When silence is not golden


Denied citizenship: A girl from the Muslim community holds placards during a protest rally against the Indian government’s Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Bangalore on Jan 4,2020. — AFP

THERE has recently been heavy debate over Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s warranted criticism of India’s Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 (CAA). This has been considered to bode a sort of diplomatic pickle.

Couple that with an Indian boycott of and restrictions on Malaysia’s palm oil, and we have the perfect formula for an unpalatable dish.

The question is: Do we have to be silent when one of humanity’s greatest crisis is brewing in India?

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