Today, 13 May 2006, marks the anniversary of the May 13 incident.

Thirty-seven years may have passed since the infamous riots, but the ghost of this bloody episode in Malaysian history remain alive, forever entrenched in national psyche.

Kuala Lumpur were turned into a terrified shells of themselves, how over a hundred people lost their lives and how homes and vehicles were set on fire and left smoking on the streets. Perhaps no one should.

However, the historial day has created repercussions that is still felt today, and it taught us a lesson, one that we have been using as some sort of benchmark in our national consultative processes in all aspects of national life.

Learn from the history, not to take peace for granted and this new sense of confidence that Malaysians feel and which outsiders now regard us is not only about us, it’s about one nation.

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