KUALA LUMPUR: The past weekend was a rather eventful one for me as a commentator on both Malaysian domestic politics and international affairs. On Saturday morning, I was invited to moderate a session at the Kuala Lumpur Prosperity Forum, where prominent experts were supposed to strategize for revitalizing the social economy of the Malaysian capital after the devastating coronavirus pandemic. The event was held at the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (MIER), and its executive director was one of my panelists.

As MIER is located in a hilly and rather exclusive part of Kuala Lumpur, surrounded by greenery, I was looking forward to a rather leisurely Saturday morning although the topics we would be addressing at the forum were rather weighty ones. But on Friday night, it was announced in various social media that some of the major boulevards of Kuala Lumpur were to be shut down by the authorities on Saturday. It turned out there was an organized street protest movement that was to take place that morning.

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