Malaysiakini reported today that the ‘elusive Ahmad Ismail, the man at the centre of a “racial slur” controversy, said he would not apologise even after the deputy prime minister has already done so on his behalf’.
And Ahmad defiantly reiterated that ‘As far as I am concerned, I did not say or do anything wrong. So why should I apologise?’
So are we to conclude that the hurt that is being experienced by the Chinese community in particular and other non-Malay communities in general is merely the result of their figment of imagination?
Given such a pronouncement, of what value is the apology that was expressed recently by Deputy Premier Najib on behalf of Ahmad?
By the way, given the trendy practice of recent days, does Ahmad still need to swear on the Quran to prove to the world that he really believes that what he said or did recently in Permatang Pauh was nothing wrong or unethical?
One wonders how the leadership of UMNO and of the BN would respond to this act of defiance.
