Former Malaysia prime minister Mahathir Mohamad had earlier said that a multiracial Malaysia would be “unconstitutional”.
In his Facebook post on Tuesday, Dr Mahathir said that the Chinese-based Democratic Action Party - with the support of Parti Keadilan Rakyat and Parti Amanah Negara - has introduced a concept that sees Malaysia as a multiracial country.“In a multiracial country, there is no difference in standard between the Malays who are indigenous, and immigrants as well as their descendants,” Dr Mahathir wrote.
“Malay land will be eliminated and replaced with a multiracial country Malaysian Malaysia,” Dr Mahathir said. “Finally, the Malaysian government will not be able to be influenced by Malays. We are seeing in the region places that are no longer ruled by Malays, the Malays are having terrible luck.”However, Dr Mahathir denied that he was trying to scare the Malays amid efforts to promote a multiracial Malaysia.
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