We need to redress a grave injustice


The May 13 cemetery in Sungai Buloh. - filepic

IT has been 48 years but the painful memories of the May 13 tragedy are indelible. The actual number of people who lost their lives is still a subject of debate and some of the details of what happened during the incident remain hazy.

But illegal land clearing around a forgotten cemetery, hidden behind the Sungai Buloh Hospital, has given us the perfect opportunity to re-examine the biggest blot in the country’s 60-year old history.

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