COMMENT If you were Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor, would you allow Mat Rempit to race in Kuala Lumpur? The Federal Territory minister’s statement on Feb 22, 2016 that he would do so has attracted heavy condemnation from Malaysians online. Even Bukit Aman and the Road Safety Department (JKJR) have been hesitant to accept it.

Tengku Adnan’s rationale can be summarised as follows - as more youths are becoming Mat Rempit, there is no point pretending that we can control them; we should instead make it safer for them by controlling the conditions that they race in.

Should we take a step back to review what he actually said?