KUALA LUMPUR, July 11 — Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad today acknowledged that Malaysia’s ethnic Chinese have contributed to the country’s growth through the...
KUALA LUMPUR, July 11 — Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad today acknowledged that Malaysia’s ethnic Chinese have contributed to the country’s growth through the years and continue to do so with their business acumen.
“The Malays cannot do it. They don’t have the money or the ideas. Their shops are the stalls on the roadside, ramshackle affairs, with blue plastic roofs,” he said in his latest blogpost.also asserted that this indicated the power of the Malaysian Chinese not only in dealing with economic matters but politically as well, without providing specifics.“But do not deprive the Malays of their country and their history. Allow the Malays to have their share,” he wrote.
“In the past, the Malays dominated the political arena and the administration. So there was a balance. But now the Chinese are also politically powerful. And they intend to be even more powerful. In another recent post on social media, Dr Mahathir claimed Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is beholden to the Chinese-dominated DAP even though the party only has four ministers in the Cabinet.
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