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Their visit on Malaysia Day sought to pay respects and honour the service of local h
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RECENTLY, the proclamation of a state of emergency by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong has stirred mixed views by members of the public and politicians who are against the idea, to the extent even some political members pursued the legality of the matter in court. While I am personally not interested to discuss its legality – best left handled and decided in the expert hands of the law – allow me to share some academic insights on the ideation of public health as a national security issue.
The term national security, while more popularly associated with war, cold war, guerilla-type of war, confrontation, espionage, and in recent millennial years, cybersecurity by hackers towards important government websites and data, also possible bioterrorism threats, perhaps public health would not count as one. However, the recent Covid-19 pandemic has changed our paradigm on what constitutes national security as it has caused turmoil to our economic, social, and political situation.