COMMENT | One of the important things we have to grapple with repeatedly in Malaysia is the feeling of alienation from the mainstream of the key groups in the country, which, for simplicity, I shall divide into Malays, other bumiputeras, and non-Malays.

Disunity among key sectors is becoming more and more prevalent, nearly 70 years after independence for the peninsula and over 60 years for Sabah and Sarawak. At the heart of this are false beliefs which need to be dispelled and the truth that has to be grappled with.