While these innovations promise efficiency, speed, and inclusion - they also introduce unprecedented vulnerabilities that could destabilise the nation’s economy and sovereignty.
As financial crimes become more sophisticated, borderless, and automated, the idea of creating a national intranet: a semi-closed digital ecosystem similar to China’s “Great Firewall” or its “national internet” is gaining quiet traction in security circles.
The question is not simply technological but existential: can Malaysia afford to remain open in a world where...