Deferring to authorities, expecting that political leaders have the publics best interest at heart, being helpless in the face of technical issues, being
helpless in the face of legalities and bureaucratic rules; these attitudes that have long disappeared from a growing number of Malaysians. Acting like full citizens, they are not accepting the long held sentiment that ‘government knows best’.
Sharaad Kuttan speaks to the chairman of the citizens action group, KL Tak Nak Incinerator, to get a reading of how people feel on the ground.