Beth Yahp

At the dying end of the year, I’m thinking of all those whom we’ve turned into phantoms, because it’s easier not to see or hear them.

What kind of leaders does the nation need today? A cool, calm hand or one who changes his stand as the winds blow?

Maybe both sides are to blame, neither willing to relinquish power. If so, surely it’s the democratic right of the people of Perak to decide who should go and who should stay.

I saw men, armed only with shouted slogans, beaten with batons and shields and thrown to the ground. I saw an old woman in a wheelchair halted by...