The mess that is the Seafield temple issue


THE scuffles at the Sri Maha Mariamman temple in USJ25 have brought out the very worst in Malaysians.

What began as a humdrum issue of land acquisition and the relocation of a place of worship has erupted into a theatre of misinformation, race-baiting, conspiracy theories, and violence that has left property destroyed, communities broken, people injured – and one fireman fighting for his life.

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