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Curing Malaysia’s National Psychosis

Rewiring the kampung

Jan 14, 2020
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By Murray Hunter

With the Year of the Rat approaching on January 25 to be celebrated not by just Malaysia’s Chinese but traditionally the whole country, the vice-principal of SMK Pusat Bandar Puchong 1 school recently demanded that Lunar New Year decorations be removed from the school.

That is an ominous sign in a polyglot country whose races traditionall…

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