COMMENT | People got worked up over the latest twisting of history by the Kedah PAS troll, but they may have missed Anwar Ibrahim raising another hornet’s nest of heritage.

Kedah Menteri Besar Sanusi Nor recently claimed that the “Malays only have this Tanah Melayu. Indians have India, Chinese have China.” This was a twisted view of history.

A week later, The Malay Mail reported the prime minister saying that history must reflect the “sacrifice and devotion” of locals, not be dictated by the narratives of former colonial masters.

He was deflecting criticism on his opening of the renovated Fort Cornwallis in Penang on July 25, saying it “was not a celebration of colonialism” but an opportunity to reclaim and reinterpret the nation's history from a Malaysian perspective.

However, Anwar's political spin ignores how our...