Datuk Siti Nurhaliza performed Bahtera Merdeka during her Konsert Lentera Timur at Istana Budaya. Photo: The Star/Azhar Mahfof
Tears were falling when I heard Negaraku play after sprinter Mohamad Ridzuan Mohamad Puzi earned a gold for the 100m T36 (cerebral palsy) event at the 2016 Rio Paralympics. It was the first of three golds that Malaysia has won at the Paralympics so far.
Negaraku plus other patriotic tunes, have a powerful way of uniting the country and instilling national pride.
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