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Malaysians Save Each Other as Government Goes AWOL in Flood
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Malaysians Save Each Other as Government Goes AWOL in Flood

Disaster a metaphor for widespread government failure

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Cyril Pereira
Dec 24, 2021
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Malaysia’s beleaguered and disillusioned citizens shunted racist politicians and towelhead theocrats aside to rescue trapped flood victims and serve food, as one people, undivided, in one of the worst floods the country has experienced in decades. Rescuing any human in distress was all.

Ethnic diversity rallied to ferry neighbors, strangers and pets, tow…

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