COMMENT | Bak kut teh - storm over a soup

COMMENT | I agree with Umno Youth. Yes, it was “wrong” to recognise bak kut teh (BKT) as a national heritage.

This is because our “true” national cuisine is not BKT but “makan rasuah” (literally eating bribes).

OK, that's just a joke la. Let's return to the news. On Feb 29, Umno Youth chief Dr Muhamad Akmal Saleh called for Tourism Minister Tiong King Sing to be sacked because BKT has been included as a heritage food.

But wait a minute. It was the commissioner of heritage Mohamad Muda Bahadin who listed BKT and nine other dishes as national heritage on Feb 24.

Why didn't Akmal also call for him to be punished? Why did he only slam Tiong? Was it because a Malay official was inconvenient for the racial flame game?

The whole saga began in June when...