When Tunku Abdul Rahman changed his views on Malay rights

Before Merdeka, he believed Malaya should be for the Malays but he changed his perspective after independence, according to a new book.

PETALING JAYA: The nation’s first prime minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra, believed Malaya should be for the Malays but he changed his views after independence, according to a new book.

His government’s tolerance of non-Malays caused friction with Umno’s “ultras” – a term used at the time for Umno members seen to be holding staunch nationalist views.


Among the “ultras” were Dr Mahathir Mohamad, later to become prime minister twice, and Syed Jaafar Albar, known as the “lion of Umno”.

The Tunku’s more inclusive approach after Malaya gained independence was a stark contrast to his outlook before 1957, according to the book “Idealis: Syed Hamid Albar”, a biography of Syed Jaafar’s son, Syed Hamid Albar.

When the Alliance Party was formed in 1952, Tunku Abdul Rahman believed that Malaya was for the Malays and that it should not be governed by a multiracial group.

Malays must also safeguard their rights, he was reported as saying.

https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/...n-malay-rights/

no need new version of old spin new spin. Malaysia is on the correct track downhill. Singapore is the clear winner. Thanks LKY

This post has been edited by Avex: Dec 1 2024, 10:11 AM

To move forward u HAVE to be inclusive. Departing from this reality n approach will cause set backs n downfall. We’ve been sliding since we go the other direction

Their final nail on the coffin is cooking racial sentiment via UMNO. Just looked at the current state of ore kito after 60+ years.

A. Grab
B. Fashionvalet

Malay, of coz B

Yes yes .. Malay bad, Chinese good.

further down we slide
slip slip away
not chess or even checkers,
it's more snakes than there are ladders
slip slip awaaaayyyyy

Kesian malay, dijajah for hundred years then forced to live with people who already have their own mainland country

first we are tiger, then sick tiger, then meow meow, now sick meow meow

Well someone told them so

Lel

😂🤭👀🍿🍷🍟

will never happen and our country will never be a developed country

forever be a developing country

ID, VN will or is already overtaking MY

soon in the same category as Sri Lanka, Laos,

It's not the issue of who is bad or good. History accounts what happen, why it happened. Not if it should happen or not. If the race ratio reversed, who knows if something similar will happen or not? Don't be the young and stupid used by the old and bitter.

nope both need to come down and work together. Equal partners

As long as Singapore remains, Malaysia will alwyz remind the world about its racial and religious discrimination, unfair treatment and oppression of the non.

Singapore remains a thorn to Malaysia. That why these ketuanan alwyz wanna get rid of singapore, tat reminds them of their humiliating past.

the fact is simple. no one single race can go on it alone

they may be a proud race. but the fact is, they themselves know they need the other races

This post has been edited by DarkAeon: Dec 1 2024, 10:33 AM

This is cancer. Sooner 1% need to tongkat 99% earth princeSS

u dah terkena racun politicians

it's not M vs C. it never was. it's just an excuse to gain power and turn the nation into a buffet

as long as all races don't work together, we will sink together

Playing both sides, nothing new

if you learn sejarah, you will know the Malays were the original settlers not the landowner.

We are all settlers just different phase of Malaya.

what happened to indon? did they sink?

This post has been edited by DarkAeon: Dec 1 2024, 10:37 AM