Kuala Lampur, Dec. 9 -- I refer to the recent Instagram announcement made on December 8 by Fey Ilyas, the founder of Current Media Group Sdn Bhd (CMG).

He stated that the dispute regarding the alleged plagiarism of CMG's creative ideas - without compensation or acknowledgement - by the Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (Miti) for the Malaysian Pavilion at the recently concluded Osaka World Expo 2025 has been "amicably resolved".

While the Malaysian Advertising, Design, and Branding community is relieved to see this outcome for CMG, questions surrounding this matter remain unanswered and critically relevant.

Implied admission of guilt?

The amicable resolution comes after Miti's being served by CMG's legal "letter of demand" da...