Selangor has rather arrogantly declared that it is now 'a developed state'. Rather strangely, it did not use the services of any of the development agencies, either global or local, to verify its definition and declaration.

The Economic Planning Unit (EPU) in the Prime Minister's Department or the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) would have been a credible authority for such a verification process but Selangor appears to know better, I suppose, since it is 'developed'.

Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's query remains valid: what methodology did Selangor use?

A very poor attempt to explain the methodology was revealed via a supplement in the New Straits Times last Saturday, but this raises more questions.