Let us make another thing very clear here: The system of rulers in this country reaffirms the fact that Malaysia has a long history of Malay sultanate governance, even after the peninsula was colonised by European powers.

I, and other loyal subjects of the sultans, will utter “Daulat Tuanku” at ceremonies to recognise the ruling sultan, but not when the sultans are in non-ceremonious situations, like in a private moment.

For example, I have great respect for my ruler, but I will not utter “Daulat Tuanku” every time we engage in a conversation. All you have to do is to sembah (place your palms together, raise your hands to touch the forehead as a sign of respect) only when you first meet.

I was in Montevideo, Uruguay, earlier this year. Before the presidential dinner to honour our King (the Yang di-Pertuan Agong), I, fully dressed in my best suit, was standing in line along with many foreigners waiting to be introduced. When it came to my turn, I made the sembah and I did it because I respect and honour our system of monarchy (for example, I may not like the King but I do it because it is dictated by proper protocol).

Others, one or three Malaysians in the line-up, did not do so, but they were not breaking protocol because they didn’t know any better.

Being a Malay, I performed my sembah simply because I consciously recognised the fact that I needed to do so.

Malays who discard the essence of being Malay in this country, such as questioning the nature of the Malay monarchy system, are to me just “Malays-ready-to-be-dominated-people-again” in the making.

Perhaps, as I see it, like the Malays in Singapore?

This is how I feel.

Now, there is this organisation called the Centre for Policy Initiatives (CPI), a self-appointed think-tank whose smug tagline of “reconstructing policies and remaking society" is, I feel, just like what the Communist Party of China and the former Soviet Union had been doing in their countries.

I consider some of the CPI postings in its website to be very anti-Malay monarchy sentiments.

I see CPI as creating discord among the three major races in the country via its postings and trying to direct the people not to respect the royalty. It is a serious issue that a normal law-abiding citizen like me will try to put to rest.

CPI should be investigated for inciting racial hatred and for being anti-monarchy in its content.

One of the issues it has in its blogsite is questioning the wisdom of the Malays and loyal non-Malays in uttering “Daulat Tuanku!”.

It suggests the people do not say “Daulat Tuanku” because it believes everyone is equal! But of course everyone is the same but that is a separate issue.

By questioning the essence of the protocol, CPI is also questioning the special rights of the Malays under the Constitution.

CPI in its website also draws Malaysia as practising apartheid, which we know is not true, because almost half of the country’s good prime land and properties are owned by the Chinese.

I read CPI as Communist Party Initiative operating under the guise of being a legitimate outfit.

Here is a short history lesson: when the Japanese surrendered, the armed wing of the Malayan Communist Party, the Malayan People’s Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA), stormed into the Seri Menanti royal palace looking to kill the ruler and his family at that time.

The ruler present then was the Yamtuan’s father. He and his family, thank God, escaped.

The brazen act of the MPAJA of breaking into a royal palace when they thought the country was paralysed may be likened to the CPI using the same tactic, but instead of storming into palaces looking for members of the royalty, CPI is more civilised, trying to make the rakyat hate the monarchy by conducting subtle debates over the Internet.

I, for one, will not fall for CPI’s tricks of “reconstructing policies and remaking society” by inciting hatred to make the people hate the monarchy.

The MPAJA also tried to kill the father of the present Sultan of Pahang. This happened when the Japanese surrendered and Sultan Sir Abu Bakar (pic) was instructed to drive to Kuala Lipis from Pekan, for safety reasons, by the defeated Japanese commander.

The MPAJA staged an ambush but failed and Sultan Sir Abu Bakar and his entourage were saved by agents of the American Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the predecessor to the CIA.

And the OSS handed Sultan Sir Abu Bakar and his entourage to the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) operating in the area.

You see, there is no difference in tactics between the MPAJA and the CPI: they both want the royalty to be abolished, the MPAJA wanted to kill them and the CPI is also inciting that.