COMMENT | Moral purity and nasi kandar

COMMENT | Another food fight? No, not between Malaysia and Singapore again.

This time it’s the claim that nasi kandar with pork is “an insult” to the industry and can cause public “confusion”, according to Presma (the Malaysian Muslim Restaurant Owners’ Association).

The argument is that nasi kandar is keenly associated with Indian Muslims and should thus not be tainted by anything porky.

It is baffling how anybody can be...