Laut China Selatan bukan sekadar medan persaingan kuasa besar, tetapi merupakan nadi kepada keselamatan, ekonomi dan kedaulatan Malaysia. Sempena ulang tahun ke-10 keputusan Tribunal Timbang Tara, Malaysia wajar membina naratifnya sendiri yang berpaksikan kepentingan nasional, sejarah maritim serta hak di bawah undang-undang antarabangsa, tanpa dipengaruhi oleh kepentingan pihak luar.
Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah questioned the basis of the government's RM24 billion civil suit against Datuk Seri Najib Razak after revealing that more than RM31 billion linked to 1MDB had already been recovered by authorities.
The education ministry came under fire for mentioning “kafir” that upset many non-Muslims in the country. But that, alongside another K word that get the Malaysian Indians’ knickers twisted, would be less offensive if the context is understood properly.
The recent call for boycott of KK Mart for selling socks with kalimah Allah revealed the need for another round of clarion call on the need for cultural sensitivity and tolerance when events like this could have been avoided in the first place.