia is great!"... but in the video's context, used as a parody to mean the opposite.

The result is, to the Chinese, there is indeed no racial & religious connotation. But to the Malays, they feel offended because they are very sensitive to the word "Ma Lai". They get very suspicious whenever they hear that word being spoken by the Chinese. But in the context of the video, the target was not the Malay race & their religion.

Those mocked in the video:

1. Ng Yen Yen
2. Rosmah
3. Najib
4. Wee Ka Siong
5. MCA
6. MOE
7. Malaysian Government
... hmmm did I leave anybody out? hehehehe

Conclusion:

Was there malice by Teresa Kok in producing the video? Yes.
Was it done in bad taste? Yes.
Should Teresa Kok apologise? YES. 
Did she disrespect the Chinese New Year? Yes.
Did she insult the Malay people? No.

Were the demonstrators against the video wrong?
No, if their intention is to defend those mocked in the video: PM, Rosmah, the Government and MCA.
Yes, if they think the video insulted Malays & Islam.

Did the chickens died in vain? Yes, unfortunately.

I don't think DAP respects the Chinese culture, customs & traditions. They have, again, and again, used Chinese festivals, culture & temples for their own benefits, to sow hate among the Chinese.

Oh, I almost forgot. How come nobody raised what was said about MCA in the video? Something along the lines of, umm, being a traitor? :)

The response to Teresa's video.

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Malay NGOs protest Teresa Kok's CNY video

KUALA LUMPUR: A group of Malay NGOs held a protest over the Chinese New Year greeting video of Seputeh MP Teresa Kok.

Pewaris secretariat member Zulkifli Sharif said the protest was held to slam chauvinistic leaders who were using current issues to run down Malay leaders and fan hatred against them.

The group of 50 were from Pewaris, Pekida and other bodies. They had gathered along Jalan Tun Perak in front of Menara Maybank at 2pm with banners, offering "RM500 reward" to anyone who would slap Kok and show proof of it.

The protest took a macabre turn when four chickens were slaughtered and their blood smeared on a poster with faces of Kok, Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, DAP advisor Lim Kit Siang, Machang Bubuk MP Lee Khai Loon.

The group also gave out bunches of kangkung.

On Wednesday, Kok lodged a police report about alleged threats made against her over the controversial Onederful Malaysia CNY 2014 video clip.

In the video clip that Kok allegedly uploaded on YouTube on Jan 27, she acted as a feng shui talk show host and had “panellists” poke fun at various national issues, including the education system, rising cost of living, public safety and the foreign intrusion into Sabah in February last year.- SOURCE