COMMENT | Can the bus tragedy that killed 15 university students near Gerik, Perak, become a racial issue?

Lawyer Siti Kasim claims that Transport Minister Anthony Loke is being attacked by some Malays online for the horrific accident.

The reason it seems was that the victims are Malays, whom a Chinese minister failed to “take care of”.

“Have you forgotten the driver is Malay?” asked Siti.

This is the typical blame game to divert from real problems towards what are called “scarecrows” or “straw men” in American English.