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Mahathir defends ‘lazy Malays’ remarks | TODAYonline
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has defended his remarks criticising the country’s Malays for being lazy, which triggered an online furore, saying he was ashamed that they had been left behind by the forward-thinking Chinese community.
Dr Mahathir, Malaysia’s longest-serving Prime Minister, said the Malays were still lazy, citing the gender imbalance at institutions of higher learning where the majority were women, as an example.
“The Malays are lazy, they are not interested in studying and revising. If we go to the universities, 70 per cent of the students are women, where are the men?” Dr Mahathir told the Utusan Malaysia newspaper in an exclusive interview published yesterday.
“They prefer to become Mat Rempit (Malay motorcycle gang members), that is why I said they are lazy,” Dr Mahathir told the weekend edition of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)-controlled daily.
Speaking at a book launch last Thursday, Dr Mahathir had lamented that he may have failed to transform the country’s ethnic majority into a hard-working race in his 22 years as Prime Minister.
He said Malays lacked good values and ethics and were not hard-working enough, leading them to trail behind the other races economically.
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has defended his remarks criticising the country’s Malays for being lazy, which triggered an online furore, saying he was ashamed that they had been left behind by the forward-thinking Chinese community.
Dr Mahathir, Malaysia’s longest-serving Prime Minister, said the Malays were still lazy, citing the gender imbalance at institutions of higher learning where the majority were women, as an example.
“The Malays are lazy, they are not interested in studying and revising. If we go to the universities, 70 per cent of the students are women, where are the men?” Dr Mahathir told the Utusan Malaysia newspaper in an exclusive interview published yesterday.
“They prefer to become Mat Rempit (Malay motorcycle gang members), that is why I said they are lazy,” Dr Mahathir told the weekend edition of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)-controlled daily.
Speaking at a book launch last Thursday, Dr Mahathir had lamented that he may have failed to transform the country’s ethnic majority into a hard-working race in his 22 years as Prime Minister.
He said Malays lacked good values and ethics and were not hard-working enough, leading them to trail behind the other races economically.