SIX decades ago, Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj declared Malaya’s independence at the Selangor Club’s padang in Kuala Lumpur. Aug 31, 1957 was the day that the Federation of Malaya gained its Merdeka (freedom) from the British colonisers.
Fast forward to 2020, and we’re fighting another coloniser – Covid-19. And as before, we are fighting for our freedom but this time, the coloniser is invisible and a particularly destructive one that has laid waste to our health and economic systems.
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