After forum hijacked by communist bogeyman, activist says can’t erase our history

[Jenny]

KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 — Activist Fadiah Nadwa Fikri explained today that a forum discussing a review of Malaysia’s history textbooks was hijacked by those throwing racial provocations and the bogeyman of communism.

Clarifying the forum, part of the “A People’s History of the Malayan Emergency”, Fadiah said Malaysians have the right to discuss and understand more about the events in the country’s history.

“It is time we accept the fact that historical events that happened cannot be erased. We have the right to know what had happened, for us to fully understand why it happened,” said Fadiah, who was one of the panellist in the forum.

She said the issue has been discussed by academics and those who were involved in it.

“It is a huge betrayal when there are those among us who attended in the discussions, but are vehement in amplifying a malicious accusation without scrutiny,” she added.

Fadiah said she had shared two main topics in the forum: the leftist nationalist movement involving Angkatan Pemuda Insaf (API) led by Ahmad Boestamam, and the history of the People’s Constitution that goes against the British divide-and-conquer policy allegedly supported by Umno.

활동가인 Fadiah Nadwa Fikri 는 말레이시아 역사 교과서 심의를 논의한 후에 공산주의의 악령과 인종 주의자들에 의해 이용되었다고 했다.  말레이시아도 바른 역사서를 가져야 한다고  이미 일어난 일은 지우개로 지울 수 없고 바로 알려야 한다는 것이 그녀의 목소리이다. (역사는 왜곡되어서는 안된다고 본다....특히 권력에 의해 허무맹랑하게 좌지우지 되어서도 안된다고....)