Khairy only speaks up loudly when he has no power, but remains silent when he was a minister under Najib, Muhyiddin and Ismail Sabri
" Khairy Jamaluddin says Malaysia’s historians are cowards. He should read a journal sometimes. " The Charge In a recent episode of his podcast Keluar Sekejap , Encik Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar, former Minister of Health, former UMNO Youth chief, and current political brand in reconstruction, called Malaysia’s publicly funded history professors cowards. Ivory tower inhabitants. Silent while misinformation spreads. He said his history podcast, Sejarah Kita, cannot find willing academic guests, which is why an Associate Professor of Arabic language from the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) named Dr Solehah Yaacob, who claimed ancient Romans learned shipbuilding techniques from Malay seafarers, has become, by his telling, Malaysia’s de facto number one history expert. Here is what he got wrong. The Media-Illiteracy Charge Malaysian historians are not silent. They publish in peer-reviewed journals, write monographs, present at regional and international co...