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COMMENT Superficially, Malaysia, for all and sundry, is a nation that is not only doing well, but even thriving in all its e      

ndeavours.

Foreigners and locals are told that we are a model of tolerance and harmony in a plural society and that others must emulate our ways if they want to succeed.

Unfortunately, even a cursory look at the state of things will give away this lie, so lyrically waxed in the mainstream media.

And unless one has access to news portals like Malaysiakini , we would be blissfully ignorant under the onslaught and media blitz of the government-controlled media machinery.

For one, we seem to be on a runaway train towards an Islamic state, when the federal constitution has overtly stated that we are a secular nation.

So-called defenders of the faith and race like Isma and Perkasa have become not only very vocal, but dangerously influential.

They promote laws and legal systems that are in opposition to a multi-ethnic and plural society, and is deemed inappropriate for a modern economic system that can compete on an equal footing with our neighbours.

These so-called NGOs, considered to be on the fringes, seem to be getting their funding and encore from a benign government that that is even seen as fanning these inciting and seditious pronouncement by its very silence and inaction.

And yet, we have an official propaganda that is portraying our ‘moderation' and moderate ways to foreigners and foreign investors...

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