Kuala Lumpur: Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has reportedly called political parties led by non-Malays ‘parti pendatang’ (parties of immigrants).
According to a report by national daily The Star, he said yesterday that racial issues in Malaysia were partly caused by non-Malays being unwilling to assimilate with Malay culture and creating their own political parties.“We do not see this in countries such as Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia where there are political parties created for ‘pendatang’ . “But in Malaysia, these ‘pendatang’ live here and receive the citizenship of this country but are still distancing themselves.
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