Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar assured Malaysians that no man-made laws, including the contentious ISA, are permanent as ’the government would always look into amending laws in accordance with the demands of changes and time’.
However, he cautioned, before that (amendment and change) could happen, ‘the people should love their country by ensuring peace and security’.
He added that the government wanted to build a nation ‘where the people understand their responsibility towards each other and also the sensitivities of the various races’.
He lamented that ‘there were still people who played the race card and sensitive issues that could inflame emotions and eventually lead to public disorder’.
Point well taken. No Malaysians who love this country would want to see Malaysia being torn asunder by interethnic suspicion and hate.
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