RYAN ALBREY & ADNAN YAAKOB

Australian documentary film-maker Ryan Albrey on Lynas issue and Perhimpunan Hijau on Sunday, October 10 2011:

Menteri Besar Pahang beri penjelasan pasal isu Lynas

Adakah masyarakat Cina di Kuantan membantah Lynas kerana mereka hendak tolong-menolong negara Cina?

Walaupun mereka bukan bumiputra, sudah tentu boleh kata hampir semua daripada mereka adalah dilahir di Malaysia. Barangkali boleh kata kebanyakan dari mereka ada mak-bapa yang dilahir Malaysia dan mungkin boleh kata ada sebahagian dari mereka yang ada nenek-datuk pun dilahirkan di Malaysia.

Adakah mereka pengkhianat negara? Adakah mereka penderhaka tanahair? Betulkah masyarakat Cina bukan sebenarnya takut pasal kesihatan dan keselamatan anak cucunya yang akan dilahir di Malaysia juga tapi nak tolong negara Cina pula? Negara itu yang mereka tak pernah lawat, tak kenal dan tak sayang.

Dengan penuh kehormatan kepada Yang Amat Berhormat Menteri Besar Pahang Adnan Yaakob dan dengan sikap berbanyak terima kasih atas kesudian beliau buat temuduga dengan kami, saya mesti cakap saya sangat tidak setuju dengan pendapat beliau tentang kenapa masyarakat Cina membantah kilang Lynas.

Saya percaya orang Cina membantah kilang ini sebab orang Cina adalah kaum yang menderita zaman kelapanpuluhan di Bukit Merah. Orang Cina telah dengar cerita pasal apa yang telah terjadi di negara Cina mananya ada wilayah besar mana apa-apa pun tak boleh hidup akibat industri tanah jarang ini.

Dan saya harap orang Melayu yang masih duduk atas pagar dalam isu ini akan berpendapat sama dengan orang Cina bila mereka belajar apa yang ramai orang Cina sudah belajar.

Sebab radiasi ini tak kisah pasal bangsa. Semua boleh kena.

ENGLISH TRANSLATION
Is the Chinese community in Kuantan protesting against Lynas because they want to help China?

Even though they are not the original inhabitants of Malaysia, of course, we can say that almost of them are born in Malaysia. Probably we can say that most of them have parents that were born in Malaysia and maybe we can even say that some of them have grandparents born in Malaysia.

Are they really traitors? Are they really betraying the country of their birth? Is it really true that the Chinese community are not in fact concerned about the health and safety of their generations to come that will be born in Malaysia just as they were but rather want to help China? That country that they have never visited, know nothing about and have no love for?

With full respect to The Right Honourable Chief Minister of Pahang, Adnan Yaakob, and with great gratitude for his willingness to grant us this interview, I have to say that I strongly disagree with the opinion of the Chief Minister regarding the reasons why the Chinese Community are protesting against this Lynas factory.

I believe that the Chinese are protesting against this factory because it was the Chinese that suffered in the 1980's in Bukit Merah. The Chinese have already heard the stories about what happened in China where there is a huge territory where nothing can live as a result of this rare earth industry.

I hope the Malay people that are still sitting on the fence on this issue, will see things the same way that the Chinese people do when they learn what many of the Chinese have already learned.

Because radiation doesn't care what race you are. It can kill anybody.

Copyright 2003-2011 Azlan Adnan. This blog post is sponsored by The Green Party of Malaysia