COMMENT | The Klang road tragedy has become racialised online, probably because the driver was Indian while the motorbike victim was Malay.

Some even attacked Transport Minister Anthony Loke. Is it because he is Chinese?

The blame has turned into racial stereotypes of a “drunk Indian”, while forgetting he was also high on dadah, or drugs, which are normally typecast with another racial group.

The video of the accident was horrific. My first instinct, like many others, was that more severe punishment was needed than the minimum 10 years jail and RM50,000 fine under Section 44 of the Road Transport Act.

These enhanced punishments were passed after several drink driving incidents in October 2020, when Peikatan Nasional was in power.

Now, some are...