Of white flags and the king with a heart of gold

Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah once told his senior private secretary Nazim Mohd Alim: “Go find the houses flying ‘white flags’ and provide them with necessary assistance.”

This was when people were getting desperate and flying white flags outside their homes as a plea for help during the Covid-19 lockdown.

It was probably just another piece of evidence tha