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Malaysia belongs to the Malays, says Mahathir
On 27 July 2023, Mahathir tweeted: “Stop talking about Malaysia as a multiracial country. It is not. It is a Malay country which hosts people from other countries.”Mahathir is on record as saying that promoting multiracialism goes against the Federal Constitution and that the Malays did not benefit from the multiracial nature of the country.
In 2008, he posted on his blog: “The hope at independence was that the non-Malays would accept a single national language and a single national identity. But it became clear very quickly that the Chinese and the Indians wanted to retain their identities, their mother tongue and their culture. They did not want to be solely Malaysians, certainly not Malays.”
Even some Malays find his remarks distasteful, with some taking to social media to condemn his position and defend Indian and Chinese citizens.
https://sg.yahoo.com/news/is-mahathir-his-own-worst-enemy-233035046.html