It’s weird.
I was trying to explain the whole Bentong Kali saga to my colleagues (who are all programmers from India), and I attempted to find some articles on him online – and came up empty.
What the…?
Is there not a single article anywhere in the World Wide Web about one of the most notorious gangsters ever to have terrorised Malaysians?
Tsk. Tsk. Cough. Tsk.
Mata Update: For those who care – my left eye is still twitching. I’ve officially upgraded my Internal Health Advisory status to “Orange Alert”.
Bentong Update: Heh heh. Cool. A search query on “Bentong” on Wikipedia returned this. There are actually 4 Malaysian towns which are now immortalised on Mars. But how come no one’s named a crater after KL, eh?
Maybe it’s because the whole thing happened before the Internet wave hit the country.
BawangMerah: I understand that lah. My point is that it was a major event in our recent history – surely there should be something written somewhere about this.
in our country. unflattering history can be pretty much obscure.
Maybe either one of us could initiate the start. His story is mentioned in a couple of sites but very briefly ( a line or two) and that’s it.
dude i thought u weren’t blogging till after the holidays?
Acat: Heheh.. I tried to stay away, but I’m too addicted lah… “Just when I got out, it pulled me back IN!” (with apologies to Al Pacino).
Hmmm, I guess we just don’t hero-worship our outlaws like the do in other countries!
BTW, didja know that aside from Kalimuthu, Bentong’s also famous for ginger?
Maybe its best if he’s “buried” in the annals of history. BTW, has anyone thought of searching for “Botak Chin”?
- MENJ