I refer to the Malaysiakini report ISA: Suaram activist released.

When Cheng Lee Whee was arrested it mades us wonder whether Malaysians were united or disunited. This poor girl was fighting for hardcore poor Malays to protect their shelter.

I think she is one of the bravest women in Malaysia for rising above racial difference to fight for something she believes in. So what is the fuss about disunity about?

When Hindraf was declared an illegal organisation, it was accompanied by loud outbursts from every quarter. Even PAS, a dominant Islamic party, appeared to defend them.

When Teresa Kok was arrested for god knows what, we heard the same protests from everyone regardless of race or religion. Even the mosque committee involved came out to defend her saying that she never stepped foot into nor got involved in their matters.

In Penang, the former chief minister was defeated in the general election by an Indian professor against all odds considering Penang is an area that reflects Chinese sentiment mostly. Ironically, the same Indians - regarded as extremist by certain ‘smart’ ministers - for PAS instead of the MIC.

In parliament, it is Lim Kit Siang who is fighting for the Indian’s cause more than any of the other Indian ministers now or past.

Kelantan in dominated and ruled by an Islamic party yet if you ask an Indian or a Chinese who lives there to consider shifting to Kuala Lumpur, he could give you more reasons why you should shift to Kelantan instead.

When Raja Petra Kamarudin was arrested, we witnessed Malays, Chinese and Indians coming together like never before to fight for a single cause and to finance support to him.

They who bravely stood out to talk to their friends about him to those who courageously followed him to court and back are heroes who defied racial differences and focussed our on uniting for a common cause that we all believed in and supported.

Our forefathers would have been proud of us all today. Although we live normal lifes, we have been instilled with compassion and tolerance for other races and religions by our experience.

We might not realise it because it is instilled so deep into us that we fail to notice it yet we practice it consciously and unconsciously.

So where the heck is all this supposed ‘disunity among the races’?

It would seem that this ‘disunity’ has been induced by those whom we ourselves gave power to so there is an illusion that they are fighting for our rights peculiarly.

If you doubt the above statement, check whenever a racial remark is made - the person will most probably be someone whom we put there in the first place.