malaysianinsider | ..... Speaking on a special interview with Riz Khan on satellite television station Al-Jazeera, he said that Malays were in fact, the underdogs.
"There is no such thing as Ketuanan Melayu. We are the underdog.
"The shoe-polisher is not the Tuan (master). The man who pays you is the Tuan. I used to have a Chinese driver, he called me Tuan," he quipped.
Dr Mahathir defended the Malay affirmative action policies in Malaysia despitethe fact that Malays formed the majority of the country, whereas affirmative action in other countries were implemented to help minorities.
"It is not about majority or minority. It is to address the disparity.
"The Chinese dominate the economy but the majority is poor and we need to bring them up to achieve parity," he said....read more.
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