We must reject culture of shame

EVERY year, like clockwork, we see campaigns that call for unity and a show of patriotism for Merdeka Day on Aug 31 and Malaysia Day on Sept 16. Every year, to commemorate both events, I write about how proud a Malaysian I am.

This year, I will break this personal tradition. Events and development in the first 100 days of our “New Malaysia” force my hands to type about the elephant in the room, that is, our tendency to propagate the culture of shaming.