Contradictheory: Partying in the red

Police detained 42 people for partying like there's no Covid-19 (ie, defying the movement control order) at a rented bungalow in Penang in October 2020. — Photo provided

’Tis the new year, and for many it is a time for partying. Just ask Brazilian footballer Neymar. He was allegedly planning to throw a week-long party in his mansion in Brazil for 500 people. I say “allegedly” because he later clarified that it was for only 150 people. After all, you have to be careful now that Covid-19 is around.

If the words “entitled” and “p***k” are passing through your mind right now, don’t think that Malaysians are necessarily immune to this (including perhaps you yourself, good reader). Risky behaviour is an ailment any of us can be infected with.