Economics
Anwar Reassures Malays Who Fear Losing Racial Advantage
- Malaysia politician had opposed affirmative-action policy
- Anwar spoke in interview shortly after release from prison
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Anwar Ibrahim has a simple message for ethnic Malays who fear losing benefits they enjoyed under the previous government’s six-decade rule: Don’t worry.
Anwar, who is expected to replace 92-year-old Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad in a year or two, said Malaysia must assure the nation’s largest racial group that its security would be upheld. Previously Anwar, 70, had called for affirmative action policies that favor ethnic Malays to be dismantled.