So it is no surprise that barely a month later, the same issue under a different guise threatens to erupt, this time targeted at Kamus Dewan. Like Interlok, Kamus Dewan has been around for decades without any disputes. But now with the Interlok ”compromise”, the gate has been left wide open.
The reason why this is so was ably summarised by well-respected Malaysian historian Professor Emeritus Tan Sri Khoo Kay Kim when he said: “If something is real, then we can’t hide it.” It is because we have not learnt to accept what is “real” that has allowed the matter to drag on!
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