Monday, 05 Apr 2021 08:44 AM MYT Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know. APRIL 5 — While efforts are taking place to mitigate the heavy impact of the health crisis caused by the unprecedented pandemic through the national immunisation programme and government stimulus packages, the emergence of identity politics appears to be accelerating in the country when the opposite is supposed to take place in the midst of times like this — unity of Malaysians regardless of social status, race and religion. Without the sense of unity and national spirit, it would then translate into race-based policies rather than needs-based and given the current demographics and overall socioeconomic conditions since the crisis, the latter should be given the attention.