US Ambassador to Malaysia Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir has been working from home – all the way from Westport, the United States.
Lakhdhir was kept from travelling by Connecticut’s lockdown at first and later, travel restrictions. With restrictions lifted now, she’s working with Wisma Putra over details of her quarantine upon re-entering Malaysia. Diplomats have a very special status . So we’re working with the Malaysian side to try to work through the way we can meet the public health concerns of the Malaysian government, which we understand are serious. And we share them, so we need to find a way to reassure the Malaysian public health side and maintain our status as diplomats.
> While you’ve been away, there has been a deluge of negative US news, first about the high Covid-19 case numbers and then the recent nationwide protests over racial injustice sparked by the killing of African-American George Floyd by a white police officer. What is your take on these events? At the top of our Supreme Court are the words “Equal Justice Under Law”. And that’s what Americans across the country are asking for. I think many people know we have a long history in the United States of racial injustice, discrimination and prejudice. And this is part of a journey we’re taking as Americans, to have a more just and fair society. We had civil rights demonstrations under Martin Luther King Jr and peaceful demonstrations wanting change. This is part of that history and legacy.
> There are accusations that systemic racism is a problem with law enforcement agencies in the United States. How do you respond? > The US Covid-19 coronavirus death toll has reached 121,407 and a top American scientist has predicted another 100,000 deaths by September. What is being done to save lives?
So one of the challenges in the United States, and it’s true in Malaysia on a smaller scale, is how you differentiate what kind of resources you put into different communities and what they need and how much economic activity can you allow. New York has just started allowing, I think, 400,000 workers to go back to work. There are a lot of worries.
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