(January 1, 2014 at 9:32 am)ska88 Wrote:Lee Kuan Yew is still alive and well and both nations regularly refer to this part of their history in the politics, this isn't ancient history. Everyone who grew up there knows what happened.(January 1, 2014 at 9:25 am)pineapplebunnybounce Wrote: You said the split resulted from Chinese people demanding it and UN allowing it. That's a blatant lie. They were EXPELLED by Malaysia and Singapore wasn't even invited to the voting, Singapore wanted to stay in, they were expelled because Malaysia wants to maintain its crooked laws.
I don't appreciate the insinuation that I'm discriminating against you when you've misrepresented history to make a point.
Well that wasnt a lie .. that one I heard from Aljazeera news!!
Exactly it was Abdullah Alnafisi who said that!!
Hes a great politician .. whatever I have to support this with an evidence if it really wasnt true I'll be more than happy to apologies to u.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore_in_Malaysia
Quote:On August 7, 1965, Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman, seeing no alternative to avoid further bloodshed, advised the Parliament of Malaysia that it should vote to expel Singapore from Malaysia. Despite last-ditch attempts by PAP leaders, including Lee Kuan Yew, to keep Singapore as a state in the union, the Parliament on August 9, 1965 voted 126-0 in favour of the expulsion of Singapore, with members of Parliament from Singapore not present. On that day, a tearful Lee Kuan Yew announced that Singapore was a sovereign, independent nation and assumed the role of prime minister of the new nation. His speech included this quote: "For me, it is a moment of anguish. All my life, my whole adult life, I have believed in merger and unity of the two territories."[4] Hence, Singapore became the only country in the history of the modern world to gain independence against its own will.[5]
