Tale of three women: 13 May 1969
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 มิ.ย. 2011
- Video first uploaded on July 1st, 2011.
The racial clash of 13th May 1969 continues to be known as dark time in our nation's past.
But confusion and mystery continues to surround the events that transpired on that day.
Three women of different backgrounds go down memory lane and share the thoughts,concerns and emotions they experienced on that unforgettable day.
Mrs Kanthamani Ramasamy was in Alor Setar, Kedah when the riots happened. Her two sons were studying in Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. As a full-time mother of ten children, her experience is based on the information she heard from her husband and children.
Mrs Lily Chinniah is a former teacher and actress who appeared in movies such as Esok Masih Ada directed by Jin Shamsuddin. She was seven months pregnant and living in Setapak, Kuala Lumpur with her three children when the racial clash occurred.
Dr Rohana Ariffin was the acting president of Parti Rakyat Malaysia at the time this video was made. She was a student in Universiti Malaya back in 1969. She moved from her room in Petaling Jaya to live in Kampung Baru with her family prior to the riots for fear of her own safety.
These three grandmothers also share their views on whether Malaysia has achieved greater unity.
we will unite as the people of malaysia. HIDUP RAKYAT.
Dont blame anyone. Just support what u believe and be quiet bout it. I never wished for 13th May happens again. I do believe we all hate it so much. Lets be wise everyone. Just vote what u want. Dont talk bout race anymore. We all sharing the same blood color. Also i do believe we all want to have a peaceful country to live. So stop making riots. Stop contributing any damage to our country. Lets be happy. :)
Dap 1969 dgn sekarang tiada bezanya..dalangnya masih sama.erm..kita yg diam..mereka?
May 13 was painful for me. But the way Malaysia resolving the issue is just totally wrong..May 13 did not disappear it just masked. A strongn nation will remind the citizens that May 13 must not happen again but Malaysia will remind the citizens that it may happen again.
Can you share the sources you read? I would love to read as well:)
My brother was a 1st year medical student @ University of Malaya. It was a nerve wracking situation. He was safe by himself.
We can be strong great Malysian nations when we are united n stay together
Cheers!!
My Dad almost got shot when he was 9 here because he was searching for food
Orang Melayu,Cina dan India bersatu menentang Keganasan di Malaysia
Harap jangan berulang lagi....
Mau x mau. Klau terjadi lagi kita kena terima dgn rela hati.. Bkn kita yg minta.
Being as A kid in the town with a majority of Chinese on the day it happened I will never forget it as long as i could live. How old is the reporter/producer/editor who does the video?
Malaysiakini should really look into their audio , its annoyingly inconsistent in volume gain
I had beautiful friends in Muar in the 70s. Mostly Malays. Then a few years later, when I was in campus I had close friends of ALL races. My gf was Siwar Kaur - a Chinese Punjabi girl. Those were the good days - even after May 13. We got along so well. What happened?? It’s so different today. It’s sad.
Stupid & narrow-minded people are racists. Allah created us all. Violent is always not the solution. All citizens should be taught to love one another and live harmoniously since all races forced and worked together for our independence. It was a big mistake this happened but at the same time, we should learn from this bad incident as an eye-opener for the new generation to go forward to work and live together and look forward to a better Malaysia.
ini nusantara
malaysia indonesia singapura filipina brunei selatan thai
tapi telah dipisahkan
kami 1 gugusan...
banyakkan baca sejarah..
sakit betul hati aku
Diorg memang dah tahu...saje je tu nk jd bangsat...kalau perangai mcm diorang ni memang boleh berulang bro...
Tapi tak pernah wujud satu kerajaan
@@Koric135 maksud?
malaysiakini should interview my grandparents too.. hear their side of story.. a totally opposite story about 13 may 1969
Please take it wisely.....this only a story of 3 women.....but don't forget its a hard time for malaysia...let's hope it will never happen again
Whenever my parents tell stories about a time when Malaysia wasn't saturated with the racism that we experience today, I find it hard to imagine. In fact, more often than not, I wonder if these are just distorted memories. Racial harmony? Coexisting races? Those are such foreign concepts. Oh, M'kini, the volume of the background music needs to be balanced out; it gets too loud sometimes and drowns out the voices.
i agree there's less unity now than before. I still remember staying n sleeping at my chinese friend's house. And that was in the 70"s
I don't really care about races now, but take a note to the "government", I do not believe that our economic policy is working well. I still see poor Malays and Chinese and Indians living a hard life, while the already rich and "well connected" individuals gets richer. Nobody is born to be a laborer or a slave to others and yet daily, some will be having RM2 meals and some will be dining in fine restaurants. I suppose this is a difficult question all over the world, the equality of humanity.
What's so difficult with our mentalities? Stay in a Malay country, definitely the currency is Ringgit with a Malay Agong, stay in Thailand the currency is Baht with the Thai King, stay in China, the currency is Renminbi with the Chairman Mao and so on.. We are different in no ways but it is the same unit of currency that keeps us alive. On that fateful day in Singapore, i was assigned to the morgue for the insensible blood from KL flowed right down to Singapore. As long as i am alive, i definitely won't allow such tragedy to happen again. Any politician plays on racial issue must be the biggest 'hantu'(Malay word for 'devil').
If we can do an independent and unbiased detail study on this , we can prevent this from happening in future . Just treating this as taboo will not help us prevent future incidents . Those who learn in detail from this incident, can take necessary counter measures to prevent this from happening again . Tests to Nations will come in form of economic crisis or the pandemic .
don't let the powers that be tear this country apart. fight back with your will, belief in equality and conviction of character. nobody can force you to be racist. fight the power. hidup hidup
MY LEFT EAR HURTS
My dad used to say during the days, when he goes market. The chinese seller will say 'u takde duit, u beli barang kedai lain'. that was how arrogant the chinese were. I think this was brought by themselves. No one to blame. Still happening but more subtle. Najib has formulated steps to ensure rich business ppl who under declare tax to pay gst, even now targeting parents who send children to international school but declare low income in tax . In the long run the government can collect money leaked and subsidize price of goods, if executed properly. This fenomena is happening in every country with high number of chinese residents. Dont think this is an isolated case.
Shashidaren Virasingam it will still happen but the 1969 general election is the batu api and terus planned by some people who want to watch the world burn
Which other country with high number of chinese resident? Elaborate.
By the way, takde duit macam mana nak beli barang leh? Must be asking for donations and kena halau. Just me being frank.
@@ms.chuisin7727 doesn't have to be rude. You dont chase them away. They might be your potential customer in the future. Stupid.
Orang cina sendiri pun konon mengajar hormat customer kat TikTok. Wayang ke? Is this your true nature? No wonder people start this BMF campaign.
Tak perlu sombong la. Kami masih lagi kuasa pembeli terbesar kat Malaysia. Tanpa kami tak kena mana bisnes kaum kau. Kau tu makin berkurang. Boomer cina ramai lari Australia. Hahaa
@@ms.chuisin7727 you number wasnt that high la. Decreasing so much every decade. Look up at Indonesia, i wonder why those chinese ran away in the 90s. Lol
Talk about the corruption of 1MDB Najib stealing at the expense of poor Malays.
The unnecessary and jarring background music is distractive.
Memang sekarang banyak problem, tapi privious goverment kebanyakan orang Islam Melayu ,kuasa sapa pegang dari Sultan , pm , tpm , ksu ,polis and tentera, sepatutnya bila kuasa ada di tangan , cuba implementasi semua bangsa bersekolah tak kira rendah mahupun menengah dalam satu sekolah sahaja tak perlu mengasingkan mengikut bangsa , baru dapat melahirkan generasi bangsa Malaysia . Kalau orang marhein boleh fikir
Yang ada kuasa dan pelajaran tinggi tak mahu buat , ada agenda di sebalik mee
Make the background music louder please. Very nice
I believe that Malaysia is still pretty much divided due to our upbringing. No matter how hard the political parties try to paint a beautiful picture of Malaysia's "unity". To be completely united would be the day that we see each other as equals but the fact is that Malays prefer Malays, Chinese prefer Chinese etc. As a Chinese I have been brought up being told that I need to work harder to get scholarship but even that, nothing is guaranteed like in my case. Quite disappointed but life goes on
Well in everywhere we go, you'll find these political, racial, or religious issues. This shows how insignificant men are. From indulgences to big authority, they can't handle it properly at all......
How did she know when she knew. She was warned? Why? That i cant understand. Nobody warned us!
@adamsan87 perhaps, and depends on how origin is defined? I am born here, my parents were born here, my grandparents were born here..
Then, why chinese dap want swept malay from kl 1969? They also born here,from greatest grandfather born here? It is difficult to say sorry what happen 1969? Who teach us to be racist?
@malayneum There is still China, Korea, Vietnam, Cuba and Laos being communist. The theory that Karl Marx proposed is an important one which tries to solve inequality in its own way, but is sadly misused to impose total rule on places like North Korea.
Only the witness knew actually what had happened , sort of political reason that kill Malay , Chinese and Indian , #very gready evil politic
In Malaysia there's lots of history and news being edited,I'm lucky that i study oversea and we can read lots of sources which you could not able to find even in youtube..the government block lots of stuff
go through the whole video,they only mentioned the reason why the riot started is because of DAP went into kg. baru and provoke those malay over there-why kg. baru?
ask ourselves,is it umno who started the dark day?
think of it..
Parang terbang,
Ahmad Arifanie flying machette is well.known Malays weaponed
Ahmad Arifanie Dont play with Malays communities neither you all gone to hell.fires
Ya.. Parang terbang tu dh lama x mandi darah..
BN have play all the cards. name it, racial, religion, rulers but to no avail and in fact backfired and put them in disadvantage position.We have enough of BN antics. We must make important decision to remove this rogues from putrajaya. Come GE, together we vote PR for the sake of our better future and also our children.
the chinise lady said they always talk abt race.lady they still do.btw who dont its across the globe.
So in your opinion, malaysia is a fantastic country full of smart people.. just like you who dont give any reason to why you say so, the opposition is just throwing claims and cant support their claim with any evidence, you like gossips like Rosmah ring u said cost 74 million when it just cost 24k.. and spreading hatred for the rich, every complains malay guy drive mercedes,tat guy is corrupted, but chinese ppl drive a ferrari and nobody says if he made thos money from pirated DVD shop?
because of the 1969 racist clash happen that makes each of the race has its own border line by not interacting with each and others.
and because of this matter, make US, Malaysian can't unite together just to achieve the same goal!!
haiz...|||
@13elsyd13 looks like it has been 8 months. In the course of these 8 months, I should actually add in corruption. It hurts to see our ringgit flowing out of the country. Anyway, Malaysia's richest being chinese... Perhaps they are and so should I be happy? They are not my relatives nor do I gain anything from them being the 'richest'. Like it or not, the rich, whether Malays, Chinese or Indians are on a different level away from we, the majority, the working group
Similar to the French Revolution
Human migration.The malays are from southern china settled long ago.The original first wave of miration are the polynasian who are dark skined which included the Indian Dravidians,Andaman,papue ,Aboriginal of australia.Humans against humans
ok, prove it..
Not all bro..please do research more about dna kelantanese . They are the earlier empire known as chih tu. The first malay empire at Tanah Melayu. Their dna same with paleolithic skulls found here. Try chwck with usm.
the fact is you are from india bro
People Soulth Cina went Africa back to sundaland
Stupid.why malays speak Malay language.?if they are chinese.they will talk chinese language.rubbish research
It is only we.. The ones down there, who can see and feel the effect, who complains... The rich, oh well... They will be reading and laughing.. Why should they care when they have millions stored away safely. Anything happens, they can just leave can't they. Oh and I hate politics... BN, PKR, UMNO, DAP and what not... I have not registered (I know I am being irresponsible) but I don't feel anyone deserve the vote, yet. For once I hope they can stop the drama and work on what is to be done.
Bruh, that’s my birthday
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13/5/18 goodmorning my beautiful country.
umno is no longer rules the game. what pass is pass.
betul betul wa caya sama lu...
@excal90 that should be because we are bumi..,the origins should have advantages like the other countries.no issue there
kita x sedar cina dah atur strategi halus..kita dok lena lg...tegok skrang taukey2 byak spa?
janganberulanglagi
salaaaammmsemua.
Gaji 150
don't touch 153........ youre saying about quota for bumi.......
slavery by consent.... stop making new loans
Hope it will not happen this dark times of 13May 1969'.What we afraid the DAP that will cause it happen again.
Let's do it!!!
@excal90 do you know what you're talking about? malaysia's richest are mostly chinese, its soo common even in indonesia and Philippines,
tepuk dada,tanya ikhlas hati, u ikhlas mau rapatkan perbezaan. IF YES, I C tak perlu tulis bangsa,agama. tak perlu tulis india,melanau,dusun,kadazan, melayu, singh, cina,bidayuh,,,, . just MALAYSIAN. JUMPA KAWAN LUAR KERJA,BIASA TANYA, KADAZAN KE? SABAH KE? DAYAK KE? KELANTAN KE? INDIA KE?.. TAK PAYAH. mana mana pergi,cuma rakyat je.
jason joy
jason joy IC itu identity person. Kalau mati di jalanraya, mana nak tau itu orang cina ka, melayu ka, india ka... Ada IC baru tau..
kalau ikhlas nak kedamaian, jgn cuba cabar ubah pelbagai undang2 sedia ada. Jgn sembanglah apek/amoi, bukan org tak tau propa geng DAP komunis ni macam mana. Kalau betul nak kedamaian, sepatutnya DAP tak mai masuk kampung baru dan buat provokasi simbolik nak halau org melayu dari KL. Takpayah play victim la apek/amoi oi. Org dah kenal la propa korang.
zaitan razak dan zaitan harun yg melaksanakan pembunuhan beramai ramai ini belum di hukum lagi, ini lah sikap umno melayu
DAP yg provoke 13 Mei tak dihukum lagi..
dap provoke,,mengapa melayu tiada mati beramai ramai?..kesalahan china tidak campur tanggan at all.. we should wake up china..
Dua panggung wayang yg di bakar itu bukan melayu ke di dalam? X payah nk menyalahkan sebelah pihak sahaja. Sikap ego yg begini yg sering mengapikan perpaduan. Fuck dap.
Jgn lupa, saksi kejadian itu masih ramai lagi yg hidup. Kenapa semua pihak x mahu mengalah dan akui ego sendiri? Sebab utama ini berpunca dari tidak menghormati dan perbezaan ekonomi kaum atas dasar british.
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sebelum 1969 xde ketuanan malayu sbb tu semua rakyat malaysia hidup dgn aman.lepas 1969 bermulalah ketuanan melayu hinggalah hari ni...hari ni kita semua x benarkan pakai baju hitam, buju merah yg paling teruk hari 709 baju kuning kasut kuning kereta kuning ..condom kuning pun x mungkin x benarkan pakai.. welcome to bolehland.
ex RAF..on leave at Tanjong Bungah Penang on the 13th and nearly got shot dead breaking curfew - evacuated with Black Watch from Kota Tinggi and Kiwis on leave from Vietnam.
kenapa la bngsa menumpang ni xkna ptong hbis masa tu.
Bodoh
Mok mung
Cian paling banyak rasis kat Tanah Melayu ni. Cina yang mengajar Melayu rasis kat Tanah Melayu ni. Siapa yang taknak bersatu. Siapa yang tak boleh terima bangsa lain. Orang cina nak apa lagi daripada Melayu???? Nak kitorang anggap korang raja???? Atau nak kitorang sembah kamu??? Atau nak kitorang terima cara hidup kamu???? 13th May will again happen!
shysuria bukan semua orang cina macam tu lah
Until now, I still hate the DAP and the chinese of KL at that time for starting this black part of our history. I will never forget.
Don't be so indoctrinated by what they tell you. The DAP and the Chinese aren't the only ones to blame, the Malay politicians were also catalysing the racial tensions. If you did your research and not only just blindly accepted what was going on, you would've known that Harun Idris and Tun Abdul Razak wanted to force Rahman to step down and needed this event to do so. And also, I find it funny that you're blaming the Chinese when their death tolls were the highest... tortured, mutilated, severed heads in fridges... you can read all the accounts. Of course, they were at fault for being unreasonable but it really was the Malay politicans which pushed everything over the edge.
Looks like your research happens to be merely quoting from Kua Kia Soong's book. Because your claims is only stated in that book. IS that what you call research? Reading from 1 book?
A book filled with inaccurate and fabricated half truths.
I do not need to research, I lived through it. We have forgiven the DAP and the chinese for doing that. But dont ever try to shift the blame. Admit your fault and move on. We have foriven, but will never forget
No... in fact I read interviews with Tunku Abdul Rahman, accounts from various people who have lived through it, etc. etc. Right... so you're blaming the entire Chinese community for their own deaths? You must remember that the Chinese weren't killed in an act of self-defense, it was pure unadulterated bloody murder. Seeing as the Chinese suffered the most from it, why do you need to forgive them? They weren't the ones who conducted a significant number of the killings.
Yeah, so Malays were completely innocent for going on a massacre. It wasn't even remotely their fault that hundreds of Chinese were brutally tortured, decapitated... no, no. The Chinese were completely at fault for their own deaths (even though many of them weren't politically involved).
Sure the DAP was extremely unreasonable on the events preceding May 13th, but placing all the blame on them solely? Really?
You Zhen Ang You said it yourself - EXTREMELY unreasonable . You however missed out on them being rude, obnoxious, oblivious, arrogant, oppressive, racist, discriminative and most importantly EXTREMELY Provocative.
You provoke a situation but them act clueless when you get a reaction.
This is the problem of having un-assimilated immigrants living in parallel worlds of their own who cannot understand the cultural sensitivities of the local majority.
Oh and btw, sorry if I sound angered or annoyed in the comments (I don't mean it any way). I'm doing affirmative action policies for my project and would like to get perspectives from as many people as possible.
you know how a country can achieve unity? make the national language the most known language and that would be Bahasa Malaysia, Make the state religion? None, no state religions all religious practice is free and to be tolerated , make no advantages laws or reforms to target one race but instead to benefit as much people as possible. have religious organisations and monuments built and sustained with donations and funds raised by themselves and not with the state's money which can be used to decrease poverty and develop our country. Lastly educate children in school to understand that we are not malay chinese or indian, that's just our roots and skin colour but our current identity is : a Malaysian.
Alangkah baiknya kalau Jepun potong semua bangsa tak sedar diri ni dulu, selepas jepun tinggalkn Malaya bangsa ni mula tunjuk belang dn cari pasal dgn org melayu sehingga ke hari ini, punca yg sebenarnya ialah DENGKI
Melayu jugak yang banyak tolong.
Dap tetap musuh ku.. Sampai mati
Dap tetap musuh ku.. Sampai mati