Everytime when Batang Ai is mentioned, I could not help but remember the yesteryears when I was a pub goer in Kuching. I used to see the late YB Dublin and his gang of merry men partying like there is no tomorrow in the pubs. These guys really know how to enjoy their live, partying and drinking till their stomach turned inside out. I also remember seeing one of these YB one midnight waiting to pick up a filipino singer at the then Bunny Pub at Song Thian Cheok road. It was raining and he was holding an umbrella in one hand and his cigarette in the other hand. As usual his beard was unshave. What a pityful sight! I was told that this was common practice by all of these YBs. I suppose that is what it is all about being a YB for them, woman, drinking and of course corruption to finance their extra marital activities. Crooks!
When the christian faith, the religion of the majority of the Iban were being attacked by UMNO what do these YBs do? Nothing. They probably still drinking and fxxking their brains out. That is why we never see them in church on Sunday or even talk to the community and the young on the importance of adhering to the Christian values. Instead, surprise, surprise, some of these Iban leaders promote superstition as if the Ibans are so primitive. They are just incapable of distinguishing between superstitious belief and tradition. Clearly these are two different things. With such primitive values, no wonder these Iban leaders can easily be corrupted and drowning in their sexual and drinking activities.
I am in my 50s today. When I was a little boy in the 1960s before Malaysia, I remember my mother praying in Iban. Until today, the prayers in Iban will always be to allah-taala. That is Iban tradition and belief of today and not in omen as signified by the behaviour of a particular bird, snake or any particular animal. That is Masing’s belief with his “Coming of the Gods” … primitive and only held by those non-Christian Iban.
As Christian Iban, we must reject and must not be led by non-christian Iban. These so call leaders have the wrong values and are incapable to lead by example. They are not able to protect our rights as Christian. When our traditional religious practice are being attacked, they did nothing to stand by us and to protect our faith. Stop voting for these leaders, irrespective of the party they represent as they are only interested in making money in the hope that they can also own an expensive palace somewhere in Canada.
