COMMENT | Malaysia reported the highest-ever daily new Covid-19 infections of 2,335 cases on Dec 26. It is indeed disturbing that this should occur on Boxing Day, made infamous by the tsunami in 2004.

Amidst the record-breaking number of Covid-19 cases since the past few months, Malaysiakini carried a story on Dec 15, of Top Glove whistle-blower, Yabaraj Khadka.

A foreign worker of eight years, Yabaraj was summarily dismissed and booted out of the country at his own expense. This is a story that may have remained untold if not for Malaysiakini interviewing Yubaraj two months later.

Unfortunately many dismissed the report as an isolated case, and true enough there was hardly any news on the implications of the revelations of this brave soul.

This story may indeed unravel all that is wrong in handling Covid-19 if one connects these dots:

• The windfall fortunes of the glove industry
• The effectiveness of the fight against Covid-19
• Seemingly skewed monitoring and enforcement of Covid-19 SOPs
• Selective persecution of ordinary citizens as compared to corporate bigwigs, the ruling class, and elites
• The cosy thriving ecosystem of the powerful aided by corruption and cronyism

The end result, ordinary Malaysians...