Erna MahyuniYou would think I would be used to all the political mudslinging by now but it has reached the extent I’m logged out of Twitter at least until the actual election date.
What disturbed me most was someone complaining that DAP’s candidates were all Chinese when the poster showed at least two of the candidates were from local indigenous Sabah tribes. Why this need for homogeneity? Why, to be Malaysian, must East Malaysians somehow bow to a single perspective on how to regard themselves or approach daily life?
All those years ago when other East Malaysians spoke up about how September 16, the date of Malaysia’s actual formation, was generally ignored in West Malaysia, the aim was to create awareness.
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