At the end of the year, newspapers and media organisations like to nominate their top 10 news items of the year or the top personalities of the last 12 months.

For me personally, I would like to use this column as my platform to pay tribute to our NGOs as the unsung heroes of the Malaysian society.

I was reminded of their contribution when Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) was accused of working against our national interest by the Registrar of Society (ROS) Mohd Alias Kalil a few days ago in Miri...