However, there are arising issues about the game that was played at Malaysia. Firstly, it was shown that some Malaysian fans attempted to blind the goalkeeper by shining a laser into his eye.
Secondly, many who watched the match must agree that the referee was extremely biased; many times Malaysian players tackled Singaporean players, but they were only counted as a foul; whereas when Singaporean players tackled Malaysian players, they were instantly given a yellow card.
Thirdly, at the Malaysian stadium, Singaporean fans were called "Singaporean dogs" by Malaysian fans, and were thrown bottles at by them.
Even after the game, there were many disputes. For example, several Malaysian fans took a Singaporean flag and defiled it by writing the words "LOOSER" on it.
Then, the Singapore website "Singapore Cars Online" , was hacked into by Malaysian hackers, and they told us to "go to hell".
The Malaysian newspaper Sinar Harian even wrote an article, claiming that "Singaporean players act too much".
Now I shall briefly describe what I feel about this:
When I first saw this pictures, I was extremely angry, and I thought to myself; why doesn't Singapore just break of ties with Malaysia? Look how they call us dogs, defile our national flag and write badly about us! However, when I cooled down, I started to realize that I was thinking haphazardly. I shall now state what I realized after thinking it through carefully.
I shall firstly state that, these Malaysians who acted so extremely in this situation, does not represent the whole of Malaysia. I urge all Singaporeans not to hate the whole of Malaysia just because of these few black sheep. I am sure many Malaysians themselves are appalled with the fact that their fellow countrymen acted so rashly.
On another note, you can show these pictures to foreigners; people who are not from Singapore or Malaysia. Everyone will look down on Malaysia! Malaysia cheated (laser), failed to win, and now try to insult us! This is what we call "Sore losers"! Foreigners will look down on them for their lack of sportsmanship, but will instead respect Singapore for their forgiving side. When foreigners see Malaysia and Singapore working together, despite Malaysia's many insults to Singapore, they will say: "Wow, Singapore is truly forgiving!" "A model country, to learn from." Those who are encouraging Singapore to cut ties with Malaysia, I urge you to think about this.
I am sure many of you have asked the question: Why is it that only Malaysians do this? When playing against other countries, situations of these sorts have never arisen. Why is it that it only happens with Malaysia?
Perhaps some of you might remember a case that took place a while ago: two women were travelling to Johor Bahru, and in a fingerprint scan confusion, they were detained and forced to do squats while naked. In the end, she was only given a warning and sent back to Singapore. The Malaysian police did not have to go to such extremes measures, but they did. They attempted to humiliate and shame the Singapore women.
Some people may say it is due to jealousy, that we fared so much better than Malaysia after independence. They are partially correct.
This is the root of the problem:
The press in Malaysia.
I am sure many Malaysians felt that Singaporeans were playing with sportsmanship. However, as the press influenced them, they slowly believed that we were "cheating" and they felt that it was okay to blame us.
The root of the problem is the Malaysian press.
The Malaysian press, which of course is under the power of the Malaysian Government, prints articles that tell Malaysians all the bad things about us. And probably, as most people say, it is jealousy.
I urge the Malaysians: Do not believe in everything you read in the newspapers or everything you hear in the news! Reason for yourselves what is true and what is not. Do not be led blindly by a certain mindset, try to see things from different perspectives.
Finally, I end off with this: What the Malaysian press is doing, is to hurt its reputation in the world. The world sees these issues the clearest; they know who is at fault. As we have the Chinese saying: 旁观者清. I hope that these few black sheep amongst Malaysians can see that all they are doing are hurting their reputation in the world.
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