That the rich-poor gap is very real, never mind that phones costing with 4-figure price tags are selling well. And the queuing started at 4-30am for one or two outlets.
The angry scenes as seen on social media sites reflect a very, very frustrated population. Venting anger at the police and the inability of the police to be able to calm a bunch of pioneers and merdekans in the shopping centres do no augur well if there is a real problem.
There were pictures of rifle-armed policemen patrolling near the scramble. If they were there as part of an originally planned exercise, then it was unfortunate that they were not withdrawn. If they were there to intimidate calm the ageing pioneers and merdekans, then it was a very bad judgement. What do we use if these had been terrorists?
What do you think?