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The "MH370 lost contact incident" is accused of being a new weapon in the political struggle between the Malay ruling and opposition parties.

"The flight captain hijacked the plane out of political revenge" has become a thing of the past in the investigation of Malaysia Airlines' loss of contact. The opposition denies this fierce political tendency, while the ruling party has repeatedly said that the handling of the Malaysia Airlines incident should be "above politics".

The confrontation between the ruling and opposition parties in Malaysia once reached its peak in the general election last May. Now, with the opposition leader Anwar once again suspected of being wrongly sentenced to prison, the seats of state legislators in Jiaying area are facing by-election, and the collision between BN and NLD is once again strong. The unprecedented flight loss incident on March 8 brought about new changes in the situation of opposition between the two factions.

To some extent, "MH370" has been used by the two factions and has become a new weapon in political struggle.

Volunteers and MCA

Sama sama Hotel is located next to Kuala Lumpur International Airport and is the media center officially designated by Malaysia Airlines. When media reporters from all over the world pour into the hotel, you can see the work area of MCA Volunteer Group in a conspicuous place in the lobby. There, as many as dozens of uniformed "volunteers" have been waiting there. "I heard that the passengers' families are coming, so send us to see what we can do." Yan, executive secretary of the Volunteer Corps, said.

But unlike Tzu Chi volunteers who have been accompanying and taking care of their families since Beijing, MCA volunteers never go to hotels where Malaysian families stay. The "order" they received was to stay in sama sama. In addition, MCA volunteers did not comment on the question of "how to evaluate the handling of this incident by the Malay government". On March 19, when some family members who went to Malaysia broke into the press conference hall to express their demands, it was the first time that many "MCA volunteers" met their families. At that time, they went up with the police to maintain order. A volunteer made a "no" gesture to the reporter: "I won't say anything to you."

The founder of MCA Volunteer Group is Zhou Meifen, who is the vice president of MCA, one of the three major ruling parties in Malaysia. With the deadlock in the investigation of the incident, the MCA Volunteer Corps troops stationed at sama sama Hotel began to gradually withdraw-to Jiaxiang, 24 kilometers southeast of Kuala Lumpur. This is the place where MCA (one of the three ruling parties of BN) will hold a by-election with the opposition party, and MCA is investing its strength here to prepare for the by-election.

By-election is a cause that Zhou Meifen and her MCA have been working hard before Malaysia Airlines MH370 lost contact. 65438+1On October 27th, Li Jingjie, a former member of Parliament of parliament of canada, resigned to make way for Anwar, the leader of the Justice Party, so that the latter could consolidate the opposition's political power in Selangor by being elected Secretary of State. As a result, on the eve of the by-election in March, Anwar, who was preparing to run for the parliamentary seat, was sentenced to "sodomy" and was forced to withdraw. Now, the candidate representing Anwar in the by-election with Zhou Meifen galante of MCA is his wife, Wang Asha, who is called "Sister Wang" by local people.

During the investigation of Malaysia Airlines' loss of contact, MCA and Justice Party successively boarded Jiaying venue and held various assembly activities. Some of them were held in the name of "Pray for MH370".

Prayer in the constituency

On 19, Zhou Meifen, vice president of MCA, once said that comforting passengers' families and praying for MH370 "is not a political chip"; On the same day, MCA arranged the "MH370 Safe Home Blessing Conference" in Jiaying.

Before 7: 00 this evening, party member and volunteers from MCA brought paper cranes, lotus flowers and candles folded by hand for two days to Bukit-Angkat in Jiaying. Previously, they had publicized the event through leaflets, radio publicity vehicles and other means. Huang Jiasong, president of MCA, encouraged people to participate actively. "This night, we will put aside political and religious differences and gather together with only one goal, that is, to pray for those who have lost contact and hope that they will return as soon as possible." He said.

The blessing will begin in a solemn atmosphere. According to You Zhuotao, the head of MCA, MCA invited representatives of "non-Muslims"-"Buddhists, Taoists and Christians ..." to pray for MH370 in their respective religious forms. She said. In a pamphlet that the reporter got to create momentum for Zhou Meifen's election to the state legislature, the slogan "uncompromisingly defend democracy, adhere to pluralism and human rights" was written.

The atmosphere was heavy that night. You Zhuotao said: It rained cats and dogs, too, and it seemed to be moved by this incident.

The loss of Malaysia Airlines has caused the Malaysian authorities and the ruling BN three parties to be criticized. However, on the eve of the 23 rd by-election, MCA denied trying to win the support of voters through the "Blessing Conference". Yan, the administrative secretary of the MCA Volunteer Group, just said that the Malaysia Airlines incident did have an impact on the election situation of both sides. "But I think NLD will still win 99%." He said with a wry smile.

The opposition's "eternal fire"

MCA's support rate lost miserably. Even their own publication, Chinese in Malaysia, is not shy about it. At present, 84% of Chinese voters have left the largest Chinese political party and turned to support the People's Alliance and become an opposition force.

The opposition alliance composed of People's Justice Party, Democratic Action Party and Pan-Malaysian Muslim Party has once again become the focus of attention of the outside world and even the international community since the Malaysia Airlines incident. Opposition leader Anwar was interviewed by many media during the "sodomy case" pending trial, clarifying that Captain MH370 could not hijack the plane because of political inclination. After an exclusive interview with Beijing Youth Daily reporter on 18, Anwar informed that the opposition would hold a demonstration and rally in Jiaying Stadium on the evening of 2 1 8. Since Goodnight Val was convicted by the Malaysian Court of Appeal on March 7, the opposition has been brewing this rally, but it was shelved because the Malaysia Airlines incident happened a few hours later.

The rally was called reformasi (Malay means "reform"), which was poetically translated by local Chinese as "don't put out the fire". In addition, in the original design of the opposition, participants in the rally were asked to wear black clothes that night to show "the death of democracy and justice."

On February1day, the traffic outside Jiaying Stadium was in a state of congestion all night. Opposition leaders took turns to board the podium and led thousands of supporters to sit on the lawn of the stadium and shout slogans. 1 1, it is announced that the number of people in the venue has exceeded 1 10,000. On behalf of Anwar's by-election, State Councilor Wang Jie appeared first, and then her husband Anwar appeared in black, leading all the supporters to shout "Don't put out the fire" and "Fight to the end". He first talked about how UMNO (the ruling party of the BN) refused to let him take part in the Jiaying by-election, so he was sent to prison, and then said, "They can slander me. They think the people are stupid. But I want to tell them that the people can refuse and the people have the right to refuse. "

According to local media reports, that night, MCA held a "dinner for thousands" in Xianshuigang New Village, 3 kilometers away, with a total of 150 tables as a "confrontation".

Jiaying district was in chaos for a while, and no one looked up and saw the slogan "Thinking and praying with everyone on MH370" displayed on the big screen outside the stadium.