Mah Bow Tan, poor thing

The thread on Mah Bow Tan in TRE is getting quite a review of the wrong
kind. It was about Mah Bow Tan’s interview by Sin Min on his stepping
down as a minister. Mah Bow Tan said he had given his best years to
public service and it was time to make way for a better man, in Khaw
Boon Wan, to take over the MND ministry.
 
Why were the comments on Mah Bow Tan so negative? He had done extremely