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Under threat? What threat? Under threat? What threat?
Thursday, April 17th, 2008 at 11:22am (31 weeks 1 day ago)
[submitted by arjunan.org] [category: politics] [published 31 weeks 1 day ago]
tags: umno : threat : royalty : pakatan rakyat : nep : article 32 : article 153 : article 152 : affirmative action :

Since the recent general election, voices have risen up in a shrill warning cry that the Malays are now ‘under threat’. But perhaps the real threat is the threat to Umno hegemony.

AND so it begins. Race-based rhetoric has raised its ugly little head in response to a democratic process. Over 49% of the people of Malaysia have voted for parties that have rejected race-based affirmative action in favour of a needs-based platform.

It did not take very long for voices, both common and royal, to rise up in a shrill warning cry that the Malays are now “under threat”.

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