Malaysian Media: Oppression and Propaganda

Here we go again. The BERSIH 3.0 shitstorm has settled down. However, the mainstream media continues to spread the Barisan Nasional regime's propaganda all over the place, accusing opposition leaders and NGOs of tons of BS. Judging by the data collected from the mainstream media over the past month, we can certainly see that the mainstream media is biased. Naturally, those who are new to this game called 'Politics' will question how it is so and even disagree with me but Malaysians have the right to know the truth about our mainstream media. I myself am boycotting the mainstream media. I do not watch TV, I don't buy newspapers and magazines, I don't tune into Malaysian radio stations and I literally point middle fingers at the BN's propaganda. So, how is the mainstream media biased?

Lets have a look at the New Straits Times. Now, before you start calling me a hypocrite, I did not buy the newspaper itself. Just because I boycott the mainstream the media does not necessarily mean that my school does. However, if you were reading any of the Malaysian newspapers actively in the last two months, you should have noticed that the BN regime has been making a lot of false statements about the BERSIH 3.0 rally. Accusations ranging from plots to overthrow a 'democratically elected' regime to communist agendas were spewed all over the headlines. Even as the dust of the rally settled down, accusations continued to flow from the New Straits Times and Berita Terkini. While it is true that the attendants of the rally turned violent, the newspapers failed to mention the fact that it was the police force who caused trouble first by hurling tear gas and assault rally attendants for no apparent reason at all. If you lurk around Youtube, Facebook and Twitter, you will find plenty of evidence. The newspapers failed to mention that and RTM even took the initiative to twist the facts in a 'documentary' titled 'BERSIH 3.0 Yang Kotor'.

"So, how is the mainstream media biased?"

And look! All of a sudden, Mahathir returns to the political scene right before GE-13 when he should be enjoying his retirement. All of a sudden, he's blabbing about how the BN's leaders are the nation's heroes and how the opposition. Meanwhile, the mainstream media continues to run pro-BN headlines along with the usual anti-opposition crap. Let us use these headlines and articles as examples.

New Straits Times: Don't resort to zero-sum mentality, youth told
http://www.nst.com.my/nation/general/don-t-resort-to-zero-sum-mentality-youth-told-1.97878

If we read this article properly, we are told to stay silent, we are told that the BR1M scheme is actually helpful when the money for BR1M is actually being transferred to the already sky-rocketing national debts and we are told that the government's policies have something for everyone when that is clearly bullshit and that can be seen in Borneo.

The Star: Govt is realistic, says Najib
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/6/22/nation/20120622072521&sec=nation
Note that they make no mention of the poor living standards, the mindset of the Malaysian people and the fact that the proposed economic reforms are actually VERY unrealistic. National debt is at all-time high and Malaysia runs the risk of becoming bankrupt by 2020 and yet Najib still dares to promise us higher GDPs?

Dewan Masyarakat: PRU ke-13: Perlukah Pemerhati Asing?
http://dwnmasyarakat.dbp.my/?p=3076
If you understand BM, you'll understand that this article is clearly aimed at defaming anti-government protestors who supported rallies like BERSIH 3.0, Himpunan Hijau and anti-Peaceful Assembly Bill Act. It also aims to attack the opposition parties even further and that is quite clear especially when you see the words 'Tun Dr. Mahathir'. The article also contradicts itself as Malaysia has been involved in foreign affairs before. The anti-Apartheid movement in South Africa, the peaceful movements in Congo, War on Terror, the boycotting of Jewish products and military involvement in the Somalian relief operations.

Dewan Masyarakat: "Provokasi" sebagai senjata politik
http://dwnmasyarakat.dbp.my/?p=1482
If we take a look at the first paragraph, the author is clearly hell-bent on defaming the DAP. It even proceeds to call them 'irresponsible writers who are trying to take away the rights of the Malays'.



As we can see, all 4 of these articles are hell-bent on spreading the Barisan regime's propaganda and defaming the opposition parties and demonstrators. However, note that the newspapers never said that Najib tried to bribe Sibu nor did they say anything about pro-BN demonstrators who never get into any trouble at all. Even TV3's Berita Terkini has been turned into the BN's political frontline already which is why most of the more educated Malaysians will spend more time reading online news outlets like The Malaysian Insider, MalaysiaKini and Free Malaysia Today instead of the mainstream outlets. That being said, Utusan Melayu, which is known to make a lot of defamatory statements and has broken almost every law imaginable for a printing press, remains alive today. The majority of the Malaysian population remain oblivious to the fact that the mass media is biased despite the fact that it is staring right in front of them. This is because whenever we look at the newspapers and broadcasted news on TV and radio, we expect it to be true. What do? Ini ialah akhbar rasmi ma. But of course, this inevitably leads to the manipulation of facts and propaganda starts spreading through these channels.

To this day, Utushit remains untouched.

On the subject of oppression, anyone who opposes the neo-imperialist Barisan Nasional regime is automatically considered as a potential target for the government to exercise their abuse on. It does not necessarily have to be done in the 'underground' way. There are plenty of draconian laws which gives the Barisan Nasional regime plenty of room to exercise their oppression legally. To name a few, we can look at some of the most ridiculous laws in Malaysia which includes:

The Police Act
The Peaceful Assembly Act
The Priting Presses & Publications Act
The Sedition Act
The Official Secrets Act
The Evidence Act
The Communications & Multimedia Act and Rais' future amendments to it
The Education Institutions(Discipline) Act

Sounds like a mouthful, right? In reality, each and every one of these draconian laws are related to the people as it applies to every single jackass in the nation. Of course, BN cronies are excluded from these laws but what did you expect? Cookies? This is Malaysia after all.



So let's have a look at Section 10 of the Education Institutions(Discipline) Act.



(3) No person, while he is a student of an Institution, shall
express or do anything which may be construed as expressing
support, sympathy or opposition to any political party or trade
union or as expressing support or sympathy with any unlawful
organization, body or group of persons.
(4) No organization, body or group of students of an Institution
which is established by, under or in accordance with this Act, or
any other organization, body or group of students of an Institution,
shall express or do anything which may be construed as expressing
support, sympathy or opposition to any political party or trade
union or as expressing support or sympathy with any unlawful
organization, body or group of persons.




Note that it clearly states that any individual who is still studying, be it in primary or tertiary education sectors, is not allowed to express his opinion on political issues at all. No, not even the foreign ones. Yes, I can understand 10-2 where it states that no student is allowed to be part of any political, trade union, organization or society but seriously? You're not even allowed to express your opinion on political issues at all as a student? Freedom of speech my ass. In fact, this means that you don't have the right to voice out your opinion at all as most issues will inevitably lead to the government and politics. It doesn't matter if its just an environmental issue, an educational issue, an economic issue, a cultural issue, the list goes on and on. Heck, in Malaysia, even an issue about poverty can be related to politics. To make things worse, section 11 of the same act forbids charity work. Meanwhile in the Communications & Multimedia Act, section 233 prohibits indecent speech. What indecent speech is according to the Malaysian law definition is currently unknown. This means that any idiot can pull off a stunt by calling criticising the country and the BN regime indecent speech. The Sedition and Official Secrets acts allow the government to arrest anyone who is deemed to be 'unpatriotic' and goes against the BN regime's interests.


It gets better from here. As the 13th general elections approach us, an increasing amount of draconian laws are being implemented by the Barisan Nasional regime in order to oppress the opposing rakyat. The Internal Security Act has been merged into the Police Act and modified into something worse. The Peaceful Assembly Act allows the corrupt BN regime's leaders to dictate whether a rally is peaceful or not and recently, Rais has been trying to implement censorship into the Communications & Multimedia Act. Oh, and did I forget to mention the fact that MOO MOO told schoolteachers that action will be taken on those who voiced out their opinion on political subjects and told them to shut up and just teach whatever they are told to teach?

"Malaysia has it's own Homeland Security too. How...... cute."

All of these laws encourage dictatorship and oppression. In addition, Malaysia is an Islamic country on paper which means that any idiot from the neo-imeprialist BN regime can claim that they are 'accountable for their own actions' and will have to 'answer to Allah when the time comes'. While most of the educated Malaysians will not buy this kind of bullshit, the old-fashioned, brainwashed uncles and aunties along with the kampung folk will certainly buy it. People, we must fight for our rights and demand it to be returned to us if we want to retain it. We can't simply sit behind a television screen and watch it all happen. No pain, no gain. You want it, work for it.

Cancellation?

As I stated on my previous post, I have been working on something known as 'The Malaysian Crisis'. What it was is actually a revised version of Mahathir's 'The Malay Dilemma' because let's face it, some of the information in that book is outdated and in the light of recent events, someone has to revise his work again. However, I may have aimed a bit too high as things aren't looking well for the project itself. I'm not calling off the project.... yet. But there is a chance of that happening due to poor planning and lack of time.

In the event that project 'Malaysian Crisis' is cancelled, I will move on to write another piece of work. What it is, I cannot tell.... yet. But it will certainly be related to my own personal experience.

So, some of the readers might have already noticed the sudden change in this blog's title. Simply put, its another spoof on the 東方Project series where a certain tengu(天狗) known as 'Aya Shameimaru' writes freely.


Meanwhile in the Photoshop corner....

Those who pay attention to American politics(Especially in 2008-2009) will understand this. Those who don't; go look up Barack Obama. The base picture is taken from episode 21 of the manga series そらのおとしもの.





Last month, the Malaysian student body's most popular magazine, Dewan Siswa, was filled with a ridiculous amount of propaganda from the Barisan regime. This got me so pissed off as I am forced to read it every single morning at school(Fridays and weekends excepted) to the point where I took the time to give them a little bit of my gratitude towards the editors. Even the cover was filled with pro-BN propaganda for crying out loud. Dewan Siswa is supposed to be a student's magazine, not a political frontline for the Barisan regime.



And yet another political spoof with 東方Project. When a news report is as misleading as a report from Aya Shameimaru, you know it falls under the level of Cirno.
And when it comes to encouraging stupidity on TV, you know it falls under Cirno's level.... again.


Ayayayaya~
The Borneo Post has been transformed into Shameimaru's online news outlet? And yes, this is the very banner I put on the header.



So.... I heard this year's SPM is going to be held on the 5th of November. Yeah, I know. What exactly is KPM thinking by setting the date on the same day Guy Fawkes tried to restore Catholic rule to Britain?



This was something I did right after my muscles recovered from a hundred push-ups I did on Friday. In here, we have Konpaku Youmu slashing the BN's dacing icon into half with one of her katanas.

And again, more photoshopping

So, more inactivity since things are getting messier everyday and I simply don't have enough time to write short articles on current issues anymore. These days I only have enough time for a game of Touhou or two and a few minutes of Photoshopping.

This was in response to BERSIH 3.0. However, as I was late to the party, this is still a WIP :(

And again, more Touhou references since Big Apple seriously sounds a lot like Bad Apple!!

流れてく時の中ででも気だるさがほらグルグル廻って
私から離れる心も見えないわそう知らない？

 Got bored on a Saturday night and I happened to be playing Colin McRae Rally 05 when I found myself using the Volkswagen R32 and remembered the 'Das Auto' slogan. So, to 'honour' our 'dear' country's car producer, Proton, a spoof had to be made.

Self-explanatory. Nothing else needs to be said other than the fact that the original picture is from one of IOSYS' .swf animations.

The concept of this one actually came from a very interesting video that was posted on Youtube a year ago which encouraged people to vote. As it so happens, I was replaying that video for no reason whatsoever and in the next 5 minutes, I found myself doing this.

And here we have the English version.

Yes, I had to resort to flipping the entire logo upside down again to get the text right.

Meanwhile in the editing room, I have been busy with a project known as 'The Malaysian Dilemma'. No, I'm not about to tell anyone what it is...... yet.

April Photoshop

Nothing much to see here and more inactivity can be expected. The only thing I've been doing these days is Photoshop.

So, what have I done so far?Another Touhou Project spoof that is completely unrelated to what I usually write. This time with every Touhou fan's most beloved moron, Cirno :3

Oh look! It's the JP version of the political 'Kimoi Girls' spoof I created a few months ago!Self explanatory tbh

All of these pictures are my own property. If I see anyone stealing them and claiming it as 'their own work', I will make sure your E-Life becomes so miserable, you'd be crying to mommy and daddy to sue me.

Colin McRae Rally 2005 Malaysian Style

As some of my readers will know, recently I have been reskinning some cars in Colin McRae Rally 2005 to spread anti-government sentiments. No, I did not steal the skins from another site. This is completely my own work with the exception of the 'Stop LYNAS' logo on the Escort Mk. 1 which was ripped out of Google.

Ford Escort Mk. 1 LYNAS skin
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?yxlygrsh4wrkm27




Mitsubishi LanEVO anti-BN regime skin
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?lxabxb11w17i5zt


Please note that the skin shown in the video was an incomplete version of the skin. However, the only change in the final product is that the rear end of the car which shows a modified version of the blue part of the Malaysian flag has been painted completely in blue instead of red.

After lots of testing and failures, only a few minor changes in positioning could be kept in the final products due to the fact that I fail at Photoshop :(

To install, simply copy these files into the cars' respective folders. Of course, you will need CMR05 in order to enjoy these skins.

They Choose Not To Care

It really is sad when we look at the attitude of the average Malaysian today. On one hand, you have the adults who do paperwork behind a desk all day long, checking accounts, teaching the same shit at schools while forcing their pupils to copy and paste every god damn thing(Like the SPM forces you to. Yes, they teach you how to fail in Malaysian public schools), heaving the same crates every day and making the same decisions every day. They eat, they work, they sleep. They don't get involved in charity work, they don't contribute to society at all and they are not interested in the truth at all. On the other hand, you have the kids who go to school every day, learning how to blend into the copy and paste system, how the 'almighty' BN regime is just and great, writing in useless folios that have no room for creativity or expressions at all(Pretty much every 'coursework' in the SPM system ends up being the same shit in a different toilet), memorizing crap, understanding stuff in school without actually looking for the answers themselves and yes, they learn to BOW DOWN TO THE BN REGIME AND SHUT UP IF THEY DON'T LIKE IT. And if you thought it couldn't get worse, kids in here actually learn to fail at life at home too. They are just taught to shut up, mind their own business, study, get a good job, get a beautiful wife/husband, have sex, have kids and go to hell. They are not taught to contribute to society or achieve anything with their lives at all. Leave all the other crap that makes the world go round to the others even if they fuck around with you because according to their mindset, you can't do shit at all. In short, schoolchildren in here are actually trained to fail at life.

'schoolchildren in here are actually trained to fail at life'

In the Malaysia we know today, most people will cry about all sorts of bullshit and express sympathy for those 'tragic' events. OH HAI GUISE, mother nature accidentally Japan. Sri Lanka gets flooded. Thailand gets flooded with water. Michael Jackson accidentally himself. This guy got decapitated, that guy got owned by a virus, the list goes on and on. They will tell you all sorts of crap about it but when it comes to action, the silence begins. You see, most Malaysians are actually the 'talk cock all day long but no action' class. They just love to blab about disasters when it happens and jump into what I call the 'stereotype sympathy bandwagon'. To make things worse, some of these people will actually go to great lengths to criticize the BN regime but when it comes to taking action, these people won't even take the time to get out there and vote! Why? Because they think that whatever those assholes in the BN and PR do are not related to them at all and this is how Malaysia became the fucked up place it is today. Heck, some people are not even aware of the existence of the opposition!

'Some people are not even aware of the existence of the opposition'

Of course, some of you might be wondering how politics affects us, the people. Let's get straight to business then.


1. Economically

Politics affects the 'rakyat' economically as the economy is actually run by the government. Bad policies will lead to shitty economies which will in turn, increase the poverty rate and trigger inflation. When this happens, the Malaysian Ringgit becomes devalued and prices sky-rocket as if you were driving a V12. To give you a big idea of what bad policies are like, let's have a look at the Budget 2012 incentives.

While it is true that the RM500 and RM100-200 included in B2012 sounds good, the long term effects can be catastrophic. Because governments need money to run, they will soon be lacking in funds which will force them to transfer the losses to the people. We can certainly expect inflation and the possibility of a tax rate increase as a result of these so-called 'incentives' which are clearly given out to bribe the people because we all know that PRU13 is coming soon.


2. Socially

While this is just a minor factor, whatever the government does will also affect the people socially as they are the ones who control the mainstream media. Because of the brainwashing they have been forcing on us, we are expected(and most of us do) to believe everything the news reports. Because of the government's policies in the academic field, we are trained to turn a blind eye to everything while shutting up about things we don't like. In most schools, teachers will force everyone to memorize all sorts of useless crap which in turn, results in students who expect the teacher to know everything. Because of this, most of us tend to ask stupid questions instead of looking for the answer ourselves. Oh, and we are also trained to shut up about what the imperialists at the BN do to the East.


The list is actually longer than these two points but that would take too long to elaborate.


The problem is, most of us have adopted this thing called the 'Cari Makan' attitude. Basically, we just eat, work, play and sleep. We go through our lives everyday, doing the same shit for the next 40+ years in our careers. We don't give a shit about NGOs, we don't give a fuck about what the BN regime is doing, nothing. Basically, most Malaysians are living as machines. They are not interested in what is going on around them. They are not interested in looking for the answers themselves nor do they care about protecting their own rights. Because of this, the BN regime has been able to fuck around and manipulate the polls to the point where they have ruled Malaysia for 54 consecutive years and nobody gives a shit even if the system and the government turns out to be oppressive.

'The BN has been ruling Malaysia for the past 54 years'

And they don't just turn a blind eye towards the events happening around them. They disrespect those who fight for them too! While NGOs and civilians were rallying in BERSIH 2.0, those who were sitting comfortably in their homes were mocking them for 'waging a pointless war'. While Malaysians participated in a mass DDOS attack carried out by Anonymous last year, Malaysians laughed at them and mocked them on Lowyat.net. While you are busy fighting for the people's rights, they are busy mocking you and talking behind your back. That is how fucked up Malaysia is. In fact, it is because of people like them, we are still able to enjoy an alternative form of democracy in here today. Nobody cares if the economy is crashing down. Nobody cares if the imperialists are 'songlap-ing' our money. Nobody cares if the government is lying to us. All they care about is their own self-satisfaction.

If all that wasn't enough, some people would even go '1Malaysia' up your face all day when they don't even know anything about their own country. They don't know who Tunku Abdul Rahman is, they don't know what the Malayan Union is, they don't know why Singapore and Sarawak signed up for the club in the first place, they don't know how their own race got into this place a few hundred years ago. In fact, some of these people don't even know who Najib is! Or if you must, some people don't even know where West Malaysia is! In fact, there are some people who would believe you if you told them that West Malaysia is above the People's Republic of China. No bullshit here, people. I have actually met people like that before. Now, how the fuck are you supposed to love your own country when you don't even know it?

Not only has the doctor become the disease, the people have also become the bad apples, allowing the doctor to infect as much as he wants. This is Malaysia today. A failed nation. A failed 'rakyat'. A failed unity. A failed effort.

More Photoshopping

It has been awhile since I made a Photoshop post so let's have a look at what I have done with it so far.
As usual, the Education department gets bashed up by me. However, this time, I'm doing it in 'style'.

This is actually a parody related to one of those Japanese 弾幕(Danmaku, or bullet hell) games you used to see on the arcades you went to. In fact, this game is one of the most popular games in Nippon. For those who don't understand, go download Touhou 8 - Imperishable Night.



Reskin of the LanEVO in Colin McRae Rally 2005. Why the LanEVO of all the other cars? Because I fucking hate Proton to infinity for being plagiarists. Oh, and this is not the final product. I will release it when its done.
Oh look! A spoof of the so-called Suruhanjaya Pencagah Rasuah Malaysia(Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission)!
For those who don't understand, 'Penindasan' and 'Menindas' means oppress while 'Berasuah' means to corrupt or get involved in corruption. Haram... well, look it up in the Quran and you'll find out.



And yet another 東方Project reference. For those who don't understand, here's where I got the idea from.

I plan to release a Japanese version of this image sometime in the middle of the year for extra lulz.

In response to the now infamous LYNAS Limited Corporation's activities in Malaysia, I put aside the LanEVO livery for awhile to work on this. And again, its still a WIP but this shouldn't take too long as the Escort Mk. 1's default skin is plain enough to make quick work of it.