COMMENT We have yet to know the extent of the damage done by a developer in the Bujang Valley historical area, where a candi was found to have been demolised.

Until there is greater clarity on what happened, it is unwise to cast aspersions on the authorities in Kedah, especially those custodians of our national heritage. Let us give them the benefit of the doubt.

What we cannot excuse however is how the Bujang Valley historic site has been managed. Unfortunately, Malaysians have woken up to the poor condition of care for this historic site after the “demolition” of the historic Sg Batu Candi (No 11).