The LKY Apology

At around suppertime last night, a seemingly innocious document slid out of the fax machines of the newsrooms in the Malaysian capital.

When the letterhead indicated who the sender was -- it was from the High Commission of Singapore in Kuala Lumpur, those who first saw it must have missed a heart beat.

It was afterall the copy of the letter sent by Singapore's elder statesman, the man who created much controversy in Malaysia as well as in Indonesia the past three weeks. It was a statement from the statesman -- a letter of reply from Lee Kuan Yew to Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

Abdullah had earlier last week sent him a letter to seek clarification over his remark on Sept 15 that the Chinese was being marginalised in Malaysia.

Lee said in the letter that he was sorry. So, the rest is history and the history is being front-paged today in the Malaysian media?

So, what is my two sen's worth on this? Well, first of all sorry is a sorry and nothing more. I cannot, however, help feeling uneasy. LKY is not the man to say sorry...

hmmm... i'll ramble later, got to go folks! am gettin late!