Hang Jebat, the unsung hero.

Posted By: Ulquiorra Schiffer  Published in mystery

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Oct

What I write here might be controversial but I’d like to say I do not like Hang Tuah at all. Sure, he’s brave, strong, good at martial arts and has all the package to become a super hero but I am always baffled on why he killed his good friend Hang Jebat for a zalim (ruthless) Sultan. Thanks to his blunder, he manage to transform me into Hang Tulan.

Such act was chivalrous in the past. Hang Jebat stood up for Hang Tuah when he was wrongly accused for something he didn’t commit. Yeap, he was accused for having an affair with one of the Sultan’s concubine. It’s like accusing Elton John for sleeping with Elizabeth Taylor.

Now, such allegations are very serious at that time and to accuse him without any proof makes it even dumber. Hang Jebat was very upset because his good friend was wrongly accused so he went on a rampage to tuntut bela. But knowing Hang Tuah’s unconditional loyalty can be quite idiotic at times, he killed his own friend who fought for his innocence.

Hang Jebat has always been the true hero to me for upholding justice and fought against tyranny and I always thought Hang Tuah was overrated. Hang Jebat definitely deserves the legendary status as much as Hang Tuah. Sure, loyalty to your master is noble but when some assholes make use of this blind loyalty, it’s called stupidity.

Or perhaps this story was heavily promoted and politicized to send subtle messages to the rakyat not to revolt against the current ruling government no matter how shitty they are? History are always written by the victors, no? The only difference in present day is, the royal family no longer rules but they are just replaced by a group of ultramen.

ps:- What I wrote above are based on my personal views and I don’t care if there are any fanbois claim it’s historically inaccurate.

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kucau Says, in 10-23-2007 at 09:03:59 from 202.58.86.15    

ermm, i think hang tuah get angry with jebat bcoz jebat`s action might show somethin going on with them. maybe they were gay?

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tomatoinc Says, in 10-23-2007 at 09:12:25 from 60.49.236.221    

what you have written is no controversy at all. If you have analysed the “official” history of malaysia and tanah melayu in general, you ll realize a strong message of “nationalistic” and “malay-hood” where in reality, malaysia has always been a mixed basket nation.

Apart from Hang Tuah’s blind loyalty message, it has been speculated that The “Hang” brothers are actually from China, who came as bodyguards of Hang Li Po. It was also noted that in the written history of Tanah melayu then, such as the Malay Annals, there is no explicit mention of Hang Tuah and his merits.

Further dissertation of our nation’s “glory” history or at least our secondary textbooks will reveal a strong emphasis on the islamization of the country, where as, the influence of hindusm, sankrits, bugis, srivijaya, china, siam are all downplayed. British colonialism was played as an evil force, where as, there have been occasions where they were rightly in abolishing slavery, unruly tax, organised towns/economy etc etc.

Yes, history is written by the victor. But in these days, it seems like our history is just another political tool by our political master (whom themselves have not studied the actual history of the country).

There are a lot more un-written history that needed to be retold:
1) May 13th
2) operasi lalang
3) Bank BUmiputera scandal
4) Reformasi movement
5) labour unions and left wings efforts in gainin independence
6) the undeniable roles of PKM (communist) in accelerating our independence
7) the 1947 hartal organised by putera-acmja

welcoem to the real world.

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missironic Says, in 10-23-2007 at 09:15:29 from 60.50.199.221    

hmm…tis is debate-able… i dunno la who to support also…hmmm….why not turn bck time n ask how the hang tuah feel when he killed hang jebat? lolz..

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Kavilan Says, in 10-23-2007 at 09:25:36 from 218.208.246.238    

dude… ur absolutely right… was actually thinking bout writing this stuff few days ago…
it’s like my Form 2 History teacher told us: Hang Jebat was “taat setia”, Hang Tuah was “taat sia-sia”

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halim Says, in 10-23-2007 at 11:53:19 from 60.49.109.61    

“Hero worship” has a seedy underside to it. No mortal is a hero - everyone has weaknesses, even Mother Teresa. Mother Teresa actually kept poor the very people she was helping. She gave them many fishes, but refuses to teach them how to fish, saying that they can’t do it. That’s why the area is STILL poor. She did not implement modern and way more effective programs like micro-credits for the poor to start businesses, or to start proper schools. Likewise, Hang Tuah is no hero. Just the Sultan’s running dog.

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halim Says, in 10-23-2007 at 18:52:16 from 60.49.109.61    

tomatoinc: that is quite a BRILLIANT comment. Anthraxxxx: make it a post by itself, dude! So more people can read it!

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The unsolved history. | The New Sanctuary Says, in 10-24-2007 at 02:41:23 from 66.29.117.30    

[...] made a very interesting comment in my Hang Tuah post. It is long but informative and I thought it deserve a post of its own. what [...]

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CY Says, in 10-24-2007 at 13:20:01 from 60.50.5.251    

I agree with Halim that Tomatoinc raised some good points! :)

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blueberry Says, in 7-13-2009 at 16:00:12 from 218.111.4.144    

Yes, I agree that it is a rather heart-wrecking event that someone who has fought for the justice of his closest friend is to die at his hand. What would become the meaning behind friendship.

However, I disagree that Hang Tuah is the one to be blamed. It was hard on him to choose between his loyalty to the Sultan and his beliefs that Sultan is always right with his friend’s right.

It is also a wrong outlet of anger for Hang Jebat to kill the innocence in his revenge against the Sultan. I suppose it would be better if he just kill the tyrant and unjust Sultan.

The main culprit would be the Sultan who has abused his power. He takes someone like Hang Tuah to be fully loyal to him as his enemy, analogy to amputation of a bruised arm which is temporary painful. It is a shame that such ruler existed in the past. But I would say that this was the norm of a monarchy.

All I want to say is that Hang Tuah is the hero of the past when loyalty to the king is of utmost priority; whereas Hang Jebat is the hero of the current generation who sees friendship as sacred. That particular Sultan is a tyranny who should never be condoned by people who study history.

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