I received a call from a mother two weeks ago. She told me that her daughter is a government school teacher and has recently been scheduled for a training course.

During the training session, a lecturer denied the citizenship of non-Malays and called them outsiders. He then pointed at a Chinese student and said: "The country belongs to Malays, you do not deserve anything."

It is not necessary for me to repeat other insulting and belittling words.

All the Indian and Chinese students were angry and sad after listening to the lecturer's remarks. However, they dared not retort on the spot.

By evening, the daughter could not stand any longer. She called her mother and complained tearfully.

From the mother's voice when she was telling me about her daughter's experience, I could feel her agitation and anger. Then, she hung up.

DAP Ipoh Timor MP Lim Kit Siang disclosed a letter from a parent yesterday.

In the letter, the writer said her daughter has been successful in getting a scholarship from the Public Service Department. It is compulsory for her daughter to attend a course.

The course lecturer was from Biro Tata Negara and I believe you are clear of the institution's reputation and record.

The lecturer told his students that non-Malays should not question Malay privileges. Instead, they must be grateful that Malays give them citizenship and a place to stay.

He even instructed Malay students not to make friends with non-Malays.

I think you can imagine how non-Malay students felt at that moment. Even some Malay students have been frightened and cried.

I wonder whether the two incidents involved the same lecturer. And whether there are only two similar incidents? I believe there are more.

Such extreme racist remarks have repeatedly been heard in various governmental courses and schools at all levels.

How many young souls have been hurt and how many enlightening brains have been poisoned?

Umno apologised for its Division chief Datuk Ahmad Ismail's remarks. But there are hundreds of others similar to Ahmad Ismail around us who sow the seeds of hatred among races.

Racial politics and monolingualism have created numerous people like Ahmad, the lecturer mentioned above, as well as their followers.

Please stop it before the country is destroyed. What we need are understanding and tolerance, not hatred and confrontation.

(I hope that the mother mentioned above could send me an e-mail to give the details of the incident and names of those involved. So that I can pass the information to related agencies for investigation. We must take actions to make changes.) (By TAY TIAN YAN/ Translated by SOONG PHUI JEE/ Sin Chew Daily)