So, the shit finally hit the fan. Anyone who didn’t see this coming must be living under a rock all this while.

Well, at least, now, I don’t have to see this headline again in BB – “Brunei records no new Covid-19 cases” stating no local transmissions have been recorded for certain certain hundred and so days. It was beyond deja vu, borderline annoying seeing this same headline every single day in the paper since last year. Flipping the pages of the newspaper, we also see every other day smuggling cases – alcohol and cigarettes especially. Where do all these contrabands come from? We could see people smoking in Brunei despite there being NOWHERE selling cigarette here. Where do the smokers get their supplies? Of course from across the border. Now, there was no point flaunting that zero case when there are holes in our so called “shield”. Was MOH aware about these holes? Was PMO aware about these holes? I don’t know. The wider public didn’t seem to be aware of it. They are content to hear that the border with Malaysia remains closed and that EVERY individual who enters our country through air and sea would undergo the full 2-week quarantine period. Did we use the “grace period” to cover these holes? I don’t know. But, it looked like more holes were poked instead, in the form of “special permits” and “essential travel” and allegedly complacency in the quarantine SOP.

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