COMMENT | It was a sad Friday indeed when 40 innocent people lost their lives in New Zealand’s worst ever mass shooting which prime minister Jacinda Ardern condemned as terrorism.

We all mourn together with the loved ones of those who died in this horrific tragedy which will be the first enormous challenge to be faced by the 38-year-old Ardern since taking office less than two years ago.

Express our sorrow and pray – that’s all most of us can do, isn’t it? There is nothing else I can do about the Christchurch attacks even if I am the prime minister of Malaysia, except perhaps send a donation as a token of Malaysia’s solidarity with the people of New Zealand.

When friends kept sending me numerous stories, images and videos of the massacre in chat groups, this was my ...