To have a state assemblyman who dares to say things the way he sees them is rare, so it has been a morale-lifting week indeed for me after I found out that Belaga assemblyman Liwan Lagang is such a person.
To me, he is a wakil rakyat who truly has the interest of his constituents at heart and who, in the course of performing his role as an elected representative, does not hesitate to speak his mind and criticise wrongdoings and injustices, even if he has to step on the toes of powerful and influential bigwigs in the process.
