Who is Really Taking the Racial Approach in Dealing with the Scholarship Issue? Isn’t it Khairy Himself? (Statement in English and Chinese)

Media statement by DAP Socialist Youth (DAPSY) National Chairman and MP for Rasah Loke Siew Fook on Tuesday, 19 May 2009, at Petaling Jaya:

DAPSY is surprised and perplexed by BN Youth and UMNO Youth Chief Khairy Jamaluddin’s statement that the racial angle should not be taken in handling the PSD scholarship rejection issue. Khairy has also used a possible case of a Malay top scorer being denied the PSD overseas scholarship as an example to prove a point that the issue affects top scorers of all races.

I wonder, to whom is Khairy’s plea directed? Many wakil rakyats, organizations, and commentators, as well as DAPSY leaders, have made their points regarding the issue of SPM top scorers being denied PSD overseas scholarships. None of us has included race in our arguments.

Those who have spoken up on this issue are doing it on behalf of the bright students in search of justice and proper responses from the authorities. We are basing our arguments on their excellent academic achievements, not on their racial backgrounds.

As of now, the one person that has emphasized race when commenting on this issue is Khairy himself.

The top scorers who are yearning for fair treatment are all bright young Malaysians, and they must not be divided according to race. When Khairy is urging people to discard the racial angle, he himself is using it to make an example to support his statement. This not only shows that he is a hypocrite; it also proves that Khairy is trapped the racial mindset that has plagued efforts of nation building in Malaysia.

民主行动党社青团总团长兼亚沙区国会议员陆兆福于2009年5月19日（星期二）在八打灵再也所发表的声明：

到底是谁以种族角度看待奖学金课题？不就是凯里罢了？

社青团对国青团兼巫青团团长凯里昨日所发表的言论感到惊讶及困惑。凯里表示，最近引来许多纠纷的公共服务局奖学金课题，不应以种族角度看待，因为各族优秀生都面对申请被拒的问题。凯里也以马来优秀生不获海外奖学金的事项作为例子。

凯里到底是针对谁发表这项恳求？许多人民代议士、社团代表、评论员等都已针对公共服务局奖学金课题发表了各自的看法，其中也包括社青团领袖及行动党中央领袖。

发表声明者都是为了无法得到奖学金的所有优秀生争取公正及合理的答复。我们都只专注于他们的优等学术表现、而不是他们的种族背景。

迄今为止，论述此课题时唯一强调种族的人就是凯里本身。

寻求公道的优秀生都是马来西亚优秀一族，不应以种族分类。凯里呼吁人民勿以种族角度看待问题，但又以种族角度举例来支撑本身的言论。这不只证明了他有多矛盾，也证明了他的思想完全是被种族主义所操控。