A great day hijacked


The late Usman Awang, the great national laureate. (inset: His book called Antologi Puisi Gemersik Tiga)

IT would have been the most appropriate time to launch a book on the late Usman Awang, the great national laureate, as the nation was celebrating Malaysia Day.

But the auspicious day, when Malaysians should be celebrating as one nation and one people, was hijacked by the Red Shirt protesters.

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