Formulating or tampering with history?
COMMENT From the time of the Mahathir era the Umno general assembly has become an annual rite of passage aimed at sustaining two myths: one, the myth of the party’s origins; and two, the myth of the party’s mission.
The first myth of Umno as the original protector of the Malay people vanished in a maze of appropriation by special interests; the second myth is being sustained as camouflage for the disappearance of the first.
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