Mr Fed Up's letter linking the Edmund Terence Gomez case with racism is a little off balance I think.

In the case of Gomez, the University of Malaya's administration is the one responsible for his predicament. Gomez himself has called upon the prime minister and the minister for higher education to look into his matter.

The tendency to blame the top man for everything that goes wrong in this country has become a habit of those who do not look at the bigger picture. In the case of the towering bumis referred to in the above letter, let me say that the crutches are being removed one by one.

To Gomez, your departure is a great loss to the Malaysian academic fraternity and the country. We hope you'll do Malaysia proud wherever you are.