Hang Tuah and the Keris Which Heals the Wound it Caused
By Steven Sim
April 2018 ODDLY ENOUGH
The story of Hang Tuah fascinates me. But to the question of whether he existed or not, I do not have an answer. However, that does not at all affect my interest in Hang Tuah.Did the monkey Hanuman in Ramayana or the monkey Sun Wu Kong in Xi You Ji exist? Well, even if they are mere fiction, these stories have lessons and values already etched into our communal psyche.In his foreword to Hikayat Hang Tuah, Dr Kassim Ahmad wrote:“These questions of...
Steven Sim
is the MP for Bukit Mertajam and Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports.
