THE news of the serious situation in Ambalat, which in Indonesia drew a full-blooded response, for Malaysians is apparently of no interest at all. For them, the grab for territory in the Sulawesi Sea is a matter for the government, not the populace. Zaitun, one restaurant owner in Kuala Lumpur, did not even know a territorial dispute was in progress between his country and Indonesia. The same was true of Chaidir. The 50-year-old Kuala Lumpur res