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Growing Discontent Among Malaysia’s Dominant Ethnic Group

Possibly UMNO’s gravest challenge

Jun 21, 2022
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By: Murray Hunter

Despite the ketuanan Melayu – Malay supremacy – rhetoric that leaders use to whip up their followers at election time, Malaysia’s government has taken the Malay population for granted, failing to look after the very stakeholders keeping it in power.

Malay society expected the Malay-centric government coalition would staunchly defend Mala…

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