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Mahathir a ‘key proponent of inflammatory’ statements, CIJ says

PETALING JAYA: Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad is a major contributor of ‘inflammatory’ statements, a preliminary analysis of social media posts ahead of the Aug 12 state elections by the Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) has found.

CIJ executive director Wathshlah Naidu said in a statement that in this period of monitoring, Mahathir had emerged as one of the “key proponents of inflammatory statements related to race”.

She added: “Mahathir’s ongoing narrative on challenging the status quo of non-Malays in Malaysia and claiming that Malaysia is not a multi-racial country, but rather a Malay country, produced user generated comments which were both critical of Mahathir as well as those concurring with his position.”

Last month, Mahathir claimed that promoting a multi-ethnic country went against the Federal Constitution. He also asked if the current government was disregarding the rule of law as Malaysia was not described as a multi-ethnic nation in the Federal Constitution.

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