Mahathir Fans Fear of Racial Politics
In what can only be regarded as a gauntlet flung down to Malaysia’s minority races, former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad is due to provide the keynote address for a mammoth Malay rights rally in the eastern state of Terengganu on Thursday, May 13 -- the 41st anniversary of the worst racial riots ever to occur in the country.
Some 10,000 people represen…
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