The Prime Minister of Malaysia and his wife was photographed being garlanded with a gigantic floral garland at Batu Caves on Thaipusam. The very size of the garland alone is not the only thing that raises many questions.

Except for a few Dayak intellectuals sitting in comfort in town, the great majority of Dayaks in Sarawak couldn't care less about Sarawak Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud, a second-generation Muslim from the tiny Melanau Dayak community. Taib is the grandson of a Christian.