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 representi…
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