memory revisited #5: palestinian asylum seekers

masuk tahun 2009 ni, dah hampir 8 tahun daku tak menjamah KFC. ataupun McD, ataupun apa jua jenama makanan fast food dr US. jenama nestle dan jenama2 lain tu, ada yang daku lambat sikit dapat info. insyaAllah, smg Allah bg daku kekuatan nak boikot produk laknatullah nih.
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one night in a bloody cold winter, 2002.

tgh2 malam, henfon daku bunyi. aik. sapo lak nih.
tgk skrin, nama Bro. Imran terpampang. Bro Imran nih one of the Muslim student leader in campus. dia nih mmg rakyat Aust, mak ayah dia org mesia tp menetap kat aus.

"assalamualaykum sister. sorry to wake you up. but we need you and your friends to come over and help us out"

"walaykum salam brother. whats the hurry? are u ok?"

"everything is good, but we need people to help few brothers and sisters, they just arrived from palestine, the marine held them, but we need to get there and bring supplies to them. can you help us?"

"of course brother. count us in. i'll get my friends there"
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i called up few friends. tgh2 malam tu, kami menjelajah kesemua rumah2 budak malaysia, ambil baju2, sweater, selimut, blanket, makanan, sabun, apa2 sahaja yang sudi didermakan. keta nizam mcm nak senget dah.

sampai kat refugees center, tgk bro. imran tgh cakap something dengan marine officer. barang2 yg kami nak bagi tu, kena check dulu. you see, the refugees or asylum seekers are people that leave their country to seek for protection in other country. malam tu, ada 15 orang palestine naik bot dan mendarat kat pantai aust. diorang datang sehelai sepinggang, tak bawak apa2 pun. lelaki ada 4 orang ja, yang lain tu perempuan dan kanak-kanak.diorang kena tahan dulu, 'mandatory detention' before diorang akan diberikan visa utk tinggal di australia. itu pun setelah latar belakang mereka diperiksa, medical check up, etc.

mula2 kami tak dibenarkan dekat dgn refugees tu. after a while, baru officer tu bg kami masuk dan serahkan barang2. it was so sad ok... the women tu baya2 mak daku.. budak remaja perempuan ada 2 orang, dan ada sorang bayi agak2 baru 2 bulan.. bila diorang nampak ja kami, diorang terus meluru dan peluk kami.. :(

ada sorang makcik nih peluk daku sambil menangis.. "masha allah sister.. masha allah sister.. thank you thank you.. my son.. my son.." daku giler sebak.. hancur rasa hati tgk keadaan diorang. dia bg tgk baby dia, daku amik n dukung.. it just break my heart.. :( baby dia lemah semacam, badan dia panas sgt, hujung jari kaki, hujung jari tangan baby tu biru2. mana tak biru, tgh winter, belayar berhari2 atas bot. daku amik baby tu, trus bg tgk bro. imran. makcik tu plak terkejar2, aiseh, dia ingat aku nk bawak lari baby dia kot. haiya..

officer tu pun baru tehegeh nk panggil doktor. bcoz refugees tak leh tinggalkan detention center selagi protokol immigration blom selesai. daku tgk keadaan diorang sgtlah menyedihkan. sehelai sepinggang beb.. makcik2 ni semua tere english. rupanya diorang ni masa kat palestine org kaya. suami semua keja engineer, doctor. sbb takut akan ancaman israel, sbb tu diorang tinggalkan palestin.. dan daku terfikir, kalau golongan yang kaya pun jadi mcm ni, apa lah nasib mereka yang tak mampu meninggalkan bumi palestine, mereka yang miskin2..
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sbnrnya, ada bnyk kes asylum seekers mendarat kat pantai aus masa daku masih kat sana. i have seen with my own eyes the pain that they have to bear leaving their country behind. i heard stories of death and stories of losing their loved one. from then on, i have this uncontrollable hatred towards the laknatullah pairs. kalau daku terjumpa sekor askar yahudi malam tu, mau daku bunuh on the spot. thats how much i hate the israel.

and i also remembered, how hard the malays (pelajar melayu) bersengkang mata, tak tido malam, sana sini buat aktiviti utk kutip derma bagi kat refugees. jual nasi lemak, jual sate kat kampus to raise fund. and i also remember, how the 'anak-anak menteri and golongan elite' senang2 je dpt 10ribu dari kelab UMNO bila nak buat majlis makan2. Merdeka Dinner my tuckus la... pegi mampus la lu orang. anak-anak keturunan dari mak bapak smpi ke cucu cicit makan duit haram! grrrrrrr.....