I refer to malaysiakini's Malaysian leaders: Kuan Yew must apologise .

As several diplomat friends of mine and I had afternoon tea in the lobby of a hotel, we could not but feel hilarious that certain Malaysian politicians were 'outdoing each other' to be quoted, while others, such as the impotent Backbenchers Club (BBC), wanted Singapore's founding father, Lee Kuan Yew to apologise for saying on the sidelines of the IMF/World Bank meeting that Malaysia and Indonesia's negative attitude towards Singapore was shaped by the way both countries mistreated and systematically marginalised their Chinese ethnic communities.

Strangely, only days earlier in a malaysiakini report , the BBC was shown to be 'arrogant and insensitive' to a group of Malaysian workers who had gone to Parliament to campaign for a reasonable wage only to be met with the excuse that they had 'more important things to attend to in Parliament.'

In my humble opinion, BBC's reported 'comments and indifference' certainly raises several questions on their competency to remain in political office.

Are they really aware of the plight of the Malaysian public who had to struggle to make ends meet?

Actually, we have to blame ourselves for repeatedly putting these very individuals in political office after accepting their claims and statements and that of their highly paid spin-doctors engaged in the electronic and print media blitz prior to national elections.

What should really be done is to examine if the claims of the Singapore founding father was factually correct and if so, to rectify the situation and if not, factually discredit it by well researched and comprehensive discourse.

Instead of any of the above two, we turn the discourse into a 'political circus' by going into 'active denial mode', seeking to send diplomatic notes and screaming for apologies, which we will never get.

This may be the beginning of more such comments to come, not from Singapore but from elsewhere in the world, in view of our claims and high moral ground taken in international fora.

It would be foolish of us to think that we can be "international do-gooders" but fail to practice the 'same virtues and policies of change and holistic governance" in our domestic scenes and policy.

What will we do if the next statement comes from another head of state or an official of the United Nations that Malaysian Indians are 'mistreated and systematically marginalised'?

Will we respond that the Malaysian cabinet has one full Indian minister and perhaps four deputies - and hold less than one percent of equity - so this again cannot be true and a 'naughty statement?'